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You walked towards Tom’s room seeing the door closed. You knocked on it with your foot struggling to hold everything now. 

“It’s unlocked.” Tom said quietly. You rolled your eyes knowing he wouldn’t get up to open the door. You set the ice cream and chocolate down before opening the door a crack and picking everything up you walked through the doorway smoothly closing the door again with your foot. 

“Oh that’s a lot…” Tom said looking up at you from his phone then standing up to help you set everything on his nightstand, “Why’d you bring all this stuff?” He asked while plopping back down on his bed and resuming to scroll through instagram. You noticed a bunch of dvds were neatly stacked at the edge of his bed.

“Thought we could get wine drunk together and have some yummy comfort food after this rough week.” You said and sat at the feet of his stretched out legs.

“I’m not that big a fan of wine.”  He said stubbornly not wanting to look up at you. He was embarrassed because of how he stormed off due to his jealousy. You sighed and patted his shin.

“Ok I tried I guess I’ll just go watch a bunch of movies and eat all this myself…” You sighed dramatically getting up to grab the stuff, Tom threw his phone to the side.

“No no stay. Sorry I’m just a little grumpy.” He said running his fingers through his hair.

“Yeah I know, you little baby.” You joked, reaching over and poking his cheek making him smile a bit.

“You know there is absolutely nothing going on between Harrison and I right?” You said getting right to the point while pouring a glass of wine for yourself and Tom. “He’s also your best friend, he wouldn’t let anyone get in the way of your friendship. Plus I’ve got my eye on someone else.” You handed Tom a glass as he sat up and he tried to hide his joy, but his red face wasn’t helping.

“And who may that someone else be, darling?” He asked flirtatiously.

“Some guy named Tom…” He smiled at you, “...Hiddleston.” You burst out laughing watching Tom’s face drop. 

He picked up a chocolate and rolled his eyes, “You’re such a tease.” He threw it straight at your forehead causing you to stop laughing because it actually hurt a bit.

“Ouch, Tom, what the hell?” You said rubbing your forehead giggling again.

“Oh my god, y/n, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to throw it that hard.” He sat closer to you checking your forehead to see that there was indeed a red circle from the object.

“Yeah, stupid, don’t even know your own strength. You’re Spiderman for Pete’s sake! Pun intended.” You both laughed and he softly kissed the spot on your forehead making you blush, “It’s ok though I deserved it.” You chuckled and sipped your wine.

He shook his head laughing with you before picking his glass up as well. “Anyway you’re right I had nothing to worry about, I don’t know why I got jealous all of a sudden. Just kinda wish I was the only one to be on top of you.” He smirked and looked at you as you almost choked on the wine.

“Tom! You’re so dirty!” He laughed at your reaction and winked.

“Alright what are we gonna watch? Seems like you’ve picked a lot already.” You said looking at all the movies laid out in front of you noticing what movies he’s picked out, “Wait, you remembered?” You asked and your pulse quickened.

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You and Tom were taking a lunch break after filming a crazy action scene and he just asked if you wanted to hang out in his trailer. After picking food up from Crafty’s you both walked to his trailer. 

“As much as I love our costumes I always love the feeling of taking them off. Better yet we’re twinning!” Tom said and you laughed. You both were in matching sweats and black under armour long sleeves that the crew gave you so you don’t stain your costumes in any way.

“Really? I think mine is fairly comfortable. Maybe it’s cause us girls always have to deal with much more uncomfortable outfits.” You wondered.

“That’s true, Z told me about this one time her heels made her feet bleed, but she kept wearing them because it made the outfit nice.” You nodded not surprised because Zendaya would stick through any shit and still serve looks. “Anyway, I kinda wanted to get to know you more. Ya know since you’re new to the cast and all.” He opened the door and let you walk in first.

“Thank you kind sir. Ok what’d you want to know?” You asked and followed him to the couch then plopping down on it. 

“Hmmm…” He looked up trying to come up with something. “Ooo top 10 movies.”

“10? That’s quite a lot.” You laughed while taking a bite of your sandwich.

“Ya I know, but just in case we ever have a movie marathon or something I’ll be prepared.” He said thoughtfully.

“What makes you think I’d want to hang out with you again?” You joked.

“Ouch ok nevermind then.” He said scooting away from you. You began to laugh.

“I’m just kidding. I’d love to hang out with you more, I have a feeling you and I are gonna get along really well.” You smiled at him and he smiled back excited. “Alright this may change, but as of now my top 10 movies are…”

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“Of course I remember, darling. It was the first time we really hung out alone. I got the movies a few days after you told me which ones you liked, but we just never got around to having a full on marathon so I kept them. I of course mixed in a few of my favorites.” He said while looking at his hands. You smiled and placed a hand over his as your heart melted.

“Tom, that is seriously the sweetest thing ever. Thank you.” He looked up at you and relaxed when you were happy about it. 

“Alright, which one did you want to watch first?” He asked, taking a sip of his wine.

“Hmm… Oh, let’s watch Atlantis!” You said, picking up the dvd and handing it to him. Tom got up from the bed and put it in the blu-ray disk player. You moved the dvds off the bed before going back onto the bed and putting the snacks in the middle of you and where Tom would be sitting.

“Mind if I sit closer, darling?” Tom asked.

“Oh no not at all, let me just move the snacks.” You said and Tom just pulled them up and put them over his lap.

“There. Problem solved.” You laughed at the snacks that were now sprawled out on his legs. He scooted closer to you causing your shoulders to rub and your face heated up.

“You’re silly.” You booped his nose giggling, starting to already feel light from the wine.

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“There’s no way you’d play Mr. Incredible what the fuck? Milo Thatch yes, but not Mr. Incredible.” You and Tom were now wine drunk and talking about random stuff. The bottle was almost done and you two were barely paying attention to the movie.

“What do you mean? I’ve got the guns to play him.” Tom said flexing his arms in front of you wobbling a bit.

“You may have muscles, but you look nothing like a father and they’re not big enough.” You said squeezing his flexed arms.

“What? I’ll fight you right now, I have big arms.” He said pretending to be mad then he pouted and laid on your lap.

“You do have big arms, but they’re not crazy big like Mr. Incredible’s, so I like yours better.” You said playing with the curls on his head through his head.

“Ok… I’ll take it…” He said in defeat, but also flattered by the compliment, “I feel like I’m floating.” He said raising his arms and his legs like there was no gravity and his hand ended up in your face.

“I feel like I’m spinning and floating.” You giggled, swatting his hand away. 

“Can I tell you a secret, y/n? He whispered and you hummed in response swaying side to side, “You sometimes make my head spin and make me feel like I’m floating, even when I’m not drunk.” You gasped.

“Do I make you nauseous?” You stopped swaying and looked at him sadly. He sat back up across from you and took your hands in his.

“No no...” He laughed lazily, “you make my head spin in a good way. And I feel like I’m on cloud 9 when I make you smile.” He said looking at you dreamily. You tried to keep a straight face, but he wiggled his brows at you making you laugh. “Ooo you smiled! You’re making me float!” Tom said letting go of your hands and wiggling around like he was a ghost. 

“Tom,” You couldn’t stop laughing, “Stop, you’re so stupid!” You were holding your hand over your stomach. “It’s not even funny I don’t know why I’m laughing so hard.” You wiped the tears that formed and you calmed down laying on your left side. Tom flopped over your right side like a human blanket. You turned your head to look at him, “Tom can I tell you an even secreter secret?” You both giggled at that.

“Tell me your secreter secret.” 

“You make my heart beat fast sometimes and you make my head spin too.” Tom smiled widely at you. You closed your eyes embarrassed of confessing that.

“Hey, open your eyes.” Tom said poking your face and laughing, “Look at me, darling.”

You opened your eyes to see his brown ones really close. “You’re cute, you know?”

You shook your head and he laughed softly. Tom looked down at your lips and back at your eyes, he almost leaned in to kiss you, but he cleared his throat and got off you. He didn’t want to cross any lines especially since you both were drunk right now. You sat up stunned and feeling a little awkward.

“S-sorry I didn’t want to-”

“No no it’s ok I get it. Thank you.” You said a little sad because your drunk self wanted that kiss, but Tom knew sober you wouldn’t want that yet. “You’re so thoughtful, Tom.” You said crossing your legs like a little kid and Tom sat back down across from you, “I really admire that.”

Tom blushed and laughed lowly, “Well after realizing I was worried for nothing over you and Haz I just felt good inside. Like we really don’t need to rush things right now. I had a lot of fun with you so far and I just don’t want to mess anything up by rushing. I guess before I just felt like I needed to get you right away because I was worried someone else would catch your eye.” He looked into your eyes kindly, “I realize now that if you do fancy someone else then I’ll just have to get over it. I can’t fully control what happens to us no matter how much I wish I could be yours I just can’t force anything you wouldn’t want. But also everything is easier said than done, so you’ll also have to be patient with me.” He chuckled and you smiled up at him. “And with all you’ve said to me about your feelings it’s kinda reassuring to my little hopeful heart. Sorry for ranting, I’m done.” You both laughed. Your head was spinning slightly because of the alcohol, but also because of what Tom was saying.

“Wow, you truly are amazing. How’d you think of all that in the span of like 45 minutes?”

“I’ve been thinking about it- well-you a lot, just needed a little push to tell you I guess.” He said, shrugging his shoulders, “Like you said we need to self evaluate so I did and I’m feeling good about it.” You both smiled, “Alright let’s carry on with the movies now.”

“Ok I’ll go change into my pjs first to get more comfy.” He nodded and you stood up feeling his eyes trail your figure as you walked out.

- A few days later -

You woke up pretty early this morning considering you and the boys played a game of drunk cards against humanity last night causing you to have a slight headache right now. You looked to see that already on your night stand was a glass of water and a tylenol with a note. 

The note said, “Morning love. Knew you would need this when you wake up. Haz and I went for a run - Tom xx” 

You smiled gratefully for the kind gesture and took the tylenol and drank the water. You decided  to make breakfast so the boys could eat when they got home. When you got downstairs Harry and Tuwaine were still knocked out on the couch. You giggled at the sight and snapped a quick picture posting it on your story captioning it, “After a crazy night in.” You would’ve still been on that couch, but Tom insisted that you sleep in your bed because it was better for you and he carried you to your room. Your phone pinged bringing you out of your thoughts of the kind boy.

Zendaya: Omg thank god you’re awake! Talk to me imy :/

You: HAHA omg why are you awake?! I’ll call you, about to make breky

You pressed the facetime button and Z immediately answered, “These quarantine naps really be messing up my sleep schedule.” You laughed at her energetic self even though it was 12am in LA.

“Ya you should definitely sleep soon.” You said while grabbing fruits, sausage, and pancake mix. 

“Yeah, but I miss you so let’s talk.” She said. There were no eggs left in the fridge so you texted Tom and Haz asking if they could pick some up when they were done running.

“Ugh I miss you too. Don’t get me wrong I love being with the boys, but I miss living with you and having little spa days.” You sighed and Zendaya went off facetime for a bit to text someone.

“I know I keep seeing our celebrity friends post how they're together and doing facials and stuff. It hurts to watch because I miss my girllll.” She said dramatically.

“I know this shit is rough on us, but thank god for technology.” She nodded in agreement.

“So will you finally update me on Tom? It’ll be my bedtime story.” She said laying her head in her pillows.

“Ok will do.” You thought about all the things you needed to tell Z, “Low key a lot has happened…”

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It’s been an hour since you started making breakfast. You had just finished making everything, but just needed the eggs. Zendaya fell asleep as soon as you finished telling her about you and Tom, to say she was excited for you is an understatement. You were now sitting at the table watching videos of baby otters when the door opened. 

“Hey guys? What took you so-” You stopped speaking when you heard a cluck, “What the fuck, did I just hear a chicken?” You got up from your spot and ran toward the front door and sure enough Haz was there holding a chicken you stared at him wide eyed, “No…” And as if on queue Tom walked in with 2 more chickens. You face palmed.

“Hi, darling. We couldn’t find any eggs at the market, but someone was selling chickens when we were on the run so we decided to buy them!”  Tom said excitedly. 

“Meet Chestnut, Ranger, and Predator.” Harrison said proudly pointing at every chicken. You sighed, but couldn’t help smiling at how wholesome the situation is.

“You guys are funny, but I guess it works.” You giggled and went over to pet the chicken Haz was holding. “So no eggs for breakfast today, but I made pancakes, sausage, and cut up fruit.”

“Ah hell ya! I’m starving.” Haz said and walked off. Tom stood still smiling widely at you.

“What, Holland?” You asked, returning the same smile.

“You’re looking gorgeous this morning. Well you do everyday, but you have this happy glow to you right now.” He babble and you blushed at his words because you were just in shorts, a sweatshirt, and your hair was in a very messy bun.

“Thanks, you really know how to woo a girl. Oh and thanks for taking me to my bed last night as well as giving me the tylenol. I seriously have so much to thank you for honestly.” You said and chuckled a bit.

“Oh don’t even worry about it, darling. I don’t mind doing anything for you. You know?” You smiled at his generosity. “Thanks for the breakfast.” He said and kissed your forehead walking away to put the chickens in the back before letting you respond. You blushed even more.

“Alright Harry, Tuwaine? It’s time to wake up boys.” You said a little loudly and they groaned. 

“It smells yummy.” Harry said sleepily. 

“Ya get up now, breakfast is done.” You said pulling him up lazily and he groaned a bit, but got up anyway leaning his whole body over you as you walked over to Tuwaine to get him up. The chickens clucked again when Tom and Haz set them outside. 

“What the hell did I just hear chickens?” Tuwaine said getting up quickly.

“OH MY GOD WE HAVE CHICKENS!” Harry said getting off you excitedly. You laughed and went to give Harry and Tuwaine a tylenol and water before you all gathered at the table for breakfast.

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It was now 5 pm and the boys were all taking a power nap. You laid on your bed scrolling through social media seeing all your celebrity friends post about their quarantine self care, making you think about what you told Z this morning. You looked at your naked nails and felt the urge to paint them so you got up to look at what polish you brought. Someone knocked on your door.

“Hey, love, whatcha doing? Some of the boys and I just woke up.” You turned around to see Tom with messy hair. You giggled at the sight and walked over to fix his hair. He smiled as you brushed your hands through his hair. 

“I was about to paint my nails. I keep seeing people post lil quarantine spa things and I decided to pamper myself a bit.” You said looking down at your feet worried you sound like a loser. 

“Huh that’s funny. Tuwaine was just saying we should do a spa day with you.” He said nonchalantly. You looked up and raised a brow.

“That seems like a huge coincidence…” You said suspiciously.

“What? I didn’t do anything…” 

“Mhm…” You bit your lip and smiled at him while he just tried to hide his smile. “So let’s get started then shall we?” He chuckled and nodded. You walked down to the living room to see Harry and Tuwaine in robes making you laugh loudly.

“What the hell you guys went all out.” You said looking at the assortment of face masks and snacks on the coffee table. “You even managed to get some of my favorite ones. Do I even want to know how you guys got all this?” You asked, picking up your favorite ones.

“No you don’t want to know.  Plus, I still had the skincare stuff you sent and recommended to me.” Harry said proudly.

“And you're just now deciding to use them?” You laughed at him.

“I just never got around to using them.” He chuckled, “Plus when uh Tuwaine suggested we do this I thought it was the perfect time to use them!” He said excitedly.

“Tuwaine how’d you know I wanted to have a spa day? You’re literally the sweetest.” You said going over to hug him. He looked at Tom behind you with wide eyes and Tom put a finger over his lips and shook his head furiously. 

Tuwaine nodded at him and said with a bit of panic, “I uh just uhh noticed you looking at a bunch of skin care things online and I thought you might be missing it.” You let go of him and looked up at him.

“Wow I didn’t know I was that obvious.” You said blushing, “But thank you this is seriously one of the kindest things anyone has done for me.” you looked at him then the two other boys, “Alright I’m gonna go change now then.” You said and picked up a fluffy robe.

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Under the robe you wore a sports bra and shorts. Haz now joined all of you and lazily laid across the couch still a bit tired. Tom was also now in a robe. You walked over and picked up headbands handing them out to all the boys and you put one on yourself.

“Ooh I’ll go get us drinks.” Haz said, he was no longer tired.

“What? We just drank last night.” You said laughing a bit.

“Yeah, but don’t you girls drink when you do stuff like this?” He asked, you nodded your head.

“You’re right. Can I have wine though?” He gave you a thumbs up. You turned to see the boys with headbands on and you began to giggle, “You guys look ridiculous.” You snapped a picture of them.

“I feel like I look hot.” Tuwaine and Harry said at the same time.

“Jinx!” They both said making you all laugh. 

You grabbed one of the face masks, “Ok who wants to help who?” 

“I’ll take Harry.” Tuwaine said and you nodded looking at Tom to come over to you. Harrison came back with beers and wine for everyone plopping down between Harry and Tom to wait for his turn. You wiped Tom’s face with a moist towel and grabbed some cleanser spreading it on his face and Tuwaine followed your actions. 

“I haven’t cleansed my face since Christine reminded me to. I keep forgetting.” You gasped.

“What the hell? How is your skin so nice still?” You asked wiping the cleanser off.

“I’m just perfect.” He said smiling with his eyes closed. You rolled your eyes.

“Shut up you div. You’re the ugliest out of all of us.” Harry said.

“You’re a div. You look like me.” Tom said without hesitation.

“That’s why you’re both ugly.” Haz said you and Tuwaine laughed at his snarky rebuttal. You dipped your fingers in the face mask and spread it over Tom’s face. He opened his eyes looking innocently at you.

“Do you think I’m ugly?” He asked. 

“Hmm. Depends on the day…” He looked at you hurt and you chuckled, “I’m just joking. You always look good.” You booped his nose and he smiled again, his eyes sparkled.

“I hate being around when you guys flirt.” Haz said, taking a swig of beer.

“We all do, mate.” Tuwaine said while focusing on getting the face mask on Harry’s face. You blushed and even though you couldn’t really see under the mask Tom was too.

“Alright. All done.” You said fixing his headband a bit.

“How the hell are you done already?” Tuwaine asked.

“I’ve done this too many times.” You laughed and Tom squeezed your hand and pulled you down to switch spots with him. He looked into your eyes as he carefully cleansed your face.

“You can rub harder, you won’t hurt me.” You said kindly.

“That’s what she said.” Harry said ruining yours and Tom’s moment. Everyone laughed.

“I hate it here.” You joked. Tom spread the face mask over your cheeks.

“Oh this isn’t too hard.” He said satisfied then you felt him spread the mask over your eyebrows making you gasp.

“Tom!” You opened your eyes. “This is a peel off mask you’re not supposed to put it over my brows.” 

“Oh shit. I’m such an idiot.”  

“You’re just noticing now?” Harry gasped and the boys snickered.

“Oof.” Tom said looking down at his hands. You grabbed them.

“It’s alright, Tom. You didn’t know.” You smiled at him, “I’ll clean it off my brows. You can come if you’d like.” He smiled and pulled you to the bathroom.

“Use protection!” Haz joked.

“Harrison!” You, Tom, and Harry yelled at him and he just laughed. When you got to the bathroom Tom grabbed a paper towel and wet it letting you sit on the closed toilet seat. He turned to you and he started to wipe it off. You winced when some hairs were pulled out.

“I’m so sorry, darling.” He said with furrowed brows trying to be more gentle.

“It’s ok, it just feels like I’m getting an eyebrow plucking right now.” He smiled at how you tried to make him feel better.

“I’m kinda glad we got away from them…” He said and threw the paper towel away before leaning on the sink.

“What? Why?” You chuckled. 

“Kinda felt like they were interrupting our moments.” He said, his ears turned a bit red.

“Oh I definitely felt like they were.” You flirted back, “Kinda funny though, I don’t mind it too much.” 

“I did…” He scoffed, “I’m just trying to get brownie points with you.” He smirked, and your face heated up, thankfully the mask wasn’t see through.

“Well you’re definitely already high on the scoreboard then.” You flirted back and walked out leaving him amused. ‘What the fuck that was that flirting, scoreboard? Oh my god…” You beat yourself up. Tom’s pulse quickened as he followed you. All he could think about how nervous you make him without any effort. 

You walked into the living room to see a masked up Harrison putting the mask on Tuwaine. Tom sat next to them. You sat next to Harry on the other couch and he handed you the wine glass he was drinking from, “I’m seriously so happy right now. You’re all so thoughtful and sweet.” You said taking a sip.

“Yeah Tom-uh-we felt like you needed an escape from our hectic energy. Especially since you’re not home right now.” He said popping a piece of popcorn in his mouth.

“Yeah it was rough at first to accept, but you guys are making it easier.” You smiled at him and gave him a hug, “thank you for everything.” He hummed back in response.

“You guys wanna watch a new show while we wait for this to dry?” Tuwaine asked and you all nodded. “Alright let’s watch Too Hot to Handle.” 

“YAY! I’ve been wanting to watch that!” You said excitedly. Tom watched you in admiration at how you clapped in excitement and how your hair swayed a bit when you jumped.

“Tom, mate, stop staring.” Haz whispered to him, “you’re looking creepy again.” He laughed. Tom’s face heated up. 

“Y/n is just so gorgeous and very close to perfection. If not then she is perfect. I’ve felt like such an idiot letting her go.” He whispered back and frowned.

“Mate, you gotta do something about it. We can all tell you’re head over heels. I think you should tell her all this was your idea…” Tuwaine said lowly.

“I want to, but I don’t want to scare her away either. Don’t wanna rush anything.” Tom said while contemplating in his head what he should do in his head. The boys nodded understanding.

“Just do what you feel is right for the both of you.” Haz said, patting his back and turned to the screen when Harry turned the show on.

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After watching the first episode you all took turns taking a shower. You sat in your room reading over a script again. “Hey, y/n, I had a lot of fun and feel super relaxed now. We should definitely do this again. I regret not doing this whole skin care thing before.” Haz said peeking in your room. 

“It wasn’t all my idea, but yes, we should do this again.” You smiled at him and he walked downstairs to cook dinner with Tuwaine.

You continued to read when someone knocked on your doorframe. You looked up to see Tom again leaning on the wall. “Hey, Tom what’s up?”

“Hey, darling. Did you ever get to paint your nails?” You looked at him weird and showed him your bare nails. 

“Nope not yet.” You chuckled.

“I-I uh could paint them for you while you go over that script.” He said rubbing the back of his neck, “I could even help you run through lines if you’d like.” 

“Wow a full on service,” you laughed, “I’d love to take you up on that offer.” He smiled and jumped on your bed sitting next to you. You reached behind to grab the sparkly red nail polish on the nightstand and handed it to him.

“Don’t mess up.” You joked and he put his hands up in defense. 

“Hey. I don’t usually do this so no promises, darling.” You both laughed. Tom twisted the cap open and you held the bottle in your left hand as he delicately held your right hand. He painted your pinky nail carefully, his tongue poking out his mouth a bit. 

“That’s not too bad, Holland.” You said, impressed.

“Y/n, you’re getting overly confident. That was the first finger.” You laughed at his sass, “Can I tell you something?” You got nervous for some reason, but nodded your head as he painted your ring finger. “I-it wasn’t really Tuwaine’s idea to have the spa day.” He rushed and you calmed down.

“Oh I kinda knew. Harry almost gave it away, but I figured it was your plan.” You chuckled, “You Holland boys can’t keep secrets for long.” You joked and he blushed, “How’d you know I wanted to do something like this?” You asked looking up at him.

“W-well I’ve been texting Z a bit and I asked her if there’s anything I could do to make you feel at home, and she texted me this morning that you were missing self care days with her.” He said a little nervous that you’d think he’s weird, but your heart melted. 

“Ah so you’re the person she was texting when we were on facetime today…” You took a mental note to thank Zendaya later, “But seriously, Tom, you’re so sweet.” You smiled at him, “The spa day definitely felt how a normal day would be like in LA, but being with you kinda gives me that homey feeling already.” You said causing your face to heat up a bit, Tom’s pulse quickened.

“Fuck it.” Tom said, taking the bottle of nail polish out of your hand. You raised your eyebrow at him while he closed the bottle and took your hands in his.

“I-I didn’t want to tell you that the spa day was my idea because I thought you’d think I’m weird. And I don’t want us to rush into anything, I wanna let you take time for yourself too…” He was beginning to ramble.

“Tom, I don’t think it’s weird at all. Calm down and tell me what you need to.” You said laughing a bit and rubbing his thumbs with yours. He relaxed and sighed.

“C-can I take you on a date?” Your heart warmed up, but were you really ready for this?

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“Just know that I’ll wait for you, darling. Take all the time you need. I’m a little upset, but just take your time. Really, I’ll wait for you.” Tom dragged his feet as he walked out. You sat there stunned at what he said. ‘Zendaya wasn’t wrong when she said he’d wait.’ You thought.

You wiped the tears that threatened to fall and you stood up. When you walked out Tom was 5 feet ahead of you with the shades in his hands, you didn’t bother to catch up because you knew he was upset with you right now.

When you reached the living room Tom chucked the glasses at Harry’s stomach. 

“What the hell?” Harry sat up looking at his brother annoyed. Tom huffed and sat between Harrison and Tuwaine looking straight at the screen, they gave him odd looks. You looked at him apologetically before sitting next to Harry.

“I’m surprised he didn’t want to sit next to you. What the hell is his problem?” He whispered to you.

“I don’t know if I should tell you here, Tom will literally know I’m telling you about it.” You looked over at Tom who was scrolling through his phone not looking at the screen anymore. “Oh nevermind I’ll tell you, but do not freak out.” Harry nodded.

“Tom and I kinda sorta confessed that we still have feelings for one another?…” You said coming out as more of a question. Harry stared at you with wide eyes. “But… oh my god you’re gonna hate me. I told him I wasn’t ready to jump back into a relationship right now. You know because we both got out of relationships not too long ago and-” you were going to start rambling, but Harry put his hands on your shoulders.

“No no I understand, y/n. I mean I’m surprised he even tried asking you out now. It took him so long to ask you before.” He snickered remembering when you and Tom first dated.

“Yeah it did take him a while to ask.” You smiled, “Anyway, Tom told me he was upset, but he did say he’d wait for me too.”

“Ya he has that look on his face like he’s arguing with himself right now.” You both looked at Tom and sure enough his brows were furrowed and he had a little pout. He looked really cute actually so you giggled a bit, but also felt bad because you were the cause of his overthinking.

“I think he’s determined to win you over.”

“I know, but I told him that I think we should both self evaluate and grow before jumping into anything.” Harry nodded understanding.

“Yeah that’s a good idea, but I think my brother is a little impatient.” He sighed and shook his head. “Just try not to break his heart, it was bad the first time you guys broke up. I’m not too worried about him hurting you, cause he’s so damn head over heels for you. I knew he has been since the moment he invited you to stay here.”

“Rude of you to think I’d hurt him, Harold. And you’re talking nonsense we barely talked then and just started talking more now.” You said and flicked his nose then he swatted your hand away. Your heart skipped a beat at what Harry said, but you didn’t want to think too much about it. You had to focus on yourself first.

- A few days later -

Tom walked closer with tears running down his face, “Allana stop!” You screamed before seeing the knife. You felt the skin on your neck burn and Allana dropped you to the floor. Her dark laugh rang through your ears. Tom ran up to you and cradled you in his lap. “You really thought you could beat me.” Allana laughed. “Y/n. Stay with me. You’ll be alright. Please don’t close your eyes.”  “Tom, I-I can’t-”

You sat up panting hard and you touched your neck, which had scabbed up by now. This was the third time you had the same nightmare since the Allana incident. You looked at your phone and it was 2:34 AM and wiped the little beads of sweat that formed on your forehead. You were sleepy, but too afraid to go back to sleep. Your mind immediately went to Tom so you put a sweatshirt on before walking to his room. Tom hasn’t talked to you as much in the past few days because he was afraid he’d ruin things with you again, he felt it was best to leave you some space. But you on the other hand thought he was mad at you. You began to have second thoughts when you reached Tom’s closed door. You shook your head thinking it was a bad idea and you decided to just grab a glass of water then go back to bed.

You walked down the stairs with your head low. “Oh hey, y/n.” You jumped and put a hand over your heart not expecting anyone else to be up.

“H-hi, Tom.” He gave you a crooked smile. Tom had just been watching some funny videos at the counter with an empty glass next to him.

“Sorry, darling. Didn’t mean to frighten you. Can’t sleep?” He asked as you grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water.

“Yeah I uh had a nightmare.” You sighed and sat next to him at the counter, “What about you?”

“Too many thoughts before bed.” He chuckled, “What was the nightmare?” He asked, turning to look at you not letting you ask about his thoughts.

“W-well this is the third night I’ve had this dream. It’s been ruining my sleep.” You sighed and he gave you a concerned look, “In the dream uh Allana she actually succeeds in k-killing me. I know she only left a small cut on my neck, but I keep thinking ‘what if she went just a little deeper?’” Your eyebrows furrowed as your mouth began to dry up. Tom placed a hand over yours and rubbed your knuckles with his thumb.

“You’re ok now, darling. She’s been put away.”

“B-but what if she’s released because of her uncle?” You looked at Tom afraid and his heart hurt to see you so scared. He placed his other hand on your cheek and your face relaxed.

“I swear to you I won’t let harm near you again. If she does get out I’ll make sure she never comes near you. I will protect you with my whole life. I-I was so scared she was going to hurt you more, Y/n.” Your heart melted at what he said. He sighed and looked down at his feet removing his hand from your cheek, “I-I’m so sorry that I haven’t been talking to you much again. I just realized now that I was so afraid I would lose you again and in the worst way possible. I-I can’t let you leave and I almost let go of you again by not talking to you these past few days.” He shook his head at his actions. You put a hand on his thigh and rubbed it.

“Hey, don’t worry about it, I understand why you were upset. I would’ve felt the same if you told me what I told you.” You sighed and he nodded.

“I’ll make things right. I promise.” He said sternly.

“We…” You corrected him, “We will make things right. I-if we’re gonna try to be something again, not right this second obviously, but if we do try I need to help make things right as well because we’re in this together. This won’t be all on you.” You said and smiled at him. Tom felt like he just won the lottery with this information. You gave him all the hope he needed to completely fall for you again. He wanted you to be his again, ‘This would be the start.’ He thought and gave you a wide smile.

“Ah see, we’re already making progress in growth together. Does this mean you’ll date me in 2 days?” He joked and you nudged his leg with your foot.

“It really is a start though.” You said and yawned before resting your head on the counter.

“You wanna go to sleep now, darling?” Tom asked, rubbing your knuckles again.

“I’ll head back to my room in a bit, I’m still trying to calm down from the nightmare.” 

“Y-you can sleep with me if you want, you know so you’re not afraid. It’s not like you haven’t slept in my room yet anyways. No strings attached I swear. I’ll sleep opposite sides of you also.” You sat up and gave him a raised brow and he chuckled, “I promise, love. Just a friendly gesture, don’t want it to get in the way of our growth.” He said and you contemplated a bit before nodding. Tom smiled and stood up with his back turned to you. “Hop on, love.” You giggled and wrapped your arms around his neck and your legs around his torso. He gently lifted you up while wrapping his strong arms under your thighs and you leaned your head on the back of his shoulder smelling his cologne.

“Oh wait Tom I have to put the glass in the sink.” You said. Tom galloped back to the counter and you giggled as you placed the glass in the sink, “You’re so stupid yet charming at the same time, Tom.”

“Only for you, darling.” He said softly. How was it that Tom could make your heart go crazy so easily?

When you got to his room he opened the door with one hand and gently sat you on the right side of his bed. You pulled your sweatshirt off leaving you in a tank top and Tom pulled his shirt off, he could feel you staring at his back muscles, “You’re making me blush, y/n. Stop staring.” 

“You’re so hard headed I hate you.” You laughed and you flopped on his comfy pillows. Tom slipped under the covers of the left side of the bed leaving a good amount of space between you two. He shut the lamp light off and said,

“Good night, y/n. Wake me up if you need anything or have another nightmare.”

“Thanks again for everything, Tom. Good night.” You said and he hummed in response. You turned to your side and closed your eyes trying to sleep, but the fact that Tom was right next to you kept you up. You opened your eyes again and turned on your back,

“H-hey Tom?” He hummed again, “Y-you can come closer if you want…” You hinted at him. Tom sat up and looked at you with a cheeky grin. He scooted closer to you and you turned to face him. When he laid back down his left arm wrapped around your waist. Then you rested your head and the back of your hands on his right arm. You were both so close that you could feel his breath on the tip of your nose and you gulped. 

“This close enough, darling?” He whispered making your heart race. 

“Yes, thank you.” You said softly. 

“Alright, I’ve got you. I’m not leaving.” With that your whole body relaxed against his and you felt pure bliss as you drifted off into a deep sleep.

-

You woke up the next morning to the sound of someone knocking. You looked around and remembered what happened last night. 

“Morning, love, come down now. The boys and I made breakfast.” Tom was in the doorway still shirtless. You blushed looking at his toned abs. “Take a picture, it'll last longer, darling.” You stuck your tongue out at him and he laughed. You got up and he waited for you as you pulled your sweatshirt back on. 

“What the hell? Why’d you let me sleep in?” You looked at your phone and it was 10:27 AM. You both headed downstairs.

“Well everyone woke up a bit late today, and you looked so comfy I didn’t want to wake you. Plus you had a rough night last night, you needed your rest.” He smiled at you, and you blushed at his kindness.

“You seem happier… I  mean we had a good talk last night, but I’m surprised you’re this happy.” You said suspiciously and he snickered.

“Well, last night was refreshing, gave me some hope. Plus I can’t stay mad at the girl I’m trying to go after.” He winked at you and you laughed because he was going back to his usual flirty self.

“Tom…”

“Yeah I know, darling. Growth first. Just a little reminder I’m still willing to wait.” He kissed your forehead before reaching the bottom of the stairs and he walked off in front of you leaving you in awe. He knew exactly what he was doing, but you couldn’t give in yet.

“Ah morning, Y/n!” Tuwaine cheered.

“Morning boys! Thanks for cooking again. I promise I’ll cook soon.”

“Tom was the one that cooked the most actually, but don’t worry about it, we love attempting to cook. Also I’d like to take your offer of being my sous chef sometime.” Haz pointed at you and reminded you of when you said you’d help him make chicken like Nando’s. 

“Plus, it seems like you’ll have plenty of time to cook now. We’re officially on lockdown.” Harry said.

“What?” You asked while taking a seat at the table.

“Yeah we can only leave for groceries and walking around the block.” Tom said while sitting next to you and handing you a plate. You thanked him,

“Well that’s just great. I guess I won’t be filming for even longer now.” You sighed and Tom looked at you apologetically. 

“Yeah I’m sorry about that. Uncharted may be pushed back a whole year. We can grieve together.” He joked and you smiled at him.

“Wait, Harry we never got to see your short film!” You said realizing.

“Oh shit yeah. That reminds me I’m actually posting it tonight, you guys wanna watch it now?” You all nodded and Tom picked your plate up for you so you only had to carry your water. 

“Tom,” You giggled, “I can carry it myself.” He shook his head. 

“Nope. I shall treat you like a princess.” He said in a posh voice and your heart skipped a beat as you smiled at him.

“Oi stop fucking around. You guys disgust me. Just come and watch now!” Harrison yelled from the living room. You blushed and all the boys laughed. 

You and Tom sat next to each other as Harry stood next to the TV.

“Thank you all for your support. I worked really hard on this and I hope you enjoy ‘Roses for Lily’ as much as I do.” He pressed play and plopped down next to you.

-

“Oh my god, Harry. That was beautiful.” You said as you wiped a stray tear.

“Wow. I’m so proud of you little bro. Truly amazing work that you did. Your future in the industry is bright.” Tom said smiling and gave Harry a hug. 

“Haz, Tuwaine. What’d you guys think?” You asked and you all turned to see that they too cried.

“Got us right in the feels. Fuck you Harry.” Tuwaine said and you giggled.

“You guys are so cute.” You said.

“Oh shut up, y/n.” Haz said. You all laughed. Tom looked at you admiringly loving how good you were with his friends and his family. You were so easygoing and your energy just rubbed off on everyone around you and Tom loved that about you. You noticed that Tom was staring and you booped his nose.

“Stop looking at me weirdo.” He just smiled at you and pulled you in for a tight hug.

“Oh my god we’re all still here. You guys need to chill!” Harry joked. You pushed Tom off of you and blushed laying down to hide behind your best friends back. This lockdown really was gonna get interesting.

- 

You sat outside reading over a new script that your manager, Stacy, sent you. The boys were playing video games inside and Tom was cooking up some burgers for lunch in the kitchen. You heard the sliding door open and Harrison walked out.

“Hey, y/n. You alright?” He sat next to you on the bench.

“Yeah I’m great actually, how’re the games?” You put your script down and he shrugged.

“Eh I was getting bored of it. I don’t know how I’ll survive in lockdown if I’m already bored.” You both laughed.

“I’m sure we’ll make it fun somehow. You guys are all creative.” You said and sipped your water.

“Yeah, I guess so… So did you finally give into Tom?” You choked on your water.

“I-if you’re implying that I’m his girlfriend or something then no,” You laughed a bit, “Are you trying to be his wingman right now or something?”

Harrison scoffed sarcastically, “Pfft no… Well at least he didn’t ask me to…” You laughed at this.

“I get it, Haz. I do. Best friend duties.” You stated and he nodded.

“Anyway he did tell me about everything though. Ya know the lil cheeky cuddle you two shared last night.” He winked at you.

“Wow that boy really can’t keep a secret.” You joked. 

“Well actually this is the first time in a while he’s told me anything of the sort. Last time he really told me anything was when you guys first started fighting before the breakup.” You raised your brow at this fact, “Yeah for real. It seems like a lot of ‘old Thomas’ traits are showing up again. The good ones at least, but I can’t help to get nervous that he’s just setting himself up for hurt again.” You gave Haz a worried look.

“W-wait you think I’d hurt Tom too? Harry said the same thing… Plus Tom broke up with me, remember?”

“Ya I remember, but no definitely not, you wouldn’t hurt him. Any idiot can see you two have something going on.” He scoffed.

“Are we really that obvious?” You asked in disbelief and he looked at you like you were crazy. 

“Aw you’re so adorable, y/n.” He pinched your cheek and you slapped his hand away laughing, “Anyway, it’s just that I think Tom is gonna totally forget about the whole growing part and just focus on making sure everything is perfect between you two.” You nodded understanding now.

“So you’re saying if he continues to be this way and we get into a relationship again he’ll drive us into a wall of heartbreak by trying to achieve perfection?” 

“Yep, couldn’t have said it better.” He nodded.

“W-well, I think that this would have to be on me as well. I need to learn to accept that my life can’t be even 70% private.” You sighed, “But I think Tom and I will help each other learn… as friends at first of course.” Harrison nodded.

“I guess we just gotta keep him in check then. I like you for Tom, y/n. I think you bring out a lot of the good in him… and a little bit of his madness.” You blushed and smiled at what Haz said. You both looked inside to see Tom’s brows furrowed while reading a recipe off his phone. Then he looked up and waved at you happily, you waved back and Harrison nodded as Tom went back to making the burgers. 

“You know the last time he cooked was when you told Harry you’d stay here. Never really cooked much before that.” You looked at him shocked. 

“But he cooked so much when we were dating…”

“My point exactly, y/n. He cooks when he feels like things are going well. I’m going to finish a round of fortnite with the boys before the food is done.” He stood up and brushed off his bottom. “I’m telling you, y/n, you bring out something in him and I can’t tell if it’s good... or disgusting.” He joked before stepping inside. Your heart was so warm and your mind was overwhelmed with everything that has been going on these past few days with you and Tom. You decided to finish reading the script later and to help Tom cook lunch.

“Need help?” You asked walking through the sliding door and into the kitchen.

“Oh uh yeah if you want to.” Tom said while frantically moving around the kitchen, “Can you just cut up some onions, lettuce, and tomatoes? I need to flip the patties.” You nodded and set your script and glass down at the kitchen table before going back to the counter to cut everything and you decided to shuffle some happy vibe music. “Skin,” by Dijon began to ring out through the kitchen and you swayed your hips while cutting up the tomatoes.

Tom placed the last patty on the pan and he turned around to see you dancing. He couldn’t stop staring at your beautiful figure and how it moved perfectly with the song playing loudly. Tom pulled his phone out and recorded an instagram video of you captioning it, “@yourusername is the only one to make cutting veggies look cute and enjoyable.” before posting it and walking over to you.

“Thanks for helping out, y/n.” Tom said leaning back on the counter.

“Oh it’s nothing, I honestly should be cooking and helping more actually. You looked like you were having trouble.” You snickered.

“What? No, I had it under control for sure.” He said in a cocky way, crossing his arms and keeping his eyes on you. You smelt burning meat.

“Well Mr. ‘I can do everything’, I think the patties are burning right now.” Tom snapped his head in the direction of the stove and he ran over turning down the heat. You began to laugh at him as he walked back to you in defeat.

“I guess you were right.” He said and you nodded giggling. You cut the last of the tomatoes and turned to Tom who was already looking at you.

“What, stalker?” You said covering your face and he laughed as he pulled your hands away from your face.

“Just admiring your beauty.” He smiled and rubbed his thumbs over your knuckles. You blushed and rolled your eyes.

“You’re so cheesy, stop.” You hit his chest lightly and he shrugged while smirking. 

“Wanna watch movies in my room tonight? The boys are having a Call of Duty tournament.” 

“Hmmm watch my friends yell at a TV for a few hours or watch movies with an idiot? I don’t really like either choice…” Tom put a hand over his heart pretending to be hurt, “But I think it would be funny if the boys were drunkenly yelling at the TV so I’ll go with that option.” You said enthusiastically and this time he actually looked upset.

“O-oh alright then.” He said and turned around to get buns, but you grabbed his hand laughing,

“Tom, you’re so gullible. Of course I’ll watch some movies with you.” You continued laughing as his expression changed.

“I hate you.” He said pouting and trying to hide his excitement. He turned back around to grab buns from the pantry. 

“You definitely do not.” You pointed at him.

“Yeah I could never.” He said softly hoping you wouldn’t hear, but you did and it made your face heat up.

-

“Tom, I really appreciate you cooking, but mine is a little burnt.” Harry said, critiquing his brother.

“Sorry, bro, I left it on a little longer than Sam suggested.” Tom said.

“No, more like you were distracted by someone in the kitchen.” Haz said nodding at you while taking a bite of his food. Harry and Tuwaine snickered as you blushed.

“Definitely not.” Tom said, rolling his eyes.

“Oh that’s bull!” Tuwaine said laughing and handing you and Tom his phone, “Watch Haz’s story.” You clicked it and first it was a repost from Tom’s story of you dancing and cutting the vegetables. 

“Tom what the hell?” You laughed and blushed a bit at what he said in the caption. Next was the same video, but from Harrison’s perspective. Tom was behind you and filming you. He was grinning from ear to ear and he looked at you like you were the most fascinating thing ever. and It was captioned, ‘Caught this creep in action… I swear if @tomholland2013 burns the food I’m blaming @yourusername.” 

“Oh my god, Harrison.” You laughed and handed his phone back, “You really do look like a creep here, Tom.” You joked.

“I hate it here. But I hate you most, Haz.” Tom grumbled with a red face and ears. You and the boys snickered.

-

Your head was laying on Harry’s lap while you guys watched The Blacklist on his phone. You all decided to just have fried chicken take out tonight, and do your own thing.

“I kinda wanna drink tonight. It’s been a long week.” You said out of nowhere while popping a fry in your mouth and then feeding Harry one.

“That would be fun as hell. Haz, Tuwaine, and I are gonna do a COD tournament you can drink with us if you want.” He never took his eyes off the small screen.

“Weren’t you guys playing a crap ton of games already today?” You asked him with a raised brow.

“That was just a warm up, love. We don’t want to look like fools tonight.” You snickered at his boyishness.

“Well I can’t anyways, I’m busy tonight. Tom and I are going to have a lil movie marathon. Maybe I can convince him to get wine drunk with me.” You giggled.

“As friends I assume?” He asked and you nodded, he pouted a bit looking down at you.

“Oh don’t worry. Like I said, you're my best friend. Getting drunk and having movie marathons will forever be our best friend thing. You’re just busy tonight.” 

“Fine, but I swear if he takes my place, I’m gonna fart in your face.” He said seriously and you laughed.

“What the fu-” You were cut off.

“Alright let’s start this tourney, boys!” Haz yelled getting hype and jumping over the couch and landing on you causing you to groan. Harrison laid on your stomach and you guys were face to face.

“Ow, Haz, get your fat butt off me!” 

“Oh hell ya dog pile!” Harry said getting up and jumping on top of Haz. You grunted again and started breathily laughing.

“Oo I’ll join in!” Tuwaine said and jumped over the couch onto the pile also, this time Haz groaned with you as Harry and Tuwaine laughed. Tom walked into the living room.

“Have you boys seen-” Tom saw you under all the boys feeling a little tinge of jealousy seeing Haz on top of you like that, “Oh what the fuck?”

“Tom don’t just stand there I can’t breathe.” You struggled to say that and pretended to die sticking your tongue out.

“Alright guys get the hell off.” He said in a serious tone.

“Oh you're such a buzzkill, Tom” Haz joked as the boys got off you letting you finally breathe better.

“Yeah whatever. I’ll just be in my room then, let you two carry on whatever the hell was happening.” Tom said referring to you and Haz. You gave him a look like, ‘are you serious right now?’ Tom just rolled his eyes and walked back upstairs.

“See, y/n? Going back to his old ways I’m telling you! Doesn’t even trust his best mate, what the hell. I wasn’t the only one on you either. My god.” Haz said, rolling his eyes obviously irked by the situation.

“Ugh, leave it to me to fix it then. So much for growth.” Harry chuckled and rubbed your shoulders.

“He’s just overreacting because he likes you, y/n. Doesn’t like to see you with any guy that’s not him… Or me obviously.” He said reassuring you and you blew the hair out of your face and sighed. Your heart skipped a beat when he mentioned Tom liking you.

“Alright then…” You said trusting his words. “Where's the chardonnay?”

“We only have red wine, it’s in the fridge with the beers. Tom won’t want wine by the way.” Tuwaine said.

“Oh come on, we’re getting white wine from the store next time, boys. And too bad for Tom, we’re getting wine drunk.” You said as the boys chuckled. You walked into the kitchen grabbing an opened bottle of wine, glasses, chocolate, spoons, and icecream. When you walked back through the living room all the boys gave you a strange look with everything you were holding.

“What? Rough week ok? Plus these things always make anyone feel better.” You said sassily.

“Touche…” Tuwaine said and the boys nodded along.

“Alright good luck with the games. I’ll be in Tom’s room if you need anything, see you all later!” 

“Thanks, love. Make sure he knows I’m not trying to go after his girl.” Haz said.

“Oh my god. Not his girl!” You said back walking up the stairs.

“... Yet!” Haz said, finishing your sentence. You chuckled and rolled your eyes. I mean Haz wasn’t completely wrong...

+++

+++

“Tom, before you say more, I’m going to move out.” Tom’s heart broke.

“W-wait, what? You can’t leave, y/n. You don’t need to.” He walked toward the edge of your bed and sat down next to you.

“Tom, I caused so many problems already a-and you were right, it was selfish of me to blame you for making things worse with the whole Allana situation. You were just trying to help.”

“No I was wrong hear me out before deciding to leave. I-I can change your mind. Please let me at least try.” He took your hand in his and looked at you in a pleading way. You thought about it before giving in and nodding your head.

“This doesn’t mean I’ll stay. I’m just gonna listen.” He nodded with a little hope in his mind.

“First off, everything I said to you down there I didn’t mean that. O-or I did say what I’ve been feeling, but in a completely wrong way. I didn’t mean to hurt you, I was getting tipsy and saying stupid shit.” All he could look at was your hands in his. 

“No, Tom, you were right. I let you take the fall for MY privacy. I’m being selfish for letting you stay in this toxic ass relationship just because of my fears and insecurities.” Tom rubbed his thumbs over your knuckles and looked up at you.

“Y/n, I could never blame you for being afraid. I-I’ve been afraid, numb, and distant from everyone ever since we broke up…” You gave him a sad look, were you the cause of all his pain?

“B-but don’t worry it’s not your fault. I-I couldn’t move on. When we broke up I let most of my joy go along with you. I let all of my anger and sadness build up until I was numb a-and couldn’t even see which people would be good for my life, hence why I started dating Allana. I was just trying to fill the gaping hole in my heart. As soon as you came here it was like…” He looked into your eyes with realization, “I-I could feel again. But what I felt was all the pain and anger that was pushed to the back of my mind, it was creeping back and I tried to push it aside, and leaving was the only way to do that. I was happy to see you don’t get me wrong, but when I saw that you were on instagram live with Gavin it just made all my bottled up emotions burst out.” Tears began to well up in Tom’s eyes when he saw a couple rush down your cheeks. 

“You were the first person to talk to me so I released all that anger out on you. It was really a dick move for me to do, but they were all negative feelings from a dark place in my head. Please understand I didn’t mean everything I said.” You let go of his hands and jumped into his arms squeezing your eyes shut. His cologne filled your nostrils and you both relaxed in the hug.

“Tom, I’m so sorry you went through that and felt like you couldn’t tell anyone.” Tom started to shake a bit with sobs and you began to rub his back. 

“I-I understand. I was a real mess the first 2 months after the break up.” You let go of him and sat next to him again. He immediately held your hand again to comfort both you and him, your touch calmed him down. “It was hard for me to get out of bed every morning. I had to stay at a hotel alone because I’d lash out at my family members if they tried to help. A-and I had to delete social media for a few weeks because I couldn't bear to see your face. I-I cried or got angry every time I saw you. Harry and Zendaya helped me though because they noticed I wasn’t looking very healthy anymore, they watched me have some really bad breakdowns. Then I thought I was ok and started dating Gavin…” Tom’s brows furrowed not really wanting to hear about your relationship with him, 

“B-but I decided to break it off because it wasn’t fair to Gavin that I kept thinking about you.” You looked at Tom and his head snapped up at what you said, his heart skipped a beat. “Y-You were in my dreams and I frequently found myself checking on your instagram. Of course Harry and Z never knew because they’d scold me, but I couldn’t help myself.” You chuckled then sighed, “Thankfully Gavin understood though.” Tom’s eyes were wide, “Y-you never stopped caring for me?” You scoffed.

“Obviously not. I tried to reach out to you, remember?” Tom felt so dumb and face palmed.

“God I’m a damn idiot.” He groaned.

“Just a little bit.” You joked.

“I-I guess I was just afraid to see what would happen if I did decide to reply. I was scared to get hurt again.” You nodded understanding, “You know when I took you to that burger cafe that was the first time I’ve been in months.” 

“Yeah Harry told me. What happened the last time you were there? I-if you don’t mind sharing of course...” You asked curiously, but cautious because you didn’t want to make him more upset. 

“Well I thought I was over you. I had just started dating Allana and I wasn’t thinking about you as much anymore. When I finished ordering the burgers I thought it’d be a good idea to check your instagram… along with the photos you were tagged in. I saw that single photo the paps took of you and Gavin holding hands and I-I uh just broke. I know nothing was confirmed or anything, but I knew you’d date him because he was so good to you before and during the time we were dating. I wished so much that I was him in that moment, I regretted letting you go.” You looked at him sadly and he looked stressed. “I stayed in my car for a really long time just crying and I went through old videos and pictures of you and I.” He scoffed, “I even went through our old messages and stalked accounts that shipped us together. I-it was really hard for me to be there because it always reminded me of you and the pain I went through. I didn’t want to feel like that again, but when you came back I just felt like it’d be ok to go there. Even though we barely spoke then, I-I just felt so good for some reason.”

“I guess we never really got over one another then…” You said looking at him apologetically and he nodded in agreement.

You sighed and flopped back on your bed and put your hands over your lap with your legs dangling off the edge. Tom followed suit, but took your small hand again, this time intertwining your fingers together.

“Tom, I don’t think we should be hol-” Tom didn’t want to let go so he cut you off.

“You know when I said everything I do is for you, the night before I left?” He turned his head to look at you, you kept staring at the ceiling and nodded, “Well I meant it.” 

You sighed, “Tom you don’t have to do anything for me.”

“I know I don’t. Yet I both unconsciously and consciously do. I’d do anything for you, y/n.” You turned to him and his face was so close you felt the air coming out of his nose, “Haz and Tuwaine told me I couldn’t run from my feelings, so now I’m going to confront them. I never stopped caring for you, I’d throw away all my happiness just to make sure you're ok. If you don’t want the world to know about our past then I’ll stay with Allana.” He said that with all seriousness. Your heart melted and you looked into his eyes. He looked down at your lips then back at your eyes and started to lean in. You sat up quickly,

“S-sorry, Tom, we shouldn’t do that now.” He sat up as well looking down at his hands sadly and nodded, “But I’m not gonna let you stay with that bitch. We have to figure something out.” He gave you a half smile and nodded,

“I actually went to my old mate, Connor, and found out some really terrible things, but it could really help our case. I was gonna tell you as soon as I got home, but you know I fucked everything up.”

“No you didn’t, Tom, you needed to get things off your chest and we needed to talk about our feelings. We can look at it as a blessing in disguise.” You smiled at him kindly and patted his hands, “Now tell me everything.” Tom smiled at you admiringly.

“Well first off when we first started dating she told me that her last boyfriend broke up with her because she was moving to a new city, but then Connor ended up telling me that it was actually because she cheated on her ex.” He looked at you thinking you’d know what’d happen next. “What? Keep going, I’m no sherlock.” You both laughed for the first time in a long time.

“Well, Connor told me that her ex, Cody, went to the bank one day and he took out some of the money he invested in Allana’s company because it wasn’t doing too well. When she noticed there was less money to spend she started spying on him. Coincidentally a new girl came into his work and he was showing her around and Allana assumed he was cheating. Mind you they were on the 6th floor of a building which is nuts...” You widened your eyes and checked your window to make sure the curtains were closed.

“I don’t know why I’m surprised to hear that, but keep talking.” 

“That’s not even the crazy part, love. First off Cody was some super successful real estate agent and invested maybe $2 million pounds. Second Allana thought she needed a new guy in case Cody was actually cheating, and the guy she cheated on him with was Ollie Williams.”

“Wait… That farm guy from season 6 of Love Island?”

“Yeah and guess what?” Tom asked enthusiastically, waiting for you to reply.

“Oh my god he’s rich too.” You said realizing the connection. Tom nodded.

“When Cody found out Allana was cheating he immediately broke up with her. After a few days his banker called saying he was making some weird purchases, like buying a bunch of designer clothes and whatnot. After that he found out that Allana had been sneaking into his flat at night and taking his credit cards and then putting them back when she was done with it.” 

“She’s fucking crazy, how do we know she’s not in here right now?” You asked, scooting closer to Tom, he laughed and he slid his arm around your waist. He looked at his phone,

“It’s a Friday so she should be drinking with her friends about now.” You nodded and relaxed a bit, “Anyway Cody tried to have her arrested, but Allana threatened to tell Ollie’s girlfriend that he cheated on her. So to keep Allana’s mouth shut, Ollie’s family did the task of investing in Allana’s business and she has an uncle in the Police department. All Cody has now is a restraining order on Allana.”

“Wait there’s no way all this happened, this is literally insane. Connor must’ve lied a little bit.” You said in disbelief.

“I thought the same thing, this is something you’d only see in the movies, but Connor wouldn’t. He told me he could literally get sued if anyone in Ollie’s family finds out this news got out since it was a private investment. Obviously Ollie’s girlfriend ended up finding out about Allana though because he confessed on Love Island that he cheated on her.” Then it hit you.

“Holy shit. Have you checked your bank account?” You asked, this was insane.

“Yeah I did, no weird activity.” He said nonchalantly.

“Ok then how’d you meet Allana?” 

“At a mutual friend’s party. She came up to me saying she didn’t really know anyone else and-” Tom’s eyes widened, “Oh my god. The Williams' probably stopped investing and she set something up so she could start dating me huh?” You nodded, but still curious about something.

“I just don’t understand why she hasn’t taken a lot of money away from you yet though.”

“I’m not quite sure either, I mean I’ve given her like 2 expensive things, but she’s never asked me to invest or anything.” He thought in silence for a second and you yawned. Everything that happened tonight was making you sleepy.

“Oh shit. There’s a safe in the house with emergency money.” Tom said, he jumped up and you followed closely behind him. “God I’m such an idiot! I wrote the code down on a paper and thought I misplaced it. Allana probably stole it.” He was stressing out. When you entered his room he pushed aside clothes that were in front of the safe and punched in a 7 digit number and opened the door.

“Fuck fuck fuck!”

“What, Tom, is something gone?” Tom got up and gave you a view of the safe.

“It’s about ¾ empty.” He stated and began cursing furiously and pulling his hair.

“H-how much did you have in there originally?” You asked, worried for Tom.

“A little over 3 million pounds.” He groaned and slid down the wall next to his closet.

“Oh my god, Tom.” You didn’t know what else to say or do.

“I know it’s not much of a dent in my bank account, but it’s still a lot of money that belongs to me. We need to do something.” You nodded, “But if we do she’s going to tell everyone about you and I. It’s also gonna cause so much unnecessary controversies in the media.  Remember what happened to you the last time the world found out about your pa-”

“Yes of course I remember.” You said not wanting to talk about it, “What are we gonna do then?” You asked, defeated. Tom took your hand and pulled you down to sit next to him. 

“I think we should go over to her flat tomorrow and call the police.” 

“Why don’t we just call them now?” You asked him like he was crazy.

“Because today was already shit enough. And I can tell you’re really tired, love, I know I am.” You nodded and he rested his head on your shoulder, “Plus tonight may be the last night we spend together... unless you don’t move.” 

“Oh... right, I uh totally forgot about that.” The decision floating back in your head of whether or not you should stay.

“Yeah so, I think I’d rather end the night on a lighter note. Perhaps with a movie or a little cuddle with my…” He looked up at you with his tired eyes, “friend.” You chuckled, but both of you hurt by the word somehow.

“How the hell are you calm right now? A shit ton of money just got stolen from you, we should be talking to the police right now.” You said shaking your head.

“So much shit happened today, yet you just being here with me somehow makes me feel like everything will be ok.” Tom breathed out, taking your hand in his. Your heart sped up when you both locked eyes, “Can we please do something else now?”

“You’re unbelievable. You know that?” You rolled your eyes, hinting that you're giving in. 

“Yay!” Tom exclaimed and he picked you up and put you on his lap holding you so tight. 

“Tom, come on let go.” You hit his arms, but he just squeezed you tighter. You giggled and rested your chin on top of his curly hair.

“I’m not gonna lie. I did miss your crackhead energy.” You joked and he moved his head up close to yours quickly. 

“You’re gonna pay for that.” Then he got up and began tickling your sides.

“T-Tom p-please stop!” He laughed at your struggle. “Please, I-I can’t b-breathe.” He stopped tickling you and kissed your cheek. He stared at you wide eyed realizing what he just did. Tom felt like you were a couple again just in those 45 seconds, it was crazy that your cute little laugh could make him forget all the crazy shit going on. You cleared your throat and stood up.

“So a movie then?” You patted yourself down and he nodded, “Ok I’ll go put some pjs on then.” You turned to walk out and he face palmed as soon as you passed through his door.

-

You and Tom sat with your backs on the headboard watching Inception. You began to get sleepy half way through the movie and laid your head on Tom’s lap. He looked down, the light from the film reflected off your beautiful face and Tom felt like he was falling for you all over again. He began to gently brush your hair with his fingers making you sleepy. You enjoyed this and missed his soft touch making you relax, and that’s when you decided, “Tom?” You asked sleepily.

“Yes, darling?” Although he called Allana darling once, the nickname made you feel how you did when you two were previously dating. It made your heart feel light.

“I’m not going anywhere.” With that you drifted into sleep. Tom smiled widely and kept brushing your hair until he heard your cute soft snores indicating that you were officially out cold. He carefully picked you up and moved you so that your head was now rested on his chest. He shut the TV off and looked at your face lovingly until he too drifted off into the best sleep he’s had since before you two had broken up.

- 

“Tom! Have you seen Y/n? She wasn’t-” Harry barged into Tom’s room, “Oh what the fuck, are you serious?” You stirred and opened your eyes to see Tom’s sleeping face.

“Mmm shut up.” Tom said and you tried to get up, but he grumbled and pulled you closer.

“No get the hell up.” Harry said, sounding unhappy and you finally got out of Tom’s embrace. He rubbed his eyes and sat up fast realizing what was going on.

You laughed awkwardly, “Harry… how’s it going?” He looked at you then at Tom then smiled,

“So? What the hell happened, I’m surprised you guys made up so fast, are you dating again?” Harry said super excited and he jumped onto the edge of the bed. You and Tom gave one another a strange look. 

“Well I wasn’t expecting that...” Tom said awkwardly.

“N-no we’re not dating again. We made up as friends. Tom is still with Allana at the moment.” When you said that you were both reminded of all the bad things that you both have to deal with now.

“Harry, we found out some really bad shit about Allana.” Tom said.

“Oh you finally realized she’s a psychopa-” Tom rolled his eyes and cut him off.

“She stole almost 2.25 million pounds from our emergency vault.” 

“What the fuck?” Harry yelled and he got back up, “Mum and dad are going to kill you for losing this much money. How the fuck did she even get the code? Tom, you’re literally so irresponsible. We need to call the fucking police.” Tom let his little brother ramble and scold him before saying,

“Yeah we’re gonna head over to Allana’s soon and if she doesn’t give us the money we will. Trying to not have too many controversies right now you know?” Harry looked at his brother like he was insane, but sighed and nodded.

“That’s literally the dumbest shit I’ve heard, but it’s your money. How the hell are you being so calm about this?” 

Tom slid his hand on top of yours, but under the duvet so that Harry wouldn’t see, “I don’t know, just have a feeling that things are gonna be ok.” He squeezed your hand lightly and your pulse quickened. 

“Hm maybe Allana’s insanity is just rubbing off on the both of you.” Harry said suspiciously, “Wait, y/n, does this mean you're staying?” He looked at you with hopeful eyes and you nodded. Tom quickly removed his hand from yours when Harry cheered and pulled you up from the bed to shield you from Tom, “As much as I’m glad that you guys are good now, Y/n, is my best friend and MY best friend only ok? So back off, Tom.”

“You're such a goof, Harry. You will always be my best friend.” You hugged Harry and he stuck his tongue out at Tom. This started a playful fight because Tom slapped Harry in the face, so Harry jumped out of your embrace and onto Tom and they wrestled before you said,

“Oh my god. You are both so immature. Knock it off so we can bring that bitch down and get your money back.” They laughed and got up to get ready.

-

“Ready to go? Harry’s warming up the car.” Tom said with a piece of toast in his mouth as he tied his shoes. You nodded and had ice cubes over your eyebags. 

“What the hell are you doing?” 

“Reducing the puffiness of my eyes from last night’s antics.” 

“Mm fix mine.” Tom said while chewing the last bit of his toast. You giggled and walked over to him and placed the cubes on his puffy eyes. He was looking down at you and you stared into his beautiful brown irises.

“You look gorgeous even with puffy eyes, y/n.” You blushed a bit, “Well I mean you always look gor-” You and Tom were snapped out of the moment when Harry honked the car horn. You put the ice cubes in the trash and Tom asked, “Do I look less shitty now?”

“You never look shitty. Handsome as always.” You pinched his cheek and walked off. You were making Tom’s heart beat like crazy. He couldn’t even keep his mind straight on the mission you three were about to embark.

-

“Harrison and Tuwaine were playing games and drinking when I put the dishes away last night. So they’re probably gonna be out til this afternoon. Why can’t you just tell me everything now?” Harry groaned.

“Because it was a really long story which wouldn’t be fun to repeat.” You said.

“Plus, we’re almost at Allana’s.” Tom added and Harry huffed because he was impatient. “Ah park there, not in the driveway just in case she chases or something and need to drive off fast.” Tom said seriously and pointed at an empty spot on the street near Allana’s flat.

“Do you think she’s awake?” You asked.

“Who cares? I hope that bitch is asleep so we can ruin it.” You laughed at Harry’s sass.

“Even better that she’s most likely gonna be hung over.” Tom added, “Ok, Harry, keep your phone out just in case Allana does something crazy.” Harry nodded and you all walked to her front door with Tom leading. Tom knocked on the door aggressively.  

“Open up Allana we need to talk.” Tom yelled.

“Ugh you can stop I’ll get it.” You heard a muffled raspy voice. The door swung open to a hungover Allana, “Tommy, I wasn’t expecting you til-” She realized who was behind him, “What the fuck are they doing here.” She snarled then laughed at all your glares. “Oh so you found out mine and Tom’s little deal didn’t you?”

“We found out about a lot of other things too.” You said sternly. 

She raised her eyebrow, “And what may that be?” 

“We know about your situation with Ollie and Cody.” Tom said and her eyes widened.

“Wait, that guy Ollie from Love Island?” Harry looked at Tom who rolled his eyes because he interrupted and nodded at his brother. 

Harry’s mouth formed an ‘o’ before adding, “Well we also know that you stole about 2.25 million pounds as well. If you don’t give us the money back we’re gonna bring the police into this.” Harry showed his phone to her with the numbers 999 ready.

“And also make sure your business is shut down for good.” Tom said.

“I’m afraid half of the money has already been spent.” She said smugly and smirked.

“What the fuck. Harry, call the police.” You said, he nodded and was about to press the call button, but Allana stopped him. 

“Oh no no wait a second. I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” She pulled her phone out her robe pocket. “I knew something like this was going to happen so I went ahead and made a draft of the story I was going to tell TMZ. If you call the cops I’ll send the story in with the click of a button.” Tom looked at you knowing that you really didn’t want that. You were trying to think of any solution, but Tom sighed and held your hand before speaking up,

“Alright then. You want money right? How much do you want so you can get out of my life.” You widened your eyes.

“Tom no you can’t do that. I-It’ll be ok. I need to learn to get through it, I signed up for this life when becoming an actress.” You smiled at him and squeezed his hand. Harry’s eyes never left Allana’s phone as she waved it in front of you two. 

“Uh hello? I’d happily make a deal with you, Tommy. Your choice, do you really wanna break your promise…” You drowned her voice out as Harry slid his phone in your other hand and he jumped between you and Tom successfully taking Allana’s phone. 

“Hurry, y/n. Call the cops!” Harry yelled from behind Allana and you pressed the call button letting go of Tom’s hand. Allana got angry and grabbed a vase that was on a table by the door. She chucked it right at Harry’s head and he knocked out. 

“Harry! Oh my god.” You stepped inside to help Harry, but Tom stopped you. “No, I'll help him. talk to the police.” You nodded and he rushed to help his brother. You looked around and couldn’t see Allana until you felt cold metal pressed against your neck and you knew where she was. Tom stood up looking both scared and angry,

“No. Try to come near me and I’ll fucking slit her throat.” She yelled and you whimpered as tears began to roll down your cheeks, “Now, Tom, slide my phone to me. And y/n I want you to hang up.” 

As you were pulling the phone away from your ear you heard, “Hello? What-” and you ended the call. ‘Well that was shit timing.’ You thought. 

Tom kicked her phone over while tears began to roll down his cheeks, “Allana, p-please let her go now. We did what you wanted.” He said with his arms out trying to calm her down.

“No. Now I want money in exchange for her life.” She pressed the knife closer and you shut your eyes in fear.

“Ok ok. How much do you want? I can’t give you too much right away because that’d be suspicious.” Tom looked into your eyes and you knew he was stalling, the police still had to come just to make sure everything was ok.

“Well you’ll have to figure out a way to get a lot to me very soon. I want 7 million pounds by next week.”

“What’d you need that for, fleeing the country or some-” 

“Stop messing the fuck around. Now agree or she dies.” Tom looked behind you and relaxed a bit.

“Freeze! Drop the weapon.” You felt a bit relieved that the police came after all. Allana turned the both of you around and you squealed because you felt the knife cut into your skin a little bit. Tom tried to run up to you but Allana’s grip tightened on you, “Back the fuck off!” She snarled at Tom.

“Sir please stay where you’re at we’ll handle this.” You looked into Tom’s eyes and all you saw was fear. 

“Miss please drop the knife now or else I will shoot you.” The officer clocked the gun. Allana contemplated for a bit before sighing and removing the knife from your neck and dropped it. She was put in handcuffs, “I swear you both will pay for this shit.” Allana snarled as she was pulled away. 

You ran over to Tom and you sobbed. He held your quivering body and rubbed your back. 

“I’m so sorry, love. I shouldn’t have brought you, I put you in danger. I-I was so scared.” He kissed the top of your head and you felt his tears drop on your head. He hugged you tighter like it was the last time he’d see you.

“We need medics.” An officer said into her comms then she crouched down and shook Harry after feeling his pulse, “Sir? Can you hear me? Please wake up.” You let go of Tom and rushed over to Harry.

“Harry come on get up you’re ok.” He stirred and blinked his eyes a few times. 

“What the fuck? Wh-what did I miss? Y/n why is your neck bleeding?” You widened your eyes and felt your neck, it stung a tiny bit and felt wet. 

Tom was freaking out, “Shit, Y/n, are you feeling ok? I swear I’m gonna make that bitch pay.” You nodded.

“Ya. I-I think she just gave me a little scratch.” He looked at you worriedly.

“Yeah thanks, Tom, I’m good too.” Harry joked and Tom looked at his brother apologetically while helping him sit up. A medic went up to Harry and another one followed closely behind and went to you. 

“May I check the cut?” They asked and you nodded. Tom sat you down on the couch. You lifted your chin. “You’re ok, thankfully she didn’t cut deep, but you’ll need a thicker bandage. This is gonna sting a bit.” You nodded and hissed as the rubbing alcohol burned your cut. Tom squeezed your hand and kissed the top of your head. “You’re ok, darling.” When he called you darling you took your mind off the pain. You opened your eyes to see Tom’s brown ones already looking at you and you smiled at him. His face was full of concern so you put a hand on his cheek and he relaxed in your touch. You felt a cloth go over your cut.

“Alright you’re all done. Just change the bandage every so often.” The medic gave you a bag of more bandages.

“Thank you.” You smiled weakly and they nodded. You and Tom walked over to Harry and the other medic shined a light to his eyes.

“Yep you have a concussion forsure. You need to take it easy for the next few days, no bright lights, and no crazy exercising. Make sure he follows what I said and make things easier for him.” The medic looked at you both and nodded. The medic gave Harry an icepack and you all thanked him.

“You guys are gonna be my servants haha.” Harry joked and you laughed lightly as he tried to make the situation better.

“We need to talk to the officers.” Tom said putting his hand on the small of your back. You nodded giving Harry a quick hug letting him rest in his spot before heading over to the police. 

-

“Well today was really eventful.” Harry said sleepily from the backseat.

“It’s been an eventful 2 weeks for me, she made that dumb deal the night of the dinner.” Tom said, keeping his eyes on the road.

“I mean I’m just glad we got her off your ass.” You said.

“Yeah me too, but I feel like it’s not the last we’ll see of her. Her uncle is a cop, remember?” Tom reminded you. You’re body tensed a bit and nodded. Tom noticed and reached over the console to rub your hand indicating that he won’t let anything bad happen.

“Oh you’re shitting me. That’s not right.” Harry groaned. “Well maybe they’ll be more strict on her because she literally tried to kill y/n.” Your eyes widened realizing that you really almost just died. 

“Harry! Don’t say it like that.” Tom said realizing you got even more scared.

“N-no. It’s alright she knocked you out, loser.” You weakly joked and Harry laughed. Tom just looked over at you concerned.

-

“Yeah the money will be returned when they finish interrogating Allana.” Tom said. Everyone living in the house was seated in the living room, Zendaya and your parents were on facetime on your laptop, and Tom’s parents were on facetime on his laptop. You and Tom had just explained everything that went down with the whole Allana deal. 

Nikki sighed, “Well I’m just glad that all three of you are safe now. Tom, you need to be more careful with your money.” Tom got a little embarrassed and you rubbed his back. “I trust that this will be a lesson learned.” 

He nodded and sighed, “Definitely learned something.” Nikki and Dom nodded worriedly.

“Alright well, if that’s all we’ll let you go. If you lot need anything, we're only a call and just a few blocks away.” Dom said. You and the boys nodded.

“Oh, Y/m/n, make sure you send me that recipe of the beef roast. It looked delicious on your facebook!” Nikki added and your mom nodded before everyone exchanged goodbyes with Tom’s parents.

“I’m so sorry for putting your daughter in danger. I-I shouldn’t have brought her, I assure you that she is very safe with my mates and I. If you want I can update-” Tom was beginning to ramble nervously, but your mom cut him off.

“Tom, sweetie there’s no need to do that. We trust all you boys and we trust y/n can take care of herself.”

“Yeah we’ll make sure she’s eating her veggies and fruits as well.” Harrison said and Tom slapped his arm. Everyone laughed at the way he teased Tom. 

“Alright, I’ll talk to you guys later!” You said.

“Wait, y/n, can we talk to you in private?” Your dad asked and you nodded as Tom gulped. You got up from your spot to go to the kitchen. As soon as you sat your dad spoke.

“Are you sure you’re ok there? ‘Cause I’m not sure I want you to stay. And I don’t know if I even trust Tom being there. Maybe-”

“No, dad, I swear to you everything is ok. Plus, you know Tom is a good guy, he wouldn’t do anything bad.” You stated.

“Yeah if he does anything stupid I’ll make sure he pays for it.” Zendaya said seriously.

“Ah thank you, Z. You’re always such a good friend.” Your dad said and you and your mom agreed as Zendaya nodded and flipped her hair jokingly.

“But seriously y/n’s right. Tom is a really good guy. You can trust him.” Your parents looked at one another nodding trusting her words. ‘Why the hell don’t they trust what I say?’ You thought.

“Alright we’re going to go eat now. Text or call if you need anything. It was wonderful seeing you, Z, I’ll drop off some baked goods in a few days.” Your mom said and Zendaya cheered while you pouted. You all said your goodbyes, but Zendaya stayed on.

“Y/n, I know damn well that something happened between you and Tom. It’s literally so obvious he kept looking at you and I saw you rub his back like you guys didn’t have a past.” You laughed at how well she could read you and every situation ever.

“Well a lot happened in literally one week. I just don’t think I’m ready for anything though, like you said it’s time for myself now.” You sighed then cleared your throat, “but nonetheless I’ll update you as soon as you’re not busy, as long as you update me about Jacob as well.” She laughed and nodded.

“Will do, but take as much time and space as you need. I know he’d wait.” You nodded trusting every word she said, “alright I’m gonna go eat now. Love you bihhh!”

“Love you too, stay safe!” You hung up and walked to the living room.

“Everything ok?” Tom asked a little nervous because your dad wanted to talk in private.

“He was probably saying he wants to drop kick your ass as soon as he sees you, Tom.” Tuwaine said and you the boys snickered as that only made Tom more nervous.

“No he didn’t. He just wanted to make sure I’m alright.” You said and Tom relaxed.

“You guys want to have a comedy movie marathon to cheer you up?” Harrison asked.

“I think that is very much needed. Go ahead and start it. I’m gonna change my bandage first and get Harry some shades, he can’t look at bright lights.” You explained and the boys snickered at that. Harry flipped them all off.

“I’ll help you, y/n. Plus I have some nice shades Harry can wear.” Tom said kindly and you nodded smiling back. Haz and Tuwaine made kissy faces behind Tom and you rolled your eyes before walking upstairs.

When you got to your room Tom pulled out the desk chair for you and he grabbed the first aid kit. “I can do it myself, Tom.” 

“Nonsense, let me take care of you, darling. It was my fault after all.” Your heart melted, he was being so kind.

“It wasn’t your fault at all, we wouldn’t have been in this mess if I wasn’t scared for the world to know about us. The situation would’ve been handled a lot less hectic.” You sighed feeling bad. Tom peeled the dirty bandage off and held your hand as he wiped your cut with the alcohol. You squeezed your eyes shut and Tom pulled your hand to his lips kissing your knuckles gently then rubbing them with his thumb. He placed the bandage on your cut and let your hand go.

“I wouldn’t mind hiding a relationship with you again though…” He said as you lowered your head back down. you opened your eyes and he looked into yours seriously. You looked at him apologetically and he dropped his head back while brushing his hands through his hair. “God I’m such an idiot. Sorry pretend I didn’t say that.” His ears and cheeks were turning red.

“Tom-” 

“No no it’s ok I get it. You want to be friends. Wh-which is ok of course because I’d rather be friends than nothing. I’m not saying I like you right now or any-” You giggled a bit, but got a little hurt when he said the last part. 

“Tom! Let me speak.”

“Oh s-sorry, love.” He said looking at you and you smiled at his cuteness.

“I’m not going to lie. I-I think I started to have feelings for you too. Like I said I don’t think I ever truly got over you…”

“Oh. Well in that case I definitely haven’t gotten over you. I didn’t mean what I said just now I think I do li-” He stopped realizing he interrupted you again, “oops sorry.”

You giggled again, “Anyway, I know we both want something more right now, b-but we should just stay friends for now.” His heart dropped and he looked at you with confusion and sadness, “I just got out of a relationship a few weeks ago and I told Zendaya this would be the time for me to grow. Plus you just got out of a really crazy relationship. And after hearing about both of our stories after our break up, I-I really think we should learn to be ok with ourselves first.” He sighed and nodded. “Don’t get me wrong though. I have feelings for you, Tom. I’m just not ready to-” “Yeah ok I understand. I’m gonna go get my orange shades for Harry now.” He turned and began to walk away.

“Tom wait I wasn’t done ta-” He turned back to face you at your doorway. 

“Just know that I’ll wait for you, darling. Take all the time you need. I’m a little upset, but just take your time.” You looked at him as tears welled up in your eyes and your heart skipped a beat. “Really. I’ll wait for you.” He was upset, but he couldn’t let his anger cloud over his feelings for you.

+++

+++

“What the fuck. She’s actually crazy! We have to do something about this. I mean she’s literally blackmailing Tom into staying with her!” Harry said loudly.

“Shhh, I don’t want the other boys to hear.” You said trying to quiet him down, “I know it’s crazy, but Tom and I said we’d figure out a way for her to stay quiet or something I don’t know. But the only thing we can do right now is let him stay with her.”

“But-”

“No, Harry, if you do anything she’ll expose Tom and I. E-even though we’re broken up I’m not ready for people to go digging into my past life. We’ll figure something out I promise.” He nodded understanding how much you cared about your privacy.

“Hey Harry and y/n. You guys down to-” Haz came into the living room and saw your puffy eyes and bruises forming on your left arm where Allana grabbed you. It was still a mystery that she was able to bruise you, “Oh what the hell happened, are you ok y/n?” He said very concerned and picked up your arm to examine it.

“I’m ok,” You laughed, “Just a little accident when we were coming into the house.” You said trying to not mention Allana.

“Oh it was definitely far from an accident. Allana came looking for Tom and she was-”

“Harrison! We have to go outside! Allana is going psycho on y/n and Harry!” Tuwaine came running down the stairs to show Haz the security footage, “Oh, oops… I thought this was going on now…” You all laughed.

“Anyway, Allana is way crazier than we thought, guys. She was trying to accuse y/n of trying to take Tom, calling her a ‘stupid whore’ and such. Well you can see it in the security footage. We can’t let her near y/n if she comes back.” Harry said and the boys nodded crossing their arms like they were your body guards and your heart melted.

“Aw you guys are gonna make me cry, love you guys,” They smiled at you, “but I can take care of myself. She’s just being a jealous girlfriend.”

“Uh no. more like a fucking psychopath.” Harrison said sassily and the boys agreed.

“Ok whatever she is, it doesn’t matter. You guys also can’t tell Tom what happened. We all know he’d come back in a heartbeat if he finds out.” The boys looked at you with a face like, ‘what the fuck?’. 

“He left to have some time for himself so we’ll give it to him. Plus he’s gonna start filming in a few days so we can’t distract him from his work.” The boys agreed because you made a valid point.

“As soon as he gets here though I’m gonna tell him to break it off with her.” Harrison said sternly and you got a little nervous about that.

-*One week before lockdown*-

It’s been a few days since Tom had left. Tom tried to reach out to you a few times, but you wouldn’t budge.

You were beginning to get nervous hearing about the restrictions of travel to the US and your manager, Stacy, called.

“Hey y/n how’s it going?”

“Well, I’m sad filming was cut short, but I guess I could use a break. I’m trying to find a plane ticket home, but they’re so hard to find since everyone is trying to go back to the states now.” You said nervously.

“Yeah, y/n, here’s the thing. I don’t think you should come back home.”

“What? B-but what about my family?” Your manager sighed.

“Look, you were gonna be gone from home for a few months already, if you stayed it’d be like the same thing. And who knows? You may even start filming in 2 weeks like they said. Plus it’s really not safe to travel at this time. I don’t want you to get sick and I’m sure you don’t want to get anyone in your family sick.” Stacy was making really good points, you sighed and nodded, “I’m sorry, y/n, just try to come to terms with it.” 

“Ok will do, Stacy. I’ll talk to you later.” She gave you an apologetic smile and hung up. You were upset, but at least you wouldn’t be alone right? Quarantining with 4 other boys was going to get real interesting… especially when one of them is your ex.

“Everything alright, Y/n?” Harry sat next to you on the couch. You shook your head and rested it on his shoulder. 

“I can’t go back to my family because of the virus.” He looked at you apologetically and rubbed your back.

“It’s gonna be ok you have me, Harrison, Tuwaine, and Tom will probably be home soon.” You nodded and felt a sense of comfort knowing Tom would be back soon.

- In Berlin, Germany-

Tom got a text from the producers for the entire crew to meet in the hotel lobby. Tom already had an idea of what was about to happen. As soon as everyone got there the director, Ruben Fleischer spoke. 

“Thanks for coming down everyone, I assume you already know what this announcement is about. We’re going to have to postpone all production of Uncharted until it is safe to return. I suggest that you make your way home soon since travelling restrictions are getting worse.” As soon as he finished talking Tom got a text from his assistant, Ben, saying that he already booked Tom a plane ticket last night because he heard the news beforehand somehow. 

Tom was sad that he’d have to leave doing what he loves most, but he was excited to go back home and see you and the boys. He thought of this as a nice little break, then he remembered he had to deal with Allana and he sighed.

He sent a text to a groupchat called, “y/n and divs,” (which consisted of everyone in the house) saying he’d be going back home now.

- Heathrow Airport - 

Tom tiredly tried to hail a cab until a familiar car pulled up in front of him. 

“Hey, Tommy.” Tom's eyes widened. How the hell did she know he was coming back? “Hop in, baby.” He gulped and walked into the passenger seat.

“How’d you know I was coming back?” Tom asked, a little freaked out.

“I had Ben update me since you weren’t responding to any of my texts or calls for three fucking days! Which we really need to have a chat about.” She said getting mad, then she breathed out trying to calm down and cleared her throat, “I’m just worried about you, Tommy.” She smiled at Tom and kept driving.

“Sorry I was really busy with work and they needed me to come to set early.” He lied, hiding the fact that he was trying to get away from her. He texted the, “y/n and divs,” group chat,

Tom: Hey, just landed. Allana picked me up. She's taking me back to her flat, I’ll try to be home before 8

Harrison: Oh shit good luck lol

Tom looked confused at the text. Did Harrison know something?

Tom’s heart sped up when he saw that you texted, but in a private chat. 

Y/n: Make good decisions… Be safe please x

It’s the only thing you’ve said to him in a few days. He knew you’d come around eventually and your concern for his safety made him smile. ‘Wait, why is everyone texting me like embarking on a dangerous adventure?’ He thought.

“Who’re the texts from?” Allana asked. 

“Oh uh nobody.” Tom quickly deleted his messages with you just in case Allana would see.

“Bull shit.” She said sternly and snatched Tom’s phone, “Ugh why does Harrison hate me so much?”

“Allana what the fuck you’re driving! What the hell is going on? You’ve been really cr- uh different since the dinner.” Her mood went from mad to sad in 0.0002 seconds as she pulled over. She sighed and said innocently,

“I-I’m sorry, Tommy. I-I guess I’ve just been so insecure ever since y/n showed up and I don’t want to lose you because you're such a great guy. And it really hurt that you left without telling me because it was our 5 month anniversary.” Tom’s eyes widened because he forgot about that and began to feel bad and sighed.

“Allana, why didn’t you just tell me that? You have no need to worry either, Y/n and I aren’t getting back together.” Tom hurt himself when he said that. He wished he could get back with you, but you just wanted to be friends. Allana perked up right away and leant over the console to give him a long kiss, but Tom cut it short, still not able to trust her. She cleared her throat and began to drive again.

-

“I’m going to use the loo really quick, then we can go pick up some dinner.” Allana said. Tom nodded and decided to check his security cams since he hasn’t in a while. He casually scrolled through the usual footage of the mail men and people coming into/ leaving the house, that is until he saw a video of Allana going to sit on the porch and noticed it was from the day he left. His blood began to boil when he saw Allana yank you back and say all those mean things to you. 

The driver door swung open, “Ok, ready to-”

“Allana what the fucking hell is this?” Tom hissed and showed Allana the footage. Her eyes went wide, 

“First off you left me without any warning. I’m your girlfriend, Tom! Second you didn’t answer any of my texts or calls on our 5 month anniversary. Third it really seems like you weren’t trying to stay away from y/n, don’t even think for a second I didn’t see what Tuwaine posted.” Tom looked at her confused, she groaned and pulled up the picture of you laying across all the boys. “Care to explain? Because I’m very close to exposing your little secret.” She said darkly.

“Allana, jeez that was before you started this insane ‘deal’ of yours. I swear.” 

“Hm, you got lucky this time Tom.” She snarled. Tom was getting fed up,

“That’s it. You called y/n really rude things and would have hurt her. I can’t do this anymore you’re insa-”

“Ohp stop right there, Tommy, if you’re trying to break up with me right now remember that the ball is in my court.” Tom furrowed his brows in anger, “If you do I’ll make the story worse. I’ll go straight to TMZ and along with your past relationship I’ll tell them that you and y/n were fucking behind my back. I’ll make sure to ruin both of your careers.” Tom stayed silent. 

“Oh, Tommy, don’t look so sad.” She said in a baby voice.

“I need to go. I can’t be around you right now.” Tom got out of the car and retrieved his luggage. She yelled behind him,

“Don’t forget about what I can do, Tom. I want you back at my flat tomorrow.” 

-

Tom walked to his friend Connor’s house which was only two blocks away and knocked on the front door.

“Hold on I’m coming!” The door swung open, “Tom? Mate, it’s been so long you ok?” They bro hugged before Connor let him in.

“No actually, I uh came here for some info…” Connor raised his brow, “about Allana.”

“Oh shit, Tom. I told you you should’ve left her as soon as possible.”

“Yeah I know. I-I don’t know why I didn’t listen to anyone. I guess I just wanted to be with someone.” He sighed and his mind went to you as he plopped down on the couch.

Connor patted his back and sat next to him, “It’s ok you’re not the first guy to have troubles with Allana. Well, what’d you want to know?”

“Every single detail of her last relationship.” Tom said sternly.

-

“Thanks for giving me a ride home and for telling me everything, mate. I owe you.” Tom said, giving Connor a bro hug over the console.

“Don’t even worry about it. You already got yourself in quite a pickle.” Tom laughed tiredly and turned to walk to the house. 

“Hey guys I’m home.” Tom said in a very unenthusiastic way. Nobody came to greet him or anything, he heard voices upstairs and decided to check it out.

“Bro, that’s sick! Do it again.” Harrison said amused. 

“Haha alright I will, give me a second. Y/n, are you recording now?” This time it's a familiar American voice that’s coming through the phone. Tom walked into your room to see all the boys huddled behind you at your desk. He knocked on the door frame and everyone turned around. 

“Aye look who’s back. It’s Tom!” Tuwaine cheered. Your heart skipped a beat with excitement.

“Oh, wait a sec not yet.” You said as all the boys went to greet Tom. You sat there afraid that Allana might be watching the instagram live.

“What’s going on here?” Tom asked, coming to look at your phone. He saw you were on an instagram live with Gavin Leatherwood. His heart dropped and his body began to heat up with jealousy. 

“Hey, Tom! Long time no see. I was about to do a double front flip. Did you just get back from filming?” Gavin asked nicely. Tom had a straight face the entire time. You could sense Tom was not happy and you watched him closely afraid he’d do something bad.

“Yep. Filming got cancelled for me.” He said seriously and stood straight up to walk away without letting Gavin respond. ‘Well that went better than expected.’ You thought. The boys looked at him apologetically, but went back behind you to watch Gavin flip.

“Uh, Gavin, why don’t you do that flip and that’ll be the last thing because we gotta go.”

He nodded and did the flip, sticking the landing perfectly. The boys cheered and everyone in the comments went crazy. 

“Nice, mate, you’re so good at that!” Harry said, clapping still. Gavin laughed,

“Thanks it took a lot of time for me to get that down. Alright you all gotta go now?” You nodded, 

“Yeah sorry, it’s around dinner time here now.” You said.

“No worries! It’s breakfast time for me anyway. Text me and send me the video.” You nodded and both said your goodbyes to everyone watching the live.

“Man that was dope. Y/n, you have to get him to hang out with us when this is all over.” Haz pleaded before speaking with Tuwaine. You giggled and nodded in agreement.

“Y/n, I don’t think Tom was very happy about that.” Harry said sticking with you as Haz and Tuwaine walked ahead.

“Yeah no shit, he had a straight face the whole time. Should I talk to him?” Harry shrugged.

“Maybe? I mean it seems like he’s already had a really rough day.” 

“Yeah I just don’t want to make his day worse-” Harry cut you off pointing at Tom sitting at the dinner table. He was drinking a beer and had an empty shot glass next to him,

“Looks like you should talk to him, hear him out or something. I’ll help Haz and Tuwaine cook dinner.” Harry sighed and walked to the other boys.

You nodded and made your way over to Tom rubbing his shoulder before sitting down, “Not even 20 minutes here and you’re already trying to get drunk?” You joked and he scoffed. Oof. “Wanna talk about anything?” You looked at him concerned. 

“Hm yeah I do. I’ve got a lot to talk about actually, but seems like you’d much rather drool over Mr. Leatherwood instead of listen to poor old Tom.” You sighed and gave him a sad look. 

“Tom, Gavin just joined my instagram live because he was bored. We were just entertaining other people.” You didn’t want to say anything more because you were worried Tom would only get more upset. 

“That’s fucking bull shit.” He hissed taking another swig of beer, “He was literally just trying to impress you with his stupid flip, which isn’t even that impressive. You know I could do that too, y/n. He’s not special.” His jealousy was beginning to show. You smiled a bit at him and nodded, 

“I’m sure you can do that and more, but he’s just my friend and he knows that’s all he is to me.”

“Does he really? Or are you just saying that to make me feel better? Who decided to break up first in the relationship?” His voice was raising a bit and Harrison and Tuwaine kept looking your way. 

“Maybe we should take this conversation to the liv-” You said already standing up. But Tom lightly pulled your waist back down to the chair.

“No we’re going to talk about this here and now. Who decided to break up first?” 

“L-like I said, it was mutual.” You said softly

“No that’s bull. I can tell you’re lying.” You shut your eyes stressed and sighed,

“Ok, I was the one that suggested it.” Tom sat back looking satisfied taking a sip of his beer.

“Ya, that’s what I thought. You don’t like staying tied down. Did you also tell him you still wanted to be friends so that you could fuck him when you’re feeling lonely?” You stared at Tom in disbelief.

“What the hell, Tom?” He snickered darkly and shook his head.

“Oh my god, you’re not even fucking denying it. You probably go around telling guys that you’d be their friend instead of straight out rejecting them so you can fuck around with their feelings and have some sex when you feel like it.” Your vision began to get blurry with every word Tom said, but you refused to cry.

“You of all people should know damn well that I’m nothing like that, Tom.” You spat

“Do I really though, y/n?” Tom said, his voice booming. The other boys all turned to you two now. “You couldn’t even tell me the truth about you and Gavin and then I see the shit Allana did to you a few days ago? Well actually none of you fuckers bothered to tell me about it.” He said turning around and pointing at the other boys. “Damn it this is my house as well!” You stared at him with apologetic eyes.

“Hey, Tom. We didn’t tell you what went down because you said needed to leave for space and we gave it to you. Don’t blame y/n for anything.” Harry said standing up for you now. Tom scoffed.

He turned back around and looked at you straight in the eyes, “What, are you getting into my friends’ minds now? I left for you, y/n. I left so that I could fix shit and all for what? Fucking lies. That’s all I get in return,  and you never even communicated back to me. You were probably being petty because I left. Which again was for you damn it!” He was beginning to turn red and getting angrier by the second. Nobody was prepared for what he was about to say next.

“You know what? You’re a manipulative snake and get everyone wrapped around your little fucking finger so that they can do your work for you. You never probably even thought about how I felt about this situation or how I felt when you wanted to hide our relationship.” Tears rushed down your face now, “And you know what? I’ve fallen under your spell, but I can’t do it anymore, I’m done with your shi-” 

“Tom! You fucking dickhead. You don’t even know half the shit y/n has been through after you broke up. You can’t blame her for anything when she reached out to you and you couldn’t even work up the damn courage to simply reply.” Harry walked over to you and pulled you up as he glared at his brother. “Let’s go y/n. I’ll have the boys bring us food later and we can start a movie marathon now.” He comforted you as you walked away from Tom. 

“See, Harry? You’re falling for her shit too!” Tom said and Harry flipped him off. That made your heart break even more.

“Fuck!” Tom yelled and slammed his hands on the table. Haz and Tuwaine walked over to him and sat him down. All the words Tom said to you replayed in his mind and he immediately regretted saying them. 

“I fucked up didn’t I?” He asked his friends with his head in his hands.

“Majorly.” Tuwaine said.

“That was really harsh, mate.” Harrison said, “Why didn’t you tell us what was going on? You never even told us how you felt after you guys broke up. You kept saying you were fine when we tried to reach out.”

Tom sighed, “That’s because I’ve never felt that much pain before. I didn’t even know it, but I’ve been numb the whole time she was gone. I-I think I stayed with Allana because she distracted me from my heartache, and look how that’s going for me now.” He looked up at his two friends with tears in his eyes.

“W-well mate I mean anyone who was born yesterday could even see that Allana was just there to keep you busy…” Harrison said and Tuwaine slapped his neck while Tom groaned.

“God, Harrison, you’re shit at this. Tom, don’t pay attention to him. The only way you can fix this is by confronting the pain, not ignoring it. No matter how painful the feelings and memories are you need to bring them out and come to terms with it.” Harrison nodded.

“Yeah, you’re not the only one who’s felt pain before. You know I’ve been numb after a bad breakup before, and you were there to help me heal. It’s gonna be difficult to get over it trust me on that, but you have us here and your family to help you. Now if you don’t mind, why don’t you tell us what you’ve felt the past 6 months so we can help now.” Tom cried more and hugged Harrison and Tuwaine. 

“I feel very vulnerable right now, but thanks, you guys are the best.” They smiled and sat across from Tom to listen to his troubles.

“It’s ok to feel vulnerable sometimes.” Tuwaine said.

-

“Wow, I feel like shit, but also a little free.” Tom said sniffling, his eyes were beyond puffy, and they were hurting a bit. Both Haz and Tuwaine cried a bit as well.

“Yeah that was pretty heavy, but I know you’ll get through it, mate. You’re strong.” Tuwaine said with a smile and Harrison agreed,

“I think you should talk to y/n about this though. She needs to know what you’ve been feeling. Oh and of course apologize for what you said to her.” said Harrison. 

Tom nodded and asked, “Do you think y/n will ever forgive me?” 

“From what I know I think she’ll come around eventually, but you know her the best, mate.” Tom agreed and hoped to a high power that you’d forgive him even if it takes weeks. Tom was determined to win your trust and friendship back.

“Here take this food up to her and Harry as well.” Haz said, handing Tom two plates.

-

Tom lightly kicked your door because his hands were full. Harry swung the door open and clenched his jaw a bit when he saw Tom, but his expression softened when he saw how puffy and red Tom’s eyes were. 

“Well you look like shit.” Harry joked, making Tom smile a bit.

“I feel like it too.” Tom said softly. 

“Is that for us?” Harry asked looking at the two plates in his hands.

“Y-yeah,” Tom handed Harry the plates, “I wanted to apologize to you for being a dickhead, I get now why you guys didn’t tell me what happened.”

“We’re a bit at fault too, we should’ve thought about how you’d feel.” Tom nodded in agreement, “But you shouldn’t be apologizing to just me. You really hurt y/n’s feelings.” 

“Yeah I know. I need to talk to her now.” Tom said sternly. Harry peaked back into your room and said,

“Sorry she doesn’t want to talk right now.” 

“Y/n? Please let me explain everything. I-I didn’t mean what I said to you down there.” Your heart began to beat faster. The door was opened wider and you saw Tom’s tired and sad face, your heart ached, “Please, y/n, I-I need you.” You wanted to give in, but you just couldn’t bring yourself to and you shook your head.

“Tom, I’m sorry. I’m not ready to talk yet. P-please leave.” You said as tears rolled down your cheeks again, his heart dropped.

“W-well then, I’ll wait out here until you’re ready to talk.” You watched as he began to cry again and sit against the wall across from your door. Harry gave his brother an apologetic look before coming back into your room and shutting the door. He set the plates on your desk and gave you a long hug. You sobbed even more.

“H-Harry, I’m hurting.” 

“Shhh, I know. I can tell Tom is hurting right now too.” He rubbed your back.

“I-I think I should leave.” You said and Harry detached from you. 

“What? No you can’t do that, y/n. It’s not safe to leave the country a-and Stacy said you can’t remember?”

“No, I mean leave this house. I know it’s gonna be hard to find a place, but I’ve only caused problems and I don’t want to cause anymore conflict.” You looked at Harry sadly.

“I’m not gonna force you to stay, but running from your problems doesn’t solve anything. Remember when you told Tom that?” You nodded your head sadly. He was right, but you felt like a mess and you didn’t want the boys to have to clean you up.

- Hour and a half later -

“Love, I’m going to go to bed now. I can stay and sleep on the floor if you want.” Harry said.

“No no. It’s ok I’m feeling a lot better now. Thanks for making me feel better with Harry Potter.” You smiled at him, your eyes hurt a bit.

“No problem, love. Don’t hesitate to come to me if you need anything later tonight.” You nodded and he kissed your forehead walking away with the two empty plates. When he opened the door your heart melted seeing a sleeping Tom with an empty plate next to him. 

Harry looked back at you and chuckled, “He really did wait. You want to talk to him?” You thought for a bit before sighing and nodding your head. Harry nudged Tom with his foot and he stirred awake. Tom looked surprised at you before getting up. He thanked Harry for taking his plate and walked into your room. 

“Y/n, I’m so sorry-”

“Tom, before you say more, I’m going to move out.” Tom’s heart broke. He couldn’t let you leave again, not after everything he told Haz and Tuwaine.

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