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[niche-ish]

‘Sam sees you dressed-up for the first time…’

reader specifications: wearing a dress and has long-ish hair

It was the First Lady’s birthday dinner and she had dedicated it to a charity sending relief to the victims of a recent flood down in Florida. As such, the floor was full of reporters and their clicking cameras with punches of flash.

Sam hung by the edge of the room, having drifted towards one of the many refreshment tables whilst in conversation with Josh.

“I’m just saying,” Josh continued, with just enough amuse-bouche in his mouth as was prudent for such an event, “Me, Toby and the President? No chance. But I really believe that you, Leo and Charlie could pull-off high heels!”

Sam levelled him with a hiked brow. “The President and First Lady haven’t even arrived yet. We’ve only been here for like ten minutes; tell me you’re not drunk.”

Josh half-cocked a hip in a staccato movement. His eyes were on Sam in that really-looking sort of way; Sam hated it. Josh could be unnervingly deductive when he really wanted to, and Sam hated it. But he looked away to pick up a passing martini from a waiter, and Sam breathed a sigh of relief that he gotten out unscathed. The older man made a small noise of satisfaction into his drink before looking back up at Sam.

“Dry spell, huh?” He smirked around the rim of the glass.

Sam resisted the urge to roll his eyes and turned to face the crowd on the floor. The movement was meant to say “I’m not dignifying that with a response” but they both knew it really said “… yes.”

Like a saviour, CJ appeared at Sam’s other elbow. She was wearing a dark blue, velour dress that perfectly swept the marble when she walked. It was a beautiful dress. There were lots of beautiful dresses in the ballroom tonight, of varying jewel tones and silkinesses. They all sort of blended together like a sweet jam.

“CJ, stunning as ever!” Josh greeted.

“Why, thank you, Mr. Lyman! You two don’t look half-bad yourselves.” She teased.

Sam smiled at the opportunity to tease Josh. “Well, according to Josh, I’d look better in a pair of stilettos.”

CJ didn’t miss a beat. “I wholeheartedly agree.”

Sam, betrayed, scoffed and turned away again.

It happened that he’d been left to face the direction of the door. He likely wouldn’t have noticed otherwise, but for you catching his eye as you walked in. Your dress was within the appropriate colour scheme, but somehow he felt it was much more intriguing than any other shade he had seen in his life, let alone tonight. Your hair was pulled up, away from your face, letting the golden light from the chandeliers bounce off the curves of your face unobstructed. You looked like heartbreak and heaven in one and Sam was left stunned.

Josh noticed his friend’s love-struck expression and gave him an encouraging nudge forward. “Looks like the dry spell’s over.” He smirked.

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NAVIGATION

Agent Carter

Avengers

Boys Over Flowers

Charmed

Derry Girls

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

The Hunger Games

Lord of the Rings // The Hobbit

The Mandalorian

Marauders

The West Wing

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Sam sees you dressed-up for the first time…

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What is this account for? I post pieces of reader-insert fiction for fandoms that aren’t currently as popular in such circles (based entirely on my subjective perspective of “popular”). I may stray from this principle occasionally, whether to post for a more popular fandom or to explore inter-character relationships without the suggestion of the reader - happy to have you along for the ride, no matter which parts of my content you engage with.

Can I reblog your content? Absolutely! Due to the nature of this account, i.e. it’s focus on “nicher” fandoms, traffic/engagement from tags is lower than average, so reblogging helps a lot! That goes for the whole website actually - likes do very little; if you like a post, reblog it, even to an unorganised sideblog.

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Can I submit a request? I absolutely love receiving requests (or any asks really)! This being said, I can’t guarantee I will write anything based on your request, as I am a full-time student and only have time to write ideas that inspire me personally.

What’s the age-rating for this account? This account will mostly be 12+, and any content warnings will flagged appropriately. There may, at times, be writings of a sexual nature, and I ask that no one under the age of 16 read these.

MEDIA I WILL WRITE FOR:

Agent Carter

Avengers (2012 mostly)

Boys Over Flowers (2009)

Charmed

Derry Girls

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

The Hunger Games

Lord of the Rings // The Hobbit

The Mandalorian

Marauders

The West Wing

+ any others I get inspired by

NOTE: Escapism is fun and can be actively positive when applied to developing a creative skill or widening one’s reading material. However, like any media, it’s important to critically reflect on not only the content you are consuming, but the amount of and reasons for your consuming of it. That is to say; if you find yourself losing time or sleep to this or similar accounts, and it brings you frustration, please take the actions to put your mental/physical health first.