#5sos fluff

You were in Luke’s driveway. Which wouldn’t be a problem, normal even, if you hadn’t broken up with him 2 months ago.

It wasn’t that you didn’t love him, that was the whole reason you did it. Luke was so busy with the new album and you had just gotten promoted at work. It wasn't fair to either of you but there was just no time for a relationship.

But you were sad, you missed him, and you knew it was such a stupid reason to leave him. Plus it really seemed like a good idea for a whole 2 seconds… So there you are, in Luke’s driveway.

“What was I thinking? Oh god, I didn’t even call.” You cried at your words. There was low, but this felt beneath that.

Before, you would’ve shown up at Luke’s whenever. Even sleeping in his bed when he wasn’t there because he wanted you to feel comfortable in his home.

But now, you were broken up and the last time you’d been here was painful as you told him this relationship wouldn’t work.

You pulled out your phone, clicking on Luke’s name that was still pinned at the top of your messages.

To Luke: hey… can we talk?

You breathe shakily as you hit send. If he said no that would be awkward, at best. But if he said yes? What would you even say? Why did you even show-?

A familiar ping came from your phone, cutting off your thoughts.

From Luke: are you okay?

You read the message at least 20 times before typing out the only response you can think of.

To Luke: I’m in the driveway.

You watched as your message was marked read and 3 dots appeared on your screen. But almost as soon as they’re on your screen, they’re gone.

You should’ve expected it really. It was 11 pm on a Friday, you hadn’t spoken since the breakup. So why on earth, would you show up at his house?

You go to start your car before you hear a familiar voice.

“Y/N?” Luke calls out to you as he runs to your car.

“I’m sorry, I know I should’ve called. I can go-.” Before you can finish speaking Luke opens your car door and cups your face with his hand.

“Hey, hey, look at me. You’re okay, let’s get you inside.” Luke spoke softly, but firm enough to keep your focus on his voice.

You nod, wiping your still-falling tears while getting out of your car. Luke places a hand on the small of your back, the way he used to while you were still together.

The action is enough to let another sob rack your body. Luke just guides you inside, getting you settled on the couch.

“Breathe for me. It’s okay, take your time. I’m right here, shh I’m not going anywhere.”

You felt terrible, not from the crying. Luke was here comforting you when you had been the one to leave him. You caused this situation and any happiness you could have felt from being with him in this moment was replaced with guilt.

You wanted him to move on, be happy. But he couldn’t do that if you crying hysterically on his couch. You need to get it together, you have to leave him alone, for real this time.

Before you can open your mouth Luke cuts you off.

“Can I hug you?” His voice is so quiet as if he were afraid to ask.

You throw your arms around him in response. This was the exact opposite of what you should be doing but you couldn’t let go. Especially not when he was holding on to you this tight.

“Luke I-“ You could barely get the words out before he cut you off, again.

“It’s okay, just breathe for me. I’m not letting you go, I’m right here.” He pulled you even closer, gently rubbing your back.

Against your better judgement, you let him comfort you. Being in his arms for the first time in months was somehow the most comforting thing you’d ever experienced and you weren’t ready to let go.

The two of you stayed like that until you calmed down and he pulled away to look at you.

“Do you wanna talk about it?” He wiped some stray tears away from your face as he asked you softly.

“I just… I miss you.” You admitted quietly.

“I miss you so much, honey. Every day, I’ve just wanted you to come back home to me.” He wrapped his arms around you and this time you didn’t second guess it.

“Luke… what does this mean for us?” You heart fell the moment the words left your mouth. Anything short of being together again wouldn’t be enough for you.

“Tonight’s been an emotional night so I don’t think we should make any decisions right now. But, I know I want you so if you feel the same… I’ll doing everything to make this work.” He responded, voice thick with emotion.

“I want this too… But you’re right, it’s been a night so I should probably go.” You moved to stand up but Luke tightened his grip on you.

“Stay with me tonight? I can sleep on the couch if that’d make you more comfortable but I’m not ready to let you walk out that door again.” You nod at his words.

“I don’t wanna sleep without you Lu.”

“You don’t have to honey, let’s get you in bed yeah?”

The night is finally catching up with you and you’re not really sure how you got to Luke’s bed or how you’re wearing one of his t-shirts. It’s still the most perfect night you’ve had since the breakup so you don’t give it much more thought.

“Tomorrow I’m gonna make us breakfast and we’ll talk about everything, okay?” He asks softly as you curl up close to him.

“Okay… ‘night Lu.” You murmured softly, head nestled into the crook of his neck.

"merry christmas eve!"

"mhm, come back to bed" you hear calum whine in his morning voice. you giggle at the sight of your boyfriend patting the empty mattress beside him.

it was now two days after the snowball incident, the one which led to calum finally confessing his feelings for you. well, since then, you and calum talked things through, about where you both stood with each other. the next day after that talk, calum took you out to a rooftop dinner and asked you on the balcony to be his girlfriend.

the both of you had waited so long for the moment, and your answer was obvious, but the fact he asked you - was something you appreciated.

the day after that, the four of you: you, calum, ashton, and mali, all went to target to get some christmas decorations for the cabin.

you and calum hadn't told mali and ashton yet of your guys' relationship, but they didn't ask either. the both of you were pretty sure that they already knew, though - due to the fact that calum was very into pda, and sometimes they would walk in on you two cuddling or just you two getting along.

and now it was the present day...

"cal, you need to get up, mali, and i made breakfast," you inform him as you stand beside the bed, hovering over him as your hand reaches for his hair. he turns to his side and looks up at you before retracting your hand from his hair and intertwining it with his.

"calum" your lips pout before you turn them into a frown. "fine" he huffs, "can i least get a kiss" his eyebrow arches as he looks up at me. you let your lips turn into a smile before placing them on his lips.

with the hand that was holding yours, you feel a light but effective tug, resulting in you falling on top of calum. "you're terrible." you shake your head before letting out a giggle.

"i've got you now," calum hums. he wraps his arms around you securely as he rests his face in your shoulder. you turn your head slightly to place a kiss to the the side of his head.

"ashton! you owe me fifty bucks!" the sound of mali's voice fills the room before rapid steps are heard running down the steps.

you'd turned your head to the bedroom door, which was now opened, you thought back to when you walked in before, remembering that you closed it behind you. "she knows, they know." your eyes widened as you turned back to calum.

"i'm surprised they didn't figure it out earlier" calum mumbles against your shoulder. "i've not been the most discrete" he admits. "but can you blame me? look at you" he says, pulling away from your shoulder, letting his eyes take you in.

"stop it!" you blush as you attempt to get out of his grasp. "no" he says, letting one of his hands reach up to your cheek. "you're beautiful, y/n" his fingers trace circles against your skin. "i'll never stop telling you that" he smiles before letting his lips rise to yours.

"thank you" you smile as against his lips, "for everything, calum" with that, you place another kiss on his jaw.

"so what was that bet about?" calum asks, walking into the kitchen. you follow behind him, looking over at ashton and mali, who were sitting at the table eating their stack of pancakes

"you two," ashton answers, "who won?" calum asked, already knowing the answer. he grabbed a plate of pancakes and sat beside his sister. you stood at the island as you were finishing up your food.

"me" mali spoke, "i knew something was going on between you two!" she exclaimed. calum chuckled before looking over at you. his fork had reached his lips as his eyes settled on you, "c'mere" he smiled at you.

you let out a small laugh as you pick up your plate and place it down on the table before taking the chair out from under the table. "i meant here, baby." he frowns as he opens up his arms.

"you guys are making me feel really single right now" mali sighed as she dropped her head to the table. "i don't care" calum shrugs, making you and ashton laugh.

mali raises her head from the table and sends a glare to her brother before looking over at you. you had tucked the chair back under the table and walked around the table to calum.

"i really have to show you that picture of him as a bratz doll" mali says, "he really pulled it off, didn't you cal?" she pointed her sarcasm over at calum, who just rolled his eyes.

you took a seat on calum's lap as he glared back at his sister. "is that really all you have against me" calum shrugs before he lets his arms settle around you. he drops his chin on your shoulder.

"so how are you this morning, ash?" you asked ashton as you pulled your plate towards you.

you and ashton began talking, leaving the two siblings to their squabbling and glaring

"are you guys coming!" ashton shouted from the bottom of the stairs. "we'll be five minutes!" you shout back.

at breakfast, ashton brought up seeing a poster of the winter wonderland fair that was being held tonight, so we all decided to attend.

"calum, will you do up my necklace?" you stood in front of the full-length mirror as your eyes locked with calum's through the glass.

he was in the middle of running a hand through his hair before he turned to look at you. he gave you a small nod before striding over to you, stopping when he reached a few inches behind you.

he let his hand scoop your hair over on one side of your shoulder before taking the small chain from your hands. he clasped it close, letting his fingers graze your nape.

you watched through the mirror as calum dipped his head, leaving small kisses on the side of your neck. his hand slightly tugging down the turtle neck you wore, leaving behind your exposed skin.

"cal-" your voice comes out breathy as you tilted your head to the side.

"will you two hurry up!" the sound of mali shouting from the bottom of the stairs left you both startled.

"we should probably go"

the four of you headed into an uber, ashton sitting in the passenger seat whilst you, calum and mali sat at the back.

mali was against you and calum sitting beside each other, so she sat in the middle. "you're so annoying," calum whispered, so the driver wouldn't hear.

you let out a small giggle as you see calum extending his hand out to you. before taking it, you see mali squatting his hand away. "i'm right here" she huffs.

"you're being really childish." calum shakes his head at his sister before letting it rest against the window.

"you need to stop being so touchy" mali argues back. "guys, let's not -" you shake your head with a smile to your lips.

"you're sitting in the middle on the way back"

"okay, what shall we do first?" ashton asks, the four of you huddled around together.

"i'm starving!" you exclaim with a pout on your lips. "let's get food, i wanna try that burger place" mali joins in. the four of you walk over to a burger hut. you and mali tell the boys your order before getting table.

"i'm so happy you two finally got together," mali smiles. "i know calum, and i pretend we don't get along, but i'm so happy to see him happy and finally be himself with you" she continues, "and now one of my best friends will eventually become my sister-in-law" she pouts as she pretends to wipe a tear off her cheek. you shake your head as you let out a laugh.

"thank you, though, that's means a lot, mali" you smile, "speaking of you and calum, have you told crystal, she'll be over the moon excited for you guys" mali giggles. "not yet, i was planning to call her tonight, but i have a feeling she already knows" you admit. "why" mali asks, her eyebrows furrowing.

"i spoke to michael a few days ago thinking it was crystal, and i just went on about -" you start, "well, calum" you shrug. "and i have no doubt that michael told crystal about it" you finish. "in that case-" mali chews on her inner cheek, "i'll admit she may already know- but i swear i didn't tell her" she says.

"have you seen calum's instagram recently?" she asks and you shake your head. "have a look" she urges.

so you do. you take your phone out of your bag and click onto instagram, tapping onto calum's account. you click on his recent post.

it was the picture mali took on our first morning at the cabin, me and calum tangled against the white sheets in bed. you felt deep red tint rise to your skin as you admired the picture.

"i didn't know my brother had it in him to be a romantic" mali says.

you giggle at the statement before reading calum's caption:

' we made it- it took eight years, but i finally have the girl of my dreams. it's you and me against the world, baby. i love you, always have and always will <3 '

you felt your eyes water at the caption, but quickly wiped them away when you raised your head back up at mali. "this is so cute" you point at your phone, "what's so cute?" you hear calum say.

you turn around in your seat, looking up at calum with a grin across your lips, "you" you tug on his sleeve, telling him to bend down. he does so, letting a kiss fall on your lips.

calum takes the seat next to you, his lips still on yours whilst his tongue runs across your bottom lip, "guys, food?" mali breaks the two of you up with the short sentence.

"oh yeah, i'm starving!" you squeal, calum let's out a chuckle before placing a kiss to the side of your head. he waits a few seconds before letting out a pretend yawn, his arms stretching out and then settling on the back of your chair.

"cliché"

"i'll hold your hand!"

you look over at calum, who sat on a bench with his arms crossed over his chest. "it's so embarrassing, i'll end up falling," he says. "i promise you won't, i'll be right be your side. look at ash. he was the same as you, and now he's doing great"

you stretch your hand out in front of calum, pointing over at the ice rink where mali and ashton were skating laps around the rink. "you'll be fine, calum" you bat your eyelashes whilst holding out your pinky finger. "i pinky promise baby"

"fine" calum huffs as he hooks his pinky finger on yours. "but you owe me since i'm literally going out there to embarrass myself" he sighs.

"thank you! thank you! thank you!" you squeal as you pull his arm, trying to pull him off the bench- it failed because he didn't move an inch. "get up" you shake his arm as you watch him smirk, amusement dripping off of him.

"you're so cute" he chuckled as he stood up from the bench. "mhm i know"

calum rolls his eyes playfully, you let out a scoff before hitting his chest, "come on," you say impatiently as you take his hand in yours, dragging him to the ice rink.

the two of you made your way to the counter and requested your skates. after a couple of minutes, you had received the skates, and you both took a seat on a bench to put them on and tied them up.

"stay there," you say calum as you rush over to the lockers, "not like i can move anyway, i'll end up falling" he states. you shake your head as you watch him lean back into the bench.

you pick up yours and calum's trainers from the ground and carefully make your way over to the lockers. after putting in the locker combination, you made your way back to calum.

"okay, you ready?" you ask calum, you let your hand push his legs apart, allowing you to stand imbetween them. he looks up at you, his bottom lip imbetween his lip. "what?" you coo as you raise your hand to cup his jaw. "why don't we just skip skating and do something else" he pleads, his hands find yours, tugging on them, making you take a seat on one of his thighs.

you adjust yourself on his thigh before letting your fingers trail his jaw. "you'll have fun" you pout, your fingers mindlessly trailing down his chest.

he catches your wondering hand with his, "kids" he says, darting his eyes to a group of children, who were staring at you both. "oh god" you say, embarrassed as you rush yourself off of calum.

calum lets out a laugh as he watches you turn flustered, a deep red tinting your cheeks. "come one then, before i change my mind" he takes your hand in his and wobbles over to the rink.

you walked onto the rink first, still holding onto calum's hand. he eventually made it onto the rink, earning glances of both adults and children as he struggled to balance himself.

"you're doing it!" mali exclaims, sneaking up from behind calum. calum jumps but holds onto you and the side of the rink. "god, mali. don't do that" he furrows his eyebrows at his sister. "you're doing great, cal." you smile as you watch him take small strides on the ice.

"ash, look!" mali exclaims, gaining ashton's attention. "well done, man, you're doing great" ashton beams as he strides over to the three of you.

"wanna try let go?" you ask calum, he nods in response, "stay close though, just in case" he shrugs, "i will, i'll be right beside you " letting go of calum's hand, you watch as he lets go of the side wall, taking small strides ahead.

he eventually starts taking longer strides around the rink, feeling much more confident from when he first stepped on the rink.

"how'd you find that?" you ask calum as you untie the skates off. "supringsly fun, thank you for making me do it" calum smiles.

the both of you were sat on the bench, now putting on your trainers and doing them up. calum leaned into your side, placing a kiss to your head once he had finished tying his shoelace up.

"where did mali and ahston go?" you ask calum, turning to your side. "on the rollercaosters" calum points out. "right." you bite your inner cheek, "what shall we do now?"

"i have an idea" calum pipes up. you hum in response. "the wheel?" he asks. your eyes shoot up at the illuminated wheel.

"it's a bit-" you begin to say, "high" you finish off by looking over at calum. "you helped me on the rink, now let me help you" he says. "cal, that's really high" you sigh, looking up at the wheel again, "i'll be right next to you, baby" he says, tucking a stray piece of your hair behind your ear.

you turn to look at calum again. "i'll hold your hand" calum turns the corners of his lips down as he bats his eyelashes at you.

"i guess this is karma for making you go on the rink" you huff, standing up from the bench, "come one then" you say, reaching out for his hand. he takes your hand in his and practically runs over to the line for the wheel.

"you'll be okay, i promise," calum reassures you, "i know." you smile, hugging into calum's side. "i've got you" you mumble against him. "you do, baby, you always got me. you've had me for eight years" calum whispers against the top of your head, leaving behind a kiss.

it eventually came to yours and calum's turn to sit in a carriage. the man guarding the ride strapped you both in, whilst you kept your eyes on calum, "if i just look at you, it'll be fine, i just won't look down" you state, tightly clasping onto calum's hand.

calum places another kiss to the side of your head as the carriage moves forward, your feet now off the ground and instead dangling.

calum brings his hand to your cheek as the carriage starts getting higher, "you're okay," he whispers.

"wanna try look down?" he asks. you nod as you unconsciously grip calum's hand tighter. you draw your eyes beneath you, looking at the lights that were lighting up the night sky.

"i-it looks beautiful," you state. "mhm, it does," calum says, his eyes never leaving you.

once the wheel had come to a halt, you and calum jumped out, giggling. " that was so fun!" you squeal, you let your arm link with calums as the both of you walk towards a nearby fire.

there were little bonfires scattered around, under little huts, to help keep warm. so you and calum entered a hut and stood beside the fire, letting your hand hover over the fire. you leaned into calum's side whilst doing so.

"look up" calum smiles. you look up at the wooden ceiling, seeing a mistletoe hanging down.

you giggle as you shuffle around calum, now standing in front of him, on your tiptoes. you let your arms wrap around his neck whilst he let his arms wrap around your waist.

you pull him down for a kiss, calum quickly slipping his tongue in, imbetween your parted lips.

"merry christmas, baby."

this took longer than i'd hoped :/

but thank you to those of you who asked for a part 2 to eight years! 🫶🏽

i initially had wanted to do something completely different with this, but i ended up with this!