IMAGINE !
o. YOU REMINISCE THE TIME YOU
WERE WITH TOM . . .

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He knew you were near. The feeling he got from being around you was too overwhelming for him, yet it was something he longed for. Though the events were said and done, the memories that he had once shoved to the back of his mind began to resurface. Tom's heart began to beat at an unsteady pace as soon as the cafe's entrance bell bounced off of the walls and echoed through his ears.

To say that Tom missed you was an understatement. The day that you two parted ways was the day that he lost a special part of himself. Everyone had loved you both dearly, as did you. The night you had laid underneath the stars on a cold Friday night lead you to believe that the bond you had with Tom was unbreakable. At that second, there was nothing that could have ever divided you -

"Promise you'll call once in a while?" You questioned, pushing your body closer to Tom. The cold was slowly piercing your body, blanket barely helping keep your body warm.

Tom laughed, pressing a kiss to your forehead. "Do you really think I wouldn't? I'd be mad at myself if I didn't call you... at least once every two days, darling." Your lips curved into a smile, feeling content as the stars stared back at you.

- Until he began traveling again. Of course, you never pinned the blame on him for filming nor doing interviews around the world, he was living out his dream and you were elated for him. However, the perfectly scheduled phone calls and video messages were pushed back more and more frequently. They ended up completely non-existent, yet you convinced yourself to understand. The moment you began to see his posts about roaming around the city for hours shattered your heart.

You had begun to feel as if you were unimportant to him, nothing but someone to fill the loneliness void when he was in his hotel room and bored out of his mind. Through the duration of exchanged text messages, you tore yourself down. Although you loved him with your entire heart, you had to take care of yourself before anything.

That night, Tom had gotten a call from you: he could easily tell that you had been crying. With a thousand questions buzzing in his mind, he could only think of one reason as to why you called him at midnight your time.

"You've been gone for so long and you won't talk to me. I don't know what I did wrong," You mumbled from the other side of the phone line. Tom's heart broke at how distraught you sounded, let alone hearing you blame yourself. "Tom, you're miles away and  I don't know if I can handle this. I know it's not your fault for living out your dream, but it's too hard to keep up. I love you, but I think we have to end this."

Tom's throat began to get dry, not wanting to lose you, but the way you sounded told him that there was no way that he could persuade you that things could work. "Okay," he breathed out, still unsure of what to say. "If you think it's for the best. I just want you to be happy. I have to go now, y/n, I love you."

For the first time in a long while, you were smiling again. You had found someone who cared for you in the right ways. However, there were still moments where you remembered Tom and the little things he would do here and there.

Tom's body stiffened up at your laugh. He didn't have the power to turn around and see who you were with. More importantly, he didn't want to have tears in his eyes for the rest of the day. From the corner of his eyes, he saw your smile bright as ever. Unfortunately for him, you could notice the brown mop of unkempt curls anywhere.

There was no way this could end with happy smiles.

⋆˚ ✩ ࿐AUTHOR'S NOTE
hola, here's another poorly written chapter because my mind is crazy rn so yuh

lol sorry this one is hella sad but I love Julia and Niall's song so much uwu

I love you all sm xx