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my-own-walker · 10 months
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hiii so sorry i request a lot i js love ur writing!! can u plz make an imagine of alex from adult world? one where we take a shower with him (fluff not smut)? thank uuuu
Wake Only To Bathe In Greens And Blues
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note: plssssss i've been WAITING for an alex request. thank you!! Don’t apologize at all for requesting things!!
warnings: major TW for death and mourning (was feeling emo when I wrote this), mentions of nudity, showering together, fluff (no sm*t), if you want shower sm*t that's not what ur getting here
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I woke softly, most likely due to the sunlight streaming through the curtains, directly into my eyes. Always a sensitive sleeper, little changes could disturb me from my sleep. The smell of grass and chalk-covered sidewalks wofted through the open window. The air was warm and thick and wet. The morning brought with it a familiar sound. A memory. A reminder. 
The mourning doves cried out from their perches in the trees. Their woeful song of sorrow. I couldn't help but stop and overhear their calls. Their pain. 
I saw him in the mourning doves, sitting by my window, nesting in my gutters, close to me on a low-hanging branch. The doves were not afraid of me. They were him. He became the mourning doves. He was there. He was with me. He was gone, but his omnipresent soul lived on in the cries of the birds that wouldn't seem to leave me be. 
Honeyed summer days rotted with the churn of my stomach each morning when I heard that familiar sound. The sound of warmth and freedom, for most. Loss and grief for me. I resented the summer. It brought me only pain. 
I wanted to enjoy the alluring sun and the heavenly feel of winter taking its final bow, but he was there.  I wished he would let me run with my arms outstretched into the body of daybreak without the tethers of heartbreak. Let me relish in the sun without hearing his mourning dove cries. 
Omnipresent, unceasing memories.
I loved him, but how I wished he would please leave me be.
Alex's stirring shook me from my thought. He turned over onto his side, eyes fluttering open innocently. Like a child waking from a midday nap. His face was illuminated by the beam of sunlight sneaking through into the room. His expression contorted into one of concern as soon as he was awake enough to process anything.
'My god,' he croaked, 'Y/N, are you ok?' He shifted and brought his hand up to wipe my cheek. I didn't even realize I was crying. I chuckled softly through my tears and sniffed.
'Man, yeah,' I laughed. 'Just being stupid.'
'How long have you been up like this?' he asked, concern creeping into his tone.
'Only a few minutes, I'm sure,' I sighed, looking over at the clock. It had actually been an hour.
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Summers with my dad were amazing. As a child, I reveled in the whimsy and wonder of trips to the woods with my father. He was an outdoorsman. An absolute enjoyer of all things natural.
As a little child, I would spend entire summers with him at a cabin in Lake Pleasant. He was a single dad. He was totally hopeless raising a little girl by himself. Nevertheless he persisted, and I grew up a regular tomboy. We’d fish in the lake, hike on nearby trails, and stargaze at night. He was a birdwatcher as well. Mourning Doves were his favorite to hear.
‘That means summer’s here, baby girl,’ he’d say, stars in his eyes. He died in the summer. His favorite time of year. Alone in the cabin.
A mourning dove sat perched on the roof of my car at the funeral home the day we said goodbye. I cried, knowing it was him saying hello.
I couldn’t be there when he went. The first summer I didn’t spend at that cabin. I was too busy. A college student with a summer job. I needed the cash. But money could never bring him back. Money could never fix the way summer was forever spoiled for me.
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‘Baby? Y/N,’ Alex whispered in an urgent tone.
‘Ah, god. I’m so sorry, I-I was,’ I stammered. ‘My dad.’ That was all I could choke out before the tears returned.
‘You don’t need to say another word,’ he assured me, caressing my cheek. ‘You don’t have to explain.’ He handled my grief well. I couldn’t imagine possessing the patience and grace he had.
I reached up and touched my hair, paling when I realised the absolute state I was in. I pulled at a nearly matted knot and sighed. I was still wearing yesterdays makeup. Depression had a funny way of creeping up on me. I was suddenly all too aware of how much of a mess I was.
‘Do you maybe want a shower?’ Alex asked. ‘I can take one with you.’ Showers were hard for me. In my grief, I would stand in the shower for nearly hours just thinking about ‘what-ifs.’ Showering with Alex helped.
We shared a small apartment in town just a few minutes down the road from my college. Living with Alex quite possibly saved my life. I loved him so intensely. He was so tolerant and kind. The perfect little housewife (said jokingly, of course). He was better than me at matters of domesticity.
I stood and smoothed my hands over my shirt. Alex stood on his side of the bed stretching. In an instant, he was by my side.
‘You look gorgeous,’ he whispered softly in my ear.
‘Hardly,’ I scoffed.
‘Come on,’ he beckoned, stepping toward the bathroom. Alex turned the shower on and removed his boxers. I slipped my t-shirt, shorts, and underwear off and stepped under the stream of water, joining Alex in the delicious warmth.
I felt his hands snake around my waist as we stood under the water together. I grabbed my shampoo and handed it to him, asking without words for him to wash my hair. He massaged the floral smelling soap into my knotted hair gently. Having him take care of me like this was heaven on earth.
I turned to face him and burst into tears as I looked him in his eyes. He was everything to me. The way he made sure my needs were met made me feel so whole. Instead of speaking, he just wrapped me tightly in his arms. I rubbed the smooth skin of his back as he embraced me. His fingers moved mindlessly through my hair.
The water washed over us, cleansing me of the pain I felt. Nothing mattered in the world besides he and I.
‘Now can you wash my hair?’ Alex laughed, lightening the mood a bit.
I giggled and grabbed his shampoo. He always knew the way to make me feel better. His love was beautiful and all-encompassing. There were no bounds to his heart.
When we finished up, he ran ahead of me to grab me a towel. He wrapped me in it and gave me a kiss on the forehead, making a show out of the smooching sound.
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Doing my best to get around to all the request in my inbox right now! Sorry this one got kinda depresso. It’s kinda like a (cough) true-ish story to my life so it got personal. Don’t know why I took it that route haha.
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slasher-male-wife · 2 years
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i was wondering if you could write something for the grabber x a gn reader where their hair is naturally curly but they always straightened it before he took them so when he lets them shower and they come out with a completely new hairstyle maybe he says sm about it?
So I myself have curly hair. It's like 3A probably and I know that curly hair is different on different people so I want to make the disclaimer for this that I'm not an expert about hair and stuff and that this fic is probably going to fit people 3A-3C the best, although it was hard to find a like set picture for these curls. I'm doing this type of curls because I know them the best. I can make another version of this fic for people with very curly hair if it's wanted. I just want to give this disclaimer before you read so everyone is on the same page. I try to keep my fics as open as possible so everyone can enjoy them but sometimes it gets more specific. Sorry for the long note and weird ending I hope y'all enjoy. (Also I know very curly hair needs to be taken care of in a specific way but this is The Grabber ya know?)
Different dove: The Grabber x Curly haired! gn reader
Warnings: Stockholm syndrome? Comments on the readers appearance, Grabber touching the readers hair (consentualy)
For the first week you stayed here your hair was straight. That's how you did it before you were taken by him. Today you were walking around the basement like you always do, nothing to really do. The lock on the door clicks and it's pushed open. You watch as he walks in. He has on his blank mask, covering all of his face.
"Hello dove. I thought I would offer you something today. Since you've been so well behaved." His hand never leaves the door. You look to his other hand and his pockets. He doesn't seem to have anything on him.
"What is it?" You ask, fidgeting with you hands.
"I thought you might want to shower. I'll give you a change of clothes as well. We won't have any issues as long as you don't lock the door." You think for a moment. All you have left from the outside world is your clothes. But you've been wearing them for a week straight and they're starting to irritate your skin. You could use a shower.
"I'd like that very much thank you. When do I get to take it?"
"I'll need to get a few things ready before I let you upstairs. I'll be back down soon then you can go." You nod and he shuts the door, locking it. You sit back on the bare mattress and start to think. 'I really get to see his house?' 'Maybe I could find a way to leave.' 'What would he do if I locked the door?' 'Do I want to find out?' 'Maybe I could knock him out somehow and escape.' That last thought does something to your heart. What's wrong with you. You know you have to escape from here. But something else is fighting you on that. Something is telling you to stay.
You slide off your shoes to make changing in the bathroom easier. Despite having on socks your feet still feel cold on the concrete ground. You wait another ten minutes before he returns. He's wearing the smiling mask now. He holds out his hand and you stand up. When you take it he wraps his arm around yours and firmly pulls you close to him.
"I trust you won't try to leave dove. You know better than that," You nod as he leads you up a flight of stairs and into a kitchen. You can hear running water nearby. He leads you to his living room and down a hallway. He stops outside of an open door. The running water is clear to you now, "The water is warm. Take your time dove. Your new clothes are on the counter."
"Thank you." He lets go of your arm and you walk in, shutting the door. You go to lock it but remember his words. You pull your hand away and take off your clothes. You step into the shower and find a bar of soap waiting for you. You wash yourself off and wet your hair. It's been collecting lots of oil and dust from the basement. You let the warm water heat you up before looking around for shampoo. When you find the bottle you pour some in your hand and rub it into your hair. It smells like pine, reminding you of a childhood friends house around Christmas time. You wash it out and put some conditioner in your hand. You know this isn't the best for your hair but you gotta use what you have.
You finish your shower and shut off the water. You step out and while you're drying off you notice a lock on the window. You look back to the door while you continue to dry off, moving up to your hair. You get your hair pretty dry, your curls returning to your hair. You look at the clothes The Grabber brought for you. A sweater, boxers, jeans and socks, all of them his. You put them all on and gather your clothes and towel. You open the door and he looks back at you. You can't see his face but you see something shift in his eyes.
"I'm done. Thank you for letting me shower." He nods.
"You can leave your clothes in the bathroom. I'll wash them for you," You walk back into the bathroom and set your clothes on the counter. You return to him expecting to go back to the basement but he places a hand on your shoulder, "Why's your hair so curly dove?" He asks.
" I straightened my hair before you took me. It curls back when I wash it." You explain. He looks at your hair while he hums.
"You look very nice dove. I like your hair curly. May I touch it?" He asks. You feel your face heat up at his compliment, your heart beats a little faster too.
"Go ahead." He reaches out a hand and twirls one of your curls with his finger, his eyes are fixed on you hair while he twirls it. You just look at him and smile a little. It's not often this happens. You've always felt a bit iffy about your curly hair, but it's so nice that someone loves it. He moves his and and firmly takes your arm and moves his other one off your shoulder.
"How about we wait a little bit before we go back to the basement." Your smile grows, anything to not be down there anymore.
"Of course."
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adore-gregor · 3 years
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#the last days everything was so stressful ehh :/#uni is so much with 15 classes a week :')#and then i have so much homework in two of them#and we have to explain exercises in those lessons#and i don't understand all that because my highschool teacher didn't care enough to teach us stuff#which other learned#i wish i could just at least drop that one class but i need those ects (study points)#lol altough i'm not gonna get 60 anyway but i need to get many#also lowkey questioning my study choice😰#a professor of us you have all these math classes because you need it a lot for environmental sciences#and i'm like 👁👄👁#fuck i hate math and i'm bad at it#why no one said that before#also they said we might go back to uni some time?#but the way it is now i don't wanna#still many cases and i don't wanna pass it on to my parents in any case 😩#also staying at my uni city alone the whole time seems horrible#no nature nearby and i'm just enjoying running sm#and like i can't do anything there because corona#and who knows who of my study people are even there or after all this long time?#i think i'd be so lonely#i don't want to please 🥺#i won't go to any courses unless i have to#also maaan i miss ski jumping 🥺😢#and gregors presence through social media 🥺#he always makes me happy 🥰#and then such shit with football had to happen#especially now with no ski jumping i have been watching a lot of football and been loving it#hearing that was so sad and like it ruined a thing for me#luckily it looks like it ended well tho
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cytaoplasm · 7 years
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i'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time right now :( and don't worry about ranting on tumblr it's your blog and we're always here to listen. things maybe shitty right now but i promise they'll get better you always have us to rely on :)
You’re supposed to pay for everything you list on the form.Hello anon. Thank you for taking your time sending me this message. I’m just afraid that people might take a screenshot of my rant and send it to the person I am upset about. I don’t like starting beef with people (even if they’re shitty) but yeah thanks for that. I hope it will be better soon because I feel really upset right now and I’m trying very hard to be positive. I will rant below so keep reading. Please do not attack the person or trying to find them. I’m not trying to start beef with this person. I just want to get this off my chest not starting a drama. If you cared for my mental being please do not DO NOT screenshot this and send this to other people.
So yesterday, I saw one of the group order person opened a korean good form. so I decided to buy a pair of contact lense that i cant get in the US along with a SM COEX exo keychain for my friend who is moving away soon. Since this is my first time group ordering with this person and I don’t know the expectation that well so I got worried about item and thought about how OP’s sister who is traveling to Korea for vacation  (which is why they opened a GO) might not be able to find it so I put down an etude house palette as an alternative option and said that in case if it’s a disconveinet for them to find the lense they can just get this palette for me which can easily find in korean road shop
My order:
Lensme Cocktail Hologram Kalua Milk 1+2 event (Please get Peach Crush + Blue Hawaii if they allow you to choose)
http://lens-me.com/product/detail.html?product_no=917&cate_no=82&display_group=1#prdDetail
Lenseme
Power: L- 4.5 R - 4.00
20,000 ($17.69 USD)
but if the lenseme shop is kinda far away from you and there’s an olense store nearby or something:
Olense Russian Velvet Gray http://www.o-lens.com/product/search.html?banner_action=&keyword=%EB%9F%AC%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%88%EB%B2%A8%EB%B2%B3
Olense
Power: 0
20,000 ($17.69 USD)
If you can’t find the lense please get me this instead:
Etude House Personal Color Palette Warm Tone http://www.etude.co.kr/product.do?method=view&prdCd=101001241 Etude House
35,000 ($30.95 USD)
Other orders beside the lense:
EXO Lightstick White Chanyeol Key Chain https://detail.tmall.hk/hk/item.htm?spm=a1z10.15-b.w4011-14804704346.51.q16QAx&id=544589047475&rn=05a7455bb212062bbc9c6b5c4678b91b
94.00 Yuan ($13.68)
SM SUM
Please note that I am trying to make both side: myself and them happy. I don’t want to cause a hassle for them but I also want to get stuff from Korea myself which is why I put down an alternative option. She doesn’t have to get it. If she can find the lense, that’s great If she can’t find it, she can stop by an Etude House road shop which is all over the place in Korea and get the palette for me.
However, the problem is that the palette is $30.95, so I was wondering if I have to pay for that too so I send her an Ask:
“Hey so I just send u the payment and stuff immediately right after the order. On the form I ordered a pair of contact lense & a keychain from Coex but I put an alternative option in case they can’t find it. Do I also have to pay for that option before or can I do it after they confirm they cant ?“
and this is why she told me ( I copied and paste the reply)
“You’re supposed to pay for everything you list on the form.”
The way she replied was very cold and it didn’t answer my question. The palette is not my primary choice. She can chose not to buy it. So I asked her again.
“Ok so I’m gonna send you the payment for the alternative option. I just want to confirm this again (sorry for being annoying) but you will refund me back that money after your sister’s back right? Thank you for your patience I really appreciate it”
and her replies:
“If she can’t find the goods, your payment will be refunded.”
She still didn’t answer my question clearly. Maybe I guess I’m just slow. IDk you make the judgement.
The thing is  I want to get some goods from korea and i dont want them to go through the process of refunding my money u know so I thought it would better to just keep it and spend it on the alternative option which can easily be found in road shop. That way both side will be happy.
I was actually thinking about sending them an extra $13.26 so that even if she cant find the lense she still have $17 smth (money that i gave her for the lense) and she can use that extra money + the money for the lense to buy it so I messaged a friend of mine who is in the NA EXO G.O who I thought might have her line ID but it turned out to be the wrong person. So yeah then, I found out she refunded my order and send me this email:
“I cancelled your order and refunded you your payment. My sister isn’t a personal shopper to be on the lookout for alternatives for you as the point of her getting items for people are if you are 100% sure you want that good. If you list the item in your form, you pay for it and if she can’t find it, your payment is refunded. There are no alternatives as she doesn’t have time to be catering to just your order. She’s going on vacation and will not be spending her whole time for just you.You also asked if there will be a fee for domestic, then said you live in Dallas, Texas? I only do meet-ups in Houston, so of course there will be a fee for me to send you your goods.Also, my orders don’t have anything to do with Chen USA Union. I run both, but they are separate entities. Different rules apply.”
Also I forgot to mention, since her form didn’t said anything about paying domestic fee so I asked. I didn’t know if I have to pay for domestic shipping fee since we’re in the same state. I did shopping on eBay and a lot of sellers who is in the same state do free shipping so I was just curious.
Secondly she said  "They will also take special requests yet do not guarantee that they will be able to find them.“ She did not said we’re not your personal shopper and we do not have time to take special request. She said on the form, she said they WILL ALSO TAKE SPECIAL REQUEST.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT????? I CANT READ HER MIND OR WHAT SHE WANT. PLYS ETUDE HOUSE ROAD SHOP IS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN SEOUL. IF SHE HAVE TIME TO BUY MY STUFF THAT’S GREAT IF SHE DOESN’T THAT FINE TOO. I DON’T MIND.
BUt out of courtesy I send her an apology email. Even though I personally think I did nothing wrong.
“I apologize for my actions. I did not know that what I was doing was wrong. This is my first group order so I just wanted to clarify and follow the rules correctly and send in my payment, so everything would work out and not becoming a huge mess. I don’t have the knowledge about the obvious reason of paying domestic fee since again, this is my first time doing something like this. I have looked at all of the information and read everything closely in the form. I did not know that putting in an alternative option would offend you. I was simply trying to be specific like what you said on the form so you didn’t have to email me about different concerns. So I apologize for that along with my foolishness and lack of thought when ordering from you. It was my inexperience with group ordering and group order expectations from you that caused you and your sister some inconveniences.  I am not sure  if I am in your blacklist or not but if your sister is willing to take my order to buy the lenses from Lensme and an EXO COEX good that please let me know. I will resend my payment to you. I am very willing to pay for the domestic fee as well. But if you and your sister are not willing to, I understand and I wish you the best and I also wish your sister to enjoy her vacation. If she has the time, I would definitely recommend her to go to this cute sheep cafe called Thanks Nature Cafe. I don’t remember the address but I think it’s in Hongdae. You can go search it up! My cousin went there during her vacation early this year and said it was really nice. Thank you and have a nice day.”
IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT I CAN’T READ HER MIND. I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER OR THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I READ THE FORM AND IT WAS SO UNCLEAR. ALL THE INFORMATION SHE TOLD ME WAS NOT IN THE FORM. EVEN BETTER YET, SHE INDIRECTLY SHADEH ME ON TWITTER. SHE DOESN’T EVEN BOTHER TO REPLY TO MY EMAIL TOO. 
SHE DIDN’T EVEN LET ME EXPLAIN MYSELF AND FUCKING SHUT ME DOWN.
*took a deep breath* I put the options as a good gesture. I honestly don’t know why is she getting triggered by my actions. Can she just inform me in a nice way? Instead of criticizing me and make me look like a shitty person? I have never missed my payment nor back out an order. I was just simply trying to follow directions and trying to clarify some information because it’s my responsibility to know what I’m getting into and not causing trouble for other people. I do not understand why this person is mad.
So yeah. Don’t do group order, guys. They take a long time and group order master always sounds like they’re moody 24/7. If you tripped up once, they will kill you. I get that their job is stressful but do they feel the need to take it on an innocent person who just simply trying to abide by the rule ?
DM if you want screenshot and links and actual proof. I didn’t make up any of this. I have never lied once in my life. If I’m upset there’s a reason why. I don’t get upset by things easily but when I do it’s serious.
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