Dedicated to @freshwaterfall. Hey Natalia! So this our first request and I tried my best. I really really hope you like it! Thanks a ton for you request and please do let us know if we did it justice..
Requested Oneshot For Natalia (Liam)
The overgrown grass was unruly and unkempt with yellow wild flowers making an appearance ever so often across the otherwise green bed. He walked across it, enjoying the sight and stopped as he reached his destination where the grey tombstone stood proudly before him. He reached out and brushed the lint away while one hand held a bouquet of lilac flowers. Once more his eyes fell on the words that were just as true as they were on the first day…
Here lies Natalia,
Loving Daughter and Sister
The light of our lives.
He smiled at the etching and stooped down to place the flowers at its foot.
“Hey Nat,” he smiled. “Look, orchids – your favourite.” He smiled at the old woman on the other side of the cemetery who spent all her time there with her dead husband who was buried at the same cemetery.
She always watched him curiously, wondering why someone so young with his whole time left ahead of him came to visit that one grave every alternate day without fail. She had seen him enough to know his routine and she was right. She watched on as he sighed when she didn’t return his friendly smile, the one that seemed dim somehow, incomplete in the most subtle way. Then, just like always, he pulled his varsity jacket tighter around himself and sat down carefully near the grave with his back to a huge, shady tree and talked. She couldn’t hear what he said but she imagined his voice to be soothing and his words to hold special meaning. She pitied this boy. After all, how many people spent their time talking to a grave like her?
Liam ran a hand through his brown hair. He was going to have come up with an excuse as to why he wasn’t at recording today. He knew the lads would come up with something and try to cover for him but Savan wasn’t an idiot. He had been keeping his distance – they all had – but two years was distance enough. One of these days Liam knew he was going to have to pull up his socks. That’s what Natalia would have wanted.
Liam sighed as he thought about what he would say. “Do you remember the day we met Nat?” he asked her softly, willing to take his mind of it. “It was like some clichéd movie. Everything with us always is, isn’t it?” he smirked to himself.
“Just shake her a little, Liam.” Louis nudged his friend as he watched the small girl.
“Don’t be stupid Lou. Clearly, she’s sleeping. I’ll just make up an excuse for Mr. Tanner. He’ll understand…” Liam trailed off as the girl shifted and rubbed her nose unconsciously.
Louis laughed, “Mate, this is Tanner we’re talking about. The word ‘understand’ doesn’t exist in his extensive library. Besides that is the only copy in this huge library. ‘Largest library in Manchester’, my arse. So stop being the quintessential perfect guy all the time and just wake the hot girl up! The assignment’s worth half our grade Liam and we have two days for 5000 fucking words. So chop chop.” Then he flipped his phone out and grinned. “Eleanor is waiting outside. I’m going to be right back.” Before Liam could say anything he was off, texting furiously as he did so.
“Great,” Liam muttered as he turned his attention back to the girl tucked away in the corner of the library, barely visible to anyone with a bunch of books scattered around her. She was sleeping with her head on a book – which incidentally happened to be the same one he needed. Liam crouched down to look at her closely. She had the most delicate features. Long eyelashes, pink lips and long, beautiful blonde hair that was falling over her closed eyes right now. It seemed to be making her nose twitch. Liam found himself reaching out and tucking it behind her ear. Just as he managed to place it there he wondered what colour her eyes were. Were they warm? Were they pretty? They must be. And then he jumped backwards in a sudden movement, scared at the unexpected movement.
