"Music To My Ears." || Gareth Emerson x Reader

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 5 - Pre Sleepover

WARNING !! - Some NSFW Idk, they don't actually get to it though.

There you both stood, lying down next to each other. Conversing about whatever came to mind. In the end, you ended up staying at Gareth's house longer than you'd planned. Hours after hour pass, It was now 8:07 PM. Gareth was showing you his records, playing the ones he liked the most to hopefully impress you. While you both listened to the sweet sounds of music, you felt his eyes on you as you bob your head to the beat of the music.
You turn your head to look at him and smiled, which he returned.

"Gareth, It's getting late. I should start heading home." You state sadly, not wanting to ever leave his side ever again.

You saw his face drop as well. "Do you really have to go now? Can't you spend the night over or something? My mom isn't going to be here tonight so it'll be just us." He whined. You've never seen him this clingy, it was new.

"I mean- Maybe but I'll have to call my parents."

His face automatically lit up. "Great! The phone is downstairs, here, lemme come with you." He grabbed your hand and led you down the stairs and into the living room where a phone was placed on the wall.
You grab the phone and enter your house number in the dial. It rings for a minute before someone finally decided to pick up. "Hello?"

"Oh hey Mom, I'm gonna stay over at a friend's house tonight. Is that okay?" You say nervously, imagining all of the possible answers you could have been given.

There was a silence at the end of the phone. She was thinking which caused you to get even more nervous. You look to the side of you just to see Gareth, who seemed to be more nervous then you. Suddenly the silence was broken.

"Sure, of course sweetie. Please just be safe!" Mom responded.

You felt an overwhelming happiness spread throughout your body. "Thank you mom. I'll see you tommorow." With that, you hung up. You turn to look at Gareth who was still anxious. "SHE SAID YES!!" You exclaim and jump up and down happily.

His face lit up and he celebrated with you. "LET'S FUCKING GOOO!!" He shouted. "AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE HOUSE TO OURSELVES!!"

You pulled him into a hug, his arms wrapping around you tightly. You buried your face into his shoulder. He smelled like cinnamon. You both stood in the position for a while, just hugging in the middle of the hallway. Awkward.

"So, are we just gonna stay like this for the rest of the night? My legs are getting tired." Gareth scoffed.

You groaned into his shoulder. "Shut up, Gareth. You're comfortable, plus you smell good."

"Thanks darling, but can't we continue to hug upstairs instead of just standing here?.." He questioned. Just then your head lifted itself from his shoulder.

"Darling??" You felt your cheeks fluster.

"Oh..yeah. Do you not like that nickname?" He started to get nervous again. The name just came out without him thinking.

"No.. No. Keep it. I like it." You bury your face into his shoulder again, earning a somewhat annoyed groan from Gareth. Suddenly then you feel him shuffle, an arm wraps around your legs. He picked you up bridal style, which surprised you by a large amount.

"You can pick me up?" You look down to make sure you weren't imagining things. Your legs were fully up off the ground.

"Yeah? Is that a surprise? I've been working out." He gave you a big smirk. "Im stronger than you thought, huh." He asked as he carried you up the stairs.

"Yeah, you really are."

He entered his room by kicked the door open, and closing it with the back of his foot once you both entered the room since both his arms were occupied.