I know it’s quite literally impossible but I wish I could read about every single moment in Joel and Nelle’s lives, no matter how mundane. Like obviously as readers we only see certain parts that are relevant to the story, but I wanna know what they do in between. Does that make sense? 😅
omg this is so cute AHH but I 100% know what you mean :,,) those babies haunt me day and night. and between you and me, I have a whole bunch of bullet points in my wip docs of little details / moments / headcanons that probably won't make it into the main fic, soooo... *lays this at your feet*
some SEE YOU AT THREE headcanons
neither joel or nelle are holiday / anniversary people (seen a little in red tulips) but after joel forgets valentine's day he is DETERMINED to not miss the anniversary of their first date and manages to surprise her because nelle doesn't keep track of that shit. she's so mortified because he clearly made an effort to celebrate it, so they pretty much trade off each year whose turn it is to remember the day and do something small :,)
nelle gets him a new sweater every year for christmas. tradition!
when one of them gets a hole joel gets out a book from the library on mending clothes and fixes them himself because he cannot live without them they make him feel too nice :,,,,) they are the only articles from his wardrobe that he bothers mending, everything else is riddled w holes lmfao
she also makes sarah the MOST laaaavish birthday cakes / treats, in part because it's so funny to see the look on joel's face when she carries in some massive multi-tiered behemoth that they're gonna have to demolish before it goes off (tommy and anna/ellie have to help eat, obviously). but she also tries out really elaborate bread - like this purple butterfly loaf here.
whenever joel has to go to the dmv or any similar errand, nelle goes along so she can watch that vein in his neck pop w frustration, and also so he doesn't bark at that lady standing behind them who keeps sighing really loud and complaining about the wait. he stands there all big and seething with clenched fists and nelle loves every. fucking. second. of it.
nelle gets sarah & ellie extremely into buffy the vampire slayer. when the girls are in high school, sarah dresses up as buffy for halloween and joel about has a heart attack when he sees her walk out in the mini skirt and cross necklace carrying a big wooden stake. mutters something like 'just promise me you use that thing (the stake) if some jackass tries anything' when he drops her off, to which sarah scoffs 'obviously.' but really when some guy at school whistles at her, it's ellie that throws the punch. gets herself suspended. nelle & joel have never been more proud.
joel likes to call nelle and put her on speakerphone when he's folding laundry
nelle likes to call joel and put him on speakerphone when she's 'wrestling' with some baking experiment at home ("THE YEAST IS NOT COOPERATING, I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GONNA---Joel, I can hear you laughing, you know!")
nelle is one of maria's bridesmaids when tommy & maria get married, and joel cries standing up at the altar behind his brother, seeing him so happy (and lowkey seeing nelle up there across from him, all dressed up and pretty). nelle scrunches her nose at him like she wants to tease when he sniffles during the vows and never lets him live it down. calls him a big ol' softie the whole night.
OKAY I think I've spammed you enough :,,) thank you so much for loving these two I LOVE YOU <3
