Experiment Gone Wrong (Dottore x reader)

Shower

The sound of grasshoppers and cicadas buzzing around outside of the tent, creating miniature silhouettes as they investigated the newly pinned-up tents in their vicinity kept me awake.

My whole body felt like shit, like I had been thrown under a bus or something. Which, I mean, close enough. Despite this I kept my eyes closed, begging for the night to take me.

I wasn't sure what time it was, but it was likely early morning when I heard the tent entrance swish open. 

Quiet rustling and a sigh, before a warm presence pressed against my bruised back. I opened my eyes in apprehension and tried to see who it was from my peripheral vision but it was a little difficult, considering the person's face was buried deep in my hair.

"Why aren't you asleep." It was a deep voice, it was Zandik. He had arrived at such a late hour, I was half-convinced he was planning to stay the night somewhere else.

"I can't sleep," I murmured, scooting away from his intoxicating warmth as my heart rate increased.

His hand found its place against my black and blue stomach and he pulled me back into his embrace nonchalantly, chuckling sadistically as I hissed at the sudden pressure.

Not long later, in this uncomfortable position, Zandik fell asleep with his face enshrouded by my hair and his hand wrapped around my body. I still couldn't sleep and honestly, this position was not helping at all. Now, all I could think about was trying to get out of his painfully tight grasp without waking him up.

His hand had snaked under my breast and tightly kept me in place whilst his other was wrapped in my frizzy strands alongside his countenance, forcing my back against his front and my warm visage to further deepen into a cherry red. It was a wonder he could still handle breathing in at all, as it had been a while since I was last granted a shower. 

I miss taking a shower, I feel so grimy in this reality.

It was that thought which caused determination to rise. That's it. Enough is enough. When he wakes up, I will demand a shower with some rose body soap or something.

Approximately 2 hours later, I felt the man stir behind me and relief thickened my resolve. He yawned and snuggled deeper into my neck, as I attempted to remove his hands. "Dottore, I have to ask you something." Not waiting for him to completely awaken, I tugged on his arm and attempted to slide out of his grasp tiredly.

"What." A hint of annoyance in his tone. He flexed his arm and tightened his lock, proving my attempts futile.

I struggled to turn around in his embrace, but when I finally did I instantly regretted it. Zandik's face was forbiddenly close to my front, his dishevelled half-buttoned shirt made way for his loosened tie to embrace the floor whilst his tousled and tangled hair matted across his neck and jaw.

Yet he still wore his mask, he must really be quite scared to show himself even while resting. Or could it be that I was here?

Placing a hand under his chin I moved his face up to mine and watched as he sleepily smirked. "I was just." I breathed in slowly, watching his expression change from sleepy to confident. "I just uhm."

"Use your words." His voice was deeper when he just woke up, it definitely made my heart flutter and my stomach turn into a bundle of butterflies.

"I wanted to have a shower," I blurted out, hyperaware of the heat on my cheeks "It's been a long time so..."

"I'll send a female soldier to make sure you don't run away again. She will provide you with clean clothes too." He then produced a wicked smile as a thought occurred to him, "Or perhaps I-"

"That would be great thank you!" Ripping myself away from the unsuspecting man, I pushed myself out of bed despite the protests of my aching limbs and the sharp twinges of pain from my abdomen and back.

Ugh, I can't get used to this.

He turned his body, with his leg hoisted up, to the side where I stood and rested his head on the knuckles of his enclosed hand, waiting patiently whilst I collected myself. 

"Now, I want a shower right now."

Groaning and slowly getting into a seated position, his arm held his upper body up while his leg still remained hoisted. With his face to the sky, he ruffled his dishevelled hair into submission, reminding me of what an odd sight this was.

Such a refined man who dresses impeccably goes to sleep in his pristine white clothes and his, normally, perfect tangle-free hair without at least tieing it out of the way?

How does he get his clothes to unwrinkle? 

As far as I know, there aren't any appliances in Sumeru that smooths out wrinkled clothing. Or maybe there are, I hadn't necessarily focused on something as small as that.

Mind on a tangent, I suddenly hear Dottore fill the silent void between us. "Fine. But after you do we need to leave."

"Leave?"

"Must I repeat myself."

I deadpanned and feigned an apology as he quickly got up and exited the tent, only to reenter with a female soldier in tow. "Take her to the nearest waterfall. Bring an extra set of clothing."

A fucking waterfall? What is this a rom-com movie? "No way, there's no way I'm showering out in the wild."

"Take it or leave it."

Well, I wasn't going to leave it.

I needed a shower, and if this is the only thing I can do about it then I suppose I could bear with it for now.

"What about soap?" I reluctantly asked.

He pulled out some homemade-looking scrub made out of the local flora in Sumeru and handed it to me. I looked up from his half-unbuttoned shirt to his face uncertainly, then to the scrub in his hands before grabbing it and giving it a smell. The scent that it carried reminded me of a mix of lotus petals and fresh morning dew drops. It was a pleasant aroma, I'll give him that.

Thanking him apathetically, my aching body left the half-awake doctor with the female fatui.

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Chapter Notes

Yes girl get that shower you stink

Hope everyone had a good Christmas (if you celebrate it! <3)

2023 is so close and I still don't have my shit together