#joe (ywnrh)

[seal-writes-stuff]

Dating Headcanons – Joe (“YWNRH”)

Word count: 1.5k

Warnings: mentions of abuse, mental health struggles (PTSD)

Summary: All in the title

A/N: Hey guys! Wanted to write some general headcanons while I’m working on a longer fic. Because God, I love Joe so much it’s crazy, he deserves everything. Hope you enjoy!

Your relationship starts out slowly, and I mean slowly. Truth is, Joe knew that he'd be in love with you since the moment you've met and it terrifies him. For the longest time, it's been one of Joe's many deep-seated beliefs that he's completely unlovable. Or that even if he somehow isn't, that it's too much of a liability to love him anyway. It's always on his mind: suffocating, ever present.

He can't save anybody. He can't stop anybody from being hurt. Worse, he can't even let anyone in, can't share this burden that's been there all his life - it's something he has to carry on his own.

So when you get into the picture, Joe gets... Cautious. You're such a warm presence in his life, so lovely, so... Fragile. What if something happened to you? What if something happened to you because of him? Joe would never be able to forgive himself, so he keeps his distance at first. He's quiet and reserved, he doesn't talk much, he barely touches you when you go out at first; it gets to the point where you start to question if he even likes you. But at the end of the day you know he does, because Joe always comes back to you no matter what, over and over again.

You stay. You stay right there with him, and when Joe finally confesses to all of the feelings that are eating at him, you're devastated and horrified - but you still stay. You tell him how you're okay with that, how the pain would be worth it if it meant knowing him. It's the kind of strong, healthy love Joe isn't used to, and that's exactly what makes him realize he wants to be by your side, always.

Joe rarely talks about his past, or his present, for that matter – he opens up very slowly. Deep down, although he has trouble verbalizing it, he still thinks that he somehow deserved all of the abuse and tragedy that happened in his life. He also has a vague understanding of how irrational it is, how horrifying it would sound said out loud, so he keeps quiet. You're ready to listen no matter how much or little he reveals; you always, always insist that he's a good person and none of it was his fault. Joe tries his hardest to believe it.

It takes lot of time, trust and deep late night conversations before Joe tells you what he does for a living. He knows how much you love him and that’s exactly what makes him hold back: the thought of you getting scared or seeing him differently once you know the truth. But, despite every reason he can think of, you simply don’t. You’re worried for him, as a lover would be, but that’s it. Joe doesn’t know what he did right in life to deserve you; you know he’s never had to deserve you in the first place.  

Joe doesn’t expect you to wait for him when he comes back from his jobs, but he feels incredibly loved when you do. You sacrifice your sleep simply because you want to see him? It’s so wonderful and so unfamiliar to him. It’s a promise of a better future.

His main form of love? Definitely acts of service. You need something fixed in the house? He's on it. Hard day at work? He's already running you a bath so you can relax. You need a ride for any reason? He’s going to pick you up, no questions asked. It makes Joe feel nice, knowing that he makes your life a little better. If only he knew how much.

He’s a great listener. Had a shitty day at work? He's here to comfort you. Saw a new movie that's absolutely great and Joe just has to see it? He's here to hear you gush about it. Joe isn’t much of a talker by nature and he deeply appreciates when you share these things with him. After all, they’re what makes you, well, you.

He loves when you steal his clothes. The first time it happened on accident - you've decided to spend the night at his place and hey, you weren’t going to stay in your work outfit all night, right? But later on it happens again and again, and Joe can’t find it in himself to stop you. Even if it’s just clothes, it’s one of the little ways he can share his life with you, can imagine you thinking about him when you wear it. The thought alone feels very comforting.

This man yearns for physical contact so much it's insane, even the lightest of your touches are everything to him. A quick brush of your fingertips against his upper arm, sweet kisses you press to the top of his head just because you feel like it, gentle hugs from behind while he's washing the dishes... After a lifetime of cruelty, all of this feels so sweet and intimate to him. Still, he can’t bring himself to outright ask you for it sometimes; as much as Joe craves this affection, this love you grant him so generously and without a second thought, the shame and fear of rejection are simply too strong. It's a good thing he doesn't need to ask.

Joe has never given his body much thought before, so seeing you so openly, unashamedly in love with it is new for him, in the best way possible. How you steal warm, lovesick glances every time you can, how you trace his scars absentmindedly when you cuddle, how you trail quick, desperate kisses down his neck and onto his collarbone... Joe didn’t think anything could ever make him blush this hard, yet here you are. He can't get enough of you.

Of course, there are still bad days. Days when Joe can't be present, no matter how much he tries. The flashbacks get too real, the negative feelings get too strong and everything just seems... Hopeless. He fully expects you to go, he wouldn't hold it against you - and yet you never do. You’re always right there: talking to him, comforting him to the best of your abilities or just quietly staying by his side, fully content to go through this pain with him. Joe can’t say why you're doing that to yourself. He knows that you love him, it’s the one thing he never doubts, but he sure doesn’t feel like he deserves this much effort. He’d never take it for granted either.

Your home is the only place where he feels truly at peace: Joe can't help but be on high alert whenever the two of you are out, always fearing something might happen, whatever that "something" might be. If it was up to him, Joe would spend the rest of his life cuddling with you in bed. His favorite pastime is doing something together or simply existing side by side while the both of you are busy with your own thing.  

You're the only person Joe feels safe enough to joke around and laugh with. He doesn't even notice how it happens: there's simply a day when he's finally happy, in a way he hasn't been in years. All of the pain he went through suddenly seems worth it if that’s what’s lead him to this, to you.

Like with most of his feelings, Joe keeps his jealousy to himself, even if it’s eating him up inside. He knows you wouldn't betray him like that, never - but even then, Joe has to all but physically restrict the part of his brain that keeps him in a horrible loop of overthinking. Because of course you would leave. It's weird that you didn't leave already. What's keeping you here anyway? It must be impossibly hard to deal with him, he would know. Breaking this pattern is a long and hard process, but Joe tries.

Speaking of trying, Joe takes his first steps at healing with you. A while ago he's made a sort of twisted peace with himself, accepting that there's no hope for him - that he's broken and there's no fixing it. Yet knowing how much you care makes Joe feel like getting help is at least worth a try. Convincing himself to do it for him is hard and exhausting, near impossible at times. Convincing himself to do it for you is easy and natural as taking a breath.

At the end of the day, Joe may seem gruff and intimidating on the outside, but he loves you more than anything. You're his reason to keep going. Joe has spent so much of his life seeing the worst of humanity, but knowing you, being with you makes him feel… Hopeful. It makes him feel like he can have a future, a future that seemed like an unreachable dream before. As long as you’re by his side, life is worth it – and as long as he’s by your side, life is wonderful and sweet.

#joe (ywnrh) #joe x reader #joe imagine #joaquin phoenix x reader #joaquin phoenix imagine #you were never really here #ywnrh #seal writes

[wakeenkitten]

Hi! I know that it makes a lifetime that I haven’t posted anything but I’m going to try to be more active even if I have two followers lol I’ll do it for you two guys! I was looking for it since a while and impossible to find it so I DID IT!

PS: You guys don’t hesitate to send me requests, I thought about a Johnny from Cmon Cmon nsfw alphabet. Tell me if you would like it! ❤️

🫶Joe (You were never really here) NSFW Alphabet 🫶

⚠️: NSFW, some stuffs from the movie.

A=Aftercare(what they’re like after sex): Joe is always very caring with you, so after sex he will always ask you if he didn’t hurt you, If he hasn’t been too rough. You can see the frown on his face, when he is really listening to every words that you are saying to make sure that you are okay. Then he will circle you between his big muscular arms in which you feel so safe and lay your head on his solid chest and fall asleep together after a great time.

B=Body Part(Their favorite body part of theirs and also their partners): He loves your whole body, but he is kinda obsessed with your ass, he will kiss spank and even suck your buttcheeks sometimes during oral. He also loves your pussy, no he adores your pussy, you were so insecure about it because it didn’t look like all these porn stars’ who had done surgery for it, but Joe looks at you there like he just found heaven, and he could not keep himself from telling you how beautiful and perfect it is and how good it feels around him. He doesn’t appreciate his body very much which is terrible and crazy for you because even though he is chubby he is just so firm and so hot. He likes his beard and his hair, he takes care of it also because he loves when you run your hands through it “it so soft that’s crazy”. He learns to like his dick because he sees in which state it puts you, and it takes time but you start to make him feel good in his gorgeous body.

C=Cum(anything to do with cum basically): Joe can be a little nervous about you getting pregnant, even if deeply inside of him he always wanted a child. But let’s be honest, he loves to cum on you, like he owns you, you are his little slut that he can breed , fill up or repaint her ass or her face, it wakes his animal instinct. When you blow him he will certainly cum inside your mouth, but when you guys fuck he likes to cum on your stomach all over it because he cums a lot, he produces so much semen even if you had sex the morning he will still spill a lot. He loves to cum on your face, when you are kneeling in front of him like that, like a good little girl and you drink and receive his babies. He loves that.

D=Dirty Secret(dirty secret of theirs)

Joe thinks that this is a dirty secret but when he is on some mission to hunt a horrible guy, what gives him a lot of strength and testosterone is that he imagines that all what these guys can do they are doing it to you and this is driving him crazy and he just wants to make these guys terribly suffer more than anything. Then he comes back home and he sees you asleep on the couch because you tried to wait for him but fell asleep, even though you were so nervous about the fact of him not coming back. All the pressure falls down and he can cherish you and live into his real life in which you rule, you put everything at its right place.

E=Experience(How experienced are they? Do they know what they are doing?)

It always been hard for Joe to keep a girlfriend because of his job. But he is mostly focused on your pleasure than his, he almost doesn’t care about his because he doesn’t need to, whatever you do drives him crazy. He is just so obsessed with watching you having pleasure that he is gonna do everything to make you come (obviously) and enjoy every second of it.

F=Favourite Position(no explanation needed)

You guys move a lot during sex, you like to try on new positions, Joe likes to explore all the ways that he can pleasure you. But he really likes spooning, just holding you close between his big muscular arms, making you feel safe while he drives inside of you again and again.

G=Goofy(are they more serious in the moment or are they more humorous ect)

Joe is deadly serious, everything that he tells you he deeply thinks it during this moment and it’s always lovely thinks ( « I love you so much » « you feel so perfect » « god you’re so tight I feel so safe inside of you »). It’s a very intimate moment for him and after all what he has been through he really needs a safe place to prove his affection to the person who saved his life.

H=Hair(how well groomed are they? Does the carpet match the drapes?ect)

Joe is not a very hairy guys everywhere but he has a big beard and this eyebrows, so he owns a big black bush down there. He takes care of it when he sees that he can start to disturb you like trimming his balls a little bit from time to time. But he just let his hair usually do their own life like his hair that he just ties in a bun and his beard that he lets grow until it becomes to long to do anything.

I=Intimacy(how are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)

Joe is very romantic but more into a needing aspect, he needs you to live to breath, and he shows it to you during sex until it becomes even dirty. It is very important for him to preserve a sexual life because you need it so he uses it to show love to you because he is not a horny animal even if you drive him really crazy sometimes and that his primal instinct can sometimes pop out during sex, roar.

J=Jack Off(Masturbation Headcanon)

He doesn’t jerk off, but he loves to finger You. Feeling you clench and pulse around his fingers, he LOVES that. During a movie you’ll just have to give a little sign of horniness like needy kisses in his neck and he will rub his big hands on your thighs until he arrives to the top. And then of course he will take you to the room and make you scream all the moans from A to Z. You realized that you were even dirtier than him sometimes!

K=Kink(One or more of their kinks)

He is a lot into dom/sub stuff. OBVIOUSLY he is dom and you are his little baby girl or princess that he takes care of. He likes to take care of the deal so when you ask him to take care of something and that you would answer by a « thank you daddy » he feels so important and manly and in charge that it drives him wiiiiiiiild. You should be ready not to walk straight for a whole week lil hoe lol.

L=Location(favorite places to do the do)

It must be home, he doesn’t feel safe anywhere else. He needs to be totally safe to share intimacy with you. It generally happens in the bedroom, but believe it doesn’t make the thing boring! But sometimes it can happen on the couch when some sloppy kisses are exchanged in front of a movie.

M=Motivation(what turns them on, gets them going) When you rub your hands on his chubby stomach that you want to make him love. When you are caring a whole day with him because he had a hard job the night before and that he feels like he needs to thank you for it. When you are wearing his shirt, he is so bigger than you that he truly finds that’s adorable but terribly hot if you don’t wear anything under it.

N=NO(Something they wouldn’t do, turns offs) Everything that is a little too much. He can be a little kinky but he would not do something that brings somebody else like voyeurism. Bondage is not his stuff neither (he is already strong enough why would he need to tie you up). Degradation towards him or you, but praising oh yeah he loves that.

O=Oral(preference in giving or receiving, skills) Don’t misunderstand, he really loves when you take care of him! But he just LOVES to go down on you, spreading your little legs with his big hands, watching you go crazy, breathing hard, and god he loves your taste he could just eat you as his dessert at every meal. He likes the feeling of your juices wetting his beard. And he just loves it like leave the man enjoy his life. He is verrrry good at it so it’s absolutely not a matter for you. He can even be creative! He takes the care to finger you at the same time when he does it to feel you clench and pulse. Soooo perfect, of course it will make him hard and you will have to have sex after.

P=Pace(are they fast and rough?slow and sensual?) He will start in a romantic slow pace and then will grab you by the hips and fuck the shit out of you. He suddenly let this big animal come out of him, this primal instinct. He will go faster and faster, and you are usually the first to come with him, and will keep that fast pace making your body bounce like a fucktoy until he spills his seed inside of you.

Q=Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how

often, etc.) Nah he doesn’t like quickies, sex is important in your relationship he likes to do it well and he wants to make sure that you came too that you enjoyed the thing. So no quickies.

R=Risk(are they game to experiment, do they take risk) Not really. He would always be worried to be followed by a bounty hunter and he would never forgive himself to have put you in danger, so public places are not his thing or just unusual places. But he likes to try on new things with you as far as you stay safe at home.

S=Stamina(how many rounds can they go for? Do they last long?) Like I said, you are almost always the first to come because Joe’s stamina is impressive. He can go on and on and on. It happens that he stays inside of you after both of you are done, your juices building up inside, and you feel him slowly getting hard again without even needing to go out of you. Seriously impressive.

T=Toy(Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?) No he is not really into that. He prefers to eat you out himself. You are HIS girl and even when he is away he prefers you to wait for him. And on him he would definitely not use toys. He also been traumatized by the ones he found in the pedos rooms. So it makes him very uncomfortable.

U=Unfair(How much they like to tease)

Joe is not really a tease, when he wants you he will manifest himself. But he likes pretty much when you tease him. Calling for daddy and all that, he will try to not care but obviously it was all an act and he finally grabs you and take you with him to the room.

V=Volume(how loud they are, what sounds they make) Joe can let escape a few grunts during sex but he is pretty quiet. He is mostly breathing very hard, and harder and harder closer he gets to coming. He will drive inside of you very fast making you bounce and scream and will finally come in a loud animalistic groan, almost like a roar. Like the big teddy bear that he is.

W=Wild Card(Get a random headcanon)

He loves the fact that you are so small compared to him. Just taking in his arms, trying to envelop you completely to protect you from all the horrible things in this world. He is a very sweet man and you love him also for that!

X=X-Ray(what’s under there?) Well, Well, WELL. Joe is… how do you guys would say? HUGE. He is long like around 6 inches, but he is mostly very thick. His cock is gorgeous, veiny and nice mushroom tip that he likes to rub on your clit and that glistens when he gets horny. You love to see those veins pumping of blood when he gets hard, oh my… You two were pretty worried the first time, and it’s still a little worry to enter you with his log. But once he is inside after the first time, he is just hitting every spots and it is just extraordinary, Joe never misses to make you cum. And with the time he has to admit that he loves to hear you scream « Fuck, it’s so big baby! ».

Y=Yearning(How high is their sex drive?)

He is not a horny guy, he will wait until you ask for it, of course he will gladly accept it at any time, he is still a man after all! But he prefers to give you this job, to leave you space, he doesn’t want to be one of those guys who are begging and harassing their girlfriend for a little blowjob. Sometimes you two are on the couch and you get closer to him, you can see the imprint of his big erection against his sweatpants but he will not move until you decide to put your hand on it. Your big big lovely man.

Z=ZZZ(…how quickly they fall asleep afterwards) It takes a while. Joe doesn’t sleep a lot and most of his « jobs » are at night. So it happens that you have sex before he has to go. But he loves to watch you fall asleep, holding you and caressing your hair until you are slowly losing yourself. He will just rub his nose on your hair and your scent will make him fall asleep. Such a pleasure to hold the woman that you love after having showed it to her.

#you were never really here #Joaquin phoenix #Joaquin phoenix smut #joe x reader #smut alphabet #joe ywnrh smut #joaquin phoenix x reader #joaquin+phoenix+smut

[nanabrainrot]

hey nana! could you please write hcs about "first time" things in relationship (like meeting each other for the first time, first "i love you", meeting parents you know the drill) for joe from ywnrh? tysm lov u💖

Hey! Sorry for the wait im in my sophomore yr of nursing school so anatomy is beating my ass so I was focusing on my work for a moment! I kept this SFW since you didn’t specify to stay safe :) I hope u lov bby joe 💙💙💙💙

Joe’s “Firsts” Headcanons

First Meeting

You meet Joe when you hit him with your car door in a grocery store parking lot.

Hard.

His hands are full of bags and they immediately go crashing to the hot asphalt (he’s a one trip kind of guy, who needs a basket or a cart?) and you both just... stare at each other. You literally wanted to slink into the ground and just perish.

Fortunately, he’s a mild guy. You’re just a nice person who was unobservant and accidents happened. Everything but the eggs were salvageable and the goldfish crackers that were all over the ground now.

“I’m so sorry!” You literally said it a thousand times. Not long after that, you tell him to stay put and you run back in to purchase him eggs and the wrong goldfish crackers (unobservant yet again) and you come back, still spewing apologies. He drives home with a ghost of a grin; inconvenient but simultaneously endearing that you went out of your way to make it up to him.

It’s your first time meeting him, but not the last. It turns out you both frequent the same grocery store and wind up running into each other a lot. He always seems to forget an ingredient and you restock on foods more often than you’d like to admit. After a few run-ins, Joe works up the courage to ask you on a proper date to really make up for breaking his eggs.

First Date

• He opts for a nice walk through a nearby park. The air is fresh and leaves enough room to talk and gets his steps in at the same time!

• He’s more of a listener. You coo at the wildlife as baby ducklings romp by the pond and gush about your promotion as he listens. He doesn’t have much to tell you that you should know. So this will suffice. He always heard partners love someone who listens anyway.

• There’s something about the genuine grin that crosses your face that makes him want to see you again. There’s a lot of unfortunate evils and cruel people in the world and you aren’t one of them. He sees himself as being apart of that gross image of the world and, selfish as it may be, doesn’t he deserve a bit of happiness? To allow himself to be fully enveloped in the affection you offer? Selfish as it may be, he wants to have you as his own.

• You bring it up first as you both walk back to your cars in the parking lot, innocently inferring you’d really been looking forward to trying a new Mexican restaurant nearby that had just opened to support a small business. “It opens the 18th! Keep it blocked off on your calendar if you can, how about it?”

• Forward. He liked that. The second date goes as smoothly as the first. He doesn’t mind the plenty that follow.

First Kiss

It was a few dates in, just casually getting to know each other, but you had really let yourself simmer in the thought of kissing him.

Relationships seemed far and few for you. You devoted your youth to academia rather than hopping from lover to lover. The stress of trying love was optional to place that kind of stress on yourself on top of your studies seemed stupid.

He looked handsome, illuminated by a candle over a table in a dim Italian spot off the main street. He looked so tender like that, obviously trying to spiffy up for you, you could’ve fawned over him all night, but didn’t want to come off strong.

It seemed like both of you kept trying to radiate an aura of aloofness, but it seemed to start crumbling for both of you. Just chasing tails of who wanted the other more or just as badly.

He pays the check and drives you home as you fiddle with the top you put on. Was it hot? Were your palms sweaty for some other reason? You had never had a really raw, healthy love before. It was kind of new. You felt like a late bloomer compared to all your hometown peers; people your age had already been wed or pregnant with their first or second children. Yet here you were fiddling with your dress over a guy you really didn’t know if you were supposed to feel this fluttering sensation for.

Your apartment complex comes into sight. The date already ended. The car stops slowly at the doors of your building, silent but for the rumble of the engine. “Can I kiss you goodnight?”

He murmurs it so quietly that you could barely hear it. You only heard it because you were dying to. “Please.”

You kiss over the console, just lips pressed to the others, no tongue, no sensuous moving, just together. If it could’ve lasted forever, you wouldn’t have minded. But you had work in the morning.

“Goodnight Joe.”

“Goodnight, beautiful.”

First I Love You

It just slips out. He didn’t plan on saying it and the silence that follows is thicker than frozen butter.

You had been arguing over something stupid and your face twisted into an expression of agitation at his words. You wanted badly to turn away and go home to brew in your thoughts. You did love him. You’d been together four months so far. You really wanted to make it work and you’d never... argued with a real partner before.

“I’m only saying that because I love you.”

“I’m only trying to understand what you want because I love you too, Joe.”

The silence that follows isn’t thick anymore. Neither of you were really mad to begin with. It’s not ideal. A lot of things just happen. But it felt perfect because it was from Joe.

Your face contorts from a facd skewed by anger to one of contentment. I love you sounds so sweet from the person you love.

Meeting the Parents

• You two had begun dating some months prior to Thanksgiving. Your parents were more out of the way than his mother was; you moved near him to relocate for a glorious job offer before you two had met. It was stressful moving but he helped alleviate your worries and showed you the lesser known things to do in town.

• Come Thanksgiving, you seriously wanted him to meet your parents. You liked him, loved him even. The look of anxiety that crossed your face made his heart drop a bit. Did you think he wouldn’t want to go?

• “Of course, I’d love to meet them. We’ll get tickets next week to visit them, okay?”

• He’s charming enough, no casanova, but a gentleman at heart for his lady, they bond well enough. They’re just happy you met someone to help you destress and find comfort after you flew the coop. A little later than your peers, as you opted for a master’s, but it all seemed to piece together when you met him and fell into his lap.

• When Thanksgiving ends, you both return home and somewhere in both your hearts, you come to terms with the fact you would love for this love to last forever.

Joe has a life that isn’t easy. He’s a distant partner for a long time and he requires trust and patience from you. In his eyes, your love for him doesn’t immediately permit you to join his world by letting you know about it. After a lot of time and conversations about trust, he will let you know out of respect for you. Give him a little love and he will give you everything and more. Thank you for showing him that there is sweetness in the world.

#joe scenario #joe x you #joe x reader #you were never really here #ywnrh #nana writes #sry im a slow lil worm by december ill be posting more since schoolwork will ease up!!!!!

[elmaestrostan]

Single 🔘

Taken 🔘

In a committed relationship with this photoshoot of Joaquin Phoenix by Eric Ray Davidson ✅

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#joaquin phoenix #oh lordy #ywnrh Joe vibes

[darknessisafriend]

HARD CHOICE but I'd say Joe, I love him🥺💞 Also I found out about YWNRH through you so thanks for that aaaah

Awwwww I'm so flattered that you discovered it through me *_* I love Joe that big teddy bear who is so vulnerable and yet who can kill so easily !

[terry-perry]

Hi! As always, I am so sorry to be so annoying 🙈🤣 BUT I was rereading the mothers day fic you did for Joe from YWNRH and I remembered how much I adore Rebecca, so I was thinking could I please ask for something similar where her and the reader plan a nice day for Joe on father's day and maybe when Joe and the reader are on alone, she has an extra surprise for him and tells him he's gonna be a dad again? I just love fluff and God knows Joe deserves it! 😭 Thank you and sorry as always!! 🙊💕

Girl you need to stop apologizing. I always love hearing from you ❤️

Joe had told you that he wanted to spend most of the day in bed, relaxing with his two best girls. So you did just that. Rebecca especially loved this idea since she got to be in her pj’s all day and snuggle with her daddy while watching different movies. It was a good lazy day that would only be interrupted, every once in a while, by you needing to take constant bathroom breaks. You assured Joe that it was nothing but an upset stomach, and you were thankful for Rebecca being there to distract him enough with her questions about the logic in one of the cartoons that was being watched.

Making the giant grin on your face less suspicious.

Later on, after eating some takeout in bed, Rebecca was back in her own room while you and Joe decided to have some time together meant just for the two of you.

He released a deep sigh as he rolled off you, a big smile on his face matching the one you had on all day. “That was definitely a good way to end this day,”

You giggled and rested your head on big chest, giving it some light kisses. “You enjoy yourself today, sweetheart?”

“I really did,” he said, stroking your hair. “Thank you. I really appreciated just being with you and Rebecca.”

“She seemed to really love today too. Can’t believe she’s going to be starting school this fall.”

“Don’t remind me,” Joe groaned, hint of genuine sadness in his voice. 

He never thought that he’d love being a father as much as he did. Especially with his line of work scaring him off the idea for the longest time. But his sweet baby girl just brought out more of his protective, loving nature that wanted to keep her close at all times. It was why he wanted to spend all day being with her and you in such a peaceful, mellow manner. Another way to remind himself that you both were really there for him to cherish.

Noticing his state, you scooted up to give his lips a kiss. “Why don’t we go somewhere for a while?” You then suggested. “We can use this time for a fun little vacation before we have to get back to the real world. Especially since it’ll be pretty hectic these next couple of months.”

He looked at you in a somewhat confused way. “Why do you say that?”

Yeah, Rebecca was going to start school for the first time, but you wouldn’t have considered that troublesome. Were you implying something else?

 You rolled your lips inward, suppressing a giggle. “Well, we might need to start talking about getting a bigger place. Or maybe changing one of the rooms we have into a nursery.”

He quirked a brow at you, but then raised them both up when he finally put the pieces together. “What?”

“We’re gonna have another baby,” you whispered, now biting your lip in anticipation for his reaction.

He let your words sink in some more with tears starting to form in his eyes. A second later, his face lit up as he pulled you in for a big kiss. He was on you once again with his lips still firmly on you. Eventually he pulled away and stared down at you, seeing your own tears of joy going down your face. 

“Happy Father’s Day, honey,” you uttered, placing his large hand over your stomach.

#Joaquin Phoenix #you were never really here #2017 #joe x reader #drabble #imagine #oneshot #request #father's day #fluff #pregnant!reader

[papercut-paranoia]

I wasn’t gonna post this because I hated it for weeks, but what the hell? This is a WIP pen drawing I’m doing of Joe (YWNRH)! I think I’m gonna crop it? Maybe lol (I covered up the unfinished parts I might cut out lol)

#you were never really here #fanart #joaquin phoenix

[fire-gift]

Jonny Greenwood - You Were Never Really Here [OST]

1. Tree Synthesisers 0:00 2. Sandy’s Necklace 4:25 3. Nausea 8:13 4. Hammer and Tape 10:03 5. Playground (Bass Clarinet) 11:26 6. The Hunt 15:12 7. Dark Streets 18:35 8. Ywnrh 20:28 9. Nina Through Glass 24:25 10. Votto 27:46 11. Dark Streets (Reprise) 31:49 12. Downstairs 33:42 13. Joe’s Drive 34:32 14. Tree Strings 35:55

#jonny greenwood #you were never really here #the ost will be out at midnight in streaming services i think?

[indiumrubber]

I don’t remember if I’ve talked about this before but it contains YWNRH spoilers so I’ll put in a read more:

Upon my second viewing, where I was way more familiar with the tracks, but also with the film itself, I realised that Tree Strings was always played for Joe’s mother, and you hear snatches and textures from it throughout the film where he’s on screen with her. Tree Synthesisers, however, plays in the end, where Joe goes off to live his new life with Nina. The strings represent the old, and the more electronic shades the new

#and holy fuck what a film and what a deftly used score #you were never really here spoilers #ywnrh spoilers

[seal-writes-stuff]

Fluff Alphabet – Joe (“YWNRH”)

Word count: 2.4k

Warnings: mental health struggles (PTSD)

Summary: all in the title

A/N: Took me a while to edit whew  This one’s a bit longer – the original alphabet is here, if you’re interested in trying it out yourself. Hope you enjoy!

Activities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

Joe prefers something more quiet– just basking in each others presence is enough to make him happy. After all, what’s better than being with a person you love, safe and comfortable? And even when you do go out, it’s usually to the smaller, lesser-known places in the city.

Beauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?

Joe thinks you’re absolutely beautiful – inside and out. The spark you get in your eyes when you’re gushing about your passions. The way you trace invisible designs on his skin when you’re cuddling. How you always fix your hair in a quick gesture when you’re nervous.  Joe always tries to take a mental picture of you when you’re together – he just can’t get enough of you.

Comfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

He stays by your side quietly and lets you vent before wrapping you in a tight hug – if that’s what you want in the moment. He wishes he could take all of your pain away, so he does his best.

Dreams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?

Joe prefers to take it one day at a time. He spent so much time thinking he’ll be dead soon, thinking there’s no future in store for him, so feeling like there is, like there’s something to look forward to feels… Unfamiliar, in a good way. He wants to enjoy what he has now instead of thinking about what might be.

Equal - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

He tried to take all of your problems upon himself at first – to the point where you’ve had to assure him that yes, you’re okay with taking an extra trip to a grocery store and no, you don’t mind going home by bus if he can’t pick you up from work. You love him, you really do, and that’s exactly why you stop him – you don’t want Joe spending all of his time worrying about you and your needs. Other than that, you have an equal relationship – both of you have your strong sides, so you’re always ready to help each other out. The only thing Joe doesn’t let go off is protecting you – he would do anything to keep you out of harm’s way.

Fight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

When you fight, Joe usually tries to remove himself from the situation – he's always worried in the back of his mind that he might say something horrible to you, even though it never happens. You always cool off and make up in a few hours, talking everything through afterwards.

Gratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

Joe spent most of his life taking care of others, so when there’s someone taking care of him he’s taken aback at first, not sure what to do or say. He grows more comfortable with the thought as the time goes on, but he still notices every little thing you do for him. You’ve washed the dishes? He’ll notice that. You’ve picked up his favorite snack at the shop? He’ll notice that. You stay up late (or even try to) just to be there for him after a rough job? He’ll definitely notice that. He’s incredibly grateful to have someone as sweet and caring as you in his life.

Honesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

A lot, especially at the beginning. Not because he doesn’t trust you – he’d love to finally open up and let you in, but there’s a lot of things holding him back. Sometimes he fears that the truth will scare you away and make you look at him differently (like his job). Sometimes it’s just painful (like his childhood). Joe feels guilty about hiding things from you, but he reasons with himself that he’s protecting you this way, that you’ll be safer not knowing. You don’t pressure Joe into revealing anything, but you always say that you love him and nothing about his past is going to change that. He tries his best to accept it.

Inspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

Since you’ve got together, Joe started taking care of his mental health more. It’s not always easy – he’s spent years thinking that nothing is going to help him, that he’s just broken – but the thought of doing it for you keeps him going. At least for you. You wish he could do it for himself, you wish he saw himself the way you see him, but a start is a start. You’re always here for him, no matter how hard things get.

As for you, you find yourself more light and relaxed – you’ve always been a very self-reliant person, so having someone so loving in your corner feels very comforting and sweet. You’ve also started taking self-defense classes after Joe brought it up a few times – after all, if he’s taken your advice about therapy, it’s only fair that you take his.

Jealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

He’s not the type to get overly jealous and especially not the type to take it out on you. He respects you and understands that you having friends doesn’t mean you love him any less.

But sometimes.

Sometimes he gets these thoughts that just hurt – some strong, random bouts of self-doubt he just can’t shake off. He keeps it to himself, but you can always see when there’s something wrong. You comfort him as best as you can, hugging him tight, saying you love him more than anyone.

Also, if there’s a guy who’s openly flirting with you, Joe can (and probably will) get into a fight. You obviously aren’t thrilled about that, so he’s trying to work on it.

Kiss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

Your first kiss was kind of awkward – it happened on a whim at your door, at the end of your third or fourth date. Joe was so sweet and you just couldn’t help yourself. However, you immediately backed off when you felt him freeze, your thoughts rushing a mile a minute. Was it too much? Have you made him uncomfortable? Oh god, what have you done?

On his end, Joe was completely stunned. This actually happened, you wanted this and you wanted him, maybe even as much as he did. You’ve barely managed to mutter an apology before he grabbed your face softly and kissed you back as you melted into his touch. And for a moment all of the dark thoughts, all the noise quiets down, if only for a little while.

After that, kisses become a large part of your relationship. Soft and sleepy “good morning” kisses. Quick and sweet “I’ll be back in a minute” kisses. Long and passionate “I’ve missed you so much” kisses. And especially “no reason at all, I just feel like it” kisses. All kinds of kisses!

Love Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?

It would definitely take him a while – Joe knows he loves you, but it’s not something he can simply say, for many reasons. He blurts it out by accident, when you watch some laughably bad movie together in the middle of the night and he’s too tired to overthink it any longer. For a moment of silence he gets scared, all of his old fears surfacing immediately, but it all disappears when the biggest smile crosses your face and you happily return his confession with a kiss.

Marriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

Growing up, Joe had an absolute worst example of a marriage in front of him, so he's extremely reluctant to get into one. But the thought of spending his life with you, the thought of having a home, a family with someone who truly loves him, with someone he truly loves so much… It gives him the kind of happiness he haven’t ever experienced. He buys a ring weeks before proposing on one of your weekly dates, when the both of you are happy and relaxed, ready to go home. You’ve never been happier to say yes.

Nicknames - What do they call their s/o?

His go-to is “sweetheart”, but he loves giving you new affectionate nicknames here and there. You find it endearing – every time he says it you can hear his voice getting softer.

On Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

It’s definitely not obvious from the first glance – unfortunately, Joe is very much used to repressing most of his feelings. But under that hard façade, it means everything to him. The days feel lighter, the life feels easier. He finds himself looking forward to the future more and more, the one he might have with you one day. It’s like a burden has been lifted off of his shoulders. He doesn’t get cured, nor would you expect something like that, but he finally feels like the world isn’t such a bad place with you in it. You’re his angel.

PDA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

Joe doesn’t show you off all that much. He barely has any people around in the first place; besides, he feels like he’d somehow put you in danger that way. He’s half-aware it’s an irrational thought, but it’s a thought nevertheless. He gets more comfortable with small acts of PDA as the time goes on – like holding your hand here and a kiss on top of your head there.

Quirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

Joe’s great at cooking – he even packs you lunches at work, you feel very cared for. He’s also very good at reading people’s emotions, so he always knows when you’re upset or overwhelmed and helps you calm down and feel better.

Romance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

He’s romantic in a more practical sense. Joe tries to make your life easier, lifting your burdens as much as he can, supporting you and being by your side, if only for a few hours. For you it’s sweeter than any romcom cliché.

Support - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

He’s your biggest supporter – even just hearing you ramble about your goals with endless excitement, seeing the passion in your eyes leaves him a bit flustered. He wants you to always remember how amazing you are. He also makes sure you take care of yourself when you get too carried away.

Thrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

His life has always been (and often still is, due to his job) full of extreme, dangerous situations, so Joe craves something stable and domestic. For him, your relationship is a safe Heaven, where you’re okay and he’s okay.

Understanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

Extremely empathetic – Joe has a big heart, even if he doesn’t show it often. He’s always there when you need him, and you feel like he knows you like the back of his hand; you wonder how you’ve got so lucky.

Value - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

For Joe, your relationship is one of the most important things he’s had the pleasure of experiencing – your love is what keeps him going, it’s what gives his life meaning. For the longest time, he used to think he doesn’t really deserve any warmth, so having someone as amazing as you by his side, someone who loves him for him and truly enjoys his company feels like a blessing.

Wild Card - A random Fluff Headcanon.

Joe likes to sleep in – especially when he comes home in the middle of the night after long missions. When you get out of bed before him, Joe always hugs you a bit tighter, half-awake, mumbling something about how much he wants you to stay. You always try to sneak in a few more minutes together when you can.

XOXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

YES! Especially after a long job or early in the morning, when both of you just woke up. Feeling you nuzzle into his side, leaving lazy kisses on his neck and chest or tracing his scars softly leaves him so full of love it’s a bit overwhelming at times. He’s also not very good with words, so he hopes that he can show you how much he cherishes you through touch.

Yearning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

Due to the nature of his job Joe, unfortunately, has to spend a lot of time away from you. Some gruesome and tiring things are easier to get through when he knows you’re home waiting for him – but your absence always hurts. He tries to call you when he can – he usually doesn’t say much, but even hearing your voice soothes him.

Zeal - Are they willing to go to great lenghts for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

Joe is extremely devoted to you, so he’s more than ready to give it all. He loves more than he can describe, so losing you is absolutely horrible for him to imagine. He’s supports you during the hard moments and uplifts you during the happy ones. The times may get tough and life isn’t always easy, but at the end of the day, you always have each other and there’s nothing you can’t handle together.

#joe (ywnrh) #joe x reader #joe imagine #joaquin phoenix x reader #joaquin phoenix imagine #you were never really here #ywnrh #seal writes

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Bruh your writing is soooo good! could you do some joe NSFW headcanons? If you're uncomfortable with that I understand❤️

NSFW is welcome here ;) enjoy some Joe headcanons! Sorry for the delay btw! Thank you for your patience 💚

Joe NSFW Headcanons

• Intimacy is a near and dear development and you and Joe’s relationship. He’s very reserved and him making the first move sexually was off the table and, after waiting a few wildly frustrating months for him to pursue you that way, you finally just straight out asked him if he wanted to take it to that level, pouting with your arms crossed over your dinner at your place, dating for 8 months before risking it. Joe was stuttering over his words about it, coughing on your handmade jambalaya, before requesting to start with the little things and work it up there: making out a bit more, then some handjobs and fingering, after a week or two, oral, and, after a month of working up to it, you two had sex. You were on birth control, having an IUD, so you let him do it raw and he came all over your stomach (after trying hard to not cum) after ten minutes.

• He wasn’t a virgin, but sex just... wasn’t something that happened frequently with him. He’d had a lengthy dry spell with job after job and, seeing the gross sexual aspect of his job, he wants the women he’s with to know sex isn’t a requirement to be with him; unfortunately, a lot of the time with his casual dating, women thought he saw them as undesireable or waited so long for him to strike first, they left. You worried the same, but, after asking to start doing sexual things, it seemed a switch in him flickered and he couldn’t keep his hands off you; Joe was almost impatient and you loved it.

• His stamina is really a thing of wonders. The first time you had done it, the sheer anxiety of it made him cum quickly, you smiled and went to kiss him, thinking your rendezvous ended after he came, but he simply put it back in and fucked you thoroughly long after. Joe prefers you to swallow his load, but doesn’t second guess if you ask him to cum on your tits or face (spoiler alert: he cums a lot, almost a bit too much for you). There’s not a finer sight for him to see than you taking his pumps of hot cum down your throat and swallowing it down for him. The first time you showed him your mouth full of him cum, swallowed it down in a big gulp, then opened wide for him to show him you swallowed it all, a mischeivous twinkle in your eyes. You walked funny for two days after.

• Joe doesn’t mind rough bouts, but he prefers slow love-making it. After his dry spell, he loves the feeling of his cock in you, your warmth and the looks on your face as he fills you up, it makes it hard for him to sleep without you next to him; most nights, you wake up with his lips on your neck for a mid-night fuck before he rolls back ofer and shushes you to sleep again. He likes to do it multiple times a day to make up for lost time when he’s away on timely jobs. He can tell when you gets a little fidgety and have darting eyes from all the other times you asked him to be a bit rough on you and complies, gripping your hips hard enough to make them red, smacking your ass, pulling your hair to reveal the nape of your neck and leave it ruined with hickeys that’ll stay for days as a reminder that you’re his baby.

• His favorite position is spooning. Holding you while he thoroughly fucks you is one of the most satisfying things he has the pleasure to experience in life, feeling the way you quiver when his cock reaches that special spot and getting the scent of your shampoo is an indescribable heaven for him. “I love you” slips out constantly while he makes love to you, he just can’t say it enough. He knows you know, but he’ll be damned if you don’t hear it until it’s branded on your mind, until, if any doubt comes to you, you’ll know how loved you are by him.

• Kisses you so deeply in semi-public settings that it leaves you wanting for later. Joe loves, loves, loves feeling your lips, your new chapstick rubbed off on his lips, he kisses you too long before you or him go off to work, in the car before you head into the grocery store, in the kitchen while visitors are in the living room, he gets off the power knowing kisses you like that leaves you fidgety the rest of the evening until at night, you’re rubbing at his bare chest so much, your lips nipping at his neck that he has to get up a lock the door, close the blinds, and turn up the television’s rerun of “I Love Lucy” before slipping off his plaid pajama pants and tearing off your nightgown and making you mewl like a bitch in heat.

• He can’t end his day without eating you out at least once. When he comes back from a tiring mission, when he pulls you in for a hug, catching the intoxicating scent of your perfume, his instincts demand that he lap you up as quickly as you can get to the bedroom. You tap into his less brutal primal instincts. His job demands he use animalistic instincts, instincts of bare brutality, but you just elicit this animal instinct to stick his cock in you and make it nice and warm in your wetness. But make no mistake, he is a gentleman if there ever was one and chivalry is key to him; you can and will come on his cock and, at the end, you will be rewarded with the gentlest cuddles, nestled deep under your comforter, bare backs on your headboard, lips still locked after an hour and some of love-making, listening to the loud white noise of “The Twilight Zone” on the television. You give each other your bodies’ and, everytime, you feel your hearts swell up with a bit more love than the last time you made love.

#ywnrh #You Were Never Really Here (2017) #You Were Never Really Here #joe x reader #joe x you #joe scenario #joe imagine #joe headcanons #ywnrh imagine #ywnrh scenario #ywnrh headcanons

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ahhh I love your writing so much! Would you ever write some joe fluff from YWNRH? I think my heart would stop 🥺

I’ll brew up some fluffy headcanons for handsome ol’ Joe ;)

Fluffy Joe Headcanons

• Joe is a relatively docile man unless provoked to be otherwise. He is calm and, unfortunately, cynical of the world because of how bad he’s witnessed it to be. You give him hope that sometimes good people are genuinely good people.

• He craves domesticity. He’s a bit older and has had brief and few romances. It’s out of your control to do the same but you support his endeavors. You only want to be there to comfort him after a rough mission, to soothe his weary soul. His PTSD sometimes results in spurts of dissociation and you try to ground him, give him kind whispers and rub circles on his back in the dark of night before bed, before you turn the light out and bookmark his new Stephen King book for him. A part of him craves a life where he wasn’t in his line of work, hadn’t been exposed to what led him down this road, but knows the difference his job makes. He plays pretend that he could come home to you and a fresh meal every night, but that future feels so distant that it feels unreachable sometimes; he hopes you understand that normality is beyond him and that you’ll stay through thick and thin and love him (and you do).

• He’s always touching you, holding your hand, your waist, your arm, your leg on the sofa, he can’t bear to be too far from you. Physical affect is his primary love language. That being said, PDA is generally shied away from because of his little hobby to protect you, but he sometimes can’t help sneaking you away for a few kisses if you wear an outfit he likes or a different perfume. Late night TV feels wrong if you aren’t settled in his lap, in one of his older t-shirts, nestled into the nape of his neck... you always fall asleep halfway through the reruns of “Family Matters.” He carries you to bed most nights.

• He loves taking you out for date nights, you like simple things, but he likes spoiling you with a nice dinner every two weeks on sunday. If date night gets missed due to his work, he calls you to tell you how much he misses you (yes, he ends every call with kissy noises. Every single one). You’re in his phone as “sweetheart,” he rarely calls you your name.

• Joe is naturally protective. He’s built himself around the concept of protecting others and it’s so natural that nearly everything he does trickles through with some sort of attempt to keep you safe. You can see it when he holds you closer on the sidewalk, when he immediately locks the doors when you get in the car, when pushed your bed to wall, so he can sandwich you between the wall and him to protect you. It’s always, always there.

• Overall, he’s a gruff man but he’s a good boyfriend. After getting bothered by his mother to be married or have a family, he wants a woman that could, possibly, just maybe, be a wife and a mother, be a safe haven and a heaven on Earth. His job demands him to be brutal for the sake of playing savior and you give him the opportunity to show himself that he’s capable of having a tender touch and loving hands. He keeps your picture in his wallet, a polaroid with your pink Dior lipstick stamped on it as a joke you laughed hard at on your ninth date, by the beach even though it was freezing as shit. You make him forget what he’s done to others. Now all that matters is what he does, what he can do for you.

#You Were Never Really Here #YWNRH #joe x reader #joe imagine #joe scenario #You Were Never Really Here (2017) #YWNRH imagine #YWNRH scenario #YWNRH headcanons #joe x you

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would love some hcs about joe’s soft belly please i just wanna show him some love

Joe is prob one of my favorite JP characters I love him I love him 💚💚💚💚 please enjoy these Joe belly headcanons!

Joe Body Headcanons

• Joe has occasionally poked fun at his shape, and you don’t like it, not one bit. You know his dry humor and how he generally uses it to avoid discussing certain things, one of those things being his weight.

• His mother sometimes mentions it, an occasional “there’s a new gym down the street” or asking if he’s thinking about starting a diet with her. He doesn’t mind his shape much... until he starts getting sexual with you. Then he’s hyperaware that he’s just kind of sort of a bit bigger than you, a little heavier... ok, a lot heavier. And then the insecurity set in, settling into his gut like a parasite, criticizing his eating habit of the day, always something. Something to say to himself, “Maybe I’m not good enough for her.”

• It’s always lights off with him, in the middle of peeling off clothes, he’ll scramble to turn off the lights to “set the mood.” But you know, you know he’s been buying dumbass Men’s Health magazines with a million strange ways to get abs. You noticed when he saw you chatting with a co-worker, big, buff, and handsome, in the grocery store when you sent him back to the cereal aisle to get Cocoa Pebbles, he sort of hesitated to introduce himself as your boyfriend. He compares himself a bit more to middle-aged male stars that were as, if not more sculpted, than they were ten or twenty years ago.

• One day, you’re sick of it. He jokingly mentions that you’d leave him for the Rock, watching Fast and Furious in the depth of night in your shared bedroom some months later, because the Rock is just so big and handsome or something or other. “Joey,” you turn, looking serious for once, “I don’t care about the Rock’s fucking abs or his big coconut biceps. I like you. I like all of you and your gray hairs and your cute little itty bitty ponytail and that tattoo you got when you were 17. I love you, Joe, I like you now and I’d like you even if you were shaped like a celery stick.” He seems a bit bewildered, at a loss for words, until he smiles, a little, tiny, shy smile. “I love you too. Even if you were shaped like a big pumpkin,” he laughs, pulling you into cuddle into him and kiss, finishing the Fast and the Furious.

• After that, he does it with the lights on, showers with you a little more often, hugs you a bit tighter. He isn’t that supermodel hunk of muscle in the DC movies, but, good grief, is he hot as fire. And he’s all yours, belly and all. Now, he even lets you kiss his belly! (Not that you had been daydreaming about doing that since you met him...)

#joe headcanons #joe x you #joe x reader #ywnrh headcanons #ywnrh scenario #ywnrh imagine #You Were Never Really Here (2017) #YWNRH (2017) #YWNRH #nana writes

[terry-perry]

Omg okay, I wasn't going to bother you because I know I'm annoying af and I already sent that request the other day, BUT... I have no self control 😂 and your post about YWNRH got my mind going, so for the mothers day drabbles, could I please ask for something where Joe and the reader's kid surprise her with something special for mother's day? I just feel like he would be so sweet as a dad. 😭💖 Thank you!!! And no worries at all if you're not feeling this one! 💖

Baby, you never bug me when you send me requests! Also I was secretly hoping to do something for this giant teddy bear ❤️

“Daddy...”

Joe’s eyes fluttered opened upon hearing a soft voice. His vision adjusted, and it was soon met by the sight of his toddler daughter, Rebecca, standing next to his side of his bed.

“What are you doing up, baby?” He asked, mind still foggy.

“Mommy,”

She pointed at your sleeping form next to him. He peered over to you, and that’s when he remembered.

“Oh right,” he smiled. He carefully slipped out of bed and picked Rebecca up, staying as quiet as a mouse as he slipped the two of them out of the bedroom while you continued to snooze away. 

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“Baby girl, it’s not even eight a.m.” Joe groaned, checking out the time on the microwave. “We couldn’t have waited to do this at, at least, 9:30? Maybe 10?”

Rebecca just looked up at him, her eyes narrowed with determination. An action she definitely inherited from him. “Mommy,”

It was only one word, but it was enough to make her case.

“You’re right. It’s for Mommy. She deserves only the best.”

He had sat her down on the kitchen counter and got everything he needed to get breakfast started. There was soon a delicious aroma in the air that combined the food being cooked with the coffee brewing. Along with the sounds of your loves laughing and bacon sizzling, it was enough to get you out of bed and enter the kitchen with a big smile on your face as you saw the tiny buffet being made. When Rebecca caught sight of you, she stopped putting fruit in the cup in front of her and widened her eyes with a surprised gasp.

“Mommy!” She exclaimed in a scolding tone that she also learned from her father. She pointed towards the stairs next. “Bed!”

Joe looked over his shoulders from the stove and chuckled. “She wanted to surprise you. Bring you breakfast in bed.”

“Oh, I’m sorry honey,” you cooed, going over to cup her face and kiss her nose. This got her to get rid of her pouty face and give out a giggle. 

“Happy Mommy’s Day!” She declared.

Joe turned to face the both of you, his arms snaking around you as he pressed a kiss of his own to your temple.

“Happy Mother’s Day, sweetheart,” he mumbled in your ear. 

“Can’t believe both my darlings did this for me,” you said, genuinely feeling warm and fuzzy.

“We’re just about done,” he explained. “The coffee is brewed, and we made a lot of toast if you want to sit down and have some of that for now.”

“Sounds good,” you agreed, but stubborn, little Rebecca had other plans.

“No!” She insisted, going back to pointing at the stairs. “Bed, Mommy!”

The two of you couldn’t help but laugh. 

“Yes, ma’am,” you joked, pulling yourself out of your husband’s embrace. “But can Mommy take some coffee with her, at least?”

She hummed in thought, genuinely giving it some thought. “Okay,” 

#Joaquin Phoenix #you were never really here #joe x reader #2017 #drabble #oneshot #imagine #request #fluff

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Question:

For those who watched You Were Never Really Here, would anyone mind sharing their theories on Joe’s fixation with suffocation (the plastic bags) in my ask or in my replies 🥺 I really like YWNRH and want to write something with his suffocation fixation!

Thank you guys if you choose to participate 💖

#nana posts