bloody kisses - john logan
summary; logan doesn't fight, not until someone brings your name up which might actually be the best thing for both of you
notes; john logan x fem!reader, reader is sooo mad at him but not reallyyyyy, fuck u adam! no use of y/n! 3.9k words! angsty and fluffy and cute ugh requests for john logan are alwayyyys open! (ps this might be rlly bad im very rusty but im working through requests rn) (not proof read oops)
based off of @incrediblylegendaryvenom request!
John Logan would never admit it but he was a lover, not a fighter. He tried his very hardest to mediate any disagreements in the hockey house, hating the tension that would loom over the boys like a thunder cloud approaching on a summerโs day. He never let frustration boil into anger. He spoke up for himself, he communicated his feelings, and he made a conscious effort to keep calm. He wasnโt an angry guy, and he refused to ever let you see him as such.ย
You could only describe him as anything but angry; he was as warm as the sun around you. You had known him since your first year at Briar, and it felt as though something had clicked into place the day he came into your life. You knew him inside and out, through the ups and downs of his hockey career, through the hard days that followed his family. Despite being there for each other through the highs and lows, your everyday with John Logan was your favourite version the boy.ย
Your version of John was quieter than what everyone else knew. Maybe he had some hot headed moments, you were sure he had probably lost his temper once or twice in a locker room, but never around you. You watched him on the ice, anger spilling out into the game, but he never let it leave the rink. You knew John for the love that brewed inside his heart, for the thoughtfulness that came to him like second nature.ย
He was a travel mug full of hot cocoa by the side of the rink; he was a blanket draped over your shoulders when your eyes had fallen shut beside him on the coach; he was the early morning sun, shining through your thin curtains, waking you up as he tried to silently leave your bedroom for an early practice; he was the line between friendship and something more, pushing it further every time he saw you, but never daring to cross it. He was all things soft and careful, quiet but confident in how well he knew you.ย
He was a hand on your waist, soft to the touch, as he guided you through the hockey house house. Sure, you knew your way around as thought it was your own home, but he liked to keep an eye on you, that wasnโt a crime. You werenโt exactly in any position to complain, relaxing into the feeling of his calloused fingertips dancing along the bare skin of your waist.ย
โWhat you drinking?โ Johnโs lips brushed the shell of your ear, voice loud enough for you to hear over the blaring music and incessant chatter.
โTequila?โ You titled your head up with a smile dancing across your face, knowing what he had to say before he even opened his mouth to speak.
โYou gotta find another drink,โ The words left his lips despite his arm reaching across the kitchen counter to grab one of the various bottles of tequila for you, mixing it with whatever else he could find in a red solo cup for you. โA beer or somethinโ, tequila canโt be your casual drink.โย
Over the years, he had been there for you through every drunken night and bad decision, holding your hair back in the bathroom across from his bedroom. With the smell of tequila strong on your lips and a haze swimming through your eyes, he would tuck you into his bed with painkillers already there on his bedside table for the next morning.ย
โSays who?โ You grabbed a second up, pouring the same tequila mixture for him. โItโs fun.โ
โItโs messy.โ He laughed as he took the cup from your hands, fingers brushing over yours as he simply accepted tequila being his drink of choice for the night.
โMaybe for you.โ You let the tequila burn the back of your throat, savouring the taste before spinning on your heel, headed in the direction of Hannah as you caught sight of the back of her head.ย
Logan stayed put in the kitchen, leaning against the countertop as a revolving door of his friends passed through the room, a shot in their hands soon making their way to his. Garrett stayed to chat, the pair sinking a beer or two as they discussed strategies for the next team they were going to play, what flowers Garrett should pick up for Hannah, and if Logan was ever going to open his mouth to tell you how he really felt.
โItโs risky, man,โ Logan kissed his teeth before throwing back another shot of tequila, passed to him by a smiling Dean as he overheard the conversation between the boys. โI donโt wanna throw away everything weโve got.โ
โYouโre not throwing it away, Logan,โ Garrett shook his head, unable to understand Loganโs thought process. โSheโs a risk thatโs worth taking.โย
Logan ignored his friend, having had this same conversation at least once a week for the last few months, and instead let his eyes find you in the living room; your eyes looking over the shoulder of the man you were talking to, only to meet Johnโs across the room. You waved your fingers in his direction before turning your attention back to the man you were talking to but it was enough to have his heart fluttering more than usual, whether that be the tequila or simply the affect you had on him, he couldnโt be sure.ย
โHave another drink and go talk to someone else, quit starinโ at her unless youโre gonna talk to her about this.โ Dean intercepted the boyโs conversation once again, a red solo cup in his hand that he soon pushed into Loganโs grip.
And so he did. Logan didnโt think twice and he choked back some sort of vodka mixture, ignoring the way the room started to spin with every step he took. He doesnโt think too much as he ends up sucked into a conversation with Beau and Allie, nodding along mindlessly as he pretends to listen to what plays the theatre department will be producing in the next semester. He tries to listen, he really does, but his limbs feel weighted and his eyelids are beginning to drop.ย
If you were nearby, you would drag him to bed, knowing heโd gone past his limit once the tiredness became unshakable.ย
Through squinted eyes, he found you leaning back against the kitchen counter, still laughing along with the guy you had spent the whole night with. Selfishly, John wondered how rude it would be to interrupt you, to saunter over and beg you to follow him to bed, craving the warmth that flooded him when you fell asleep beside him. However, he wasnโt a selfish person, so he refrained from bombarding you as such. Instead, he wandered over, paying careful attention to every step he took as his boots dragged along the floorboards, wary not to trip.
โJohnny, hi!โ Your face lit up as he appeared beside you, his arm sliding around your waist to pull you close to him - maybe he was a little selfish, wanting to keep you close. โI canโt believe youโre empty handed.โ You slipped out from under his touch, missing the frown that dared to play at his lips as he already missed the feeling of your body next to his.โ
โHey man, Iโm Adam,โ The man who had spent his whole night orbiting around you offered his hand out to Logan, ready to shake with a disarming smile plastered across his face. โSheโs a pretty thing, isnโt she?โ
โY-yeah, yeah, youโre-โ Logan started to speak, eyebrows scrunched together as he struggled to truly comprehend what he was hearing. He knew you were pretty, heโd known that from the very first day you two had met, but he kept that to himself. He kept quiet about how pretty he found the ends of your hair, the flutter of your eyelashes, and the corners of your mouth when you tried to fight a life.ย
He would be lying if he said his stomach didnโt drop at hearing someone else thought of you in the same way.
โSo, you tapped that yet?โ Adam cut Logan off, that same grin covering his face, daring Logan to bring up the drinks from the night as his stomach turned. โYouโre a fucking idiot if you havenโt, I donโt think I could control myself around her-โ
โโThe fuck did you just say to me?โ Logan stood up from leaning against the kitchen counter, his attention suddenly focused on Adam only inches in front of him, instead of watching the way you pottered around the kitchen with his drink in hand, getting sucked into conversations.ย
โHey, itโs not like that, just saying youโre wasting her time,โ Adam laughed as Logan took a step closer to him. โYou really think sheโs gonna want someone like you? When a guy like me can just come in here and distract her like that?โ
โSomeone like me?โ Logan chose to ignore Adamโs vicious words, refusing to think about what he meant.
โYou know what I mean, whatโve you got to offer her? A fucking garage you might inherit one day? You really think thatโs what she wants?โ Adamโs words were laced with venom, letting it be known he knew more about Loganโs life than Logan could ever know about the man opposite him.
โLet this go, man,โ Logan was impossibly close to Adam, almost close enough to feel the way his chest rose and sank. His hands were clenched by his sides, his sight still blurry unless he tried hard to focus them. โJust get outta here and we can let this go.โ
โI know girls like her- they want the handbags and the vacations, and the art galleries,โ Adam put his hand on Loganโs shoulder, his grip sinking into Loganโs skin. โMy dadโs got a coupleโa art galleries, sure sheโd love to have a look, yโknow? Your dadโs a fucking drunk with a garage, Logan, so just-โ
Before Adam could even finish his sentence, Logan sprung forward, his hands grabbing the boy in front of himโs collar. Pushed back against the kitchen cabinets, Adam let out a laugh, distracted as Loganโs fist collided with his jaw.ย
Logan wasnโt an angry guy, he knew he wasnโt, but he could only see red with Adam underneath him; replaying every cruel word heโd said about you. He couldnโt hear the yelling that erupted around him, almost ready to take a step back from Adam once he saw the blood pool at his lip. He stood up for a moment, his eyes trying to catch yours, but his moment of distraction led to Adam firing a hit back at him.ย
Maybe Logan deserved it, the endless hits that Adam seemed to throw his way, simply as karma for the anger he had unleashed only mere moments ago. Perhaps, it was karma for letting you see him so angry, something you had never even come close to seeing in him. He accepted the punches thrown at his face, feeling bile crawl up his throat as his many drinks threaten to spill over, but it never lasted long before he could finally come up for air.
Once he came around to the scene that had unfolded in the kitchen, Logan quickly noticed the lack of music that had previously been blaring through the home. He noticed how sparse the rooms looked now, as people had quickly realised it was the end of the night. More than anything, he noticed the frightened look on your face, stood on the other side of the kitchen island with your arms crossed over your body as you stared back at him.ย
The bile in the back of his throat had been an empty threat up until that point, until seeing your face as hollow as it was. He could only imagine what you had witnessed. Despite the yells that seemed to have erupted in the kitchen or the questions being flung at him, he made a beeline for the bathroom as his stomach turned with every second that passed.ย
He was stupid to think you wouldnโt follow after him, locking the door behind him only to be met with your knocking.ย
โJohn, just open the door,โ You sighed as your knocking was met without a reply. โSomeoneโs gotta be the one to hold your hair back.โ Your voice was light and teasing, and just enough to have John unlock the door for you.
He was quiet as he opened the bathroom door, a sheepish look across his face as you took in the sight of him; the burst lip, blood dripping down his chin, and a bruise forming across his cheek that you knew would bloom purple in the morning. Despite the battered look he was sporting, he still grinned when your eyes met his.
โOh my-โ The words died in your throat as you took him in, immediately stepping into his space to hold his face in your hands, desperate for a closer look at him.ย
โHey, itโs fine,โ John shook his head, trying to ease the worry that he could feel buzzing off of your skin. โYou should see the other guy.โ He let out a laugh despite himself; nothing about this was funny but he would be damned if he let you stew in any sort of worry about him.
โI donโt think this is funny,โ You dropped your hands from his face to his shoulders, sitting him down on the edge of the bathtub. โYou canโt just go around beating guys up.โย
He stayed quiet after this, letting you manhandle him. He watched as you rummaged around his bathroom cabinets for any sort of first aid kit you could find, listening as you murmured about how stupid he was and how stupid the fight was and how stupid all of the guys were for not having a first aid kit in the hockey house.ย
He stayed quiet as you wiped a warm cloth across his face, cleaning any blood that had dried to his face before holding it against his face. You were trying to apply pressure to the cut across his lip, hoping to stop the bleeding sooner rather than later, but all Logan could focus on was the feeling of your fingertips on his skin, the tips of your nails almost digging into his face but he couldnโt find it in himself to care.ย
โI could save up, yโknow, like after college,โ Logan dared to break the silence that suffocated the bathroom for he knew that your quietness told him exactly how you were feeling, and he couldnโt bear to think about how annoyed you were with him. โIโll get a good hockey deal-โ
โJohn, what-โ Your eyes flicked up from the cloth pressed against his lips, to his eyes, and quickly back down once he met your stare with eyes full of sorrow. You werenโt sure what he meant but he didnโt let you ask any questions before interrupting you.
โIโll get you the handbags, and weโll go to Paris, and you can drag me to any art galleries you want.โ Adamโs conversation had embedded into his mind, provoking thoughts that Logan had spent years suppressing.
โYouโre drunk,โ You sighed and turned away from him, looking through the first aid kit for any sort of bandage or plaster. โI donโt know what youโre talking about.โ
โIโm not drunk, and you do know what Iโm talking about,โ John sat pliant to your touch, letting you angle his face upwards to secure the plaster to the edge of his lip. โYouโre gonna want someone with a penthouse and- and fucking generational wealth, and a fucking trip to Europe every year. Iโm not gonna be the person to hold you back from that.โ He let out a deep breath after he spoke, almost frightened you would see through his words to understand what he was truly confessing. You were always brighter than him, he was sure you would.
โI donโt get where this is coming from,โ You stepped back from him again, leaning against the sink with your arms crossed over your body. โSure, everyone wants to vacation in Europe but youโre not holding me back from that.โ
โYou should be with someone like Adam,โ The words tasted bitter on his tongue, though Logan couldnโt be sure if that was the vomit or the blood from the night. โNot Adam, heโs a dick, but heโs from a good family with a job lined up in his fucking dadโs company. You deserve that, but I canโt give you that.โ
โIโve never asked you to give me anything, John,โ You looked at him properly, perched on the lip of the bathtub, with bruises blooming across his face; he couldnโt have looked further from your John, and he wasnโt acting like the boy you knew. โIโve never cared about fucking handbags, and maybe Iโll go to Paris one day, but I donโt need Adam to do that- is that what this was about? Some dick measuring contest?โย
โWhat? No, no, I swear! Heโs awful, and I couldnโt let him talk about you for any longer, not when heโs in my house.โ Logan carefully left out the part where Adam berated him, dancing around it instead.ย
โSo what?โ You dragged your hands down your face, the tiredness from the night creeping into your bones as the alcohol had long vanished. โYou kicked the shit out of a guy โcause he said I want a fucking designer handbag? John, do you even know me? I donโt want any of that.โ
โI know you donโt, fuck, I know you,โ Loganโs voice was exasperated, matching the tiredness that he knew you were facing. โBut Adam doesnโt, and he doesnโt know me.โ
You were quiet, letting his words play over and over in your mind, allowing you to realise what he truly meant.ย
โWhat did Adam say to you?โ You wanted to ask what Adam had asked about John, knowing he had said something cruel enough to have your friend spiralling in front of you.
โWhat? He didnโt say anything-โ He deflected, quickly and almost too practiced, but you saw threw it as he tried to build up his walls in front of you, refusing to let you see him vulnerable.
โIโm not stupid, just tell me what he said.โ You moved to sit beside him on the edge of the bathtub, knees pressed against his.
โHe was just being a dick about my dad and the garage,โ Logan shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, trying to minimise how he truly felt. โAnd you, yโknow, saying you could never want someone like me, Iโve got nothing to offer to you- and heโs right so I canโt-โ
โHeโs wrong.โ Your voice was quieter now, less annoyed with him and more upset for him instead.
โWhat?โ He wasnโt sure if he had misheard you, or misunderstood what you were trying to say, the short question falling from his lips almost too quickly - begging for you to clarify what you meant.
โI could want someone like you,โ You took a deep breath, almost in disbelief that this situation was the one to bring out how you truly felt. โI already do, I think youโve just been too busy to notice.โ
โYou do?โ It was as though the air had been knocked out of his lungs, Loganโs hands almost scrambling to find yours for purchase; for something to bring him back down to earth.
โYeah,โ You huffed out a laugh, not sure if it was too early to be embarrassed by your confession but you could feel the heat rising to your cheeks. โYouโre too in your head to notice.โ
โHey, Iโm not-โ
โYou are.โ
โI wish Iโd known,โ Logan took your fingers in his hand, lacing them with his own. โWe couldโve avoided this whole night, I wouldโve told you I was in love with you somewhere else - somewhere thatโs not my bathroom with my blood all over the floor.โ
โYeah?โ You felt his fingers tighten around yours, the calloused tips a gentle reminder that he was the same boy you had known for years, despite the night that had unfolded before you.
โYeah, have been for a while,โ He hummed, thinking his words over carefully. โAnd Iโve almost told you, like, a million times- and Garrettโs almost told you too, just to try and put me outta my misery.โ
โGarrett knows?โ Your eyes lit up, almost unable to believe what you were hearing; how Logan felt, and that he felt strongly enough to tell his best friend.
โOh, yeah, everyone knows.โ Logan spoke as thought it was obvious, as though the two of you hadnโt danced around this for years now.
โWhy havenโt you said anything โtill now?โ It was a selfish question, you knew that for you hadnโt confessed until the same moment as John, yet it was a question you couldnโt help but ask.
โโCause you deserve someone better, someone like Adam and his fucking perfect life,โ He laughed but you knew nothing was funny, not really. โI donโt wanna suck you into whatever mess Iโve got going on.โย
โI donโt care about mess or baggage, Johnny, I care about you.โ It felt as though a weight had been lifted off of your shoulders, almost feeling free now you had confessed how you truly felt.
โYeah?โ A smile played at his lips, daring to break free, whilst his hand lifted beside your head as he tucked some stray pieces of hair behind your ears before letting his hand rest against your jaw, cradling your face in a way he had only craved before.
โYeah.โ You look at John, unabashedly for once; allowing yourself to relish in how handsome he looked so close to you. You tried to etch the photo into your memories, hoping you would never forget the bloodied boy sat hardly an inch beside you.ย
The tenderness of the moment left you quiet, simply letting yourself look at John as you leaned into his touch.ย
โPlease stay tonight?โ Johnโs voice was almost a whisper, for he felt the warmth between the two of you and he would never dream of breaking it.ย
โI thought that was a given.โ You laughed at the absurdity of his question, knowing you wouldโve stayed over anyway.
Logan took your moment of distraction into his own hands, pressing his lips to yours in a quick kiss before backing away just enough to see the smile that broke across your face. Your smile was all he needed to kiss you again, hand still cradling your jaw, as he leans in again - both of you almost too eager and forgetting the plaster the covered the bottom of his lip and chin. ย
You dropped your head into the crook of his neck, unable to control that laughter that fell from your lips as the plaster was less than ideal. You dared to look up at him; his dark brown eyes rid of the sorrow that filled them earlier and a smile so happy it was almost lopsided.ย
You leaned forward to press dotted kisses across his face: his nose, up his cheekbones, his cupids bow, and the very edge of his lips that it could almost be considered teasing. But that was more than enough for both of you, knowing you had every day coming to fill with kisses; clumsy, romantic, giggly, and passionate.ย

















