(young) Sendak x Reader {Temporarily On Hold}

I messed up

If there was one thing (Y/n) hated the most it was her period, and she had to deal with it every month; sure, the liquid painkiller she took whenever she began to have cramps made the pain go away in under ten minutes, but she still had to deal with all of the unpleasant symptoms a week or so before it started and then during the time she bled as well. She had her period every month and Sendak took care of her each time it came, the young woman was very grateful to have such a sensitive, caring boyfriend. It was a miracle that they hadn't gotten down and dirty yet after any of (Y/n's) periods; they'd come close a couple of times, unfortunately before they could go all the way one of them would be needed for something. Sendak and (Y/n) would eventually get around to having sex when the time came, but during that moment in particular (Y/n) was having a miserable second day of her period. She was still in some pain until she took the prescribed amount of liquid painkiller and she felt particularly sensitive and emotional that day, which was pretty normal.

(Y/n) and Sendak still had their separate bedrooms since their relationship was still new and they didn't want to rush through it, although during her period he usually slept in her bed with her, unfortunately when she woke up that morning her boyfriend was nowhere to be seen. Earlier Sendak had been needed to help with something in the nearest town; he thought it would be easy, but it wasn’t and by the time he returned to the palace he was in a bad mood after a few annoying bystanders got on his nerves. Usually he would have taken his frustration out on the punching bag in the training room or sparred with Vrul, but before he could do that he wanted to briefly check in on (Y/n) to make sure that she was alright. During her boyfriend's absence (Y/n) felt lonely without him and the more she'd thought about how much she missed Sendak, the more depressed she felt until she started to cry. On any other day Sendak would have been more sympathetic and caring, but the sound of (Y/n's) crying got on his nerves a little.

“Why are you crying?” Sendak asked (Y/n) when he entered her bedroom since her door was cracked open, speaking with a neutral tone so as not to seem angry, even though he wasn't angry at her.

“I missed you today. And- and I feel fat and my face is ugly right now.” (Y/n) wept, wiping her face before she looked up at Sendak, even though she still had stuff coming out of her nose due to all the crying she'd done.

“What are you talking about? You're not fat or ugly, you're only bloated because of your period. You have no reason to cry.” Sendak responded firmly, pinning his ears back a little in annoyance.

“Why are you talking to me like that?” (Y/n) inquired with confusion, sniffling quietly as she tried to stop crying; she wasn't expecting Sendak to speak to her so firmly, which it was highly unusual for him to speak to anyone that way unless something or someone pissed him off.

“Talking like what? I came here to check in on you, but I can see that was a mistake. Why do you have to be so quiznaking annoying?” Sendak growled as his anger took control of him; after what happened earlier he was in a bad mood and would be until he worked off his frustration.

(Y/n) was stunned; Sendak had never spoken to her so rudely before nor had he ever growled at her like that, and because of her hormonal state she took his words personally, even though he didn't mean them. She slid off of her bed as quickly as she could and ran out of her bedroom, tears streaming down her face. Hearing Sendak talk to her the way he had definitely frightened her; (Y/n) wasn't necessarily scared of him, but he'd shaken her up and she needed to curl up somewhere she felt safe. Sendak didn't fully understand what he'd done until after (Y/n) left her bedroom, and by then it was too late for him to take his words back.

“(Y/n), I-” Sendak called out to his lover as his eyes widened when realization hit him and regret twisted in his stomach; he really wished that he'd worked through his frustration before he checked in with his girlfriend, but instead he messed up and he feared that she would be scared of him.