R5 Imagines

Riker Imagine

It’s spring break and you lay in the hot sun with your friend. You did come to Panama City to have some fun at the beach, but it was mainly to see R5 play. They just got done with their set and you are reliving the show in your mind as you attempt to tan.

You hum the song Loud as you lay fully down on your beach towel. Suddenly you get hungry and decide that you want ice cream. Even though it will probably melt in about 4 seconds due to the heat but you are willing to take that chance.

"Hey, I’m gonna go get an ice cream, you want something?" you ask your friend, standing up.

"Nah, I’m good," your friend answers, "unless you can bring me back a cute boy, then yes I want him."

"I will see what I can do," you laugh, walking away from the towel and towards the ice cream shop.

You arrive at the ice cream shop and take in the cool air. “2 scoops of chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream please” You don’t wait long before you get your ice-cream, thank the employee and head back to the beach. 

You are walking through the burning sand and suddenly you feel a tall figure bump into you. Due to the heavy impact you drop your ice-cream, nearly falling in the process.

"Oh my gosh I am SO sorry, I was in a rush and-" a familiar voice says in a panic. You recognize that voice and look up in disbelief. 

"Oh, no, I mean it’s perfectly fine," you say quickly smiling up at him in awe. After a few seconds of just staring at eachother you snap out of it, "Oh, well that was awkward. I mean not really awkward, I’m just awkward, you’re gorgeous, wait what?" You mentally slap yourself for sounding so stupid but are relieved when you see him laugh and even blush a little.

"It’s fine, awkward is cute," he says, slightly looking down shyly, now it’s your turn to blush. You laugh and look back up at him, only to experience another moment of looking deep into each others eyes.

"Uhm," Riker says, "I am kind of in a rush, but I really am sorry and I want to make it up to you." 

"Well, you better get to where you are going, and you really don’t need to make it up to me, I’m fine." you assure him. He shakes his head.

"Nope, I am gonna find some way to make it up to you, how long are you gonna be out here?" he asks, starting to walk away slowly.

"Probably a while, I like the beach at night so I will be here pretty late," you answer. He puts his sunglasses on and starts running backwards.

"Okay! I will see you later then!" he says, "oh and I didn’t catch your name!" he quickly yells.

"[y/n]!" you respond with a smile before he finally turns around and runs back to wherever attractive, blonde, adorable bass players run to.

You walk back to the towel and your friend. “Hey, where’s your ice cream?” she asks. 

"Oh, Riker Lynch knocked it out of my hand," you say nonchalantly, but when you see your friend’s face you cant help but squeal and smile.

"Are you serious? THE Riker Lynch?" your friend squeals, bouncing up and down excitedly. 

As excited as you are about that whole incident happening, you doubt Riker will have time to come back to the beach just for you. The thought is nice but he looked pretty busy. However, you still hang on to that small hope that maybe he will come back and enjoy the rest of your day at the beach.

——— That night at the hotel with the Lynches —————————

"Guys you need to stay in here for the night, there are too many fans out there you will be swamped. Plus you need to get up early for the flight tomorrow so you need to get some sleep." Mark says sternly. The rest of the group nods understandingly but Riker’s face drops. 

"But I need to go back out," Riker says back to his parents, "there is this girl and i have to buy her ice cream because I made her drop hers and-" Mark interrupts him.

"Riker I’m sure whatever girl you are into will be just fine without her ice-cream, just stay in here" Mark says, and with that, him and Stormie walk out of the room.

Riker sits there and thinks for a minute while his siblings and Ellingotn all stare at him. After a few minutes Rocky speaks up.

"You’re sneaking out, aren’t you?" Rocky says in an all-knowing tone. Riker automatically nods and starts walking towards the door.

————— back at the beach around 10:30pm ———————————-

You look out at the calm ocean as you check the time on your phone, it’s getting late and by now Riker has probably forgotten all about your existance so you start to leave. You take a deep sigh as you roll up your towel and pick up your bag. As you start to walk to the exit of the beach you hear a faint voice. 

"Hey! Wait up!" you hear from the other side of the beach. You turn around to see who it is but it’s really dark so you get closer. Soon you see that messy blonde hair and a smile instantly comes to your face.

"Riker?" you ask. Trying to get a closer look.

"Yep," he says smiling and briskly walking closer to you, "and I have ice cream. The shop you went to before wasn’t open so I went by CVS and got a pint of Ben and Jerry’s." He holds out the pint for you to take and you giggle.

"Thanks, but you seriously didn’t have to get me this," you say shaking your head.

"Of course I did," he insists, "it would be a giant waste of cookie dough if I didn’t." You look down shyly and smile.

"Well you aren’t about to leave are you? We still have about 2 hours before the cops make us leave," he says playfully nudging your shoulder. 

"I guess not," you laugh and start walking with him towards the ocean.

You both walk along the shore line as you eat your ice cream shamelessly and you talk about anything and everything. After a few minutes he grabs your hand and interlocks his fingers with yours. On the inside you were screaming but on the outside you just intensely blushed, thank goodness it was dark out.

Time goes by far too quickly and it’s about time to leave. Still hand in hand you and Riker walk towards the exit of the beach. After throwing away your ice cream pint he walks you to your hotel right across from the beach.

"Welp, here we are," he says turning to you face to face. "I had fun tonight, even if it was only for 2 hours." 

"Me too," you reply and suddenly it gets silent. You and Riker look deep into each others eyes for a few moments before he looks down and blushes. 

"Uhm, so can I get your number before I go?" he asks, you internally screaming for about the thousandth time that night. You take his phone and put your number in. 

"There ya go," you say perkily. "Well I better head up before my parents get worried, thanks again for tonight." You stand on your tiptoes and kiss him on the cheek, not wanting to be too forward.

Just as you start to pull away he pulls you back in and plants his lips on yours. His hands move to your waist and you put your arms around his neck. In that moment time stops and everything is perfect. All too soon you pull away and you are both smiling uncontrollably. 

He starts walking away slowly after muttering a shy “bye”. You have never seen the shy side of him before and you have to admit it is really cute. When he is out of sight you squeal and walk into the building, your smile not fading in the slightest. 

Once you get into your room you get a text from an unknown number, but you know exactly who it is when you read the text. 

"Goodnight, beautiful. Sweet dreams. ;)"

Your smile grows when you read the text and you fall back on your bed in complete euphoria, thinking about that night and everything that happened between you and that cute bass player from R5