Modern AU
Annie loved to drive when she was stressed. The scenery passing by the windows and the calming motion of the car was one of the best things to calm her down.
You yourself enjoyed sitting in the car, for it relaxed you. Not having to pay attention to your surroundings, you enjoyed spacing out as the landscape flew by.
Annie had come home from a shitty day at work; she worked front desk at a seniors home, and it seemed that the old folks were all feeling particularly nasty today. She really wasn't in the mood for any bullshit today, and was almost grateful when she came home to an empty apartment.
Barely an hour later you came barreling into the apartment, an angry upset look on your face. Annie was sitting on one of the living room chairs reading a book. You threw yourself down in the chair across from her with a loud huff. Annie shot you a glare with her icy blue eyes, signalling you that she wasn't in any mood to talk.
You understood she had a bad day at work and that when she was stressed and upset she would get angry, and wanted at all costs to not take it out on you, so she would distance herself, letting you know not to approach her.
It was times like this however that you wished she could be a little less cold; you had one of the worst work days in a long time. Customers were rude to you with no mercy, and not one, but TWO people had thrown their drinks at you. You had coffee burns on your arms and you smelled like old milk.
You didn't miss the glare Annie shot you from her chair, and it was the last thing that sent you over the edge, you anger and sadness coming back to the surface after attempting to keep it under chains all day.
"Ugh fuck this" you mumble you shoot up roughly from your seat and walk towards your bedroom. As you had turned away, Annie didn't see the tears that had escapees your eyes.
"What's your problem today?" Annie drawls quietly from her spot on the chair, unable to contain the anger once the spark had been struck.
"You know what, keep quiet Annie" you gruff out, unable to keep your own emotions in check.
"What did you just say to me?" Her hard blue eyes snapping up, anger shining in their depths.
The spark grew into a flame and the negative emotions that the two of you had harboured throughout the day were bursting loose and you two threw insults and cruel words at each other, barely understanding the words you were saying, only throwing words and sentences that came to the forefront of your brains.
Your shouting match lasted no longer than 20 minutes, but it ended in the both of you hurt and upset; you crying in your bedroom and Annie storming out of the house towards her car.
She threw open the door and jumped inside, slamming her fists against the steering wheel before starting the car and pulling out of the driveway, driving onto some of the backroad highways. While Annie was driving, she couldn't help but replay the fight you two had. In her anger, she didn't realize that you hadn't had a good day either.
Once again, Annie's cold heart didn't bother to consider the feelings around her. As she replayed the afternoon in her head, she realized how the fight ended: Annie saying something cruel to y/n before storming out, but not before seeing the hurt expression in your face, and the tears that had streamed down your face.
Annie's breath flew out of her as she realized how badly she had hurt her lover, how the tears made your face wet as you looked at Annie with anger and sadness. Annie pulled over onto the shoulder of the (thankfully) empty road. Annie was upset at how she treated you, and she let her forehead rest on the steering wheel as she cried, drowning in the guilt of her words and actions.
Eventually she pulled back onto the road and turned around, heading back home to try to repair what she had broken.
She had pulled into the driveway and stopped, taking a deep breath as she did her best to swallow her anger. Before she could open the driver side door, the passenger side cracked open and you climbed in beside her, red puffy eyes looking down as you buckle your seatbelt in silence.
Annie remembered how you like to sit in the car and how it calmed you down, so she silently pulled back out of the driveway. The drive was tense and silent, as both of you were wrapped up in your own heads.
Your hand lay against your knee, trying to ease the remaining sting from the coffee. After a while of driving, Annie takes a deep and quiet breath and reaches over to grab your hand in hers, eyes still on the road.
You were still upset, but the feeling of your girlfriend's hand in yours soothed you. You rested your head against the cool window and closed your eyes, but slightly tightened your hold on Annie's hand.
A few more minutes of silence.
"I'm sorry y/n" Annie was the first one to apologize, her voice barely above a whisper, but still full of sincerity and guilt. You felt a couple more tears escape your eyes.
"I shouldn't have yelled at you. I'm so sorry" you whisper, still not meeting Annie's eyes.
You hated fighting with her, both of you could get pretty vicious, it you couldn't bear the thought of you and Annie splitting up.
"I had a bad day and I took out my anger on you and I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything I said" Annie still barely whispering.
You two sit in silence once again, Annie's attention still on the road, but this time the atmosphere was lighter. The both of you forgiving each other for the empty words said earlier.
Annie's hand in yours, the both of you calmed from the drive. You let yourself smile for the first time today, happy that you and Annie were okay.
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When you two got home, you got in bed and held one another in silence, Annie nuzzling her face into your neck and you inhaling the scent of her hair. You two had talked things out in the car and made more apologies, and now you got to fall asleep once more in the arms of your girlfriend, feeling okay.
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