Random x Reader Imagines

Jesse Pinkman x Male reader ~ IV

word count: 3,045

- before Jane; between episodes/the bits we don't see, so just make something up i guess lmao
small note that in this he's trying to get off meth, was never on heroin, and smokes cigarettes and weed regularly.

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you knock on Jesse's front door, a plastic bag in hand of already wound yarn and sets of knitting needles. Jesse had asked you where you'd gotten one of your hats and when you'd answered that you made them, he wanted to know more- and how he could make his own.

only having supplies for yourself, you went out to get more so you could teach him to make his own alongside you. you'd gotten some yarn you thought he might like, seeing as he likes to coordinate his outfits and hats, so you hoped he liked the colours you chose.

however, before you could sike yourself out of the option you had, he opened the door and immediately stepped aside, a grin already on his face, "yo! come in, come in- i was almost ready to think you weren't comin'."

you laugh softly, a bit nervous, "yeah- no, i'm here now. the store rearranged so i had to track down the right needles so that was an extra ten minutes-" he cuts you off, "hey man, you ain't gotta explain, i honestly don't mind. i'm just messin' with ya."

nodding, you sit down on the couch, smiling to yourself, "alright, so i personally like using the yarn from the outside-in. it's most common to go inside-out, but it gets messy like that-" you start setting things out on the table in front of you as Jesse sat next to you, "i recommend you use it outside-in, but you can do what you prefer- it won't hurt my feelings."

"i'll just do it how you do it- you know way more about this than i do anyway," he mumbles almost shyly and you could've sworn you saw a small tinge of pink on his cheeks. "and that's fine. so to start, you would normally need to make a sample swatch to see how many stitches you need, but i got yarn that i use all the time, so we can just start on our way after casting on."

you look over at him, only to find he looked rather confused, "the hell did you just say, yo?" laughing loudly, you can't help smiling till your cheeks hurt, "i'll explain it as we go- it sounds intimidating, but i promise, it's really easy once you learn it. you should see some of the things i've made."

he just makes a vague hand gesture before leaning on his knees with his elbows, "ight, go ahead then, what do i do first?" you nod once, then grab the skein you got for him and pull the paper wrapper off of it, "so, here's the end of the string-" you unwrap it a couple times and sit it back down, grabbing the circular needles, "there's also double-ended needles, but circular needles are best for hats. probably your head is average, so we'll go for a hundred-twelve stitches-"

"hold up, yo- a HUNDRED and twelve??" he furrows his eyebrows at you, "yes, now hush, i'm teaching," you wave his disbelief off, "gimme your left hand." Jesse just tilts his head slightly but moves it to you like you requested, "to cast on, you need a long tail-" you pull the end of the yarn so it went the full length of your wingspan, then added a bit more before making a slipknot and sliding it onto the needle, "if you like, i can do the casting on, but i imagine you'll have to learn sometime."

you wrap the long string around his pointer finger properly, then wrap the tail on his thumb, "you'll wrap the needle here-" you put one end of the needle in his right hand and use his hand as your own, "around there, then pull tight- not- not too tight- there you go- you want to be able to have a little slack on it. and the slipknot counts as your first stitch, so you just need a hundred-ten more."

Jesse attempts to cast on a stitch of his own, bless him, but wraps it wrong, so you correct him, "here, like this... there you go." you watch him do it correctly this time before nodding approvingly and turning to your own skein and needles.