*y/m/n; your mom's name.
Summary: It was supposed to be a boy's night. To drink and talk about sports or just hang out in general. But here Cole was, looking at your pictures on his phone, showing them to his friends. Even if they were at a party where there were over 100 people, you were still the first thing on his mind.
"She's just so pretty guys," he told Dylan and Danny who were sipping on beers
"Oh we know, for how much you talk about her," Dylan muttered over his drink
"Man, as much as I love how happy you are now since you're with y/n, please spare all details." Danny rolled his eyes
"She's just so amazing, she's helped me with so much. like that one time she snuck into our house because I missed her," he admitted
"Oh god! you snuck her into our house? if mom ever hears this you're dead meat." Danny leaned forward
"Relax, I'll have you know mom likes her too much." Cole took a sip of his beer when he should have stopped drinking a while ago"I miss her."
"He's so whipped." Dylan laughed watching his friend be lovesick for you
"Do you think she will answer if I call her?" he said as his eyes lit up
"She's probably sleeping." Danny looked over his shoulder to the crowd of people spotting Erin dancing with some of the other cheerleaders.
"Just make your move already." Dylan pointed out
"You know I can't do that." Danny fake-laughed and looked away
"I'm gonna call her, I miss her." Cole interrupted
"Dude-"
it was too late as he was already ringing your contact.
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Meanwhile, you were in bed, watching Netflix, and having a self-care night. Your phone rang on the comforter causing you to jump not expecting any calls. You turned the phone seeing Cole's name on the screen.
"Hey," you said as you paused your show, leaning back on the pillows
"Hi baby" he slurred, clearly drunk.
This wasn't the first time occurrence he'd called you drunk, you soon found out he was clingy and wanted your attention when drunk.
"Hey you, how's the boy's night?" he sighed on the other side of the phone
"It's good, it's good. I wanted to call and say I miss you, a lot."
"You just saw me yesterday dummy." you laughed into the phone
"I just really love you." your heart fluttered as he said the words.
"Can you do me a favor baby?" he hummed on the other side "Can I talk to your brother really quick?"
"Yeah! here, Danny she wants to talk to you." you heard him hand the phone over
"Hey y/n."
"Hey, can I come get him? I think he's had enough and I know he's gonna want me to come get him soon."
"Oh yeah please,"
"Thank you for taking him out tonight, i know he's been stressed lately."
"No yeah I understand, see you soon." the phone was pulled away from him and back in the hands of your boyfriend
"Hey lover." he chuckled
"I'm gonna come get you okay?"
"Yeah, that sounds good." you knew after a while he would start overthinking and then the stress would come back.
"Just stay with the guys and no more drinking, okay?"
"Okay, see you soon baby." you both hung up and you got out of bed
The drive over to the party was over 20 minutes. But you didn't mind you wanted to see Cole anyway. He's going through a tough time. Cole clashes frequently with his parents following his recent leg injury, he quit football which derailed his scholarship dreams, his grades are dropping, and he believes he will no longer be able to attend college due to this. He's mentally exhausted.
You parked the car in search of your boyfriend. Danny texted you saying they were in the backyard in some chairs, and you saw the back of your boyfriend's head as he talked to the boys in front of him. You wrapped your arms over his shoulder and leaned your head down on his shoulder.
"I have a girlfriend!" his head snapped, turning to look at the person wrapped around him, he relaxed seeing it was you "Oh, sorry."
"That's okay, you ready to go?"
he nodded
"You boys have a ride back?" you looked towards Danny and Dylan
"Yeah, Erin said she would take us." you smiled at Danny "When are you gonna ask her out?" Cole moved his arms to rub against yours that were draped over him.
"I don't think she feels the same way,"
"How couldn't she, you're the best! plus there's only one way to find out."
"I don't know about that," he said trying to end the conversation.
"I mean she was all over Cole before you moved into town," Dylan said in a scoffing tone.
"Dude wtf." Cole muttered moving to lay his head on your arm giving you the signal it was time to go "Just do something at least, Cole and I are gonna head out." you pulled your hands away and the man stood from his seat "Ready?" he nodded taking your hand in his "be safe tonight, call me if you need anything."
As you drove home, Cole kept a hand on your thigh but he didn't say anything and you knew the quietness and depression were slowly coming back from the side effects of his drinking. The whole ride was quiet up until you made it into your room closing the door facing him.
"Come here Cole." he walked towards you slowly and dipped his head into to crook of your neck and wrapped his arms around you "Let's just sleep okay?" he nodded but didn't let go "Cole?"
"Hm?"
"Let's lay down handsome." he stepped away from you and you helped him take off his shirt as he slipped out of his jeans left in his boxers and slid into bed "I'll be right back, I'm going to get you water."
"Okay." he softly spoke into the pillow he was lying on
Walking downstairs your mom was also grabbing a midnight snack. She knew he would come over and she also knew he was going through a lot in your 2 years together.
"How is he?" she leaned against the counter as you opened the fridge to grab a water bottle
"It's a lot, he won't really talk to me about some of it and I understand."
"You're a great girlfriend for him. I've always loved the thought of you two together." she grabbed your hand and squeezed it "Speaking of Cole." she nodded behind you, turning around you saw your boyfriend standing at the end of the stairs
"Hey, what's wrong?" you walked towards him
"You left me for a long time." he rubbed his eyes and you smiled
"Come on you big baby, good night Mom."
"Night *y/m/n," Cole muttered
"Night kids." you could hear the humor in her voice
Back up in your room, you were both now in bed with the light of the TV shining on the both of you. Cole's eyes drifted but he just stared at you.
"Can I cuddle you?" he asked softly
"You don't need to ask." he moved closer to you hugging you, his head on your shoulder and you moved your hand to run through his hair "Cole?"
"Yeah?" you moved to look at him and leaned down to kiss him for the first time that night
"I love you." he smiled genuinely for the first time since you saw him
"I love you." he closed his eyes and kissed your neck
Soon enough his soft snoring filled the room as you continued to watch your show until you followed him into the dream state.
