A Stroll in the Park (Tom Hiddleston X Fem Reader)

Old Faces

"Darling? Are you there? I miss you!"

"He's just really nervous"

"It's me! I know him better than anyone! Darling come on, I miss you so much!

"He'll just take a minute, he doesn't understand facetime"

"I want to cuddle him.."

"Well I'm afraid I've taken that position"

"How dare you."

Your feud is interrupted as a cup of tea is placed down in front of you and the sofa you were on dipped beside you as he sat down next to you. You put the call on mute for a second so that Iris couldn't hear you.

"It's just Iris, you don't have to sneak around, thank you for the tea though, would you like to stay and talk to her?"

Tom looked less than calm at such a proposal, looking a deer caught in the headlights. 

"Y'know, for an actor, you're pretty crap at hiding your emotions" you muse, combing lightly through his hair, still slightly damp on the ends from his shower. 

"He's here!"

"LOKI" you scream out, frantically unmuting yourself, desperate to see your dog again after being away from him for longer than ever before "Mummy misses you!"

Loki's tail starts beating on Iris's carpet on hearing your voice, his ears perking and his head cocked. Clearly the prospect of you  being on the phone was lost on a dog so he would have to cope with just hearing you for the time being. 

"Kyra's actually just about to talk him out for a walk just now but I can stay and chat"

You give Tom a glance that seemed to last both two seconds and two years, silently asking again if he would want to stay. There's shuffling at the other end and you hear the call go silent, assuming that Iris has gone on mute to talk to Kyra before she heads out. You take the opportunity and do the same thing to talk to Tom properly who had taken to clutching his cup firmly, peering into the beige liquid. 

"You don't have to, but she already knows about us, it would be a good place to start?" you suggest, trying your best not to get irritated at him. He seemed to be fine joking, flirting with you on set but the moment it came to actually talking to someone, even your best-friend, as a couple- he froze. "Tom?"

"Alright" he concedes, avoiding eye contact as he sets down his cup, wiping away the sweat that had formed in his palms from the hot porcelain on his jeans. You were hoping that's what it was from and not nervousness. 

"Look if you don't want to that's fine, I just don't want to stay in the shadows all the ti-"

"Sorry about that, so how have you been?"

You're cut short by Iris and notice Tom shift a bit closer to you but not enough to be in frame. You unmute yourself and turn your phone so that Iris can see both of you, he shifts a bit again but rests his chin on your shoulder, his arms propping him up. 

"Yeah we've been OK, things have been running quite smooth actually haven't they?" you prompt, looking to Tom who seems to slip into the situation well enough.