You and Me, Forever

Home

ꫝડꪀꫝꪶ𝕥ꪶρ𝕫ꪑ

He loves quiet afternoons when time seems to stop and it's just the two of them. With his hectic lifestyle it is basically impossible for them to feel normal and slow down, but she knows it. Camila knew it even before they started dating that she would have to be his little island of peace in his busy everydays, and she is perfectly fine with it, while Shawn is thankful to have such an amazing and understanding human being in his life.

They are lying in the backyard of his parents' home on the grass, Karen and Manny are inside, watching TV together while Aaliyah is in the kitchen with one of her friends baking some cookies. It's a blissfully sunny day in Toronto, Camila stole Shawn's Youth hoodie while he has some old jumper on he found in his wardrobe. His hands are stretched out to the sides, her head resting on his bicep while reading a book. She is carefully flipping through the pages as he plays with the hem of the hoodie, his eyes closed, occasionally listening to his sister and her friend laugh at something back in the house, their voice traveling through the open window.

He got back from his tour's European leg just two days ago, he is getting used to the sudden calmness after his restless tour life, but it's a change for the better. Though he loved every moment of being on the road, hitting another city every second day, there is nothing like home.

But what is home? He asked himself this question quite often while traveling through Europe. Camila visited him only once during that time and it was obviously hard for both of them, but it just made the reunion even sweeter. They have been a couple for over two years, but it genuinely feels like they have known each other since forever. They didn't play around for too long before officially getting together, it was probably only one week when they knew each other but weren't in a relationship. The kind of energy and affection they felt since day one was just too strong to ignore it and neither of them wanted to waste the time. He introduced her to his family after the first month and he still thinks that was the moment he knew she was the one. Camila had the kind of charisma no one could resist, she found the common ground with his parents and his sister so fast, by the end of the day they were all in love with her just as much as he was.

He will never forget their first vacation together, they flew to Hawaii for her nineteenth birthday with both their families, had the time of their lives and it was also the place Shawn gave her a promise ring. Since then, he has been thinking about replacing that ring with another constantly, but in the past couple of months this thought outgrew him and has been bugging him a lot.

He opens his eyes and sees the book Camila is reading as she is holding it above them, her fingers gently playing with the corner of the page she is currently on. The ring is still there, the small diamond sparkles from time to time when the sunlight hits it. He reaches up and caresses her knuckles, then the ring itself.

"You awake?" Camila asks, turning to face him with a smile. "I thought you were already asleep."

"Nah, just relaxing," he smiles back, dropping his hand to her shoulder. "Imma get something to drink, do you want something?" he asks, brushing her hair out of her forehead.

"Some water please."

"Gotcha," he says, pressing a kiss to Camila's forehead before sliding out from under her, forcing her to lie on the ground totally.

He walks back to the house, the sweet scent of cookies hitting his nose immediately. On the couch his parents are watching some documentary, his dad half asleep while Karen is massaging his scalp with her eyes glued to the TV. Moving forward he sees that the kitchen is kind of a disaster, Aaliyah is trying to lick cookie dough off of a spoon, sitting on the countertop while her friend is telling her a story which she immediately stops upon seeing him, giving him some shy smiles.