Prompt by ruinstolove "Harvey deals with an ovulating Donna"

In Sync

Harvey glanced at the reminder on his phone and cursed under his breath as he planned to leave work early to make a quick run to the bodega nearby before heading home. Harvey has been secretly tracking Donna's cycle and today was her first day.

He always preemptively prepared, plying her with sweets, ensuring he gives her enough space for her sacred me time, books her yoga lessons in advance and spends atleast two nights out of the dreaded week preparing her baths and her favorite meals of his.

He hadn't seen her all day, so he has no idea how severe her symptoms were. If she was going to be a raging hormonal mess, in complete pain, or barely suffering at all.

He was definitely going to cover his basis and arrive with the pint of chunky monkey to have in his freezer. And some strawberry cheesecake for himself.

At exactly 7:00 he unlocked his front door. "Donna?" He called out before throwing his keys and taking off his coat.

Donna slowly emerged from their bedroom smiling softly at him in her black silk lounge pants and blouse. "Hey handsome, what took so long?"

Harvey winced before showing her his bag of goodies. "Thought you'd like some dessert tonight after I whip us up some chicken Parmesan."

"Ooh, I'm getting spoiled tonight. I'll go set the table." She gave him a quick peck before setting on with her task.

Harvey let out a quick sigh of relief, glad she seemed to be in a good mood. So far so good.

Dinner goes over exceptionally well, except Donna refused the option for desert.

"I'm feeling all bloated and achey maybe tomorrow night." She pouted as they sat down to watch Love Is Blind, a guilty new pleasure for them to watch together.

Harvey sent her a sympathetic smile rubbing her shoulders and playing with her hair knowing she liked that. He guessed her period was stronger than she let on.

The next morning Harvey made sure to wake up early and treat Donna to kisses and some cuddle time before a round of morning sex. He made sure to gentle, just in case.

Once they were at work, Harvey made sure to get Donna round the clock treats every few hours, she was always snacky during this time of the month. He'd learned a while ago catering to her with sweets was the best way to make sure *he* had a smooth week. He got her her triple fat extra espresso shot from Peet's cafe, a double chocolate croissant, a fruit cup after their meeting, and a surprise cup of lavender tea from the French pastry place near work. And maybe some mini donuts too.

He was also checking up on her every couple of hours for silly little chats, and cheekily touching her inappropriately or plying with her sickeningly sweet smooth talk.

At treat number 3, Donna had about had it - ready to snap at his incessant clinginess coming out of nowhere, wanting to demand an explanation for what felt like a rehearsed or scheduled strategy of keeping an eye on her or checking up on her. She was stuffed with way too much sugar for a Tuesday afternoon and she was getting irritated at his constant disruption of her work.

She knew she was being somewhat unreasonable, most girls would dream of a dotting boyfriend- but she's not like most girls and they're not most couples. She'd been dating Harvey long enough and been around him even longer and she knows this isn't his usual behavior.

Is this some new wave of the honeymoon phase she has to look forward too? Donna wondered if this was something she'd have to acclimate too- a version of Harvey's affection she just never knew existed.

Her phone suddenly dinged with a reminder notification that her period was 2 days late. Donna dismissed it, knowing her cycle change was probably due to her birth control changing.

She went back to focusing on her work while she had a moment of peace, forcing the issue of Harvey's new behavior to the back of her mind.

By the time she was finished with work and ready to head home, she had almost convinced herself Harvey's actions were cute, that there was nothing wrong with Harvey showering her with albeit excessive attention.

Donna unlocked the penthouses front door and slowly took off her heels at Harvey's entrance, relieved to be shedding those extra few inches.

She immediately noticed the soft warm lighting from the fireplace. Suddenly Harvey was walking towards her with a Cheshire grin on his face and crinkled eyes happy to see her, his hands behind his back clearly hiding something.

"Watcha got there Mister?" Donna asked with an excited tone, just as happy as he looked to finally have arrived back home to him. She just hoped it wasn't another sweet he was hiding because she could feel her stomach go queasy at the thought of even seeing one more piece of food.

"Well, I have the water running and I picked up some of that god awful pink bath bomb you insist is good for you and doesn't stain the tub." Harvey grinned.

Donna blinked in surprise at the bag he revealed from her favourite eco friendly body shop. The one he detested.

"Ok that's it. Did someone die?" Donna accused with her hands crossed on her chest.

Harvey frowned "what no-"

"Did you pull an awful prank on Louis you don't want me to know about? Do you want to try some weird kink thing you're ashamed about?"

"Donna what are you going on-"

"Oh my god." The penny finally dropped. Donna recalled back to her phone's notification and lining it up with Harvey's bizarre actions and how.. stereotypical they'd been. The overtly sweet sayings, the albeit mind blowing yet extra gentle sex, the overindulgence of all her favourite sweets on the alleged days of her cycle.

Donna burst out laughing, shaking so hard she keeled over trying to get a grip on her body. "Harvey Reginald Specter did you track my cycle?!" Donna chuckled accusingly a shrill to her voice she couldn't quite contain in between fits of giggles.

Harvey looked incredibly embarrassed turning almost as red as her hair as his shoulders deflated and he dropped the bag on the coffee table. "Oh, real nice." He scoffed at her reaction.

"Oh no attitude mister this is a huge violation of my privacy." She mock responded edging closer to wrap her arms around his biceps squeezing him lightly in jest.

"Howd you finally find out?" He mumbled sheepishly and Donna chuckled. "I'm not on my period and I was getting pretty suspicious why you were extra attentive these past two days."

"Hey I'm a pretty great boyfriend!" Donna rolled her eyes at him. "Wait a minute- you said finally, how long have you-"

Harvey coughed, avoiding her eye sight. Donna narrowed her eyes at his change of emotion. She nudged her finger to his jaw directing his eyes back at her.

Harvey exhaled through his lips before coming out with it. "since our early Pearson Hardman days except then I'd just discreetly schedule more meetings out of office and get you extra sweets or coffee whenever I graced the firm again."

Donna's eyes widened at his response, remembering the many times he'd done that before. She weirdly felt both irritated at his juvenile sexist confession and somehow found it endearing he tried dotting over her even then.

She slapped his sidearm "You know it's kind of sexist and condescending you thought I was gonna be a sweet obsessed hormonal bitch."

"To be fair, I've never missed the mark and you never seemed to mind my round the clock services." Harvey cocked his head at her, bringing her closer to him as she realized three months into their relationship he'd been doing the exact same thing he'd done in the past 48 hours except hormonal Donna never noticed. He was right. She never noticed before because she always appreciated his sweetness and apparently Donna menstruating led to a much more clingy and hungry version of herself that she never noticed but Harvey did. It was official, Donna Paulsen was a sucker for Harvey Specter in all the ways. "I don't like this new dynamic where you know me better than I do." Donna dryly commented. She felt Harvey's chest puff out proudly before smirking at her.

"Ok then, I'll take this back." He made the move to take away the bath bomb and Donna halted his hand. "Dont you dare. I'm going in there for some me time, you can go scrap whatever plans you had for desert. I'm thinking something bedroom related is more up our ally tonight." Donna winked, kissing him quickly before sashaying away. She thinks she's going to sync her app information to his phone, save him the trouble of guessing.