Hockey Imagines

Glitter Jesperi Kotkaniemi

I don’t know how I ended up in the situation I was in. I was sitting in Jesperi’s crowded house for a housewarming party. I barely knew the guy but I was really good friends with Nick and he was the one who dragged me over. I had of course seen Jesperi around before and I had talked to him before but we weren’t close by any means. Not that I hadn’t wanted to be, the boy was funny and quite frankly adorable in a really innocent kind of way which made me nervous around him. Tonight was no exception to that, it had been super awkward when I first walked in with Nick, neither one of us really knowing what to say to each other.
It was really warm in the house with all the people inside, it didn’t help that people were leaving the doors open letting the summer heat in as well. I made my way through the sweaty bodies to the kitchen to get a drink. I wasn’t drinking alcohol tonight though, someone had to make sure Nick didn’t die. Even though I’m sure the older members of the team wouldn’t let him get that drunk it still made me feel better to be sober when he was letting loose the way he was. When I got into the kitchen I saw him stumbling around talking to Jesperi.
“(Y/N) come here!” Nick yelled slurring his words. I laughed but went over to them.
“What’s up Nicky?”
“Drink with us?”
“I’m not drinking tonight. You know that.”
“Come on, just one? We’re trying to celebrate Kk getting a house.”
“I’m here to celebrate, I’m not here to get trashed.” I said flicking his forehead making Jesperi laugh and me smile at the sound.
“Ow! You’re boring. I’m going to the bathroom. Talk to Kk. Be nice.”
“I’m always nice asshole.”
“Oh yeah really nice.” he said rolling his eyes leaving the room leaving me and Jesperi fairly alone except for a few drunk people getting drinks.
“This is-” “Are you-” you both spoke at the same time making you both laugh awkwardly.
“I’m sorry, what were you saying?” he asked.
“Um I was just saying that this is a really nice place you’ve got.”
“Oh yeah? Thanks. I really like it.”
“Yeah it’s really cool. What were you trying to say?”
“Oh um I was just going to ask if you were having fun.”
“Yeah I’m having a pretty good time! Sorry for like, crashing the party. Nick just kinda dragged me along.”
“No worries. The more the merrier.” he gave me a big smile and my heart beat a little faster in my chest. The combination of his smile and his accent really did things to my brain. Made it a bit of a puddle not gonna lie.
“How are you liking it in Montreal?”
“It’s okay. Very different still but I think I’m used to it.”
“That’s good I’m glad to hear it.” 
“What about you? I know you didn’t live here very long.”
“How did you know that?”
“Nick told me. Said you guys grew up together in Ontario.”
“Oh, yeah we did. It’s a change but it’s fun. I picked up on speaking french again which was good because I kind of wasn’t good at speaking it anymore.”
“I didn’t know you spoke french.”
“Yeah I was completely bilingual as a kid but as an adult I have trouble speaking the words in a conversation so I’m getting much better at it.”
“That’s cool. I do not speak french.”
“That’s fine. You still speak two languages so you’re still pretty cool I’d say.” I tell him leaning on the counter, bumping my hand against his arm making us both smile.
“Okay if you guys are done flirting now, I’m back. Now a shot?” Nick said loudly putting his arms around the two of you.
“Will taking a shot get you off my dick?” I asked him annoyed.
“Yes.”
“Then fine. Go get some glasses you pain in the ass.”
“We’ll just take one. I’m not really drinking tonight either.” Jesperi said quietly.
“How come? It’s your party.”
“Someone has to clean up later.”
“This is fair.”
“Okay you big babies here are your shots.” Nick said giving us the glasses of clear liquid. We all took the shots and I scrunched up my face in disgust.
“That was gross Nicky.”
“Here I brought you chaser.” he said holding up a bottle of juice for me before handing one to Kk too.
“Thanks bub.” he said to Nick taking a drink.
“Let’s go dance or something.” Nick said dragging me away from Jesperi. I tried to grab at him for help but Nick was too fast and he just watched me get pulled away laughing at me. I danced with Nick for a little while before he got distracted by something else. I was about to leave the makeshift dance floor until Jesperi showed up in front of me.
“My turn.” he said smiling.
“Didn’t take you for the dancing type.”
“I’m not. I can’t dance. But neither can Nick and you dance with him.”
“Never said I wouldn’t dance with you, Jes.” I said moving along to the music again with him. It was a lot of goofing around, neither one of us actually dancing, and definitely not grinding like some of the other party goers. I actually spent a lot of time with him goofing around, the clock was nearing 1am when people started leaving. Carey took Nick back to his place so he could take care of him in the morning instead of me and I was very grateful for that.
Eventually everyone had left except for you. You started helping him clean up and you just kept joking around and getting to know each other. It seemed like suddenly he clued in to what was happening because he got quiet for a minute before speaking up again.
“Um..(y/n) you don’t have to stay or help me clean up, I can do it.”
“I don’t mind helping. I’m having fun with you.” I said smiling at him making him blush.
“I just feel bad that you’re cleaning.”
“Well don’t. If I didn’t want to help I wouldn’t.” I said picking things up until a thought dawned on me. “Oh! I mean I don’t have to help, I’ll leave if you want me to? I’m sorry, I probably overstayed my welcome completely. Especially since I wasn’t exactly invited. I’m so sorry Jes-”
“You didn’t. You’re okay. I want you here.”
“Are you sure?”
“Can I be honest?”
“Yeah of course.” I said putting a solo cup in the garbage bag he was holding.
“I asked Nick to bring you.”
“You did? Why?” 
“I wanted you to come but I didn’t know if you would if I invited you.”
“Jesperi, of course I would’ve come.” we were quiet for a few minutes just cleaning up but it was very awkward. I walked over to where he was sitting and kicked his leg lightly. “Hey you okay?”
“Huh? Yeah good.”
“Sorry you just seem kinda stressed out.”
“I just get nervous sometimes around you. Sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry. I get nervous around you too ya know.”
“Wow I’m surprised. You don’t seem nervous at anything.”
“Maybe it’s just you.” I said laughing with him. “Hey do you want to go on an adventure?”
“Adventure? (Y/N) it’s almost 2 in the morning.”
“Yeah come on it’ll be fun.” I reached for his hands and tried to pull him up. I was nowhere near big or strong enough so he just laughed and got up on his own holding my hands.
“What about the mess?”
“It’ll be here when we get back.”
“Okay, lead the way.” he smiled at me and I took his hand in mine leading him out of the house and to my car.
“Where are we going?”
“To a secret fun place!” I said as we started driving down the street. It didn’t take long until we were at the small little parking area on the side of the road. I got out of the car and went to the back grabbing a blanket and lantern. We had stopped at a gas station to get some Timmies and some snacks so he got out and had that bag with him. He took the blanket from me even though I protested.
“Where to now?”
“We walk through the woods.”
“What if we get eaten?”
“Don’t worry Jesperi, I won’t let anything eat you.” except me, I thought quickly shaking my head like an etch a sketch trying to clear the image from my mind. “Let’s go.”
We walked through the forest for a little while before we got to a clearing. In the clearing was an abandoned factory. I pulled down the ladder and started climbing.
“Up we go.”
“Is this safe?”
“I dunno, probably.”
“(y/n) what does that mean?”
“It means technically I don’t know if it’s safe but Nick and I have been here a hundred times and are still fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“We don’t have to come up if you don’t want to. I don’t want to make you uncomfortable Jes.”
“No it’s okay. Let’s go up.”
“Okay let’s go.” I smiled wide and finished climbing up, reaching over to grab the stuff from him so he could come up. I set up the blanket and laid down patting the spot next to me. “Come lay down.”
“Can I have my pringles?”
“Of course you can.” I said laughing getting them out of the bag while he laid down beside me. I gave him the chips and laid down looking up at the stars. We stayed there for a while listening to music quietly on my phone while I pointed out constellations and told him the stories about them. I hoped that he missed the part where I stuttered through a bit of a story because he intertwined his fingers with mine. He didn’t though because when I looked over he was smiling at me almost laughing. His eyes were glittering like the stars and it took everything in me not to get lost in them.
“Don’t laugh at me!”
“I’m not.” he said letting out a small giggle.
“You are so!” I exclaimed laughing with him. I looked over and he was looking at me already making me laugh again. “God you’re too cute for your own good.”
“I’m too cute for your own good.” he joked winking at me.
“Now that’s just the truth.” I said laughing, turning over to face him. I traced his cheek with my index finger making him blush and smile. “Definitely too cute for me to handle.”
“That’s crazy coming from you. You’re so cute. I look at you all the time.”
“So do I. That’s why you make me nervous, you’re just so adorable I don’t know what to do.”
“You are.” he started closing the distance and I sat up Making him groan and laugh.
“No time for that, love. We have a couple more stops before the night is over.” I got up and started gathering our stuff before going over to the ladder and crawling down. Once we were both down and walking through the woods again he grabbed my hand and I just smiled at him as he kissed my forehead. It didn’t take long before we were at a park with a giant hill and a big playground. The park didn’t last very long. He pushed me on the swings and climbed around a little bit on the jungle gyms. It was mostly him just chasing me which was filled with giggles and squeals. I felt like a little kid again being chased by the cute boy I liked and it was such a pure good feeling. Whenever he caught me he’d try to give me a kiss which I would tease him and duck away. He was getting frustrated but I thought it was funny. At one point we had a race to see who could roll down the hill faster. All that could be heard was giggles as we rolled. When I got to the bottom Jesperi was already there. He crawled over and leaned over me.
“I win.”
“Yeah you won fair and square.”
“What’s my prize?” he asked with a smirk holding my hand and playing with my fingers.
“I dunno, what do you want?”
“A kiss.” 
“That’s reasonable I think.”
“I agree.” I pushed myself up leaning close to him for a kiss before last minute brushing my lips on his cheek. He shocked me by bringing his leg over to straddle me and lay on top of me. “Why can’t you just kiss me? Why be such a tease?”
“I wanted to build anticipation.” I said joking around bring my hands up his sides making him shiver. “Besides like I said before, you make me nervous. I’m nervous about this.”
“Don’t be nervous. I just want to kiss you..can I please?”
“You’re so sweet Jesperi. Come here.” I put my fingers in his hair and brought his face down to mine where I kissed his cheek again making him groan louder and roll off of me. I took the opportunity to get on top of him, his hands going to my hips immediately to hold me there. “I’m just kidding baby.”
“Not funny.”
“I’m sorry.” I said holding his face bringing my lips to his finally. His reaction was my favourite. He jumped a little bit and made a surprised noise as if he wasn’t expecting it to ever happen. His grip on my hips tightened and his lips moved softly against mine. I pulled back and gave him one, two, three, four, small kisses and another long one.
“We should have been doing that all night.”
“Well we still have a bit of night left. A race against the sun now though. What do you want to do?”
“I want to go back to my house where I can kiss you more.”
“I would be more than happy to do that baby.” I got up and tried pulling him up but again was too weak but he pretended I had control over the moment, which I appreciated. We went back to the car and drove to his place but the entire way I was distracted by him. He kept holding my hand and yawning and laughing..it was just too much. Somehow we got back in one piece though. We walked into the house and he kissed me again but he had to break the kiss to yawn which made us both laugh.
“Love you’re so tired..”
“I know I usually sleep a lot. I was tired before we left.”
“Why did you agree then?”
“I wanted to spend more time with you. Have an adventure with you.”
“We could’ve done it any time. You could’ve asked me to do anything anytime.”
“I didn’t want to chicken out again and have to come up with another reason for Nick to bring you around.”
“You’re such a sweetheart.” I said leaning up to kiss him again. “But you really should go to sleep now since you’re so sleepy.”
“Maybe you should stay here with me?”
“Do you want me to?”
“Yes.”
“Then okay. Do you have a shirt I could sleep in?”
“Do you need one?” he asked smirking again.
“Whoa now Jesperi, at least buy me dinner first.” I said laughing with him.
“I will. I’ll buy you as many dinners as you want. If you’ll let me of course.”
“Is this you asking me on a date?”
“Many dates.” he corrected with a smile.
“Okay deal. I will go on many dates with you. But first we sleep, because you need it.” I laughed as he yawned again. I let him drag me through his big house until we got to the master bedroom. We got changed and crawled into the massive bed. I cuddled up under his arm wrapping my legs around his.
“I’m really glad you came tonight (Y/n).”
“Me too Jes, me too.”