🥀 Aspiring author & dark fiction enthusiast 🥀
Writing the kind of love that hurts to hold.
Romance with teeth | Roses, ruin, obsession
Fanfiction & original dark fiction
🖤 Pretty Thing in Chains | Loki’s Pet Project 🖤
Because Tumblr was lacking cowboy chaos, so here we are.
🔥 Smut / Spicy
All Fire, Some Fight Part 1, Part 2 - Dinner turns into Alex testing just how much attention you really wanted.
💔 Angst
Not My Alex - After three months away in Montana, Alex comes back sharper, harder, and nothing like the best friend you remember.
Second Place Hearts - After a year and a half with Alex, she never thought jealousy would come in the form of a city girl named Jackie Howard. But when insecurities start to whisper louder than reason, Alex reminds her exactly where she stands, first place in his heart. (This one's not entirely Angst but definitely some)
🌾 Requests/Drabbles
Caught - Sneaking around is all fun and games...until you're caught.
😗😏Coming soon🫠🫡 -
All Fire Some Fight part 3 - Smut - Come on we know what this one's about...
Under the Stars - light spice/fluff - After planning the perfect inside electricity needing date...the power goes out, and a little improvisation goes a long way.
Dance Promises - Angsty - He said he'd go to the dance...
Why can't I hate you - Spicy banter, possible smut - After starting her first job it turns out a certain cowboy had started a few months earlier and as much as she wants to hate him...it's not going her way (Loosely based on real my life events 🫠)
Opposite worlds - EVERYTHING - Alex is from the country, Reader is from the city, and each are more than happy to learn about the others world.
Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again
That is profound. I noticed this by accident when asked about adjectives by a Japanese student. She translated something from Japanese like “Brown big cat” and I corrected her. When she asked me why, I bluescreened.
I’m kinda reading “brown big cat” as “brown (big cat)”, that is, a “big cat” - like a tiger or lion or other felid of similar size - that happens to be brown. “Big brown cat”, on the other hand, sounds more like a brown cat that’s just a bit bigger than a regular housecat - like a bobcat or a maine coon cat or something like that.
yeah, if you put the adjectives out of order you wind up implying a compound noun, which is presumably why we have this rule; we stripped out so much inflection over the centuries word order now dictates a huge amount of our grammar
Just looked up why we do this and one of the first lines in this article is, “Adjectives are where the elves of language both cheat and illumine reality.” so I know it’s a good article.
Things this article has taught me:
This same order of adjectives more or less applies to languages around the world. “It’s possible that these elements of universal grammar clarify our thought in some way,” says Barbara Partee, a professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Yet when the human race tacitly decided that shape words go before color words go before origin words, it left no record of its rationale.
One theory is that the more specific term always falls closer to the noun. But that doesn’t explain everything in adjective order.
Another theory is that as you get closer to the noun, you encounter adjectives that denote more innate properties. In general, nouns pick out the type of thing we’re talking about, and adjectives describe it,” Partee told me. She observes that the modifiers most likely to sit right next to nouns are the ones most inclined to serve as nouns in different contexts: Rubber duck. Stone wall.
Rules are made to be broken. Switching up the order of adjectives allows you to redistribute emphasis. (If you wish to buy the black small purse, not the gray one, for instance, you can communicate your priorities by placing color before size). Scrambling the order of adjectives also helps authors achieve a sense of spontaneity, of improvising as they go. Wolfe discovers such a rhythm, a feeling-his-way quality, when he discusses his childhood recollection of “brown tired autumn earth” and a “flat moist plug of apple tobacco.”
Brain scans have discovered that your brain has to work harder to read adjectives in the “wrong” order.
TL;DR: No one knows why we do this adjective thing but it’s pretty hardwired in.
Since it’s never credited, this is from Mark Forsyth’s The Elements of Eloquence, and just one reason why I think it’s required reading for anyone interested in prosecraft. Every page is this useful.
Damn 500 likes seems crazy! Ive just gotten better from being sick and this is such a nice surprise love you all and I will get more coming soon!!! Just give me some time lovelies....
For me I get out of writers block by letting myself rest and focusing on listing details or things I want to include in stories/chapters later! Listening to good drama from friends also helps me a lot and tapping into my imagination by me tally going through different scenarios to see what lights me on fire in a good way. (This is basically me begging you to write more LMFAO)
OK i dont know when this was sent but...yes....ok i really need to do some writing like I really do i have an ask there im yet to start on i have ones lined up im just slowly getting there very...very slowly I have so many ideas I just need to get them out ahhhh xo
For some reason ive been obsessed with the thought of Mafia boss Bucky Barnes x reader where Bucky smokes and like genuinely i hate the habit but the thought is so attractive for some reason but I cant find anyone who's doing it really and I cant write everything myself doesnt have the same pizzazz the same feeling.
I know no one cares but 250 likes is so incredibly and its all thanks to our favourite cowboy Alex Walter ❤️ which more fic will be coming soon! Dont you worry darlins' xo Thanks guys love you!!!!
Love your Alex Walter work! May I request one where it's Alex × Fem!Reader. The concept of a city girl and him a farm boy meeting, and they introduce their worlds and find stuff they like (and hate) about each, but ultimately fall in love. Give me all the fluff, smut, angst, etc to your hearts desire <3
Hey babe, I havent forgotten about you,I am definitely writing this Im just finding the motivation between work and sleep because thata all ya girls got time for but this is gold and will be in the line up for posting, love ya 💛
After a year and a half with Alex, she never thought jealousy would come in the form of a city girl named Jackie Howard. But when insecurities start to whisper louder than reason, Alex reminds her exactly where she stands, first place in his heart.
Authors Note: Ok...ok but why am i actually so happy with how this turned out...like not to toot my own horn but... 📯📯 *Toot toot* anyway I have three other Alex x Readers on the way so look out for them but not too hard because...working sucks.
Q&A: For one of the fics I need a job for Alex so...what do we think Alex's first job would be if he wasnt out there bronc riding (Is that whats its called sorry brain bump)
Second Place Hearts
After a year and a half with Alex, she hadn’t expected this to be what got to her some distant… cousin? Not-cousin? Honestly, she still wasn’t even sure what Jackie Howard was to the Walters.
She’d ask Alex, only… she hadn’t really seen Alex all week. Just Jackie with her perfect hair, neat clothes, and that polished, city-girl confidence.
And now, there they were again. Walking into school together. Laughing.
Maybe it was petty, but it was hard not to notice how Jackie looked like everything Y/N wasn’t, prettier, skinnier, smarter, put-together. And here she was, standing in the hallway in jeans and Alex’s old flannel, trying not to wonder if maybe she just didn’t fit his world anymore.
She hadn’t even realized she was crying until her eyes met with his and a look of concern flashed across his face He rushed over before she could even consider going in the other direction.
“Darlin’, what happened.” He cooed his hands cupped her cheeks, thumbs swipping the tears away. He was looking at her like she still mattered holding her in the right way but the thoughts in her head were too loud. Jackie’s prettier, Jackie’s smarter. He wants someone like her. When she doesn’t respond and only cries harder Alex frowns, pulling her into his chest awkward at first but quickly finding that puzzle piece like position. “It’s ok sweets you can just cry. I don’t need you to talk to me right now.” He kissed the top of her head. “Feel your feelings baby I’ll be here when you’re ready.”
The bell had rung ages ago but at some point, Alex had moved them outside, under the bleachers. He was still holding her, rubbing her back letting the built-up tears fall without judgment. There was no rush to make it better because he’d come to realise that sometimes she didn’t need him to make it better. Sometimes there wasn’t even a reason for the tears or the hurt in her heart, so strong you’d think she was dying… no sometimes it was just there just…hurt.
Her eyes were still closed tears soaked on her cheeks but no new tears threatened to join the already fallen soldiers of hurt.
“Ready to talk babe?” He hums softly.
At first her head shakes and lip wobbles but eventually she starts to mumble against his chest.
“I’m glad you want to talk, darling, but I’m gonna need you to speak up, mkay?”
“Do you like Jackie?” She asks still softly but he can hear her this time.
“She’s a friend.” He shrugged confused. Then all in the same second his eyelids flutter a lightbulb going off in his head.
“You mean like how I like you? Hmm? Like... like like?” He asked softly.
She shrugged red rimmed eyes looking up at him.
“Talk to me sweetheart.” He whispered, cupping her cheek tenderly.
“I don’t know.” Her words a mumbled mess. “I just…Jackie came and I haven’t seen you…and…and shes just s..so…perfect.”
His head tilted and he looked down at her with a sweet smile on his face.
“Darlin’ girl,” He whispers. “I certainly don’t like Jackie the same way I like you, she’s nice an’ all but pretty sure she’s got a thing for Cole, and I… I have a thing for you.” He leaned down brushing his lips against hers.
Three Days Later
She swore she was good for at least a day after their talk but then she visited the Walters ranch and there Jackie was fitting in so perfectly and once again Y/N was left feeling insignificant. Katherine had always been all over her when she came over but now with Jackie there, she felt less like the honorary daughter of the Walters and more like a stranger in thier house and her own skin.
Which led her to pull away something that hadn’t gone unnoticed by Alex. Although he didn’t say anything to start not wanting to push her any more than she already felt.
She’d reluctantly come over to the ranch, just to get out of the house and found Alex on the back of Murphy ready for a ride.
“Hey darlin’” He smiles at her. “Whatchya doin here?” He hums hoping off the horses back approaching her Murphys lead in one hand his other grabbing hers.
“I…I can go…if you’re going for a ride.” She awkwardly fumbled over her words eyes drifting to the ground.
“What’ve I done baby?” He whispers softly almost hurt. “You’ve gone all distant on me again…all up in your head.” His hand comes up brushing her hair behind her ear. “What’s going on in this head of yours?”
She pauses and for a while they stand in the silence her leaning into his hand desperately trying to keep her tears at bay. Him staring at her patiently waiting.
“Do…Do you ever feel like you’re just second best?” Her nose tickles, eyes watering as she speaks voice cracking, her throat tightened.
He waits a moment unsure how to respond before finally,
“Every damn day,” he says, a quiet laugh escaping through his nose. “Have you met Cole? He’s like a walking first-place trophy. Perfect smile, perfect record, Mom loves him…hell, everyone does.”
He shakes his head, giving a small shrug. “So yeah, maybe that makes me second place by default.”
His eyes flick up to hers, softening. “But you? You’re my first place. I don’t want Jackie, I don’t want anyone else. You, you are my one and only until you decide you’re too good for me.” He’s grinning but the way he looks at her the way he speaks the words is too real too pure for her to even consider accusing him of lying.
“What if I don’t ever want to be too good for you?” She whispers tongue darting out to wet her lips.
“Then we can feel like second place together, forever.”
A few weeks later things had settled down…well mostly. Alex had insisted she stay over for the night, and then the next and the next and the next… you get the point, She hadn’t really left, and tonight was no different…or so she thought.
“Where’s Nathan?” She asks walking into the room Alex right behind her and the door shutting right behind them. “He’s occupying himself.” Alex grins a wolfish grin, grabbing her by the waist pulling her into his chest kissing her deeply. Teeth giving the occasional teasing nip at her bottom lip. He doesn’t stay there long instead his mouth starts to travel down her neck and across her collar bone. “I love you.” He mumbled into her neck causing shiver to shoot through her.
I LOVED THE SECRET DATING ONE AND I LOVED THE SPICE AHHHHH!!! pls do another alex x reader where they’ve been dating for a while and then jackie comes and reader gets a bit insecure and you can make it angst if u like but also have happy ending and some spice pls!!!
Heyy babe, so happy we're loving the fic's this idea is so...just yum. I'm in the final editing stages of it but thought id respond so you dont think ive forgotten about you, I had so much fun writing this one but also...its been a week and i was in a mood so its a little sad but not too sad i hope. She should be out by tomorrow, but here's a little tease ;)
- “Where’s Nathan?” She asks walking into the room Alex right behind her and the door shutting right behind them. “He’s occupying himself.” Alex grins grabbing her waist pulling her into his chest kissing her deeply. - Snip it from Second Place Hearts
We all know MLWTWB and TSITP have their similarities and that's ok that's what you get with the classic teen love triangle, but I swear if they make Alex into a pr*ck like they did with Wonka I will be quitting with these shows. Alex is a sweetheart yeah, he had his moments in season 2 but I don't want any weenie ring proposing and mirror glaze cacao bean cakes! I still haven't even watched TSITP because I know it's going to make me want to pull my hair out. in conclusion don't make Alex a villain in the next season!!!!!!!!!
Summary: When Alex comes back from his summer away, he isn’t the boy you used to know he's sharper, crueler, and quick to laugh at the things you love. One car ride is all it takes for years of friendship to crack apart, leaving you wondering if there’s anything left to salvage.
“Someone spent some time in the sun.”
Not my Alex
Alex and you had been friends for years and he hadn’t asked you to pick him up after his 3 months over in Montana but Cole had dropped out last minute and you had nothing to do. So, here you were waiting for his bus to arrive leaning against your car eyes closed feeling the sun seep into your skin. The sound of the bus pulling up in front of her forces her eyes to flicker open. “Hey cowboy.” She teases watching Alex step off the bus. She’d instantly noticed how different he looked, gone was the softness of his face from before the summer but instead it seemed his jaw had gotten sharper and skin tan.
He chuckles softly. “Hey you.” He grins throwing his bag in the back of her car. A few minutes later they were on the road, you were talking about the new fantasy book you were reading when he sighs.
“Yeahhh no im not really into that fantasy shit anymore.”
You freeze feeling a small pang of hurt. “Oh…yeah no that’s…cool.”
“Really your gonna get all pouty over that.” He sighs rolling his eyes.
“I’m not pouting.” You half snap. He scoffs turning to her.
“No, you are pouting, because I’m not filling the little nerdy best friend thing you need.” He laughs at her.
“What?”
“I’m not a nerdy little kid anymore and that’s hurting your feelings.” You look at him hurt.
“W…whats gotten into you?” You whisper trying not to let the tears filling your eyes fall.
He rolls his eyes letting out a sound of pure and utter annoyance. “Oh for fuck sakes your crying?” He shakes his head. “You’re more sensitive then I remember.” You slam on the breaks jerking the car to a sudden stop.
“Get out of my car Alex.” You snap angrily. “I came out of my way to pick you up only to find out that 3 months of cowboy camp turned you into some prick.” She stares at him hurt. “I’m so sorry if I thought youd be excited to hear about the book I was reading because I thought you still liked fantasy and its fine that you don’t but whats not fine is you dissing me for still liking it.” You glare at him, him glaring straight back.
“You’re the one being all pouty about it Y/N.”
“Alex, get out of my fucking car.” you glare voice breaking tears trickling steadily down your face.
“Its fucking miles from anywhere and its hot as shit outside.”
“I don’t care.” The sob that breaks loose is raw, tearing at your throat. “If you think I’m sensitive, fine. But I don’t have to sit here and let you make me feel small.”
His jaw flexes, eyes dark as he shoves the door open. The slam echoes like a gunshot in your chest.
You lean out the window, voice shaking but firm.
“I’ll tell Cole to come grab you don’t bother texting until you fix this…this”
