#and now they're in denver and like. it's his house it's his money etc etc it's a really... logistically difficult situation | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

laurenairay · 2 years ago

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For a headcannon, and forever who you might fit this perfectly, but showing them around your home town. Like, I can only imagine that where I grew up is vastly different from the lifestyles many of the hockeys have and the major cities they live in now. Enjoy the holiday!!

oh man claudia, hands down, absolutely agree with you there haha. I went with JT Compher for this one because i'm on a massive kick for this ginger king right now, so let's do this! (and thank you! so far so good on this long weekend!)

So JT grew up in fairly nice suburban areas of Chicago - he seems like the kind of guy who would appreciate that he was fortunate to have been put through hockey at a young age, as were both of his sisters, plus all the others sports and luxuries, but maybe he doesn't quite fully understand that difference with most people.

You know he's not the super frivolous kind of guy but he does spend his money fairly loosely, shall we say. No need to worry about coupons at the supermarket. No need to keep an eye on the gas meter. No need to dig around the back of the cupboard to make meals stretch before payday. Maybe your family weren't quite as well off as his or maybe your family were absolutely nowhere near as well off as his, but either way you'd warn him that your hometown is very different to his before he finally visits in the summer.

I'm going to use my hometown as a basis here because it's not terrible at all but there are some things that could use some improvement, so use your imagination/creative license?

Maybe on the drive from the airport back to yours, he sees the amount of stores that have boarded up windows (maybe they're bankrupt, maybe they got smashed). And maybe he sees how the children's playgrounds are sparse and empty. And maybe he sees the amount of homeless people lingering in the shadows of buildings. And maybe he sees how the houses lining your street aren't quite as picture perfect as the neighbourhoods he grew up in.

Maybe he watches you grow more and more uncomfortable as you get closer and closer, and he seems like the kind of guy who would be able to read his girlfriend's moods/emotions and he would hate that you're feeling this way because of him.

Because at the end of the day, you are - you're taking him to your hometown after knowing full well what his hometown looks like.

And maybe your hometown looks nothing like any of that, maybe it's actually alright, but it still feels different than his and you can't shake that. It isn't that you feel shame, far from it - your parents/guardians/etc work hard and you love that - but there's still that tinge of something that you can't shake.

JT is the kind of boyfriend who would stay silent and just take your hand in his, pressing a silent kiss to your knuckles, letting you know that he loves you, and for now, that's enough.

All the little things add up over his visit, the people and the places. Like, maybe your hometown is absolutely tiny, with only a few stores and maybe one little cinema, and there really isn't anything to do so that's why you got out and moved to Denver in the first place. Maybe it's super religious and you never felt like you fitted in and that's why you moved to the big city. But it's all there, and he can see it all in your face.

and he seems like the kind of guy to make the extra effort to make people feel comfortable so he would be doing his very best to make you feel comfortable. But he's not blind. He gets it now, and he's never going to forget his privilege, even if he knows it's nowhere near anything close to how bad things in the US can get.

(he would definitely phone his parents and thank them and say how grateful he is because he's that kind of son).

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