Coming Up Roses - Part 1
Alfred Pennyworth x Gardener!Reader
Rated E - 5.5k
Tags: age difference (implied 30s/50s), semi-boss/employee relationship, dislike-to-lovers (starting off on wrong foot), opposites attract, mutual pining
Summary - As the new groundskeeper at the recently-restored Wayne Manor, you certainly have your work cut out for you. But you soon realize that the garden isn’t the only thing that might blossom during your stay.
(Written for / inspired by this request by @narnianaos 🪴💕)
For the first few days - weeks actually - you were quite certain he disliked you.
Or had at best, a solidly neutral or dismissive opinion, still irritated about you being here. Perhaps there had been another candidate. Perhaps he thought you couldn’t handle the scope of the work.
my heart is racing from how beautiful this was, like falling in love slowly & being able to appreciate every detail of a memory moment by moment. I didn't want the story to end. 💖💐🥰 xo