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Justin Foley-Jensen Adoption Headcanons
This was not requested, and I have requests I need to fill, but I’m feeling extra about this rn so I’m doing it
After Justin and Clay have their talk, they share the news with Clay’s parents
Lainie beams and embraces both of them
Matt just smiles and claps a hand on both of their shoulders
They ask Justin if he’d like to make their guest room his room
And he says yes
But it’s on the first floor and it’s too quiet and lonely at night
So he ends up sleeping in the upstairs hallway one night after a particularly bad nightmare
Clay wakes up early and literally trips over Justin’s head
Once Justin explains what happened, Clay just rolls his eyes, and says, “Jesus, next time just come sleep in my room. It’s not like I mind.” Then he shoves Justin good-naturedly, and says, “Listen, you fucking detoxed from heroin all over my bedroom floor. You should know by know that you can come sleep in my room whenever.”
Lainie is the one who notices Justin’s been using again
She finds his stash when she’s doing the laundry one day
When she asks him about it, he denies it, but once she shows him what she found he knows he’s busted
And then he just cries
It’s like everything that’s been building up for so long, and the shame within him for relapsing after he promised to get clean just hurts so bad
They took him in, and he feels like he doesn’t deserve it
She just hugs him for a while and rubs his back, which makes him cry harder because he never really had comfort like this from his mom (or a mother figure) before
She tells him that they’ll get him into a program for recovery from substance abuse
It slips out before he can stop it, “Thanks, Mom.”
It surprises both of them
But Lainie just smiles and kisses his forehead. “You’re welcome, honey.”
When Clay finds out that Justin is going into a program, he tells him of when he had to sign up for a substance abuse program because of the weed that was planted on him at school
He assures him that the program will be good for him
Because obviously Clay knew he was nervous
Clay and Justin seem to have an intuition for each other’s feelings
Matt is the one who tries to get Justin back into his hobbies
He offers to shoot hoops with him, even though he’s really bad at it
He helps Justin with his homework and is always patient with him in a way Clay sometimes isn’t
They have family game nights and family movie nights
They’re always disgusting adorable and cliché
Matt never stops making dad jokes
Matt teaches Justin how to cook
Justin discovers that he really likes it
And he really likes having a family to cook for
On his adoption day, they all dress up and take lots of pictures (much to Clay’s and Justin’s dismay)
Justin decides to hyphenate his last name because as he put it, “I don’t think I want to forget my past and where I came from but…I want to commit to this family, you know? I want your last name. You guys are the best thing that ever happened to me”
It’s a very emotional moment
A big family group hug ensues, started by Clay’s mom
They throw a big party for Justin’s adoption day with all his new relatives and friends
After people are starting to clear out, Justin and Clay are sitting on the side by themselves
Clay says, “You know, I kind of always wanted a sibling growing up. Being an only child can be kind of lonely sometimes.”
Justin just smiles and punches his arm and says, “You’re tellin’ me.”
They both just laugh
The Jensen family never felt so complete or whole
Even if they argue, they love and accept each other at the end of the day
And they make each other better people
Dating Justin Foley Would Include
sometimes you guys have lazy days where you sit in his bedroom in your underwear listening to music
random adventures
teasing clay together
clay has walked in on the both of you multiple times and he won’t look either of you in the eye for days afterwards
cuddling on the couch
matt and lainie inviting you to family game and movie nights
justin will fall asleep in minutes if you play with his hair
walking to classes together
helping his through his nightmares
it takes awhile but after you finally convince him it’s okay, he starts to call you in the middle of the night if he has a nightmare and can’t go back to sleep
sometimes if the nightmare is really bad he will show up at your house and climb through your window
cooking together
spending weekends bingeing shows and movies
helping each other with classes when one of you is struggling with it
you go on dates to rosies and study dates at monet’s
your lockscreens are of each other
neck kisses
him hugging you from behind
he gushes about you to anyone who will listen
clay eventually gets annoyed, matt and lainie think it’s adorable, zach only half listens because they’re normally playing video games and he definitely takes advantage of justin being distracted
you’re his whole world
he still flirts with you even though you’re already together