Shawn Mendes Imagines (Reader Insert)

First Time

Prompt: Slipping into warm water // The first time you and Shawn take a bath together

Warnings: Few Swear Words & Being Naked (but nothing sexual)

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Word Count: 3.9K | Fluff

Shawn was stressed.

You knew he was pushing his creativity to maximum capacity when he would come back to his apartment with eyes that looked completely drained, placing a gentle kiss on your cheek before retreating his bedroom.

He was currently in the midst of writing and recording his next album. And he was feeling the pressure from his fans, industry executives, and himself to put out an album even better than his self titled record.

But how can I achieve something better than that, he would say with a strained voice, his head buried into his hands, it was nominated for a Grammy.

You tried your best to reassure him; that his fans, the executives, and you would love whatever he put out if he had his heart and soul in it. You had no idea what the woes of fame did to a person's self-esteem and would never know the pressure of releasing a record. But you knew that Shawn was a people pleaser. He wanted to make everyonehappy even if it came at his expense.

At a loss for not knowing what to do to cheer him up, you called Aaliyah.

"He hasn't done it in a while..." her tone was thoughtful, but then she backtracked, "But I dunno if he would want me to tell you."

"A, please," you begged your boyfriend's younger sister as you stretched out on the couch, "I'm looking for anything. He's so stressed, he's barely eating the salad that I make sure he takes with him before he leaves."

She rushed out her sentence in one breath, "Helikestotakebaths."

You sat up, "He what?"

With your question, Aaliyah let out a sigh and repeated herself more slowly this time, "He likes to take...baths."

"A bath?"

There was hesitancy on the other end before adding in an important detail, "Sometimes with...bubbles."

"Oh?"

"And maybe," her voice was barely above a whisper, "some candles."

A small smile graced your lips, your boyfriend surprised you more and more everyday, "Really?"

"You have to swear to me you won't tell him I told you," Aaliyah said in an assertive tone, "He cannot know I told you."

You nodded your head with a smile on your face, you were happy to have gotten something to help Shawn de-stress, "Swear on my life––You're the best, A."

After catching up with Aaliyah and hearing what she's been up to the past few weeks, she had to go and do some chores she'd been procrastinating for a few days. You bid her goodbye, thanking her again for her help and promising her again to not tell her brother that she let his secret slip.

You hung up and looked at the time. Three o'clock. You had an hour or so before Shawn was due back so you hopped off the couch and made your way to the master bathroom. With your hands on your hips, you looked at the tub with a questioning gaze. Not once had you ever thought that Shawn was someone who was into baths. You didn't even think he had touched the faucet of the big white tub.