Rain or shine
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Requested: no
Pairing: jj x reader
Blurb/fluff
Summary : a loud thunderstorm in the obx has you anxious and frightened. JJ comes over to help you, as he knows about your fear of loud thunderstorms.
Warnings: mentions of anxiety
Y/F/N - your first name
Y/E/C - your eye colour
a/n: This is my first time writing and publishing i hope you all like it! There’s currently a thunderstorm where I am which is what inspired me to write this. I’m not at all trying to glamorize anxiety in any way, just writing based off of my personal life and my imagination. Please let me know if you have any likes, dislikes or suggestions!
*edited*
You sat at home curled up in your twin sized bed wearing some cozy shorts and a big fluffy sweater (JJ’s to be exact). You had a book in your hands and your phone at your side playing loud music through your headphones you stole from the gift shop to drown out the noise of the loud thunder outside your window.
When it rained in the Outer Banks, it rained extremely hard. Thunder and lightning kind of hard. It was unusual for there to only be a light rainstorm. Storms usually hit harder on The Cut, where you lived, unlike on Figure 8 where they had generators. Figure 8 always looked as if storms never hit that part of Kildare. It was pretty scary but nothing unusual. After all, you lived on an island.
Most of the residents in the obx were used to thunder and lightning storms and weren’t too fazed by them. You on the other hand, did not like those storms at all. It drove your anxiety through the roof. Your boyfriend, JJ, knew that.
Lightning struck the power lines so you had no electricity and no service. To top it off, your family couldn’t afford a generator. You had tried everything to keep you distracted and focused on something other than what was happening outside of your window. Playing loud music in your headphones, watching a downloaded movie on your phone, reading, playing your ukulele, colouring, but nothing worked.
You were home alone so you had no one to talk to to keep you preoccupied. You had no idea where your friends, the pogues were. With no way of contacting them you were hopeless. They were probably all at the chateau. Pope, Kie, you and JJ rarely went home.
Last night was the last time you saw them. You decided to stay the night at home and meet up with them in the morning but those plans quickly changed. You and the others would normally crash at John B’s but you decided not to last night, not knowing there would be an unexpected storm the next day. Technically you could’ve gone over to the chateau to see them because you live only two streets away but the last thing you wanted to do was go outside.
You swayed and quivered in your bed hoping that the storm would pass faster than possible. You shrieked every time you heard thunder and saw lightning.
You had started to gain an appetite. You plucked up the courage and practically sprinted your way out of bed to go to your kitchen to get some crackers.
You ran back towards your room, and were shocked to see a soaked JJ sitting down on your bed. The sudden sight of someone now in your bedroom while you were home alone made you jump quite aggressively.
He sat himself up onto your bed.
“Hi princess, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to scare you” he said softly with a worrisome expression.
“That’s okay.” You sighed in relief.
“What are you doing here? There’s a thunderstorm you’re crazy to have even gone out the chateau! How did you get here?”
“Don’t worry (Y/F/N), I got here just fine. I drove here as fast as I could with the bike. I got worried, I know you don’t like storms so I wanted to make sure you were alright” he said calmly, then paused. “Are you?”
“Yeah I’m fine, It’s not the worst I’ve been.” you shakily lied. “Just a storm”
JJ could see that you weren’t. You weren’t exactly the best liar. He could tell so easily when you did lie. A look of concern still laid painted across his gorgeous face.
He didn’t ask anymore questions, he didn’t want to cause you anymore stress. Instead, he reached his arms out wanting to hold you so tightly in his embrace.
“Come here”
You placed your bowl of crackers onto your nightstand and sprung onto your bed and into your boyfriend's arms.
He held you so carefully, as if you’re a fragile piece of glass about to shatter. A loud crash of thunder sent a hard tremble through your body. A small whimper escaped your mouth as you grasped onto the back of JJ’s t-shirt.
“Shh baby I’m right here it’s almost over” JJ cooed softly making an effort to comfort you.
“I hate this so much” you sobbed.
“I know baby it’s okay” he reassured.
You slightly nodded into his chest as small tears started to flood the corner of your eyes.
He placed his finger under your chin to make you look up at him. He must’ve heard your sniffle.
He wiped away the tears which had fallen from your eyes down to your cheeks and placed a light kiss on your forehead.
Your loving boyfriend pulled the both of you from a sitting position on the side of your bed, to a laid down position.
He adjusted the both of you to which you were laying face down into his chest.
“How about a nap huh? He suggested. “Maybe you can sleep through the storm.”
Again, you nodded against his chest, unable to let words slip from your trembling lips.
JJ started to smoothly trace random, comforting patterns with his steady fingers onto the soft skin on your arms, moving down to your back.
The rattling in your body started to go away as you focused only on your lover's fingers against your skin, keeping your attention away from mother nature’s chaos.
You felt your eyes flutter shut as he moved his hand from your back to your hair. He gently massaged and scratched at your scalp which made you fall into a peaceful, well deserved, distracting rest.
You were awakened by the bright sunlight beaming into your room, then the quiet sound of JJ munching on the crackers which you had brought in earlier.
He felt you move a bit and looked down to see your beautiful (Y/E/C) peeking out of your eyelids.
“I’m so sorry angel did I wake you up?” he spoke softly with a mouthful of crackers..
“S’okay, I don’t think you did.” you mumbled while rubbing your eyes. “ ‘Sun’s bright”
He nodded.
“Want a cracker?” He grinned, holding one out.
“Sure” you smiled, taking the salty treat in your fingers and putting it into your mouth.
He gave your upper arm a tender squeeze and kissed the top of your head, then pointed to your curtainless window.
“Look, a rainbow” he hummed.
Your eyes followed the end of his finger. A bright, seven coloured arch appeared so vividly in the sky. What a nice thing to wake up to.
You smiled and giggled a bit at his sudden excitement for the colourful arch. You relaxed even more into his frame, looking up and admiring the gorgeous, flawless features on his face.
You could never figure out how you got so lucky to be coupled with this beautiful boy.
“Thank you so much for coming over, I feel ten times better.” you asserted.
He planted a short, heartfelt kiss on your lips.
“Of course baby” he replied “𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦”
