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   Find Your Strengths by MeganRosenberg

   Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   01 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Bilbo Baggins
   • Thorin Oakenshield
   • Dwalin (Tolkien)
   • Bofur (Tolkien)
   • Balin (Tolkien)
   • Protectiveness
   • Protective Thorin Oakenshield
   • Protective Dwalin (Tolkien)
   • Protective Bofur (Tolkien)
   • Sick Character
   • Fever
   • Orcs
   • Orcs (Tolkien)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Minor Injuries
   • Minor Violence
   • Sick Bilbo Baggins
   • Hurt Bilbo Baggins
   • POV Bilbo Baggins
   • POV Thorin Oakenshield
   • Dwarves
   • Rain

   Summary

   Early in his travels with the dwarves, Bilbo has a growing fever but says nothing for fear of being seen as weak and slowing down the quest. He presses on until he literally can't anymore and the company is forced to wait on him to recover. Bilbo wants nothing more than Thorin's approval, but a small series of missteps and ill-timing has the dwarf frustrated with Bilbo's vulnerability, and Bilbo questioning whether he should have ever come on this quest in the first place.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,743

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   15

   Kudos:

   86

   Bookmarks:

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   28 Jan 2026