security

announcement

y/n pov:

i know i was in a hospital surrounded by machines and had wires in my body, it should've been one of the worst moments of my life, but being here with Emily somehow makes it all okay

"Hey em wake up" she slowly opened her eyes and when she did she kissed me on the top of my head then started stroking my hair

"good morning pretty"

"my dad will be here soon, the drs told him i was awake" she sat up a bit and looked a tad more serious

"oh, right, uhm do you want me to go?"

"not go i want you to stay around i just, i want to tell him in a way that doesn't feel like an ambush, if he came in here and saw me in bed with a girl he'd flip let alone if that girl was my girlfriend" she smiled down at me and kissed me again

"you do what you have to do y/n, i'll be right outside if you need me okay, i'll let your dad in" i squeezed her hand and watched her walk out and my dad walk in he raced to my side and sat down in the chair by my bed

"hey sweetheart, i got here as soon as the drs called, when did you wake up?"

"i actually woke up last night" he looked confused

"last night? but the drs told me it was this morning"

"dad i want to talk to you and i need you to just listen okay, don't interrupt me don't do anything okay just sit there and try to understand what i'm saying" he nodded and sat back in his chair a little

"dad for the longest time i haven't felt like i could be honest with you, but it took me nearly dying to realise i don't want to die one day and realise i never got to be who i really am"

"y/n don't worry you do t have to marry Hatry if you don't want to, we can find you another boy"

"dad i won't marry a boy"

"right, a man sorry we can find you a respectable young man and-"

"i like girls" i just blurted it out i knew i would chicken out if i didn't say it now

"i like girls the way i'm supposed to like boys" he sat there just staring at me blankly

"dad, say something, please?!"

"you uhm you like girls?"

"well i like a girl, a woman, i really like her"

"y/n i don't uhm i don't know what i'm supposed to say"

"i know that it's against god and it's not something you approve of so i understand if you don't want to see me anymore and you want to tell the press i died or something i don't know but i cant not be who i am anymore"

"do i know her? the woman you like"

"you do"

"i want to talk to her"

"dad please don't try to send her away, if you do i-"

"the god i thought i knew wouldn't have let you get injured, you being shot changed everything, i thought it was a sin but if this woman makes my precious girl happy how could that possibly be a bad thing, i cant tell you that i understand but you shouldn't have to live not being who you are, what i'm trying to say is that i will stand by you"

"i love you"

"i love you too, but i want to meet her y/n who is she? where can i find her?"

"it's Emily dad, agent Prentiss"

"i thought it might be"

"don't be hard on her okay"

"i'll be back soon okay, i have some things to arrange for your homecoming so once i've spoken to Prentiss i will have to head off but i will be back later"

"thanks dad" he kissed the top of my head and walked out

Emily's pov:

i wondered what was going on in there, did y/n tell him? did she not? i mean i don't hear any yelling that has to be a good sign right, then i saw him walk out and come straight towards me

"agent prentiss i say it's about time you and i had a chat" shit. why am i so scared i'm a federal agent i've been held hostage by a cult before and i'm scared of a little chat.

"yes sir"

"my daughter means the world to me okay she is my little girl and she's going to need a strong support system the next few weeks whilst she recovers i won't let anything get in the way of her recovery"

"does this mean y/n told you?"

"she did"

"and it's okay?"

"if you hurt my daughter agent i swear to god i will end you" he furrowed his brow and put his hand gripped on my shoulder

"i'd never hurt her sir" he loosened his grip and smiled at me

"Tom, if you're going to be dating my daughter and being around my family, you can call me Tom"

"in that case, call me Emily"

"Emily if you and y/n go public you need to prepare for the press, are you ready for that? y/n is the daughter of a previously anti-gay president people are going to be confused and angry, they'll destroy
y/n and you i can protect you as much as i can but there will be backlash""

"i will be fine,im ready and i promise i'll protect y/n as much as i can, she's strong she can survive a bullet through the abdomen she can survive a news frenzy"

"i'll be holding a conference tomorrow evening, y/n will be home, the press need reassurance she's okay, it would be a good time to make the announcement"

"i'll let y/n know, i mean unless you want to i'm sorry i just..."

"i have to go to the white house to prepare for the interview, i need to do damage control, tell y/n i love her"

"i will"