period - alexia putellas

Summary: small blurb about alexia on her period.

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"what do you mean you don't want to wake up and go for a run?" you asked alexia, your eyes still heavy with sleep.

"just don't want to," she mumbled into the pillow.

alexia's face was pressed against the light blue pillowcase; her usually perfect hair was right now a tangled mess.

you were used to waking up to an empty bed. alexia was always an early riser, so by the time you woke up, she had already showered and dressed, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail and her hoop earrings already in place.

but here she was, still lying in bed with a comfortable blanket wrapped around her at 9 am.

you pulled yourself up on your elbows, the blanket sliding down to your waist as you studied her. something was definitely wrong. you reached over and placed a cool palm against her forehead, checking for fever.

"did you also get sun poisoning?" you asked, half-teasing, half-concerned. "there hasn't been a single morning this entire vacation that you didn't get out of bed for your run before eight."

alexia shifted just enough to glare at you with one eye, the other still buried in the pillow. "maybe that's because i've never gotten my period in the middle of this vacation before and turned completely miserable."

her voice had that edge of grumpiness that made part of you want to fill her face with kisses until she smiled again. but you knew better.

when alexia was on her period, happiness wasn't on the table. the next five days would require a lot of patience and love from you.

good thing you knew all of her soft spots. she just needed to be buttered up a little, and lucky for both of you, that was your speciality.

you ran your fingers gently through her hair, never breaking eye contact. "i'm sorry, baby," you said softly. "are you having bad cramps?"

"no," she grumbled quickly.

which definitely meant yes.

you leaned down and kissed the only cheek you could reach, it was warm and slightly flushed from being pressed against the pillow. "i'm going to get the heating pad."

"no," she protested weakly, but didn't fight you when you slipped out of bed.

you walked to your suitcase and dug through your clothes until you found the heating pad.

after plugging it in near the bed, you very carefully placed your hands on either side of alexia's body and gently coaxed her to turn from her side onto her back. she resisted for exactly five seconds before allowing herself to be maneuvered.

for the first time that morning, you could see her whole face. her left cheek was imprinted with the pillowcase, slightly creased. alexia had that adorable pout ,on and you couldn't resist leaning down to kiss it.

she didn't fight you on that either.

she did, however, grab the blanket when you tried to pull it away from her stomach.

"let me get this settled, grumpy," you said in your most authoritative yet gentle tone, the tone you weren't allowed to use with her ever (except when she was sick or on her period).

alexia's grip on the blanket loosened, and she let you carefully lift the hem of her shirt. you placed a tender kiss just below her belly button before positioning the heating pad and tucking the blanket back around her.

"see? all done," you said, raising an eyebrow as you circled back to your side of the bed.

you settled back onto the pillow so you were face-to-face with her. alexia still hadn't smiled. she wore that expression you had grown to love: her bottom lip was out, her eyebrows drawn low over her sleepy eyes.

poor thing truly looked miserable.

thankfully, the heating pad was already working; you could see some of the tension leaving her shoulders, her face softening a bit.

"it'll feel better soon," you promised, letting your thumb brush over her jaw.

"you don't know that," alexia said, voice soft, without its usual sharpness.

you chuckled softly. "you say that every month. and every month, i'm right."

she closed her eyes, and for a moment you thought she was sleeping. but then, you heard her say quietly,

"thank you, bebé."

you smiled, pressing another kiss to her forehead, deciding that you might as well take a nap with her too.

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a/n: i should be studying pharmacology now btw. i didn't proofread anything i hope it doesn't have any mistakes