Request: hi!!! can u please write about getting to meet part of the cast and being obviously a bit nervous and teased by jason? i feel like he'd crack a joke about how was that energy when he asked you out? just so you focus on him being annoying instead of your worries 🥹
Description: Jason introduces you to his Ted Lasso family, leading to an evening of stories and laughter after calming your initial nerves.
Warning: age gap (about 15 years), dirty jokes (mainly talks of balls)
Pairing: Jason Sudeikis x reader
Word Count: 2.1k
A/N: Turns out I actually really loved writing this dynamic between Y/N and Jason! Unintentionally, their banter and chemistry kinda matches my Jason fic from earlier today. Could be read together I suppose, though there's no flow. Maybe a future storyline to be considered? I don't know, would y'all be interested in that? Also! Here is Jason's SNL sketch referenced in this, it's absolutely amazing, totally recommend it (along with his entire episode).
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You drew in a deep breath as you attempted to fasten your necklace, irritation filling your mind at your inability to do so. One hand is placed on each of your shoulders as you glance up to meet Jason’s eyes through the mirror. “Need some help there, sweet cheeks?” You giggle, Jason taking the two ends of the chain into his hands, “Sweet cheeks? That’s a new one.”
He shrugs as he clasps the jewelry around your neck, leaning forward to place a kiss on your cheek, “Just thought I’d try it out, what’d ya think?” He wraps his arms around you as you shrug slightly, leaning back into his embrace, “It's a funny one, not my favorite of nicknames though. Maybe you don’t use it tonight?” You turn back to look at him as he chuckles softly before kissing the side of your head, “Sure, not tonight, honey.”
You give him a smile in thanks before he unwraps his arms from you, grabbing his watch from your vanity before walking over to the bed and sitting down to tie his sneakers. Looking in the mirror, you center the ‘J’ pendant on the chain secured around your neck. “Are you sure tonight is the night?”
Jason nods before pausing, looking at you with concerned eyes, feeling his gaze bore into the back of your head causes you to look his way. “Of course I’m sure. Why? D-do you not want to meet them?” You shake your head quickly, walking over to sit next to him, and placing a comforting hand on his knee. “No bubs, of course I want to meet them. I just, what if they don’t like me? Or what if they think I’m just a stupid kid that can’t hold a conversation?”
Turning to you, Jason holds your face in his hands, “Y/N, they are going to love you. They are going to love you because I love you. They will not think you’re some stupid kid because you’re not. They think, no they know, that I’m a stupid adult and yet they put up with me.” You giggle, squeezing his wrist in thanks before he leans forward to kiss you, then pulling back slightly, “Also, I’d appreciate it if you could not call yourself a child because like yeah, 15-year-age difference, whatever, but let’s not call you that and make me a creep, okay?”
Chuckling, you give him one more kiss before standing up and grabbing your jacket off the back of the vanity chair. “Sure thing, old man.” You hear him mutter a “fucking hell” as he stands up and follows you out of the room. You knew that your age gap was something that bothered him but not enough for you to not get some teasing in. Introducing you to the Ted Lasso crew two years into your relationship may seem delayed, but with Covid lockdowns and both of you nervous about your relationship going public, you hadn’t had the opportunity to meet some of your boyfriend’s favorite people.
Before you knew it, the two of you arrived at the English club, Jason’s arm wrapped around your side as the two of you were greeted with a chorus of hellos. You smiled brightly as you witnessed Jason become the life of the party. You knew he would be, of course, you just hadn’t been lucky enough to witness it yet.
“And this is Y/N, though you all know that, obviously.” Smiling bashfully, you cast your eyes around the room while giving a small wave to everyone, “Hey, y’all. I’m glad we’re finally doing this.” In an instant, your worst fear came true. The entire room burst into laughter, laughter directed towards you. Your smile fell for a millisecond, hoping no one noticed, but Jason did. Of course, Jason did, he was always looking at you, he noticed every single thing about you.
Jason was quickly at your side, his hand on the small of your back, but before he can say anything, Hannah’s voice fills the room, “Jason, she’s bloody perfect for you. Only two words in and she already said ‘y’all’.” The laughter echoes loudly but this time, your giggles join in, Jason chuckling as well as he pulls you into his side and places a quick kiss on your temple.
Quickly enough, a drink was in your hand as you squished into a large booth with the rest of the crew, Jason on one side and Juno on the other. “So Y/N, Jason cannot shut up about you, yet I don’t think I know how you two love birds met.” You look to Jason who wiggles his eyebrows at you over his flight of beer as he sips from it.
Taking that as an invitation for you to share the story, you turn to the table of intrigued eyes, definitely having taken note of Jason’s reaction. “Well, I actually was working at SNL when Jason hosted a couple of years ago, just a PA positioned quite low in the hierarchy. But I was put in charge of handing the objects to Jason during the science room sketch. I know, a weird task, but they forgot to make sure the shelf could fit the solar system model and it didn’t so then they just had to take the shelf out and make someone sit under this table, handing him objects.”
Brett puts his hand up to stop you, placing his beer back on the table after taking a swig from it, “Wait, sorry, isn’t that the one where the fucking kids just say ‘balls’ a bunch?” You nod as you let out a small chuckle, a smirk growing on Jason’s face as he sees his friends putting the pieces together.
Brendan lets out a cackle, his face turning red as he tries to keep it together, “Are you…are you saying that you met Jason by sitting in front of his balls for five minutes while people kept yelling ‘balls’ over and over?” Your face falls defeatedly as the entire table absolutely loses it, curses flying at both the hilarity of the situation and your reaction.
Placing your forehead on Jason’s shoulder, you bury your face into his upper arm, red from embarrassment. Jason chuckled deeply, leaning down to kiss the top of your head. You blushed at the action, though no one would be able to discern the rosy cheeks of admiration from the maroon face of embarrassment. You appreciated your boyfriend’s gesture, but you also knew you weren’t going to be let off that easy. Lifting your head up as the laughter dies down, Jason takes a quick swig of his beer before clearing his throat, an act that leaves you wondering what he’s about to say.
“Look at her, all embarrassed and hiding over here. I’ll tell you, that was not her reaction later that night when in the same position but in my dressing room”. The table erupts in laughter again as you shake your head, swatting Jason on the arm as he looks at you with a dangerous glimmer in his eyes. Knowing that he can take it just as much as he can serve it, you decide you’re comfortable enough with the group to let them in on the truth.
“What absolute bullshit.” The group laughs as some take sips of their drinks, Jason putting an arm around your shoulder as he can tell you’re letting loose. “This man, this grown ass man, was so nervous to do anything. The sketch ended with him running off camera after Kyle, then cutting to commercial. I don’t know if any of you have been to SNL, but it’s like lightning during commercial break, every single cast and crew member is running around like crazy because if even one thing is off, we know we will have the wrath of Lorne Michaels to face, and the stick up his ass is typically his weapon of choice.”
Jason smiles brightly, the group hanging onto every word of your story as they chuckle at your joke, you were fitting right in. He knew you would. “Instead of bolting backstage to get in costume for his next sketch, he ran back to the set to help me get out from under the desk. Mind you, I could have done it myself, but it was sweet. The next thing out of his mouth, not as sweet.”
Everyone at the table whips their heads towards Jason who sticks his hands up in innocence, the one resting on your shoulder being placed in between the wall and your head. “Woah y’all, I don’t like to pull rank but let’s all remember that I am your friend and your boss, okay?” You swat at his chest as you roll your eyes, Jason putting his hands down and using his arm to pull you closer, placing a kiss on your temple as you launch back into the story, so happy to see how comfortable you are with his friends.
“He helps me stand up and then says, and I’m not kidding, ‘thanks for holding onto my balls for me’.” If you thought the table had lost it before, this moment of laughter didn’t even compare, it felt like the pub walls were going to come crashing down around you. Jason’s cheeks pinked, looking down as his friends hurled jokes at him. You knew he wasn’t truly embarrassed or anything, you had told this story before to other friends and family members, but that didn’t stop you from rubbing comforting circles on his thigh with your thumb.
Turning your attention back to the table, you provide his side of the story, “To this day, he absolutely swears the joke was on purpose, that he wanted to make sure my sense of humor was 'up to par',” your hands forming exaggerate quotation marks in the air as you finish your sentence. Out of the corner of your eye, you see Jason’s head pop back up, shaking side to side slightly as he smirks in your direction. “But based on how red his cheeks and the tips of his ears turned as soon as he realized what he said? Definitely not on purpose.”
The group chuckles, making various comments about how Jason isn’t as smooth as he likes to think he is. You take the opportunity to look at Jason, only to find him already looking in your direction, his eyes filled with a sense of fondness. Placing a hand on his opposite cheek and bringing him closer, you place a kiss on the cheek closest to you, a moment that felt private before hearing some teasing kissing noises in the background. You giggled, burying your face into his neck as he chuckled, tugging you into his side as he placed an anchoring arm around your body.
“Yeah yeah, all of this is hilarious. I went and found her before the after-party to apologize.” You removed your face from his neck, your body still tucked into his side but now part of the group again. You turn to the others, a small smirk on your face, “Well duh, couldn’t have anyone thinking that old man Jason Sudeikis is making inappropriate comments to young interns.” Many at the table double over in laughter, some wiping tears from their eyes as others raise a glass to that before finishing off their drinks. Looking to Jason, you see him shaking his head in astonishment while his eyes seemed to darken just slightly, knowing you wouldn’t bring up your age gap unless you were okay with the consequences you would later receive in the bedroom.
You relax into his side as the conversation moves on, talking about the scenes they filmed that day (though the topic quickly changed when you informed them that you made Jason take an oath of silence about the season, not wanting any spoilers before you could watch it with everyone else). Playing with your ‘J’ pendant with two of your fingers, you hadn’t noticed Jason withdrawing himself from the conversation until you felt a kiss on the top of your head.
Looking up at him, you smile at the soft way in which he looks at you, a look only reserved for you.
“Hey,” he whispered quietly.
“Hi,” you respond with the same reverence.
“I’m really glad we did this tonight.” Jason licks his bottom lip quickly as he thought of how you were there with him, how you were his.
“I’m really glad too.” You intertwine your fingers with his free hand, bringing them up to kiss the back of his hand.
“You and me, baby.” Leaning in close to your face, Jason’s air becomes your air before he kisses you softly as though you two aren’t squished in a booth with 15 other people.
Gold Antler: Ted Lasso actor Jason Sudeikis ‘ overwhelmed’ at lookalike tribute by crew when he arrived on set in Richmond today. Crew including the women sported the trademark Ted tache!
So I'm rewatching the Gold Derby panel, as one does, and I really need to get this written down. It's been very discussed but I just need to get every detail down because the hiatus is driving me insane.
Tom, the interviewer: Jason, tell us right now. Are you ever gonna let Ted and Rebecca have a real love scene?
Hannah: Ooh! *covers her face with a mask*
Brendan: *reaches for his water bottle*
Jason: Wow...
Brett: *pristine poker face like not even a muscle is moved here*
Tom: Because there's a moment in the final episode where there's this confusing talk between the two of you that could be mistaken for a romantic conversation, and then you both pull back-
Hannah: Do we-?
Tom: And there are these moments where- that you have such affection, strong affection for each other, and then pull back.
Jason: *nods*
Tom: And that's great character tension from great storytelling, but could it ever get to that place?
Jason: Well, Tom, what you're saying is that we've created a hell of a piece of art and I appreciate the compliment. That's all I'm hearing there, you know. Munch's The Scream, is he screaming his brains out or is he singing "Hey, Jude?" I dunno, how do you look at the painting?
Jason: I would never, in three years, tell you the answer to that. In three years you'll know.
Jason: But I'm not being glib, I'm being protective of the sanctity of our incredible writers' room. And there's secrets [in it]. But I love the speculation and I love to hear people's interpretation of it. I have a lot of friends who are musicians and it's fun to like speak to them and ask them "hey, what's that song about?" and I have a buggy be like "What do you think it's about?" and I tihnk it's about this, this and this. And he goes "Oh I can see that but no [...]" and I found it very thrilling that we get to put that- that's part of the- you know- one of the- again, one of the things we shot for with the show is like "let people lean in", you know, let people make their assumptions and put themselves in it, so it's what we do in the writers' room, it's what we do for our actors, that same philosophy extends to the viewers.
Nick, the second interviewer: I love that it's this really close friendship but I never imagine that they're gonna become- be together.
Brett: *breaks poker face, lifts eyebrows up to his forehead*
Nick: But I love the bond they've formed over this season so far, because I think they've also been with other people in this season. So I think they find something special in each other.
Jason: I will say this and I think -and Hannah, I believe we've spoken about this- I do believe they are soulmates.
Hannah: I'm just being quiet because I have no poker face.
Jason: *says something about a show Brett created, I think*
Tom: Now Brendan, let's talk about your character.
Hannah, desperate: YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT BRENDAN'S CHARACTER!
Jason: *laughs until literally being out of frame*
Tom, to Hannah: Are you gonna marry Ted?
And then everyone starts laughing so much I literally don't understand what they're saying.
Please do notice how Jason slips into unrelated babbling, as one does when ask about the bond between the main characters
