You spent the early hours working on grading papers, and then you had to get to teaching your classes. Class after class until lunch came around. But you ended up skipping that, just like you had breakfast, because of how behind you were on grading.
By the end of the day, it finally dawned on you uh enough that you hadn’t eaten anything all day. You were walking into the dining hall to finally grab a bite to eat for dinner, when you felt yourself stumble and get woozy.
“No… please god… not here… your killing me…” you mumbled, stumbling clumsily and grabbing a table to stabilize yourself.
You vaguely saw the red headed dean coming over to you, before you fell to the ground and everything went black.
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Your eyes fluttered open and you were hit with a bout of dizziness, and the faces of a bunch of students and staff around you. Lesso pushed them aside, helping you on your feet, and leading you out of the dining hall. She brought you to your private quarters, and place you on your bed.
She left without another word. But the red head was back within minutes with a glass of water and a plate of food.
“Eat. Drink.” She said.
You gulped and nodded, eating the food and drinking the water. The woman leaned against your desk.
“You need to take care of yourself.” The red head insisted.
“I know…” you mumbled.
“If you know, why don’t you?” She bluntly asked.
“I forget… and I get… anxious…” you muttered, finishing the plate of food.
Once you’d drunk all of your water, Lesso took the dishes and moved them onto your desk. She then sighed.
“It’s important for you to take care of yourself…” she said, her voice softening lightly, “I can’t have my girlfriend fainting at every third mealtime…”
You blushed lightly at the red heads words. The woman then came and sat next to you on your bed. She placed a light kiss on your forehead, making you smile lightly.
“Take the rest of the day off, hmmm…?” She hummed, caressing your cheek.
You closed your eyes and leaned into Leonora’s touch, humming in delight.
“Ok…” you hummed, “What do you suggest I do…?”
Then you felt the red heads lips on yours. Your eyes stayed shut as you hummed in satisfaction into the woman’s lips. Leonora pulled away after a few beats.
“I have a couple ideas…” The woman playfully teased, making you chuckle.
Sure, anon! Thank you for the request!! I took this opportunity to write some more Soft!Lesso 🥰 So, here’s some lovely fluff of Lesso and Girlfriend!Reader for you! 💞
Warnings: fluffy fluff fluff, implied anxiety, birthday anxiety, bad birthday experiences, little angst, crying, kissing, hugging, comforting, etc.
Enjoy (:
The more you got to know Leonora Lesso, the more you found out all the things she hated.
Parties, disruptive students, tickles, pda, and the list goes on and on…
But out of all the things that Lesso disliked, her birthday was by far the worst.
“Wait what…? What’s wrong with your birthday?” You quizzically asked the red head, when she had confessed her distain for the special day.
Leonora huffed, taking a moment to set her half graded papers aside.
“I just never had good experiences with that day.” She confessed, “My parents often made it a big deal, as way to manipulate me. Then when I came to the school, I was afraid to tell people. No one asked, no one knew… It’s just a reminder to me of how lonely it was.”
“Oh Leo… I’m so sorry…” you comforted the red head.
Her words made your heart ache for your girlfriend. And by her tone, you could tell it was a touchy subject, so you didn’t push it any further than that.
However, you did resolve that day, that you were going to do something about her not having any good experiences on her birthday…
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A couple months later, the dreaded day finally arrived…
Lesso woke up with a splitting headache. She winced in pain, getting up and getting herself some advil. She popped two little pills in her mouth and then made her way to her closet to get dressed.
Leonora knew since she lay in bed and her eyes had squinted open, what today was. She just did what she always did. Ignored her birthday. It was for the best, she always told herself.
Before she could enter her closet, you came knocking at her door. Lesso sighed at the distraction, but she had to admit, you as a distraction wasn’t too bad. The red head opened the door to you, letting you into her private quarters.
“Morning!” You chirped, giving Leonora a peck on the lips.
The woman blushed ever so slightly at the physical display of affection. She then grumbled a ‘morning’ back to you, before slowly going back to her previous efforts of getting her clothes for the day. She winced in pain once more.
“Headache…?” You immediately offered in comfort, knowing that look of pain on the red head well.
The woman nodded. As she stood at the door to the closet, Lesso couldn’t help but notice your apparent giddy and excited nature this morning. Your eyes were wide, you were bouncing on your heels, and you were nervously biting you lips.
“What’s up with you?” Lesso chuckled in light amusement, but also with a tone of skepticism.
“Ohh nothing…” you teased her with anticipation, trying to stifle your need to erupt in giggles and smiles, “How about you open your closet…?”
Lesso quirked her brow and then simply opened the door. She looked around for anything that might be out of place. Everything seemed untouched… Except for a one, black and brown, classy box, sitting on the middle of the closet floor.
“What’s this…?” Leonora asked, picking the box up and turning around to look at you quizzically.
“Your birthday present from me” you quipped with a light and happy shrug.
Lesso took a minute to process your words. She stared down at the wrapped gift box.
“I wanted to get you something… Please just open it…?” You explained in a softer voice.
She then nodded without words and began to open the box. Her hand slipped off the brown bow on the elegant black box, and she then opened the lid. The red head placed the box on her desk, then picking up the piece of clothing and holding it out in front of her, in order to get a look at it.
“Oh my…” A small gasp escaped Leonora’s lips as she stared at the fine, tailored trench coat in her hands. She placed it back in its box and said nothing. Her back was now faced to you, making you a little nervous as to what she thought about it.
“So… what do you think…?” You quietly asked.
After a minute, Leonora turned around. Her eyes were glossy as they met your gaze.
“…I’m... uh... speechless…” the redhead stammered.
A tear escaped her eye. You came up close to Leonora, taking her hands in your own.
“I just wanted you to have something nice, a good memory for your birthday…” you whispered.
More tears started to flow down the woman’s cheeks.
“Thank you…” she whispered.
Your own eyes started to tear up now.
“Of course.” You whispered back, tucking a stray strand of your girlfriends hair behind her ear.
Without warning, Leonora took you into a full embrace. For a second, you were shocked, but you quickly thawed out of alarm and snuggled yourself into the red head’s form.
