#* / you were bigger than the whole sky. - alejandra alex gomez. ( starter. )

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𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻 for @fearhidden​​. 

𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙄𝙉 𝙃𝙀𝙍 hometown after being gone for over six months was strange, to say the least. alex, of course, had been welcomed back by her mother with open arms — questions about her whereabouts and why’d she left in the first place were quickly dropped when she saw the look on her face and she was grateful she didn’t have to make up another lie as to what had happened. she wanted to move on, to be the girl that she was before leaving and she would do everything in her power to do so. over a week had passed since her arrival and the one person she so badly wanted to see was also the one she was trying to avoid. she hadn’t seen shep since the morning after they had slept together, right before he left to go out of town for a few weeks due to an emergency. before leaving, they had promised to talk about everything when he got back but circumstances ( like two little pink lines ) had gotten in the way of that. there hadn’t been a day since they’d been apart that she hadn’t missed him, but she still couldn’t find it in herself to be brave enough to pick up the phone and contact him. so, she put all her attention into moving into her new apartment instead. it was a small two-bedroom unit downtown that had been available when she came back home and that she’s spent the last few days unpacking in. her daughter’s nursery items and other memorabilia were stuffed into two boxes and hidden away from sight in the back of the closet. she hopes one day she’ll be able to look through them without crying her eyes out. for now, though, the only thing left to do was to put away all the books in the large bookshelf located in her office and she would be finally done. she’s just in the middle of pulling open one of the moving boxes when she hears a knock at her door, a confused frown taking over her features. her mother was the only person who knew where she was, so alex assumes that the woman was coming over to help her unpack. walking over to her front door, she turns the knob and starts to pull it open,  ❝ mom, i told you i didn’t need any--- ❞ she stops short when her gaze finally takes in the person in front of her, eyes widening at shep’s surprise appearance. so many emotions pass through her as they stared at one another for a few moments, and she’s terrified that everything she’s gone through the last few months was written all over her face. while she didn’t look any different from the outside, the inside was another story. ❝ hey, ❞ she greets carefully, half expecting for the male to start yelling at her for completely disappearing and cutting him off with no explanation for the last six months. she didn’t blame him if he did. she knows she deserves it. ❝ sorry -- um, come in. please. ❞ she moves aside, gesturing for him to enter her apartment.   

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𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻 for @jawbrkrs!

𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙄𝙉 𝙃𝙀𝙍 hometown after being gone for over six months was strange, to say the least. alex, of course, had been welcomed back by her parents with open arms — questions about her whereabouts and why’d she left in the first place were quickly dropped when they saw the look on her face and she was grateful she didn’t have to make up another lie as to what had happened. she wanted to move on, to be the girl that she was before leaving and she would do everything in her power to do so. over a week had passed since her arrival and the one person she so badly wanted to see was also the one she was trying to avoid but of course, she couldn’t hide forever. she knows it’s hendrix the second he sits down next to her at the bar, the familiar scent of his aftershave and cologne filling her nose. she tenses up immediately, not at all ready to speak to him after what she’s lost – what they’d lost – but knows it’s unavoidable. this is what she needed to do to get back into her old life. so, with a small smile, she turns to the side to look at him, her heart aching but familiar butterflies still making her stomach flutter. ❝ i figured you’d find me eventually,❞ she starts softly, taking a sip from her beer before meeting his gaze. he could probably see right through her nonchalant attitude but she tries to tell herself that the hurt that she’d been experiencing the last couple of weeks wasn’t all over her face. that she was the same alex he’d known for years.  ❝ how are you? ❞  she asks casually, knows right away that acting so relaxed after her sudden disappearance wasn’t how she should go about their reunion because she was sure that her best friend had an opinion on the matter. she wouldn’t blame him if he did; after all, she was the asshole who skipped town for months without telling anyone where she was going.  ❝ did i miss anything important when i was gone? ❞ she clears her throat, breaking their locked orbs to stare at the bottle up on the bar. god, she was such a coward. 

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tag drop for alejandra “alex” gomez, a reserved muse for @jawbrkrs!

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tag drop for alejandra “alex” gomez! a reserved muse.