Renata Glasc x male reader femdom

Chapter Thirteen - In a drunken stupor

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A/N: I hope you all enjoy slow burn as much as I do ':(

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It had been hours since Renata had left and I hadn't said a single word to Rick, granted he didn't talk at all but the tension in the room was palpable. As soon as Renata walked out the door he gave me a nasty look and teetered over to the couch. He slumped down onto it and perched his legs on the coffee table in front of him like he owned the place. I thought of ways to break the ice in the room, I had completely ruled out speaking since, well he couldn't hear me and eventually I came up with a way to communicate with him. Though I had previously decided it was a bit juvenile I was determined to get in his good graces and hopefully impress Renata.

on the slick polished granite table were a few things, a fruit bowl completely made of glass, an empty flower vase, and a notepad. The notepad in particular gave me an idea of how to communicate with Rick.

I quickly scoured every cupboard in the kitchen to look for a pen, in the meanwhile Rick had gotten comfortable, kicking his shoes off haphazardly onto the floor and switching the TV onto some loud game show, with the subtitles on, of course.

when I found a pen I quickly scratched a message onto the notepad:

'I know you don't like me, I just want to know why'

I folded it in half, walked over to the couch, and dropped it into his lap. His head turned around almost immediately, he didn't even pick it up, he just eyed me suspiciously. I made an 'opening' type of hand gesture and he got the message, slowly he picked the note up and read it. I took the notepad and pen and passed them to him as well. Rick wrote something on another piece of paper and passed it back.

'You will never replace me'

huh??

I was confused, to say the least, replacing Rick had never even crossed my mind. Rick's expression changed at my obvious shock at his response. I grabbed the notepad and wrote a message back:

'to be honest with you that had never even crossed my mind'

I passed the notepad back to him.

'men like you come and go, she will tire of you, don't get comfortable'

Reading his message I felt my heart drop, memories of Renata's rejection still stung, i knew that she had rejected me but I couldn't help but feel that way toward her. My feelings aside I still had to pretend to be professional.

'I think you're misunderstanding our relationship'

I passed it back to him and he audibly scoffed, even underneath the bandages I could see a smirk a mile wide.

'I think you're the one who misunderstood'

I knew he was right, even Rick could see my obvious affinity toward her, this just felt like extra confirmation that what I felt towards her I'd quickly have to forget.

rick chuckled, triumphantly, and turned back towards the television, he then turned the volume on its loudest setting, as if to intentionally annoy me.

I felt the distance between us increasing, but if Rick wanted to hate me for no reason then so be it, there was no winning with him. I wondered how Renata and Rick even came to be friends, given how difficult he was. I decided I'd write him one last note, I knew deep down why he was so guarded, Renata had made that clear to me, maybe that was the one way to really get through to him.

'I know we don't get along, but I just want you to know that I won't judge you, regardless of who you are'

Rick's eyes lingered on the paper for a moment, then he scrunched it up into a ball and tossed it onto the floor. he didn't say anything after that but I was happy I at least got my message across, with time I'm sure he'd understand.