πΈJacob with an anti-social MC HCsπΈ
First time writing Jacob HCs let's goooo! Hopefully there will be more to come β€οΈ
I tried imagining how he would deal with an MC who suffers from social anxiety and struggles going outside... couldn't be me lol
This is actually all fluffy cute stuff
You've always been absolutely terrible at interacting with people in real life. You stutter, you can't get your words out fast enough, so people are convinced you just can't explain yourself... which is why writing online is a million times better.
That's ironically how you first ran into Jacob. You happened to see some of his photography on FriendSpace, left a like and a nice comment, and before you knew it, you two were following each other on social media, mutually liking each other's posts.
Out of the two, he was definitely the braver. He slid into your DMs.
He was extremely polite to you, quite different from the interactions you'd get from other men online. He not only seemed genuinely interested in you, but he had a way of remembering every small thing you told him that was... really endearing.
There might've been instances where he knew something about you that you were... quite sure you never told him before, but you just chalked it up to you probably mentioning it in one of your posts instead.
Eventually, you both ended up developing feelings for each other, and he began encouraging you to actually meet up with him in real life one day, just a small, chill date.
You were nervous of course, you probably hadn't left your house to see anyone in months, but you felt like things might've been okay since it was Jacob. He hadn't given you any reason not to trust him.
You ended up finding out you live relatively close to each other, so you chose to meet at a quiet cafe in Rockford.
You were absolutely feeling on edge. It had been so long since you had a date! You knew what he looked like from the selfies he'd share occasionally, but that didn't make you any less antsy.
When you entered the cafe and he spotted you, his eyes basically lit up behind his glasses. He got up from his seat to greet you, but seemed just as awkward and hesitant as you were, to do anything beyond placing a hand on your shoulder and pulling the chair out for you, so you could sit at the table.
Oddly enough, him being a little nervous as well comforted you. You knew this would happen, the switch from online chatting to IRL wasn't always easy to deal with.
Things warmed up through the date though. Jacob was actually pretty good at breaking the ice, by getting you to info-dump about your interests.
He seemed to hang onto every word you said, no matter how much you stuttered or repeated yourself while trying to make sense of what you were trying to convey.
He engaged in the conversation, asking you questions, showing actual interest, which made you even more comfortable.
You two actually ended up prolonging the date, taking a walk around the park, where you just let Jacob take the lead in the conversation. Before you knew it, he was yapping about old movies while gently holding your hand.
His expression looked so bright as he talked about his interests, that you couldn't bring yourself to interrupt him.
After that date, many more followed, though since neither of you were much for going to crowded places, most of them were movie nights at his or your place.
It was nice, it was cozy... Jacob was an extremely comfortable pillow to lay against while watching forgotten horror films (or any other genre you might like)
Despite you having a very small amount of friends, that didn't stop Jacob from being wary of all of them.
He doesn't keep you from talking to them, but during the first months of your relationship, he'll often demand to see your texts with them, even if you don't have anything to hide.
On the rare occasion in which you meet up with your friends, he'll also want to tag along, make sure everyone knows you're his partner, and that nobody gets too touchy with you... he loves you a lot, can you blame him?
Things do get better the longer you stay together. He learns to trust you fully, and warms up to your friends. He won't even ask you who you were talking to on the phone anymore! But... when you're in public spaces, it's a whole other story.
He doesn't trust strangers one bit, nope, not even at the grocery store.
Jacob is grateful you put up with this. He's somewhat aware it can be overwhelming to deal with, so he's glad his anxiety and possessiveness isn't damaging the relationship.
He's a very attentive man, still, and that won't diminish, no matter how long you're together! So he's obviously noticed how you struggle with going outside, sometimes even for important stuff, like fetching food for yourself, or doctor's appointments.
Despite all his paranoia and jealousy, he also still wants to be the best boyfriend he can be for you. After all, if he's not, you might leave him! And you really shouldn't do that.
Jacob always sets reminders for you so you don't forget to show up to the doctor's or the dentist... heck, he'll even take you there himself if it's a particularly low motivation day!
Whenever you're out shopping together, if there's a lot of people and it gets overwhelming for you, you can bet he'll try to find a less crowded area where you can catch your breath.
He may enjoy staying at home as well, but he's got a few outdoors hobbies that he always uses as an excuse to take you out of the house and get some sun!
He takes you out fishing and uses this opportunity to also take a bunch of pictures of you to add to your couple scrapbook.
You, holding a fishing rod. You, wearing his bucket hat. You, with your first catch! So exciting! He tries to make things fun for you... He's aware fishing is a hobby that requires a lot of patience, but he genuinely hopes his company and fun facts about fish are entertaining enough...
His end goal definitely isn't to get you just as much into fishing as he is... absolutely not, how could you think that?
