It was too hot. The air was sticky. And you were losing your mind. You could feel the sweat from your scalp bead at the base of each hair follicle and you just felt dirty and itchy. But you had things to do!
Still, the mid day sun had hit and you were hyperventilating at every turn with the way the shirt you wore stuck to your skin and the humid air felt like an impenetrable wall around you.
"Yoba I can't..." you threw down your trowel trying to calm your breathing but it was just. Too much! Your hands quickly found your head were you scritched your scalp bringing little relief so your hands came down harshly against your thighs in balled fists with an irritated shriek. You stomped around in the dirt hoping to bring some sort of pause to the irritation that covered your body like a thick layer of wax but the shock of the force instead sent a springy like pain up your calfs and forced tears to spill over. You threw your hands up and down violently trying anything to just make this feeling stop as your heart beat picked up.
"Hey, babe?" Shanes voice was quiet and in the background somewhere. Like how you imagined a blurry picture sounded.
"Baby hey..." his hands shocked you and you instantly whipped away covering your ears, digging your nails into your scalp you hunched down, clenching and unclenching your jaw.
You couldn't hear him but knew he was talking. He moved his hands a lot but didn't touch you, he held one hand out to you and pointed towards the house. You looked up at him just enough to see him mouthing the words "inside... not as bright" as he pointed to the sun. You took a deep breath and nodded, standing up, hands still clamped tightly around your ears.
He got you inside where the air still felt just as clingy and overwhelming. He pointed to the bathroom and you followed to see he had already started running a bath. You let go of your ears reluctantly to feel the water. It was cool, almost luke warm an you closed your eyes letting the water hose down the grime and sweat from your palms as you hung your head.
"Baby?" Shane asks softly and you look to the side to acknowledge but don't make eye contact. "Do you want the dry brush?"
He held it out and you quickly rubbed your free hand against the harsh bristles. It brought you back down to reality and you nodded, taking the brush from him.
"Not to harsh okay? Gentle circles." He sighs and you do your best to do so. Small gentle-ish circles across your arms seem to help break up the feeling of being encased in the wet air around you.
"Come on baby... clothes off, get into the bath." He works around you, helping you strip down as you just focus on making the scratched sensation balance out in each arm and each leg. He guides you into the bath and when you hold the brush to him he wordlessly swipes the dry brush gently across your back as you soak in the cool water.
"Sorry..." you sigh a few minutes into the bath now finally able to find your words. Shane shakes his head.
"I knew it was going to be a hard day for you when Pierre didn't open his shop this morning and I had to go into work. Today was the day i would always spend the day helping you plant the new crops. And with the humidity being so high today...." He pauses and holds your hand gently. "You are always there for me when I have a hard time. Don't be sorry because you need help every now and then too.
He helps wash your hair with just shampoo because conditioner makes your hair feel too shiny and he takes care to help wash your body thoroughly with a moisturizing body wash so that your skin wasn't dry and itchy after you got out of the bath.
"Why are you so good at this." You sigh, wrapping up in a large beach towel after getting out of the tub.
"I don't know babe. I can just see when you start getting upset before you do. Kind of like how I know that you are hungry when you think you're stomach is upset." He sighs and you smile, leaning against him, he wraps his arms around you and kisses the top of your head.
He spends the rest of the night making sure you are okay, he brings you water and the two of you decide on pepper poppers for dinner, your safe food in common. After that you both go out and he helps shut down the barn and the coop with you. You spend a little extra time with one of the brooding hens. You scoop her up and she purrs contently. Her gentle cooing rhythm soothes any other ruffled feathers you may have and you sigh setting her down to roost.
"Thank you, Shane... you made today a lot easier." You smile, and he returns it.
"Of course chicken." He chuckles and meets you for a short and sweet kiss.
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Shorts from the void
Fanfictionlook at all the stuff i wrote (this should be going into ao3 i know i said i would do that but i dont understand how to use ao3 it makes me want to cry) Anyways! Enjoy a batch of x reader!
