jaafar x reader | one shot | ♯fluff
Beach house neighborhood on a 4th of July weekend. Like all years, your family was the host of the party. All neighbors and their families were invited as usual. Everyone brought food, drinks, desserts, even fireworks to light up during the night.
You were the type to grab snacks and go back to your room and watch fireworks from your window. However, your mom was pushing you to stay outside of your room for the night and join them in the celebration.
You were on your room getting ready, late as usual and you heard a knock on your door.
“𝙐𝙜𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚” you said to yourself. Walked at the door and opened it with an attitude but it wasn’t one of your siblings who you expected to be there.
“𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙝- 𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙮! 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚” he said smiling at you.
You looked shocked, not really because it wasn’t who you expected it to be, but to who it was.
“𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚?” you said out of shock a bit too fast for him to understand you.
“𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩?“ he said confused at your expression.
“𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲.” you answered and closed the door as fast as you could.
You sat down on the corner of your bed trying to process who you saw.
It was your long time crush, Jaafar. Who moved from his family home 5 years ago for college to a different state; and you thought to yourself you would never see again (or maybe, not this way).
You got ready quickly and while walking to the kitchen to grab some snacks you saw him there, in your living room, sitting down one hand holding a drink and the other scrolling through his phone.
Everyone else was on your beachfront backyard, except from the kids and some neighbor moms that were inside the house, including him.
You reached into the fridge scanning the shelves for some drinks. Grabbed a bottle of beer and closed the door only to find someone standing right behind you. It was Jaafar.
You gasped, nearly jumping out of your skin. “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚!”
“𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩” he giggled at your reaction. “𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚?” pointing at the beer bottles you had on your hand.
“𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣𝙚” you said.
“𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙪𝙥? 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨’𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨.” You both agreed and walked to the beach where the campfire was already lit.
The whole night was full of conversations between you and him; from college talks, memories and jokes the fireworks had started.
Fireworks had always been your favorite.
You stood there in the sand watching the colors burst across the night sky, smiling every time another one lit up the beach.
You were completely lost in the moment, your eyes following each explosion of lights and colors as if nothing else around you existed.
Jaafar looked up at the fireworks too, but only for a while. Every now and then, his eyes wandered back to you as if he wanted to tell you something.
He couldn't help but smile a little at how amused you looked, the bright flashes reflecting in your eyes as you watched the sky.
Without realizing it, you had become just as interesting to watch as the fireworks themselves.
Between the beach waves sound and loud booms from the fireworks he finally found courage to speak.
He leaned closer to your ear catching your attention.
“𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚?” he said softly.
You looked at him and nodded.
Without saying much, both of you wandered farther down the shoreline, the sounds of music from your backyard slowly fading behind you.
Jaafar slipped his hands into his pockets, letting out a nervous laugh.
"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩"
You looked at him curiously but your heart was already pounding so hard you could feel it in your throat.
"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚" you said before he continued.
A comfortable silence settled between you two while looking at the waves who shined with the moonlight while you both kept walking slowly before he spoke again.
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬... 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 5 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚”
"𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚" he said with a small laugh. "𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪”
He looked down at the sand, gently kicking a shell out of his way.
"𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪.. 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚”
"𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩, 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮" he said almost embarrassed.
"𝙄 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙄'𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙙"
"𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜." he answered.
"𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝙎𝙤 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨. 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣… 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨” he giggled.
“𝙤𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙” you said while holding your face with your hand out of embarrassment.
“𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝” he laughed softly.
“𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩; 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙" he confessed. "𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚.. 𝙞 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪”
Your heart about to burst out of excitement, happiness and confusion you stood there looking at him. It was like all those years of memories were alive again.
The same boy you'd spent years trying to get over was now, standing in front of you, admitting that he'd felt the same all along.
“𝙎𝙤.. 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚??” you asked and he nodded. “𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚?”
“𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜” he answered.
“𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙅𝙖𝙖𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤” you laughed with looking down at the bottle on your hands half empty.
“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪?” you asked confused.,
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙩𝙡𝙚"
Your face immediately warmed in embarrassment.
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮" He chuckled "𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 4𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙮, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣."
For a moment, neither of you spoke.
The only sounds were the waves rolling onto the shore and the distant cheers every time another firework lit up the sky.
But you didn’t let him finish the sentence.
Almost as if you were holding it back for so many years, you broke the distance and gave him a small peck on the lips.
"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩” he said with a smile breaking the distance again.
The kiss was soft and unhurried, the kind that carried years of unspoken feelings rather than trying to make up for them all at once.
When you pulled away, neither of you moved very far. He rested his forehead against yours, smiling to himself.
"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚” he said smiling.
Another firework burst above the ocean, filling the sky with gold and blue.
This time, neither of you looked up.
For the first time in years, you were exactly where you both wanted to be.
