Match Maker | T. Swift x OC

Chapitre Onze

Idk if any of you know Seamus Heaney, but he's a great poet. I'm stealing some of his poems for Mallory because some of them describe how Mallory felt/feels about their relationship ⁉️. (Y'all should give 'Scaffolding' ago if you haven't already).

TW: Gregory and Lea (dream sequences) yk what follows them.

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January, 2018

Mallory ducked into a bathtub, hands over her ears with her eyes shut. It was still wet from when Leo had bathed and cleaned it not even twenty minutes ago. She counted back from one hundred, choking on sobs every so often.

His voice was booming through the house and she could feel it getting closer to her. Mallory curled further into herself, knees being tucked under her chin as she became tense. He was yelling at her and they were yelling at him.

It's not like it's something she could control.

"Mallory," James said as he entered the bathroom. The latter was curled into a ball on the floor, shaking with sobs.

The brunette cried out when she heard her brother, "James," She croaked, "It hurts. Everything hurts."

James' heart broke for Mallory. He kneeled down by the bathtub and held her hand over her ear, calming her down slightly. It only worked for so long because Inez and Betty rushed in afterwards. The door being ajar let Gregory's voice carry through the room louder than before. Mallory sobbed and shook her head, making Betty rush to shut the door, cursing Inez, who frowned regretfully.

"If I could- If I could, I'd fall in love with a man. I wish I loved men in the way I love women." Mallory admitted weakly. It took a minute, but her eyes fluttered open and she looked at her older siblings, though they were just colourful blobs because of the tears on her eyelashes.

The brunette rose her hand before slamming it down onto the white porcelain, making everyone around flinch. She did it a few more times before Inez grabbed her hand and held them tightly.

"You can't do that," Inez said softly, "Mallory, I know you're hurting, but I cannot fathom just how much. We don't know how to help you in the way that you need, but we will try. Just stop punishing yourself for something he has done, okay? It's not your fault, it's no one's fault, that you like women. It's not a fault at all. You love who you love."

Betty agreed, "What Dad says is bullshit. The Bible was edited by nonces so they could marry children. You shouldn't listen to them. All they do is lie. They said they want grandchildren. They have five other children. They're cunts."

Mallory grinned at her siblings before wincing at the dull pain in her hand. "I think I broke it." She hissed when Inez poked it.

"At least you can still feel it?" Inez said sheepishly.

"Mallory!" The brunette flinched and looked at her siblings with wide eyes.

"I'll go," James said, "Inez, come with me. Betty, take her to the car, I'll be there in a second."

They nodded and Betty helped Mallory's out of the bathtub as James and Inez worked to redirect their father.

- August Williams at the Black Panther Premiere.
- Here's a list of all the celebrities Mallory Williams is friends with.

Taylor lay across the sofa as the doorbell rang. She barely glanced up as August rushed in, patting down her hair and skirt, "Do I look okay?" The teenager asked.