#shawn fluff

[shawnmendesbuddy]

Doubts

Summary: Y/N and Shawn both have big dreams, but what happens when those dreams interfere with the other person’s?

Warnings: None

Part 2

Y/N was a hardworking and talented woman. She longed to be a lawyer, and no one was going to stop her from doing just that. It took her years to finally get off Harvard’s wait list and get accepted into the college. After that, it had been a long and grueling process to get to where she was; an intern for one of the best law firms in the world.  

Along with working hard came distance from her friends and family. She struggled to keep in contact while she studied for many hours a day. However, there was one person who was relentless and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t cut ties with him.  

Shawn Mendes was her amazing loving boyfriend whom she had tried to break up with at least five times during the span of her law school days. He refused to let her. He knew the only reason she was breaking up with him—or at least trying to—was because she felt bad that she couldn’t spend lots of time with him.  

Not only was their relationship strained because of her job, but Shawn was an international rock star! But he made time for Y/N. She was his top priority, even above music. Because he felt it in his heart that she was the one. And so, whenever she tried to break up with him, he told her that he would quit his music if she did. Because honestly and truly, his music was worth nothing if she wasn’t a part of his life.  

So, with all the sacrifices Shawn was making came a frustrated manager, a loss of fans, and an increase of hate comments left on his social media accounts. To say Shawn was struggling was an understatement. And that was part of the reason why Y/N wanted to break up with him.  

Regardless, Shawn wouldn’t let her. He was getting exhausted though. He just wanted to know for sure that Y/N wasn’t going to pull her bullshit “breaking up with him” spiel again. He was agitated because he felt like he was putting more into the relationship, which really sucked for him because he was making a lot of sacrifices for her.  

Y/N did love Shawn, but it was really hard for her to focus on him and her career at the same time. And to top it all off, she knew she wasn’t good enough for him. He was a household name, and she was just some law student hoping that something would come out of her internship.  

Because of these things, their relationship had been strained. Y/N found it easier to stop going to Shawn’s house after work to avoid the arguments, while Shawn would just end up going to her house instead where the fight would ensue.  

It was always sharp jabs thrown at each other, nothing too serious. Until one day when Shawn had been yelled at by his manager for showing up late for the studio again. Truth be told, he was trying to fix Y/N breakfast to apologize for the fight they had had the night before. Unfortunately, this only added to Shawn’s stress.  

He was fighting so hard for their relationship, but Y/N seemed like she wanted to give up. She said she was ‘tired,’ and that she ‘couldn’t keep fighting anymore.’ And while Shawn understood her reasoning, he was fighting for her with everything in him.  

After being yelled at by Andrew, he got an unexpected call from Brian asking if he was still up for getting drinks that night. And as much as Shawn wanted to accept, he knew that he needed to fix his relationship first.  

He knew Y/N cared about him and really did want to be with him, but she was damaging their relationship by not trying to put Shawn first. And at this point, he was sick of it. He loved, he really did, but it was becoming too hard for him. He needed to confront her and communicate the way he felt to her.  

But when he arrived at her house that night to visit her, he didn’t expect to see a nice dinner made and her table set for two.  

“Surprise!” She greeted him in the kitchen, her hair tied in a bun at the top of her head. She had an apron on and flour coated her face. “I thought I would make us some dinner. We both need some quality time with each other.”  

Shawn smiled sweetly at her. It was moments like this that made him fight for her. “This is wonderful darling. Thank you so much!” He kissed her on the head and helped her finish off dinner.  

*** 

“So, Shawn as much as I love to cook for you, I actually invited you over tonight to tell you about how I got the job!”  

Ah yes, the job. The one she had been wanting for a year now. The one that made Shawn release the album four months late because he was so busy chasing her all around the country so she could get the job. He had sacrificed just as much, if not more for her job than she had.  

“Hmm,” he wanted to be happy for her, he truly did.  

But he also wanted to settle down and start a family and it was proving to be very difficult to do so when his girlfriend wasn’t around for more than five hours of the day. How was he supposed to find a time to propose to her in the chaos of it all?!  

He had brought the ring everywhere with him since he got it, which was five months ago. And every time he got close to her proposing, she seemed to always have to take a call or run into the office. It was infuriating.  

He knew he wasn’t perfect, and he also wasn’t around a lot, but he was around more than she was and that was saying something because his job was a lot more tasking than hers, truth be told.  

“That’s great darling,” he said. He tried to make it sound exciting, but he was also hiding a lot of disappointment. He was hoping she wasn’t going to get the job. She was very ambitious, and he loved her for that, but her having this job meant that they would spend even more time apart.  

“You’re not happy. You’re disappointed,” she said nervously. She had been on edge and didn’t want to tell him about her job because she had suspected this reaction. He was exhausted and she understood that. He didn’t want to keep chasing her around and she also understood that. But couldn’t he at least be happy for her, or at least pretend to?  

“No, honey I’m not. It’s just that…well I didn’t want to spoil the surprise, but I’m going on tour again and I was hoping you would come with me. But with this new job…it’s just…. never mind.” He sighed defeatedly.  

“So, you just expected me to put my life on hold to go on this tour with you?! Shawn, you knew that if I got the job that I would be busy! I told you that! And now you want to get all mad at me for not being able to go on tour with you?!” 

“It’s not like that and you know it’s not like that! Stop trying to pin this on me! I’ve made so many sacrifices for you and I thought that maybe you could sacrifice for me just this once!”  

“Did you really just say that?!” Y/N shook her head. “I gave you so many opportunities to have an out! I tried breaking up with you multiple times! You had your chance to do it then! To walk out of my life and you didn’t take it! And those were my warnings to you! 

“So now I’m giving you another chance: if you don’t want to do this with me and you can’t handle doing your job and having an ambitious partner, then I’m not the right one for you!”  

Shawn felt his breath leave his body. After everything he had done, after everything he had been through. “It’s not that I don’t love you being ambitious! I really admire you for it. It’s the fact that you won’t let me have my dreams too! It’s just your dreams and what you want! How many times in the last year have you flown with me out to LA when I was recording my album. Which by the way happened to release months past the due date because I was with you! So don’t you dare tell me I don’t care about you and this relationship. If anything, it’s you who doesn’t care!” 

At this point, it was a full-on screaming match. “You know what, if you’re not brave enough to do it, then I will. I’m breaking up with you Shawn. If we both can’t have our dreams, then it’s not worth it. I wish you the best, but I can’t be with someone who won’t allow me to do my own thing.”  

Shawn stared at her for a few moments in utter shock. “Fine! If you don’t want to fight for me—for us—so, be it! Because I’m done! All I’ve done for the past year is try to hold us together and I can’t anymore. Thanks for wasting two years of my life and causing all my fans to be mad at me!”  

He stormed over to the entry of the house, pulled on his boots, and left with a slam of the door. Y/N stared after him, realizing the second that he left, how very wrong she had been.  

A/N: School’s almost out! One more week and then I’m free! But anyways, here’s a little something I came up with! Let me know if you like it and want a part two!  

[shawnmendesbuddy]

Mother’s Day

Summary: Mother’s Day is coming and reader and Shawn find out some exciting news

Warnings: None

“Shawn…I know we were planning on just relaxing for this week, but I really feel like we should go see your parents,” Y/N said, sitting down on the couch next to her husband of two months. He wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her closer into him, inhaling her sweet scent.  

“Hmm, what about your parents?” 

“We saw them last week. Plus, it’s Mother’s Day and we haven’t seen them since the wedding. I mean I know we’re in LA and they’re all the way in Canada, but I think we should go see them. And besides, don’t you want to see Liyah?”  

“Yeah, I guess you’re right,” he sighed resting his head on her neck and pressing gentle kisses to her shoulder. “I’ll book plane tickets tonight then. When do you want to leave?”  

“Well maybe we should talk to them first and make sure they don’t have anything going on,” She chuckled at her husband’s excitement.  

“Sure, I’ll call them right now.” Shawn pulled away from his wife’s touch and grabbed his phone from his pocket. He hit the call button on his dad’s contact.  

Manny picked up right away. “Hey dad! How’s it going?” Shawn put the phone on speaker and rested it on the coffee table, snaking his arms around his wife again.  

“What’s up son? It’s been a minute since you’ve called me, bud. How are you and Y/N?” 

“Hey Manny,” Y/N said, “We’re doing great! Your son is the best husband I could’ve ever asked for.” She felt Shawn lightly pinch her side in a teasing way.  

“I’m glad to hear that. What’re you guys up to?” 

“What are you and mom planning on doing for Mother’s Day? We want to fly out to see you guys!” 

“You’re kidding! You guys are flying out this week to see us?!” 

Y/N giggled. “I told you it was the right decision to make.” 

“Of course, it was Y/N’s idea. You always have perfect timing. We were actually thinking about flying out to see you guys, but if you want to come here, that would be great! When are you planning on getting here?” 

“Hmm well we want to be there for Mother’s Day so maybe we’ll fly out Thursday night and get there Friday morning?” Shawn looked to his wife to make sure she was okay with that.  

“Yeah, that sounds good,” she said.  

“I agree,” Manny said. “Alright well I’ll talk to you kids tomorrow and figure out the details. Love you!” 

“Love you too,” Y/N and Shawn said in unison.  

Shawn hung up the phone and laid his head down on the couch, pulling Y/N with him. She fell on top of him as they both giggled, staring into each other’s eyes passionately.  

*** 

            The next morning woke up with a stomachache. She ran to the toilet and threw up, Shawn quickly followed after her and held her hair back. He knelt next to her pulling her against his chest once she had finished.  

“Babe, you’ve been throwing up a lot lately. Do you think…maybe that you’re pregnant?”  

Shawn and Y/N had been trying to get pregnant since their wedding night, but they hadn’t had any luck. It had only been two months and they weren’t expecting to get pregnant right away, but with the amount of times Y/N had thrown up in the last week, it led Shawn to believe that maybe she was.  

“I…probably. If not, then something’s really wrong with me. So, we should just go get a few tests then.”  

“No, no babe you stay here. I’ll go get them. Let me run you a bath.”  

“You really don’t have to do that Shawn.” 

“I know, but I want to. C’mere, let me braid your hair.” He gently braided her hair down her back and started the bath for her. He added a lavender bath bomb to it and then kissed her lips a few times before pulling back.  

“Anything else you want me to get for you while I’m out?” He rubbed her shoulders up and down, his nose caressing hers.  

“Maybe a cinnamon roll.” 

“Anything for you dear.” He pecked her lips one last time before leaving her standing in the bathroom, touching her lips where his had just been. Even though they had been married for two months and dated for a year before that, they both still acted like teenagers in love.  

*** 

“Honey, I’m home!” Shawn had yelled as he took off his shoes and trudged up the stairs to their bedroom. He found her laying on their bed, a book in hand. She was wearing his sweatpants and one of his jumpers. He smiled at his beautiful wife before setting the cinnamon roll on their bedside table.  

“Thank you dear. Should we go see if we’re pregnant or not?”  

“Mm, let’s do this!”  

It took five minutes after she had peed on the tests for the results to come back. Shawn and Y/N held hands, grasping tightly onto the other. “What if we are pregnant?” 

“Then it will be the second happiest day of my life!” 

“Second?!” 

“The day I married you is the first.”  

“Shawn Mendes, you are such a cheeseball.” 

“Yeah, but you love it.” She gently shoved him as she picked up one of the tests from off the counter, inspecting it. Two blue lines were in the result window. She picked up the other two tests finding the same results.  

She stared at Shawn in shock for a moment.  

“We did it! We’re pregnant!” He picked her up spinning her around and around in a circle and kissing her lips passionately.  

*** 

“Happy Mother’s Day!” Shawn and Y/N passed the bag stuffed with tissue paper towards Karen. She smiled at the two before removing the tissue paper and pulling out a piece of paper.  

Her mouth dropped open, and she discreetly showed it to Manny. “What is it?! I want to see?!” Aaliyah pleaded with her mother. 

“Are you two…pregnant?” She started to tear up.  

“We are.”  

“This is amazing! I couldn’t have asked for a better gift!” She looked at her son and daughter-in-law with pure adoration in her eyes. “Happy Mother’s Day to you too Y/N, thanks for the best present ever!”  

[shawnmendesbuddy]

The Five Senses of Falling in Love

Summary: Shawn falls completely in love with the reader

Warnings: None

Sight: 

It was the first celebrity party he had been invited to and he didn't have a clue how to talk to anyone. He was so star struck by everyone in the room his brain couldn't even begin to process how to start a conversation. He was only a 16-year-old boy for heaven's sakes. He didn't belong with these people. Or at least he felt like he didn't. 

She also happened to be 16, but this was not her first celebrity party. In fact, she had been going to these for years. She had gotten famous at the age of 12 when she went on America's Got Talent and won for her amazing singing. She was then recruited by a record label. She wrote two albums and then started her career as an actor. She was possibly the most famous teen of the decade. 

She had seen him from across the room and instantly blushed. He looked handsome in his black leather jacket, white t-shirt, and black pants. She couldn't deny that she had a little bit of a crush on him. So, when she saw him standing awkwardly in the corner biting his lips, she took the opportunity to talk to him. 

Shawn knew who she was. Of course he did! She was one of his biggest idols. But seeing her in person turned him speechless. He didn't know such beauty could exist in the world. His TV and photos could never do her justice. And when he saw her walking over to him, he panicked and started to walk in the direction of the bathroom until he tripped over his own two feet right in front of her. 

"Are you okay?" She had asked reaching out her hand to help him up. 

His breathing was shallow as he took it and stood up from the floor. "Thanks, and yeah, I'm okay." 

"Is this your first celeb party?" 

Shawn nodded shyly. "Is it really that obvious." 

She shook her head. "No, not really. You just look exactly like how I felt when I went to my first party. It's super nerve-wracking especially when you don't know anyone in the industry and don't want to get involved with the wrong people." "Yeah I think I've already made a fool out of myself, and I've barely even spoken." 

"Don't worry, it's normal to feel like that. I still feel like that sometimes. It's our ego that makes us feel this way, you know. When you first walk into the party you feel on top of the world, like nothing can bring you down. You think you're the coolest person here because you got invited to a celebrity party. And then the first two minutes pass, and if they don't go bad, then something is definitely wrong. 

"And then you realize that you're just a normal person with normal people who just so happened to get some of the same opportunities. But seriously, there are some people who walk around here that they are better than you when you are literally at the same party as them and you're famous, just like them. 

"Sorry, did I overwhelm you," and she sent him the most drop-dead gorgeous smile he had ever seen. 

*** 

Sound: 

Y/N and Shawn ended up talking the whole rest of the party and the night ended in them exchanging numbers and promising to hang out again soon. After that night, they became as close as any two people could become. 

Y/N took Shawn on tour with her as her opening act and it allowed them to become infinitely closer to each other. 

It was the first show of Y/N's world tour and to say he was nervous was an understatement. He really wanted to impress her and her fans, but he was worried that he wasn't good enough to be performing at a Y/N L/N concert! 

At his five-minute call time he exited his dressing room and made his way to the stage entrance. "Alright Shawn, you've done lots of performances before. This is nothing different. You're going to do fantastic!" His manager, Andrew, encouraged him. 

Shawn nodded his head, unable to speak. He feared that if he did, he would vomit all over the ground. He longed for his mother to embrace him and whisper into his ear that he was her 'special boy.' Her words always brought comfort to him. 

He heard feet pounding against the floor behind him and when he turned around, he saw Y/N hurtling towards him full speed. When she reached him, she threw her arms around his neck wrapping him in a bear hug. 

"You're going to do amazing out there. You're so talented and you know it. And that's all you have to do, prove to yourself that you can do this. You don't have to prove anything to me or anyone out there. We already see your potential or else you wouldn't be here. I know how it feels to think that you're not good enough, but once you let your guard down, you realize 'yeah, I'm just a human who loves music and I'm doing what I love.'" 

"Shawn, one minute until you're on stage!" 

The sound of screaming increased out in the crowd and Shawn felt his breathing quicken again. Y/N grabbed him by the shoulders and forced him to look at her. 

"Hey, hey. Just listen to my voice. Match your breathing to mine. Just breathe. In....out....in....out," and Shawn slowly felt his heart rate slow down listening to the beautiful sound of her voice. 

Touch: 

It had been a few years since Y/N and Shawn went on tour together, but they were still as close as peas in a pod. They didn't see each other as much as they used to anymore, but they tried to keep in contact as best as they could. 

It just so happened that Y/N and Shawn were going to be in Glasgow, Scotland at the same time. Y/N was filming a movie and Shawn had a show there. He had invited her to come and she willingly obliged. 

Shawn had been taking medicine for the entirety of his tour to help slow his heart rate enough to perform. Y/N was aware of this, so she was surprised to see him sweating buckets when she had arrived backstage to see him. 

"Are you okay?" She questioned staring him up and down. His breathing seemed erratic, but he was smiling. 

"I'm so happy you're here. I was hoping you would be at the show that I decided to do this. I'm not taking my medicine. I've been taking it in smaller doses recently and I think I can do it! It's just a little nerve-wracking, that's all." 

Y/N smiled softly at him and pulled him into a hug. "I'm so proud of you Shawn! I know you can do it!" 

"Yeah, I know I can do it too. But right now, I need to figure out a way to stop sweating." 

She chuckled and passed him a hand towel that was folded on top of the vanity. "Here. And drink some water. And maybe put on more deodorant, you stink." 

"Hey! I can't help what my sweat glands do," he brushed the towel over his face catching the line of sweat that had trickled down from his hair onto his forehead. 

"It's good to see you, it's been too long." 

"Seriously! And we haven't even facetimed in a hot minute either. I'm gonna say that's my bad though because I've been on a different time schedule almost every day." 

"You're good. Filming has been kind of weird too though." 

"Oh yea, how's the movie coming along?" 

"It's going amazing! Have I told you how hot Tom Holland is before? He's literally an angel sent from above!" 

Shawn sighed. Yes, he had heard of Tom Holland. He had swept every girl off their feet when he had appeared in Spiderman and now, he was sweeping Y/N off her feet, far away from him. He knew that Y/N probably didn't like him like that, and she never would, but it still made him feel jealous. 

He clenched his jaw and answered, "Oh, you know only like every day." 

Y/N blushed, and Shawn chuckled to lighten the mood. "Well, he is! I mean even Aaliyah thinks so and you know how different our taste in guys is." 

"Yeah, I guess that's true." He plopped down on the couch and laid his head against the wall. "I don't know how you do it. Make music, be an actress, direct films. You're amazing. I'm exhausted and I'm just a musician." 

"You flatter me too much and give yourself too little credit. For heaven's sakes Shawn, you're only 20! You've accomplished more than most 20-year-olds have. More than most 80-year-olds have! You're so freaking amazing!" 

Shawn felt his face flush. "Yeah, but look at you." 

"What do I always say? 'Comparison is the thief of joy.' You only should compare yourself to yourself Shawn!" 

"I know, I know. You're right." 

"I'm always right." 

"Hmm, I won't argue with that one." 

A knock sounded on the door and Andrew entered Shawn's dressing room. "How you feeling bud?" 

"I'm actually feeling really good. I can definitely do this!" 

"Well that's good to hear because you're on in 20 minutes!" 

"Okay," he stood from the couch and followed after Andrew to get his guitar. Y/N followed close behind him, latching her hand in his. 

"You're going to be fantastic, and I'll be here cheering the entire time!" 

"Thanks! See you when the show gets done?" 

"Yep." He smiled at her and placed a light kiss to her head. 

*** 

The first two minutes of the show were rough. Shawn's voice shook and his hands couldn't play the right notes, but he saw Y/N backstage and knew he could do this. 

When he transferred to Stage B, he didn't have a chance to see Y/N because his team was so busy with getting him out of his vest and onto to the stage. 

He sat down at the piano and began to tell the story that he had rehearsed earlier that day. "Umm, I've been taking this medicine to slow my heart rate down this entire tour. I get really bad stage anxiety, so the medicine is supposed to help me out. Tonight, I decided I wasn't going to take it. And if it weren't for the angel that was sent to this earth, my best friend Y/N L/N, I don't know if I would've ever been able to get to this point," he choked on a sob. 

"She always pushes me to be better and do better. She's just such an amazing person and I just wanted to give her a shoutout tonight. So, Y/N, wherever you are backstage, I just want to let you know that you're the anchor that keeps me grounded when everything seems wrong. This show tonight is dedicated to you." 

Y/N felt herself tearing up backstage. She was so, so proud of him! 

*** 

When Shawn ran off the stage and into Y/N's arms, she didn't expect to feel his tears falling onto her shoulder. When she pulled back from the hug, her hands immediately went to his face, holding it gently, brushing the tears away. 

"They're tears of joy, promise." And he latched his hands onto her wrists. And for a second, everything stopped. It was just the two of them, touching each other in an intimate way, their air mixing together. And then Shawn's team was pulling him away and the moment was lost. 

Smell: 

It was Shawn's 21st birthday celebration and Shawn's team had rented out the dining hall in the hotel they were staying at. They would've opted to go to a bar, but they wanted Aaliyah and Y/N (they're under 21, of course they can't come!) to be able to come so they decided to have it at the hotel. 

Y/N wasn't supposed to be able to come, or so Shawn thought. She was hiding away in a hotel room waiting to head down to the celebration. She was dressed in an emerald green cocktail dress and her hair fell in soft curls around her face. 

She took a deep breath grabbing the jeweler box from off the nightstand and heading down to the dining hall. Upon entering the room, Brian signaled her over to where Shawn was standing, and she slowly walked over to him. 

When Shawn saw her, his mouth literally dropped. She looked so beautiful, and he didn't know what to do with himself. The alcohol might've made him even more crazy for her than he normally was. 

"Wow! You're here! I...thank you so much for coming! I thought you couldn't come?!" 

"I was just trying to surprise you, which by the way, happy birthday!" She passed him the velvet box and nervously looked at his face. 

He opened the box to reveal two rings: one silver and one black. The silver ring had a sun engraved in it and the black ring had a moon engraved in it. Inside the black ring were the words 'To the moon.' In the silver ring was 'And back.' 

"Y/N...I, I don't know what to say. Here, let me put yours on." He grabbed the silver ring and placed it on her finger. His touch was light as a feather and a small smile rested on his lips. She didn't know if he noticed, but he had placed it on her ring finger. 

He picked up his ring and placed it on his ring finger as well. "There we go. This is so beautiful Y/N. Thank you so, so much." 

At this point, Brian had left to talk to another group of friends. It was just Y/N and Shawn. He wrapped his arms around her waist and inhaled. Her hair smelt so good, like vanilla and peach. Her scent was to die for. He had never really noticed it before, but from that moment on, it would be the only thing he craved to smell. 

Taste:

She cried into his shoulder. A bowl of ice cream rested on the coffee table. She didn't know what to do with herself. It had been three weeks since her breakup with Tom Holland and she was still hung up over it, much to Shawn's dismay. 

Her and Tom had lived together so Y/N was currently staying at Shawn's house. Tom had offered that she stayed at their—or at least what used to be—house, but she refused. She couldn't bear to see the memories come crashing down around her. 

"I was just so stupid! What if I never find the one for me! I thought Tom was end game, but then things started to run stale and I'm so scared it's going to happen with my next relationship." 

"I know honey, shh. Y/N you're going to find someone for you. There's like lines of guys that want you. I have to keep fending them off because I don't want to have you go through this again," she chuckled softly and pulled back to stare at him. 

"Shawn, what would I do without you?" 

"You'll never have to know angel. I promise." 

She sighed into his shoulder, and he could smell the vanilla and peach again. He could feel her chest moving up and down to her breathing. He could hear the soft thump thumping of her heartbeat. And he could see her beautiful eyes and a small smile appearing on her face. The smile that first made him fall in love. 

"Screw it," he whispered to himself and gently pressed his lips against hers. They tasted salty from her tears, but also had a hint of strawberry to them. She moaned against his mouth and tugged him closer by his curls. 

When they finally pulled away, they stared at each other for a few moments, taking the other in. "What took you so long?" 

"I was waiting to completely fall in love with you." 

"So, you weren't in love with me before," she questioned raising an eyebrow. 

"It's not like that darling; I fell in love the second I saw you. And then again when I heard your voice and felt your touch. And babe, you don't even want to know how hard I fell for you when I first smelled your perfume. I just had to wait for my fifth sense to give in: taste. And you taste wonderful." 

She sent him the prettiest smile he had ever seen as they locked lips again.  

[shawnmendesbuddy]

Hey there

Favourite Shawn mendes songs?

Ooh this is such a good question especially because I love all his songs. I’d have to say that In My Blood is my favorite just because it converted me to the MedesArmy. But I also really love Look Up at the Stars, Never Be Alone, 305, Piece of You, and When You’re Ready.

idk, this was really hard to choose and it varies on the moods that I’m in that day because honestly every song is so good.

[shawnmendesbuddy]

👕 Ugly Sweaters 👕 (Day 8 of 12 Days of Christmas)

Summary: Y/N meets Shawn‘s fans over Instagram Live, and Y/N and Shawn make ugly Christmas Sweaters

Warnings: None…Lots of fluff

Day 8

👕 Ugly Sweaters

“Hey guys! Thanks for joining my live! Wow, there are so many of you already.” Shawn watched as the little eye in the corner of his screen had the number 10k next to it. It still amazed him every day how many people supported him. Shawn ran his hands through his hair and smiled at Y/N who was on the other side of his phone, hiding from the camera.

She was carrying a box in her hand that was full of books. He chuckled at her as she set it down on the coffee table and wiped her brow. She had always been a reader and he was glad that she would be adding new books to his small collection in his library (which really was just a tiny corner of his apartment with a cozy chair and three floor to ceiling bookshelves).

@shawnismyfavorite: Who is he looking at?

@lolmendesarmy: K, who is making my boy smile like that?

@mylifeisshawn: You gonna tell us why you looking off in the distance?

Shawn looked back down at his phone screen and chuckled at the comments. “You guys are all asking what I’m looking at.” Shawn and Y/N had agreed that they were going to announce their relationship to the fans on this Instagram live, but Y/N hadn’t known that Shawn had already started it. She gave him a wide-eyed look and he smirked.

He gestured with his hand for her to come over to him, but she shook her head. He furrowed his eyebrows. “Hold on, just one second,” he said to his phone.

He stood from his chair and set his guitar down. He walked towards Y/N and grabbed her wrists, pulling them up to his chest. “What are you worried about hun,” he whispered softly.

“I…I didn’t know you had started the live yet, I was hoping I would look a little more presentable.”

He chuckled at her, looking her up and down. She was in a light blue sweatshirt (his light blue sweatshirt), and she had leggings on. Her hair fell in soft curls around her face, and she had no makeup on, but Shawn thought she looked gorgeous. “Baby, you look beautiful. Now come on, don’t be shy.”

She shook her head at him and planted her feet into the ground as he tried to pull her over to his phone. “Do you want to do this or not?” his eyes softened as he stroked her cheek.

“I do, I really do, but I’m scared. What if you’re fans all hate me?”

“Well, I’ll protect you. I’ll make sure they play nice.” He kissed her forehead and lifted her off the ground. “Tell me to stop if you don’t want to meet my fans.” He carried her over to the chair he had previously been sitting in and paused before they went into view of the camera. “Yes or no Y/N.”

“Fine, yes!” she squeaked out as he sat down on the chair and pulled her into his lap.

He smiled at the screen and the comments started to blow up. “Okay, so this is my gorgeous girlfriend Y/N. Please be nice to her, she’s not used to being in the spotlight.”

Y/N hid her head in Shawn’s chest and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Baby, they have a few questions for you. Do you want to answer them?”

She slowly turned her head to the screen and glanced at all the comments.

@shawnforlife: Hi! You’re gorgeous, what’s your favorite color.

“Umm, to answer your question @shawnforlife, I’m going to have to go with forest green. It’s just such a pretty, prominent color. And I grew up by a forest, so it reminds me of home.” Shawn rubbed his fingers up and down Y/N’s waist and sent her an encouraging squeeze.

@shawnmendesishot: How long have you guys been dating?

“@shawnmendesishot, we’ve been dating for, I think a month and a half. I don’t know. Gosh, it feels longer than it has been. Has it really only been a month and a half?” She glanced at Shawn questioningly.

He looked up at the ceiling, thinking. “Yeah, I think so. But gosh, it does feel like it’s been way longer!” He kissed her cheek and she started to answer another question.

Y/N and Shawn were on live for twenty more minutes, before they decided that they had been on for long enough. “All right, well we love you guys, and hopefully we’ll be able to do another live soon!”

They blew kisses at the camera and logged off the live.

“You were amazing babe!”

“Yeah, only because I had you here. I struggled at first. Gosh, how do you do that!”

“Practice baby, practice!” He kissed her gently on the lips. “So, the Mendes family has a huge holiday party in a few weeks, and everyone has to wear ugly Christmas Sweaters that they have to make. But, but, but I have a twist. What if we made each other ugly Christmas Sweaters that the other person has to wear to the party? Which, by the way, whoever wins gets to take home the golden snowman for an entire year!?”

“The golden snowman?”

“The golden snowman is the best prize in this universe, better than a Grammy if I do say so myself. I’ve never won it, but I want to this year. Please say you’ll help me,” he pouted his lip and made a puppy eye face that Y/N couldn’t resist.

“Fine! But we have to go to the store and buy everything if we’re going to make these ourselves!”

***

“No, start with the brown along the outside!”

“But babe, we have to make the fireplace! I’m putting the fire in first.”

“Shawn,” she exasperatedly sighed, “Put the big brown square first, then work your way in from there! Like this!” She took the piece of fabric and glued it into the middle of the bright red sweater. “I’ve already cut everything out; it really shouldn’t be this hard.” She pinched the bridge of her nose.

“Well, clearly I’m not a fashion designer so I have no idea how to work this.”

“Honey, all you have to do is look at the picture and go biggest to smallest with the squares. Then, with the fire, place the logs down in the middle of the black square, and put the fire on top. If you have questions, ask me.”

She turned away from him, gluing the white triangles onto her red sweater. They had decided to decorate their sweaters as the Elf on the Shelf. Shawn was going to be the shelf/fireplace, and Y/N was going to be the elf. He was going to balance her on his shoulders so that it looked like she was sitting on him.

“Oh, we are definitely winning this year. You’re the smartest babe! Thanks for coming up with this idea.”

Y/N chuckled at Shawn. “It’s been on my Pinterest board for years. I’ve been waiting until I found a guy worthy enough to carry me on his shoulders and be my shelf.”

“Well, I’m glad I could be that guy then.”

A/N: Day 9 is going to be the holiday party they go to where they will wear these Christmas sweaters. Will they get the golden snowman? Idk, I guess you’ll have to see. As always, like, comment, vote, give feedback! Thanks, I love you all and stay tuned for Day 9!

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🍪 Holiday Baking 🍪 (Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas Series)

Summary: Shawn and Y/N decide to bake Christmas cookies, but some mishaps slow then down along the way. Warnings: Swear words, mentions of being burned, idk?

“Shawn, what if we made some cookies? I’m in the mood for baking and I really want something sweet. Plus, I haven’t made my Italian Christmas Cookies this year.”

“Umm, is that even question? Of course, I would love to bake cookies with you! Where do we start?!” He jumped up from the couch and ran to the kitchen as Y/N sat laughing at him.

“Okay, someone’s a little too excited. I don’t even know if you have all the ingredients to make them. Let me check,” She walked towards Shawn’s pantry. “Hmm, bud have you ever baked anything? There’s literally no baking supplies in here.”

Shawn chuckled and scratched the back of his neck, “About that, I usually just go to my parent’s house to bake things because I never know the right things to buy.”

Y/N pecked him on the nose and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the front door. “Well then I guess that means we have to go to the store.”

***

The second Y/N and Shawn walked down the baking aisle; he couldn’t contain himself. He spent a good five minutes staring at cookie sheets as Y/N just laughed and took a few pictures.

“Babe, I love how invested you are in finding a cookie sheet, but we really should start gathering the real items.”

“But Y/N, you don’t understand. I looove to bake, but I never know what to buy. Now that you’re here, you can help me. So, which one of these should I get? Or should I get all of them?” He started to pull the cookie sheets off the shelf and place them into the cart.

Y/N sighed and rolled her eyes at her boyfriend; he could be so childish. “Shawn, honey, I love you, but you really only need like three cookie sheets. Just grab two big ones and a small one.”

“I know you think I only need three, but do you not see how this pan has shapes on it? Isn’t that so cool? You don’t even need a cookie cutter.” He held up a gray pan to his face that had indented gingerbread men, Santa Clauses, and bells. His eyes crinkled as he smiled at her.

“Why did he even ask for my opinion if he wasn’t going to take it,” She mumbled to herself.

“Hey, I heard that! And it’s not that I didn’t want your opinion, it’s just that…okay well maybe I wasn’t ever going to take your opinion.” He placed the Christmas cookie sheet into the cart and pushed it towards her.

Y/N crossed her arms. “I know, but you’re cute so I forgive you,” She shot him a small smile before grabbing the front of the car and moving it down the aisle.

“Okay, do you need measuring cups?” He nodded his head once. “Grab the green pack and the red one. The green is teaspoons and tablespoons. The red is cups.”

“I know baby, I can read the label.” He sassed off to her. She slapped his arm softly and continued walking.

“So, we need sugar, flour, and baking powder,” she read off her list. When she glanced up from her shopping list, she was mildly impressed to see that all the items rested in the shopping cart.

Shawn winked at her, “What? I listen to you sometimes,” she giggled and looked back down at their list.

Shawn watched her, a slight smile on his face, his heart beating fast. He loved this girl. Gosh, he loved her with all his heart. He felt like the luckiest man on the planet to be able to call Y/N his. She peeked back at him before pointing at the milk.

“Get that one, it works the best for baking.” Shawn grabbed the milk out of the fridge, set it in the cart, and pulled Y/N into a hug.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and breathed him in. “What’s up babe?” She gently rubbed up and down his back.

“I just really love you, that’s all.”

“Yeah, I can really tell by the way you listened to me about the cookie sheets,” she huffed out, gently pulling away from him.

“Hey! They were on sale, and they were Christmas sheets!” He threw his hands up in the air defending himself as Y/N placed her hand on his cheek and pulled him into a kiss.

“I’m just teasing you. Let’s go get the extracts and the eggs.”

***

It took another half an hour for them to grab everything on their list (mostly because Shawn kept distracting Y/N). When they finally reached the checkout, they had more items than they went to the store for. Shawn would see a special Christmas edition of one of his favorite snacks and would buy it, to which Y/N would roll her eyes at but wouldn’t argue.

“That’ll be $350,” the cashier said, popping her gum. She stared Shawn up and down, but he didn’t notice because he was too busy racing Y/N to pay for their groceries.

Y/N beat him to it and stuck her card into the reader faster than Shawn could even blink. “Y/N! You were supposed to let me pay.”

The brunette-haired cashier sighed, clearly annoyed at the couple. “Have a nice day,” her monotone voice filled their ears, and they quickly grabbed the bags, placing them into their cart.

“Shawn, you pay for mostly everything. Plus, I was the one who suggested making Italian cookies.”

“Right, but I was the one who insisted on buying more than three cookie sheets like you suggested. We bought stuff for my kitchen, so you really should’ve let me pay.”

Y/N huffed. “And how many times in the past month that we’ve been together have you bought me a new dress? Or earrings? Or a necklace? You get me something once every week. And I’m very grateful for you, but dear, maybe let me pay for some of my own things. This is my gift to you.”

His cheeks flushed. “I love you and if you didn’t want all of those gifts, you should’ve just told me.”

“It’s not that I don’t want gifts, it’s just a little too often, and I feel bad when I can’t do the same in return for you.”

“Noted.” And that was how Y/N and Shawn worked. They communicated with each other very well, especially for a new couple who have barely started their relationship.

***

“Alright, now we add the flour.” Shawn poured the correct amount of flour into the bowl before mischievously smiling at Y/N.

“Do you want to know something that would be super fun? This,” and he smeared a handful of flour onto her face.

“You idiot! You’re going to make a mess. Might as well join in, but you have to clean it up,” she grabbed a cup worth of flour and poured it into Shawn’s dark hair, making it look like pepper.

“Oh! You mess with the hair? You’re going down.” He chased her around the house, container of flour in hand, and she squealed running away from him.

When they finally came to the agreement that it was a tie (flour was everywhere and they knew that clean up ensued) they popped the cookies into the oven and began tidying up Shawn’s condo.

“I thought you said I was going to have to clean this up,” he smirked towards her. Her face was covered in so much flour, you couldn’t tell where her white apron started and where her neck ended.

“I did say that. But I helped make the mess and we’re a team, so we clean it together.”

“A pretty good team I would say.”

***

When all the flour had been cleaned up, and Shawn and Y/N had both properly showered (Y/N was now wearing one of Shawn’s hoodies and some of his sweatpants, which, by the way, she looked adorable in and Shawn couldn’t help, but fawn over her) the cookies were finally ready to be taken out of the oven.

And that is when Shawn and Y/N realized their big mistake. They forget heating pads at the store! “Shit! If these don’t come out in the next few minutes, they’re going to burn in the oven and could set fire to your condo!”

Shawn sent Y/N a panicked look. “Umm, I’m going to go ask the neighbors if they have any, just keep a watch over those cookies.” He ran out the door leaving Y/N in the kitchen alone.

It was only a minute or so later that she smelt the burning of the cookies. “Shit, shit, shit!” She came up with the only solution she could think of. She grabbed a dishtowel from one of Shawn’s drawers and opened the open; smoke immediately poured out. She coughed and fanned it away, which to Y/N’s horror, set off the fire alarm. She reached her dishtowel covered hand into the oven and grabbed the pan.

It burned and it stung, and Y/N wanted to cry, but it was too late for that. The baking pan was hot, and the cookies were black. She threw the pan in the sink and turned on the faucet, running the cookies under it.

Meanwhile, Shawn’s neighbor had been unsuccessful in finding their cooking mitts in their messy drawers when he heard the fire alarm going off. His first thought was to get to Y/N. He ran out of his neighbor’s apartment and down the hall to his condo. When he finally got inside, he saw smoke in the air, his girlfriend on the ground clutching her hand, and the condo owner sitting next to her.

“Y/N, what happened? Are you okay? Did you get the cookies out of the oven?”

“Everything is fine Mr. Mendes. I think she is in a little bit of shock. I’m going to make an announcement that it was a false alarm. Will you be okay?”

Shawn nodded his head before scooping Y/N up into his arms. A few tears fell from her cheeks. “I wasn’t thinking except that your condo was going to be on fire. I grabbed a dishtowel to get the cookies out, but it’s not very protective and I burnt myself.”

Shawn’s heart dropped. The last thing he wanted was his girl to be hurt because he had been stupid enough to forget to buy oven mitts. “How bad is it? Let me see?”

“It’s not that bad, it’s only first degree. I’m more scared than hurt.” She held up her fingers and there were little blisters on her fingertips. He kissed each one and held her for a few more minutes.

“Let’s get you bandaged up.”

***

Y/N sat on Shawn’s bathroom counter as he wrapped her hand in gauze. “Sorry that I almost burnt your house down.”

He gently put his hand under her chin, turning her face towards his. “Hey, it’s not your fault. Plus, it will be a baking fail to never forget. We should make this a tradition every year, not the burning of the hands or the cookies, but the flour fight, the shopping for baking supplies—next year we definitely won’t forget oven mitts—and making Italian Christmas Cookies.” Y/N’s heart fluttered at the tender sentiment.

“I agree with you,” She kissed him on the lips and wrapped her gauzed hands around his neck. “Here’s to new traditions.”

A/N: This was a long one, but I hope you liked it! Thanks for reading. Part 5 will be out tomorrow.

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☕️ Hot Chocolate ☕️ (Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas)

Summary: Shawn confesses something to Y/N over a cup of hot chocolate

Warnings: A swear word?

“Y/NN,” Shawn drew out her name over the phone in a very whiny voice. It had been a rough day at the studio for him and all he wanted was for his girlfriend to come over and cuddle with him, but she wasn’t picking up her phone.

“Please call me as soon as you can. I’m really bored, and I miss you, and I want you to come over,” the voicemail was short and sweet, but he hoped his childish tone would get the point across.

Y/N was still at the office, and all she wanted to do was go home. She was exhausted and hungry, having not eaten since breakfast, and she wanted to snuggle by the fire and watch a movie. She glanced down at the time and sighed; it was now eight o’clock. Her boyfriend had called her at least five times now, and she had lots of missed texts from him.

Shawn 😘: Hey babe, how’s it going? You almost home from work yet?

Shawn 😘: Hello? I was kinda hoping could hang out. Just get back to me when you see this.

Shawn😘: Is everything okay? I’ve called you a few times now. Shouldn’t you be off work? It’s 7:30.

She rubbed her hands over her forehead and looked back at the glaringly bright screen of her computer. Her news article was due tomorrow, and she still had a quarter of the way left to go. She wanted to cry, but she had to finish this article. She turned on a Christmas Playlist and typed faster than she had ever typed in her life.

She finally finished the article by 8:30, but by that time, Shawn had already driven to her work and was riding up the elevator to her floor. He found her office quickly, knowing where it was by heart because he visited her so often.

“Hi sweetheart.” She jumped when she heard the male voice behind her, but she soon smiled realizing it was Shawn. “I brought over some Chinese food. I thought you might want something to eat, and you weren’t responding to me. You had me worried for a second there. I thought something might’ve happened with the icy conditions out on the roads today.”

Y/N pecked him on the lips as he set the food down on her desk. He rubbed her shoulders pulling away from the kiss and glancing at the computer screen. “You almost finished?”

“I should be soon, just wrapping up the last paragraph. I’m sorry, I saw your texts, but didn’t have time to respond.”

Shawn chuckled a little, “I can tell. Now shall we eat?”

“Yes, please,” her mouth water as she pulled the containers of food out of the plastic bag. “I’m starving, thanks so much bub!”

Shawn and Y/N ate as she finished her article. Once she was done, they drove to Shawn’s house.

“What movie do you want to watch?” Shawn asked as he popped the popcorn.

“I don’t know. Christmas Vacation?” She smiled cheekily at him knowing how much he loved that movie.

“I love you,” he said. Her eyes widened and he kept on staring at her, not realizing what he said. “What? Is there something on my face?”

Y/N’s heart melted. He was like a puppy and his face made him look so lost and clueless. He loved her. The thought played repeatedly in her head. They had never said it out loud, only having known each other for a month and a half, but she knew she was in love.

“Do you mean what you said?”

Shawn raised his eyebrows at her in confusion. “What? Did I say something weird?” His face flushed immediately, and he hunkered into himself.

“You…you said you loved me. Is that true?”

He nervously laughed and turned away from the living room, away from the couch, and away from Y/N. The house was silent for a few moments before Shawn whispered, “I’m going to make us some hot chocolate. A special recipe my mom used to make for me.”

He went about the kitchen grabbing milk, heating it on the stove, pouring in hot cocoa powder, and dumping a few Andes mint wrappers into the pan. They melted and flavored the hot cocoa in a similar taste to the mints. He then topped the mugs full of hot cocoa with whipped cream and stuck a straw into them. He carried them out to the living room and passed one mug to Y/N.

She gently sipped the hot cocoa and moaned. “Holy hell this is good! What did you do to it?”

“I made it with love. Because I love you and isn’t love the secret ingredient to making things taste good?”

A tear dripped down Y/N’s face and then she broke out into full on sobs and Shawn was cradling her head on his shoulder. He rubbed her back up and down and whispered, “What’s wrong, sweetheart? Are you not ready? Was that too soon? I’m sorry if I scared you,” his palms began to sweat, and he felt nervous. What if she didn’t feel the same? What if she wanted to take a break because he made it awkward?

She giggled against his chest a little and pulled away. Her eyes were still red and watery, and Shawn brushed away the tears on her cheek. She grabbed his wrist and kissed the palm of his hand. “Shawn, I love you too. It just feels so good to know that you feel the same.”

And in that moment, neither Shawn nor Y/N had never been happier. Two hot cocoas (made with love) rested on the coffee table as they pulled each other into a deep and passionate kiss. They didn’t know how long they kissed for, whether it was a second, a minute, or a full hour. But that’s what happens when you’re in love with some. Time ceases to exist, and the stars seem to collide and everything in the world finally makes sense.

Who knew that two steaming cups of hot cocoa, if made with love (which they always should be), could bring the couple together in such an intimate and special way.

A/N: Stay tuned for Day 4 coming out tomorrow. Thanks for all the reads, I love you guys. Mahalo and happy holidays!

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Hey guys! I have a new series coming out on December 12th called “The 12 Days of Christmas.” I’m really excited for this to come out and for you guys to read it! It’ll be out on Sunday and I’ve been working really hard on it. A new imagine will be posted everyday until Christmas! I love you guys and I’m really excited for this!