Imagine Being Ben's Little Sister And Having A Huge Crush On Riley Poole But He Thinks He's Too Old/Nerdy For You So He Never Made A Move And Always Tried To Keep Distance Between You Two
A/N: Yes yes I've thought and dreamt of this ok leave me alone 😭
Warnings: Angstiness but barely, shy Riley bc that is a warning, like the tiniest bit of swearing
Another A/N: Sorry lol I read somewhere (probably not a trustable site-) that Riley was born in the 1970's and since National Treasure was made in 2004 I'm just gonna assume he was born in 1976 and he's 28. Reader would be 20 in this case. 😬
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When your older brother Ben has called wou while you were at work and asked you for help, you were surprised to say the least. I mean you knew where he was and knew what he did but you never thought you'd be treasure hunting as well.
When you did get there you got along really well with everyone else. You always thought it was a shame Ian had gone rogue. He was a good friend to you.
But your favorite part of the entire process was getting to know Riley Poole.
He was so amazing, and a huge asset to the team. And maybe you harbored a gigantic small crush on him. I mean who could blame you? He was so smart, sarcastic, funny, and just so adorable.
Early on Ben had figured out your crush on Riley, he was your big brother after all. He knew you best.
"Wait wait wait, if you like Riley just tell-"
"BEN! SHHH- he might hear you, you ding dong!"
You were quite obvious when it came to having a crush on Riley, even though it wasn't intentional. Abigail knew, Ben knew, unfortunately your dad knew, but you weren't quite sure if Riley knew.
"Dad." Ben said
Where's the party?
Uh, well, uh...
I'm in a little trouble.
Is she pregnant?
Well, if she is are you gonna leave the woman carrying your grandchild standing out in the cold?
You all walked in your dad's house and Riley found his way on the couch while Ben and Abigail headed to the kitchen. Your dad had pulled you to a corner to ask a question.
"What the hell are you, Ben and your boyfriend doing here? And who's that girl?"
"I- he's not my boyfriend dad he's Riley. And that girl is Abigail."
He looked at you as if you were lying, sighed and went back to the living room.
Pointing at Ben your dad had said, "And he dragged you two into this?"
"Literally."
"I volunteered." You smiled widely at that, how dare he sound so cute saying something so basic.
"Well, unvolunteer, before you waste your life."
"Knock it off, Dad." You and Ben said at the same time.
"Sure, sure, I know, I'm the family kook. I have a job, a house, health insurance. At least I had your mother, for however brief a time. At least I had you. What do you have? Him?"
"Dad!" You said, starting to get annoyed. You could see why he was mad, and he had a reason to be. That didn't mean he needed to talk to Riley like that.
You remembered that same night you guys had taken your dad's car and drove off. You felt bad for taking him to the chair but at least he agreed to it..
Ben and Abigail were in the front of the car and you and Riley were in the back.
It took a lot of convincing on your part to assure him that it was ok that the both of you guys laid down together in the back.
"I'm hungry. This car smells weird." He whined sleepily.
You giggled and shushed him. Since he was pretty much laying on top of you, you stroked his nose gently until you saw him fall asleep. As you started to fall asleep yourself you felt his arms tighten slightly around your waist and he nuzzled into you a bit more.
"Hmm, g'night love." He said so quietly you barely even heard it. Those three words were your last thoughts before you fell asleep with Riley in your arms.
This happened two days ago, and currently you, your brother, Abby as she now allowed you to call her, and Riley were taking a break in a pretty field Abby had spotted.
You so desperately wanted to talk to Riley about everything but you were afraid he'd dismiss you. You didn't want to make your friendship with him weird.
You watched as Ben and Abigail walked up to a farther end of the field. Just before they were out of sight you got a text message from Ben.
Tell him now before I kick you. Love you. You got this.
You rolled your eyes affectionately and answered back.
You think he'll say yes?
How the hell would I know? Ask him and you'll find out.
Wow so supportive big bro.
Hey now, he cares for you we all know that. It'll be fine, do it now.
Ok. Love you too.
"Hey.. Riley?"
"Yeah?" He said while typing on his laptop.
"Can I talk to you about something?"
"Uh- yeah sure." He set his laptop aside and turned to face you. Blue eyes attentive and making you more nervous by the second.
"I uhm- well I wanted to ask- well no I just uhm. I wanted to know if you remembered what you told me when you fell asleep on me in my dad's car."
"Uhm..I was hungry and the car smelled weird? Which it did by the way."
"Well yeah but after..you were telling me goodnight and..."
"And...?"
"And..you called me something.."
"I don't uhm- know what you're talking about."
"RileyIlikeyou." You blurted out.
"I- god I know..I know you like me y/n.."
"So then why didn't you ever-"
"Because y/n look at you. You have your whole life ahead of you ok? You're young and smart and so incredibly beautiful it's ridiculous and I really really like you but you and I don't make sense. Ok you're 20 and I'm pushing 30's right now."
"Riley..I don't care about that."
"Well- I do. What would everyone say?"
"Nobody would say anything Riley."
"I- I want this to work..but I'm scared of what'll happen if it doesn't. I care about you y/n..I don't want to lose you.
"Riley you won't lose me." You scooted closer to him and he wrapped an arm around your waist.
"So..are we- you know." He said
"Well yeah, I guess we should probably everyone know before someone gets a heart attack at possible nicknames or PDA." You said chuckling at that thought.
Riley laughed at that.
"Alright then sweetheart who should we start with?" He said dragging out the new nickname.
"My dad?" You said with a teasing smirk, wiggling your eyebrows at him.
"Y/n no, your dad terrifies me."
"Fine. How about my mom?"
"No-"
"Ben and Abby?"
"Yes, yes let's do that." He said and you smiled.
Your phone buzzed again and you checked it while sitting next to Riley.
See, told you it'd work out. Ding dong.
Shut up Ben.
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