Upstead one shots

I would never lay a hand on you in that way

Thank you so much @charlie91706 for this request I hope it's written the way you imagined:)

Over the past month Hailey and Jay hadn't been spending as much time together or communicating with each other like they usually did. They both felt like something had changed between them and their relationship but neither of them spoke to the other about it. Jay felt like Hailey was being distant with him and Hailey felt like Jay didn't want to be with her as she felt he cared more about work and looking out for Voight than he did about her. So Jay was right Hailey was being distant with him but only because she thought he didn't want her or their relationship and she thought if she distanced herself from him then it would hurt less when he eventually decided to end things with her.

It had just gone 9:00pm and Jay had just walked through the front door of his and Haileys apartment. He took off his shoes and put away his things then headed through to the living room where he saw Hailey sitting on the couch in her pyjamas reading a book. "Hey Hails, how are you doing?" He asked sitting down on the other end of the couch. "I'm alright." Was all she said to him. "You sure?" He questioned not certain he believed her due to her short response, usually him and Hailey would have full detailed conversations about their days and how they were doing but for the past month these conversations hadn't been happening at all. "Mhm." Hailey hummed in response not looking up from the book she was reading. Jay decided he'd had enough of this thing going on between them and he wanted to get to the bottom of it and sort it out. "Right come on talk to me Hailey, I don't know what's been going on between us recently but I want to sort it." He said moving his body around so he was fully facing Hailey "I don't know what you want me to say, I don't know what's been going on between us either, I'm just as lost about the situation as you are." Hailey said putting her book down on the coffee table in front of her and moving her head up to look at Jay. "You've just been so distant with me recently you hardly talk to me and we've hardly spent any quality time together, if I've done something to upset you then I want you to let me know." Jay ranted to Hailey letting her know how he was feeling. "I'm not the only one that's been distant Jay. The reason we hardly talk or spend time together is because you're never here anymore, your always caught up in things to do with work or too busy looking out for Voight to even notice me." Hailey replied telling him everything she currently felt. "Are you being serious? Yes I admit I may get caught up in work sometimes but I do notice you also it's unfair for you to say It's because I'm never here anymore, we see each other every day, we wake up in the same bed every morning and go to sleep in the same bed every night. You hardly talk to me and every time I try and have a conversation with you all I get is blunt short responses." Jay said his voice laced with frustration. "That's the problem we see each other every day but regardless I feel like I've not seen you in ages it's like when you're here your not actually here like there's somewhere else you'd rather be and yes I've been distant with you recently but you haven't even thought to ask me why I've been like that." This conversation had turned into an argument and Hailey didn't like that at all.

"Alright tell me then why have you been distant? Jay questioned but as he said this he threw his hands up in front of him in confusion, Jay was someone that talked with his hands and Hailey knew that but this small movement caused Hailey to flinch her body back away from him and raise her hands up over her face in fear. Hailey knew Jay would never ever hit her or hurt her at all in anyway, shape or form but due to her traumatic past experiences with abuse she couldn't help her reaction. As soon as Hailey flinched Jay was shocked but also upset with himself that he scared her and made her feel like he would ever do that. "Hails I am so sorry. You thought I was going to hit you didn't you?" He said his tone gentle. Hailey nodded at him in response, her eyes were brimming with tears. "I promise you Hailey I would never lay a hand on you in that way ever." He reassured her. "I know you wouldn't Jay, I think because we were arguing and just that alone puts me on edge, seeing you raise your hands caused me to flinch automatically like it was an automatic response probably because for years every argument with my dad ended in some sort of beating, I know you're not anything like my dad but I just couldn't help the fear that washed over me." Hailey ranted silent tears now streaming down her face. "C'mere." Jay said, Hailey went and leaned into his side, she wiped the tears off her face using the sleeves of her pyjamas and Jay wrapped one of his arms around her back and started rubbing his hand up and down her arm to try soothe her, the stayed like this for a moment before Jay spoke again. "I'm sorry about earlier, I hate arguing with you there's no need for it when we can just sort things by talking them through. Please can you tell me what's been causing you to be distant?" He asked her, she didn't speak for a moment then she removed her head from Jays shoulder and looked at him. "Honestly I've been being distant because I thought you didn't want to be with me anymore, to me you just seemed more focused on work and I felt like you cared more about Voight and work than you did about me, please don't get me wrong I love how passionate you are about your job and the fact you go above and beyond for people warms my heart but I felt like I was loosing you and I thought if I distanced myself then it would hurt less when you decided to end things between us." "Oh Hails I'm so sorry I've been making you feel like that. Please believe me when I say I care about you so much and you're never going to loose me also Im not planning on ending things with you, you're the love of my life and I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. I'm going to prioritise you and our relationship more and work on finding a healthy balance because I never want you to feel like that again but please If you ever do have anything that's bothering you in any way let me know so we can talk about it and I'll do the same so we are always on the same page and know what's going on with each other, okay?" He cupped her face in his hands. "I'm sorry too, I should of just spoke to you in the beginning. I love you and I want our relationship to work. I like the idea of us being more open and honest with each other so we can talk things through and sort them." Hailey said smiling at him, Jay leaned forward and connected his lips with Hailey's, the kiss they shared was full of nothing but love and once they both pulled away for air Hailey laid her head on Jays chest again and cuddled into him. They ended up spending the rest of the night with each other watching a movie and cuddling then going to bed.

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