𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈 - m.thames imagines

𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

summary: y/n gets a little surprise at her graduation
genre: fluff ofcofc
warnings: none?? 😍
pretend mason is like a year or so older so they graduate in different years please tysm
+ idk how graduations work so bear with please 🙏
IN HONOUR OF l0wk3y2006 GRADUATING RECENTLY SO PROUD OF YOU ML WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST!!

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i shouldn't be upset.

i'm literally graduating. this is the end of an era of my life and there's so much more ahead of me. i am staring the next chapter of my life right in it's terrifying face.

and it's not like mason didn't try to be here. he really did. he begged his producers to let him fly home for me but they didn't want production to slow.

and that's fine. i shouldn't be angry because he has a job that he loves. i shouldn't be angry that he's doing well because that's selfish.

but is it?

i'm literally graduating. i'm never gonna graduate high school again so is it too much to ask that my boyfriend shows up? we joked that my parents could face time him so he'd still get to see it but he's working through the hours i'm graduating so that wouldn't work.

when he told me that on the phone i told him my parents were calling me and then cried for an hour after we hung up.

i miss him.

it's been months, how can production be slow if they've been filming for five months already? surely it's gotta be done soon? a million thoughts race through my head as i hide my dress under my long ass gown.

this is mason's favourite was all i could think as i covered it up.

i said goodbye to my parents and went to find my seat nearer the front of the chairs on the field. at least its a pretty day today.

as the surnames got closer and closer to my initial i felt my hands begin to shake. this is really happening. i'm actually graduating. this is real.

i can't believe mason isn't here to see this.

i mentally tell myself to shut up as i make my way to the side of the stage. mason isn't in control of the rest of my life. i am. i should be worrying about me not him. and he's sorry. he's proven how sorry he is. he sent me exactly a thousand daisies just to prove it (he knows how much i love gilmore girls). he loves me and i love him.

but this is my life.

"Y/N L/N!"

a round of applause follows my name and i can hear whoops of "THATS MY GIRL!" from around where my family is sat. i walk up the steps and shake my principal's hand, smiling for the photo and taking my qualifications (a/n: is it your diploma?) from him, grasping onto them for dear life.

i followed the crowd of chairs to look for my parents as i waited onstage for the rest of my initial to be called up. when i finally found them, i locked eyes with some pretty familiar brown eyes.

they're definitely not my dad's.

a hand flies to cover my mouth as the skin by those eyes wrinkles up and the owner of those pretty eyes laughs sweetly like he always does. his hair is messy from the wind but he doesn't care to fix it (for once). his smile is the same as i remember it: warm and welcoming. that's him.

he's here.

i'm beyond pissed off that i have to sit back down instead of run into his familiar arms. so when the ceremony is over i'm the first to throw my cap in the air as if it'll somehow make everyone else speed up.

it would be a lie if i told you i didn't sprint to him when we're dismissed. his smile twitches up into a smirk as i race over to him and tug him into my arms that connect behind his neck with no intention of letting go, nearly quashing my diploma (a/n: i googled it, it is your diploma) that i only just got.

"oh my god mason you're here!" i cry into his shoulder but he doesn't seem to mind. "i missed you so much!" he picks me up and spins me around in circles above his head, smiling up at me.

he lets me down and captures my lips in his. the kiss says every hello, goodbye and everything in between that we've missed out on over the last five months.

"but the movie-" i remind him as i pull slightly backwards to face him. he cuts me off.

"we finished production weeks ago, i just wanted to surprise you." mason pulls me back into a hug. "i'm so proud of you baby."

"i'm so proud of you too."

he laughs, "but i haven't graduated today?"

"i'm proud you're still a gentleman after all these years. i'm proud of how far we've come. i'm proud call you mine." i tell him with a smile on my face. "i could go on?"

he kisses me again, repeating "i love you so much," every time he pulls away before going back in.

my parents now come over, my dad cries his eyes out bless him as my mum (/mom) repeats how proud they are of me while they hug me tightly. we agree that we'll go out for food before i go to my graduation party at my friend's house.

mason puts an arm around my shoulder after i've hugged all my friends and taken all my photos as we walk to the restaurant. "so those reasons you're proud of me, you've got more?" i push him slightly into the road and he throws his head back with laughter.

"i love that dress by the way," he says as he calms down. "you wear that for me?" mason smirks.

i blush, "maybe."

mason scoffs jokingly, "you're so dumb in love bro." he laughs down at me.

"uh i actually just graduated so pretty sure i'm smarter than you dumbass." i scoff back.

my boyfriend replies "wow you get one piece of paper and suddenly you're all wise," as he rolls his eyes.

but he kisses my temple nonetheless.

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AWWWWW

wish i lived in america side eye

"sorry to disturb you but do you know how much a polar bear weighs?"
"um... no?"
"enough to break the ice, hi i'm will newman💗"
will and stella - five feet apart