Then Because She Goes - Matty Healy

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Anonymous asked:

"Hey I have a request for a blurb. Matty and Este are both so career driven but what about something that makes them consider next steps? They've been together a few years at this point. I was just thinking about Este thinking she might be pregnant and Mattys reaction. Even if she isn't but then they have to talk about what they both want from life and how old they are. Fluffy more than angsty?"

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Este sighed, finally finishing her newest review and preparing it to be sent for approval. Her office was quiet, void of the few coworkers she shared it with due to the late hour. She'd called in the day before—a migraine and funny stomach holding her hostage—so she had a bit of housekeeping to deal with, and stayed past her usual time.

Once she'd packed up and left to her and Matty's north London home, she sat in her own little world on the tube. Headphones tight over her ears. But as she stared down at her phone, the funny feeling her stomach came back.

It wasn't uncommon for Este to get a bit motion sick; so she pressed the power button to turn off her screen. Avoiding her device would clear up the sickness eventually.

But it only got worse. So bad that when she got off at Queen's Park Station, she walked the long way home to prolong the feeling of the evening air. Este thought about how a hundred years ago, doctors used to prescribe 'sea air' as a cure for being unwell. As if a walk on the beach could bypass a disease. She liked that idea, and suddenly yearned to be on the shore. To take in the smells. To eat some fish and chips. Fish and chips sounded really good, Este thought.

Matty had been working from home that day, corresponding with Jamie about some boring label stuff and hopping on call with his financial advisor. A pretty chill day, compared to the type he'd been working lately. So, when Este arrived home, she found him on on the sofa with his nose in his laptop, Keiko crumpled against his thigh.

She dropped her bag and politely shoved Keiko to the side after giving her a few pets, and took the spot in Matty's lap instead.

"Hey." he said with a chuckle, not even hearing her come through the door and smiling at the surprise. He buried his hand in her hair with love and studied her face that stared up at him. That's when he noticed how the expression on her face was laced with discomfort. His eyebrows furrowed. "Is everything alright?"

Este pouted dramatically, making him roll his eyes. She giggled. "Yeah. Just feel a bit poorly from the tube home," she explained, nuzzling deeper into his touch.

"From the tube? Since when do you get sick from the tube?"

Her shoulders shrugged. "Maybe I'm just not fully over what I was feeling yesterday."

Matty pressed the back of his hand to her forehead. It felt normal. "Want me to run us a bath?"

She smiled at the sweet offer, and the fact that he knew that she loved a bath when feeling under the weather. But the more she considered it, the more she cringed at the thought.

"I was going to say yes, but a bath honestly sounds like the last place I'd want to be at the minute," Este admitted.

He was taken aback. His hands grabbed Este's shoulders to sit her upright and look at her head on. "Who are you and what have you done with my Este?"

She closed her eyes weakly and laughed—though it quickly turned to a grimace when the movement in her torso made her ache even more.

"Seriously, love! I don't think you've ever declined a bath. Even last year when you had the flu and I was sure you'd pass out from the heat. You still said yes," Matty pointed out.