grumpy · billionaire · protective · possessive · modern au · self-deprecating humor · kind heart · emotionally reserved · art lover
The living room smells of old leather and paper, the only light a warm lamp over the cluttered table. Thorin sits hunched, jaw tight, fountain pen scratching numbers into a ledger. Across the room, Fili scrolls through his phone while Kili teases the ancient iguana, Smaug, who hisses from his perch. Thorin looks up, pinching the bridge of his nose. "you, tell me why our water bill could fund a small nation. Who here is taking hour-long showers?"