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   Wilting Roses by AFewObsessions

   Fandoms: David Bowie (Musician)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   12 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • David Bowie/Reader
   • The Thin White Duke (David Bowie)/Reader
   • David Bowie/You
   • David Bowie/Original Female Character(s)
   • David Bowie/Original Character(s)
   • The Thin White Duke (David Bowie)
   • You
   • Reader
   • Romance
   • Cliche
   • Fluff
   • Smut
   • Angst
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Loss
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • References to Drugs
   • Past Drug Use
   • Slow Burn
   • Reader-Insert
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Riding
   • Doggy Style
   • Missionary Position
   • Praise Kink
   • Penis In Vagina Sex
   • Sex
   • Kissing
   • Neck Kissing
   • Gentle Kissing
   • Love
   • Love Confessions
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional
   • but no names are explicitly mentioned
   • only nicknames
   • florist
   • Flowers
   • Family Loss
   • Your mother is a bad person
   • sorry - Freeform
   • a little blood
   • he gets bandaged and its not very descriptive
   • Its basically a self insert but it has some backstory for your character
   • including making your mum a bitch so im sorry in advance
   • but no names for the main character are mentioned
   • only nicknames/petnames so you can pretend its you
   • Also no descriptors for your character
   • also David Bowie does not exist in this universe
   • Duke is his own character blah blah blah
   • no other character is meant to represent anyone else in this story
   • only Duke is The Thing White Duke. All other characters in this story are completely made up
   • ill be FR
   • I dont know enough about DB band
   • from thin White Duke Era
   • for it to be based on anyone anyway lmao

   Summary

   After the death of her Aunt, a young woman inherits the flower shop in a sleepy town she never planned to return to. As she deals with her own grief, she finds she has to deal with the mysterious and rude neighbour next door. A man with a hidden past, an overgrown yard and a smart-ass attitude. Soon enough, they begin to bond- but what will they unravel?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,731

   Chapters:

   12/12

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   28

   Bookmarks:

   6

   Hits:

   571

   Bookmarked by vamplightdaught

   07 Dec 2025