Javi is my favorite Pedro character. I always wondered what that first year after leaving the DEA would be like for him. How would his partner help him and support him with that change? Personally, I think one of the first steps would be getting away from everything and teaching him how to relax. What would that first vacation be like?!
i have a couple ideas/wips that deal with javi after leaving the dea, but those are for a later date…
(also, after i wrote this i realized readers plotline isn’t super normal. imagine that she’s an american expat, met javi while in colombia, moved in with him there, and moved back to the us with him.)
javi left the dea filled with rage. every turn in his last year, there were people, people he was supposed to trust and depend upon, who would stop him.
working with his father for a while was the only thing that helped him calm down.
it was a long process, where you, staying with the peña’s in laredo for the time being, woke up to an empty bed and didn’t see javi until lunch time, when he game in, sweaty and exhausted
usually chucho was scolding him for pushing himself too far and you were never sure when to step in
you always are lunch with him and sat on the couch for an hour or so to watch the news in silence.
you usually ended up asleep on his lap
evenings after chucho went to bed were slow and quiet and intense in a way you never expected
some nights he’d break down and cry and you would just hold him against your chest
other nights you’d explore each others’ bodies, your touch light and full of intent
his hands were firm and sometimes he’d hold you as tight as he could without hurting you and you knew it was because he needed to know you were there and real
he’d wake up sometimes in the middle of the night
after the first few nights where he’d disappear for an hour to walk around the property, you made sure he’d wake you up
you would ask him to tell you about it
when he didn’t want to talk he’d ask you to ramble on about your dreams
after three months, you had started looking around for houses in laredo, not wanting to be a burden on chucho anymore
“who says we have to stay in laredo?”
you didn’t know how to respond to that
“i thought you wanted to be here with your family”
“i wanted to get away, that’s why i joined…”
he still hadn’t said ‘dea’ since he left. just the mention of it was enough to tick him off.
you asked him where he wanted to go and he didn’t know
“what if we took a road trip? we could spend a month or two just going around the us. seeing what we like. relaxing.”
you pulled him in closer and pressed a kiss onto his lips
it had been a long time since you had gotten him to agree to something relaxing
“i bet my dad will be glad we’re out of the house for a while,” javier smirked
“yeah, and in a hotel we can be a little bit louder”