‘bestfriends dad Jack’
you’d met Lily in collage, the two of you were dorm mates. Hit it off perfectly. You’d let her have the dorm when she invited her boyfriend over, you’d borrow each other’s clothes, she brought you energy drinks in the mornings, you two were best friends.
It was the week before summer break and she had made a proposal. Said “why don’t you come to my dad’s house in Pittsburgh with me?” She obviously knew you’d need time to think. She just didn’t expect it to the be on Friday the day before she was supposed to drive down.
You told her yes. That you’d love to, and the two of you made the eight hour long drive down to Pittsburgh. Upon arrival you’d stepped out with her, and walked behind her as she ran inside the house, jumping into her father’s arms.
You just sort of stood there awkwardly as they embraced then she pulled back and grabbed your arm to introduce the two of you.
“Dad, this is my roommate. I know it’s a bit last minute but could she stay with us for a while?”
He stood there, looking you up and down. If you didn’t know any better you’d say by the slightly shocked look on his face, and the lick of his lips that he was checking you out. But you’d shaken that thought away, and reached your hand out to introduce yourself.
He smirked then took your hand, shaking it as he looked at your eyes then darted down and quickly came back up.
He pulled back then looked to Lily and nodded
“She can stay in the guest bedroom.”
About six hours later your upstairs in the guest bedroom, tucked into your sheets, lily two doors down the hall, and you couldn’t sleep for the life of you.
You just laid there staring out the window at the night sky, then eventually after much contemplation you crept downstairs. You were just planning to step outside for some air, until you’d gotten down the stairs and saw that the living room was still light up, Jack sitting on the couch. He looked to be occupied with the tv.
You tip-toed cautiously to the door before your foot landed on a literal land mine and it blew up. You looked down at your foot on the floorboard then quickly up to Jack who was now twisting on the couch to see what was happening.
“hello?” He called out as if he couldn’t see you starting blankly back at him.
“hi…” you said it so sheepishly that you probably sounded like you were saying ‘bah’
He chuckled then tilted his head to gesture you to come sit down. Like he knew you couldn’t say no. You approached and fiddled with your hands a little before you hesitantly sat down next to him with an awkward chuckle.
He moved to grab the remote, that’s when you noticed his missing foot, your eyes widened because you didn’t take notice of it upon your arrival, but you quickly eased back and shrugged it away. He muted the tv, then set the remote down and turned to you.
“can you not sleep?”
You nod very subtly
“awh… you’ll be okay. Just need to adjust to being in a new place.”
He said it like he had the knowledge of a thousand years. Then again he probably did. You nodded at him basically telling you what was wrong.
“yeah…” it was vague but you needed to fill the empty silence before it became too loud.
He nodded slightly at that then shifted a little so he was now leaning back into the couch, but turned towards you.
“what’s your major?”
You began to talk about your major, which you needed to go into detail about because he was just dying to know why you chose it, who your teachers were, which ones you liked, why, which ones you didn’t, why, and then where you’d like to work, why, and on and on.
Eventually you’d been talking to him long enough that the tv switched channels, and you could feel your eyes getting heavy. Your words started becoming more quieter, and sentences became shorter.
You’d fallen asleep mid sentence, head falling on his shoulder as you curled up into his side. He stayed still. Didn’t dare move. Until he’d realized you probably weren’t going to wake back up. He moved to grab a blanket off the back of the couch a draped it over you. Then turned his attention back to the tv and stayed like that until he passed out himself.
Hoorah!! Omg this is lowkey so cute. I felt very warm and fuzzy today, so…
also if anybody wants a part 2 or has any suggestions on what I should do with this I’m very open to suggestions!
