Best friendâs brother with Jaafar please! Maybe the reader grew up with them and now Jaafar and reader are nervous around each other?
Best friends brother!Jaafar Jackson x fem!reader
a/n: LOOOOVED this prompt, LOOOOVED writing this, i really hope u like this, my writing is so rusty, l love jaafar hes such a cutie đĽšđ¤§
Jaafar spent all night thinking about Y/N whether he wanted to or not, he stared at the ceiling hopelessly almost wishing he could turn his thoughts off like a machine, unfortunatelyâhe happened to be a simple mortal who couldnât stop picturing her smile, or the way her hair glowed in the sun, or the way she laughed uncontrollably in utter silence whenever he got on jermajestyâs last nerve.
He was doomed. He couldnât tell when heâd stopped seeing her differently, or why he seemed to blush when she walked in any room and always looked at him first, he felt ridiculous.
âYou awake?â his brother jermajesty spoke in the silence of their old, shared room.
âWhat do you want now?â he answered opening his eyes slowly, to find jermajesty sitting at the edge of his bed with a smile that already said it was something that would piss Jaafar off.
âI thought id packed my swim trunks but turns out I didnât, can you come with me back to the house to grab it before I get yelled at by mom in the morningâ Jaafar reached to grab his phone to check the time, 2:36 am, youâve got to be kidding me, Jaafar thought to himself with a sigh.
âFine but be quick, in and out with your things, pleaseâ jermajesty nodded with a sideways grin as he flew off the bed trying his best not to wake everyone in the house.
Every summer since Jaafar and jermajesty were kids their family would road trip to the Jacksons lake house, and Y/N as jermajestyâs best friend, theyâd always squeeze her into the car for a 3 hour drive playing dumb word games and somehow Y/N always ended talking Jaafar into playing his uncles songs and singing them loud and off key.
Jaafar felt especiallyâŚuneasy about this trip, not because he wasnât excited of the cool water killing the heat, or having to deal with his brother and Y/N dragging him into some game theyâd made up on the spot, maybe it was the fact that heâd seen Y/N grow up along his side and heâd seen her go from his brothers nerdy best friend into this charming girl who somehow now never failed to make him feel anxious that heâd do the wrong thing or say something weird around her.
As he waited for his brother in the car while heâd ran inside the house, he couldnât help but wonder when things felt different when this had become second nature for all of them, the going and staying at the family house the night before the trip, waking up early to go pick Y/N up, arriving mid-day to catch the sun and stay in the lake till the sun went down, he feared his own mind for maybe sounding like a creep, but a part of him felt nervous of seeing Y/N in a bikini since her inevitable morph into her grown girl body, as his grandma Katherine had said, or as jermajesty pointed out bluntly a couple of months ago, sheâd finally grown boobs.
Somehow, he tried to plan out how heâd breath, how heâd stand, how heâd everything around her, just to go unnoticed like every year.
âgot âem, lets go before mom notices we left and we get an hour-long lecture while packing the car in the morningâ jermajesty sat in the passenger seat and closed the door as Jaafar took the car out of the driveway.
Y/N woke up lazily but glowing with excitement, part of it coming from the awaited yearly trip, but the other part of her she tried so hard to not show, was seeing Jaafar, being able to spend time with himâand jermajestyâbut without it being weird or awkward, she felt foolish like a middle school girl that got sat near her crush in class, but Jaafar had been nothing but sweet and gentle towards her, she really couldnât help but blush whenever he got up from his seat for her when all seats were taken, she was simply a girl that had fallen for a gorgeous kind guy that happened to be her best friends brother. She always saw Jaafar so much older when she was younger but as she saw him grow up and as she did too she realized he wasnât all that much older or annoyed by him like older brothers would be with their siblings and their friends, he was always very shy but so charming.
As Y/N finished her double checking her list nervously, a honk startled her making her drop her phone on the counter where she stood, she yelled her goodbyes at her parents and slipped out the door, where jermajesty had already sprinted out of the car ecstatic for the trip, Y/N ran towards him and hugged him tightly, her nervousness almost disappearing until she lifted her gaze, noticing Jaafar leaning against the car playing with a bracelet on his wrist.
She was greeted by the other Jackson family members as the helped her fit her bag in the trunk until Jermaine spoke up going back to the driver seat âoh Y/N I hope you donât mind, weâre a bit packed this year, you might have to sit on jermajestyâs or Jaafarâs lap to fitâ
âUnless you want to carry me and my 50 pounds of ass babyâ jermajesty said throwing an arm over Y/Nâs shoulders, everyone laughed including Y/N, who pushed him with a disturbed expression.
âOkay, you seriously need to stop making those kinds of jokes, plus youâre too big to carry jerâ she told her best friend as she messed with his curls giggling at his insulted expression.
âYour loss princess, I aint carrying for 3 hours, Jaafar, sheâs all yours!â Â jermajesty spoke as he hopped back into his seat, Jaafar tried not to panic, but it felt like his whole nervous system had shut down and was complete chaos inside.
Y/N looked at jermajesty with a betrayed expression, then turned to look at Jaafar who had and unreadable look on his face but smiled gently once he noticed she was looking his way.
He got in and stretched a hand out to help her up, he felt his body stiffen the second she sat down on his lap, he felt the heat creep up his neck so he quickly asked her to roll the window down trying to act calm and collected, but in reality he couldnât have found himself in a more mortifying situation, Think nice thoughts, he told himself. Rainbows. Puppies. Anything butâhe silenced his thoughts, he was a guy, but he was determined to survive the trip. Y/N on the other hand stayed incredibly still, fearing that even the slightest movement would make Jaafar uncomfortable, her expression sat in between mortified and nervous, while jermajesty sang whatever played on their road trip playlist.
Y/N found herself intoxicated by the smell of Jaafars woody cologne, she really tried to force herself to think about literally anything but him at the moment, Jaafar on the other hand could only think about her and pray that his body wouldnât betray him.
After a while, Jaafar broke the silence asking her softly âyou good up there?â not really being able to see her face.
âYeahâŚsorry about thisâŚâ she mumbled embarrassed âseriously if Iâm tooââ
âYouâre notâ he said immediately, almost too fast. He cleared his throat. âYouâre fine. Really.â
Despite her embarrassment, Y/N still giggled at jermajestyâs failed attempts at getting any lyrics right, as the minutes went by, she felt her body relax, leaning back slightly against Jaafarâs chest, he forced himself to breathe normally but at the same time also managed to calm down as the next hour went by without any trouble.
Other than the awkward situation, it was smooth sailing, Jermajesty seemed he couldnât stop talking but, jaafar and Y/N managed to have a nice conversation like two normal human beings that were most definitely not avoiding some secret crush on each other.
By the time they pulled into the lake houses driveway, the car drowned with the smell of pine and water, the sun fully up letting in a golden shine. Everyone started getting out of the car and jaafar once again helped Y/N, gently grabbing her waist and helping her out carefully.
âThanks for the rideâ she spoke softly, with a laugh, reminding herself of the absurdness of the situation.
âAnytime,â he replied, his voice coming out steadily. Then, realizing how that sounded, he added quickly, âI meanânot that you have toâuh⌠yeah.â Making her laugh, her nose scrunched up as she tapped his shoulder so casually as she made her way to the trunk to help everyone else unload the bags.
Then suddenly jermajestyâs voice came through âplease be normal about this, pleaseâ
Jaafar thought to himself again, Think nice thoughts, Rainbows. Y/N. Puppies. Y/N.
