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    The gifts from Tony and Pepper are nice, and Steve secretly likes showing off signs that he belongs to them -- until some offhanded teasing from Clint makes him wonder if they're gifts from his lovers or payment for services rendered.

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    Bilbo understands the challenge of literary exchange.

    A humorous look at Bilbo the writer struggling with those things we call words. He has a holiday challenge to meet, and Thorin is NOT helping!

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    Elizabeth Darcy finds a way to pass some time.

    Lydia Wickham finds a niche for her own particular gifts.

    George Wickham discovers his purpose in life.

    Two of them are pleased by the results.

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  4. Rec 73

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    They lived and they loved, and their people were thriving
    For as the King, so thus the Kingdom shall go;
    Then one day the King felt his Forge-fire reviving;
    Mahal would upon them his blessing bestow.

     

    (Strike the spark, light the forge, oh!)

     

    “My love,” cried the King, “you have kindled my fire;
    None other have loved me so well to do so.
    Make haste to my side; for my need has grown dire.
    My forge is prepared for you; pray strike the blow.”

     

    Lyrics Excerpted from "The Hobbit's Blessed Hammer," Ereborian folk song, circa TA 2948

     

    Before the dragon came, Thorin used to have romantic daydreams about finding someone who would love him so much—would make him feel so safe and treasured in heart and body—that the spark of creation would light within him, allowing him to bear their child. After the dragon, there was no time for such tender hopes: there was only his duty.

    And then Bilbo Baggins entered his life, and once-impossible wishes began to come true.

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    Phil Coulson has a problem.

    Since his wife died, he’s lived on a remote colony world, raising his children and recovering from the wound that nearly killed him. Now, his old commander needs him back on the job; he's heard troubling rumors of an invasion force that could threaten every world in the Galactic Alliance. But Phil’s two daughters have no other family; what would happen to them if Phil died too? They need another parent, so Phil contacts Earth’s best marriage brokers.

    Clint Barton has a problem.

    Since he escaped from his ne’er-do-well brother Barney and the criminal gang that tried to force him to join, he’s been living under the protection of Natasha Romanoff, the Red Room’s most valued agent. But Barney has caught wind of him again, and even the Black Widow can’t protect him from the powerful crime syndicate that is after him now. Clint needs a place to lie low, somewhere so far away from Earth that his enemies can’t find him. So Natasha suggests that he consider the benefits of an arranged marriage on a faraway planet.

    It seems like a mutually beneficial arrangement. But can two independent men move past their secrets and build a real life together?

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