#benhardy

Love at First Sight (2023) 

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Authors Note: Thank you so much for the response to the previous part guys! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Well this is it, the final part, I really hope you enjoy this part and keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news coming your way in the next few weeks!

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L.x

Pairing: Ben Hardy x Reader

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They say you can hear silence. Sometimes it can be deafening and right now was no exception. Ben stared at you blankly for what seemed like forever and no matter how much you tried to read his gobsmacked expression, you couldn't make it out.

"W-What?" He finally breathed out.

You could hardly hear your thoughts over the sound of your pounding heart as you took a few steps towards him, noticing his hand still firmly wrapped around the door handle, his knuckles turning white.

"Maybe we should talk about this outside -,"

"No!" He snapped, causing you to step back a little in fright.

Sighing, he let go of the door and preceeded to cover his head with his hand, pinching his nose tightly as he tried to come to terms with what you had just told him.

"No," he repeated, this time calmly, his eyes rising to connect with yours, "No I want to talk here,"

You let out a shaky breath.

"Really Ben, I think we should -,"

"Tell me the truth, because I'm trying really hard to understand why you would suddenly come out with this!?"

He was clearly furious with your outburst, not sure how to react in the same way you weren't sure how to explain yourself for keeping this from him for so long.

"Because it's true,"

Ben shook his head in disbelief and he couldn't bring himself to look at you. He wasn't sure how he was feeling or what to think.

"I need some air," he huffed, flinging the door open and storming out of the room.

"Mummy?"

You heard Molly stir and rushed to her side.

"Yes sweetheart?"

"Where did Ben go?" She yawned, her sleepy eyes fluttering.

"He's uh - he's just -,"

"Why were you shouting?"

You opened your mouth to answer but the words fell away, when you looked into your daughters confused and sad eyes.

"Darling listen, Mummy and Da -," you still couldn't bring yourself to tell her the truth, "Ben were just talking - very loudly,"

Molly frowned, unconvinced by your fib.

"Go back to sleep sweetheart," you whispered, leaving a light kiss on her forhead.

"Okay Mummy," she yawned as she settled back down under the blankets, leaving you to chase after Ben.

All the corridors in the hospital looked the same and you had no idea which direction you were facing. Ben couldn't have gone that far. After walking for what seemed like forever, you finally spotted him sat in the hospital cafe. Letting out a shaky sigh, you perked yourself up and walked over to him, pulling the chair opposite him out and sitting down.

"Ben I -,"

He kept his gaze fixated on his coffee, stirring it slowly.

"How can she be mine?"

You closed your mouth instantly, your stomach sinking as his eyes boared into yours, looking for answers.

"Well - it's really quite simple Ben, would you like me to draw you a picture?"

His searching expression hardened, not finding your joke the least bit funny. Kicking yourself internally, you let out a sigh and decided that you could no longer hide behind humor or lies.

"Just before we split, I was three weeks pregnant," you began, "I didn't know until you'd gone and by that time it was too late,"

Ben scoffed at your excuses.

"You were gone Ben! What was I supposed to do? I tried calling you but it was as if you'd fallen from the face of the earth!" You said, raising your voice while others in the cafe looked on, "I figured you had made up your mind and wanted nothing more to do with me. I was on my own, I had no one apart from Lucy, she was there when Molly was born,"

"I was in contact with Lucy, Y/N, she would've told me!"

"I made her promise not to!" You snapped, holding back tears, "I wanted to do it by myself, you were gone and I didn't think you were ever coming back!"

"That's a really shitty excuse! You could've found me!"

"Don't you think I tried! I called you, messaged you, sent emails, I even called your parents and no one could tell me where you were!"

Ben clenched his jaw, lost for words. He really had no explanation as to where he had been. To everyone else, he had just been travelling the world but in reality, he had fallen into a dark pit of loneliness and had regretted leaving you ever since. Now with the bombshell you had dropped on him, he was sure he had never felt so guilt ridden in his entire life.

"She's your daughter Ben, she's your little girl,"

"Stop it,"

"Ben, you can see she's yours, you only have to look at her to know," you said, pulling out a photograph of Molly from your purse.

Ben finally looked you and then at the photograph as you saw the tears welling up in his eyes. He took the photograph in his trembling hand and gazed upon it. He noticed her emerald eyes that matched his perfectly and her soft mousy blonde locks that fell across her shoulders.

"She's really mine?"

You nodded.

For the first time in four years and although terrified, Ben knew he could no longer run. He came back to find you because he couldn't bare to live another second of his life without you and now he had even more reason to stay. He had tried so hard to reel in his true emotions but he let them out regardless, the tears beginning to well in his eyes.

"Take my hand," you tell him softly, reaching across the table.

He blinked away a few tears and eventually clasped his hands in yours as you both stood to your feet.

"Listen - I should've told you when you came back but I was scared. You broke my heart Ben and I knew that if I told you that you could possibly leave again," you sigh, "I had to protect Molly and think of her first but believe me when I tell you that, I'll never get over you and I'm going to love you regardless of what happens now,"

You paused for a moment to look up at him as he drunk in your words.

"If you want to be part of Molly's life, I'm not going to stop you but I can understand if you don't want me - just let me know what you want,"

You let his hand fall from your own and turned back in the direction of Molly's hospital room, wiping away your stray tears as you walked. Opening the door, you saw her sound asleep, dreaming peacefully. You perched beside her on the bed, stroking her fair hair softly as you watched her sleep. Although your head and heart were at war with eachother right now, you felt like a weight had been lifted off your shoulders now that your secret was out in the open. Ben knew and now it was up to him.

Not knowing how long you had sat beside Molly, you hardly heard the door open quietly and the mattress dip a little as strong arms cradled your waist.

"This is what I want,"

Your eyes fluttered closed at the sound of Ben's hushed whisper echoing in your ear. You turned to face him, your lips just millimetres from his, trembling and longing for contact. He closed the gap between you, your lips moulding together seamlessly. After what seemed like an eternity, you pulled away, your faces still close enough to feel his breath upon your cheeks.

"You came back," you whispered.

He smiled, his eyes lighting up.

"I forgot something," he whispered back.

Your heart raced against your chest as Ben's hand came to rest upon your flushed cheek.

"It must've been quite important," you sobbed.

Ben took your hand in his and took Molly's in the other, careful not to wake her before looking at you deeply.

"The two most important things in the world,"

The End ...or is it?

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