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Okay not to flip your thought but I’m gonna flip your thought 😂 Marcus snapping out of his flow when u call because you never call, you always text, or spam text if he’s taking too long.
Anyway that is thought. ~k
Marcus picks up the phone and gets totally flustered cause ‘oh! It’s you! I like you!’ *Heart eyes* *heart eyes* *heart eyes* then looking back to his work afterwards and realizing he’s completely lost his train of thought like
Okay I’ve had thought. So it’s finals season and art student marcus had a couple essays and projects, one exam and an art exhibition to set up. Sorta. It’s more his entire class but it’s a class of 30 or so and it’s kinda of intimidating. Anywho, because we’ve established that profs have A* planning skills, this showcase is the weekend right before exams officially start. You’ve been talking him out of his nerves and insecurity and helping him pick out pieces to display (1/?) -kay
And he’s been practicing his ‘tell me about this piece’ speeches on you and every time he does you fall a little bit more in love with him cuz is this man real *and yours* just. hOw. Anyway. Apparently you’ve upset whatever higher power organises the exam schedules cause you don’t exactly have time to actually go to his showcase between your exams. He’s all 🥺😔 when you tell him and you’re like ‘listen I’m gonna do my best to be there for it okay I just, can’t promise anything’ (2/?)
He’s a ~~little~~ lot hurt but he understands. He knows how much pressure you’re under to do well and he knows your classes haven’t been the easiest. He tells you all this but you’re still sorry and both a little 😔 for the rest of the day... the day comes and he’s out the door pretty much at the crack of dawn to go set everything up. You roll out of bed with him and lounge around of the couch while he gathers everything, send him off with a goodbye and good luck (3/?)
At this point, he’s kinda accepted that’s all he’ll see of you. So you can imagine his surprise when he’s saying goodbye to the last of the visitors at his booth and he hears your voice. “Do you think you have the energy to entertain one more guest?” Not your best line, you know. But you don’t think he actually heard what you said judging by the grin on his face. He hugs you so tight you actually stop breathing for a second. He’s all excited and ‘you’re here! You came! Hi!’ (4/?)
Once he gets over the initial shock and swoon of it all, he’s back to being a dork about his art. Zach rocks up to you guys after a while and Marcus is like ‘oh my god, no. I’m not explaining it all again.’ Cause he just *knows* that zach was the one who whooped you out of your burn out and got you to grind through studying. And zach’s all ‘relax. They haven’t shut up about it the entire day. I could tell you all about your own pieces at this point’ (5/?, I think??)
And then you’re all laughing and Marcus pulls you a little closer to him and he’s so grateful for this little family he’s found 🥺 la fin. (Idk what happened here. This was a 2 part ask in my head 😂 anyways. Hope you enjoyed my stream of random thoughts) -kay
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He’s all 🥺😔
You’re breaking my heart here! I can’t stand the idea of him being sad, it just shatters me all over.
At this point, he’s kinda accepted that’s all he’ll see of you. So you can imagine his surprise when he’s saying goodbye to the last of the visitors at his booth and he hears your voice.
Ah! never mind its all okay, I love this! I have such a vivid image of the smile that would spread across his face. This cute lil’ bean, I love him!
He’s all excited and ‘you’re here! You came! Hi!’
OMG he’s got the same excitement as a lil’ puppy, I love it, and the hug!!! How dare you make me this soft!
And zach’s all ‘relax. They haven’t shut up about it the entire day. I could tell you all about your own pieces at this point’
I can’t explain to you how much I love this friendship, they’re all a little confused, they don't know how Zach got there but he’s there and he’s there to stay. The ultimate Marcus x you shipper since day one and I love the fact that reader was so excited and proud of Marcus’s art that she couldn’t stop talking about it even when you were meant to be on the study grind. The idea that Zach is usually the one to stir shit up when you're studying but this time you’re being so damn distracting that he has to baby you through the chapter and bait you with the promise of going to see Marcus if you finish it all soon. SO CUTE! I love this whole thing!
I HAS THOUGHT. U know how u said Marcus scribbles in the margins and stuff?? Okay but what if he’s reading a poetry book or whatever and some remind him of your dates and he doodles them into the spaces that litter poetry books. Or he’ll dog ear the ones that put on a page the words he can never find the courage to say. 🥺 ~k
Okay but wait, thought to go with thought. Lil’ SI!Marcus is a soft nervous bean unlike grown up canon Marcus who just says it like he sees it (it took him a while to get there) so when he finds something that says what he’s feeling better than he knows how to he’s very shy and subtly brings it up in a conversation but he can’t just outright recite it to you, no, no, no. So instead he subtly hints at it. “Have you ever read [insert poet name]” “I like [insert poem name]” and then he just hopes and prays that you go and look it up and know he means it for you 🥺🥲
Also in the deapths of Pinterest I just found the most SI!Marcus poem ever
Wait but Marcus being an incredible barista while simultaneously having no idea what drink to make you when you fall sick is plaguing my mind. He calls him mum up like ‘is it honey?? Is it lemon water??’ He knows it’s something about citrus but sugar doesn’t seem like the right thing to be giving you. Anyway I’m just laughing at the thought of Marcus panicking when you fall sick 😂 -k
Ahahaha I don’t know why but this is perfect for him but it is 😂 Also you telling him what it is and him being like nah, that can’t be right and proceeding to wrack his brain for even longer while you sit there mildly amused but still miserable and suffering
