Cousin Greg - Tumblr Posts
Meet cute
Greg Hirsch x Reader
Warnings: its cheesy romcom stuff, english isnt my first language, this isnt canon to succession at all, might be somewhere season one but shiv is working at waystar, use of y/n
Fluff nothing more.
Summary: Reader is Shivs assistant and has to bring some secret documents to Toms new assistant. He is your bosses cousin and has been working at waystar only for a few weeks. You are more than curious to meet him.
Notes: i loveeee succession and i love Cousin Greg the egg. I am not ready for it all to end. And damn the last episode is gonna air one day before my birthday. Another reason to cry at my birthday…it happens every year. Also none of my friends are into succession ( such bad friends ) so if you want to be my succession bestie pls dm me. Thx for reading this. And if you like it, just so you know, comments are like long hugs to writers :)
A loud knock on your office door interrupted your work. For hours you sat on the same boring documents and your head was literally glowing. The day had not started very well. After you arrived late at the trainstation and had missed your train, you felt you already knew that today would be awful. As you walked out into the New York winter air with cold ears, you almost collided with someone else. Why didn't this giant pay more attention to where he was going?
At Starbucks you quickly bought an overpriced coffee and two bagels. One for you and one for your boss. You had overslept and didn't really have time for breakfast and even though you were actually quite good at your job, you could get fired at any time. Waystar was not known for treating its employees well. The longer you worked there the more you hated the company. But you couldn't just quit. You have to pay rent and have enough money to keep you and your two cats alive. You needed that job. That means, that it happened more than often that you had to skip eating or sleeping. The main thing is that your boss has her hot coffee and snacks on her expensive coffee table every morning. And you need to do your job as her assistant perfectly, without ever being late.
But most mornings she wasn't even in the office. you could only wonder what happened to the cold coffee.
About four hours after you ran sweaty and red-headed to your little office to spend the next few hours in front of your computer, there was a loud knock on the door.
"Heyy, Good Morning Y/N. Nice to see you. Can you please bring these to my husband on the other floor. I have a meeting now. See you.“
And away she went again. Shiv Roy had handed you a pack of documents, at least thats what you thought it was. You read the word confidential printed on the envelope in red color. Even tho you were in the middle of something, you decided to take a break and bring that envelope to Shivs husband.
You weren't sure where it suddenly came from, but on the way to the elevator you got a little nervous. Not only because of Shiv's somewhat strange husband. Tom Wabsgans had given you the ick from the beginning. He was tall and rich, like almost every other man who worked here. And yes money can make people a bit peculiar. But Tom... he was on another level. You had once heard him yell at a co-worker for "breathing too loudly". Also, there were rumors going around that he offered to give some employees a fortune, if they would be his "human furniture" for a week. If anyone in this building would claim that Tom had a piece of meat cut out of his own body to eat as a steak, no one would be surprised. You least of all. He gave you a strange feeling every time. But your nervousness came from something else.
The day before, Inej, one of your best friends who used the office next to yours, had whispered to you at lunch that she had seen tom's new assistant. She had grinned and said:
"so if I wasn't already in a happy committed relationship with this awesome guy, I would have given him my number for sure. Fuck Y/N, he's really cute."
Since this talk you had caught yourself wanting to know more about this guy. Because cute wasnt how you would describe most guys who worked for Logan Roy. Most of them where sleazy, moneyhungry guys with big watches and tailored suits. They catcalled all the women who worked with you, honestly you hated their guts.
Inej had sent you a message the night before. She'd heard from two of Tom's coworkers that the assistant was probably part of the Roy family. A cousin or nephew or something. If this rumor was true, then it was definitely the hottest gossip in ages.
The elevator ride didn't take long and with the envelope in your hand you walked confidently towards Tom's office. You had already raised your hand to knock on his office.
But it should not come so far, from the side came a great force that almost made you fall. But before you could curse again the shitty "all women must wear high heels rule" and hit the floor, someone held you by your waist.
"Oh god sorry. Uh. I'm really sorry about that."
You had no idea how you could have almost been knocked over for the second time today. You were kinda getting angry. Why was this day so awful.
"oh fuck, can't you be more careful?!"
When you turned to the side you almost regretted your loud harsh tone.
In front of you stood a tall guy, brown hair, crooked tie and an apologetic and quiet adorable puppy look on his face.
„So, uh, i m sorry. Truly? uh…Truliest.“
You didnt really know how to respond. Damn that guy is tall.
„Wait, uh, are you Y/N? You know because i, uh , i didnt stalk you or something, i saw you on a photo, this coworker, uh, i think her name was Inej, she showed me a picture, like of you guys, and - well i just assumed that might be, uh, you? And i…“
„What?“
„I am Greg, i uh work for Tom, and yeah so yesterday- i talked to this wom…“
„No i get that part. You really need to look where you are going…Greg.“
You were putting on a little smile. Inej was right, he was cute, and apparently also very clumsy. And nervous?
Greg was tucking his hair behind his ear. He didnt looked that shocked anymore. A small smile creeping on his face.
Damn. You really liked that face.
„I am really sorry, Y/N. I kinda, uh, feel like i owe you something?“
You were blushing. Nervously you looked down. He is so tall he probably can’t see the blushing like that.
„Would you maybe give this to Tom?- its from Shiv. And probably important.“
You handed him the envelope. You could have sworn your hands touched. You felt like cringing. This feels like you are in a stupid romcom. Stop blushing and smiling this isnt pride and prejudice.
If you hadn’t looked down while being flustered, you could have witnessed Greg’s cheeks turning a little red too.
Nervously he gave you a thumbs up.
„ sure. Uh - and, eh, maybe i could buy you something for lunch? I don’t know… there is this really cool pizza place i always wanted to go, i … sorry, maybe you don’t even like pizza. Eh i just thought we could maybe go there? And i would pay - obviously. -Not because i am a man or something, uh like i am a feminist and i believe you could pay for yourself, but, uh i you know almost knocked you over because i didnt look where i was going…“
His nervous rambling continued. Your little smirk turned into a genuin smile.
„Hey Greg.“
„Uh yeah?“
„I would love that.“
On the way back to your office, you forgot how horrible this day started. With a smile on your face you pushed the button to go up. Entering the elevator you looked around, he was still standing where you left him. Grinning to himself. You saw him looking back up to search for your face, right when the elevator doors closed in front of you.
imagine if people in real life were to talk about people the way the internet talk about pathetic meow-meow men. like you’re just chit-chatting with a colleague and then suddenly they’re like “yo look at ben from accounting’s stupid little brogues I want to put him in a pringles tube and shake him like a maraca I want to keep him in a terrarium I want to butter him like bread I want to tuck him into bed gently.”
tap for better quality because tumblr hates me, but here’s a little doodle of my fav fail siblings.
i love when best friends flirt with each other. it’s just like. oh. okay. teehee. i see how this is. oh don’t mind me guys, just carry on and pretend i’m not here. no it’s okay! i’ve seen succession.
so many thoughts about the new episode but a quick shoutout to greg ‘the robot’ hirsch for his minuscule little win… my lovely little loserboy <3
A super hero au of sorts where Emma’s power is mild inconveniences.
Sounds stupid, right? “What does this mean?” I hear you asking.
Well:
The day after Emma discovers her power, Kaylee just so happens to make a particularly nasty comment when they cross paths in the hallway. For the rest of the day, Kaylee is constantly picking out an underwear wedgie that won’t go away.
Nick tries to trip her when she walks past him in English and later, when he’s walking in the cafeteria, his shoelaces come untied and he trips on them. Not enough to fall, but he does have to go back and buy a new chocolate milk.
Kevin knocks Emma’s books out of her hands and laughs at her, he ends up getting a paper cut in Chemistry that same day. It’s right on the knuckle, the perfect spot to make a bandaid practically pointless.
Shelby mocks her in the locker room, calls her out for staring even though she was facing the wall. During history, Shelby gets a random period cramp, it only lasts a couple seconds and isn’t connected to her period at all, but Shelby doesn’t carry tampons with her to school and is terrified for the rest of the day.
After a fight, Emma’s feeling particularly petty. So during cheer practice, Alyssa keeps digging pebbles out of her shoes that seemingly appear from nowhere.
Greg decides to wake Emma up early with a pillow to the face, and he can’t seem to put his shoes on the right feet for the entire day.
Teachers that turn a blind eye to the bullying find hairs in their food, misplace pens and markers so they’re just a few too short during class, the vending machine doesn’t drop their food when they try to snack while on break.
During the whole prom fiasco, Mrs. Greene is always late to meetings because she can never seem to find her keys when she needs them.
The day after the breakup, Alyssa is on edge the whole day, waiting to stub her toe on a desk or to realize she forgot an assignment at home the day it was due. But nothing happens. The day is as normal as any other, maybe a little less with the absence of Emma, but she leaves the building that day without incident.
It’s not until after they get back together, and Alyssa asks about it, that Emma explains.
“You were already going through a lot,” she said, “the break was hard on both of us, I wasn’t gonna make you suffer more.
“Plus,” she started smirking, “I figured dealing with your mom 24/7 was probably more that a minor inconvenience.”
it's hell out there and arguably he's poking the devil himself with a very short stick HE'S ALLOWED TO BE SCARED
HATE people who say they get annoyed by cousin greg constantly stuttering. like I actually want to kill you with my bare hands. so what if he's scared 24/7. LEAVE HIM ALONE
GREG HAVING RIZZ AND CONFIDENCE THIS SEASON IS SO UNEXPECTED BUT REAL TBF AND I'M SO GLAD IT'S ALLOWING NICHOLAS TO SHOW OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS ACTING I'M VERY HAPPY OVERALL
when inspiration strikes you gotta follow through (sound up)
i love mr greg hirsch sooo much i wish autistic people were real
a menace to all group chats i enter