#i think I'll have something ready to post tomorrow for u anon

[glafifo]

Glafifo come home I miss you

[solarwriting]

boy next door

theo engler x fem!reader

summary: the new girl in the suburbs finds herself falling for her new neighbor.

requests: "new girl in the suburbs, she moves into the house next to theo’s, and coincidentally their bedroom windows are right across from each other. and later on the girl starts working at Loves bakery with Theo and he’s like “u stalking me neighbor” and it turns into a flirty friendship and eventually a relationship" from anon and "Can I request babysitting with Theo? The thought of him helping take care of kids is melting my hearttt" from anon

warnings: food mention, swears, drinking

notes: if you want any pronoun changes on any of my fics just shoot me an ask! hope you like this!!

posted oct. 21, 2021

the last book on the shelf, the last box finally empty. y/n sighed, it was already five p.m. and she was starving. she ran down the stairs, "i'm going to find something to eat, i'll bring back something!" she called to her parents as she ran out the door.

after driving for a while she found a restaurant, vegan of course, where she ate before ordering to go meals for her parents. the waitress told her it would be about a thirty minute wait so she decided to walk around the area. she saw lots of boutiques and shops. she spots a bakery called a fresh tart from across the street from another overpriced boutique.

she crossed the street quickly, not that there were many cars on the street. she entered, the bell jingling softly announcing her arrival. "welcome in!" a woman greeted.

"hi," y/n said softly.

"i'm love. are you looking for anything in particular?"

"surprise me. i'm y/n, by the way. i just moved into the neighborhood."

"nice to meet you, y/n. try this." love handed her a cupcake with light pink frosting.

y/n took it before trying it, "oh my god, this is amazing. red velvet?"

love smiled and nodded, "i figured you were a red velvet type of girl."

"you figured right. can i get a half dozen?"

love nodded and began placing the cupcakes in a box, making small talk when the bells chimed, causing the two to look up.

a boy around y/n's age walked in, "i think i left my jacket here, have you seen it, love?"

"it's in the back, theo." she sighed, theo clapped his hands together in thanks before disappearing.

"does he work here?" y/n asked.

"when he has the time, he helps out. i do all the baking though."

y/n thought for a minute as she put her card into the reader, "well, are you hiring, i have plenty of time on my hands right now."

"yeah, actually. come back tomorrow morning and we can do all the paperwork."

"perfect! i'll see you tomorrow, then. thanks!" y/n waved as she made her exit, her phone beeping indicating her parents food was ready to be picked up.

"who was that, love?" theo asked as he pulled his jacket on.

"your new coworker." love answered, "she just moved in, apparently."

"i'm home!" y/n announced, setting her keys down by the door. she made her way into the kitchen where her parents were still unpacking, "i come bearing dinner and desert."

"my hero." her dad muttered, grabbing the take away box, tearing it open.

"there's also some red velvet cupcakes from a bakery down town. and you are looking at their new employee."

"that was quick, good job." y/n mom congratulated.

"i figured i should find something to do everyday, why not get paid too." y/n shrugged.

y/n helped finish unpacking the kitchen boxes before making her way upstairs, she pushed open her window, letting the cool evening air into her stuffy room. she pulled out her computer, thankful for deciding to do this semester online, and began working on some assignments.

she stretched and looked out the window, noticing the window directly across from her was also open and the room was lit up. she saw some movement from the room across, but couldn't see clearly enough, who it was.

she refocused on her school work for a while before glancing back up to see a sign in the window, "are you a stalker or something." she stood up confused before the boy from the bakery came into view. he pointed to the sign and shrugged.

y/n rolled her eyes and shook her head. she pointed outside, hoping he'd get the hint before she disappeared from his sight. she went out to the front yard, where she was met with theo.

"i'm not a stalker, but how do i know you're not one either?" y/n asked, arms crossed.

"my step-dad has lived here my whole life and you just moved in. and now you're getting a job at the place i've worked for months. stalker."

"don't flatter yourself," y/n laughed, uncrossing her arms.

"you have to be kidding me! you go to stanford, too? you're definitely a stalker." he joked.

y/n looked down confused before noticing the sweater she was wearing did in fact, say stanford university on it. "you go to stanford, too? no way!"

"yes i do, though i'm taking some time off." theo mumbled the last part.

"well, i'm doing this year online. too much drama, you could say." y/n wrapped her arms around herself, the evening air being a bit more colder than expected.

"do you want to come in?" theo asked, noticing the cold himself.

y/n though for a minute, "sure, neighbor."

they made their way inside theo's house where he gave the grand tour, the kitchen, living room, his step-mom's old room, his step-dad's office and room, then, finally his room. "it's nothing exciting."

he pulled the paper off his window, throwing it onto his desk. y/n threw herself onto his bed with a groan, "damn this is comfy."

theo sat next to her, "do you have a habit of making yourself comfortable in stranger's rooms?"

"only the strangers i like." y/n smiled at him, moving over to give him room to lay, "i don't bite, unless you're into that." rousing a laugh from theo who laid next to her.

they were both on their backs staring at the ceiling, "so, what does taking time off look like for theo,"

"engler. and it's a lot of hanging out here and going to the bakery. and parties in palo alto."

"sounds fun. i haven't been to a party in ages." y/n said, stretching her arm above her, reaching for the ceiling.

"next time i go, you should come with me. give me your phone." he took the girl's phone from her adding himself to her contacts and taking a photo of himself for the contact picture. "your turn." he handed her his phone as well as hers.

she did the same, snapped a photo and adding her contact into his phone. "there," she passed his phone back to him.

they talked for awhile before y/n checked her phone, noticing how late it was, "oh shit. i have to get up early to talk to love."

"don't worry about it, she doesn't open the bakery until like eleven. and she lives right next door, so."

"really? damn the suburbs are crazy." y/n sat up, brushing the wrinkles out of her sweater. "i still should go, my parents will probably be wondering where i've gone."

"well, good luck tomorrow. see you later, stalker."

y/n laughed before saying goodbye making her way home.

the next morning all went well with the paperwork and love had her start that day, she spent the day greeting customers and boxing various orders for love while she baked. after a few weeks of working, one day during her shift sometime in the afternoon the bell jingled and a man with a stroller entered, "welcome in." y/n greeted.

the man looked around confused, "where's love?"

"in the back let me go get her." y/n went to the back where love was frosting cupcakes, "love, someone's asking for you."

the two reappeared in the front, love hugged the man and kissed him before bending down to the stroller and picking up the baby. "y/n, this is my husband joe and our son henry."

"nice to meet you joe." y/n smiled before looking at the baby and waving, "hi, henry." the baby gave a small wave back causing the two women to aww in unison.

"i think he likes you." joe said, smiling slightly.

"i used to work at a daycare center, they called me the baby whisperer for some reason. i think it's just that babies can sense the good in people, but i don't really know."

joe and love exchanged a look before love spoke up, "would you ever be up for babysitting? i know we could use a date night."

"of course, whenever you need me."

"friday night? i could drop him off around seven or so?" love asked.

y/n agreed and soon enough friday evening rolled around and love dropped henry off with a diaper bag full of everything she would ever need and then some.

she put him on the floor and pulled out some of his toys. and played with him for a while before her phone started ringing. she grabbed her phone and answered, "what's up, theo?"

"there's a party in palo alto i was thinking about going to, wanna come?" he asked.

y/n sighed, "i can't. i'm babysitting."

"who the hell would trust you with their child."

"first off, i'll have you know i am an excellent babysitter and second off it's the quinn-goldberg's kid. if you don't trust me with him come over here and take care of him yourself." y/n said, obviously joking.

theo was silent for a moment for he ended the call, causing y/n to scoff. "boys are so stupid aren't they, henry? you're the only guy i need, isn't that right?" henry cooed back at her handing her one of his rattles.

she shook it before handing it back to him. the doorbell rang, causing y/n to get up off the floor and answer it. she swung the door open to see theo standing there, "um hi, theo. wasn't there a party you needed to get to or?"

"shut up, where's the kid?" he asked, she moved out of his way to reveal henry who sat on the floor entertaining himself with his toys.

"you know i was kidding about the coming over thing, right?"

"yeah but the party is gonna be pretty lame anyways. i bet the cops are already on there way with a noise complaint so." he picked up henry and began playing with him and talking to him.

"well, are you hungry? i can make something while you watch him. though he probably needs to eat too."

theo nodded, agreeing to feed henry while y/n cooked. y/n decided on making pasta, since it was simple and would cook fairly quickly.

once the food was done y/n went into the living room to tell theo. instead she saw theo holding henry who was sleeping softly, theo was rocking him gently. y/n pulled her phone out and snapped a picture.

"hey, the food's done." y/n whispered.

"where do i put him?" he whispered.

"hold on," y/n pushed the armchair from the other side of the room so that it was facing the wall, "there, makeshift crib."

theo laid henry in the chair, covering him with his blanket. "so, there's food?"

y/n nodded leading the way to the kitchen where the two sat at the island to eat. "how'd you get him to sleep so easily?"

"natural gift, i guess." theo shrugged.

y/n cocked her head at that, "oh really?"

"yeah, totally. call me the baby whisperer."

"that's my title, i'll have you know. that's what they used to call me at my old childcare job." y/n said, abandoning her dinner in favor of talking to theo.

the two soon completely abandoned the rest of their dinner in favor of sitting on the kitchen floor sharing stories from school and from when they were younger. around eleven the bell rang and on the other side stood both love and joe.

she greeted them and let the couple enter, "he ate and has been sleeping since about 8:30, he's right there." she pointed to the makeshift crib, grabbing the diaper bag and handing it to joe as love grabbed henry gently.

"thanks again for watching him, we may take you up on it again someday." love gushed.

"of course, he's the sweetest kid ever. i'd love to watch him again." y/n said, walking them out, "have a good night!" she sighed as the door closed.

she reentered the kitchen where theo still sat on the floor, now on his phone. "how about we make this a party?"

"what?"

"you missed your party in palo alto, so lets have our own." y/n explained, grabbing a bottle of wine, "they'll never notice one missing." she uncorked it before taking a sip handing it to theo, looking for glasses.

theo groaned, "next time, we should find better refreshments."

"agreed," y/n handed him a glass, holding hers out for him to pour.

theo filled both of there glasses before setting the bottle on the floor next to them, "so where exactly are your parents this evening?"

"i have no clue, some sort of business trip, probably." y/n shrugged taking another drink.

"i have a question, why are you taking time off from school?"

theo sighed, taking a drink, "my step-mom, i guess if you can call her that. she was killed, i'm surprised you haven't heard about it honestly, but i guess she was cheating. apparently the guy she was with killed her. i don't really know but my step-dad doesn't believe it."

"that's- i'm sorry. i can't imagine how hard that's been on you." she put her hand on his arm, in an attempt to comfort him.

"it's okay, thanks. i just hated the media circus it caused, like they though my step-dad did it. it wasn't until the other guy killed himself and admitted it all that the reporters stopped camping outside our house." he sighed, taking another drink, "i'm sorry, i don't really know why i'm telling you all of this."

"it's okay. i like this side of you engler. it's nice to know you aren't just a flirt." y/n smiled, sipping on her wine as well.

"you think i'm a flirt?" he asked with a lopsided smile.

y/n shrugged, "well, yeah. you're always flirting with me. i've honestly just been waiting for you to make a move." y/n covered her mouth quickly after realizing what she had said. maybe wine was a bad idea.

"is that right?" theo smirked.

y/n decided against answering him, favoring her wine glass as she took a large sip. theo leaned in closer, "should i make my move now?" y/n nodded leaning closer. theo, using his free hand, grabbed y/n's chin and met her lips in a soft kiss. y/n's hand landed on his shoulder, her other hand blindly setting her glass down on the floor next to the bottle.

she moved closer to him, ending up in his lap, hands in his hair. she gently pushed him until he was lying down. this continued until they heard the sounds of glass hitting together, they both looked down at the now spilled wine on the wooden floor. they both laughed before getting up and cleaning it.

"can we move this to your room now?" theo asked. y/n nodded before leading him upstairs.