Hey! I just read a bunch of your stuff and you're so good 🥺🥺 I was wondering if you could do one where Cal/Mike is nervous to meet your friends who are really protective of you :P soft angsty fluff?? Thank you~
thank you very much!! i’m going to do michael because i haven’t written anything for him and that’s just rude of me. hope you enjoy this!
it wasn’t a big deal, michael knew this, and yet he was shitting himself. his hand felt clammy against your palm and his shirt suddenly felt too tight and his heart was racing. michael’s mind mind was clouded with ‘what ifs’ as you led him to the foreign apartment. your relationship was still new, only a few days after your first month as a couple, and michael knew he had to meet your friends eventually. you had met his friends the week prior and everything was completely fine, as he expected. but this time michael didnt know these people, this time michael couldn’t predict the outcome. he didn’t want the blossoming joy he felt by your side to end. not yet.
“this is it,” you grinned at him upon reaching the door, brows only furrowing when you noticed his tense demeanour. “you alright?”
“honestly? i’m shitting myself,” he admitted with a nervous chuckle, hand letting go of yours to wipe his palm against his thigh. you laughed quietly as you pulled him away from the closed door by the wrist, as though that would give you more privacy.
“you’ve got no reason to be. we’re just going to be sitting there, listening to music, drinking a little probably. just like we did with your friends. it’s totally chill,” you reassured, a comforting hand on his arm.
“i know that,” he shrugged, looking away from your eyes, “but i’m still really nervous. you’ve told me about them before, about how protective they are of you, and about how they’re not afraid to voice their opinions. i don’t want them to not like me. i don’t want them to hate me and tell you that because you’re obviously going to listen to your friends and then you’re going to dump me. and i don’t want you to dump me because i really like you and you make me feel so happy and excited whenever i even think about you and i don’t want it to stop,” he rambled, cheeks tinted pink by the time he reached the end of his rant.
“look at me, baby,” you murmured with a bright smile, hands lacing with his clammy ones. it took him a few seconds before he looked at you reluctantly, timid under your gaze. “none of that’s going to happen because you’re a great guy and they’re going to love you. we’re not going to break up, unless you break up with me.” michael was quick to shake his head at your last statement, giving your hands a quick squeeze. “okay then, it’s sorted. we’re not breaking up and you’re going to be fine.”
michael smiled softly, leaning in to give you a sweet kiss. his nerves still hadn’t settled despite your reassuring words. he knows they won’t die down until he faces his fears, but all he cared about in this moment were your lips against his.
“okay. let’s fucking do it.”
