Roomates (YB Uni AU)

7 Loved Her Man

"We didn't call Adam."
"Don't worry about it. I texted him. He didn't seem to be mad anyway, thought that you'd be an adequate flat mate since you 'have the balls'." I rolled my eyes "We should get up off the grass, it's October and fucking freezing."
"But look how pretty the sky looks. The sun's made it go all orange and pink." I felt him looking at me so I turned to my side to see him smiling "What?" I started laughing, feeling very seen but content with the fact - a strange feeling for me
"Just how excited you are." He turned back to look at the sky and I smiled since he was just as happy with it. We were laid down on a patch of grass on campus, usually where people would hang out but it was more towards the time for people to go inside and start getting ready to go out "Thanks."
"Youre welcome I guess."
"You're the first person I've let in since jesse and I broke up. I'm happy it was you." I sighed, looking back up at the sky
"I'm glad that you're content with that. Guess we're even for all the help you gave me through tough times." He reached over and gently placed his hand over mine, not holding it but still giving me a sense of relief that he was there
"Think we should genuinely go back inside. It's getting dark out here."
"Can we cuddle?" He didn't answer but I felt him looking at me so I turned to face him again "What? Too far?"
"No." He looked up at the sky again "Just  haven't been asked that for a while."
"You can say no. If it makes you uncom-"
"No. I like it. I'd like to cuddle with you." I smiled and sat up
"Come on then. We can make something quick for tea."
"Yknow, I feel more like a married couple right now than I ever have."
"Are you sure-"
"Yes" he said, laughing as he sat up too
"Right. Because, yknow I'd be flattered and all-"
"Give it a rest kit. Come on." He got up and offered his hand but I looked up at him "What?"
"You know I'm only messing around right?"
"Yeah. Course I do. Come on, it's gonna get dark."
"Ooh is Mr Harrison scared of the dark?" I teased, taking his hand and hauling myself up
"No. Just scared of the people that hide in it. People that see girls like you and won't think twice."
"But I'm with you. You can protect me." He chuckled
"If there's one thing I've learned about Katie it's that she would definitely be the one protecting me. But yeah, if you feel safe with me then I guess I'm protecting you." I smiled, squeezing his hand I still had hold of
"I'm not hungry. Can we eat later?" He nodded
"If you want. You should get some comfy clothes on when we get back to the flat, yours are a bit muddy." I nodded "Kit?"
"Shit. I nodded, just didn't see me."
"Oh. Okay. Just making sure you heard." I smiled at him and we just walked in silence for a bit, happy with each others company. Until someone yelled
"Oh look, the little faggots got a girlfriend!" I looked up at dom who was clearly trying to stop himself "What are you gonna do, hit me again?"
"Not right now man!" He yelled back, continuing his walk but they were now following us. He got to the front door of our accommodation and managed to get inside before they could get in too. They clearly didn't live there so couldn't get in after. Dom was silent as he got into the lift but not like earlier, he was more upset
"Do you want some time to yourself when we get in?" He bit his lip and shook his head "You wanna talk about what happened?"
"No cus you'll get scared because I hit him."
"I'm not scared you'll hit me, if that's what your insinuating. I don't think you'd hit him without good reason." I noticed he hadn't pushed the lift button "cmon, we need to go up." I pushed the button and just as I turned around he wouldn't look at me. He seemed to be holding back tears though so I let it slide. And we just waited in silence for the lift to go up.

"You're all fluffy." He croaked out, smiling when he saw me walk into the living room
"Yep. These are my favourite pyjamas. Been through two sets already, this is my third." I twirled and he was amused by the action "see you went with the boring choice." I gestured to his simple joggers and t shirt. He hummed in response but seemed out of it "You okay?"
"Yep." He was flicking through the Netflix library on the TV, giving me a headache because he wasn't even looking at them just speeding though. I stood in front of him, taking the remote out of his hand
"Stop. If you want to work through this by yourself you're welcome to?" He shook his head "Do you want to talk about what that guy did?" He shook his head "You sure?"
"Come, sit." He patted his lap and I raised an eyebrow
"You sure?" He nodded and pulled me down so I was sat on his lap. But it felt weirdly platonic, something I wasn't used to when being sat in this position. He didn't bring me closer to him, he instead put his head on my chest and waited for me to comfort him. It was sweet, and I did as he wanted, playing with his hair as he wrapped his arms around me. I felt like maybe I was smothering him, but the way he seemed so content and relaxed against me I knew it was what he needed "You alright big man?"
"I wanna tell you, but...like, not right now yeah?" I nodded
"Yeah. When you're ready." I stopped playing with his hair but I still babied him
"Remind me of jesse a lot. When we were good, she used to comfort me. Like this actually. Like a mum but not like, in a weird way yknow?"
"I see what you mean. I'm sorry she hurt you." he sighed
"Loved her man." He laughed a little, getting up and leaning against the back of the couch "Cmere man." I laid down, comfortably against him, but something felt off
"I'm sorry I can't love you the same way."
"That's not what I need right now. I like the way things are." He held me tight to him and i closed my eyes "does this meet your cuddle requirements." I giggled
"Yeah. Comfy as fuck."
"As long as you need. But we should eat before bed okay?"
"Okay." I mumbled, feeling small again. Feeling like I could cry or laugh or scream and no one would bat an eyelid
"I don't think you understand how much I adore spending time with you. Shows me everything worked out well for you guys. You didn't go down with me."
"You gave us each other. That's fucking beautiful." He kissed the top of my head, almost instinctively
"Shit, sorry. Muscle memory or something. I didn't mean to-"
"I like it." He stopped panicking and rested his chin on top of my head "Can I stay here with you all night?"
"I'd like that."
"You'd tell me, if I overstepped any boundaries, right?"
"Yep. But I like this. Makes me feel like it's not so scary being at uni."
"I'll protect you as best I can." He brought his hand up and gently stroked my cheek, practically cradling me but I was so happy I didn't care
"I love you. I always have but I never got the chance to tell 'yungblud' so I'm telling you now."
"I love you too." He said softly, instantly making me feel calm and less weird about the whole thing "You don't think it's weird right?"
"Oh my god I was just thinking the same thing." I sat up and we both started laughing
"True what they say about great minds."
"No. Its not weird. Think life's too short to wait some kind of allotted time to say something. Say what you feel. That's what you always taught us." I started messing with my shirt "You still believe that right?"
"1000%" I looked at him and he smiled softly "Ready for food?" I shook my head and laid back down
"Wanna be a baby for a little longer." He chuckled
"Okay bubs. As long as you need."

I wanted this to be a sweet one but for my future plot I needed to write the bit about that person yelling at dom. Promise I didn't just forget about it 😭