#timo meier

Timo is already in the kitchen making coffee, but this time he is only making coffee for one other person. Y/N walks into the kitchen, still rubbing the sleep from her eyes, when she spots Timo already standing by the coffee machine.

“You've started your morning shift again?” she asks with a grin.

Timo glances over his shoulder, smiling when he sees her. “Someone has to keep this villa functioning.”

“You're becoming everyone's favourite person,” Y/N comments.

“I only care about one person's opinion.”

Y/N raises an eyebrow.

“You,” he says simply before handing her a mug.

She laughs quietly as she accepts it. “That was smooth.”

“I wasn't trying to be smooth.”

“No?”

“No.” He shrugs, completely serious. “It's just true.”

Before she can answer, Harry walks into the kitchen dramatically.

“Ouch,” he groans, placing a hand over his heart. “You two couldn't wait until after breakfast to make me feel single?”

Y/N laughs, nudging Harry with her shoulder.

“We're literally drinking coffee.”

“Exactly. Even your coffee chats have chemistry.”

Everyone laughs as Harry steals one of the croissants from the counter and wanders away again. Lily walks into the kitchen, and Timo immediately straightens.

“Morning, Lily.”

Later that morning all the girls are gathered around the firepit. Eleanor practically vibrates with excitement.

“Guys, Bodhi is unreal,” she says, hiding her face in her hands.

“He's gorgeous,” Jade agrees. As if summoned, Bodhi walks over. Tall, tanned and smiling.

“Morning, everyone.” He hugs Eleanor first. Then his eyes land on Y/N. “Morning.”

“Morning,” she smiles, and Bodhi smiles back for slightly too long.

Harry immediately notices. “Oh, interesting.”

Throughout the morning, Bodhi keeps gravitating toward Y/N. He joins her while she's sunbathing. He sits beside her at lunch. He even helps her dry dishes, and he eventually pulls Y/N for a chat.

“Can I steal you?” he asks with a smile.

“Of course.” They settle on the on one of the daybeds.

“Did Eleanor tell you she's obsessed with you?” Y/N teases.

Bodhi laughs. “She told me everyone in here is obsessed with everyone.”

“Fair.” Y/N giggles.

“But honestly?” he says quietly. “I wanted to speak to you first,” Bodhi admits. “Yesterday, after my date with Eleanor, I got to see everyone together. I couldn't help but notice you.”

Y/N smiles politely.

“In a good way,” he quickly adds. “You seem genuine. You don't involve yourself in drama, everyone here clearly loves you... and you're obviously gorgeous.”

“Thank you.” She blushes.

“I know everyone probably expects me to continue getting to know Eleanor because we had a good date.”

“You did seem to get on.”

“We did.” He nods. “But that's exactly why I wanted to chat to you. I don't want to close myself off after one date.”

“I respect that.”

“So...” he smiles. “Would you be open to getting to know me?”

Y/N thinks for a second before nodding. “I would.”

“Perfect.” His face lights up. They spend the next half hour talking about travelling, their families and what brought them onto Love Island. It's easy and comfortable.

As they walk back towards the villa, Bodhi smiles. “I definitely made the right decision pulling you.”

“We'll see if you still think that after another conversation.” Y/N laughs.

“I've got a good feeling.”

Across the garden, Timo has been looking over at the two of them. Lily, sitting beside him, follows his gaze.

“You're looking over there a lot.”

Timo doesn't even try to deny it. “I know.”

“You really like her.”

“Yeah.” He lets out a small laugh.

Lily smiles sadly. “I figured.”

“But I haven’t really had the chance to chat with her today,” he shrugs.

“Well, if you really feel the connection between the two of you.”

“I know, but I am in a couple with you. I don’t want you to feel bad.”

“Honestly, Timo…” Lily sighs. “This is making me feel worse. Like, I came in here to look for love, and I thought you could be that, but your head has already been spun. And that is totally okay with me, but like just say that then.”

Timo looks over at her, he has been cruel to her not exploring their couple and just watching Y/N everywhere she goes. It’s crazy it’s day three and he’s acting like he is closed off.

“I’m sorry, truly,” he says and grabs her hand.

“Well thank you for the apology.”

Not long afterwards, Timo catches Y/N walking towards the kitchen.

“Can I steal you?” he asks.

She smiles immediately. “You don't have to ask.”

They wander over to the terrace where it's quieter.

“So...” Y/N says as they sit down. “How are things with Lily?”

Timo sighs dramatically and drops his head back. “I feel bad.”

“Why?”

“She's lovely.”

“But?”

“But every conversation somehow ends with me talking about you.”

“Timo!” Y/N covers her face with her hands.

“What?” he laughs.

“You cannot tell her that.”

“I don't mean to.”

She shakes her head, laughing. “You are unbelievable.”

“I know.”

A comfortable silence settles between them. Eventually Timo looks at her. “I saw you chatting with Bodhi.”

“You did.”

“How was it?”

“It was nice.” She decides not to share too much about their conversation.

His smile falters ever so slightly. “You like him?”

“I think he's sweet.”

Timo nods slowly. “Well, I can't exactly complain.”

“No?”

“I'm literally coupled up with someone else.” He laughs quietly.

Y/N studies him for a moment. “You know... I was worried yesterday.”

“About?”

“That things would change.”

“They haven't.” His eyes immediately meet hers.

“No?”

“They won't.” The certainty in his voice makes her smile. “I still want to get to know you.”

“I still want that too,” she says as her smile widens. Without thinking, his hand finds hers on the bench between them. Neither of them says anything. They simply sit there, fingers intertwined.

Throughout the afternoon, the islanders play games in the pool, sunbathe and joke around. Whenever Y/N looks up, she somehow catches Timo looking at her.

Harry notices it too so he nudges Ezra. “They're hopeless.”

“They're basically coupled up without actually being coupled up.” Ezra chuckles.

Just before sunset someone’s phone buzzes.

“I've got a text!” Mila shouts. The islanders gather around.

Islanders... Tonight there will be a recoupling where the boys will choose which girl they would like to couple up with. #ChoicesChoices #GoodLuckGirls

Everyone immediately begins getting ready. The girls are finishing their make-up when another phone buzzes. It belongs to Timo.

“I've got a text!” he calls from downstairs. Everyone gathers in the dressing room doorway and on the landing. Timo opens the message before laughing in disbelief.

Islanders... As Lily stole Timo at the previous recoupling, Timo is not permitted to choose a girl tonight. Timo and Lily will remain coupled up. #RulesAreRules

The villa erupts. “No way!” “That's brutal.”

Harry claps Timo on the shoulder. “Mate... that's rough.”

Timo looks straight at Y/N.

Night falls and the familiar firepit glows beneath the stars. Everyone takes their seats as Maja walks into the villa. “Hello, Islanders.”

“Hello!”

“Tonight it's time for another recoupling. As you know, Timo and Lily will remain together after yesterday's twist, meaning Timo will not make a choice tonight.” Timo simply nods.

“As our newest bombshell, Bodhi, you'll be choosing first.”

Bodhi stands. He smiles nervously before looking towards the girls. “The girl I'd like to couple up with is someone I only met yesterday, but from our conversations today I feel like she's exactly the kind of person I wanted to meet when I came in here.”

He glances at Y/N. “She's kind, funny, genuine... and I'd really like the chance to explore what could be there.”

He smiles. “So the girl I'd like to couple up with is... Y/N.”

Y/N smiles in surprise before standing up. She hugs the girls before walking over. Bodhi opens his arms and she hugs him.

“I'm looking forward to getting to know you,” he whispers.

“So am I.” Timo watches them with a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.

Maja smiles. “Harry, you're next.”

Harry stands confidently. “The girl I'm choosing is someone who's stayed true to herself since day one.”

He smiles warmly at Eleanor. “She's honest, she's caring and she's got the biggest heart in this villa.”

Eleanor smiles already knowing. “So the girl I'd like to couple up with is... Eleanor.”

“You made me nervous!” She walks over laughing.

“I had to build suspense.” She hugs him tightly before they sit down together.

“Paxton, you're up next.”

Paxton smiles at Mila. “Getting to know this girl has honestly been effortless.”

He shrugs with a grin. “We laugh constantly, we challenge each other and I honestly don't want to start over.”

He nods towards her. “So, I'd like to stay coupled up with... Mila.”

She beams as she joins him. “I was hoping you'd say that.”

“I know.”

“Kian.” Kian gets to his feet.

“The girl I'm choosing has such a fun personality.” Jade grins already.

“She makes every day entertaining, and I honestly feel like we've only scratched the surface.” He smiles. “So I'd like to couple up with... Jade.”

She practically skips over before wrapping him in a hug. “Good choice.”

“I thought so.”

“Ezra, you’re up next.”

Ezra smiles. “The girl I'm choosing is calm, intelligent and somehow always knows exactly what to say.”

“I feel really comfortable around her.” He looks at Ivy. “So I'd like to couple up with... Ivy.”

“I'm glad.” Ivy smiles softly before joining him.

“So am I.”

Silence settles around the firepit. Only Seraphina remains standing.

Maja walks over. “Seraphina... as none of the boys have chosen to couple up with you tonight, your Love Island journey has come to an end.”

The girls immediately begin crying.

Seraphina laughs through her tears. “Oh God... don't make me cry.”

“You've been my biggest cheerleader.” Y/N wraps her in the biggest hug.

“And you better keep finding love,” Seraphina whispers into her ear.

“I'll try.”

She hugs every single girl before moving to the boys.

Harry kisses the top of her head. “You've been one of the best people in here.”

“Don't get too emotional now.”

“I'll miss you.”

Finally, she hugs Timo. “You better sort your life out.”

“I'm trying.” He laughs.

“You've got a good one.”

“I know.”

She gives Lily a quick hug before she walks towards the villa doors. “Good luck, everyone!”

The islanders call goodbye as she disappears inside. A heavy silence lingers around the firepit. Beside Bodhi, Y/N glances across at Timo. Across the flames, he meets her eyes. Neither of them says a word, they don't have to. Timo feels jealous watching Bodhi with his arm around Y/N’s waist.

They all get up and walk away from the firepit. Timo grabs Y/N wrist immediately.

“Want to chat?” he says and nods towards to hideaway. Y/N looks over at him and nods. They take a seat on the swing, they sit very closely together. Y/N’s legs are across Timo’s lap.

“I am very angry about tonight,” Timo confesses as he looks away from Y/N face and just looks at her legs. His hand is placed on her knee, and he is tracing circles with his thumb.

“About what?” she says as looks over at his face.

“I really wanted to pick you. Like I was excited about being able to continue this and then I got the text and I got scared.”

“No baby, why?” At the nickname his face shoots up and he looks her in the eye.

“I am afraid that because we are not in a couple… you might actually want to explore things with Bodhi,” he starts. “And you have every right to, but it’s just gonna suck for me.”

“Well he is really nice.” Y/N lifts her hand up and caresses Timo’s cheek. “But he is not you.”

Timo looks even deeper into her eyes, and he melts when her hand touches his cheek.

“Can I kiss you?” he whispers, almost scared of her answer.

“I mean… we aren’t in a couple, and I think that would be rude to our respective couple.” But she leans in anyways. “But I really want to kiss you too.”

Timo blushes as he leans in further as well. “Just a quick kiss. I almost forgot how good of a kisser you are. That challenge feels so long ago.”

“Just a quick one then,” she says before the closes the gap between them. However, what was supposed to be a short and sweet kiss turns into so much more. Their tongues get very involved in the kiss and before they even know it five minutes have passed and they get the signal that they have to get ready for bed.

“That was such a good kiss,” Timo whispers. “Thank you for the reminder.”

“Yeah, it was.” They keep looking into each other’s eyes for a little longer before they finally get up and get ready for bed.

When she gets to the dressing room the girls are all curious about what happened. They tell her that Bodhi was looking for her. She tells them about the kiss and that it wasn’t supposed to be a full snog, but one thing led to another. She feels bad about Bodhi though because he is a very nice guy. Y/N tells the girls that she wants to tell Bodhi herself before all the girls walk to the bedroom.

Y/N gets under the covers with Bodhi and he leans over.

“Do you want a kiss or a cuddle or nothing?” he asks her.

With the silence stretching between them, Lauren knew she needed to tell Timo why she was so hesitant. Or at least tell him something was indeed wrong.

“Do we have to go?”

“What do you mean?”

“To the dinner with your parents. Do we have to go?”

“You don’t want to?” he asked, sinking onto the couch. The idea that she wouldn’t struck Timo as odd and upsetting. She loved his parents. And they loved her.

“It’s just that…” she paused, trying to figure out the best way to say this.

“I know it’s a lot,” he conceded, “but this is the main time I get to see them because of the season.”

And therein lay the problem. She didn’t want to keep Timo from his family. Especially when they were finally living not only in the same country but in the same city. She knew he was trying to spend as much time with them, to soak it up before the long months away.

Her eyes dropped, and he watched her study her sparkly nail polish, tilting her thumb this way and that to make the rainbow shift.

“Lauren, what’s wrong?” he asked.

“I just..”

This was her tell. The sign that she really needed something, but was afraid to ask for it. Most of the time, he could wait her out, give her time, but he needed to text his dad back.

“Just what?” he urged.

He didn’t snap, but Lauren didn’t miss the impatience in his tone all the same.

She was getting better. It was easier to tell him when she was struggling these days, but this was more delicate.

Then again, maybe it wasn’t, a voice in the back of her mind argued. Every other time she’d expressed needs, Timo had always taken them into consideration. He was the safest person she’d ever known.

“It’s not that I don’t want to spend time with them,” she said, beginning to pace.

“Okay,” he said hesitantly. Where was this going? Why was she so anxious?

“But it is kind of a lot.”

Even having just said that, hearing her agree that spending so much time with his family was bothersome, he felt his defenses go up. He had expected her to smooth that worry away, telling him she loved his family. Instead, the truth cut through him like a knife.

An unexpected flame of frustration flared in him and he crossed his arms over his chest.

The stance, even while he was sitting down, was imposing.

“Timo, you have to understand,” she tried to explain.

“Hm?” he asked.

There was so much misconstrued subtext going on in this conversation, she had to get her thoughts out in the most succinct way possible to put it to bed.

“I haven’t had a family in six years.”

The hard mask of his face immediately cracked. His mouth fell open.

“And we weren’t exactly planning family dinners before that. I’m just not used to spending so much time with other people.”

“Schatzli,” he said, confusion and hurt edging into his voice.

“You’re fine,” she rushed to assure. It wasn’t that she wanted to spend less time with him. “I’d just like to have some time that’s just ours. One night a week, maybe where we stay home, or just spend time together without anyone else.”

“Have we not?” he asked. It wasn’t that he doubted her so much as he could have sworn they had had nights to themselves.

“On vacation, yeah.”

“But this is different?”

He really was so good at trying to understand.

“This is supposed to be our home,” she said, finally giving voice to the thoughts that had been brewing in the back of her mind, “but when we’re here, it feels like we never have time to be here. Does that make sense?”

“Not really, no. We're home all day.”

Hurt flamed in her chest. “No. I’m home all day,” she corrected, poking herself in the chest for emphasis. “You're off training.”

“That's my job, Lauren.”

“I know,” she said, exasperation working its way into her tone. This was not where she wanted this conversation to go. Now, they were veering dangerously close to her blurting that if she'd known she would be home alone all day and out every night, she would have requested they just stay in New Jersey, where at least she had work and friends to fill her days.

“I have to train.”

“I know, Timo. I'm trying to tell you that I want time at home with you after you're done.”

“We plan nights at home,” he said, defensiveness creeping into his voice.

He was starting to think maybe he was neglecting her and immediately despised the feeling. He hadn’t realized how lonely it must be for her to be home while he was training. It’s not like she had friends here. Even Larissa was working during the day.

“We do, but then something like this always comes up,” she said, gesturing to his phone and the unanswered text from his father. “And we end up not being at home.”

He looked down at the device, thinking through the last few weeks. She was right. There had been impromptu dinners with his family and invitations to get drinks with his friends. Plans suddenly set into motion when his extended family came into town.

“I kept thinking it was just because you just got back but then it kept happening.”

One of his big hands dragged down his face, “Laur, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize.”

“I know.”

“I guess I’m just used to going to everything while I’m home because I can.”

“I know,” she said, softer this time, “and I want you to spend time with your friends and family, but it’s all new for me. We’re going somewhere new every weekend and I’m meeting so many new people. I just want to be home for a minute to catch my breath.”

Reality clashed into itself in front of him. He didn’t like turning down invitations while he could actually accept them. But that would be one thing if they weren’t jetting off somewhere new every weekend. He just wanted her to see everything, experience everything. Maybe it was too much. It was certainly too much all together.

He nodded before picking up the phone and responding to his dad, Sorry. We can’t tonight.

“Do you…” he trailed off as he set the phone face down on the coffee table.

Reaching out, her hand caressed his shoulder. The touch felt like forgiveness.

“Do I?” she encouraged.

There was something he needed to say before he asked her that. “Laur, I’m sorry.”

“Thank you,” she said.

“I didn’t realize.”

“I know,” she repeated gently.b

He blew out a deep breath and reached for her. She came into his lap willingly, tucking herself against him.

“Do you want to stay home this weekend?” b

Pulling back slightly, Lauren studied his face. “I thought you wanted to go to Greece this weekend?”

“I…do,” he said hesitantly. “I mean, I want to show you Greece.”

She smiled sweetly.

“But we can go another time. Stay here for the weekend. Or go to the lake house.” v

She tucked herself against him again, resting her head on his shoulder.

He felt her breath on his neck when she asked, “would it just be us at the lake house?”

Usually when he went up there, he invited friends or family. It was close enough to make a day trip, or a quick overnight and he didn’t like being there alone. Being there with Lauren, though. Being there alone with Lauren enticed him like nothing else. It was the best of both worlds: an escape, but one with the person he loved most.

“It can be.”

Her hand slid up his chest and tucked into the collar of his t-shirt so her fingers slid along his collar bone. “I like the sound of that.”

Goosebumps rippled over his skin, anticipation springing up in their wake.

“Should we make dinner?” he asked, clearing his throat when he found it’d gone husky.

“At the lake?”

“No, tonight. I could make you a Swiss dish.”

“Like what?”

Shit. Hadn’t he been planning all the foods he wanted to introduce to her? He couldn’t remember a single one of them now.

Before he could sort out his thoughts, she was speaking again.

“I want to have wine out on the balcony.”

“For dinner?” he asked before his thoughts caught up with the question.

Thankfully, she giggled. “Just tonight,” she said, nuzzling against him. “You talked about how much you like to have a glass of wine on the balcony at night or before dinner when you're home, and I’d like to do that with you.”

The sweetness of her request practically split him open. Here he was planning trips, trying to make sure she could see everything he wanted her to see, and she just wanted to do the things he savored in his everyday life.

“Of course we can,” he said, leaning his head on hers, “I’d love to do that with you.”

They stayed that way, curled together on the couch. He had everything to make ghackets mit hörnli or maybe they could walk down to the butcher and get some olma bratwurst. He missed those more than almost any other food when he was gone. It didn't taste the same outside of St. Gallen, even in other Swiss cities. The attempts he'd found in America were comical at best and revolting at worst.

He could make a rösti to go along with it. They could stop at the market to see what vegetables Bauer had to round everything out. Hopefully it wasn’t too late in the day to buy some berries for dessert. It sounded like the perfect meal.

“Want to go to the market with me?” he asked quietly.

“Mhm.”

“And then,” he continued, his hand sneaking under her shirt to caress her side, “we’ll have a glass of wine on the patio before I make you dinner.”

“Sounds perfect,” she said dreamily.

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