Will he Love me ? (A Tom Hiddleston/Benedict Cumberbatch story)

"I didn't mean it like that babe"

*Tom POV*
I tuck India down under the blankets, kissing her softly on the forehead. "You better get some sleep now sweetie, maybe it all feels better tomorrow".
"I doubt it, but thank you Tom, for coming in here and talking to me". She says with a small smile, snuggling down under the covers.
I get up, sending her a smile, feeling all fatherly and it is kind of a good feeling. "No problem, I am here if you need to talk, okay ?"
"Okay". She mumbles, and I sneak out, knowing she will be asleep soon, and she probably need it after this day.
I hope she is better tomorrow, but I know this wont just go away, I have no doubt she actually loves Ben, shit this really is a bad situation.

*Ginny POV*
"So ? Did she want to talk to you ?" I ask as Tom comes back to the living-room, looking up at him curiously.
He comes over and sits down beside me, putting a hand on my thigh, his voice softly. "She is sleeping now, but she is totally heartbroken, she don't understand why it is wrong for her to love him".
"But he is so much older than her, and he.. well he is an actor". I hear right away how wrong that sounded. "I didn't mean it like that babe, sorry, I just mean he travels a lot and gets a lot of offers, and she is so young".
"To be honest I am split, I think she is to young to be this serious and he is to old for her, seen from a kind of fatherly point of view, but Ben is my friend, he is a truly good guy and seen from that point she couldn't do much better". He sighs.
I shake my head, I just can't let my little girl take that risk. "I know Ben is a good guy, or I thought he was, but I just can't be okay with this, they just have to get over it".
He looks like he wants to say something, but he breathes out instead, pulling me into him, snuggling up on the couch. "What about we relax and snuggle like crazy and forget the problems for just a bit ?"
I snuggle into Tom, it is so nice and comfortable, sitting like this, snuggled up in his strong arms on the couch, watching some mindless tv show, forgetting all my less happy thoughts for a while.
It is just so weird thinking about my daugther has fallen for a man who are my age and several years older than my boyfriend, and well honestly pretty similar to Tom in many other ways, at least my girl has good taste.
I might have been a bit harsh on Ben, I know my daugther, she is very strong willed and I am sure he wasn't the one starting this, luckily he seems smart enough to have ended it.
Tom sighs and let himself fall back on the couch, pulling me down to lay on top of him, his arms around me, his legs entwined with mine, uhm this is just perfection, I could spend the rest of my life like this.

*Tom POV*
This feels so good, just laying here, being so close, breathing in her smell, feeling the warmth from her body, honestly, this is what I have been searching for, for a long time, this calm and this togetherness, being able to fully relax.
I usually hides it very well, but I have been very lonely, and I have struggled a lot with my demons, feeling not good enough, getting bored, but this is what I needed, someone to root me down, to anker me and give me peace.
Ginny might feel she lacks purpose without an education and a job, but I must admit I am happy about it, I need her to be here for me, yeah I know I am a bit needy at times, but I just need something to stay constant, unchanging in a changing world.
And this might be why I kind of get Ben, I know he feels very similar to me, maybe even worse as he travels even more, getting his life jumbled over and over, if he feels he has found his anker in India, well I get how near to impossible it will be to let go of that.