Band Imagines

*REQUESTED* ATL - Jack Barakat

Requested by  SmolGerard

No Matter What

Y/N

Today you were having an off day, you didn't feel great. Last night you'd been out on the town with your boyfriend Jack, his band and their partners and pictures had ended up on social media which you weren't a fan of. You are Agender and didn't identify with any gender; maybe you should have told Jack this when you started dating but you loved him and didn't want to freak him out.

Most of the comments were nice on the pictures, but more people used female pronouns which upset you. Why couldn't people use gender-neutral pronouns or names? Hell, you would have felt better if some fans threw in the occasional male pronoun but that never happened.

Jack had noticed your change in mood slowly throughout the day and you'd overheard him on the phone to Alex asking if he'd done something wrong last night, which made you feel shitty because you didn't mean to make Jack feel bad when he was nothing but loving towards you.

"Where's my pretty girl hiding? She's my princess and I'm her king."

Jack pops his head around the bedroom door as you sit on the bed scrolling through Tumblr. You internally cringe at his use of the words; girl, she and princess but slap on a fake smile to make him feel less bad.

"I'm right in front of you silly."

Jack laughs before throwing himself on the bed next to you bopping your nose, "are you, okay babe? Did I do or say something last night? I hate seeing you pouty and upset."

You shake your head and sigh closing your laptop and putting it to the side. You turn to face Jack and sit cross-legged hoping he sees you have something serious to tell him.

"I need to tell you something, Jack. Its kind of big, and I know I should have told you this when we started dating but you're just too right for me and I don't want to lose you."

"You're not breaking up with me right?"

You shake your head and his worried expression melts away. You hold his hand and know it's now or never to get everything off your chest.

"Jack I'm Agender."

Jack tilts his head to the side and furrows his eyebrows, "err, what does that mean?"

You expected him to ask you this question.

"Well Agender translated literally means being without gender. I'm gender neutral, in the sense of being neither male nor female yet still having a gender. I'm not a big fan of gendered pronouns Jack, so when you just came in calling me 'she' it makes me feel uncomfortable. I also read the comments on the pictures and so many fans refer to me as 'her' and 'she' and it made me feel down."

You wait for Jack to laugh, or flip out on you and call you crazy or stupid. But it never happens, instead, he releases your hand and pulls you into a hug. You rest your head on his chest waiting for him to respond.

"Why didn't you just tell me from the start y/n? I wouldn't have looked at you any different because I love you. I would have done my research and made you feel comfortable instead of you keeping it all bottled up. I love you y/n."

You cuddle against Jack smiling like an idiot, you never expected him to take it this well.

"Thanks for accepting me, Jack. I guess I assumed you'd freak out and dump me. I'm not ready to tell the fans yet if that's okay with you."

"We'll tell them when you're ready. At least I know I didn't do or say anything stupid to make you upset at me."

Jack strokes your hair and you lean up and brush your lips across his softly. Jack could never outright upset you unless he left his underwear on the bedroom floor and refused to empty the dishwasher then that was a whole other story.