Pitch Perfect Harmony

TaySMR

The next days in Hamburg felt longer already. The city was quite nice as far as Taylor could tell but she didn't want to go out and explore. Not without Travis. It wouldn't be the same. But they texted all the time and had FaceTime calls whenever possible just like he had promised. Not once was he late or left her on read. It reassured her that this time of being apart wouldn't change anything between them. He missed her too, told her that all the time, and sent her not only links to funny clips but also little presents to the hotel room. Taylor started sending him links too and also organized a few little gifts for him, so she could give it back to him. Travis assured her that she didn't need to do that but she wanted to.

After the second show in Hamburg, Taylor arrived at the hotel room feeling more drained than the day before. They had been up early because Tree had wanted to get some other work done and now Taylor lay in bed staring at the ceiling. The silence felt weird every time after a show. After a moment she decided to try it with the weighted blanket and a part of her calmed down. It was a little bit like a tight hug and she just imagined Travis' arms around her. "It took longer than I wanted it to but maybe this will do something?", a message from Travis arrived with a video. Curiously, Taylor pressed play, and within seconds started laughing. He was the sweetest. Literally, the kindest person she had ever met. This man, a passionate football player, had sat down in front of his microphone and recorded an ASMR video just for her. Because she had said that it sometimes helped.

Taylor immediately called him even though he probably didn't have a lot of time. Before he could even say a word, she had to tell him: "Travis, you are the best. I love you so much. I don't think anyone has ever done something like that for me. When did you even have the time?" He chuckled and she could imagine him blushing. "I recorded it the day I arrived home but cutting took some time", he explained. "You edited that too?", she wanted to know surprised. "Well, I tried. I hope it can help a bit", he smiled. "Even if it won't help in its actual purpose, I already love it just for the gesture. You put so much work into that", she told him. "I love you", he shrugged. "I love you too, Trav. A lot. You gotta go don't you?", she asked not wanting to end the call yet. "I do. But you can watch the video, hm? Try to sleep. Sweet dreams, baby", he said. "Thank you. Have fun at practice. Love you", she said her goodbye too before they ended the call.

And she did pick up her headphones and started watching the video. Immediately, his soft whisper voice met her ears and she sighed. Besides whispering sweet nothings, he had recorded some sounds with random objects he had found around his house. It was obvious that he had watched ASMR before and at least kind of knew what he was doing. It was so cute that this tall man used his big hands to make the most silent sounds for her to relax. Taylor felt her eyelids drop more and more. She concentrated just on him and it quieted the storm in her head that, to a degree, was always there. "Now close your eyes, Allie", he said making her smile but follow his whispered command. The nickname would always make her feel a specific tingle. "Close your eyes and don't think of anything. Just remember that I love you", he said next making her blush even though it was just a video. "I love you, I love you, I love you", he repeated over and over again until the video and sound slowly faded out.

Taylor sighed. She wasn't asleep yet but it was close. The problem was that she hadn't gotten ready for bed before, so she had to get up again. But she dimmed the lights and shortened her routine where she could before going back to bed and restarting the video to fall asleep to.