#janjamie

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From this ask meme which I am still accepting asks for!

🌈 Share something soft/fluffy from your WIP - Dutch Sky Blue

Jan finds the smile coming to his face unbidden and his eyes scan the stadium looking for that very familiar face. He didn’t have to search for long. Jamie was up in the directors box. A Richmond shirt was stretched across his chest and he held his hand over his heart and the badge as he smiled. Jan grinned. He had been thinking for months about what it would have been like to play alongside his love. Jan had watched Jamie’s highlight reel when they first met, he was amazing and it had taken a few dates to understand how deeply unhappy Jamie had been in football. But that didn’t stop Jan from imagining Jamie in the Richmond Blue and Red, bouncing on the balls of his feet near the centre circle. However much he might want Jamie on the field alongside him, he wanted Jamie happy more. Jamie looked happy as he waved at the cheering crowd. Their eyes met and Jamie’s smile became a few shades brighter. He winked just as the whistle blew and Jan was pulled rapidly back down to earth. He had a job to do and it was even more important now he had someone to show off for.

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Random Ted lasso ship head canons please and thank you

Oooooo okay bet! Here are random Jamie ship thoughts I've had lately

SamJamie

Sam has shown Jamie so many amazing dishes and flavors and cuisines and Jamie loves it all, of course Sam will still find his boyfriend eating uncooked vegetables out of the can and be like what is wrong with you because Jamie is still Jamie and puts sprinkles on white bread

Jamie sleeps in a t-shirt and no pants, Sam sleeps in just his boxers. Sam teases him when they're cuddled together

Sam loves romancing Jamie, wooing him, making him feel love that Sam thinks he doesn't get enough, Jamie loves showing Sam to put energy into himself and take care of himself and rest

The angriest Jamie has ever seen Sam to date was when James Tartt showed up in their lives

Jamie thought Sam was doing a weird mean joke when Sam asked him out, and several times throughout their first date, had to get confirmation that Sam wasn't getting some weird revenge on him

ColinJamie

Jamie pretends to like Drake for Colin, Colin pretends to like bake off for Jamie. They both know the other doesn't, but they like being able to share it with each other

When Colin came out publicly and got a lot of hate, Jamie came out on accident while defending Colin

Colin surprisingly takes much longer on his hair and getting put together to go out than Jamie, Jamie is so endeared to Colin's polos and bad fashion

Colin loves pulling Jamie aside and kissing him roughly. He is absolutely all about making out and taking dumb risks, Jamie loves it

Colin can't dance and forces Isaac to teach him some moves so he can dance with Jamie, he did not realize Jamie can't dance either

JanJamie

Englishman is a pet name

Jamie loves telling Jan to shut up and loves making him shut up even more

Jan doesn't cry at movies but loves that Jamie does calls him a nerd

Jamie loves stealing Jan's clothes, Jan tries to buy Jamie clothes in Jan's size, but Jamie insists their better from Jan's closet

Jan loves to kiss the top of Jamie's head and his forehead

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Proposing that the Jamie+Jan ship name be

Jam Mess

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🌹🌹🌹 Any Dutch sky blue update? 🙏🏻🌹

Always! I've actually decided that I am going to be aiming to post Dutch Sky Blue in it's entirety as part of whumptober for the prompt Making Amends on Day 31. So I am going to be working on it and trying to push through to the end.

Here's a little tidbit!

They had an emergency meeting the night after they got back from Amsterdam. As soon as everyone was in various seats in Colin’s living room, he dived into the tale. “It can’t have been Jamie,” Zoreaux muttered. “It was, you don’t think I’d recognise Jamie?” Colin exclaimed, throwing his hands up as he paced. “He does have a very distinctive butt,” Reynolds whispers and there were murmurs of agreement around the room. “Where’s he been the last two years?” Sam asked, quiet as a mouse. Colin sighed, it took even a mention of Jamie for all the hard work of the last two years in bringing Sam out of his shell to disappear. Colin and Isaac had been assholes and others had jumped on the Jamie Tartt Bandwagon but Sam was the main player that bore his ire. Colin had never worked out why. He had never worked out why meek little Obisanya had irked Jamie the way he did. He had never bothered to ask Jamie when he was around. “That’s not the important bit,” Colin exclaimed, shaking those thoughts out of his head. “The important bit is why he’s hanging off Jan in a Dutch club when Jan told the coaches he was going for food with his family.”

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Thank you darling! For your lovely bouquet here's a little bit from about half way through Dutch Sky Blue!

Operation Jan Maas was put on hiatus after that day. Most of the greyhounds accepted that Jan wasn’t trying to be hostile and he likely wasn’t keeping any major secret from the group. But then the announcement came, they were heading to Amsterdam. With their flow out of various cups and lack of European qualification this year, Richmond had a few periods of free time during the season and despite Roy’s protests about the pointlessness of them Ted wanted to do some friendlies for charity and to try out new things. Ajax was their first of these weird Ted friendlies. The team was going to Amsterdam and everyone turned to look at Jan when the announcement was made. He had a small smile, that disappeared behind his hand when he noticed others looking. “Any family might want tickets there?” Ted asked and Jan nodded. “I’ll let you know numbers once I’ve checked.” “What about your fiancé, she can jump on the plane with us if you want?” Colin suggested, with a knowing nod and smile from Isaac. “Ah well. No, watching football isn’t on the table,” Jan shrugged. Who dated an admittedly very handsome footballer who played in the Premier League and didn’t like watching football? Murmurs rippled around the changing room, likely raising the same question. But Ted cut off their gossiping with boring logistics.

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Do you still have Dutch Sky Blue in the works? Big group of us were talking about Jan/Jamie today and I thought of you!

It is still very much in the works! I have a few different time sensitive challenges in the works atm so it's taken a back seat. Jan/Jamie is one of my favourite ships as they work so well together and both deserve love from someone who gets them!

HOWEVER you asking this made me reload it lol and I had inspiration for one of the scenes so I wrote it this afternoon! Here's a snippet (a long one as I wrote like 1k of this today)

“Hello. Jamie is meeting us here as he is coming straight from work,” Jan smiled. Sam’s palms were sweaty and he wiped his hands on his trousers, hoping the texture might settle him. It didn’t. “Work?” Isaac scoffed. The glare that was leveled at Isaac was impressive and he was immediately cowed. It seemed Jan still hadn’t got past the confrontation from the day before. “Yes. Jamie works and he needs to close up today so did not have time to go home. Do you have any problems with this?” he asked, a rhetorical question clearly if Isaac valued his life. “Course not!” Isaac stammered. “Just never imagined Tartt with a real job,” he muttered under his breath to Colin when Jan turned around. “God, sorry love. Carla had to dash to make Jake’s play and if I didn’t get the dough done to rest overnight then it would be a nightmare in the morning,” a familiar chipper Mancunian accent steamrolled through all of Sam’s defences as Jamie hurried down the street. The worst part of it all, Jamie looked good. He had lost more than a few pounds of muscle but that just gave him a lean fitness. He had allowed his hair to grow out and had the lighter brown waves lightly gelled back away from his face compared to the gel helmet from before. The orange cargo pants clashed horribly with the blue shirt with little cartoon sunflowers on it but in a way that just accentuated the glimpses of Jamie’s horrific style they had seen during his time at Richmond. Wait … sunflowers. Jan’s morning cup with the painting that he said he didn’t like on it. Sam’s mouth dried out as he watched, Jan wrap his arm around Jamie’s shoulders and give him a little peck on the cheek. “Don’t worry. I only just got here too,” Jan smiled, it was so soft and sweet and Sam felt like he was going to pass out. Jamie’s eyes flittered between Jan, Isaac, Colin and the Sam. His gaze hardened from the worried but loving twinkle he looked at Jan with to something darker by the time he got to Sam. “Boys, um, hey, I guess,” he muttered, with a little shrug. Right hand wrapping around his left wrist, Jamie stood tense, and firm. Sam had a plan. He had workshopped with his dad last night what he was going to say to Jamie. He had a whole speech about how Jamie had made him feel and how he had grown and he hoped Jamie had too. It was all gone, he couldn’t remember a word of it. Sam didn’t know what he was expected but he didn’t expect Jamie to look so similar but lighter. He looked like he had just been away on an extended holiday and he looked like he still hated Sam. “Let’s not do this in the street,” Sam stated and turned to go inside before he lost it all. “We’ll be in in a minute,” Jan stated, and Sam, through the window, watched as Isaac and Colin let the door fall shut behind them. “Not a great start,” Colin muttered. Sam nodded, not able to take his eyes off Jamie and Jan outside. Jamie was still there in his closed off posture staring blankly at the door. His lips were pursed and brow furrowed. With a guiding hand on his arm, Jan turned Jamie and freed his right hand from where Jamie had held them tight in front of him. Sam wasn’t good at reading lips and he saw Jamie snap something and then immediately crumple as Jan interlocked their fingers. A gentle and reassuring squeeze as Jan pulled Jamie in closer. Jan smiled and whispered, which put a little smile on Jamie’s face, relieving some of the tension. Jan nodded his head towards the door and Jamie sighed with a shrug. Jamie rolled his eyes and said something else that earned a bark of laughter from Jan. Jamie’s teeth flashed and the Jamie of old flashed out with a little flick of his tongue and Jan sighed and shook his head. They then turned to come inside and all three patrons in there turned and pretended to have been looking anywhere else than that display.

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Re: Dutch Sky Blue THEYRE ENGAGED!?!?! Is that new information or have I missed something??? Please can we have a teeny bit more? Please please please?

Haha thanks anon! THEY ARE! It wasn't intentionally new information but have realised that I was calling Jamie Jan's partner in most of my posts not fiance which probably added to the confusion. But no! This is set during S3 imagining that Jan joined Richmond at the start of S3 and they are planning their wedding back in Groningen in the off season.

Jan is happy for the team to know that he is engaged but is repecting Jamie's wishes in keeping his fiance from them because although Jamie has mellowed out now he's not in the high pressure football atmosphere, he doesn't want to revert when faced with spirits from his past.

Another little JanJamie snippet because you asked so nicely -

“Sorry for that delay,” Jan apologised as he walked in hand in hand with Jamie, softly pulling him along. Jamie looked like he wanted to be there as much as Sam, Colin and Isaac did. “No worries lad,” Colin broke the tense silence and was the first to sit at the table. “This place is nice,” Jamie murmured as he sat down. “Oh it’s Sam’s. He wanted a taste of home and so built one himself,” Isaac patted Sam on the back. A hot blush spread, as much as he appreciated the lads trying to big him up it was such a minor thing to be smug about in front of Jamie Tartt. But Jamie was pursing his lips looking between Jan and Sam. He quickly took a breath and a sharp exhale before his features softened. “That’s so cool. Like urgh the amount of time I’ve spent trying to get his mum’s hachee recipe just right this winter,” Jamie scoffed rolling his eyes. “That’s because you always forget the,” Jan moaned, then staring at Jamie with an expression that was very familiar to Sam with English being his second language. Jan groaned, “love I mean the kruidnagel,” he muttered. Jamie’s brow furrowed before his mouth making a little realisation circle, “oh you mean cloves!” Jan nodded rapidly, “yes cloves, you always don’t put enough in.” Jamie huffs fondly, squeezing Jan’s hand, “despite my apparent cooking inadequacies. We know how hard it is to find good international cuisine for smaller communities. Good on you for doing something about it.” Jamie smiles softly. A peace offering. “Thanks. Do you have many Dutch things at your bakery?” Sam asks. He’s not one to turn down an olive branch when it has been offered. Baby steps.

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I’m always interested in more Dutch Sky Blue but am super intrigued by Baby Jamie and Simon. 💜

I've talked about Baby Jamie and Simon here so I'll focus this post on Dutch Sky Blue!

My JanJamie fic! I've mentioned this before but this came from the concept of after LCA Jamie disappears, no one knows where he has gone and for Richmond at least no one really cares ... until he rocks up as the significant other of one of the Greyhounds. I chose Jan Maas because I love them together.

It's coming along slowly but I'm a little stuck on the hyjinks that happen of the greyhounds trying to find out who is Jan Maas' secret partner!

But it's getting there so here's a little snippet -

Higgins winced in sympathy as he was stared at by the assembled curious greyhounds. “That would be a major breach of data protection boys,” he sighs. “I can’t just give you personal information from a player’s file.” “All we want to know is his address for,” Colin began but then stalled without a prepared excuse. “An engagement present?” Sam suggested hesitantly. Colin turned to point at him with a nod. “Yes an engagement present delivered to him as a surprise, and also his emergency contact so we can warn his future spouse that it is coming,” Colin grinned, facing back to Higgins expectantly. “I am sorry team but no can do. You’ll just have to ask Jan yourself,” Higgins choked out, suddenly looking very uncomfortable. He knew something. There was something about Jan’s homelife that Higgins didn’t think the lads would like.

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JAMIE / JAN MAAS HATE SEX!!!!!!!

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🗣️Talk about your favourite WIP

Favourite WIP that is part posted: A Treatment Room Doors Moment

I could talk about this fic until the cows come home, it is my first born at this point. I'm just writing it as the vibes hit me so Ch3 has barely any written but Ch4 is nearly done and it a mix of angsty and cute.

Favourite WIP that is unposted: Dutch Sky Blue

The JanJamie non-footballer Jamie fic is coming along nicely with a lot of random facts about Jan Maas that I have invented purely by feeling

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Beautiful!!! And much appreciated. As I'm watching the NFL, using the time to write one of my fave Jamie scenes in the JanJamie fic (unfortunately no Jan in it). For context in this fic Jamie never came back after LCA, met Jan, they fell in love and Jan was transferred to Richmond for S3 :) Enjoy!

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"Some of the lads let me know that we shouldn't hold someone's past against them or look gift horses in the mouth even if they come in the form of very tall dutchmen," Ted stated. Jamie continued to look cautious. "I'm going to be honest with you. We're struggling to score goals this season. Dani is trying his little heart out but the dream of two aces is still evading us. We're going to look in the transfer window but I have been authorised to ask you first," he explained. Jamie just stared for a moment, blinking slowly as the cogs whirled in his head. The kettle clicked and Jamie silently made the drinks, sliding Ted his coffee. "You want me to come back and play for Richmond?" Jamie questioned so quiet that Ted's breathing was nearly louder. "Yes, I think you'd bring something amazing to this team and I wanted to offer you another shot," Ted moulded his face into his most reassuring look. Jamie blinked again, and then started to laugh.

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If you are still offering anon gift fics then anything Jamie/Jan as I agree they should have got so much more screen time together

So I lied! Um, I thought today was going to be full of entertaining my family but actually it was a lot more free and now we are watching Redzone I can write and make sassy commentary at the same time!

So Thuiskomen is finished in time for Christmas! I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing and as much as I enjoyed coming up with the humans that created Jan Maas

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What are you working on now? Anything particular you want to share?

I am once again flitting! But main priorities at the moment

1 - The gift fic: Always a Good Boy for Roy

This is not going to be an epic but is about 1.5k in and still has so so much left to go in it lol. It's my own fault because I get distracted and just write about other stuff in the fic that is not really relevant but fun!

2 - The gift fic 2: Dutch Sky Blue

This one is going to be long and don't think it will be done in time for Christmas now but I'm sure the anon will forgive me because it's a big boi. I've nearly finished the prologue of Things We Know About Jan Maas which of course are all made up because we know barely anything about Jan Maas.

So here's a little snippet from this section as I've finished it this morn

The big one though … Jan Maas was engaged. He hadn’t told them of course but Sam with his hawklike eyes had spotted a ring on a chain around his neck whenever they played. He tucked it under his shirt but sometimes it came untucked. At first they thought it was a wedding ring but Jan was quick to correct them. Him and his partner both had engagement rings. Jan did not belief in heteronormative courtship rituals. But he wouldn’t say anything about the mysterious partner. Colin was sure that the partner was a he, but his gaydar was shocking for a gay man. So they did not know for sure.

3 - Where the Hell is the Karma?

I just want to finish a multi-chaptered fic lol and this one is the closest to being done and I will do it. Not much written so far but I'll get there!

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For the Ask Game I'm intrigued by Thuiskomen

Thuiskomen is the last of my gift fics that won't be up for Christmas unfortunately with a busy day today (when my brother finally rocks up) but will be up before the new year.

The request was for anything JanJamie, originally it was going to be Dutch Sky Blue but that spawned into a massive fic so I decided to instead so a cute little fic about Jamie and Jan going to meet Jan's family in the Netherlands for the first time and Jamie worrying about not being good at interacting with parents.

“Jay, look at me,” Jan lifted up Jamie’s chin revealing his pout. “I love you. I want my family to like you which they will but the only opinion about you that matters is mine and I am going to keep you as long as you’ll have me,” Jan explained and then kissed him softly. “Love you too. You’re never getting rid of me,” Jamie smiled slightly but it slowly faded away. “But I’m just not good at parents. I don’t necessarily have a normal relationship with either of my folks or Simon. And like when I meet people’s parents we usually end up getting it on or they just hate me and I am not getting it on with your parents,” Jamie muttered, the most determined that Jan had ever seen him off a football pitch. “Please don’t try to get it on with my parents, or my sister,” Jan chuckled but Jamie remained uncertain. “Just be you Jamie. I like you for you and I would rather that they didn’t like you based on who you are than they like you because you lied to them.”

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THERES A REALLY CUTE FIC ABOUT JAMIE TRYING TO FIT BACK IN AT RICHMOND AND JAMIE AND JAN ARE FLIRTING IN THE BACKGROUND AND IT WAS SOOOOO CUTE (fic is called ‘and i do appreciate you bein round’ by laminy on ao3 and it’s stupid good)

im a jamieroy and ot3 truther at my core but i love the jamie/jan dynamic and also jan has stern dom energy that goes with jamie’s bratty/annoying sub vibes perfectly so ..

Okayyyy I can see that!!! And perhaps more importantly if Jamie wants a 6'4 boyfriend then he deserves that!!! Why shouldn't they fuck!

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For Wednesday words how about Away, Turn and/or Change?

Turn (turns) and Change - from The Richmond Job Ch3

“Does he really need to be tied up like that?” Ted winced. Jamie turned and looked at Trent. His head was slumped forwards, chin resting against his chest as he breathed trapped in a deep sleep. Jamie had managed to find a desk chair and had hacked the wheels off the bottom. That meant it was padded and everything. Trent’s feet were shoeless and tied to the spokes at the bottom and his arms tied to the chair arms. They were zipties but Jamie hadn’t even done them that tight and he had even let him keep his shirt, jumper and trousers after a quick search. “Yeah?” Jamie frowned with his nose wrinkling in confusion. Ted looked over at Trent again uncertainly. Then it clicked. “Oh lord above this is your first kidnapping isn’t it?” Jamie laughed. “Yes Jamie. I don’t go about kidnapping people in my day to day life. The closest I’ve ever come is knocking out and tying up someone who I thought was a burglar but turns out it was my cousin who I hadn’t seen in thirteen years who had just let himself in. I was very apologetic. Baked biscuits for him and everything,” Ted rambled. Jamie hadn’t known Ted for long but he had quickly worked out that just letting Ted get his analogy out was the fastest way of leaving this conversation. “You’re a bad guy now Ted. Kidnapping people is part of the game and this is a nice one. A none violent knocking out, allowed to keep his clothes,” Jamie explains, grinning at Ted’s choked noise of distress, “and no imminent visible threat to his anatomy.” “I think I’ll leave this whole side to you and Roy,” Ted nodded rapidly. “Delegation, only way to run a business. Don’t change something that ain’t broke. Roy’s on his way. You good to watch this one until then?” “Sure,” Jamie sighed dramatically.

Away - from Dutch Sky Blue (the JanJamie fic)

“What the fuck do you two idiots think you are doing?” Jan threw the changing room door open, sending it thumping into the woodwork behind. O’Brian jumped out of his skin, hitting his head on the top of his alcove in diving away from the incensed Dutchman, and let out a little squeal of shock. Everyone froze in place as Jan stormed through the centre of the room, expression thunderous. Isaac and Colin looked at each other and both gulped. There were only two idiots that Jan could be referring to. They were the two idiots.