Roommate AU: Random scene 005– Xaden had a long day at work (x Reader)
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Xaden sits in his car for a long moment before he finally gets out and makes his way to the apartment. He stares at the front door for several minutes, silently wishing that you’ll be asleep already so you won’t see him like this— you don’t deserve to suffer because of the horrible mood he is in. Xaden actually loves his job, and most days he goes home with the satisfaction of knowing he does what he does very well.
Today just sucked. With a heavy sigh, he puts his key into the lock and opens the door.
You’re facing the fridge, wearing a pink pajama set, and humming to yourself quietly. He drops his keys in the teddy bear dish you put for him on the table by the door— his dish is next to yours, which is a bunny— and starts removing his coat.
“Did you finish my ice cream?”
He closes his eyes and groans internally— he meant to replace it, told himself he would as he put the first spoonful in his mouth. His silence must confirm your suspicions because you let out a grumpy growl.
“Xaden! You know I’m on my period! It’s on the calendar!” You point angrily at the calendar on the fridge, your back still to him.
He knows this— of course he does. He is allowed to eat your snacks at any time as long as he replaces them, except around your period (which you graciously notify him of ahead of time). But he really thought he would get to it and that you wouldn’t notice before he replaced it.
Could this day get any worse?
He is quiet for so long that you finally turn, hands on your hips. But you quickly drop your arms at your sides, tilting your head to the side slightly.
“Are you okay?”
Those three words are too much— he looks down at his feet, shakes his head, and walks over to the bathroom for a quick shower, locking the door behind him.
He walks back out almost an hour later drying his hair with a towel and already feeling a little better now that he is clean and out of his suit. He hears noise in the kitchen and decides he should go and apologize to you, but when he turns the corner he finds that you have dimmed the lights, poured that fruity wine you like into two glasses, and made popcorn.
“Come here,” you say softly and the gentle domestic feeling of it all makes his heart clench as he steps towards you. You take the towel from his hands and gesture at the couch. “Sit, I’ll be right back.”
He sits on the couch, reaching for the glass at his side and takes a sip before leaning back into the cushions. He doesn’t realize he’s closed his eyes until they fly open at the sound of your voice.
“I know a shower always makes me feel better too, but I have something else.” You climb onto the couch next to him and the scent of your shampoo and perfume are actually rather comforting. “Close your eyes,” you murmur, and he obeys, thinking you might kiss him. And thinking that he would like that very much.
“Ah!” A very unmanly yelp escapes him as he feels something cold and slimy on his face. “What the f—” You cut him off with a soft ‘tsk’ and swat his hand away as he reaches for his face.
“Sit still, and close your eyes,” You grumble, smoothing your fingers over his face, spreading the slimy thing.
After several seconds you tap his shoulder and he hums a reply. You giggle, “Open your eyes, silly.”
He opens his eyes and laughs— you’re holding up a mirror to his face where he can see that he is wearing a teddy bear shaped face mask. He looks over at you and finds you in a matching one, and it makes him laugh again.
He spends the rest of the evening laughing with you as you both watch tv, carefully eating popcorn and sipping wine, and soon he forgets completely about what happened at work. Somehow, spending time with his roommate that he does not have a crush on always seems to recharge his emotional battery.
So of course, now that I am back at my computer and writing, my mind is once again struggling between two ideas. I am writing two fics at the same time (literally switching between docs every few minutes (oop))
And then well some life stuff is going on, and I have this really horrible, anxious feeling weighing me down and it's hard to really fully focus on anything— actually the writing is helping with that.
Anyway, you know I will do whatever I want (💀💀💀) but I love a good opinion question and feeling like I'm talking to y'all makes me feel better (man that is pathetic) so... how about a poll? (lmao)
Which should I work on?
Garrick— shifter AU one shot, angst/comfort/low spice/established mate bond
Late Nights Part 2— Reader x Rhysand office romance, fluff
ACOTAR x OC shifter AU— series of 3+ oneshots, I decided to start with Cassian
You flirt with Azriel shamelessly because it always makes him blush. Actually he blushes very easily (which is adorable). Cassian thanks him for dinner every single evening, but every now and then he’ll throw in a “Best meal of my life, Az.” and you’ll catch Az blushing as he turns away muttering “Whatever.”
Turns out he just can’t take compliments because he gets all shy and embarrassed. His face stays serious though— you just see the faint pink blush blooming on his cheekbones hahahahahahahah
So of course, now that I am back at my computer and writing, my mind is once again struggling between two ideas. I am writing two fics at the same time (literally switching between docs every few minutes (oop))
And then well some life stuff is going on, and I have this really horrible, anxious feeling weighing me down and it's hard to really fully focus on anything— actually the writing is helping with that.
Anyway, you know I will do whatever I want (💀💀💀) but I love a good opinion question and feeling like I'm talking to y'all makes me feel better (man that is pathetic) so... how about a poll? (lmao)
Which should I work on?
Garrick— shifter AU one shot, angst/comfort/low spice/established mate bond
Late Nights Part 2— Reader x Rhysand office romance, fluff
ACOTAR x OC shifter AU— series of 3+ oneshots, I decided to start with Cassian
I took time during my break to write but guess what? I came up with an original work instead of a fic
I won’t be posting that here haha so don’t worry!!! I do have my shifter au fully plotted so now that I’m finished with what I had going on I’ll go back to writing that 🙂↕️
I’m back but I’m not writing rn— I’ll be more active on main (liking/reblogging stuff here and there) I’m slowly coming back— I still have some stuff I’m working on so I can’t continue the fics yet but I will soon!
I want to take a moment to thank everyone that has liked and reblogged my fics and the new followers though!!! 🖤🖤 I have been reading the comments and stuff and I really appreciate all of it! stay tuned for more content coming soon
Ok for real this time— I need to focus on my stuff!!!
I’ll be going on hiatus for some time!!! Possibly even until July (AND I OOP) so I will be deleting the app because I clearly cannot be trusted with having easy access to it
I love you my sticky little gummy bear, hopefully you’re still here when I come back xx
Lolllll I'm reading Late Nights to write the next chapter and OHMYGOD— You can tell I wrote that at 1am while tipsy 😭😭😭 it is soooooo bad hahahaha but I'm in too deep to edit it
Lolllll I'm reading Late Nights to write the next chapter and OHMYGOD— You can tell I wrote that at 1am while tipsy 😭😭😭 it is soooooo bad hahahaha but I'm in too deep to edit it
Roommate AU: Random Scene 004– You’re watching the show and Xaden is watching you (x Reader) [F]
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You laugh, loud, and a warmth he can’t explain fills Xaden’s chest. He watches you, the way your eyes sparkle, the faint smile that stays on your lips as the show continues. The way your hair floats around you like a messy cloud.
When he first met you, all polished and well dressed, he thought ‘Oh she’s going to be high maintenance.’ But once he actually got to know you, he had the surprise of his life to find out that at home you are soft and relaxed and mostly always in pajamas.
He particularly enjoys the weekends when you stay home, no dates or outings with your friends planned— like today. He always sits with you while you watch your shows, pretending he is more interested in something on his phone. But really, there is something about you that pulls him in. He just can’t explain it.
He scrolls on his phone, trying to keep up the pretense of uninterested roommate, but out of the corner of his eye he sees you reach up to push a strand of hair behind your ear, offering an unobstructed view of your face. You blink and your long lashes fan over your cheekbones, your lips form and ‘o’ and then you smile, so focused on the show you don’t see the way his eyes soften when he looks at you.
He moves his thumb absently, pretend scrolling still, and accidentally clicks on a video. Music suddenly blasts from his phone and he fumbles to turn it off, somehow making it louder and starting the video over.
“Damn it,” he mutters, finally getting it to stop.
He looks up to find you looking at him, a curious look on your face. Embarrassed, he apologizes quickly and stands to leave.
“You’re leaving?” You say over your shoulder as he walks around the couch to head to his room.
“Yeah sorry, I have something to do for work that I almost forgot about. It’s due tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow is Saturday.” You smile softly at him, and he feels less stupid for saying random shit when you smile like that.
“I mean Monday.” He starts walking towards his room again, and as he passes behind you he reaches out to touch the ends of your hair with the very tips of his fingers. “Goodnight, ___,” he murmurs
Later, in his room, he will shake his head and wonder what the hell is wrong with him.
I just thought of yet another fic idea, but it doesn’t fit any ship I like or any character I write 😭 (believe it or not, I have these, like, very specific headcanons for each guy that I stick to)
I saw someone say that smut is tired and that nobody wants to read just smut anymore which— I mean I get it but sometimes I (personally) really do just want to read smut
Anyway, that got me thinking about my fic Enemies With Benefits (Xaden x Violet) and how badly I regret losing that one in the deleted blog (rip all my babies I lost for writing pretty much exclusively on mobile).
But I found ONE CHAPTER!
I'm thinking about reposting some of my old fics but I think I'll put them on AO3, instead of like flooding my tumblr with old stuff. I don't have a lot of my fics but I think I have a couple others besides that one
