General headcanons for JB in a romantic relationship with a girl.. i love JB SOOO much, and i love your writing so I'd really love seeing what you come up with :3
♦ JB in a relationship with a girl ♦
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JB is deep, deep, deeply caught in the clutches of hetcomp.
She’s a triplet, one of three identical sisters, which meant so much of her life was spent trying to set herself apart, be her own person, and be JB instead of just "one of the triplets."
And she found that in the validation that came with male attention.
It’s not like she hated men or anything. That wasn’t really the problem, she had fun messing around with them, don’t get her wrong, but the real thrill was always the chase, the game of it all.
That’s why she put so much effort into pursuing the so-called “difficult” ones. It was never really about them, it was about winning. About making them want her.
So she fell into a pattern: she’d fixate on some guy, someone sufficiently attractive and hard to get, and she’d go after him with everything she had.
Either she’d win him over with her charm and cunning, or just wear him down through sheer persistence. And then the second the relationship started to settle, to lose that newness, she lost interest.
Rinse and repeat.
So when she finally starts realizing she might like girls? Yeah. It wrecks her.
So much of her sense of self has been built around being the boy-crazy one. So she’s in deep denial.
She’s just curious. It’s normal to think about kissing pretty girls, right? Everyone does that.
And okay, yeah, she did get a little jealous over Alicia when they were little, but that was just because they were friends! Obviously.
But eventually, she gives in to that curiosity. Kisses a girl at a party, fully expecting that once she gets it “over with,” she’ll stop thinking about it.
Except she doesn’t.
And that changes everything.
Getting a girlfriend is a huge deal for JB. It’s not just about dating, it’s about unlearning everything she thought she knew about herself, and undoing many thought patterns she spent years stuck in.
Learning she was into women meant that she'd have double the number of targets, yes, but also that she'd get double the amount of rejections
JB’s got standards, though. Always has and always will.
If she’s going to do this whole “dating a girl” thing for real, she’s not settling for just anyone.
Her type is still "difficult";
She likes the challenge.
People who are cool and confident, who match her with or outmanoeuvre her sometimes, someone who sees through her bullshit and calls her out on it, someone who other people would consider being above her league (not like such a thing really exists, anyway) or the responsible, mature type that would never consider dating her in a million years until she does.
JB's still prone to getting bored if things get too predictable, but she learns that stability and excitement don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
Her girlfriend has ways of keeping her on her toes, and she learns to really appreciate the comfort of a long-term relationship;
She loves showing off her girlfriend. In the most obnoxious, borderline performative ways possible.
An arm wrapped around her waist at all times, the smuggest little smirk whenever someone looks at them, dramatically sighing about how lucky she is within earshot of anyone who’ll listen, and especially people who don't.
She’s still a flirt, still effortlessly charming, but for the first time, she actually gives a shit about boundaries
If her girlfriend is uncomfortable with how she acts around others, JB will pretend to be all exasperated about it, sighing dramatically and calling her possessive, but she does tone it down a lot
She's really good to her gf even if she continues to be a perv :((
JB is good at reading her partner and learning how to deal with her quirks. Her gift-giving game is downright IMPECCABLE;
And she'd be happy to have a partner who gives a shit about important dates and is actually able to communicate her wants and needs
I have considered for a while having JB and Jeremy get back together in my Baxter Route world (for info, check OC tags on this post), but I honestly have not decided what I want their dynamic to be. Because realistically they don't see each other until Eliza meets the rest of them when the squad is in their late 30s. If they are no longer complete losers what is even the point 💔
