riptide || sports imagines

best friend's older brother- justin herbert

i've never written something about herbie on here, which is surprising! so, here's one about my man justin 😍
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"Mitch!" I yell as I weave through the crowded Montana State University dining hall. It's lunch time and I'm looking for my friend, Mitchell.

Mitchell Herbert is the wide receiver for the Montana State University football team. You may know his older brother better though, Justin Herbert.

"There you are!" I saw as I find my friend sitting at a table by himself. He had an open computer and textbooks laying around him.

"Y/n! Sorry, studying for my test later." Mitchell blushed as I sat down in front of him.

"I got your favorite." I said as I placed the food in front of the man.

"Mac and cheese! You know me so well." Mitch closes his computer so he can eat his food.

Mitch and I have been friends since freshman year of college. Our roommates were dating and they begged us to come on dates with them because we were "so lonely it was sad to look at." They broke up mid-sophomore year and we stayed friends.

Everyone thinks we're secretly more than friends, which we're not.

But we both have our eyes set on other people. Mitchell thinks this girl in his chemistry class is cute and has been wanting to ask her out for ages. I keep encouraging him to ask her out, but he doesn't have the balls to.

Me, well it's actually kind of embarrassing. I like Mitch's older brother, Justin. I mean, how couldn't you?! The man's a total smoke show. I mean just his hair alone has any girl weak at the knees.

The thing is though, Mitchell doesn't know. I know, I seem like a shitty friend but I don't know how to bring it up. "Oh yeah Mitch, I think your brother's hot." Like that would be clinically insane of me to do.

"So, y/n, my family's coming to visit from Oregon. Even Justin! I don't even know how he persuaded the Chargers to let him off, but they did. He probably bribed him with his hair or some shit. Anyways, what I've been meaning to ask you is if you would want to meet us for dinner on Saturday night. My family's been dying to see you again. Especially Justin, weirdly. It's like he likes you or something. Anyways, you down?" Mitchell asked me. I visited Mitch's family multiple times over the few years I've been in college. They've always been super welcoming and nice. That's how I developed my crush on Justin. He was just always super sweet and kind to me.

It took me a minute to process everything he had said. Justin wants to see me? Me!

"Uh, yeah sure. Saturday works." I replied, taking a bite out of my own mac and cheese.

"Cool. I'll send you the details later today. Or I'll just tell you then if we see each other." Mitch said as he flipped through the pages of his textbook.

As I was scrolling though Instagram while eating my lunch, I got a text message from someone. It was Justin.

justin

hey y/n! heard that you're coming to dinner on saturday. can't wait to see you!

I stared at the text, making sure my eyes weren't deceiving me. Justin was excited to see me? Wow, I must be living in some sort of fever dream. I replied mere minutes after his text came through.

justin

yeah i am. looking forward to seeing you too!