Jakki One Shots

OTP Writing Challenge- Day Three

Yay that streak's still going! I'll probably break it soon enough when I get loads of work to do :)

Day Three Prompt:

Commitment

How committed are the otp? What do they promise to and expect from each other? How do they show their commitment to each other?

I don't know if this is quite following the prompt, but it was the first thing that came to mind from the word "commitment"!

They'd barely been together a month, but Nikki felt as though she'd known Jack her whole life. Their relationship was utterly blissful. Every time he touched her, every time they shared an intimate moment, the passion was still just as it had been the first time it happened. Everything just felt so very real.

Nikki was so in love with him. Stupidly, her initial thought process was that her feelings were just attraction, an attractive man making flirty comments toward her, making her feel good about herself. But Jack didn't just do that. He made her smile and laugh more than any other person in her life did. When they had a misunderstanding, it seemed as though the entire world was crashing down on her. He was her rock, and she was his. It took a while, but Nikki soon came to realise that it was not attraction she felt towards Jack, it was love.

She wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. She'd decided that the first time he'd kissed her, the first time they'd spend the night together. And, now, the next step towards that life was living together.

Was moving in too soon? She didn't really know. They'd never specifically stated that they were taking things slowly, and it certainly didn't feel that way. But she was still worried that Jack might not want everything to move fast, and think that it was too early in their relationship to live together.

Still, Nikki wanted to at least ask. If it was too soon, they could just wait a while longer before making any other big commitments. But because it had been playing on her mind, Nikki knew she needed to bring it up sooner rather than later. After all, it had become something that felt important to her. It was just a matter of picking the right moment.

And then the moment came. It was after a long day at the Lyell. Jack and Nikki were in the car, about to head to hers for the evening. Before Nikki could start the engine, Jack placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"Can we stop at mine first, I need to get a few things."

This was Nikki's chance. If she didn't take it, she'd regret it entirely. So, she took a deep breath, preparing herself for what she was about to ask.

"You know, I don't really see the point of you constantly taking things back and forth when you could just stay in one place... permanently?”

Nikki silently cursed herself. It would have been much easier to ask the straight forward question, but instead she'd dug herself a hole. She looked up at Jack, hoping he'd clock on. Luckily, he did.

"Are you asking me to move in?"

She couldn't tell what he was thinking yet; he wasn't showing anything on his face. It worried her. Had she messed everything up? Nikki tried to carry her point across, her voice becoming a little more panicked every word she spoke.

“You sleep at mine every night anyway, so it’s only logical that you move in."

A ghost of a smile had appeared on Jack's face. It extended and extended, until a laugh fell from his lips.

“Why do you look so nervous?” he asked with a grin, his hand moving to her leg. Nikki hadn't even realised she was shaking. She saw her own hand on the steering wheel, trembling like it was cold.

“I wasn’t aware that I did," Nikki said, sending him an anxious smile.

Unbuckling his seatbelt, Jack lent over the gearstick to cup her face.

“Nikki, you don’t need to be worried. Of course I want to come and live with you.”

A sigh of relief. Her heart slowly calming down. A genuine smile forming on her lips. He'd said yes. He wanted to be with her just as much as she did him.

“Really? Even though we haven’t been together that long?”

Jack tucked a strand of Nikki's hair behind her ear.

“You forget that I’ve been in love with you a lot longer than when we got together. I’ve waited for you for a bloody while and now that I finally have you, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”

It felt as though everything had been lifted off Nikki's shoulders. She pressed a kiss to Jack's lips, staying close to rest her forehead against his.

“I love you so much," she whispered.

“I love you so much too.”