Time Is Limited (Zooey Kern x M!Reader)

Three

"Zooey?"

"Y/N?" 

They both stared at each other in shock. Zooey admired how he hadn't changed much in the years since their divorce as did Y/N. He saw the beautiful woman he fell in love with. They were both in shock at actually coming face to face with each other again after all of these years.

"H..How have you been?" She asked her ex who gave her a tight lipped smile. 

"Good. You?" He spoke wanting this conversation to be over with. He wasn't ready for this to happen so soon. 

"I've been better." She spoke as she looked at her feet as the tears started to fill her eyes as she remembered the feeling she felt not only days ago. The same feeling that Y/N must have felt the moment he caught her. 

Y/N was on his way home from a hard job, it was a big one. They needed to replace the rafters and the insulation, removing any old asbestos and disposing of it properly. When he walked into their home, he heard moans coming from the living room. He thought that his wife was watching one of her raunchy tv shows until he heard her moan Stewart's name. His heart dropped to his stomach as he slowly walked into the living room. He saw his wife with her colleague as they were both naked and sweaty. 

"What the fuck is this?" He asked as calmly as he could. He could feel the anger and the sadness consume him. The woman he loves and planned to start a family with has betrayed his trust.

"This isn't what it looks like." Zooey spoke as she pushed Stewart off of her as she followed Y/N upstairs to their shared room. 

"So what was it then. My eyes might be wrong at what I saw there." He spoke as he grabbed her suitcases and started to pack her things. "Maybe it was just my imagination seeing the woman who I want to spend the rest of my life with who is actually my WIFE FUCKING HER COLLEAGUE ON OUR SOFA!" He shouted as he turned around to face her. He threw her some clothes before he continued packing her things.

"I'm sorry." She whispered as he zipped up her bags. 

"So am I. For thinking that I am worthy of love. Your love." He spoke, exhaustion in his voice. She gave him a sad look before she grabbed her bags and made her way downstairs. 

"What are still doing here?" She asked Stewart who just shrugged with a smirk. 

"I just thought that maybe you could possibly come to my place and we can continue." He smirked at the woman he was just fucking. Before she could answer Y/N grabbed him by his neck and pushed him up against the wall. 

"Get the fuck out of my house." He sneered at the guy who ruined his marriage along with his wife, well ex wife.

"This is her house." He smirked at Y/N who just punched him. 

"No it isn't. Now get the fuck out the both of you before I do something I am going to regret." He spoke as he kept his eye on the man scrambling to get up off of the ground and run to his car. Zooey tried to speak to Y/N again but he just shook his head and watched as she walked out of that door and out of his life for good. 

Y/N felt every emotion rise to the surface that he had felt when he saw her again for the first time since that night. He decided that he would cut this interaction short and just nod before heading back inside. 

"Can we maybe get a cup of coffee sometime?" She asked him before he closed the door with hopeful eyes. 

"I don't think we can." He spoke bluntly before he shut the door. She felt her heart shatter because she was the one who made him cold. It was all her fault. She decided to walk back home and go straight to bed, but that was out of the question when she saw her father waiting for her. 

"Hello my dear girl." He spoke as he pulled her in for a hug. She smiled as she felt the comfort of her fathers embrace. 

"Hi dad." She whispered into his chest. "I missed you." She spoke as she let a tear slip down her cheeks. 

"I missed you too my dear." He beamed at her when he cupped her face to get a proper look at her. "You still look as young as you did when you left." He spoke softly before he decided to make some tea for the three of them to catch up. She felt safe here. She wasn't judged by her parents for what she did but they never took sides either. 

"Are you golfing this weekend with Y/N dear." Mum asked my dad making me look up from my phone at the revelation.

"You still see Y/N?" She asked the pair in shock.

"Of course we do dear. He is a son to us." Dad said softly as I just scoffed. "You know he hardly has anyone else since he lost his parents in that car crash a few years ago." He told me and I just looked at him in shock.

"What?" I gasped as I had no idea.

"Yeah they were on their way home and they lost control in the storm and they crashed." Mum spoke sadly as I could feel my eyes sting.

"Why didn't anyone tell me. I would have been there for him." I told them both. 

"You would have left your job that you had recently started to see your ex husband who you cheated on and comfort him at his parents funeral?" Dad asked me with a disapproving look. I guess they haven't forgiven me either. Hell neither have I. I lost the best thing and I can't do anything about it now.

AN

Chapter three guys. I hope you enjoyed the angsty flashback. Please let me know what you guys think.