Shawn Mendes Imagines

realize

"mom," i looked up to see my sixteen year old daughter standing in front of me. i placed the magazine i was reading on the coffee table and looked up at her.

"what's wrong?" i asked her concerned.

"when did you realize that you were in love with dad?" she asked sitting down on the couch beside me. i was slightly confused as to why she would ask this. it was out of the blue, but i didn't mind answering it.

"well hun," i pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear before continuing, "when i was about your age i was in a really bad place, mentally. i was failing in school, i was starting to lose my close friends, my mom and dad were getting a divorce, it was just not a good time. one day i was home alone,"

Flashback//
my hands trembled as i desperately tried to open the orange bottle filled with pills. blood streamed down my freshly cut wrist, it wasn't enough. my thighs also had deep cuts across them. as soon as i got the lid off of the bottle the bathroom door swung open revealing shawn. his face was full of concern and worry. he rushed over to me to make sure i was okay.

my whole body shook as i sobbed and cried like I've never cried before. shawn studies the cuts on my body for a few seconds before hugging me tightly.

"please don't do this. you can't leave me here by myself. i need you to be here with me." he said as he shakily ran his fingers through my tangled hair.

"it was in that moment when we were holding each other tightly on the cold bathroom floor that i realized i was in love with my best friend," i explained to my daughter.

"He was there when you needed him the most," she said pushing her eyebrows together slightly.

"yeah, he was." i said smiling softly.

"that's a real love story right there." she said laughing softly. I laughed and agreed. it was definitely an amazing story to tell.

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