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snzluv3r · 9 months

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would love some more of the unrestrained talkies!! or like. loved you writing out the description of your allergies in the store last week 🫣🫣

cw: description of sneezing, mess

noted, thank you anon!! <3

as for the allergy self obs, boy do i have a story for you from this weekend 😭 my friend and i went to this giant farmers market we’ve been eyeing for a while and i ended up having the most embarrassing allergy attack that cut our visit a little short </3 but on the bright side i might’ve discovered a flower allergy??

as usual, my allergies haven’t been giving me much of a break, so i made sure to take my allergy meds that morning before we left and doubled up on tissues just in case (i try to always have a travel pack of tissues in every purse/bag so i’m never caught off guard in public lol) but i was really hoping the pollen wouldn’t bother me if i kept my mask on most of the time and didn’t forget my meds. we had a whole day planned around going to the farmers market and then having a picnic by the water with the stuff we just bought, and i was only mildly sniffly behind my mask for the first 30 minutes or so that we were there. it wasn’t until we stopped at a booth selling plants, seeds, and these gorgeous bouquets from a local nursery that it started to go downhill.

i was a little wary about getting too close to the actual flowers because i could smell through my mask how strong they were and although flowers themselves don’t make me sneeze, the scent does really irritate my nose if it’s strong enough, and my eyes started to water pretty much the second we walked up. i stuck to the side of the stand opposite from the flowers, but the longer we lingered the more the scent started to get to me, and my nose was beginning to run along with my eyes. i was sniffling every few seconds and the burning itch in my eyes was quickly spreading through my nose, my nostrils flaring and twitching as it ran.

i’ve mentioned before that the sensation of having a runny nose behind a disposable mask is one of the worst kinds of teasing, ticklish torture, the smallest fibers on the inside of the mask sticking to an already aching nose. so, the longer i spent scrunching my nose and trying to sniffle back as much mess as i could, the more aware i became of the mask on my face. at one point the tickle got to be so much that i absentmindedly rubbed my nose through my mask without thinking, which irritated the itch so much i ended up sneezing a rapid triple into my elbow only seconds after. to my relief, nobody seemed to notice, but i still felt myself flush at the unexpected loss of control in such a public setting and sniffled quickly, trying to regain control of the tickle. i think the first part of my real downfall was when i decided to take off the mask to wipe my nose, remembering the extra tissues i’d packed in my bag.

of course, just as i was blowing my nose as softly and discreetly (and therefore, ineffectively) as possible, my mask hanging from my ear, my friend popped up behind me out of nowhere and scared three more sneezes out of me.

(i wish i was kidding—she tapped me on the shoulder and i gasped, and the sharp intake of breath reignited the itch, sending me doubling over into my elbow with another rapid triple that i was even more unsuccessful at stifling)

she looked amused and blessed me, giving me a dramatic pout and asking, “allergies?”, to which i blushed even harder and nodded, turning away again to sneeze three more times. thankfully, i was able to stifle those ones, though i instantly felt the allergic tickle travel farther up my sinuses and regretted it. she blessed me again, frowning more sincerely this time and looking me up and down, seemingly assessing the state of my allergic reaction. i started to assure her that i was fine, just a little tickly, when i felt another sneeze coming on.

despite how hard i tried to hold my breath, i started hitching desperately, my still watery eyes overflowing with allergic tears as my breath skipped and i ducked into a fresh tissue, muffling four horribly itchy and unsatisfying sneezes that were immediately followed by more hitching breaths. as i was scrambling for another tissue, rapidly getting to the end of the first travel pack, i realized i had sneezed my mask completely off and it was now in the grass, to my utter disappointment. as itchy as the mask was, at least i could use it to hide some of my allergic discomfort. it also gives me some sense of anonymity when i’m having an allergy attack in public, but it was useless now, and i realized in that moment that as vigilant as i’d been in bringing tissues and taking my meds, i’d forgotten multiple masks. so, not only was i an itchy, allergic mess with a building sneezing fit rising in my throat, but i was also so embarrassed and wanted to literally hide my face in my hands.

i felt my ears and cheeks get even hotter when i heard the vendor and another nearby employee bless me, not even able to get out a shy “thank you” before i was stifling another few sneezes, which quickly turned into a rapid fit of more than ten stifles. more allergic tears were streaming down my cheeks now, and my friend had quickly finished paying for her flowers and rushed to my side, one hand holding a bouquet while the other rested on my back in what i assume was an attempt to steady me (she’s so sweet)

all i could do was keep apologizing through hitching breaths and rapid bursts of sneezes that came in a minimum of threes as i opened the second (and last) pack of tissues, scrambling to cover my nose as i blushed. i don’t remember much after the next fit started, the tickle buzzing behind my eyes and in my nose as i sneezed another 10+ stifles in rapid succession, willing my body to stop being allergic and humiliating me. the next thing i was aware of (besides how much i was sneezing and how much i wanted it to stop) we were away from the stalls/booths and the crowds and my friend was gently pushing me down onto a bench. now that we were away from the majority of people, i did bury my face in my hands, jokingly murmuring that i was “never going outside again.” it was at that point when my friend suggested i might be allergic to the flowers, but i insisted that it wasn’t possible.

“i’ve never been allergic to flowers, i swear. trust me, i know. i’m not allergic to flowers” (which of course prompted her questioning how i know i’m not allergic to flowers…)

despite being away from the booth and all of the extremely beautiful but very perfumed flowers, my allergies seemed to be getting worse. sneezes were coming even closer together, my nose was stuffy and simultaneously running more than i could keep up with, and my eyes were so irritated that i had started to rub at them, which i’m sure only made my appearance that much worse. i couldn’t shake the feeling that a thousand grains of pollen were coating my eyes and nose, and when i wasn’t sneezing or sniffling i was gasping and hitching in the most embarrassing, desperate buildups. the sneezes were now impossible to stifle and according to my friend, there was a good five minutes where i just sneezed without stopping, the most she’s “ever seen me sneeze” in her life, apparently. she was being so sweet and rubbing my back and offering to throw away her flowers but i was still insisting that i’m not allergic to flowers and never have been…

after probably 20 minutes of that initial allergy attack, the sneezes were coming far enough apart that i felt comfortable enough to go to the park and have the picnic we had planned. my eyes were so itchy and swelling a little and i was so stuffy i couldn’t breathe through my nose, so i took some of the emergency benadryl i’d brought with me. i was so embarrassed and felt guilty that i’d cut our time at the farmers market short because of my allergies, so i was determined to push through for the rest of the day. despite my immense discomfort and the fact that i was still sneezing every five minutes or so, i assured my friend that i was fine and wanted to stay out. i think she believed me at first, but we were only out on our picnic blanket for about ten minutes before the rapid sneezing fits started up again, this time accompanied by itchy coughing that was impossible to restrain.

this time, my friend insisted on throwing away the flowers (gonna cry i feel so bad), saying how she would bet money that i was allergic to something in that bouquet. which, to be fair, i was starting to agree with her. the closer i got to the flowers, the more my eyes stung and burned, the tickle in my nose intensifying. i was also starting to get drowsy from the benadryl which made it harder to stifle, sneezes starting to catch me off guard as they came closer together again. i ended up having another rapid fit for several minutes, going through the last of my tissues as i sneezed and coughed. when i started wheezing a little, my friend insisted we go home and i (sleepily and drugged up) agreed, sniffling and sneezing the entire way home on the train and in her car.

i was so tired from the benadryl that i was barely even embarrassed about how much i sneezed on the train, and at one point i fell asleep on my friends shoulder 😭 when i got home i felt so bad that i ruined our outing that i texted her and asked if she wanted to go again another time when my allergies aren’t so bad, and she replied

“only if you admit that you’re allergic to flowers, and we agree to stay away from anyone selling them” 😭🥺

so yeah there is some allergy self obs i apologize for all the unnecessary details i hope this isn’t boring and you like it !!

#i hope someone likes this omg it was so embarrassing but my friend was so sweet about it #self obs #my asks #i don’t know what flower it is though the bouquet was pink and orange

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