jabari

the long road (bishop’s background story)

available on archive of our own (ao3)

A COWBOYS BEAUTIFUL DREAM ✴︎

✴︎ bishop x black southern reader / warning , small mention of boner, stalker ish bishop, and barely any use of y/n .

✴︎ I wrote this out of nowhere because I’m lwk tryna feed the bishop girlies plus myself a lil sum of this mysterious cutie patootie

song for the vibe. / searchin by sonder

Bishop had always thought you were interesting, The way you handled things whenever stuff got a little to complicated and when you stood your ground against the men who tried to get their way to you

He found you interesting, the way you were strict with the way men wanted to have you in the private rooms or when Alamo got a little too demanding with current things

He was interested.

He had never seen someone so beautiful and strict about their way in the industry while working for a pussy loving pimp. He wanted to know more about you

Since it was his job to know who was going to work for Alamo. And as he researched you, he barely found anything about you

Your family, your high school, the job you worked before, hell even who your ex. And yet no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t find anything, and even though he was interested he was also a little skeptical on how mysterious you were about your background

But he didn’t question it, because he felt he’d come a little up front with many questions about your life and relationship

He didn’t want to seem creepy, but he had questions just to make sure you wouldn’t betray Alamo

—. YOU SAT on the edge of alamos pool dangling your foot in the cold water in your black bikini. You tied your boho braids in a bun, Leaving a couple of the curls to be in your face

You blew the smoke of the cigarette out of your nose, feeling a little bit more relaxed than you were. Today had been a little rough

Rue coming in and out asking you if you could fill in for someone, Alamo nearly cursing you for talking smart at him, And the men, just being pigs

You wondered when it was gonna end, when was rue gonna expose the guy and get him arrested so you both can grab whatever money he had left and run away from L.A

You wondered if this was really the new life you were going to live permanently. But at the moment it was just you, the cigarette and bishop staring at you

“I know you’re there bishop, you don’t gotta hide in the shadows baby”. You said, blowing the smoke through your noise again, turning your back to see bishop standing with his hands in his coat, staring at you

“I wasn’t staring” he replied in his usual low tone, you chuckled softly at the excuse he gave . “So what were you doing? Admiring my ass? I know it’s a good view to look at.” You chuckled, pressing the lit tip of the cigarette on the sliver ashtray

Bishop felt his pants boxers tighten a little, And while he didn’t admit he wasn’t staring. He was staring hard. The way the curls of your braids were in your face, the way your ass sat on the tiled ground nicely and the way you called him sweet pet names with that southern accent of yours

he did have to admit he definitely liked what he was looking at and could stare for hours and hours. You patted the tiled ground, signaling he comes sit next to you. “Come on now, You can’t do all that staring and go back inside. Talk to me for a while. I don’t bite”. You said, turning around sending him a little wink

Bishop removed his large coat, placing it on the nearest chair he could find. He sighed deeply to himself, trying to ease himself as he as going to sit next to the woman he was weirdly having feelings for

He sat right next to you, a little far but almost close enough to smell his cologne. It was strong but a good kind you could smell for hours without letting go

You liked it. You stared at bishop for a while examining his face a little before landing your eyes on his lower body. Bishop was a man of keeping secrets and not revealing much so you were curious what was under his shirt and even his pants

You turned your attention back to the pool, the bright blue basically hitting your face like the sun would when taking pictures

“So B, I've always wondered. Do you like working for Alamo?” You questioned as you kicked the water with your feet lightly to hear a answer from him

He stayed quiet for a few minutes before turning to face you. “I tend to not have opinions on my boss so I’d say it’s ok.” He replied

“Hm. Well that’s good.” You said, smiling to yourself a little. “What about you. Do you have any thoughts on Alamo?” You sucked in your teeth before licking your lips

“Well I’d say he’s a little interesting but he’s not that bad of a guy, Just someone who wants to do business with shady ways of doing it” The response came in a little late, being a little paranoid if he were to come outta nowhere and hear you say the wrong thing

"hm" a small hum leaving bishop's mouth. "But do you like working at the sliver slipper" he glanced at you, his tone a little more relaxed from his usual flat tone

"sometimes, i only like it because of rue and someone else" Bishop's face immediately lit up with curiosity. who was the someone else

“Yet I’m not too sure if this certain person feels the same way, with his mysterious he is.” You told, staring off to the pool. Holding back the cheesy grin you were to have on your face

Bishop stayed quite for a bit, he felt defeated for some reason, Like the world shattered in a million pieces but managed to keep a cool collected face

“Maybe he does maybe he doesn’t. It doesn’t always have to be faith”. He replies , looking to your side

“Yeah well who knows. Maybe he’s waiting for the moment to scoop me up and run away with me.” You laughed softly at the little dragged out scenario you thought of.

The conversation went on for what for what felt like hour. Bishop had never felt so warm before, a long beautiful conversation with the person he curiously admired from afar

Was next to him, talked to him, and laughed with him. He never felt so good with a woman like this for a long time. The way you made little flirty jokes, the way you get extra glances at him when you thought he wasn’t looking

He had never felt so seen before. But the happiness wasnt going to last forever so he thought

A COWBOYS BEAUTIFUL DREAM ✴︎

✴︎ bishop x black southern reader / warning , small mention of boner, stalker ish bishop, and barely any use of y/n .

✴︎ I wrote this out of nowhere because I’m lwk tryna feed the bishop girlies plus myself a lil sum of this mysterious cutie patootie

song for the vibe. / searchin by sonder

Bishop had always thought you were interesting, The way you handled things whenever stuff got a little to complicated and when you stood your ground against the men who tried to get their way to you

He found you interesting, the way you were strict with the way men wanted to have you in the private rooms or when Alamo got a little too demanding with current things

He was interested.

He had never seen someone so beautiful and strict about their way in the industry while working for a pussy loving pimp. He wanted to know more about you

Since it was his job to know who was going to work for Alamo. And as he researched you, he barely found anything about you

Your family, your high school, the job you worked before, hell even who your ex. And yet no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t find anything, and even though he was interested he was also a little skeptical on how mysterious you were about your background

But he didn’t question it, because he felt he’d come a little up front with many questions about your life and relationship

He didn’t want to seem creepy, but he had questions just to make sure you wouldn’t betray Alamo

—. YOU SAT on the edge of alamos pool dangling your foot in the cold water in your black bikini. You tied your boho braids in a bun, Leaving a couple of the curls to be in your face

You blew the smoke of the cigarette out of your nose, feeling a little bit more relaxed than you were. Today had been a little rough

Rue coming in and out asking you if you could fill in for someone, Alamo nearly cursing you for talking smart at him, And the men, just being pigs

You wondered when it was gonna end, when was rue gonna expose the guy and get him arrested so you both can grab whatever money he had left and run away from L.A

You wondered if this was really the new life you were going to live permanently. But at the moment it was just you, the cigarette and bishop staring at you

“I know you’re there bishop, you don’t gotta hide in the shadows baby”. You said, blowing the smoke through your noise again, turning your back to see bishop standing with his hands in his coat, staring at you

“I wasn’t staring” he replied in his usual low tone, you chuckled softly at the excuse he gave . “So what were you doing? Admiring my ass? I know it’s a good view to look at.” You chuckled, pressing the lit tip of the cigarette on the sliver ashtray

Bishop felt his pants boxers tighten a little, And while he didn’t admit he wasn’t staring. He was staring hard. The way the curls of your braids were in your face, the way your ass sat on the tiled ground nicely and the way you called him sweet pet names with that southern accent of yours

he did have to admit he definitely liked what he was looking at and could stare for hours and hours. You patted the tiled ground, signaling he comes sit next to you. “Come on now, You can’t do all that staring and go back inside. Talk to me for a while. I don’t bite”. You said, turning around sending him a little wink

Bishop removed his large coat, placing it on the nearest chair he could find. He sighed deeply to himself, trying to ease himself as he as going to sit next to the woman he was weirdly having feelings for

He sat right next to you, a little far but almost close enough to smell his cologne. It was strong but a good kind you could smell for hours without letting go

You liked it. You stared at bishop for a while examining his face a little before landing your eyes on his lower body. Bishop was a man of keeping secrets and not revealing much so you were curious what was under his shirt and even his pants

You turned your attention back to the pool, the bright blue basically hitting your face like the sun would when taking pictures

“So B, I've always wondered. Do you like working for Alamo?” You questioned as you kicked the water with your feet lightly to hear a answer from him

He stayed quiet for a few minutes before turning to face you. “I tend to not have opinions on my boss so I’d say it’s ok.” He replied

“Hm. Well that’s good.” You said, smiling to yourself a little. “What about you. Do you have any thoughts on Alamo?” You sucked in your teeth before licking your lips

“Well I’d say he’s a little interesting but he’s not that bad of a guy, Just someone who wants to do business with shady ways of doing it” The response came in a little late, being a little paranoid if he were to come outta nowhere and hear you say the wrong thing

"hm" a small hum leaving bishop's mouth. "But do you like working at the sliver slipper" he glanced at you, his tone a little more relaxed from his usual flat tone

"sometimes, i only like it because of rue and someone else" Bishop's face immediately lit up with curiosity. who was the someone else

“Yet I’m not too sure if this certain person feels the same way, with his mysterious he is.” You told, staring off to the pool. Holding back the cheesy grin you were to have on your face

Bishop stayed quite for a bit, he felt defeated for some reason, Like the world shattered in a million pieces but managed to keep a cool collected face

“Maybe he does maybe he doesn’t. It doesn’t always have to be faith”. He replies , looking to your side

“Yeah well who knows. Maybe he’s waiting for the moment to scoop me up and run away with me.” You laughed softly at the little dragged out scenario you thought of.

The conversation went on for what for what felt like hour. Bishop had never felt so warm before, a long beautiful conversation with the person he curiously admired from afar

Was next to him, talked to him, and laughed with him. He never felt so good with a woman like this for a long time. The way you made little flirty jokes, the way you get extra glances at him when you thought he wasn’t looking

He had never felt so seen before. But the happiness wasnt going to last forever so he thought