Thank you so much for the TA scrbbled ink! It is perfect! And as I'm greedy here my next idea (no pressure!).. It's him to first notice that you needed glasses by the way you squint and ask him if he can read the letters, it's him to remind you to wear them though you hate them😁
a/n: ah you’re so welcome hun! keep ‘em coming. i love indulging in the scribbled ink au 🥺 so I was going to like.. actually write this but my brain didnt feel like cooperating so um.. here's a fic in bullet point form?? hopefully thats okay! also ive never dealt with seasons in my life so im really just winging it with the temperatures here 😂
he gets suspicious when he notices you squinting at the take out menus with increased frequency
the fact that you're complaining about your eyes hurting is adding to his suspicion
you also keep passing stuff to him to read for you...
not that he minds! But y'know, he's seeing you struggle and he doesn't like that
you're squinting at your laptop with your email open on maximum zoom and he thinks now's a good time to.. pop the question, so to speak
"Hey babe?" you hum in response, only partially paying attention. "Do you think you might need glasses?"
you stare at him like he's grown another head
"No. That's ridiculous. I can see perfectly fine! I've just been staring at a screen for too many days in a row."
neither of you believes it but he lets it drop.. for now
a week later you're both out and about and you very nearly get on the wrong train because you're in a rush and couldn't read the signs properly
Marcus is tugging you in the right direction while flashing you an 'i told you so' look
you schedule your appointment the next day
no, you absolutely do not rehearse what you're going to say at least 5 times before actually making the call. nope, not at all. didn't happen.
and you totally don't pick up the phone and walk away from it several times before actually hitting ‘call’
Marcus thinks it's cute but makes no move to step in and help. The bastard. (In his defence, he has an assignment to complete)
anyway, you make the call, go to your appointment and a week later, you're picking up your new glasses
for the first week or so, the world is ever so slightly warped as your eyes adjust to the prescription
you almost tripped down the stairs within the first hour of wearing them
Marcus holds your hand anytime a staircase comes into view now
you're not a fan of the glasses, to say the least.
you always forget to put them on in the morning and he ends up bringing them to you along with your coffee
you leave them somewhere as you do your routine ‘im ignoring my work while walking around the apartment aimlessly’ and then end up spending hours searching the apartment cuz you can't see
Marcus is half tempted to get you one of those glasses neck chords as a joke
he gets zach to add it to his sippy cup package
but seriously. How do people live with these things?
you can't pull an impromptu 'im gonna shove my nose into the crook of your neck because it cold' without getting dirt onto your glasses anymore??
they fog up when you move from the warmth of your apartment into the not-warm-at-all outdoors??
you can't comfortably lie sideways anymore???
Though you must admit, it a very cute hair accessory
"Nice headband," Marcus says as he catches you squinting at your laptop again. "Pretty sure they make the words on your screen less like smudges and more like letters if you put them over your eyes though."
You stick your tongue out at him but move them over your eyes nonetheless
...turns out they work better when they're used 'correctly'
despite all the teasing, he does actually love the new glasses look
he's thanking every higher power there is that his portraits class didn't have strict rules on his portfolio because he's filling most of those slots with sketches of you and your new glasses
