Worlds Apart {T.Hiddleston}

reminisce

2005

"tommy!" laurie runs up to her boyfriend, capturing his lips in a passionate kiss as he wraps his arms around her waist.

"well, hello there love." he says looking dumbstruck.

"i heard you were signed by an agency! oh tommy, i'm so proud of you. you're finally moving forward with your dreams," she sighed happily wrapping her arms around his waist.

"yes i was," he rested his head upon her head. sighing unhappily.

"my love, how are we supposed to manage?" tom asked not daring to look his girlfriend in the eyes, fearful he'd cry at the sight of her.

"oh tom, we both knew this day would come. i hoped it wouldn't approach so fast, but it did. i will always support you, but we need to let each other go in order to move forward. this is your dream and i would never ever hold you back from this." she grabbed his jaw making him look into her green eyes with his pacific blues.

"i'm not ready to let you go, lauren." he pressed his forehead against hers sniffling at her glazed over eyes.

"you have to, darling. we haven't worked this hard to just let this opportunity slip away." she pecks his nose.

he hums at the feeling and presses his lips against hers in a passionate kiss, filled with need. "god, laurie, i love-," he's cut off by her lips on his again, her hands moving towards the curls in his head.

"not now tommy, i do too, but not now," she says full of sorrow not daring to open her eyes as he nods and lifts her towards their small double bed. he understands she wants to make the most out of their last few days together before his agent moves him.

she starts whimpering on his lips as she tears off his layers of clothing. he holds her hand over the button of his dark jeans. "laurie, we don't have to rush anything. if this is going to be our first and one of our last, i'm going to make sure we both end content. don't cry laurie, please. i don't care, i love you, i love you so much, and i can't imagine moving forward without you, but you'll make me and i'll look for you again. i promise." she wipes a stray tear off his face and nods.

he helps undress her and they sit for a minute admiring one another. "i love you, tom, and i promise too."

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2019

tears hot and sticky against her red cheeks as she cries over the phone to florence.

"i'm so tired of waking up and feeling him. it was a stupid high school relationship and i can't get over it flo," she whimpers softly.

"oh laurie, i'll come over okay. we'll have a sleepover and i'll bring lots of ice cream, we'll even binge-watch jennifer garner movies!" she promises.

laurie turns her head to look at the clock, 1:17 am it reads. "i'd love that flo, i'll be waiting and you have the key if i'm still showering."

flo nods her head, then agrees remembering lauren can't actually see her.

it only takes half an hour for flo to get to lauren's home. she stands outside fumbling for the key with her hands full of ice cream. specifically "mint chocolate chip" and "raspberry cheesecake" flavors.

she finds her way inside and sees lauren sitting in her living room ready to watch ghosts of girlfriends past her personal favorite. mostly because of the fact matthew mcconaughey, her celebrity crush, was displayed in the film.

flo rushes to sit next lauren as they grab their plastic spoons. lauren cuddles under florence's arms letting florence embrace her in this state.

kissing the top of her head florence sighs at her luck. her bestfriend deserves so much better than this.

lauren sobs her way through the film yelling at connor mead often.

after the film, lauren immediately turns towards florence burying herself towards flo's chest sobbing. flo's cheeks heat up as she runs her hand down lauren's greasy locks. she hadn't notice that it looked as if she hadn't showered in a few days.

"laurie, when was the last time you showered?" not getting a response she realizes lauren has taken comfort in florence's embrace, her breathing slowed and controlled, eyes shut and swollen.

florence sighs and picks her up, she carry's her best friend towards her bedroom and lays her down, herself bedside her.

she falls asleep before she realizes it. waking up spooning lauren, she pushes herself off, realizing lauren doesn't smell as fresh as flowers.

florence pushes lauren around till she wakes up. "lauren, babe, come on let's get you into the shower."

lauren grumbles, but stands up reluctantly. florence passes her a towel and pushes her into the bathroom. while she showers florence sets her sheets to wash and lays down on the naked bed watching the avengers.

lauren exits the bath, smelling so much better and walks towards her closet. she throws on a pair of jeans and an old rolling stones t-shirt.

she walks out toward flo and looks up to see him. loki. speaking about how he isn't fond of what comes after thunder. she stiffens for a second before looking towards her blonde friend.

"look, i'm not overly interested in men or anything, but tom hiddleston could do whatever he wanted to me," lauren's jaw clenched slightly. she shook it off. she can't be mad, he's not hers and she wouldn't stand in the way of someone else.

lauren was unfortunately a pushover, she tried, she really did, but she couldn't bear seeing others unhappy.

she shook off her thoughts on again.

"so? where are we going today? you always have something planned."

florence chuckles and stands up her hand outstretched towards lauren, who just took a seat. with a roll of her eyes lauren places her hand on flo's letting her guide her toward the garage.

they get into one of lauren's vintage babies. florence chose the '72 charger. of course she did.

"just trust me, laurie," they hop into the car and drive off to god knows where. she lets florence take her knowing she needs this.

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