Heyyy girl , don’t know if u got to see my request but I was requesting a jermajesty fic where reader goes to meet his family and when she meets his brothers she realizes that her and jaafar had made out a few years back at a party and jermajesty gets jealous 😩😩. I know ur gonna write it soo well
ꔛ pairing — bf!jermajesty jackson 𝓍 ƒ!reader
೯ warning: black reader intended, usage of y/n, jealous jermajesty, some suggestive themes but not really, smut in part two so mdni.
the sun beat down without mercy, warming the pavement beneath your feet as you walked hand in hand with jermajesty up the long driveway of the hayvenhurst residence. your fingers rested in his, but he could feel the slight tremble you couldn't quite hide. every step toward the sprawling tudor style home made the knot in your stomach pull tighter.
it was your first time meeting the rest of his family after months of dating. you had already met his sister through your internship at the music publishing and tech company where she worked, but this was different. this was everyone. the people who had known him long before you did, the people whose opinions mattered whether anyone admitted it or not.
"you alright, ma?" jermajesty's voice was gentle, bringing you back to the present.
your gaze drifted away from the house and back to him. you offered a small smile and nodded, hoping that would be enough.
he knew you too well already.
without saying anything else, he gave your hand a reassuring squeeze before leaning down to press a soft kiss against the top of your head. the simple gesture eased your nerves for all of five seconds as the two of you climbed the front steps.
jermajesty barely had the chance to knock before the front door flew open.
genevieve stood there with a bright smile, one hand resting on the shoulder of her son, jola, who wasted no time racing toward the two of you on his tiny legs.
the little boy wrapped himself around your leg in the quickest hug he could manage, making you laugh before you even realized it.
"jolaaaa," you giggled, crouching just enough to ruffle the curls on top of his head. "look at you."
he beamed proudly before hiding behind your leg for a second, peeking out with a grin.
you looked back up at genevieve, your smile still lingering.
the words caught in your throat.
someone stepped into view behind her.
your heart dropped so suddenly it felt like the air had been knocked from your lungs. your pulse pounded in your ears, each beat louder than the last as your eyes locked onto a face you never expected to see again, especially not here.
"j!" jermajesty called with an easy grin.
before you could process what was happening, the two brothers met in the doorway, greeting each other with a dap before pulling into a quick hug.
you couldn't hear a word they were saying.
all you could hear was your own heartbeat.
the memory crashed into you before you had the chance to stop it.
it had been one stupid party that you never wanted to attend in the first place, dragged there by a friend who insisted you needed to get out of the house. somehow the two of you had ended up tucked away in a quiet corner while the music shook the walls outside. you still remembered the clean scent of his cologne mixing with the warmth of his skin, the softness of his lips brushing against your neck, and the way his hands held you with an impossible kind of familiarity, as though you'd known each other far longer than a single night.
it had been brief, reckless, and never spoken about again.
you had convinced yourself it was buried in the past.
now he stood only a few feet away, smiling at your boyfriend as if nothing had ever happened, while you struggled to keep your expression from giving away your past.
your eyes met his from across the foyer, and for a moment it felt like the room had been drained of all sound. the chatter from the living room, jola's laughter echoing down the hallway, the smell of food coming from the kitchen, it all faded into the background as recognition settled between the two of you.
jaafar looked just as surprised as you felt.
before you could even think of stepping back, he crossed the small distance between you and wrapped you in a quick hug. it wasn't lingering or inappropriate, just familiar enough to make your stomach knot itself into impossible shapes. your body reacted before your mind could catch up, stiffening beneath his arms while your heart pounded so hard you were certain everyone around you could hear it.
as he pulled away, he leaned in ever so slightly, his lips just close enough to your ear that no one else would catch what he said.
"what are you doing here?"
his voice was soft, almost amused by the absurdity of the situation, but there was genuine confusion underneath it. he searched your face for an answer, though neither of you had one to give.
you barely managed a nervous smile before he stepped back as though nothing had happened.
jermajesty's hand found yours almost immediately.
his thumb brushed absentmindedly across your knuckles, a habit he'd picked up whenever he sensed you were anxious, and you hated how guilty it made you feel. he looked between you and jaafar for a second longer than normal, his smile faltering just enough for you to notice.
"gen's told me so much about you," you said, forcing a small laugh as you held your hand out. "i'm y/n."
it sounded ridiculous introducing yourself to someone who already knew exactly who you were.
jaafar understood the game immediately.
he slipped his hand into yours with the same polite smile. "nice to meet you."
the lie settled between you both without another word.
thankfully, genevieve was already ushering everyone further into the house before the silence had the chance to grow uncomfortable.
the afternoon blurred together in the way family gatherings always seemed to. someone had music playing low enough to fill the quiet moments without interrupting conversations, relatives drifted between the backyard and the kitchen with paper plates balanced in their hands, and every few minutes another aunt or cousin stopped you to ask how you and jermajesty had met. everyone welcomed you so effortlessly that under any other circumstance, you would have relaxed within the first hour.
instead, your nerves only seemed to tighten.
every time you convinced yourself you were finally acting normal, you'd catch a glimpse of jaafar somewhere across the yard.
sometimes he was laughing with his brothers and cousins.
sometimes he was helping his aunt, latoya, move chairs around the patio.
sometimes he wasn't doing anything at all.
and somehow, almost every time your eyes found him, his found yours too.
neither of you looked away because there were lingering feelings.
it was something much simpler than that.
the quiet, mutual realization that one stupid decision made years ago had somehow followed both of you into the last place either of you expected.
jermajesty noticed long before either of you realized he had.
he noticed how your conversations would abruptly end whenever jaafar walked into the room. he noticed the way you'd instinctively look anywhere else whenever his brother stood too close, and how jaafar suddenly became oddly interested in whatever was happening across the house instead of joining everyone else. none of it made sense on its own, but together it formed a pattern that refused to leave the back of his mind.
it sat there for the rest of the afternoon, quietly eating away at him.
later, genevieve asked if you could grab another pitcher of lemonade from the kitchen before dinner. the moment she finished speaking, you were already volunteering.
the house felt blissfully quiet compared to the backyard. you rested both hands on the refrigerator door for a second, letting out a slow breath you hadn't realized you'd been holding before reaching for the pitcher.
"so... we're really pretending we don't know each other?"
his voice came from behind you.
you squeezed your eyes shut.
turning around slowly, you found jaafar leaning against the counter with his arms folded across his chest. he didn't look smug or amused.
if anything, he looked just as uncomfortable as you felt.
"what else are we supposed to do?" you asked quietly. "tell your brother that we made out at some random party years before i even knew he existed?"
he rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish laugh.
"when you say it out loud, it sounds way worse."
a heavy silence settled between you.
"for what it's worth," he said after a moment, "i wasn't expecting this."
before either of you could say another word, footsteps echoed down the hallway.
jermajesty appeared in the doorway carrying an empty serving tray before stopping completely.
his eyes moved from you to jaafar then back to you again.
the silence in the kitchen spoke louder than either of you ever could.
"everything okay?" he asked.
"yeah," you answered a little too fast.
"just talking," jaafar added.
jermajesty's brows pulled together.
you looked at jaafar, jaafar looked at you.
that tiny exchange was all it took.
"...have you two met before?"
your chest tightened, there wasn't a lie believable enough to save you now.
his expression shifted almost instantly.
"a party," you admitted quietly, unable to meet his eyes.
you could almost see the realization piecing itself together in his head.
your throat felt impossibly dry.
the words hung in the air like smoke.
jermajesty didn't react right away.
he simply stared at you, then slowly looked over at jaafar as though hoping one of you would laugh and tell him it was some elaborate joke.
he let out a slow breath before dragging a hand down his face.
"you're telling me..." he said quietly, "...my girl made out with my brother?"
"before i met you," you answered immediately, taking a small step toward him. "maj, i didn't know he was your brother. i swear, if i had known, i would've told you the second i realized."
"she's telling the truth. it was one night. nothing happened after that."
jermajesty looked between the two of you, his jaw tightening.
he believed you, that was the worst part.
he knew you hadn't cheated on him, he knew neither of you had done anything wrong.
but knowing that didn't stop the jealousy curling tightly around his chest.
he couldn't stop picturing it.
he didn't want to imagine his brother touching you, kissing you, making you laugh the way he did now, but the image forced itself into his mind anyway. he hated it. he hated that he'd never be able to unknow it.
"all day..." he laughed quietly, though there wasn't an ounce of humor in it. "i kept catching you two looking at each other and i thought i was losing my mind."
your eyes filled before you even realized it.
"i wasn't looking because i wanted him."
your voice came out barely above a whisper.
"i was looking because i knew if you found out, it'd hurt you. i've been scared of this conversation since the second i walked through the front door."
his eyes finally met yours.
the jealousy was still there, stubborn and impossible to ignore, but beneath it sat something far heavier.
not because he'd lost your trust.
because he'd spent the whole afternoon unknowingly standing between two people who shared a memory he could never erase, no matter how badly he wished it had never happened.
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