Lotr One Shots!!!

Fili - Childbearing Hips

“Givashiel? Lass, please tell me why the healer was leaving the room when I came in today?”

“Honestly Fili, two years of marriage and you still call me lass.”

Fili frowned. “Two years of marriage and a year of courting means I know when you’re dodging the question.”

You sigh and roll over to face Fili, but still avoided his gaze.

“Darling, you’re worrying me. What’s going on? Are you ill? You can tell me.”

“I’m not ill,” she murmured. Fili moved in and cupped her face gently. You muttered something that he couldn’t catch.

“Lass, you’re gonna need to speak up. After battling orcs and wargs-”

“I’m with child,” she whispered.

After a brief look of shock, a wide grin set itself on his face. “Givashiel, oh my beautiful, wonderful lass! This is wonderful!”

You smiled faintly as he began kissing every bit of her face that he could. It was when he pulled away to share his excitement with her that he noticed the tears collecting in her eyes.

“Lass what’s wrong? Are you unhappy with the news?”

“Fili, I’m so scared.”

“Of what?”

“Fili, mum died giving' birth. We were supposed to have a little brother but he didn’t even last through the birth.”

“Love,” Fili cut in worriedly as big tears began pouring down your cheeks.

“I don’t want to die Fili! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to kill our baby!” she cried out repeatedly as Fili pulled her into a tighter embrace.

“You won’t,” he said gruffly, voice thick with emotion. “I will not let it happen.”

For all Fili’s words of comfort, you cried yourself to sleep that night and Fili got very little rest himself, his mind tossing and turning, trying to find a way to comfort his wife. He thought of who he would go to for advice. He loved his kin but the majority of them he would not trust with such a delicate situation. As he slipped off to sleep he finally made his mind up and hoped he would be able to help his wife.

“Balin, if I could have a word,” Fili caught up with Balin as he exited his study.

“Of course lad. Walk me to the throne room?”

Fili nodded and both of them started off down the hall. The both of them walked in silence, Fili not knowing how to begin the conversation. 

“How’s your wife doing lad?”

Fili let out a sigh. He wasn’t sure whether Balin was just creating conversation or had in some way figured out there was a problem. Whatever the answer, he was glad that Blain had opened the conversation.

“That is what I wanted to speak to you about. Forgive me if I am blunt but I do not know quite how to breach this topic and I do not have your way with words.”

Balin nodded solemnly. “Is everything all right with her?”

Balin and you had always gotten along, both of a very logical mindset. You had spent months both before and after their wedding with him, learning all she could about dwarvish history and culture. It was because of this bond that Fili decided to come to Balin with their plight.

“She is with child,” he stated, stopping in the hallway. Both of them were now above the hall that the company had tried to smother Smaug in. He crossed his arms over his chest as he went to the balustrade and leaned his weight upon it as Balin came to stand beside him.