Looks like my obsession with Jean in suits is still kickin’ 👏
Jean is terrified of his new team. With the Ravens, he knew what to expect, how to act, what to do in any situation… He was an actor on his own life, always having to behave in a certain way. He always knew the script.
So when he meets the Trojans damn he is terrified. His new team is loud, and scandalous, and love to touch each other (and not with punches wtf) and hug and kiss and he is just paralyzed at this.
He has been taught he only have to talk when required, emotional connections are worthless and never show your feelings.
But with the time, he finds himself being less scared.
Because his team knows. He hasn’t talked to them that much but they know.
They know that if you want to give an exy advice to Jean you have to do it kindly. They know that Jean likes to stay at the court after practice to be even better so they take turns to stay with him so he doesn’t have to be alone. They know Jean doesn’t like going to parties (too much people, he tried once and had a panic attack) so they tried to found something to connect with him that wasn’t exy. Jeremy discovered he liked to stay late watching old French movies on TV so Laila searched for any cinema that played something like that and all of the team started going with Jean. Sometimes, it isn’t even all the team. Sometimes, it gets too loud and full so once a month it’s only Jean and Jeremy in the cinema (date goals tbh)
It’s not going to be easy to adapt. Sometimes, Jean thinks he is never going to fit with them. But he discovers, it’s so easy to be happy with his team.
He smiles more. He almost laugh (Jeremy discovered him trying not to laugh at his team being silly so Jean stopped, Jeremy was smiling all the day because of this). He try to do nice things to them as they do with him. He tries new things because he knows that make them happy. He starts opening more to the Trojans.
Next game, when Jeremy is doing a stupid dance bc they won, Jean laughs. It’s a quiet laugh but still. Everyone notices but doesn’t want to make him uncomfortable so they ignore it. Except Jeremy, who does visual contact with him. Jean smiles and Jeremy smile grows even more.
In that moment, Jean is not terrified anymore. He is happy.
Well you know, California, the Desert, a 3 hour drive to Joshua Tree National Park from USC, wide open spaces, quiet moments, probably not so quiet moments with coyotes yipping and making a general racket…. being able to see the stars in the sky because you no longer live under a damn stadium uh…. Just nice things Jeremy and Jean can experience together.
Bonus: depending on what season it is, Jeremy might get chilly in his dumb shorts & tank top and Jean will have to take him back into the Jeep and warm his delicate Californian bones.
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Jeremy did not think Jean knew the effect he had on him, in fact, was almost certain he did not. He thought it cliché, that someone so beautiful didn’t know they were, but it was true and it hurt his heart when he looked at him but also made him smile, sad but more happy than anything. Jean seemed to have that ability, to make him both happy and sad in the same moment.
Now though, Jean has that blank look on his face that means he’s somewhere else where Jeremy cannot reach him. He had gotten this way the first time someone had raised a hand in high five and he had flinched but then stilled like he expected a blow to knock him over. He got this way still, on bad nights and good nights, often but becoming less so.
“Jean,” Jeremy says. He hovers a hand over his cheek and waits for Jean to recognize him before resting it on his cheek, cupping his face in both hands and then pressing their foreheads together, mouths a breath apart.
“Wherever you are right now, it’s not real.”
exy magazine → jean moreau, jeremy knox and the trojans
so @softgannsey made this really cool magazine edit a while back and I wanted to do my own take on it!
Better days will come
Better days will come
Better days will come
jean takes up painting and his favorite canvas is jeremy
