Shawn Mendes Imagines/Blurbs/Oneshots

Cuddle | Shawn Mendes

Summary: Shawn asks you out for the first time. [non au] [tour shawn]

Word Count: 750

"Can I ask you something?" Shawn says as he crawls into his bed on the tour bus.

You look at him from the bed across from him and raise your eyebrows. He sounds nervous, unlike himself. "Sure, anything." This is it, you're sure he's finally going to ask you out. The two of you have been flirting and teasing each other for the last year almost non stop.

"Can you cuddle with me?"

You stare. In the year you've known him, you've never heard him ask this before. The two of you have cuddled, but it always happened naturally, the two of you falling together at the end of long days or after a few drinks with the rest of the crew. Of course he is naturally affectionate and a very hands on person. You got used to that right away, it was quite a change for you though. You were never much a physically affectionate person before working with him, but Shawn changed your whole perspective on touch. A year ago you probably would have said no to this question, and asked if he was crazy. But this is Shawn, your Shawn, and you're in the here and now. You love him with every ounce of your being and if he wants to cuddle, you're going to cuddle him.

You cross the small space between the beds and lay on the small mattress beside him. "You wanna talk about something?"

"I'm nervous, not sure why." He rolls onto his side and faces the wall. You turn to lay against him, hand going up his back, short nails scratching at his warm skin. "I'm just not feeling well."

You wrap your arm around his chest and he takes your hand in his. It's so large in comparison. "Do you feel like you're getting sick?"

"No."

"Is something wrong with the set? Do you not like how you're singing a song lately?"

Shawn sighs softly. "Can I be honest?"

"Of course you can." You place a kiss on his shoulder and he sighs heavily. "You can tell me anything."

"I'm lonely." He threads his fingers between yours and pushes back against your body. "I'm tired of being alone."

"Oh." You close your eyes, holding your tongue. If he was so lonely why didn't he ask you out? Unless it wasn't like that. Unless you've been mistaking his actions as flirtatious all this time. "You know you have people around you all the time who love and care for you." You press your face into the back of his hair. He smells like green apple and mint. "I love and care for you."

Shawn rolls over and faces you. He's inches away, your noses are almost touching. His breath smells like cinnamon gum. His eyes are watery, that glassy look before someone cries. You touch the end of his nose and he closes his eyes.

"I'm here for you anytime you need me." You touch his lips gently, tracing his lower one while studying the faint freckles under his eyes. "I promise."

His eyes flicker open, gaze sleepy as he stares at you. "Do you think we can share the bed tonight?"

"If you want to, yes."

"You don't mind if I hold you and curl around you?"

"No of course not."

He lays his hand on your side and rubs your skin where your shirt has ridden up. "Can I ask you one more thing?"

"Yes Shawn."

"Will you...uh...will you go out with me?"

You smile, chuckling at the man before you. "It's about time you asked. Brian and I thought you'd never do it."

A few hours pass and you don't realize you've fallen asleep until someone is bumping your foot. You open your eyes to see Brian standing at the end of the bunk.

"We're at the arena. Did he ask?"

"Yeah," you laugh sleepily as you sit up. Shawn reaches for you and groans to life.

"Damn, it took him long enough."

"Fuck off, I wasn't ready," Shawn mumbles, dragging you back down with him. "Go away, I need to sleep more."

Brian laughs and smiles at the two of you. "I'll tell Andrew ten more minutes."

Shawn kicks his socked foot at Brian's general direction until he backs away to the door.

"Thanks Brian." You mumble and relax into Shawn, hand in his hair as he closes his eyes to go back to sleep and enjoying the comfort of your touch.

End

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