The Professors assistant (Tom Hiddleston x Reader)

I trust you

They stood in silence. Cold, chilling silence. Hesitantly, Tom picked up the dead rat with the broom and dust pan, and put it in the trash can. He washed his hands thoroughly before drying them off.

"He knows where I live.." Athena whispered, mostly to herself "he knows where I live.." she spoke louder, looking to Tom with a horrified face.
He licked his suddenly dry lips and looked down.

"Fuck this." She said, quickly walking out of the kitchen and into her room.

He followed her in quick strides to find she pulled a suitcase out of her closet, and began shuffling clothes inside.
"We're leaving." She said, focused on grabbing more clothes, makeup, and other appliances.

"He could still be out there..we could leave in the morning-"

"No, Tom. We're leaving now. We'll just...we'll make sure he doesn't follow us.."

"We can't just live in a hotel for god knows how long-"

"Well there's not much else we can do...do you know where my pepper spray is? Maybe I left it in the kitchen.." her mind wandered off as she walked passed him and into the bathroom to collect her toothbrush and other toiletries.

"Athena. It think we should call the police. They'll know what to do-"

"And they'll send you to jail. Don't you get it? What would we possibly explain to them? Some stranger is stalking us and threatening you about some money because your wife mysteriously died?...her fingerprints are all over your trunk.."

"Right...but he could be waiting for us right now...we can't just leave-"

"Thomas." She stopped packing, and turned towards him "a man just sat a dead rat at my door with a note. If we stay here, I doubt next time it will just be a dead rodent..."

Tom stepped forward a bit and pulled her into a hug. He rested his head on hers and let out a sigh.

"I'm scared..and I want to leave. We need to leave.."

He kissed the top of her head and pulled back "...where to?"

She bit her lip in thought before her eyes widened with an idea "I have a spare key to Greg's apartment..we could stay there."

"In this complex?"

"No. Across town."

Slowly, he nods "yes..yes that'll be good."

She let out a heavy sigh "okay..okay." She pulled away and walked back into her room, zipping her suitcase up pulling it off her bed.

"Have you told Greg?...about anything that's happened?"

She shook her head "no..I haven't talked to him in what seems like weeks. I guess there's no service from the part of Jamaica their staying at."

He hummed and they walked into the living room. He took his suitcase from earlier. And with a slow breath, she turned off the apartment light before slowly unlocking and opening the front door. Tom stepped in front of her, peeking out in both directions before walking out, and allowing her to go first before shutting and locking the door back up.

In a rush, yet quietly, they hurried down the many stairs before approaching his car, throwing the suitcases in the back seat, and getting up front. He started the car, and in a dash, they were off.

Athena put on the gps for Greg's complex and then rested her head back "they're gonna start asking question." She suddenly said, filling the silence in the car.

"Who?"

"The police, Tom. They're gonna find out we left..god, they'll ask the school..what about the school? What do we do?"