Some Unspoken Thing

Home With You (Some Unspoken Thing in 2016)

A/N: I'm expanding off of the prequel blurb . The italicized quotes at the beginning of each separate part comes from the August chapter of "Some Unspoken Thing."

Summary: Shawn lived with you for six months. You remembered more of what it was like to live with him more than what it was like to live alone.

Word Count: 6.7k

March 2016 - Moving In

"surprised you by buying you furniture you wanted from IKEA"

You were bundled up on your couch, avoiding the pouring rain outside with Netflix playing and a freshly made mug of your famous hot chocolate sitting on your coffee table. You're freshly showered, just waiting for your hair to dry and relaxing from the long day. You just started filming this action movie and between training, fight choreography, and filming you were absolutely exhausted.

You're just about ready to say "fuck it" to you hair and go to bed when there's a sad sounding knock on your door. You pad over in your socked feet, jaw dropping in shock when you see Shawn standing on your doorstep with his suitcase, a guitar case, and backpack. He's soaking wet from head to toe, his clothes sticking to him and he's shivering from the combination of the rain and cold night air.

"Oh my god," you murmur, immediately pulling him inside. You reach for his suitcase and bring it inside, placing it next to your umbrella holder, and you do the same with his guitar case and backpack, taking them from him before shutting the door and locking the cold out.

He's silent the entire time, says nothing to you when guiding him upstairs towards your bathroom. You turn on the shower and let it run, before turning to him and taking in his appearance - his short curls are matted to his head, and he's still shivering, clothes sticking to his skin and his eyes are staring right back at you, watching you. You can tell he has a lot on his mind that he wants to talk about, but he can't do that right now if he's close to getting hypothermia.

"Shower first," you tell him, "shower first and then we can talk, okay?"

He nods, starts to strip down and you exit the bathroom quickly, not wanting to disturb his privacy. You make quick work of getting one of your fluffy white towels and putting it in the dryer, making sure it'll be warm enough for Shawn when he gets out. You make a point to go through his suitcase to grab him a new pair of underwear, sweatpants, and socks. The kitchen is your next stop, making another mug of your famous hot chocolate for him to have, putting in seven marshmallows like you know Shawn likes.

You grab the mug and his clothes, bringing them up to your room and placing them on the nightstand, before heading back down to the laundry room and grabbing his towel. When you head back up, the water's shut off, and you know Shawn is waiting for you. You hand him his towel and clothes through the crack he makes in the door, and he takes it, and you wait on your bed for him to come out.

When he does, his skin is red from the heat, the towel wrapped around his naked torso, his lower half clothed and covered. "I need a place to stay." Shawn says, sitting by the heater in your bedroom. He looks dejected, almost like he didn't just finish the first few dates of his world tour only four days ago His skin is still tan from being in Florida. "My apartment won't be ready for awhile, they said it was move in ready but turns out it needs a few renovations and they said it'd take awhile." He grabs his mug of hot chocolate, taking an appreciative sip. "I know that it's a lot to ask, but can I crash here? It'll only be for a little while and I promise I'll help you pay rent."

Your heart breaks at the news. He had searched for the right apartment for months, and when he found it, he was so excited to move in and start living like "an adult," or so he put it. The fact that he couldn't now clearly was upsetting him, and ruining whatever plans he had in his head. You smile at him in response. "You're not paying rent, Shawn. Of course you can stay with me. You can stay as long as you'd like."