marjoreece one shots 💖

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"Hey gorgeous." Reece said, walking through the front door.

Marjorie was sitting at the kitchen island. She looked up from her laptop and smiled at him. Her hair was in a ponytail, baby hairs sticking out from every angle. She picked up her wine glass and finished it off.

"Marjorie I think you can take a break. You've been at this for the past 5 hours." Reece said, walking over to Marjorie.
"I can't, darling. I'm behind on reports and updating the newsletter. This is what I get for taking 3 days off." Marjorie sighed, putting her head in her hands.
"You needed the days off. You never take days off. Like ever." Reece stood behind Marjorie, rubbing the sides of her arms.
"I know. I keep the nursery running. Autumn does a fantastic job on her own, don't get me wrong, but I'm the glue to the nursery." Marjorie sighed, relaxing at Reece's touch.
"You can take the girl out of the nursery, but can't take the nursery out of the girl." Reece chuckled.

Marjorie turned around and playfully smacked him in the ribs.

"Seriously Reece." Marjorie rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry. You know I'm right though." Reece kissed her cheek. "Can I help you with anything?"
"No. I can handle it." Marjorie said, resuming typing on her laptop.

Reece moved his hands to Marjorie's shoulders and started massaging them.

"God." Marjorie let out a contented moan.
"Take a break. Seriously." Reece said, still massaging her.
"Fine." Marjorie huffed.

Marjorie stood up and walked over to the couch, sitting in front of it, so Reece could sit behind her and continue massaging.

"Are you always this tense in your upper back?" Reece asked.
"Yep. I've always been super tense." Marjorie sighed.
"Damn gorgeous." Reece replied, applying more pressure into Marjorie's back.

Reece spent the next several minutes massaging Marjorie's back and shoulders, relieving some tension. Marjorie stood up and sat next to Reece on the couch, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you." Marjorie said, closing her eyes.
"Anytime, my love." Reece smiled, and put one arm around Marjorie.

The two sat like that for a while, and then Reece noticed Marjorie's breathing had became slower. Reece looked over and saw that Marjorie had fell asleep. He smiled to himself before slipping his other arm underneath her legs and picking her up. Reece didn't bother taking her upstairs. Instead he just laid Marjorie down on the couch.

"But the reports." Marjorie muttered.
"Don't worry about them." Reece kissed the top of her head, and threw a blanket over her. "You need the sleep."

Reece put on Friends for background noise and smiled as he watched Marjorie peacefully sleeping. It was only 9pm, but he knew Marjorie needed all the rest she could get. He walked over to her setup at the island and sat on the stool. He saw she only had two more reports left, and decided to work on them for her.

*a few hours later*

"Oh my god." Marjorie sat up straight, rubbing her eyes.

Marjorie got up and walked over to the kitchen, putting her glasses on.

"What are you doing?" She asked, looking at Reece who was typing on her laptop.
"Well, I just finished the last two reports you had." Reece replied, closing her laptop.
"I—well, you—you what?" Marjorie stammered.
"I finished the reports for you gorgeous." Reece repeated.

Marjorie walked over to him and threw her arms around him.

"You didn't have to do that my love." Marjorie said.
"I wanted to. I saw how stressed you were. And I knew giving you that massage only relieved a little bit of the stress, so I decided to finish for you, to hopefully eliminate all of your stress." Reece looked up and kissed Marjorie.
"Honestly, that's one of the nicest things anyone has done for me. Thank you. I love you." Marjorie said, getting teary eyed.
"I love you more babe." Reece replied, leaning in to kiss her again.

Reece stood up and pulled Marjorie in. She smiled into his chest and told him 'thank you' a dozen more times.

"How will I repay you? I mean seriously." Marjorie looked up at him.
"You don't have to repay me gorgeous. I'm more than happy to do anything for you." Reece smiled.
"But I want to. You do so many things for me. And I do practically nothing in return." Marjorie said, looking off to the side.
"Listen." Reece said, taking his hand and lifting Marjorie's face up. "You existing is enough for me."
"Actually wait." Marjorie said, slightly blushing. "This isn't really something in return but it's something I would like you to read."

Marjorie broke from his embrace and ran upstairs to their bedroom. She opened the bottom drawer and pulled out an envelope with Reeces name written in cursive.

"Here." Marjorie said, running back downstairs.
"What is this?" Reece asked, taking the letter from Marjorie.
"It's a letter I wrote, after our lemonade and crisps date. We spent that whole weekend in bed, but still. I wrote it after you left. I'm rambling. Just open it." Marjorie said, giggling.
"Okay." Reece laughed, carefully opening the envelope.

Reece,

The odds of me giving you this letter are very slim. But whatever, I need to write my feelings. You just left my house after spending the whole weekend with me. Why? I have no idea. I don't know what you see in me. But I see so much in you. You are so attentive. So incredibly caring and thoughtful. I see the way you act with Carly, even though now I have to hear her bitch about the parental controls on Netflix. The way you have defended Autumn for 20 years. The way you defended me to Mia after only knowing me for like five seconds. I've had shitty men come into my life and mess me about, but you haven't done that. You care so deeply for me, and you treat me like I'm the only girl in the world. I don't know how I would ever repay you physically (besides being phenomenal;)). I know it's super early on to say this, but I don't care. I love you Reece. I truly do. I hope you know that.

- Marjorie

"Wow." Reece said, wiping a stray tear that fell. "I love you. And I do know that. I knew it from the start."
"I love you too." Marjorie said, smiling from ear to ear, and pulling Reece in for a hug.
"No one has ever said anything like that about me. And I know you tell me those things all the time, but to see it written out hits different." Reece said, tightening his grip on Marjorie. "Thank you for being, well, phenomenal."
"Anytime." Marjorie said, starting to laugh hysterically.

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A/N - a long one for sure! thank you guys for 1.13k reads on this story<3 i cannot believe it<3