"So, this guy is ready to beat the shit out of me, and me being the cocky guy that I am, I say "you and what army", which is obviously when this guy's absolutely massive friend appears behind him." Harrison smiled. All of us laughed at the story as Harrison, Tom and I sat in Tom's parents' house, having dinner with his parents and brothers.

"What happened? He kill you?" Dom chuckled.

"Yeah, I hate to break it to you guys, but the funeral is Saturday." Harrison nodded, all of us practically crying with laughter.

"You always have the best stories, Harrison. Boys, can you clean up?" Nicki asked, looking at the twins and Paddy.

"Alright." Sam sighed as him, Harry and Paddy started to collect up the dishes and take them to the kitchen.

"She said all of us, Tom." Harry teased, ruffling Tom's gelled hair as he walked past our chairs.

"Oy!" Tom exclaimed, Sam and Paddy snickering.

"Actually, I said "boys", I'm not letting Tom clear up tonight." Nicki shook her head.

"Yeah, I'll do it when I'm not celebrating my engagement." Tom scoffed, making me smile as I looked at the beautiful ring that had been on my finger for a week now.

"Speaking of which, you have to tell us what happened. I love a good engagement story, especially if it's my own son's!" Nicki squealed, making Tom and I chuckle as we looked at each other.

"Yeah, I want to hear too, I got separate calls from both of them after it happened, both of them practically too excited to talk." Harrison smiled. Tom looked at me.

"Go on, darling, it's all you." He nodded, smiling at me as he put his arm around me and gently moved his hand up and down my back. I returned it and nodded before looking at Harrison and Tom's parents.

"So, he had literally just gotten back from visiting you guys, and I was in the living room, cleaning up a bit and listening to music. He asked me to dance, so we danced for a bit, and then he suddenly just pulled away, saying that he couldn't wait. I started to get worried, I was stood there thinking that I was about to get broken up with or something." I scoffed.

"Sly little bastard." Harrison smirked, making Tom chuckle and shake his head as I looked at him.

"After he said that he couldn't wait, he took the ring out of his pocket and got down on one knee." I nodded, happily reliving the memory in my head as Tom and I just stared at each other, small smiles on both of our faces.

"Aw, that's adorable, honey. Though, I must say that I'm surprised that you proposed as soon as you got the ring. I thought you would have at least waited a couple of days." Nicki shrugged. Tom returned it before looking at me again.

"What can I say, mum? I just couldn't wait to ask Y/N to spend the rest of her life with me." He nodded. I smiled and bit my lip, trying to stop the tears as I leant in and pressed our lips together. Tom smiled into it, gently cupping my cheek to bring me closer.

"Ew." we broke the kiss and looked towards the source of the noise to see Paddy stood at the doorway to the kitchen, his nose scrunched up.

"What do you need, Paddy?" Dom sighed, Tom playfully rolling his eyes to me over the fact that our moment had been interrupted by his youngest brother.

"I could use some help drying the dishes." The boy nodded.

"Alright, I'll go." I returned the nod as I stood up.

"Nonsense, Y/N, this is your engagement dinner." Nicki protested.

"Honestly, Mrs Holland, it's no trouble, I'm happy to help." I reassured.

"That'll be your name soon." Tom smiled up at me. I returned it, leaning down and kissing his head before heading into the kitchen.

Tom's P.O.V

"That'll be your name soon." Tom smiled up at Y/N as she passed him. She returned it, leaning down and kissing his head before heading into the kitchen. Tom smiled and bit his lip, only just noticing the looks that Harrison was giving him.

"What?" he asked.

"You're just so whipped, mate." Harrison chuckled.

"You do know that we're engaged, don't you? Of course I'm whipped." Tom scoffed, making Harrison chuckle again. Suddenly, Tom's phone started to buzz against the table, making him look at it.

"I've got to take this, it's my agent." Tom sighed, Harrison waving him off in reassurance as Tom stood up and headed into the living room before pressing "accept".

"Hey, mate, what's up?" he picked up.

"Hey, Tom, you know the audition that you did for the Russo brothers to cast you as the lead in "Cherry"?" he asked.

"Uh-huh." He nodded, looking down at the carpet.

"Congrats, kid, you got it." Tom's eyes widened and he looked back up.

"Oh, sick! Brilliant, that's awesome!" he laughed.

"Isn't it? Look, I know that you're tight with the brothers, but this was still a hard role to land, so I'm proud of you, kid. Good job." His agent praised.

"Thanks, man." He chuckled.

"Wait, one thing. There is one detail that you're going to want to tell your fiancé." He spoke. Tom's smile dipped.

"Okay...and that is?" he gulped.

"The filming is in LA, and the schedule looks pretty rigorous, it looks like you might be lucky to get a week off every few months. So, unless you two move there full-time for the duration of filming, you won't be seeing much of each other for about eighteen months, maybe longer." His agent admitted. Tom's smile completely dropped, and his eyes wavered as he looked at the carpet again.

"That's a long time, mate, especially to be away from Y/N." he scoffed, tears pricking his eyes.

"I know, kid, but this is another huge part, and you're on a role, you're the biggest young name in Hollywood right now. It'll be hard, but you two can make it through this." His agent reassured. Tom sighed and nodded.

"Yeah, you're right. Tell the Russo brothers that I'll take it, I'll talk to Y/N." he spoke.

"Good choice. Well done, and I'll call later." He spoke.

"Yeah, see you." Tom nodded before hanging up. He sighed, rubbing his hands over his face as he thought. He had no doubt that Y/N would be over the moon for him, but eighteen months apart with minimal breaks was a long time to be apart. For all Tom knew, it could end up being a repeat of all those years ago, when Y/N had moved on in the space of two months because Tom had failed to confess his feelings. That being said, they hadn't even been together then, let alone been engaged. He sighed again, taking a deep breath as he headed through to the kitchen to tell everyone the good news.

Y/N's P.O.V

I smashed my lips onto Tom's as we stumbled into the apartment, Tom smirking against my lips as he gripped my waist and shut the door behind him with his foot.

"I am so proud of you for getting "cherry"." I mumbled against his lips.

"I can tell." He teased, making me laugh as he broke the kiss and moved his lips to my neck.

"Well I've got to reward you, don't I? That was a hard audition." I smirked, Tom returning it as he pulled on my thighs and lifted me up, wrapping my legs around his waist. He joined our lips again, me wrapping my fingers around his curls and tugging gently, making him moan into my mouth as he carried me to our bedroom. He put me down on the bed, making me smirk as he crawled up my body, kissing up my skin as he went. He sat up, pulling his dress jacket off and letting me pull my top off before he leant down and joined our lips again.

"Shit, wait, hold on." Tom gulped as he broke the kiss again.

"What's wrong, babe?" I asked.

"As much as I fucking love where this is going, I need to talk to you about something." He sighed. I gulped, nerves slowly filling my stomach as I moved from underneath him, both of us now sitting facing each other on the bed.

"When my agent called to tell me about me landing the part, he also said that it's a really intense schedule, with virtually no breaks. So, unless we move out to LA for that time, which I don't expect you to do since that's too much for me to ask, we won't see each other for the best part of a year and a half." He admitted, looking at me. What little smile I had on my lips disappeared completely and my eyes wavered, becoming glassy as I nodded and looked down.

"So, I'm not going to see you for eighteen months once you start? That's a long time, Tommy." I gulped.

"I know, darling, I know, which is why I wanted to talk to you about it. It'll be hard, but we can do it, yeah?" he asked, gently taking my face in his hands. I sighed and looked at him through glassy eyes.

"Yeah. We can do it." I whispered. He gave me a small smile before leaning down and kissing me again. I returned it, holding his face as he hovered over me and held my leg against his waist. Tom broke the kiss and briefly joined our foreheads before rolling off of me so that he was on his back next to me. I sighed, trying to stop tears as I lay against him, his arm curling around my waist and pulling me closer as I rested my head on his chest and my hand on his ab-filled torso.

"I love you, Tommy. So much." I choked. Tom sighed and gently pressed his lips to the top of my head.

"I love you too, darling. We can do this, okay? We're always together." He nodded. I gulped and returned the nod as I felt my eyelids start to droop. The scent of Tom's cologne, paired with the gentle thump of his heartbeat against my head slowly to pull me into the gentle grasp of sleep. I let my body rest completely against Tom's, telling him that I was drifting away as his arm pulled me closer to him and my eyes fluttered shut.