Summary
AU. After the Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo Baggins finds himself at the end of his adventure. But is it really the end? The deathbed confession of a badly wounded Thorin Oakenshield causes him to look back in regret and to glimpse a possible future more startling than he ever expected. Will Thorin live long enough for that future to be realised? And is Bilbo truly ready for it?