Quick fluffy story Eugene x Reader (not beta-read, sorry for mistakes). Hope you like it!
Sitting under a tree with Eugene, trying to understand what’s wrong with that damn radio, you got distracted by Alden passing by, carrying wood planks for the new barn with Daryl. You stared at them for a moment and Eugene noticed.
— I know they are eye candy, but could you at least focus a bit more on the task at hand?
You blushed and stuttered, returning your attention on Eugene.
— I’m not mad. Even if I’m not attracted to male, I know what kind of guys women tend to be appealed by.
You chuckled and shrugged.
— Yeah right, if I was twenty-two! I’m much more into… let’s says appreciation asset.
— Appreciation asset? Explain your thought.
— Well, Daryl and Alden are hots. They aren’t dumbs, but they aren’t really smart neither. Over time, they can’t get hotter, but a smart guy can get smarter. A smart guy is an appreciation asset, a long term relation, and a hot guy is a depreciation asset, just to play for a few years or so… or look at on a hot day like today. Eye candy, but not husband material, you know?
Eugene had listened carefully to you, looking at you with a dead serious face. You could see him think about what you had said, processing everything in that big brain of his.
— So… you like smart guys? You know, my intelligence has been objectively measured. I’m smarter than most people here. I am fully a man apart, so I’m wholly confident that I’m an appreciation asset; husband material.
You giggled at how serious he seems.
— You know Eugene, you can’t just say: I’m smart. It’s like saying you’re nice or you’re good at cooking. I get to judge if you are smart enough to be an “appreciation asset”, not you.
— How? I think I already proved my brainpower, with all the work I’ve been doing here.
— I did it with you, remember?
You kind of felt bad when he looks back at you with that sad expression in his eyes. You take a last glance at Alden and Daryl while they were removing their shirts, sweating and showing off their muscles to all the ladies staring at them, then returns your attention on Eugene. He also noticed all the girls gawking at the guys and suddenly felt bad. Not only he doesn’t look like his comrade, but you are denying him one of the most valuable things he has to get a girl: his intelligence. Ok, he doesn’t look bad either and he has a lot of other qualities, but being smart is clearly his strongest point.
— You know what really turn me on?
Eugene bashfully looked up at you, curious and confused.
— Daryl and Alden removing their shirts on a hot, humid day?
You chuckled and pushed him playfully on his shoulder.
— No! It’s fun to look at, but that’s about it. No, what really turn me on is when a guy tell me something incredibly smart, like for example recite me the periodic table…
There’s a pause before he replied:
— Hydrogen 1.0079 Helium 4,0026 Lithium 6,941 Beryllium 9,0122 Boron 10,811
Your smile vanished and you started feeling hot. Is he really reciting the periodic table with the atomic mass of each element?
— Carbon 12,0107 Nitrogen 14,0067 Oxygen 15,9994 Fluori…
You cuts him off with a kiss and he happily kiss back. Nothing turns you on like smart guys and Eugene is clearly smarter than anyone else in the community.