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The soft sound of crunching show beneath your boots was the only sound that filled the quiet, calm afternoon air. You finished up the final of the few chores you had, your crops didn’t need as much tending to now that winter had settled over the valley, and your animals tended to want to stay in their barns, warm and cozy. The shorter days had everyone, even yourself, feeling more lethargic, more calm. The trees were rather bare in your orchard, and before the snowfall you had felt saddened by the sight, but the farm now looked almost like a winter wonderland; some type of painting you got to live in. Surveying the area, you let out a sigh to yourself, ready to turn in for the rest of the day. Maybe you’d make some hot chocolate, or eggnog, read a few of the books Leah loaned you. As you made your way up your porch you heard a call of your name.
“Hi!” You turned, seeing Jas running across your farm, wrapped in a thick, knitted scarf, her mittens danging from the sleeves of her jacket, chubby cheeks red from the cold. She was grinning, eyes sparkling as she crew closer to you.
“Jas?” You smiled at her, waiting for her to grow closer, her little arms wrapping around your waist, “What are you doing over here?”
She squeezed you, grinning up against you, “Do you wanna go on a sleigh ride with me and Shane?”
The question almost caught you off guard. A sleigh ride? You glanced around at the snow, it was thick enough to move a sleigh around you suppose. It also sounded rather fun. You and Shane had been dancing around each other for the first year you had moved here, after you began breaking through his rough exterior, but even with all your flirting and teasing, you hadn’t pegged him the type of guy to indulge in winter festivities. You raised an eyebrow down at her.
“A sleigh ride huh?”
She nodded enthusiastically, “Yeah! He promised me he’d take me for a sleigh ride today, and he said you could come!” She paused, as if rethinking your words, “Well I asked if you could come, but then his face got all red and then milk came out of his nose! Aunt Marnie told him to calm down and sent me to come get you.”
You tried to stifle the laugh at the image of Shane choking on a cup of milk, coughing so hard it came out of his nose. Looking down at Jas, arms still wrapped around you, her enthusiasm was palpable. Her little face was hard to resist, once you had become her friend she had grown pretty attached to you. Your blossoming… whatever it was with Shane seemed to help that too.
"Alright," you agreed, chuckling softly, brushing off some stray snowflakes from her eyelashes, "I’ll come. But only because you asked so nicely."
"Yay!" Jas beamed, bouncing on her toes, pulling back from where she had been holding you, "I’ll go tell Shane you’re coming!"
With that she ran off, waving as she went. You smiled, feeling more excited and awake than you had before. You and Shane had hung out before, you and Jas had hung out, hell, you and Marnie had hung out, but you’d never gone out with Shane and Jas together. For some reason that idea made you nervous. Through everything Shane had gone through, you knew how much he loved Jas, how much he wanted only good things for her, even if he wasn’t sure how to do it. Months ago, before Shane had been working on getting sober, you two had been drinking at the beach, trying to keep quiet as to not annoy Elliot. He had confessed that, if you two started dating officially, you’d be the first real relationship he’d had in years.
“I didn’t trust my judgement for the longest time,” He took a swig from his beer, staring out at the calm waters, “I didn’t wanna date some asshole and have them be awful to Jas. She’s been through enough.”
He turned to you, and without his constant nagging anxiety, he smiled at you, soft and sirene, “But she adores you. I do too, if you’re willing to wait.”
That night sold the deal for you, and though he may only remember bits and pieces of your conversation, he knew that whatever happened changed the tides of your relationship. After changing into less work oriented winter clothes, you made your way to meet the duo. The family of raccoons that had made a home between your farms was no where to be seen, more than likely curled up and warm.
Shane was already outside, petting and brushing the horse he seemed to have chosen for the night. Rocky, you were reminded, one of the horses Shane had helped care for since he was a little fawn. Shane was clad in his winter gear, though he seemed to be more put together than he had been last winter. It was a good look on him. Hearing the crunching of your boots, he turned, the relaxed look on his face lifting, corners of his mouth twitching upwards, his eyes crinckling.
“I didn’t think you’d be coming,” He called out in way of greeting, amusement clear in his voice, though he seemed relieved as well.
You grinned, getting close enough to let Rocky sniff at you curiously, “Well, Jas made a rather compelling case. Something about milk?”
Though his cheeks were already red from the cold, you could tell they deepened in shade at your words. Flustered, his gaze turned back to Rocky, “Oh shut it.”
You grinned, more teasing words on the tip of your tongue, but you were stopped as Jas leaned out from the sleigh, a slight pout on her face, “Come on you two! Aunt Marnie says she’ll make hot chocolate when we get back!”
Shane rolled his eyes playfully as you chuckled, both moving to climb in the sleigh. Shane grabbed a blanket before you could hop in, draping it over your shoulders, “To stay warm,” He said, trying to shrug it off as he helped you climb in.
Jas scooted over, excitement in her movements as she made room for the two of you. Her mittens were on, scarf wrapped tighter around her, and you assume Marnie had adjusted her outfit for her. Shane followed in after, the reins in his hands. As he climbed in, he sat close to you, your sides pressed against each other, and the feeling had warmth spreading through your body.
“You two ready?” He asked quietly, the look on his face soft as you glanced over.
“Yes!” Jas cried out, clearly impatient that you all had yet to move.
He chuckled, turning his eyes forward as he got Rocky to start moving. It was quiet as you three moved about slowly, the lake frozen over, the trees still, animals asleep and quiet. The valley looked magical with all the snow, and you almost wanted to hold you breath, afraid any noise was be too much. Jas, however, let out a happy laugh, trying to goad Shane into making Rocky move a bit faster. He complied without complaint, and she cried out in victory, face glowing.
“This is so much fun!” You were moving for a few more minutes before she called out for you all to stop, scrambling to climb out of the sleigh.
“Stay close!” Shane calle, helping her onto her feet, the two of you following, leaning against the cart as she ran around, throwing handfuls of snow into the air.
“I don’t think I’ve been on a sleigh ride since I was a kid,” You pulled the blanket around you tighter, smiling as Jas fell back to start making snow angels.
“This is the first time I’ve taken her on a sleigh ride,” Shane admitted, adjusting his beanie, “Her parents and I… we used to do this when we were younger. Add in some fire ball hot chocolate and bad horror stories, and it was a regular Saturday night for us.”
He so rarely brought up the topic of her parents, and you stayed quiet, not wanting to interrupt whatever he was thinking of as he watched Jas continue to play, throwing half-made snowballs at the bushes.
“I was too much of a mess every winter after she started living with me to bring her here,” He leaned against you, moving so his head was against your shoulder, and you let him, leaning your head ontop of his, “I’m really happy I can do this for her now. And I’m really happy you came with us.”
You felt warm at his words, so many emotions flowing through you. It was taking a lot of strength not to just kiss him, the two of you refraining from PDA in front of Jas until you not only made things official, but talked to her about your relationship as well.
Though you suspected she had some idea, kids were smarter than they were given credit for.
“I’m glad I could come as well,” You spoke softly, and Shane hummed, “Even if it made you choke on your milk.”
“Okay,” He pulled back, standing up straight, but there was laughter in his voice, “You can pretend she never told you that.”
“Hmm, I don’t know, seemed pretty important to me,” Before you could continue teasing him, a snowball came flying your way, soft and small, but pelting you in the shoulder.
“Wha-” You ducked, another snowball sailing and hitting the sleigh, laughter bubbling from you, “Jas!”
She giggled uncontrollably from the snow, and Shane snorted.
“It’s a full on snowball war with her,” He said, a sly grin growing on his face, his tone still light, “She pelts poor Vincent every winter. You’ll have to try hard if you wanna win.”
You turned to him, meeting his gaze for a split secent, before turning back to where Jas was peeking from around a bush, smile still on her face, a snowball in her hand. You reached down to the snow, forming a loose ball in your hand.
“Alright,” You stood up, aiming for the bush in front of Jas, but before you could throw it, another snowball hit you from the back, straight from Shane.
Mouth parted, you turned to him with faux shock, “Really, Shane? You too?”
Shane was grinning now, a full smile, teeth on display as he laughed, “Told you, if you wanna win you gotta try harder.”
Turns out he was true when calling it a snowball war, the three of you pelting each other with snowballs. The quietness was replaced with laughter, the three of you shrieking in delight whenever you’d get hit. At one point Shane picked Jas up, flipping her upside down and holding her in the air, her laughter dissolving into breathless cackles as you started throwing snowballs at Shane, declaring you’d save her. Eventually, the energy died down as you all began to feel and realize how cold you’d gotten, Jas’ teeth chattering as she denied being cold.
You piled her back into the sleigh, wrapping the blanket around her and holding her close. You and Shane were stilled pressed against each other, him steering Rocky back to Marnie’s place, a slow and steady pace. Jas, though she tried to fight it, ended up falling asleep in your lap, the excitement and long day catching up to her.
“That was… fun,” Shane spoke, so quiet you almost didn’t hear him.
You smiled, sighing with content, “Yeah. It was.”
“I am glad you came with us.”
“Me too,” You two were keeping your voices quiet, “I know I can’t replace your memories with her parents, and I would never want to, but maybe we can start some new winter traditions with Jas, if you’d want.”
He snorted, “Maybe without being pelted by snowballs every year,” He was smiling as he spoke, his eyes so soft you could feel your heartbeat quicken, warmth spreading from your chest, “But I’d like that.”
A/N: concernedape PLEASE let Jas move in with you when you marry Shane, she's his goddaughter!!!
Stardew Valley Masterlist
Sick Day In; Shane x Farmer!Reader
Sleigh Ride; Shane x Farmer!Reader, ft. Jas
I like the read the marriage/general dialouge of the stardew valley bachelors and Bachelorettes, INCLUDING the mod bachelor/ettes which also has the dialouge for them on the fandom wiki page. (Like ridgeside for example) However, for east scarp, some character's wiki pages are not updated (I'm generally talking about the mod 'Always Raining in the Valley') and I rlly want to read those (*ahem* Sterling's) dialouges so I can giggle and kick my feet 😔😔
(Some ridgeside characters wiki also need to be updated😪)
PLEASE UPDATE IT😭
All bachelors asking you to dance with them during the Flower Festival!
hello hello!! i am so sorry this is late, it took some fine tuning—hopefully i got it right :) thank you so much for the ask, as always~
bachelors asking you to dance at the flower dance !
featuring all bachelors ♡
⊹₊⟡ sam
struggling through the Allergies™️
but he fights through it to get to you!! because he absolutely MUST ask the cute farmer out this year. this year is the YEAR
he's impressed that you can dance, too, as he watches you practice your twirls and glides with abigail
shoots abigail a significant look as she ~conveniently~ decides to go pester her dad at his stall
and all of a sudden, you and sam are side-by-side, while he casts nervous sidelong glances at you
"hey, you look really nice today..."
you simply respond with a smile and a compliment of your own, innocently unaware of his intentions
hoo boy, you are unknowingly making it VERY HARD for him
"want to... dance with me this year?" he manages to squeak out, face flushing before he even finishes his sentence
you're more than happy to accept, clasping his hand and dragging him into the center of the clearing, your carefree laughs and hollers carrying through the forest~
⊹₊⟡ sebastian
cannot believe that he is seriously considering asking someone to the flower dance
but, he figures, any time spent with you is worth much more than any embarrassment he might feel
so he just bites the bullet, finding you amongst the crowd, pulling you discreetly aside, and asks you, matter-of-factly
"dance with me?” he asks, holding out his hand
you're honestly surprised by his forwardness, but nonetheless overjoyed to accept
he didn't think he could ever enjoy dancing so much, especially in a stuffy suit of all things
but seeing the happy smile on your face has him... gasp! blushing?!?!
he’s able to overcome his initial anxiety when he has you comfortably in his arms, slowly swaying to the music
he could get used to this… ;)
⊹₊⟡ alex
tries to play it cool but he is seriously STRUGGLING
he had never had a problem with talking to you, so why was it so hard for him to muster up the courage to ask you?? >:(
pretends to be all casual, voice all light and airy when he approaches you, hands in his pockets
“you clean up real nice,” he says, tamping down the fear in his throat
but then when you look at him with your pretty doll eyes, he suddenly feels his macho return
“you’d look better next to me, though. whaddya say we dance together?” he asks, a smirk on his perfect lips
if he wasn’t so damn charming you’d be rolling your eyes
but alas, alex mullner is alex mullner, and in the blink of an eye, he has his hands planted possessively on your waist, the other guiding you in a surprisingly elegant dance as the two of you twirl together in the spring breeze~
⊹₊⟡ harvey
get this poor man a doctor of his own because his heart is RACING
seriously reconsidering his original plan, especially when he sees you so dolled up, excitedly flouncing over to greet him with a chaste peck on his cheek
and the poor man’s face burns a million degrees hotter
starts with some small talk, to check in on how you’re doing
but also to try and calm his nerves!! >_<
he finally finds the courage to ask you when you look up at him with expectant eyes, as if wordlessly encouraging him to say the words you've been waiting for all year
"would you... care to dance with me?" he asks softly
and BOOM, he's swept up in a whirlwind of your movements as you pull him over to the dance, giggling all the while
"took you long enough to ask me, doctor!~"
⊹₊⟡ elliott
has a grand proposal planned out just for you
with a blooming bouquet of delicate flowers he had picked that day, during a morning stroll before the festival
he doesn't even ask you at the dance, he arrives at the doorstep to your farmhouse bright and early
just before you open the door though, he's a flustered mess
smoothing out his hair and the lapels of his jacket
he has never felt!! so nervous before!!
but before he can even fully gather his thoughts, you're suddenly standing in front of him, a delighted look on your face
"elliott! what's the meaning of this?"
he clears his throat, finding the courage to (metaphorically) sweep you off your feet with his honeyed words
"would you care to accompany me to the flower dance, my rose?"
you squeal with joy as you throw your arms around him, letting him lift you off the ground in a fairytale-like embrace <3
⊹₊⟡ shane
off in a quieter corner of the field, sipping on a soda
he was secretly waiting for you to show up, but he acts all bothered when you run over to him, all cheery and smiley
you lovee bothering him <3
behind closed doors, you were hoping for him to ask you to dance, but you knew there was no chance of that happening
so his next words caught you completely off guard, spoken so quietly you almost missed them
“… wanted t’try dancing this year, ‘n i figured you would be the most helpful, seein’ how you’re so good at it…” he mutters just barely under his breath
you just yank him by the arm to the center of the dance, much to his surprise
“if you wanna dance with me, just say that!” you laugh, twirling around him at a dizzying speed
he was in for a RIDE, but he was more than amused to oblige <3
thank you so much for reading! requests are always open~