#insomnia who!?🧐

[honey-lemon-goose]

Looks at clock 5:00am me:

[inkwolvesandcoffee]

Ideas are baking (and another Alfie imagine)!

Today’s my day off and I thought I’d put on a nice dress and give baking a go. So, on the menu is low-calorie blueberry and vanilla pound made with plant-based yogurt (plain) and milk (vanilla).

Here’s a what it looked like before it went into the oven and afterwards:

Can’t say I did too shabby, judging by the looks of things. I wonder what it tastes like, though, because I’m no baking queen.🧐

Update 06/07/‘23: the taste wasn’t bad but version 2.0 has definitely turned out better.

But, as per usual, this got me thinking.

What if Alfie is crushing hard on a girl who runs a baking channel on YouTube?

He has his own channel called The Mad Baker, because we all know how chatty the King of Camden is.

It’s really per coincidence he stumbled across yours. He was looking over the shoulder of his assistant manager, Ollie, out of curiosity. After all, why was he staring at his phone instead of working?

No, those last ten minutes of a break are not for leisure. They’re to discard and return to the floor early.

Alfie's philosophy, not mine.

Anywho, at first he’s skeptical because your channel is all about healthy and low-calorie baking. Now, I’m sure you can imagine how badly that clashes with Alfie’s personal opinion.

“Bakin’, right, is a bloody art, mate. It’s the creation out of the simplest ingredients, given to us by Yahweh, a transformation into something incredible. Why would you tarnish a brownie by using Greek yogurt instead of rich butter? I don’t use agave syrup or worse, stevia, whatever the fuck that’s supposed to be, instead of the highest quality honey whenever I make lekach, do I? No, if something is meant to be sweet, make it sweet, yeah?”

And yet there he was that very same evening, sitting in his living room and suffering from insomnia.

Watching your videos.

Although he was grumbling his own opinions about 'proper' baking, he couldn't stop further investigating 'the girl with the micro bakery, whatever the fuck that is'.

Strangely, he found himself quieten the more he watched your videos. Moreover, Alfie found himself wanting to discover more about you, much more than what little you shared on camera.

Also, and he only realised this much later after some rare self-reflection, your voice calms him.

Soon after, he started to leave comments. At first, they were quite shallow, general. Nonetheless, they’ve grown more genuine over time, admitting to trying your recipes and asking questions.

Nowadays, those comments more often than not turn into conversations which create long threads that tend to stray from the original topic quite fast.

Both of your fan bases have noticed this too, hopping back and forth between your channels.

Recently they’ve been practically begging you two to do a collaboration.

Alfie was hesitant at first because he prefers being by himself and working on his own.

Nevertheless, when you ask him to teach you some traditional Jewish recipes he agrees without so much as a second thought.

He only has one condition, though.

That you put your own twist on his recipes and teach him the modified version.

The collab has the fans nothing short of going feral. Ships are sailing left, right, and centre and half the comment section are remarks how good you two look together and sparks are flying.

And perhaps they are right.

The conversation flows as easily as when held behind screens.

It feels natural how Alfie guides your hands while kneading the babka dough. At first he hesitates, his palms awkwardly hovering around you before he clasps them behind his back.

Only to warm the back of your palms when you ask him to teach you his way to knead dough.

Though really you only asked to fulfill the nagging curiosity about the way his body would feel against yours. His chest is warm against your back, the satisfied low hum he lets out reverberating against it.

You hear his breath hitch when your fingers entwine and for a moment he grows still. Nonetheless, when you look over your shoulder to check his reaction, his eyes are warm and a tender smile has found its way to his lips.

You know it must be weird for him to have a young thing like you interested in him in a way that goes beyond friendship. In fact, it isn’t hard to tell since the rigidity in his composure hasn’t lessened since you welcomed him into your studio/micro bakery.

Yet, Alfie tries his best to relax. Henceforth, while you two have coffee while waiting for the oven to heat up and the camera is off for the time being, he allows himself to lower his guard ever so slightly.

He nestles into the corner of your sofa, loving the softness of the cushions. Mostly, however, he loves your presence, sitting right next to him.

Like in the fantasies he’s found himself entertaining, especially when it’s just him in the otherwise empty house in Margate.

The need to settle down has never been as strong as it has been recently, started the moment you two truly began to talk.

Truth be told, though, it scares him. He isn’t used to being rooted, to being unable to think of a person the way he thinks about you despite the doubts it stirs within him.

Regardless, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

One day you’ll collab and Alfie will allow himself to let his guard down completely.

Until then, you two work through the motions of various recipes.

Slowly growing closer.

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[comingyourlugubriousness]

👹 How much patience does you OC have? Are they patient? Or are they easily irritable?

For research purposes🧐

I'd say Yume is usually a patient person with the people they care about and even strangers bc they're a polite person. They are an empathetic and sympathetic person with an open mind who can usually see from the other persons point of view.

But when they have a lack of sleep, due to their insomnia or bad dreams they can be very cranky. This can lead to them either closing themselves off for the day and just keeping to themselves/ Or them being very matter-of fact and short with people. (the 3rd outcome is them being a lil loopy!) It's not that they won't still be a kind person in general but they don't have the energy for all the frou-frou stuff.

It also depends on the person! They're also in general a little short with people they don't like. But for the most part, they will be civil if they're forced to interact with them!

Ask game here!

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[7-dreamers]

[210406] Handong’s Weverse Update:

I’m here~~🌻

Handong’s reply: Who is this cute insomnia? Oh it's Dayoomi😌

Handong’s reply: Seyo (T/N Handong is replying to a fan's comment where they called her "Yeobo", honey in Korean. "Yeoboseyo" is used to answer calls, so Handong is "completing the sentence".)

Handong’s reply: ??

Handong’s reply: What flower?🥰

Handong’s reply: I'll just observe you quietly🤙

Handong’s reply: They're hair extensions..sorry..

Handong’s reply: This comment catches my eyes🧐🥱🤔hehehee

Handong’s reply: Your teacher just called me and asked me to buy you a plate of peanuts 🤔

Handong’s comment: I'll go~~~Somnias eat well~~~put your mask when you go out~~call me when you are bored~~I will play with you🤗

Transl: 7-Dreamers Hecate & Junwoo | Please do not take without credit

[ambtheauthor]

Continuation...

Yeah, depression sucks, but once I pulled myself out of the funk (tons of praying, pushing through when I didn't feel like it, and so many tears), I went hard trying to finish my book. I even developed insomnia because I would stay up all night just writing. I was determined. 😉

In between, I was working, but I hated my job, and after six months, I quit and decided that I was going to make writing my full-time job. 

I was sure that I was doing the right thing, and for the first few months, things felt good. I focused solely on It's Complicated and didn't feel the pressure to balance work and my passion. And I genuinely felt happy. ☺️

Then bills started to fall behind, and leaning on my family didn't feel right because it was my choice to leave my job without an actual plan. I mean, the goal was to finish the book, so I could release it, but getting it done took more time than I expected. My family helped me out here and there, but I could tell they were getting tired of it. They didn't get my vision or understand what I wanted to do. 

Sidenote: I had some money saved to last me a few months, but eventually, it ran out. 

Finally, I got the book done and was relieved and thrilled to finally be able to say I was a self-published author, and after twelve years of waiting for this dream to come true, it happened. It felt good, but then that feeling came in. What's next? 🧐

To be honest, I was just winging things. I didn't think there was much to it after making it live on Amazon. I figured people would come across it and read it. And I thought my family and friends would at least help market it. Of course, I didn't want to focus on the money aspect, but sis needed to pay the bills. 

I posted it on my personal social media, but it really wasn't drawing attention. And I was still hoping that I would be that one—you know, the one who is just lucky enough to let the book take off for itself. But soon learned that wasn't going to be my story.

So I went back to work because I figured that while waiting for things to take off, I needed a flow of income to get back on track with my bills. 💵 

But things were different, and I thought I finally figured out what I lacked the first time. Faith/Belief. I didn't believe in myself or trust what God said to me. I thought I needed security in case things didn't go as planned, so that is why I ended up staying at my job longer than I had hoped.  😣

P.S- I know you're probably thinking, well, why didn't you just stay at your job. At the time, that place was really toxic and depressing. I hated clocking in and being there. 

Alright—so I'm going to pause my little flashback for now, and maybe if people want a continuation, I'll finish my story. What I've been through is poured into my characters, so giving a little background about me will help you see the correlation. My books are a part of my story.

The next couple of posts will be about my older releases, and I'll try to get through those in time for my next release.

Stay tuned.🤍

[curlyhairedprince]

i love insomnia, and good years and there you are and fingers and VEERRYTHJNF really the album is such a BOP fmdkfhsm i’m so proud of zayn 😪 ahhh i djdnt really ask for anything tbh!! mostly stationery stuff that i want for bext year 🤤 thats so cool! dbfkbsfjsb i want to go for troye and lany holy shitjggjj!!! also i’ve been meanjgn to ask you but i keep forgetting.,,. do you knwo who i am? or like. suspect. i feel liek i’ve made myself a lil obvious bdsjhdhahahah 🧐😜💞 - secret sanga

the album is really such a bop, easily in my top 10 this year!!! stationery stuff is the best, I could buy everything I swear to god gdshjkd and yeah I totally have an assumption who you are and I was pretty sure of it but the time zone thing is something that confuses me the most because sometimes I’m like okay I know where you are from but then it doesn’t make sense anymore like right now ahhgshdfgh I’m only going to embarrass myself if I tell you