✓ QUIXOTIC | L. PARTRIDGE

Never Let You Back • Louis

part two of "watch" !!

this takes place a few years after the last chapter , y/n being around 23ish

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Y/n places on her blazer as she adjusts her clothes for the millionth time that morning, her hands fidgeting with her hair and sleeves.

She checks the clock and looks back at her phone, her uber alerting her that it was around the corner. "I'm leaving for work!" She called into the quiet house.

She received a hum in response as she grabbed her purse, keys, and phone and climbing into the uber, her mom texting her good morning and good luck as she left the house.

She arrived in the busy city, getting dropped off at her work place.

Y/n was starting her internship at Netflix, as she'd always wanted to work in the industry, and now she's finally on her way.

Yes, she's had a little help along the way, but Y/n put a lot of hard work and effort, both mentally and emotionally, to make this happen.

Of course, there was an overwhelming amount of nerves, Y/n felt unprepared, even if she'd spent so long preparing for this moment.

The next step in her life, after pulling herself together after... him, she's made a life for herself.

She was happy for the first time in a long time.

She took a deep breath, and entered the building.

— After the Workday , 8:00 pm —

Y/n smiles brightly as she exited the building, ordering another uber back to her house.

As she waited inside the building, a group of people came out of the elevator.

As her eyes lazily snapped up at the sound of people chatting, her eyes scanned the crowd, finding a scarily familiar head of brown hair.

Her whole body froze at the sight of the person who had caused her so much pain, immediately grabbing a book from the table next to her to try and cover her face.

But Louis had already seen her.

He cautiously made his way over to her, being careful not to scare her away, but she was too much in shock to move.

After years of not seeing him, this felt too soon. She couldn't face the hazel eyes that played with her emotions and broke her.

She'd come to far for it all to be knocked down.

So instead of hiding, she decided to hold her head up high and tried to quickly make her way to the exit.

Key word: tried.

"Y/n. Been long time." Louis says, cringing slightly at his words.

"Not long enough." She mumbles, but unfortunately Louis hears and his expression falters.

"Hey, so, um, how've you been? You work here now?" He asks cooly, trying to keep his composure.

Even after all this time, she still manages to make his heart flutter.

As Y/n answers his question, he can't help but admire her. Her features have become more defined and she's even more striking than she was a few years ago.

Y/n looks at him wearily, not completely trusting him, but also relaxing a bit since he seemed to not have any wrong intentions.

He stood a little slouched, his hands stuffed in his pockets, his hair awry.