Pine

"wow, you never let me hear your sneezes. you must be feeling really awful if you're not even trying to hide them"

"i'b tired, i just wadt to go to bed"

Someone sitting by the pool. Maybe relaxing after a swim.

Their nose tickles, a soft prickling sensation, and they rub at it a few times but there's no relief from the itchy feeling.

The first sneeze is rather soft, lightly jerking them forward into their hands.

They feel their nostrils flare strongly as they rub at the nose and they try not to bring attention towards themselves as their breath hitches.

The next couple of sneezes that follows are sharper, folding them over. They start to look for tissues, but can only find their towel and they lift that towards their face as another build up takes over their entire facial expression.

Maybe the partner is busy with something, or hasn’t been paying attention to the other all day. So they take some flowers or perfume, get their nose nice and red and twitchy, and flaunt it in front of their partner to try and get their attention.

And if it’s brushed off or refused, they lay it on even thicker with dramatic hitches and fanning their face.

“I g-GEH-uess I’ll just g-go and…snf!…take care of this tickle m-myseh-! Heh-! HEH-!”

Their partner suddenly loses their patience (or perhaps their self-control), and pounces, touching wherever makes their partner whine and squirm. Maybe they try to back pedal, not expecting their partner’s passion.

"39.1°C.. i still don't understand how you got this sick.."

"i dod't kdow— hh.. HHSS'SHIEW! snff.."

"god, you sound awful.. try to rest until lunch, i'll wake you up to give you some medicine and some soup"

"kay.. sdff.. cad you.. pass mbe dobe tissues, p-please..?"

"here.. the box's almost empty, I'll have to buy more"

"thadks— hh.. hee.. HHE'TSHWW! HEE'SSCHIEW! snfff.. god.."

"do you want me to turn on the humidifier?"

"mh.."

"alright, there you go.. now close your eyes. i'll be in the kitchen if you need anything, okay?"

"t-thadk you— sddff.. for takidg care of mbe.."

When somebody sneezes into their scarf and then gives it to their cold-blooded partner to cuddle into

When someone sneezes in an empty room and covering everything in the fine mist of their coating sneezes

When somebody is trapped in their partners embrace, trying desperately to escape but unable to speak through hitching breaths until the inevitable failure comes and they end up sneezing directly on their unsuspecting partner

When a sick someone's warmth seeking partner climbs under their blanket that they had spent all day sneezing into and despite trying their best they just can't seem to remember to aim their sneezes elsewhere

When a miserable somebody drapes themselves over their partner only to be surprised by a sudden tickle, unable to turn away in time and instead bending into their partners bare shoulder

When somebody wakes in the middle of the night and is unable to think before a barrage of sleepy sneezes overcomes them, the mist coating their sleeping companion

When a kiss of reunion turns into an instant sneezing fit as their partners new perfume bothers their now sensitive nose, their partner caught in the crossfire as their sinuses desperately try and remove the irritant

When a miserable and exhausted somebody's brain is so fogged that no matter how hard they try they always seem to bring up cover just a second too late, unable to shield their partner despite their desperate attempts

When somebody's worried partner reassuringly winds their arms around them in response to their hitching breaths and no matter how hard they try they are unable to stem the inevitable explosion

When somebody expecting their usual hands free stifle gets surprised by a forceful drenching expulsion, catching their partner in their unexpected spray zone