Tears

"It’s not true, you know."

Kíli furrowed his brow. “What isn’t true?” he said.

"What Fíli said to you," said Thorin.

Kíli sucked in a sharp breath and quickly looked down as tears suddenly filled his eyes. He pressed his lips together and squeezed his eyes shut; twin teardrops fell into his lap. How had Thorin known? He tried to withhold further tears, but he was too exhausted to have such fortitude. Pathetic.

Thorin’s large, calloused hands came to rest on either side of Kíli’s face; his forehead made contact with his nephew’s. Kíli sniffled, and two more tears dripped from his face.

"Do you remember what I told you when you had pneumonia?" Thorin said. Kíli nodded. You are strong, he had said. Stronger than I even thought. You are so strong.

"That still holds true today,"

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"What has he been doing?" Kíli asked. "Has he been asleep since you arrived?"

Dwalin shook his head. As he turned to look at Fíli, his normally hard expression softened.

"He sat and glared at me for a while, but then he got tired of it and laid down." Dwalin turned sad eyes to Dís and Kíli. "He was crying for a bit, poor lad. I don’t think that he thought I could hear him."

Kíli stared at his brother, his heart aching. Fíli was scared. He had seen it when he had pushed him too far trying to remember, and now this. He wished that he could somehow fix everything, but he did not know how. Fíli was lost, so lost, and Kíli wanted him back.

- Illusions Chapter 6: Tears by WonderingsandWitticisms

I wasn’t planning on doing two at first but I’m really glad I did

I liked showing the difference in both their situations. Because even though they both cry in this chapter. One is in a much darker setting than the other

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