#keeley jones headcanons

[multifandomfix]

Going On A Spa Date With Keeley Jones Would Include

Keeley is super excited about the spa day and has been talking about it for weeks. She loves planning little surprises, so she's already got a whole itinerary in mind.

She chooses a luxurious spa known for its serene atmosphere and top-notch services. Probably recommended by Rebecca. Think calming music, aromatic scents, and a beautiful view.

Upon arrival, Keeley insists on getting matching robes, and adorable matching slippers to complete the look.

The first activity on the agenda is a couples' massage. Keeley chatters away at first, but quickly relaxes into silence, a contented look on her face.

Next are facials for both of you, where you struggle not to laugh and mess up your face masks.

Post treatments, Keeley suggests a dip in the jacuzzi. She brings along a couple of fancy drinks to sip while you both soak and chat, and maybe make out a little too.

After the jacuzzi is a manicure and pedicure session. Keeley picks out the colors, and you end up getting matching designs or cute little nail art.

Before you go to get changed, you and Keeley take a couple pictures in your matching robes and slippers, making funny faces and just knowing you’ll look back at these and laugh one day.

When you’re about to leave, Keeley has a little gift prepared for you, a personalized at home spa kit to remember the day by.

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[witchthewriter]

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬' 𝐬/𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞

⤷ female, ambiguous race, and any size reader. Requests are open, thank you for reading!

Warnings: swearing

ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ

𝑺𝑭𝑾🌿  

・You had seen Keeley on the tv before you ever saw her in person.

・And when you did see her in person, you went up and introduced yourself. Only because you were making yourself do things that were difficult (it was supposed to be character-building or something - an idea from your therapist)

・And talking to a pretty girl was one step toward having more confidence

・But she was absolutely lovely

・And you were left feeling so light and bubbly after the conversation

・But fate somehow had a hand in your relationship because you kept bumping into each other.

"I'm not stalking you, I promise!" You blurted out one morning after entering the coffee shop she was exiting.

But she only laughed.

"I've had stalkers before love, you ain't as good as 'em," she winked and walked off. Leaving you with a very fast beating heart.

・You fantasised about her; daydreaming about how your relationship would be. What your wedding would be like, how many kids you would have, if you would be the bread winner or Keeley

・And then you would be brought back to reality with a yell from your boss

・Your pining lasted a few months, until one of your friends got fed up with your inaction and added her on Instagram

・She accepted, and to your surprise, she dm'ed you first

'we go to the same coffee shop, don't we?'

・You were stunned and didn't think this would happen in a million years. Were you supposed to answer straight away? In 10 minutes? In an hour, oh god a day??

・This was why you were terrible at dating and relationships in general - you never knew what to do

・But Keeley had made you feel so at ease, and you made up your mind. Even if you looked stupid, at least you were being polite

'Yeah, we do! Too bad today they didn't have their croissants :('

・You waited and waited and saw that she had read the message. It took two minutes for the bubbles to form and you were squealing

'I could get you one tomorrow!'

・You nearly threw your phone across the room. FUCK WAS SHE FLIRTING OR JUST BEING NICE?!

'Really?? thank you! What time do you get there?'

・Was this a date? Were you inadvertently creating a date?

・The answer was yes. A big fat fucking yes. Which led to more and more dates.

・And then she asked if you wanted to sleep over at her place and it was the best time of your life. The next morning she made snails out of pancakes and various other creatures. It made you fall in love with her even more.

・There was something about Keeley that made you feel confident and weak in the knees at the same time

・She always loops her arm with yours, nudging you and then holding you close.

・And Keeley always has something to say, so there's never a lull in the conversation

・She's asked you if you'd still love her if she was a worm, and you said yes. And you'd make a little worm house for her, and get her food. And she started crying.

・Who knew a B-level model and D-level celebrity would fall in love with you?

・You honestly never thought Keeley and you would work. Or at least, get this far. Past the point of talking to each other in the coffee shop.

・But you did, and you moved into her place

・She brings you to all the Richmond games (or the important ones, if you don't like sports)

・Roy and Jamie cornered you one afternoon, both had their arms crossed in front of each other.

・But you weren't intimidated in the slightest

"You hurt her, and we'll break your face," Roy grumbled. And Jamie nodded and then looked at his captain with a tad of horror.

"Fair," you said and walked away.

・Would definitely get two ragdoll kittens with pink collars and love heart name tags.

・Her favourite things to do with you are staying up late watching movies - especially romance. She can't help but love them. Especially 'Leap Year' and 'Mamma Mia.'

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

Chaotic Dumbass Duo

Always Hold Grudges (You) x Forgives Too Easily (Keeley)

You Didn't Believe The Other Could Ever Love Them Back But They Do

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆    

You Fell First, But They Fall Harder

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈

Underground by Cody Fry

[goodmorninglovelies42]

Social media headcanons for Ted Lasso (taken from a prompt on Twitter).

Jamie, Keeley, and Roy all have official instagrams. Roy does not have the password to his account; just Keeley. Roy doesn’t want the password, and if she’s being honest, Keeley doesn’t trust him with it anyway.

All three also have finstas, but Roy only uses it to follow Jamie and Keeley.

Roy used to have a Twitter account, but he called Elon Musk a racist cunt who didn’t know his arse from his elbow, and then he got banned. Keeley can’t even blame him really.

Jamie has a TikTok and it stresses Keeley out to no end because that’s where he posts his most unhinged shit. Roy knows it exists and that he sometimes features in it, but he refuses to engage.

Jamie also has a burner Reddit account that he only uses to sock puppet in the football RPF threads. It brings him no end of joy. When he’s bored, he drops bits of RoyJamie RPF fic. It’s *extremely* filthy.

[elloras]

Ted Lasso: All Apologies

[lunar-years]

Okay because it was briefly mentioned in this post speculating on Roy's parents I really want to hear people's thoughts on Keeley's parents/childhood and why she had no prior family obligations on (Sexy) Christmas!

Similarly to Roy we only get very brief mentions of their existence in canon (and they're notably just about her mum, never her dad):

"I did used to worry I was gonna end up like my mum. She spent years tirelessly working at the same company just for a man to take all the credit. She wasn't brave enough to dream big. So I decided to do things very differently" - Keeley "We didn't open [the champagne] when your mum moved back up North" - Roy

The headcanons I've got are:

Keeley's parents are divorced and she isn't particularly close with either of them. Her mum irritates her literally every time they see one another. Her dad has a new wife and (step)kids he treats as his "real family," and Keeley is always the afterthought; she rarely sees him.

Her mum is extremely conventional and thinks Keeley needs to fit into that same box. She was appalled by Keeley's choice to do nude modeling, refused to talk to her because of it (which Keeley was thrilled by, and once her mum realized that she got even more upset and immediately started calling Keeley up again) and has never treated Keeley's modeling career as a real career.

Keeley moved out of her childhood home asap, like age 17/18 after taking her first modeling gigs. She rented a cheap flat with a bunch of other girls.

Keeley has made some of her choices in part just to spite her, whether its subconscious or not. For instance, if her mum was complaining about her first topless photoshoot, where her nipples were strategically covered by liquor bottles, Keeley made sure the next shoot she signed on for was tits out, no coverage. When her mum complained about that she did full nudes, etc.

When Keeley started working for AFC Richmond it was a backhanded "finally you have a REAL job, thank goodness" instead of "congratulations, I'm so proud of you." everything with her mother is like this

It is even worse with relationships. Her mum thinks Keeley needs to settle down, get married and have kids in that order - none of which are things Keeley has ever intended to do with her life.

her mum was thrilled when Keeley introduced her to Roy because "finally my daughter is in a serious relationship and they will give me grandkids soon" she completely dotes over Roy because of this while asking increasingly intrusive, prodding questions about the status of their relationship. Roy of course sees right through this but is trying his best to stay polite because this is Keeley's mother. The whole thing slowly infuriates Keeley until she's had enough and abruptly informs them they're leaving. this is how roykeeley have the "I never want kids" conversation very early on in their relationship

with holidays like Christmas, at first Keeley would use the other parent as the ~reason~ she couldn't be at theirs for the holiday. Like, she'd tell her mum "sorry, i told dad I'd go to his" and she'd tell her dad the opposite. of course this only works a few times before it's "why do you spend every holiday with the other parent instead of me," and which point Keeley remembered that wait, actually she doesn't give a fuck! and straight up told her mother she isn't coming because she doesn't want to and already has plans with her boyfriend/girlfriend (whoever it was at the time) 🤷‍♀️ slay queen

Keeley is out and proud and always has been, but her mum treats her being bi as another lie she's telling for attention, even though Keeley has literally brought girlfriends home to introduce to her mother before. No matter what she does, her mum maintains that Keeley is only doing it to piss her off and basically doesn't believe her or acknowledge her sexuality, which is understandably very upsetting to Keeley

Bonus ot3: Not to make everything about ot3 but I have a very distinct scene in my head where Keeley introduces Jamie and Roy as her boyfriends and her mum is forcibly polite to Jamie (whom she is meeting for the first time) but then pulls Keeley aside to be like "enough with your stunts, Keeley, how could you put Roy through this nonsense, after he took you back and all, this is how you repay him, by dating someone else?" (because 1. she's adamantly ignoring the part where Keeley told her all three of them were dating, royxjamie included and 2. she acts like Keeley obviously did something to "cause" Roy breaking up with her). Keeley for once is totally speechless and all the retorts she wants to and would usually say die in her throat and she just wants to cry because she's tired of this. Roy and Jamie overhear the conversation and Roy steps in like "okay, that's enough, we're leaving." Keeley has a breakdown in the car before they've even gotten out of the driveway and after that she basically cuts off contact for a long while with her mother, with Roy & Jamie's full support.

[thepunkmuppet]

ted lasso season 3 is just PEAK comfort queer fiction. I mean it’s already the definition of a comfort show for me, but the authenticity and lovability of the queer characters topped with the love and support and kindness that radiates from the straight characters is just GORGEOUS. I’ve cried more times than I can count throughout keeley, trent and especially colin’s arcs this season and it’s just so special to me that we’ve got to this point where queerness in fiction really can just be THIS GOOD

[lokiiied]

just a reminder that there’s one massive overlap in the queer lasso community.

that all the roy x jamie’s, roy x keeley x jamie’s, bi jamie truthers, bi roy truthers, people who knew keeley has been canon bi since season one, keeley x jack’s, people who’ve correctly spotted that trent & colin are gay since s1/s2 and shouted that at the top of their lungs, tedependents, bi/unlabelled ted truthers, keeley x rebecca’s, beard x ted’s, bi4bi roy x keeley’s, bi4bi tedbecca’s, colinjamie’s, two aces boyfriends, and literally every other queer headcanon and/or ship you may have…

we all want the same thing. and that is good representation. abundant representation. we should celebrate all the representation we can get!! they can all be great stories. they can all make someone in our community feel validated and proud and inspired. and they will all make the homophobic/transphobic viewers upset just the same. we’re stronger together. that’s all.

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Roy cooks and he knows his way around a proper bologna and sautées his zucchini just so and there’s no one to sweat an onion like he does. He’s good at it in a way that doesn’t make sense, except if you know that his grandad made the best sheperd’s pie, from scratch, and he made the best apple pies too. With food, you can taste the effort, and the butter, and Roy’s never not put anything but his best into anything he puts anything into.

Jamie cooks and it isn’t elevated, is it, but it’s pleasant and robust, salmon and veggies and carbs for those that are allowed them, and that’s his whole heart onto the plate and there’s no not grinning back at him when he brings the plates up to the table.

Keeley cooks, except she doesn’t. There’s cheeses and charcuteries and bread and pickles, though, and she mixes the cocktails just so (mostly from mixers but). Chocolates for the dessert and there’s this game she plays where if you want a praline you’re to ask for it and she’ll pick it up with her lips and bring it to you and you’ll accept it with your lips.

Keeley makes the sexiest meals, and Roy the best, and Jamie the ones that leave you feel he softest, and no matter who makes the dinner, it’s always the joy of sharing the meal and being together and knowing that they can be this too for each other.

[politelymenacing]

Thinking about the Crimmlet wearing an oversized England shirt and being so excited for the World Cup final that she can barely sit still on the sofa to watch it between Trent and Ted (who is still sulking a little bit over USA getting knocked out).

And about Jamie using his England connections to get a Mary Earps shirt for Phoebe because she is her favourite player and is upset Nike refuse to sell the replica goalkeeper shirt.

And about Shannon taking a break from training with the AFC Richmond Women's team to watch the final with all the other players.

And about Rebecca flying Nora out to see the final in Australia (they go first class on a Qantas flight because Nora refuses to take Rebecca's private jet).

And about Keeley doing a series of TikTok videos with everyone at AFC Richmond to show their support for the Lionesses. Amongst others, there's one with all the women who work at Richmond, one with Macy Greyhound wearing a little England kit, and a montage of times the English AFC Richmond himbos made Roy growl by jumping out and singing "It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming, FOOTBALL'S COMING HOME" at him.

[roamwithahungryheart]

Shabbat shalom it's strawberry daiquiri and headcanon time. Things the Richmond gang have definitely done:

Trent Crimm was in a glam rock band in his university days

Roy & Keeley once went to a Halloween party as Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton

Higgins tried (and failed) to organize a beat poetry night as a fundraiser

Ended up in Popworld until 3 AM. The events that transpired will go with them to their graves.

Jamie keeps suggesting 'Ibiza foam party' as the answer to every team-related event (even Phoebe's birthday).

Dani Rojas L'Oreal haircare campaign

[destielcowboy]

Musical Episode of Ted Lasso

I’m Still Standing, Elton John

Sung by Jamie, very dramatic obviously. I feel like he’d be singing while running through Richmond or something

Sway, Michael Bublé

Sung by Dani, complete with an insane dance number featuring his two girlfriends (?)

I’ll Make a Man Out of You, Mulan

Sung by Roy, featuring the team. No seriously go watch this on youtube and imagine it’s the team. Them walking onto the pitch to the intro?? So good. Anyways these parts sung by these characters.

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John/Kiki Dee

Sung by Jamie, Roy, and Keeley. I feel like Jamie and Keeley start it off singing to Roy/each other and Roy is like 😐 and eventually they sing “don’t go breaking my heart” together and Roy is like “I won’t go breaking your heart” 🙄

please add songs you think would be in it 🙏 i’m so curious

[witchthewriter]

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐭'𝐬 𝐬/𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞

⤷ gender neutral, ambiguous race, and any size reader. Requests are open, thank you for reading!    

a/n: I’m on that goddamn Ted Lasso train binches. Please don’t let me be the only one that is in love with ... everyone. Also - this is the ONLY team I will ever care about. 

Warnings: sWEARINGS hehe, mentions of family abuse, childhood trauma

ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ      

ESTP

Slytherin

Chaotic Neutral

The Hanged Man

Leo Sun, Pisces Moon, Gemini Rising

𝑺𝑭𝑾🌿  

・Was he a prick when you first knew him? Fuck yes. But did he grow and become a better man? HELL FUCKING YES.

・You knew Jamie from your school years, he was always the prick, the jock who would tease anyone just so no one would see the hurt he endured

・You used to stand up to him all the time - putting him in his place

・The funny thing was, that later in your life, your brother was chosen for the Richmond team

・And you were forced to go to every game by your mother, and see your former bully play on the same team as your brother 

・It was such a weird situation, and yet you tried to make the best of it. 

・Somehow you became incredibly close friends with Keeley. She saw you trying to find the locker room, to wish your brother good luck. And you became fast friends. 

・Your relationship with Keeley became really important, and once you found out about her and Jamie (after they split up), you were shocked.

  “But, but you’re so - you!” 

“What are you talkin’ about?” 

   “You’re so ... gorgeous, and funny and open-minded...the complete opposite of Jamie!” 

・She just shook her head with a sad smile, “there’s a lot about him that people don’t see. Or understand.” 

・Keeley actually became one of your biggest shippers

・It was a slowburn romance. A lot of stolen glances, baseless insults and light-hearted complaining about the other. 

・Everyone could see it but the two of you

・And you both denied your feelings over and over and over again

・Even Coach Lasso could see it, and it wasn’t until Roy told Jamie to stop being suck a twat, that Jamie realised his feelings 

・Keeley gave her blessing, because you’d never go breach your friendship over a guy 

・When you started going out, Jamie did everything he could to impress you - take you on the most expensive dates to restaurants; one of his ideas was to take you to Disneyland but Keeley said ... that was overdoing it a bit. (She said maybe after a year of dating you’d be comfortable with that idea)

・You were hesitant with the relationship because you didn’t want an immature partner. But although he can be childish at times, he really developed as a person. 

・He’s accountable for his actions - and actually went and apologised to everyone he bullied at school

・You made him watch the Prince of Egypt and he response throughout was “woahh babe, babe what-” “um...why aren’t more people talking about this?” 

・And he basically cried throughout the movie, especially at the end. And then he asked what happens to them after they escape and you’re like ... “babe c’mon. It’s - they’ve literally written...”

・Calls you “babe,” “sexy,” “sweetcheeks” 

・Actually really likes the show Outlander, like ... a lot. To the point that he binge watched it and wanted to dress up as Jamie Fraser for Halloween

・You go to all his games (I mean...your brother is on the same team, so really two birds one stone, right?)

・He always spots you in the crowd (easily done - you sit where Rebecca, Keeley and Higgins do) and when he does, he blows you a kiss. It’s always good luck when you catch it and place it on your heart 

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔    

”I love you, wholeheartedly.” x “You shouldn’t, I don’t deserve it.”

Tough on the Outside, Soft on the Inside  x The Top 

Malewife x Girl/Guy/Theyboss

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆  

Enemies to Lovers 

Second-Chance At Love

Late Love Realisation

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈:    

Supersoaker by Kings of Leon

[notagoldfish]

Trent and Rebecca regularly do brunch together, and Ted is never invited because they talk about people like Rupert and George Cartrick, and it is the most brutal, judgmental, bitchiest brunch, and the schadenfreude is turned up to 11, and the drunker they get the meaner they get. It's amazingly epic, and sometimes Keeley comes just to marvel at them. She'll join in a bit at first, but she's always just a little too nice to go the distance with them, so she cheers them on instead.

If anyone wants to kick around some more Trent and Rebecca being besties headcanons with me, hit up my ask box! Also open to any Trent and Keeley interactions!

[based-and-rinpilled]

Richmond ACNH headcanons!

Inspired by this post

Isaac:

-His island is impeccably tidy, not one flower out of place

-Impressive terraforming

-Has all his favorite villagers, most of which are jock or sisterly

-Being Isaac, he has the best custom designs

-5 Star rating obv

Sam:

-His island isn’t as great as Isaac’s, but it’s still top tier

-Lots of little builds here and there

-Great friendships with his villagers

-Recreated the “Believe” sign using custom designs, and the rest of the team have all downloaded it

-Was overjoyed to learn that Isabelle and Doomguy are married

Jamie:

-Scoffed at the idea of playing it at first, but eventually gave in

-He does enjoy it but is still a bit confused on how it works

-He called Isaac at least three times just to ask what miles were

-Island isn’t that decorated, but his house looks pretty nice

-Talks to the villagers out loud

Dani:

-Island is super cluttered, but he doesn’t seem to mind

-Doesn’t hate any villager, even the ugly ones

-But his absolute favorite is Rosie

-Overuses reactions

-He isn’t really going for a theme

Colin:

-No idea what he’s doing (affectionate)

-Has a bunch of weeds, rocks, and branches lying around

-Poor guy has a tendency to get stung by wasps

-Island tune is a Drake song

-He and Micheal visit each other’s islands a lot

BONUS

Roy:

-Gets very invested while playing, brows furrowed and everything

-Hates Tom Nook with a passion, has cursed him at least seven times and that’s being generous

-Little to no decoration

-Like Dani he overuses reactions but mainly the angry ones

-Has raged over fishing (and i cant blame him)

Keeley:

-Adorable island holy shit

-Excellent decoration, she’s going for a pink theme

-Great custom designs

-Most of her villagers are peppy

-Made her and Roy matching outfits

[lunar-years]

*I realize this is only a rare headcanon on tumblr and not like… rare amongst the wider fandom, let alone casual viewers lol. Just go with it.

Inspired by @izzyspussy ‘s polls of the same nature :)

[crazyk-imagine]

They find out you're related to Ted Headcanon

No gender specified for reader, but I imagine them young, mid to late 20's

A/N: This was the first Ted Lasso thing I had written this weekend and didn't think it'd be good to post but then I remembered that I enjoyed it and here we are :)

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Roy: he wouldn't comment on it (in front of you) but you know he's not the biggest fan of that information, he's just happy to know you're not nearly as sunshiney as him

Jamie: he would absolutely freak out and be extremely nervous around Ted for a while until you tell him to stop it and buck up (or no more fun time… you were lying but he doesn't need to know that)

Keeley: she'd love it and would tell basically tell everyone she knew at work (if they already knew, she wouldn't care) she'd constantly ask Ted for more information about you

Rebecca: she'd think you're joking and then ask you to repeat yourself when she sees that you're serious (she'd never admit it, but she teared up a bit when you told her) but she loves the two of you… now

Coach Beard: He's known you since childhood and likes that he can still learn something knew about you (take this anyway you want people 😉) he knows how happy Ted is about the two of you

(Before he went rogue aka became a dick) Nathan: he'd be surprised, he knew you and Ted were close but he could never quite put his finger on it and feels a little bad when he spills the beans about Ted's panic attack

Higgins: Just like Rebecca he thought you were joking but absolutely came to terms with that fact that you are related to Ted (you two are work besties and get all the good gossip) your his favorite out of everyone at the office

Will: He's over the moon, you're his favorite person other than Ted and Beard, of course. Knowing this little bit of information makes him love talking with you so much more

Trent: Not as surprised as the others but knowing this still rattles his bones, a little part of him wanted to write a story about "if family working together is a good idea or not" but didn't (because he got to know you)

Danny: He'd be the most excited out of everyone to know that you're related to one of his coaches (Ted gave him a chance to do what he loves) makes him love you more

Isaac: Wouldn't believe it, not even when Ted shows him pictures of you two when you were younger spending Christmas together and celebrating birthdays (he'd be investigating hard for any signs of photoshop)

Sam: Like Danny, he'd be excited to know you and Ted are related. You're cute and confusing comments or phrases make a lot more sense now that he knows (and if you're as sunshiney as Ted, even better)

Colin: Not gonna lie, he'd be a little frightened because if he messes up some way, somehow. You can tell Ted but then you comfort him and he's a little more relaxed

Jan: He'd have conflicted feelings because now that he knows you share the same blood as one of his coaches. How is he supposed to act? What if he says the wrong thing and he's kicked off the team? But then he'd remember you grew up with Ted and are as sweet as can be. He wouldn’t be as blunt as he is for a while