“I am,” he mumbled automatically, though he didn’t even glance up from where he was carefully wrapping thin leather strips around the hafts of the throwing axes he’d just finished sharpening to form the grip. Creating a smooth grip while maintaining the axe’s balance required careful precision.
There were two done, neatly laid out on the floor on a blanket, the last in line still waiting.
Fili twitched a bit, a soft snort of a laugh escaping. “Only because princes are meant to be collected and well groomed.” Kili was always too excitable, and a complete mess, twigs in his hair and all. Fili was rather of the opinion that princes were anything they needed to be, but maybe that’s just because Kili was a prince and Fili loved him exactly the way he was.
His head tilted a bit, a soft noise of affection escaping at the lips against his neck, and the gentle petting along his stomach, somehow more intimate than it had any right to be. He loved this kind of attention just as much as the rough, passionate kind from earlier. “No plans,” he murmured, eyes closing in peace. “We’ve got all day, but a week may get suspicious.”
“Hmm.” A day would have to suffice, then. And another for when he was planning on calling in his winnings.
Idly playing with a golden strand of hair between his fingers, he made a soft, humming sound. “You’re always collected and well groomed, though” he pointed out, “even when you just woke up.” With a grin, he glanced down at his brother. “Well, except for when I take care of the way y’look, eh?” Briefly, his hand snaked a little deeper, surreptitiosly and briefly rubbing against his brother’s crotch. “Though I love you no matter how you look.”
He buried his face against his brother’s neck, his own eyes closing briefly as he rested his palm back over his brother’s stomach. “How come you’re always so pretty, m’dear loving brother?” Smiling against warm skin, he breathed another kiss to his brother’s neck. “You’re my heart, Fee…”