Modern!John Shelby x Black Reader~ Headcannon.
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~You met when he came to Help Ada and Michael establish a new branch Of Shelby Bros. limited in Los Angeles, Ca.
~You met at a bar. Michael was trying to hook up with your friend. You were over the sauve, “Ive got money and a cool accent vibe” and ended the night early.
~Later that week you ran into each other at a bagel shop that was halfway between both of your jobs.
~John recognized you first and apologized for acting like An ass.
~After a few chance run ins at the bagel shop he asked you to dinner properly. And it took off.
~He gets along very well with your brother says he’s a poor bastard for being the only the boy. Thats when you remind him that you and your sister were much nicer to him than his brothers ever were to Ada.
~Your cousins introducing him to American Football.
~Your brother and cousins whoop his ass in basketball every weekend.
~He enjoys the holidays with your friends vs family, cause you guys just watch Old music videos on youtube and play board games. But when it turns to a Beyonce marathon he goes in the room with your Brother and His friends and plays video games. He’s shit at first person shooters. But he knows how to shoot a real gun so who cares really.
~Your family is very uppity and christian and he has a hard time with black family rules like.
~Its very hard to find people that arent intimidated by him and his family in England. But here he’s just “your little friend”
No PDA in front of the family
No cursing. He messed that up once, when Tommy called during a visit, and he went to hang up. “Fucking Hell, Tommy”
“Tell your little friend no cursing in my Christian house.”
“Watch yo language youngin”
Changing the subject every time his very violent and very illegal job is brought up.
“What it is you do again?”
“He’s an accountant” technically not a lie. But not the truth either.
Having to enter the house and greet each person individually with a hug and a kiss
Letting the elders serve themselves first.
You had to punch him in the hip when he stood and started towards the kitchen after they announced dinner was ready. The whole room froze looked at you like “get your heathen boyfriend to behave”
You stage whispered “sit your ass down” “Why? Its ready and Im fuc- very hungry”
He was shocked and appalled when you got attacked for not making him a plate. “You’re not gonna make him a plate?” You looked around dramatically, “Im sorry, whats wrong with his legs?” “Why would she make me a plate? Im not helpless” Your Aunt side eyed him, and he shut right the hell up.
Having to tell him not to eat food that Aunt Shirley brought because it was always ice cold, flavorless and colorless.
He accidentally put chitlin’s on his plate cause you were too busy arguing with your cousin over something that happened when you both were 5.
“I didnt know you liked chitlin’s baby?” Asked your grandmother.
He looked confused. “Whats a chitlin?” Being a great girlfriend you kept your mouth shut watched intently waiting for him to taste them.
It did not go well. Trying to be polite he just smiled and turned bright red continued to eat it.
“You know that’s pig intestine right?”
He spit everything out on his plate.
“Time to go get him some unseasoned potatoes”
~He refused another family Holiday after that.
~You were not interested in his gangster status. It was actually the source of lots of fight. “You’re smart John, I just dont see why you cant make a honest living”
~You told him once “If any harm comes to me and mine on account of you I will not hesitate to leave and never come back”
~He always took you to fancy places to eat around town. After the first few months you had to admit to him. “I appreciate this, I really do. But its just not my scene. Can we go to the bar with $6 whiskey and the bomb garlic fries instead?”
~White women flirting with him in your presence cause they never assumed you were a couple. John would put his arm around you, “sorry, Im taken” Lots of dirty looks from women.
~He likes that you had no idea what a Shelby was, meant you liked him for who he was and not what he had to offer.
~He tried to pull your hair during sex once. It was like one of those scenes in a movie where everything stops “see what we not gonna do...”
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