Dulzura ends up in the hospital after a mission gone wrong, poor Miguel is an absolute MESS! Staying by her side the entire time, to the point where Jess and Peter B Parker have to drag him out of the hospital room so he can grab the things he needs from his apartment.
Imagine him having to help Dulzura wash her hair the same way she helped him. The both of them would be so flustered!
Only for Miguel to try and break the awkwardness by saying something like: "Look how the tables have changed? Guess I'm gonna have to be your personal body guard now?" With a nervous yet playful chuckle.
Hiii, pookie!! Thank you for the ask!! 💕
This is so sweet, and that’s all I’m going to say. No further comments!! 👀👀 Also, I'm pleasantly surprised you remember the bodyguard line from chapter 9, omg!! 😭😭 Like?? You remember that? I’m pretty sure you’re not a new reader, and that chapter has been out for almost a year now, and you remember that little line? I’m touched! 🥺💖 But AHHH, it would be so cute if Miguel repeated it back to her, and we know he really means it, too!! We already saw how caring he was when Dulzura got sick, and that was literally just a cold and her period!
Still thinking about this comment from @thatrandoontumbler when they said this about that chapter lmao sjssjssskks so just imagine how Miguel would be in this situation!!
I hope you're having a lovely Monday, pookie!! Pls take care!! 💖
Alondra❤️
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Joel cannot remember when it started, not that it is all that important, really, but after only a few weeks the hair tie on his right wrist has become just as much of a constant as the watch on his left. It is not always the same one, he is so attuned to it for some reason he picks up on the slightest variations in pressure and color, and on the rare occasion that he ends up taking it off, he easily finds a new one somewhere around the house. They're everywhere, on the coffee table and the kitchen counter, between the couch cushions, and in his jacket pockets, and he is acutely aware that the growing number of hair ties is his own fault.
Ellie had made a few comments here and there over breakfast or during movie nights that she never has one when she especially needs it. The complaint had buried through his skull and into his brain, taking root until he had made it his most important mission to solve what was a minor annoyance for her at best but oddly important to him.
The first time he had presented one to her, it had taken her several seconds of heavy blinking to fully process what he was offering her, palm outstretched and hovering between them. Once she had, the expression blooming on her face had looked so similar to Sarah's on Christmas mornings all air had left his body.
"What's that for?"
The wonder in her voice had tasted like hot chocolate and cinnamon, his heart filling with a familiar warmth, and he would be damned if he did not do everything he could to give her the childhood Christmases she should have had - hell, the entire childhood she deserves but never got to experience. Joel had heard the smile lacing his words, and Ellie's had grown in turn, her nose scrunching and eyes twinkling.
"Just because."
Ellie had thrown him glances heavy with an innocent curiosity all evening, prompting Joel to hold her even closer than usual when she eventually fell asleep half draped over his lap. Such a tiny, almost casual offering, and for a reason he still cannot quite grasp, it means more to her than he could have ever imagined, so he keeps doing it. Whenever Joel sees one, he trades for it with whatever he has on hand, although most people are happy to give them up without anything in return or a loose promise to come by if there's work for him, and he gives it to Ellie as soon as he is through the door; by now, it has become an expectation rather than an unexpected gift.
Sure, maybe it is less about Ellie's non-existent hair tie draught and more about the beaming smile she still gives him every single time, eyes so bright he has gotten lost in the joy on her face on numerous occasions. Ellie notices whenever it happens, eyes swimming with fond exasperation, and if it bothers her that he hugs her extra tightly afterward, the bubbling mix of love and satisfaction demanding to express themselves physically, if not verbally, she never complains.
Joel brings home another hair tie today, a black one already on his wrist, and he is barely through the door when Ellie practically launches herself into his arms, face buried in his chest as his arms come up to wrap around her, shifting her just the slightest bit to the right to keep them both from toppling to the ground.
"What's that for?"
Keeping the fondness out of his voice is impossible, and he has given up on trying to do so. Ellie doesn't pull back like she usually does, and his breaths come easier despite the fact that her crushing hug constricts his lungs, and Joel gently rests his cheek on top of her head with a love-struck expression he knows deep-down mirrors hers, fingers carding through her hair.
"Just because," she mumbles, and the smile she wears all evening follows him for days, the stitches she uses to put his heart back together looking suspiciously like hair ties.
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Alastor’s voice and movements caught me SO OFF GUARD HERE! I was legit Charlie in this scene. This little moment came out of nowhere and now I can’t stop replaying it. Alastor’s being so playful right now, I can’t but imagine how he’d be with those drinks that Mimzy mentioned. If he’s like this sober kicking his legs back and forth on Charlie’s bed I CAN’T FATHOM what’s he’s like as a ‘kitten’ according to Mimzy. 😭😆😁😭
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