Summary: Running into your former best friend on your 25th birthday wasn’t in your celebration plans. What makes It even worse is that he doesn’t even seem to remember you or the reason you completely disappeared from his life. What is in your plans though, is to make him fall in love with you only to break him the way he broke you. There’s no way you could end up hurt again…right?
Pairings: Tom Holland x plus size! reader
Warnings: cursing, mentions and descriptions of a panic attack, mentions of past sh (nothing descriptive), mentions of sex, mentions of pregnancy, angst with a fluffy ending
Word Count: 2.5K
A/N: here it is, everyone. The last chapter of Run Far, Run Fast. It's been a wild ride and I can't thank you guys enough for being apart of it. I have way more ideas in mind for future stories, so please like, reblog and follow. Love you guys. I hope this chapter makes you guys happy.
Chapter 13: Back To You
“Kiara is gonna murder you, you know?” Your voice was raw and meek, your body adjusting to a seated position in your bed.
“I know. I’ll deal with my death sentence later. Right now we need to talk. No more ignoring me. No more bullshit. Just talk.” Tom gently closed your bedroom door behind him once you nodded your head in agreement.
“Okay…”
The air filled with silence, only your heartbeats and tension consuming the room.
“What did-“ “Is it true?”
You both spoke at the same time. Brows furrowed, you gazed up at him. “Is what true?”
“Are you…ya know…” He attempted to gesture with his hands. Tom was having a hard time saying it out loud, as if it would it be any less real if he kept the words locked in a little box inside of himself. Sweaty palms ran over his thighs before he was able to finally speak again. His fearful eyes lifted to your quizzical ones. “Are you really pregnant?”
You sputtered, nearly choking on your own saliva. Not a single thing could have prepared you for that question.
“Am I what?!" Your eyes widened, a mixture of horror and panic bubbling up in your chest. “Who the fuck do you think you are? You have no right to come in her—“
“I’m your boyfriend,” he yelled, his volume surprising the both of you.
“Was…was my boyfriend.” Your voice was small and fragile, your eyes refusing to make contact with his watery ones. That’s what you wanted though, right? None of this was actually real anyway. What was one more nail in the coffin?
“Since when?”
“Tom, what’s the point of all this? This is stupid,” you resigned, finally standing up from your cocoon of safety, your blanket falling to the bed.
“No! No, what’s stupid is you suddenly disappearing from my life after I tell you I love you. If you don’t feel the same, fine, but at least have the balls to tell me.” He waved his finger pointedly at you. You nearly growled as you slapped it out your face.
“Oh, fuck off with your pity party, Thomas! That’s not why I haven’t returned your calls!”
“Then why have you been ignoring me?!”
“Because you hurt me!” It spilled from your lips like water from a broken faucet, your eyes widening at your own outburst.
Tom’s eyes matched yours before his they fell to the floor, his forehead scrunching up as you watched him process your words. You could see the gears turning, his face almost comically readable. His lips parted, a soft whisper of a question blowing through, “When?”
“What?” You scoffed.
“When did I hurt you?” His voice was shakier now, thoughts running through his mind of how he could have hurt you. Was he too rough with you? Did he push you into things you hadn’t wanted?
“It doesn’t matter, Tom. You don’t remember,” Your hand frustratedly ran over your face as you sighed.
“What don’t I remember? Mouse, you gotta—“ he began stepping towards you until you spoke again.
“That! What is that!”
“What is what?” His brows furrowed, increasingly becoming more confused and slightly annoyed.
“Mouse. Why do you call me that?” You pointed accusingly at him, your eyes narrowing as you paused for his response.
“I…” he sputtered.
“Why do you call me Mouse, Tom?”
In all honesty, he hadn’t even realized he had started calling you that again. It just slipped from his lips like the ‘I love you’ he uttered. He swallowed the lump in his throat before speaking.
“Because you’re as quiet as a mouse so—“
“No I’m not,” you cut him off, the air in the room suddenly becoming too thick for you. “I used to be though. When I first got that nickname….when you first gave me that nickname, Tom…”
It was as if the truth dawned on the both of you at the same time. Wheels began to turn, conversations and little moments floating through your memories at warp speed. You remembered him and he remembered you. He couldn’t fathom why you’d even give him a second glance if you remembered him and you felt the same for an entirely different reason.
“Y/N..” He began.
“Don’t.” You took a step back for every step he took forward, tears welling up in your eyes.
“You remembered me…this entire time….you remembered what you did to me—said to me….and you never said anything? What, was I just some conquest? Let’s see how many times I can sleep with the fat girl before she realizes she’s just a fucking joke?!” Your thoughts ran wild, spiraling through a tunnel of what ifs and what nows.
“It wasn’t like that and you know it!” He defended. The fact that you could even think he’d do something so cruel made him physically sick.
“How would I have known that, Tom? You hated me! You didn’t even want to be seen with me and suddenly I’m supposed to believe you love me?!” Your widened eyes instantly narrowed into crinkled slits at his suggestion.
“I have always loved you! I was a dumb kid who didn’t know how to handle his feelings, okay? I wanted to be cool, to fit in. It wasn’t right and for that I’ll forever be sorry. But please, please don’t ever second guess how much I love you.” His eyes shone with tears, begging and pleading for you to believe him.
Truly, with every fiber of your being, all you wanted was to believe him. The way he held you, looked at you, treated you - it all felt like love. You had shut yourself off to the possibility of love for so long that it was hard to decipher what was real and what wasn’t.
The teenager in you was so petrified that if you gave in, gave him even the tiniest bit of you, he’d break you again.
You didn’t think you’d be able to survive that kind of heartbreak again.
Tom could sense your reluctance, and before it could settle into your bones and keep you numb forever, he spoke. “Y/N, please. I need you to understand that I’m not that kid anymore…”
Your eyes concentrated on a stain on your carpet, its pattern suddenly becoming the most fascinating thing to you as you processed his plea. When you finally lifted your gaze, tears had begun to pool.
“I’m not the same kid anymore either, Tom. I went through a lot of shit after what happened. I was fucked up for a long time….I don’t know if you realize how fucked up…” You began to shrink in on yourself, flashes of panic attacks, nights crying and screaming, scratches and cuts ‘numbing’ the pain took hold of your vision. Your mind and body were being transported back to those times and Tom acknowledged what was happening almost instantaneously. His hands found yours, carefully resting them against his chest so you could feel his breaths and mimic the pace.
A blurry Tom slowly came into focus, concern etched on his boyish form.
“Are you back with me?” His voice trembled, something you weren’t used to hearing. He was always so strong, so sure of himself. You weren’t used to the fear in his voice and on his features.
Worried eyes scanned over your face, a sigh leaving his parted lips at your tiny nod.
“I’m so sorry. I can never apologize enough for what my words, my actions, everything, did to you. I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you…if you let me….”
You desperately wanted to believe him. To sink into his arms and just not have to think for a night. To turn off all of your thoughts and just be for once. Everything you had seen over the last few months lead you to believe that he had changed, he wasn’t the naive teen he was back then and he wasn’t going to throw your feelings through a blender so mindlessly as he had before.
Heart battled against mind as you stared into his hopeful honey brown hues.
“You sound like you’re proposing to me…” You tilted your head, a wary smile stretching across your pouted lips.
“Don’t even joke about that because I’ll get down on one knee right now.” A subtle wink and confident smile finished off his statement, his bravado returning tenfold at your shift in demeanor.
“Slow it down, ass. I haven’t even agreed to officially be your girlfriend again…for real this time.” You fluttered your lashes at him, easing back into comfortability with the boy you knew, the boy you loved. As sure of your feelings as you were, it would still take some time to fully open yourself up to him.
“May I take you on a date, then? A real one. Real me and real you.” His eyes pleaded with yours.
“So much real in one sentence.” You kidded.
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
Heart beating wildly, your sweaty palms clasped onto your chest as you panted. A myriad of LED lights twinkled in your eyesight, spanning the entire living room of your apartment. Your owlish eyes flitted from one ecstatic face to another, their hands up in the air in celebration.
“You asshole,” you muttered under your breath, hands coming down to grip your shoulders from behind.
Tom’s breath grazed the shell of your ear as he leaned in, “You love me.”
“Keep telling yourself that,” you mumbled once again before plastering a wide, toothy grin on your lips, your arms opening to pull Kiara in.
“Happy Birthday, bitch!” You knew that even though Tom more than likely planned this surprise party, Kiara was clearly the one left to decorate and greet all the guests while Tom distracted you. This would explain why she was tripping over her own feet, the shots she had taken prior to calm her nerves finally kicking in.
“You know I hate surprises. How much did he pay you to do this?” You teased, elbowing Tom gently in the stomach as you mentioned him. He faked a groan, wrapping his arms around yours to keep them at your sides. Less movement for you meant less violence for him.
Coward.
“ ‘e didn’t pay anything,” she slurred. “Jus’ wanted to make you—“ A hiccup. “happy little birthday girl.” She ended her drunken performance with a gentle pat on your cheek and a satisfied smile.
“Hey, let’s check out how soft your bed is, yeah?” Lucas gently coaxed the bottle out of Kiara’s hand and her stumbling form towards her room. He whispered a happy birthday on his way past you.
You squirmed your body to turn in Tom’s tight embrace, your eyes narrowing into slits as you tried to come off as intimidating.
“You’re kind of cute, ya know?” He was. Not just physically, but deep within his soul.
“I kind of appreciate that, I guess.” Tom chuckled, reaching his hand up to cup your warm cheek.
“You’re kind of beautiful, Mouse.” He punctuated his thought with a gentle kiss to the tip of your nose.
You playfully scoffed, pushing against his chest to glare up at him. “Kind of? Well then I guess you’re just kind of okay in bed.”
“Your shaking legs say otherwise, mouse.” Tom smirked, pulling you right back into his body. He dipped his head down, his lips ghosting over yours before pressing firmly to taste your grape tinted lip stain. Butterflies released from the cage within your heart to flutter through your stomach as it usually did whenever you were in his arms.
It wasn’t easy to get to this point. As much as you wanted to forgive him and believe every word he said, the wall around your heart wouldn’t allow it.
He started off slow after attempting to take you out on a date. He was considerate and understanding when you told him you needed a bit of time before jumping right back in.
You were the first to initiate contact with him, a simple text to check in. You felt like you were in middle school again, in a way you were. It wasn’t an attempt to rewrite history, that was impossible and you wouldn’t be who you were today without everything that happened, but it was a fresh start.
Scars were revealed over time, both internal and external. There were nights where you cried and screamed at him and instead of running away, he held you and let you get it all out. His warming tone spoke praises and apologies against the crown of your head when you became too exhausted to fight. It was an uphill battle and he held on the entire time, never once deeming it ‘too much’ as you feared he would.
If you were ever concerned his feelings for you waned over time, those thoughts were quickly demolished the night he broke down in tears at your feeble attempts to once again push him away. You were sure he’d grow tired of you and instead of allowing it to happen gradually, you decided to get rid of him all at once. What you didn’t expect was for him to cry and question his own worth, his own place in your heart. He had seemed so sure of himself for so long that you didn’t even stop to think how all of this was affecting him. You felt selfish.
That night you metaphorically picked up a hammer and began to chip away at the wall surrounding your heart.
After six months of going back and forth, you asked him on a date. The smile that adorned his face would be etched into your memories til the day you die. His childlike enthusiasm told you you made the right choice.
Eights months after you revealed your true selves to each other, you let him back into your bed. There was no timeline for when you let him back into your heart because you’re not really sure you ever let him leave it.
One year since the day you bumped into each other and your lives were nowhere near where you’d imagine it’d be. Your 25th birthday felt like a cruel joke the universe was playing on you. Now, on your 26th, it was as if the universe was finally reconciling all the wrongdoings it had done to you.
Tom looked on adoringly at you as you mingled with your guests, his hands moving to tuck into his jean pockets. His fingers gingerly twisted the ring that rested in them. Some might have thought it was too soon but Tom never had to second guess his feelings for you. You were it. There was no reason to run from that feeling.
As you glanced up at him, your smile widening when you caught him staring back at you, he knew this was right where he was supposed to be.
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As usual three songs for three stories/characters/themes below.
First song up is for Abigail Emmet, the mother of Mario, and just as much as a terrifying alien soul-and-meat-eating shapeshifter as he is. She's been around for a while, even hitching with the Van der Linde Gang as the third founding (adult) member, sticking with it until she and Molly got the hell out of there after witnessing the effect Hosea's death had on Dutch and Micah being a rat. Saddening that Abigail outlived Molly (given her alien origins), but she never once stopped thinking fondly about the O'Shea poet, even when raising Mario. This song absolutely details her longing for Molly, while also letting go for the sake of Mario.
"Lately, I've been waking up
In a dreamy state, calling your name
Stayed up too late just thinking of you
Now I'm knocking on every door
'Cause I heard you moved from twenty-two
Has it been that long?
I guess time just flew
I've got voices in my head and there's a deafening silence
I've got voices in my head and I can't lie
I've been holding on to pieces
Swimming in the deep end
Tryna find my way back to you 'cause I'm needing
A little bit of love
A little bit of love, I need a little love
Just like the air I'm breathing
These open wounds ain't healing
Tryna find my way back to you 'cause I'm needing
A little bit of love
A little bit of love, a little bit of love
A little bit of love
I tried to fly but I used my wings too soon
Now everything got me thinking of you
I tried a million times to cut you loose."
Next up, a song for Silva's Hope and maybe a bit of Old Dusk, the two main stories for Silva in Far Cry The Silver Chronicles. I think it just fits the religious themes found in the fics' and the game, but also twisting it to reveal the darker and lighter aspects that not only come off as seductive but reveal what's exactly underneath the surface of the Voice's Prophecy and the Collapse, and whether it's better to choose the safer path and obey the prophecy while risking loss of identity and restricted by extremely controlling expectations that are unrealistic or take the risk and step out of the status quo for the sake of having the freedom to choose and to defy a fate other's push onto themselves and their neighbors, all the while having to contend with the possibility of being lost in the unknown.
"Call me wild, drinkin' up the sunshine
Be my man and show me what it feels like
Denim sky, unbuttoned down the middle
Spillin' out little by little
Tiger on the prowl
East of Eden
Comin' for you now
Keep me from the cages under the control
Runnin' in the dark to find east of Eden
Keep me from the cages under the control
Runnin' in the dark to find east of Eden
To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
If I wanted to stay
You don't mind, you're a true believer (True believer)
Take it up with the badlands
Creep on in like a concrete fever
If I wanted to stay
You don't mind, you're a true believer (True believer)
Take it up with the badlands
Creep on in like a concrete fever."
And finally something for the antagonists. Ranging from the charming yet arrogant Edward Carmine to the callous and controlling Zachariah from The UnTitledverse. From the hypocritical monster that is Father Adam Omar to the fatalistic pessimism that fuels Paul Yellowjack's miserable self-loathing in Far Cry The Silver Chronicles. From the Court King who wants to conquer his worlds back, to the Director of the Midnight Rise, Sir Enigma Malvolio, who brings despair wherever his expeditions take him throughout Life, Despair & Monsters. From the well-meaning extremist Xiang Ba'al to the Mad God of Carnage himself, Discord in the originals works that will diverge from Wings And Horns. There are many more of interest, but the list is as tall as the rest of my original characters. But one commonality can be found with these characters... a question that evades an answer... will they ever be satisfied after reaching their goals? Or... will they go further until they've crashed and burned?
ALSO! TW: There is brief mention of suicidal idealization in one verse with probably more mature themes hidden in the lyrics. Just putting it out there to be weary listening and reading.
"I was pulling out my hair
The day I got the deal
Chemically calm
Was I meant to feel happy
That my life was just about to change?
One life pretending to be
The cat who got the cream
Oh, everybody said, "Marina is a dreamer"
People like to tell you what you're gonna be
It's not my problem if you don't see what I see
And I do not give a damn if you don't believe
My problem, it's my problem that I never am happy
It's my problem, it's my problem on how fast I will succeed
Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
High achiever, don't you see?
Baby, nothing comes for free
They say I'm a control freak
Driven by a greed to succeed
Nobody can stop me
'Cause it's my problem if I wanna pack up and run away
It's my business if I feel the need to smoke and drink and sway
It's my problem, it's my problem if I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends and feel I want to die
Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?
Sad inside, in this life
Unsatisfied, praying
Sad inside, in this life
Unsatisfied, waiting
Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?
Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied? Are you satisfied?)
Are you satisfied?
Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)
Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?)
Are you satisfied?
Black, white."
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