5SOS Imagines

Michael - He Defends You at a Store

Author: Julie

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On one of the days the boys had off from tour, you and Michael decided to go shopping at some nearby stores. You two hadn’t spent a lot of time together lately, what with the boys being on tour and such, and you figured going out to do something as a couple would be nice for a change.

After aimlessly wandering around the streets and (surprisingly) not getting noticed, you both decided to enter Abercrombie and Fitch. You split up and went to opposite sides of the store to shop for clothes.

For the first few minutes, everything was going well. You found a few articles of clothing that were a reasonable price and looked good, and decided you would try them on to see if you liked it. You were on your way to the dressing room when a voice made you stop in your tracks.

"I don’t think that would look good on your body type," Came a voice from behind you. When you turned, you saw two workers standing by one of the clothes stands. One was giggling while the other was giving you a snide look.

"Uh, what?" You asked, not quite sure how to react to what she just told you.

"The clothes, in your hand," the first one continued in a voice that made it sound like she was talking to a young child who didn’t understand English, "I don’t think they’re going to look good on you."

At that point, you felt tears spring to your eyes. You knew you didn’t have the skinniest body out there, and you were always insecure about that. You put the clothes down on a rack close to you and were about to leave when you saw Michael come up to you with a few clothes in his hands.

"Hey, did you find anything you liked?" He asked, eyeing the clothes you put down. His glance wandered over to the girls you were facing away from. He narrowed his eyes at them, as they were now giggling to each other and occasionally casting glances your way.

"No, let’s just- let’s just go," You murmured, looking down at your shoes to avoid his gaze. He noticed your arms crossed a bit lower than usual to cover your stomach, and he put two and two together.

"No, hold on," Michael said and placed the clothes he had picked out on the same rack. Your eyes followed him as he went and stood in front of the two girls.

"You guys should be ashamed of yourselves," His voice was raised enough to get his point across, but not loud enough to make a scene, "First of all, you shouldn’t fucking be rude to your customers. It not only means you’re a shit person, but you also suck at doing your job. Second of all, my girlfriend is perfect the way she is, you’re the one with impurities."

The two staff members stared at Michael, dumbfounded. He turned away from them, and you saw his face was red and he was seething. He made his way over to you and grabbed your hand.

"We should leave before I do something I regret," He muttered and pulled you to the exit with him. Once the two of you were out of the store, he turned around and hugged you tightly.

"Michael…?" You breathed into his chest after wrapping your arms around him.

"I love you, I hope you know that," He said after a moment a silence, "You’re beautiful and I love you a lot."

You couldn’t help the smile that crossed your face then, and you reached up to press a kiss to his lips. “Thank you. I love you, too.”

"Good. Let’s go get some ice cream."