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beck-a-leck · 2 years

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I had a crappy day today. Could you please cheer me up with some fluffy drabble? It could be from any fandom.

Oh, Nonny, I'm so sorry you had a bad day! I can't physically be there to give you a cup of hot cocoa, wrap you up in a blanket, and give you a kiss on the forehead, but I hope you know this is me doing so in spirit 💜 I hope you day gets better! Or at the very least, you have a quiet, relaxing night and a fresh start tomorrow.

I hope Trio of Towns is a good fandom choice. It's been on my brain recently. Enjoy some HollyxLudus care taking.

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Holly pushed into her house with a low, long sigh. Today had been extremely long and trying and she was about ten seconds or one small inconvenience from giving up on everything entirely and crawling into bed.

Nothing had gone right today. She'd tripped over one of her chickens this morning and dropped and broke the entire basket of eggs she'd just collected. She'd tried to help around town and do some deliveries, but got them all mixed up and then delivered late. She'd gotten mud all over a brand new dress, spilled a glass of milk at lunch, messed up an entire batch of cheese, gotten stung by a bee, and had only realized as she was walking to her house, defeated, hungry, ready for dinner and an early bedtime to just get this crappy day over with, she had forgotten to set out the meat to that so she could cook dinner.

That was Holly's last straw.

She looked at the clean and empty plate she'd meant to put the frozen meat on, sitting there innocently on her kitchen counter, and burst into tears.

Stupid, pointless tears, because crying over this wouldn't fix anything (she was literally crying over spilled milk). But as Holly cried, all she could hear was her father's voice, repeating every self-deprecating and doubtful thought she'd been telling herself all day. If this was the way she was going to act facing a few minor inconveniences, then maybe she wasn't ready to live on her own and be a farmer.

And that just made Holly cry more. She collapsed on her couch, buried her face in the pillows and cried until her tears ran dry, and she was left feeling hollow and miserable and pathetic, and on top of everything now she had a headache.

Holly's sniffles had just faded when there was a knock on her front door. Four confident, rapid strikes against her door. She knew those knocks.

Holly didn't get up to open the door.

The knocks came again, accompanied by Ludus' voice. "Holly? You in?"

Holly didn't want to see Ludus. Sure he was her boyfriend, and he was kind of supposed to be there for these things, but they'd only just started dating a few weeks back. Seeing her mid-breakdown might send him running, and Holly didn't think she could handle a broken relationship on top of everything else tonight.

Still, instead of just lying there silently in her house, out of sight from the windows, and waiting for Ludus to assume she wasn't home, she called out plaintively, "Noooo, Holly's not here," and buried her head beneath a pillow.

"I'm letting myself in."

Holly heard the door latch click, the hinges squeak slightly as the door swung open. Ludus stepped in, dropped something on the table before walking slowly over to her.

Holly didn't move the pillow from her face, but also didn't stop Ludus from lifting it away. He was crouching next to her, frowning in quizzical concern.

"You okay, kui'po? What's wrong?"

Holly sniffed, still feeling particularly pathetic. "I had a bad day."

"You wanna talk about it?"

"No."

"Okay." Ludus smiled gently. "You hungry? I brought dinner."

Holly considered it and nodded. Dinner sounded nice. She sat up, wiping her eyes and nose. "Can I help?"

Ludus chuckled, and kissed her on the cheek. "I've got it handled. You just take a minute to relax. It's mostly ready. Sit tight."

Holly did as instructed, and in just a minute Ludus was delivering an iced, fruity drink into her hands - paper umbrella included.

"Coconut water, mango juice, passion fruit; should help the headache."

Holly laughed weakly and took a sip. "How did you know?"

"I always get a headache when I have a bad day."

And just a minute later, Ludus was setting two plates on the coffee table. "Pineapple curry, courtesy of Carosello."

"Thank you." Holly graciously dug in, and after a few bites things began to feel a significantly better.

After they finished eating, she leaned into Ludus, sitting next to her on the couch. "This was exactly what I needed. Thank you."

"I'm just glad I could make your day better, kui'po. That's what boyfriends are for, yeah? Fixing the bad days." He put his arm around Holly, pulling her into a hug.

"Well, not just that. But I appreciate you fixing mine. How did you know?"

"When I saw you earlier, you looked a little frazzled. I thought if I could surprise you and take dinner off your hands, that might help."

"It did. It really did." Holly snuggled up into his side. She sighed in contentment. "You know, when you showed up, I almost pretended I wasn't home. I was going to just stay home alone and be miserable by myself. I didn't want you seeing me like this. All snotty and pathetic."

"Nana always says sometimes you feel so much better after a good cry. There's no shame in it."

"She's a smart lady, your grandmother. I'm glad you came over. Maybe crying made me feel a little better, but dinner helped a lot more."

Ludus pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "I guess now's a good time to mention, I brought ice cream for dessert, too."

Holly smiled. It was kind of funny how quickly a bad day could be turned around with a little love and care (and ice cream).

#replies #anonymous #becky writes things #story of seasons trio of towns #trio of towns #sos 3ot #nonny i hope this is fluffy enough for you. if you need more feel-goods I'm happy to provide

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