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“c’monnnn you can’t miss work for 3 hours? besides any other day when we’re home we’re doing…other things around this time!” you held your pink bag decorated with hand tied bows, hair tied neatly in your signature ballerina bun and adorned in pink colored high priced athletic wear, “no baby i can’t…i have an important meeting in like 30 minutes and then a very important phone call afterwards and-”
you sighed, cutting him off and rolled your eyes, walking away from him mumbling, “you always put your work before me,” and grabbed your keys, “hey, we can go out to dinner afterwards if you’d like?”
“hard pass. see you later, love you.” you left your home feeling defeated, hoping one day your husband would finally attend to one of your ballet performances and get this! you received the lead role and even that couldn’t interest him into one of your shows. so, you tried listening to spirit lifting music to get your mood ready and pumped until you reached then venue, preparing yourself for the first night.
”oh goodie! you’re dressed, are you ready? i saw a cute someone walk in here with white lilies and tulips!” your brow furrowed at the stage director’s words, “who? definitenlyyyy not my husband he’s busy with work-“ you were cut off with a sound of claps and lights dimmming down,
“it’s time! places everyone!”
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when the last act was finished, you and your castmates bowed together receiving many flowers thrown on the stage. you went back to grab your things from the green room, noticing the other girls belongings disappear from the vanities and sighed, wondering if you should’ve taken up the dinner idea with your husband.
your husband, who scared the absolute shit out as he sat in your vanity chair and smirks at you, “what in the world are you-” he puts his finger on your lip? shush-ing you quickly, “hi my love! beautiful show you out in out there? absolutely beautiful.” he rose up and hugged your shocked figure, “what’re you-…how did you-?”
“ehh pulled a few strings, rescheduled some other things .” he shrugged like it was the easiest thing in the world, “but you said…?”
“that i couldn’t come? yeah i genuinely could not have came, but that doesn’t mean i wouldn’t have came either, c’mon this is your first lead role and you’d think i would’ve missed it? crazy.” he leaned down and peck your plump lips that were pouted, twice and handing you two sets of gorgeous white flowers, “tulips and lilies, your faves unless you changed them in the span of 4 hours hm?”
“n-no, i didn’t- these are beautiful baby! but, are you sure I looked beautiful onstage?” your eyes sparkle from your subtle glitter eye makeup, warming up your husbands heart, “yes, stunning even… in fact,” his hands removed your bag and belongings from your shoulders, sitting them down neatly on the floor and wrapped his arm around your waist and his hand cupped your jaw.
he stared at you lovingly, engulfing you into a passionate kiss and held you tenderly in your arms. your lips moved perfectly against his as his thumb caressed your cheek. he then kissed your exposed neck so soft to the point that it tickled which caused cute giggles to leave your mouth, “what’s funny?”
“nothing-hehehe, nothing baby look how about we go to that dinner you recommended earlier?” you could see his face fall, “you said no earlier or wait- it was actually, “hard pass” so i canceled it.” he mocked you then flinched when your hand raised to hit him, “fine…takeout?”
“takeout it is.”
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Hobie Brown helps you with The Big Chop - Hobie Brown x Black!GNReader
Hobie helps you start your natural hair journey
Fluff & Comfort / 1k words
A short fic inspired by the song 'Selfish Soul' by Sudan Archives. Because I imagine him playing this on guitar ALL the time. Hope you like :)
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If I cut my hair, hope I grow it long
Back long, back time like way before
If I wear it straight, will they like me more?
Like those girls on front covers
Long hair make 'em stay little longer
Stay hair, stay straight though we feel ashamed
By the curls waves and natural things
Curls waves and natural things
The sound of the electric razor sent a shiver up your spine.
And behind you, you could feel Hobie card his long fingers through the ends of your detangled hair.
You'd worn it straight for as long as you could remember.
"You ready?" he asked behind you. And you answer honestly.
"I don't know."
You can hear him snicker behind you, as gently he parted your hair into sections with a wide tooth comb. He said that'd make it easier.
"Have a little faith, darlin'." Hobie said. "Think I'll butcher your barnet that bad?"
"No," you said, forcing a chuckle. You can tell he's trying to lighten the mood. "It's not that."
You were sitting on the floor of the houseboat, sat between Hobie's long legs, and behind you he sat on the couch, armed with combs and hair picks - and the electric clippers.
And you wondered if it was too late to back out now.
"What if it doesn't grow back?" you asked him.
"It will." And when he said it, it sounded like a promise.
"You don't know that." you told, angling the mirror in your lap to see his face.
Side by side like this, you could see the difference - between you and him. For as long as you could remember, you'd had pressed hair. Permed, or straightened, singed under hot combs and relaxer itches you could never scratch.
Held down by sprays, slicked with greases that felt like you’d could never wash them out.
Ever since you were little.
It seemed like every year someone was trying a new flat-iron or relaxer on your head.
Perms were apart of your back to school shopping list. More than once you'd spent the night before Easter with a straightener against your head, them always wanting to 'bump the ends'.
For as long as you could remember, your hair was straight.
Your family told you it was easier that way. Sometimes, they told you it was prettier that way, looked more presentable that way.
And so you never really had a choice.
And now you were sitting here, on the floor at Hobie's, jars and bottles and oils scattered at your feet. Shea butters and curl-defining creams and hot oil treatments. Things that smelt of coconut and jojoba. Things that reminded you of Hobie.
For as long as you'd known Hobie, he'd had his wicks. A part of you couldn't imagine him without them.
Hobie wore them how he wore everything, how he did everything. With pride and with confidence, with a way that you couldn't help but admire. It was one of the reasons you loved him.
You couldn't count the nights you'd watch him in the bathroom, using everything from rose water to aloe to care for his wicks. So you had good reason to believe him when he said
"I do know that."
If anyone did, it was him.
From behind you Hobie slipped his arms around you, nuzzling his face into the side of your neck, and this time when you chuckled it was genuine. "How?" you asked.
"Cause, it grows out every other time you do your hair, don't it? Then three weeks later you're back to doing your bloody roots again."
Maybe he had a point.
"Touché." you said, and when he released you, you tilted your head backwards, looking at him upside down from your place on the floor. "And if it doesn't look good?"
"It's your hair." Hobie said, and the way he said it made it sound so simple.
As if nothing else mattered.
"It's your hair, treacle. And it'll look bang on because it's yours, yeah?" he said, leaning down to press a kiss to your lips Spider-man style. "That's all that matters, innit?"
You nodded, but you weren't so sure.
"Just trust me," Hobie told you. And you wanted to trust him. You did trust him, always.
And so you faced forward once more, and behind you, you can hear Hobie slide one of the guards onto the razor, testing it one more time. And when you caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, you wondered if you be like him one day.
You wondered if one day, your natural hair would be a part of you, the way his wicks were a part of him.
"You know," you said. "I've never even seen it before." Your hair, all by itself. Without an apology, without an 'excuse'.
Hobie chuckled. "Mad that." he said, and you could tell he was smiling.
"You ready?" he asked.
You didn’t feel ready. But you said it anyway. "I'm ready."
Hobie clicked the razor on.
You pressed your hands to your eyes, as Hobie rested the ravor against the base of your head. And with a slow stroke upwards, you could hear when the razor began to cut.
It felt too real.
"Breathe, luv." Hobie said, voice quiet in focus.
And until then, you hadn't noticed you were holding your breath.
You sucked in a deep breath. You tried not to think about the sound of the cutting, or the humming of the electric razor against your head.
The first strands began to fall to your lap.
Hobie goes slow, and after the first pass, he paused just for a moment, his hand on your shoulder “You doing alright, darlin’?”
You don't answer right away, fingers pressed to your eyelids. "Yeah."
And when you said it, you hadn't realized how close to a sob you were. You hadn't noticed the tears that had fought their way to your eyes.
It felt bittersweet, looking down at the hair in your lap. It felt scary.
It felt good, too.
He gives you a moment, and you took the chance to sniffle. To take a breath. The hair felt like it weighed nothing, and it did weigh nothing. But it felt like letting go of so much.
Like a burden off your shoulders, literally.
"Keep going?"
You knew you couldn't turn back now. But if you needed a moment, if you wanted to - Hobie would stop, he'd take a break. He'd listen.
When years before as a kid, no one would. It's like for once in your life, you had a say in your hair.
"Yeah." you said. "Yeah, keep going."
For a moment Hobie doesn't say anything, only pressing a kiss to the side of your head, before he clicked the clippers on again.
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'Cause I don't want no struggles, I don't want no fears
I don't want no struggles, I don't want no fears
I don't want no struggles, I don't want no
Does it make sense to you
Why I cut it off?
Okay, one time if I grow it long
Am I good enough? Am I good enough?
About time I embrace myself and soul
Time I feed my selfish soul
[Cockney Key: Barnet - Slang for ‘Hair’ / Treacle - Short for Treacle Tart, Rhyming slang for ‘Sweetheart’]
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