Brian Quinn x Reader

Ch 1 - Meeting/Dinner.

2 Years ago

*My name is Brian Quinn, I'm 35 and I live in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo in Staten Island, and own two cats. I'm very clean and tidy. I also work in entertainment, so my hours are unpredictable. If you're interested, please message me at ___ ___ ____.* You read the description, following with an image of him and the front of the house. Since you were struggling with rent, and was about to get evicted, you finally decided that it was time to get a roommate. You clicked on his profile on your laptop, realizing he looked familiar. Not sure from where though. You texted him a quick message. 

"Hey! I'm ______, and I'm very interested on your ad! I'm (Description of yourself here), I also love cats! So, please message me back when you get the time."  

He didn't take a while to text back, but maybe 45 minutes. 

"Yeah, no problem. Maybe you can come in tomorrow and check the place out?" He asked.

"Sure!" You replied. Feeling kind of embarrassed for replying so quick.

You two continued to talk about what time would be best for both of you and decided together that 3 PM would be fine. When tomorrow came, you took a shower, and tried your best to look well dressed, (bars). After you got dressed, you took your car keys and drove to the condo. When you got there, he was surprisingly very friendly, and his cats were just so adorable. You really liked the place. "So, what do you think? Do ya' wanna move in?" Brain asked. Your answer of course, was yes. He smiled and nodded. "Great! If you need, I could help you move your stuff in, just.. give me a call, yeah?" You nodded, smiling back.

After a couple days of packing and moving stuff in, you finally were roommates with Brian Quinn! You two got along pretty well. Then, one day he knocked on the door, asking to come in. You looked up from your laptop, giving him the okay to come in. 

He opened the door, leaning on it. "Hey, ______, There's something important I gotta tell you, real quick." 

"Sure!" You nodded. 

"Well, see.. I, uh, am doing this show with my friends, and I'm not sure you knew about it.. It's called Impractical Jokers." He said. That's when your mind clicked. You thought he looked familiar because of the show! You've seen a few clips of it, but forgot about it for a bit. "Oh! Yeah, I've heard of you guys, but totally forgot. That's cool though!" You replied. Brian nodded, smiling. "That's great. But, I just want to let you know that I'll be out late some days." 

You reassured him that it would be fine. He then told you he needed to leave for some filming, leaving you all alone in the quite big condominium. 

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Present day. Tuesday, 10:43 PM

You sat on the couch, watching the newest episodes of Impractical Jokers, waiting for your roommate to come back home from filming. It took maybe another 45 minutes for him to come home. You heard the car pulling up in the garage, walking downstairs to greet him. You opened the door for him, him walking past you. "Hey! How was filming today?" You asked, following him upstairs. "Tiring," Brian said bluntly, flopping down on the couch.

You nodded, knowing it was one of those days. "I made dinner." You said, trying to break the uncomfortable silence. "Thanks.. But, I'm not so hungry right now." He replied, trying not to sound cold. 

"Well.. It was a long day at work." You said. "I'm gonna go to bed." You two both shared your goodnights, walking downstairs to you bedroom. You washed your face and brushed your teeth before plopping into bed. You sat there, looking at the ceiling for a few minutes before laying on your side, dozing off.

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Wednesday - 8:14 AM

"Hey.. I'll be home early today, hm?" Brian said, grabbing his coat. This was probably the first time he's said he'll be early in, well, a while. You nodded, having the day planned already. You two said goodbye. Since this was your day off you wanted to just relax today. Eat some ice cream (or anything you like eating) and watch some Impractical Jokers.

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Q's POV.

"Would you take another lesson with me?" Q said.

"No." The client said, bluntly. Sal was on THE FLOOR, the guys couldn't stop laughing in Brian's ear. He got up, walking out of the room and into where Joe, Sal, Murr and the crew were. "Okay, it wasn't THAT funny." Brian said, a smile on his face. The day kept going. Insults from people, laughter, screaming.

It was finally time to go home. "See you, boys." Joe said, getting into his car. Sal and Murr did the same thing. It was about 8 PM when Brian got home.

"_______?" He called out, putting his keys in the bowl next to the door. Not hearing your voice, he power walked upstairs, he felt relieve when he saw you in the kitchen with headphones on.

*Song: More today than yesterday by Spiral Starecase.* "IIII LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY!" Brian jumped. You were singing. He hasn't heard you sing for a LONG time. Probably because he's never been home. He watched you cook.. and sing, deciding whether he should take a video or not. "I thank the lord for love like ours that- HOLY SHIT!" You turned around, seeing Brian just standing there. "Hey, dork." He said, laughing. You took your headphones off, feeling sheepish. "Hey, Bri.. I was just cooking dinner for when you came home. You've been working hard, I wanted to do something special." Q smiled.

"Thanks, _______."

He sat at the dining table, scrolling through his phone until you were ready. During dinner, you two shared stories, laughed together, talking about your day and it made you miss the feeling of doing this a lot. After dinner Brian helped you clean the dishes and put everything back. After, you two plopped on the couch, sighing. "Y'know we've been roommates for a while." You muttered. "Yeah.." Q replied. "It feels like it was just last week I was searching for roommates." You both laughed. "You should come home early more often." You finally said. "Yeah.." He said so low, he didn't think you could hear it, rubbing the back of his neck.

You two continued to talk, about work, about Impractical Jokers and the newest episodes. "It's nice to talk to you like this.. We should do this more often." He had the audacity to say. "Yeah.. If you weren't so late all the time." You laughed, nudging his shoulder. "Yeah yeah, okay.." It was only maybe 15 minutes until you decided it was time to go to bed. "Goodnight _______." He said as you got up. "Goodnight, Brian." You then headed to bed, sleeping peacefully.

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