(if this blows up, i might make it a series๐)
pairing: dbf!beau arlen x female reader
warning: whole lotta plot, maybe fluff?, i think angst , age gap (reader is over 18, in her 20s, beau is around his late 40s) , pet names, bit possessive maybe , reader has a boyfriend, cheating (some of you may not like this๐ฌ) , based off of this lovely post. (kissthigh i love you) , and maybe something else i don't know. (please criticize me all you guys want i haven't wrote in a while + i didn't watch the show so i have not a clue in the world about how he acts and speaks and only have knowledge from a few fics.)
It was the 4th of July, a hot summer afternoon. You were sat down outside (wearing whatever the hell you want to) , your dad had invited a bunch of family members and friends for the barbecue since it was the 4th of July. You were fanning yourself with a random pamphlet you had found, watching people who arrived. Your boyfriend (who was an immature and just childish) was somewhere else chatting with another girl. Last night, you had found out he cheated on you last night at some random party you two were at. You hadn't confronted him about it yet, you were waiting for the right moment.
At that moment, you were looking around and saw someone you hadn't seen in quite a while, Beau. You hadn't even noticed your eyes lit up and you grinned. You two locked eyes and he smiled, you just felt your stomach doing 50 flips all at once. He started to walk towards you, you just started to stand up.
"Hey sweetheart, you're all grown up." He said softly when he got close enough, you two hugged. Your arms went around his neck. his snaked around your waist, his hands resting around your lower back and his thumb rubbing circles. He towered over you, you turned your head up to look up at him.
"Good, I'm good, how are you?"
"Good..that's good." The conversation was a little awkward. You guys kinda just stood there in silence, then your dad came over.
"Hey Beau! long time no see!" Your father said with a smile on his face. Beau smiled back and they hugged and patted their backs and the whole thing fathers do with friends and stuff.
"Hey man! how's it been?"
They had their conversation and you just stood there. After a little bit of them talking and you just standing there, your dad turned to you.
"Hey hun, be a dear and grab us a beer? will you?"
You walk away and over to the cooler, you see your boyfriend sitting on it, talking to yet, another girl. You tried not to seem annoyed, but you really were.
"Hey babe, I need to grab something real quick, can you stand up?"
You asked politely, he barely looked at you.
He mumbled, still talking to the other girl. You sigh and start to speak.
"Not now, give me a seco-"
He turned and looked at you with this annoyed expression, he told the girl to give him a few as he reluctantly stood up and walked towards a less crowded area.
"What? what do you need?"
You tried to find the words to confront him about his cheating, he rubbed his temples.
"I don't have all day, spit it out or i'm going back."
"I saw you cheating! I saw you in bed with that other girl!"
"She meant nothing to me! I was just bored, I needed more."
Before you can even speak he walks away, you can't even end things, so you're stuck with him until this party ends. Before you could stop yourself you feel tears rolling down your cheeks, you slowly fall down the wall, soft sobs coming out. You hear soft footsteps and a voice call out.
It was Beau, he found you and rushes to your side
He pulled you into his arms, his left hand going up and down your back, his right stroking your hair.
"Talk to me, what happened?"
You slowly started to speak through tears
"He didn't even care when I told him!"
"calm down honey, calm down, who's he? told him what?"
"My boyfriend! he didn't even care when I told him I knew he cheated!"
Beau's grip tightened momentarily
"...The guy in the white shirt and jeans and on the cooler."
"Thanks doll, I'll be right back."
"Why, why should I not go over there?"
"Because he's my boyfriend!"
"You have a horrible taste in men."
"Because he's treats you horribly, you need someone who can treat you better, better than he can."
"No, no he doesn't. He's immature, and he's insane if he thinks he'll find someone better than you. You need someone who is mature, has experience, like me."
"I don't go for older men."
"Older men aren't my type."
"Why not, you need a mature man, who can give you the world."
"I don't..find you attractive, Beau."
You were lying your ass off. You always found him attractive. You could see the flash of hurt on his face.
He sighed and looked away.
"Well, then...I should get going, bye doll."
He started to stand, you wanted to stop him, to yell at him and confess, tell him everything, kiss him, but you couldn't, so you didn't. He walked away, visibly hurt, he walked over to your dad. It sounded like he said something along the lines of
"Hey, it's getting late, I should go."
He gave you one last look before turning and leaving. You traded a piece of gold for a piece of shit, you needed to get it together. You walked back to your boyfriend since he was your only way to get back and you obviously couldn't go with Beau. You reached him and spoke.
"Hey, can we go back home?"
"Bitch, can't you I'm busy?"
He spoke roughly to you, nothing like the way Beau spoke to you, he was gentle and soft with you. You try and speak again,
He just slapped you, and not for the first time since you two had gotten together. You knew Beau would never treat you like this. He was speaking to another woman, he was flirting as if you weren't next to him. You were really blind if you couldn't see that Beau was just the better option for you. You just stood there and waited for him to finish talking with that other girl.
When he finished and you two could finally go home, you got into the car, and he drove off. You two started to argue in the car, he did notice how close you were to Beau some times, and he was pissed. He was yelling at you, and you just sat there and took it. When it got really heated, he started to speed up the car..a lot. It scared you.
"No! because you wanna be talking to other dudes!"
creds for divider: @cursed-carmine
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