𝒻𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒

~𝚘𝚗𝚎-𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝~ 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚡 𝚏𝚎𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

(this is a special request from my dearest friend tearfulsmiles. this is my first time writing for herbert so hopefully, he's not too much ooc)

the darkness of the basement as well as the thoughts of what herbert did down there had always frightened (y/n), usually enough for her to decide against disturbing herbert when he was working but tonight, with a cup of coffee and a plate of food in hand, she was determined to get down those stairs and deliver her gifts of sustenance to her restless boyfriend.

staring down the dark steps she took a deep breath in, slightly wondering how he did work in such an ill light place, it wouldn't kill him to get a bright lamp or maybe some light strips. shaking the thoughts of his poorly design choices out of her head she nervously place her first foot on the top step, herberts down there, if there was anything bad or dangerous he'd protect her..right?

she continued her way down, being careful not to spill anything, and eventually, she made it to the bottom of the stairs, looking around the room she smiled seeing the figure of the scientist she loved so deeply sitting at his desk. a pen in his hand while he studied whatever was under his microscope, he must've either not noticed her to or choose not to acknowledge her presents as he continued to scribbled whatever observations he was making without a glance towards her. she quietly made her way over to him, not wanting to disturb his work too much.

reaching his sitting form she smiled even more. stretching her arms out to avoid spilling she leaned down and placed a kiss upon his cheek bone which caused him to jump slightly "what are you doing down here?" (y/n) giggled at his slightly flustered face before she sat down the plate of food and cup of coffee "i brought you food, since you've probably haven't eaten today" "oh well thank you now please go back upstairs, i need to finish this and i can't have any distractions" "okaaaay, i love you" she peaked him on the cheek once more before leaving, running up the stairs like something was chasing her.
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(y/n) rubbed her eyes before glancing at the clock on the wall, she must've fallen asleep. it had been a few hours since she had brought dinner to Herbert and it was nearing 4 am. meaning it was time to go try and pry him out of the basement and to bed.

standing up she turned the tv off and started her way back down to the creepy basement of the house. getting to the door she opened it, listening in to see if she could hear anything "herbert? are you ready for bed?" after not receiving an answer she walked down a few of the steps, just enough for her to be able to see the room.

sure enough the dark haired male was laid over his notepad fast asleep, his glasses smushed against his face. she cracked a smile seeing his sleeping face however it fall slightly when she saw the unturned plate of food sitting in the same spot, the cup of coffee was empty though. reaching out her tiny hand wrapped around his shoulder, shaking him slightly "baby?..wake up you need to go to bed" he made a slight grumble before sitting up, straightening his glasses before looking at (y/n) half dazed from his slumber "what time is it?" "it's around 3:40 something, come to bed i want cuddles" "i need to finish thi-" "no, come to bed...please" his dark eyes stared into her (e/c) ones before sighing "fine but only because i need to see the long term effects of-" "baby i love you but i'm too tired to understand any of that right now, you can tell me about it in the morning"

(y/n) crawled into bed, patiently waiting for herbert to finish getting ready for the small amount of sleep he was about to get.
after what seemed like eternity to her, she finally felt the other side of the bed be pushed down. rolling over immediately to face him while he got underneath the blanket "you're so handsome" she gently took his glasses off of him, setting them on the bedside table "thank you for taking a break from your work for me" she gave him a lit peak on the lips before resting her head on his chest "...thank you for not disturbing me while i'm working..and for the coffee" she felt a very slight kiss on the crown of her head before the feeling of him moving to turn the lamp off. it was best not to mention the kiss, she wasn't quite sure he knew she could feel them and plus, why risk ruining such a sweet thing?
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(i might rewrite this once i get a better hang of his character and have more of him actually in it instead of it mostly being the reader but i think i did pretty decent job considering this is my first time writing for herbert and i had to write the last half of it on my phone since my desktop is being stupid.)