Requested by WeirdUnpopularShips: Tom is hanging out with friends and someone asks about his relationship with Y/N. He says that she's really clingy and starts laughing and joking about it. Y/N overhears the conversation and starts to feel really insecure because her being clingy is what ended past relationships. Later on, Tom finds out that Y/N overheard the conversation and tries to apologise.

I stood in the kitchen, cutting up fruit and sorting stuff out before Tom's friends got here. As if on cue, I heard the front door open, followed by lots of cheering.

"How you doing? Long time no see!" I heard my boyfriend of two years laugh, making me chuckle and shake my head. Today, Tom had invited over several of his old mates, a lot of whom he hadn't seen too much since filming 'Cherry'. And so he thought that today was the perfect opportunity to invite them over for a drink and have a laugh. I looked over my shoulder and smiled at the boys as Harrison, Tuwaine, Tom's brothers and a few more of his friends walked into the kitchen.

"Y/N, great to see you." Harrison smiled as he kissed my cheek.

"It's great to see you boys too. It's been so long." I chuckled as I hugged Tuwaine and Tom's brothers before everyone sat down in the living room section of the room.

"You joining us, love?" Tom asked, curling his arms around my waist from behind and resting his chin on my shoulder as I dried my hands.

"Nah, I have work to do upstairs, I'll leave you boys to it." I shrugged.

"Okay, darling." he smiled, making me return it as I pecked his lips before leaving his arms and heading out of the room.

I sat in our home study, bored out of my mind as I tried to finish my work. I puffed out and stared at the screen, my mind coming to terms with the fact that I wasn't going to get any more work done. May as well go and see Tom, I thought as I closed my laptop and stood up. I headed out of the study and down the stairs. My eyebrows furrowed as I heard voices coming from the living room, my feet slowing down just outside of the room as I heard what was being said.

"So, how's it going with Y/N?" I heard Tuwaine ask.

"It's going really well, yeah. I mean, she's clingy as fuck, but still." I heard Tom chuckle, making my smile dip.

"How clingy are we talking?" Harrison asked. I gulped, my eyes wavering and my heart starting to thump more harshly as I listened out for Tom's answer. I already didn't like this.

"Very. I love her but she always wants to cuddle, always wants to be touching me, always wanting to be doing stuff together. It's cute and all, but I barely get a minute to myself most days!" Tom laughed, making the others laugh too.

"Sounds like a pain in the arse, mate." another of his friends chipped in.

"Especially as she won't let me in her arse, if you know what I mean." Tom joked, all of the guys laughing again. I swallowed thickly, a tear running down my face as I turned around and rushed back up the stairs. I rushed into our room and quietly shut the door before sitting down on the bed. I choked and buried my face into my hands. I had always been a quite loving and clingy person, that was just who I was. The problem with that was that sometimes it had gotten too much for past partners, and I'd had previous relationships end because of how clingy I was. Tom knew that I was very sensitive and insecure about how clingy I was, and so it really hurt me to hear him joking to his friends about it. Tom had come into this relationship knowing how clingy I could be, and what he'd failed to tell his friends was the fact that he could be just as clingy at times. We loved cuddling and being close to each other, so it hurt for him to be portraying it as something that I did that was a burden to him. I shook my head and wiped my tears away, deciding to myself that when Tom's friends had left, I'd confront him about what had been said.

I stood on the stairs, my cardigan wrapped around my body as Tom said goodbye to his friends.

"Thanks for today, it was great to see you again." Tuwaine smiled.

"And you, mate. It was great to see all of you." Tom chuckled.

"See you later, Y/N." Harrison smiled at me.

"Bye, boys." I gave them a small wave, them returning it as they filed out of the house. Tom shut the door and puffed out before turning to look at me.

"That was nice, wasn't it?" he smiled as he walked to the stairs and looked up at me as he put his hands on my waist.

"I don't know, I didn't come down." I shrugged.

"Yeah, why didn't you come down?" he chuckled as he pressed his lips to my stomach through my t-shirt.

"I didn't want to be too...clingy." I nodded. Tom froze, his lips just resting against my stomach. He looked up at me slowly, making me raise my eyebrow at him.

"Darling-."

"I don't want to hear it, Tom." I scoffed, making him sigh as I moved down the stairs past him before heading into the living room.

"Love, I was just joking with the guys, I didn't mean anything by it." he chuckled as he followed me into the room.

"Then why didn't you say that you're equally as clingy? You made me sound like I fucking stick to you like something annoying that you can't get rid of. You made it sound like I was a burden being that clingy, and then failed to mention that you're just as clingy." I nodded, my jaw clenched as I turned to face him.

"I'm guessing then that you didn't stick around for me saying that I love you being so clingy because you always want cuddles and affection, and I love that about you?" he asked. I gulped, my eyes wavering slightly.

"No, I didn't. I'm still mad at you, though, what you said made you sound like a dick." I nodded. He chuckled and bit his lip as he curled his arms around my waist, my hands reluctantly resting against his chest as he held me.

"I'm sorry that I upset you. But the boys knew that I was joking and I made sure with everything that I said that it sounded like I loved it, not that I hated it. Because I do love it. I love how much you love cuddling and being close to me. It means the world to me that you do that, and I wouldn't change it for anything." he reassured. I sighed and bit my lip as I looked at him timidly.

"You mean that?" I asked quietly.

"Every word, sweetheart. I'm sorry that I made you feel upset and insecure, though. I promise that I won't do that again." he shook his head.

"Thank you, Tommy." I nodded, making him give me a small smile as he leant in to kiss me. I returned it, my hands raising to hold his face as he curled his arms further around my waist. I broke the kiss and looked at him.

"You're such an asshole sometimes." I smiled. He laughed and nodded as he bit his lip.

"I know, love." he chuckled, making me return it as I kissed him again.