*whispers* you should tell us about the dad au (if you wanna)💙💜
Oh Anon ask and you shall receive!
So the AU is a few years down the road. JJ went and married Isabella and things were good for a bit. Except they decided to start a family, and were having a really rough time. It put a lot of stress on them and thus the relationship, and then JJ found out he’s sterile and that was the problem the entire time. So he feels horrible because Isabella wanted a baby so badly, and he feels like he failed her (and there’s a blow to his masculinity over it, thanks society). And they’re both aware that adoption is a great option, but they’ve just fallen apart through all the attempts and failures, and it gets to the point where they just can’t be together.
So they get a divorce. And they’re both hurt, but it’s what they need right now. Space.
And I don’t exactly know where it happens, but JJ runs into Chris again. Since it’s years down the road Chris probably isn’t competing now (maybe JJ has even stopped, all things considered. Maybe this is his first year not competing). But they run into each other and it’s kind of nice for JJ to meet someone who he has some good memories with. After all, Chris was solid competition.
I’m not entirely sure how JJ finds out, but it turns out Chris is a dad now. He’s got an adorable little boy with his green eyes and blond hair like Chris usually dyes it (JJ has a moment of what is your actual hair color I don’t know anymore). I’m a bit iffy on all the details about it, but I know Chris had a surrogate and the boy is biologically his (he looks so much like his dad!) I was contemplating Chris having a boyfriend who said he wanted a family but then decided at the last minute he didn’t, and Chris wasn’t about to give this up. So he raises his son on his own.
And JJ just sort of... sticks around. Because he’s trying to heal and find himself again, and Chris is actually open to having him around. Maybe he brings some good memories back for him too. And Chris’s son adores JJ holy crap. JJ is willing to play with him, and when he holds him he never wants to put him down.
It’s real eye opening for JJ because it makes him realize he really does want to have kids. And it hurts because he feels like he took this from Isabella, and he hopes she’s okay. He does miss her and he doesn’t want her completely out of his life, he wants to be her friend at the end. Because she was always there for him.
Anyway, we’ve got JJ bonding with Chris’s son, and totally falling for Chris at the same time. He sees that he’s such a good dad, and he really feels like he’s seeing all these sides he never did. He was used to over-the-type hyper sexualized Chris. Not this really tender, silly sort. Not the one who makes endless faces just to get his toddler to giggle until he hiccups.
And JJ is so freaked out by the attraction, because he didn’t expect it. And he’s not sure he’s ready for it yet- and god, he worries what Chris will say. He feels like he has to swallow it up and pretend it’s not there. Except that Chris is growing so fond of him. JJ was always so confident, and seeing him mellow and meek is eye opening. And seeing how good he is with his son- and how much his son adores him- Chris can’t help it. He falls too.
And they have to take it slow. Because JJ admits, whenever they get to that point, that he’s concerned, he doesn’t know what he’s ready for. But just imagine these two on the couch, Chris with his arm around JJ who is half laying on his chest, the little toddler on Chris’s lap and asleep against JJ. It’s peace and calm and it’s what both JJ and Chris need, before they rediscover that burning sort of passionate sides to themselves.
