Fandom: Community
Title: Everything You Do is Super Duper Cute And I Can't Stand It.
Character/Pairing(s): Jeff, Annie, Jeff/Annie
Rating: PG
Summary: Stolen moments from every episode between Jeff and Annie.
Disclaimer: Belongs to Mr Harmon.
A/N - During Aerodynamics of Gender. Here's the
Chapter Directory for previous chapters. This is the first time I wrote a chapter before watching the episode a second time, so it might not be that good. Also after I wrote this I saw that
fangirl_101 had prompted something like this for Ficcy Friday, so this is for her. Like a two-in-one. Enjoy!
Trampoline
"Jeff, where are we going?" Annie asked as Jeff pulled her along by the hand. It was the end of the day, and everyone had already headed off, but before she went to leave campus, she'd run into Jeff who had insisted on showing her something.
"Just trust me" He said with his recently new aloofness, that even Abed's stinging words couldn't break through. He pulled her in through a bush, and led her down some sort of hedge maze.
"Ta da!" He said, with a hazy grin.
Annie stared around, trying to figure out what it was that she was supposed to be amazed about. "Is it the trampoline?"
He rolled his eyes, as if he'd been expecting her negativity. "Of course it's the trampoline." He walked towards it and started jumping. His arms swung easily at his sides, and he closed his eyes, as if he was sleeping while jumping. "You can't tell anyone though. Especially Pierce."
"I don't get it. Why did you bring me here?"
"To open your eyes Annie."
She was getting a little freaked out now. He sounded like a hippy. She'd already dated a hippy, she wasn't about to date ano- And then she abruptly stopped her thought process by clearing her throat loudly. Also to interupt Jeff from his daze.
"Okay, that's great, but I have a ton of homework to do so.."
"Wait!" He called out as she was about to leave. "Bounce with me." I wasn't a question, more like suggestion. When Annie didn't move, he extended his hand out to her.
"Fine, but you better not stop wearing shoes" She said walking towards the trampoline. She would have added 'and a shirt' but she didn't think she'd mind that.
"And ditch the Uggs? I would never."
She giggled as he helped her up and led her to the center of the trampoline, never letting go of her hand.
"Jump" He urged her.
"Isn't it dangerous to double-bounce?"
"We're not double-bouncing. We're bouncing together." He gave her a lazy version of the reassuring Winger smile, and started bopping lightly to get her started. Soon enough, Annie decided to ignore how silly she felt, and began to jump. They jumped together perfectly in sync. Jeff took smaller jumps because he was taller, but he held Annie's hands tightly in case he did end up double-bouncing her. He was grinning at her as they jumped, and Annie stared at their feet to avoid having to look at him smiling at her like that.
She began to feel what it was that drew him to the trampoline. The relaxing moment in between jumping and falling back down was different than anything she'd felt before. She suddenly forgot about all the bitches that she, Britta and Shirley were getting revenge on. She forgot about everything around her except Jeff's hands softly balancing her.
They jumped for about five minutes (although, the sky had gotten darker when they stopped, and when Annie checked her watch it had been three hours), until finally Jeff stopped and Annie slowed down and stopped too.
"Well?" He asked, waiting for her to praise his discovery.
"Okay, I see why you brought me here" She said beaming.
He shrugged modestly. "I figured you needed a little break from your whole getting-back-at-bitches-with-Abed thing."
For some reason she found herself wondering if he approved of what they were doing or not. She thought he probably didn't care seeing as he was so mellow lately, but she knew it would stay in the back of her mind biting away at her.
"Well...thanks." She finally let go of his hands and told herself she didn't see his smile faulter. "I won't tell anyone about your secret trampoline."
"Thanks" He said as she sat herself at the edge of the trampoline and jumped down back onto normal ground, in the real world.
"I had fun bouncing with you" He called out to her when she reached the door to the secret garden. She looked back at him and he was gazing at her with that intense look again.
"Me too" She said, and the corners of his lips curled up. She felt relieved that even though he was acting laid-back, she could still break through to him. She walked out of the door without another word, and missed the chance of seeing him wave goodbye with a sad smile on his face.