𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒 ʷᵃˡᵗᵒⁿ ˢⁱᵇˡⁱⁿᵍˢ

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗔 - 𝗝𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗡 (𝗣𝗧 𝟭)

SUMMARY: because of her family, willow's very closed off, but jaden and his family somehow manage to fix her (based on "matilda" by harry styles)
WORD COUNT: 1.07k
WARNINGS: mentions of child abuse, bruises, mentions of a car crash, adoption

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willow wasn't the type of person to open up easily around new people. being adopted into a shitty family and having to suffer physical and verbal abuse at such a young age really did affect how she viewed people and how she dealt with different emotions.

she was adopted when she was 5, having her both of her parents killed in a fatal car accident by a drunk driver. her birth mom's parents were drug addicts and her birth dad's parents passed years before she was born. her birth parents loved her, everyone who knew them could tell that they cherished their daughter more than anything else. they promised to love her until their hearts stopped beating, and that's exactly what they did.

as soon as she was adopted and brought home, they didn't miss a single beet on the abuse. the second she was doing little kid things, they screamed and yelled, hit her, and locked her in her room without dinner.

when she was 10 years old, she unexpectedly started her period in her sleep, causing her to stain the bed. they beat her for it, claiming that she "ruined everything" even though she quite literally couldn't control it. her mother didn't offer her any help, just threw a bunch of boxes of pads and tampons into her room and let her figure it out herself.

she thought that their behavior was normal until she saw other families on tv, in stores, or at school. she wished she had that kind of family.

willow doesn't really have a reliable memory of what happened to her from the time she was 7 to 12 years old, but she assumed it was from the amount of trauma she went through at such an early age. of course she remembered some things, but it was a handful of things.

when she turned 15, they moved to a gated community in atlanta. the house was very large, which made sense with all the money her parents were making with their jobs.

that's how she met the walton's. her family moved across the street from theirs and the walton's, being the nice and friendly people they are, they introduced themselves.

her parents made her stay over at the walton's house for a few days to "make friends with the kids", but really it was because they didn't want to deal with her.

within an hour, she had fallen asleep on the floor while the rest of them busied themselves with whatever else they were doing. she was so tired that no matter how loud they were, she just would not wake up.

"what if she died?"

"why would you say that? she's breathing anyway," jayla replies, rolling her eyes as she looks up at her phone in front of her.

who died??

Who is "she"?

"are we just gonna leave her on the floor?" jaden asks his siblings, looking at them expectedly. javon and jayla shrug, glancing back at their brother before turning back to the live.

"willow," he says, shaking her a little in attempt to wake her up.

who is willow??

jaden has a gf?

how come she gets to hang out with them and not me? 🙄

"no, jaden doesn't have a girlfriend. willow is our neighbor. she lives across from us," jayla tells the live.

it takes him a few seconds but he manages to get her slightly conscious before lifting her up under her arms to stand up.

"stop," she groans sleepily, but sits up anyway.

"come on, you gotta go lay down."

willow's eyes drowsily widen, "no. wait, i can't," she replies, continuing to let jaden lift her onto her feet. "i have to change and do my hair and— and brush my teeth and take off my makeup—"

"okay, i'll help you." jaden walks them both into the bathroom and sits her down on the toilet. "jayla! where are your makeup wipes?"

"look in the second drawer!" jaden pulls out the pack of makeup wipes and begins to take off the girl's makeup. he starts by peeling off her false lashes before he pulls out a wipe, starting on her eyes and moving to her forehead and temple. he grabs another wipe and wipes off the makeup on her nose and lips before moving to her cheeks. he suddenly pauses after wiping off the makeup from her right cheek.

"willow, what's this?" he asks her, brushing his thumb over her cheek, causing her to glitch a little, open her eyes, and look into the mirror. the bruise on her cheekbone was a mix between dark red, purple, and grey.

willow sighs, "can you just...can you just finish, please?" jaden doesn't ask anymore questions, doesn't even bring it up anymore, he helps her get ready for bed before leaving the bathroom to let her change.

she changes into a grey mickey mouse sweatshirt and a pair of black spandex. she puts on her pink bonnet and gets under the covers on jayla's bed.

"how about we go to my room so that we're not disturbing willow?" javon suggests. jayla picks up the phone and follows javon out of her room. jaden stays behind for a second, looking at the still girl on the bed. he opens and closes his mouth repeatedly, before deciding to speak.

"you know, you can talk to me about anything. you don't have to right now and i know we don't know each other, but...just whenever you feel the need." he doesn't wait for a response, just turns off the light in the room and closes the door behind him.

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AUTHORS NOTE:
i've been working on a few one shots for a week and a half and most of them are for jaden...anyways 😭 please don't be one of those ppl who comment "do you only write for black girls??" YES!!
you barely ever see anyone using black girls as face claims and tbh it's annoying. even with reader inserts i can still tell it's for white girls or girls with naturally straight/thin/white-like hair and things like that. i ONLY write using black face claims (black oc's and black readers) so if you don't like that this book is not for you! thank you 💗💗