I would adore seeing your ideas and thoughts on Driver with an alternative reader of sorts? I feel like it's not talked enough about how driver would be such a quiet dotting thing on this objectively "scary" looking person and being all head over heels for alternative reader.. maybe some sfw or nsfw or even both since i am a grade A whore for the man ahaha.
I love your works so much,
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this is right up my alley because i'm something of an alt person myself... writing this made me feel warm inside (kept this one sfw!)
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it all begins with his general interest in you — you share a ride in the elevator car once, and you're in a full ensemble — he'll give you a (not so discreet) once-over and then mind his own business. for now. it's sort of like if a moth had self-control and didn't fly straight into a lightbulb right away. he'd be fascinated, but would keep his facade up for a time
he'll work up the courage to ask something like, "do you always dress like that?" in a very polite and genuinely interested tone. as a visually plain person (as he likes to believe), he's eager to know what the rationale is behind your presentation. he's leaning against a wall or a column of some sort while he's listening to you speak, and the cherry on top is when you catch him smiling softly at you during the conversation.
he wouldn't find you scary at all. he's seen things way more sinister than what the common folk would deem terrifying, and you're nowhere near that at all. at best, you're like a shimmering shard of obsidian to him. he wouldn't mind getting the opportunity to stare and admire you.
he'd be secretly eager to see/pass by you in the hallway, and is always ready greet you with a small nod or a smile; if the opportunity does not allow it, he'll keep to himself while sneaking a glance your way just to see what you've got on for the day. it comes to a point where he starts to memorize your favorites.
when you do get close enough to each other — that is, when you're in this comfortable limbo of having been granted access to a portion of his inner world, he'd take his time asking about why you like dressing this way; what the subculture is all about, how you identify with it, etc.
i feel like the best part about him is his inclination to help you shed, so to speak. like, he'll be there when you get home; he'll help you take off each ring, earring, necklace, and whatever you want off your body while you tell him about your day. he'd even learn how to properly take off your makeup if you let him. and you'll just talk. most of the time it's you who's filling in the silence, and he's all ears; very attentive, never once making you feel like you're unheard.
