hi!! i love your joe burrow imagines so much could i request a valentine’s angst one with a happy ending?
they decide to celebrate on feb 13th because the 14th would be too crowded and joe has meetings/promotions all week. reader is super understanding and tells him they can just meet at the restaurant so it’s easier for him.
she gets there first, gives the reservation name, waits 10… 20… 30 minutes. the waitress keeps checking in and she keeps saying she’ll wait. after 45 minutes joe texts saying he’s stuck in a last minute meeting and can’t make it.
she’s embarrassed because the waitress looks at her with pity and she ends up leaving… but when she walks out she sees joe’s car parked across the street.
later he comes to her place and admits he was outside but couldn’t bring himself to go in because there were paparazzi and photographers around and he panicked. he didn’t want their relationship in tabloids or her getting picked apart online.
reader tells him she’s tired of feeling like his dirty secret or someone he’s ashamed of.
and at the end he says something like:
“i cancelled not because i don’t care. i cancelled because i care too much about you and I can’t deal with losing you .”
and promises: “we’ll be private, not a secret. i promise.”
angsty but soft pls . I’m sorry this is soooo long but I have been thinking a lot about something like this