JJ Maybank x Male Reader - Safe With Me
JJ Maybank x Male !kook! Reader
Request [shortened, it was very in depth and I don’t want to spoil too much] : “male reader is a popular kook…and best friends with Sarah and Kie…and he has a rough family they are super rich but his dad doesn't like him to being gay…also JJ and the reader act like a couple and they like each other but don’t realize it cause they like what they got…[main event you’ll have to read]…then they make it official.”
CW: hurt/comfort, homophobia/homophobic family, the slightest mentions of drinking, kinda cheesy towards the end, y/n’s dad sucks
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Love;
[noun]
An intense feeling of deep affection
“Y’think we can make a quick pit stop before we go and do, well, whatever this is?”
The voice woke Y/n up before the sun even could, though his eyes were still close to shutting. It was Pope’s voice, of course- his sarcasm leaking through his words.
On the couch, Y/n had one arm stretched out next to his face to act as a pillow, shielding his eyes from the early morning sun just enough for him to not be blinded.
A few feet behind the couch, Pope walked over to the small round table where John B sat with Sarah. Papers were scattered across the wooden surface, the girl’s feet propped up on the edge.
“Eh, sure why not- hey, pass me a beer, will you?” John B said, nodding towards the fridge behind Pope’s chair.
“It’s 7 in the morning.”
“Oh c’mon, never too early to get a little drink.”
Pope rolled his eyes, but sure enough got up again to open the fridge.
The sound of a can being tossed, and the rattle of the fridge door closing made Y/n groan. He just wanted to sleep, he was comfortable on the lumpy couch with JJ’s warmth beside him.
The night before they’d fallen asleep side by side, nothing new for either of them. JJ’s head was settled just below Y/n’s arm-pillow, just slightly pressed against his chest while their legs overlapped. When the sound continued on, his friends still talking across the room, he shifted in his spot and let his free arm fall on JJ’s shoulders.
Y/n would’ve smiled at the sight of the blonde settled so close to him, but the voices that rang out behind him were so loud.
He just wanted to go back to sleep-
“Aw, did we interrupt your sleep?” Y/n’s eyebrows furrowed.
‘Wonderful’
Sarah was grinning at him, seeing how his face had changed.
“Let’s go, up and at ‘em.” John B joined right in, drumming on the table just loud enough to force Y/n’s eyes open, and stir JJ just a bit.
It was then when the sun finally hit him, groaning again and rubbing his eyes. “You guys are so loud.” Y/n complained, lifting his head and looking around the room.
Kiara lay sprawled out on the arm chair across from the couch, rubbing her eyes and glaring at Pope and John B. “Seriously guys? This early?” She asked sleepily, falling against the chair again.
It was clear the other 3 couldn’t care less, Pope ignoring the sleeping teens while John b and Sarah were getting up from the table to bug them some more.
The blonde girl walked to the chair, standing over Kie and grinning widely. Back at the couch, John B walked past the half asleep pair, drummed against their legs once, before looping around back to the kitchen.
The slaps to their calves caused both Y/n and JJ to jerk, the latter doing so more loudly as he was only then waking up.
“What the fuck dude.” he grumbled, shoving his face back against the couch while Y/n rolled over onto his back.
At that point, all 6 of them were awake- whether it be willingly or not. It was simply a part of the Chateau’s morning routine, something you sign up for when falling asleep at John B’s. The alarm would be just as obnoxious as the host.
Y/n pressed the heel of his free hand into his eyes, hiding them from the sun. The other arm was still stuck under JJ’s neck. “What time is it?” He asked, to which Pope responded.
“7:32.”
Y/n groaned.
“Shit,” he mumbled, clumsily sitting up from his spot on the couch.
“Pops’ll be mad?” JJ sighed sarcastically, and watched Y/n’s figure as the boy stumbled off the couch to grab his shoes.
“Don’t leave me man-“ he gasped out dramatically, and Y/n couldn’t help but smile. Reaching over the couch, he ruffled the blonde hair on JJ’s head.
“Oh, this is heartbreaking.” Kie faked a frown and put a hand over her heart.
The two boys had always been close, everyone knew that. They each cared for each other in a way that neither could truly describe, any words used felt wrong, or perhaps too soon for them to say.
So they didn’t try the words, they stuck to their bond even if it got them the “idiot-boyfriends-who-aren’t-even-boyfriends” label in the group.
Y/n himself felt the smile growing, opening the door that lead out to the porch.
“Bye, JJ” he called jokingly, getting a “bye Y/n” right back, the words holding the same tone that his had.
It wasn’t until he was entirely out of the house that he let his mind wander, only having 10 minutes time before his car would reach his drive way- where the smile he wore would disappear.
****
Greed;
[noun]
Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
A day had passed since Y/n unfortunately had to leave the Chateau early, and it wouldn’t be long before he was back in the car with his closest friends, with JJ.
The h/c teen sat on his scratchy, leather couch- it’s black color popping out against the light walls.
He sat there, leaned against the armrest scrolling through his phone as he waited for the Pogues to come and pick up him and Sarah. Across the room, his father- D/n L/n sat at the dining room table.
The man’s face was very stern, lips formed into a thin line as he stared holes into his computer screen. A few papers were in a pile, his hand resting on top - the focus leaking from his eyes leaving no breathing room, no space for him or Y/n to talk.
The latter looked up from his phone, glancing at the stairs where Sarah left for the bathroom 5-ish minutes ago. The sooner she came down, the sooner he’d have an excuse to leave the room.
Slowly, he let his gaze wander.
It shifted from the long staircase, over the walls until it was set on the man at the table. His eyes narrowed.
Greed and love.
It was a relationship never fit to work, though it can still find itself intertwined into bloodline. Two opposing forces sitting on the same branch of the family tree, living in the same house. One on the couch, one at the table.
Y/n always preferred to differentiate himself from greed.
Being born a Kook, he accepted his privilege. But he saw what greed looked like, he lived with it. And he knew, from the nasty snarl worn on his father’s skin, that it was something he never wanted to be.
The boy stared at his father until the edges of his vision began to dance. So, he looked away, eyes going back to his phone screen. He didn’t want to think about it anymore than he had to.
The time read 12:09, him and Sarah were to get picked up at 12:15. Y/n stood up, tucking his phone into his pocket so while Sarah took her time upstairs, he could at least get some of the stuff he needed.
Starting with his keys, he grabbed them from the coffee table and stuck them into his pocket. He moved towards the fridge next- but the noise that had come from his key chain caught his fathers attention.
“Going somewhere?” D/n asked, just as Y/n had opened the fridge door.
“…yeah.” The h/c looked straight forward, the blue-ish light flooding his face as he grabbed a water bottle.
“And where would that be?”
Y/n’s father hadn’t looked away from his work, though Y/n couldn’t tell either way as he was staring straight into the fridges’s shelves.
“Just out, nothing special.”
He eventually had to draw away from the fridge where he’d been hiding. The silver door closed after him, and Y/n turned to see his father looking right at him.
“Just you and Sarah?” The man asked, raising an eyebrow and resting his elbow on the back of his chair.
Y/n’s face faltered. He knew who his father was referencing, what he was getting at.
“No” he thought, saying it in his head over and over until maybe, he could say it out loud.
“Doesn’t matter.”
…or not.
Admittedly, he didn’t want his father to know. He selfishly wanted his friends to be his own thing- because when his father even caught sight of them, it would become a disruption.
D/n had the belief that Kooks and Pogues shouldn’t interact unless absolutely necessary- he was just “too good” for them, after all. He worked so life ran on his own personal railroad, and Y/n’s friends were nothing but roadblocks.
“Oh, but I think it does.” D/n narrowed his eyes at his son, who looked away with his head tilted towards the floor. Y/n fidgeted with the bottle in his hands- his father was onto him. They each had one specific boy in mind at that current moment, and by the look in each others eyes, they each knew it.
“Hey! Sorry about that, Wheezie called me.”
Sarah landed on the last step just as Y/n was released in from his father’s stare. She looked up from her phone, not catching how D/n had to adjust to return to his computer screen.
Y/n quickly walked to her, giving her a smile when she quirked her eyebrow.
“Hey, took you long enough.” He joked, sitting back on the couch. Sarah rolled her eyes and shrugged.
“Just say you missed me, it takes less time.” She says, plopping down onto the chair.
Y/n laughed, letting his shoulders relax as Sarah had joined him in the room. He opened his mouth to reply, fire some sort of comeback, but a small ding came from his phone.
‘We’re here, hurry up JJ’s about to rob your neighbor.’
The text came from Kie. Y/n peered over his phone and caught a glimpse of her car outside the window, catching a small smile on his face. Sarah followed his eyes and saw the car, grinning and nodding at the boy to get up.
Sparing one last glance to his father, Y/n followed Sarah out the door.
“Hey hey!”
As soon as Y/n stepped foot outside his door, JJ was jumping right out of the parked car- of course. With a grin, Y/n hopped down the stairs and jogged to meet him in the middle.
“What’s up JJ-“ he said, his voice almost giddy, and he wrapped his arms around him. There was a slight slap on his back as JJ hugged him back, and a tickle in his neck as that’s where JJ buried his nose.
“Waiting for you, I was about to hop the fence and visit old Richie over there-“ JJ’s voice turned breathy at the end of the sentence, spinning on his heel and bringing the boy in his arms right with him. Y/n’s eyes widened, and a laugh rumbled from his throat. His arms tightened around the boy, securing himself when his feet left the ground.
“Holy shit dude-“
“JJ, put him down.” John B sounded tired, managing no more than an eye roll when JJ only laughed. Though, he did drop Y/n onto the sidewalk right next to him. The boy, with his feet finally planted on the ground, patted the back of the blondes back.
“C’mon, let’s head out-“
“Y/n.”
The deep voice sent chills down the teen’s spines, each of them recognizing who it was. The joyful feeling that tainted the air only seconds ago suddenly faded into tension. Y/n himself was forced to hesitantly turn, and meet his fathers cold eyes.
“Come here.” The glare that emitted off D/n’s stern figure made his son shudder- the boy really just wanted to leave.
“Dad, we’re going somewhere-“
“I thought we talked about this?” One eyebrow raised, turning D/n’s face into one of judgement. Y/n swallowed.
“I mean, there was never really an agreement, so-“
The next look that came from D/n was one of warning.
A small lump formed in Y/n’s throat, swallowing it down and air huffed from his nose.
“Mr. L/n, we were really just-“ Kiara, bold as always, tried and failed to reassure her friends father. Her words got cut off before she could even finish, the deep voice replacing them. “No, no I know. And it’s not happening.”
Y/n felt his skin itch, why was his father doing this in front of his friends? Before he would go out of his way to avoid them, but now he talked freely. Y/n’s eyes flickered to the car, having half a mind to run and jump into the back seat before another word could spill.
“Dad-“
“Y/n, look at the neighbors,” his fathers voice rose, “their son is your age, what about that?” He gestured towards the large, nearly identical house across the garden. His other hand gripped the door handle tightly, as if he was prepared to storm back inside at any moment.
The group tensed, they knew what his father meant, even if he hadn’t said it directly. Though while John B and Pope bit their tongue, Kiara stepped forward with a deadly glare imprinted onto her face.
“What are you implying?” She asked, clearly having taken offense. Y/n looked at her, battling with himself in his head as to whether or not he should stop her. John B’s hand landed on her shoulder, urging her to step back.
Y/n’s eyes are torn away when he suddenly felt the familiar warmth of JJ’s hand grabbing his. His eyes widen.
“Shit.”
He nearly pulled away, but something made him stay, something in him wanted to. Though the second his fathers cold stare landed on their tangled fingers, he questioned that decision.
JJ glared harshly at Y/n’s father- but no words fell, as he still was trying to decide if he should say anything at all. But in that moment, it was better that he didn’t.
Y/n was frozen in his place, head tilted down to stare at his hand and JJ’s, too scared to look up.
“And what’s this, huh?”
‘No.’
“Are we still on this, are you serious?”
The words tugged the strings of Y/n’s heart, hearing such words from his own father, being watched by all his friends, by the boy he could only secretly love. He glared at the ground, shaking his head.
“It’s-“
“You just-“ D/n turned, facing the wooden frame of the door and rubbing his eyes, “this is not how I wanted to raise you.”
The words ran Y/n’s throat dry, like a river drowned into soil by hot sun. JJ felt the way his hand tightened, heard the shaky sigh that escaped him.
Kiara, once more, stepped forward boldly. “You can’t say that to him!” She rasped, eyebrows pulled into a deep furrow. JJ too found his voice quickly, barking out a “hey!”
“Mr L/n,” Sarah’s whisper barely scraped past the lump in her throat, only heard by her boyfriend.
As Y/n stood there on his own walkway, all the words of his friends fizzled against his ears in an echo. He stared at the ground until he became dizzy, nothing but his fathers voice reaching past his ears.
He didn’t want to fit his fathers description. But it still hurt.
He snapped out of the daze when JJ began moving, their joined hands swaying.
“The fuck is your problem, man?” JJ’s voice was heavy with anger, challenging D/n with his voice. Y/n’s eyes darted to JJ’s face.
“Excuse me, young man?” The authority that rattled from Y/n’s father would’ve made anyone else back away, but JJ only seemed to move closer. Y/n watched on with wide eyes.
“JJ,” he tried, suddenly becoming aware of what exactly was happening right next to him.
“You talk to him like that then wonder why he likes hanging with us? Man you must be joking-“ the blonde seethes.
“Do not talk to me like that,”
“You’re a real piece of shit.”
John B pulled JJ back, giving him a stern look. Pope, backing towards the car, mouthed at him to shut up.
Y/n’s heart pounded, staring only at JJ. What was he doing?
D/n’s head snapped to his son’s.
“If this is how you’re going to be, dont try coming home.”
Y/n reeled back, shocked. JJ stomped forward.
“Good, he’ll stay with me. You’re only helping me here, man.”
It got quiet for a moment after that.
Angrily, Y/n’s father looked at him expectantly, telling him to choose with nothing more than his eyes.
Y/n’s lips were parted, staring right back at his father for the first time that whole argument. JJ’s arm snakes around his shoulder.
“He’ll be safe with me.”
Those last words are what settled it for Y/n, the only thing he needed to hear before he knew. He knew exactly what, who, he wanted.
Wordlessly, he turned away from his father and pulled JJ into a tight hug. No hesitation followed as JJ pulled him even closer.
Behind them, the door slammed shut, and Y/n knew that was it. Yet for just a moment, when JJ pulled away and held his face in his hands, he pushed the thought away.
“I promise.” The blonde whispered with a small smile . Y/n smiled back, unable to stop himself for he knew what he truly meant by those words.
The smile broke into a sniffle and a chuckle, feeling Kiara attacking him from behind with a strong hug. Sarah followed.
“Fuck, guys, I don’t know what to do now-“ he kept the smile through his teary eyes.
“We’ll figure it out, man.” Pope told him from the car. “We always do.”
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