Meeting Richard - A Richard Armitage love story

Problems

That morning, you woke up with a smile on your face. You heard that Richard was already up, because he was humming softly downstairs. You looked in the closet and decided you could perfectly fine wear one of his hoodies, and then you went downstairs.

"Goodmorning beautiful," he spoke as he looked over at you. You laughed, your hair was everywhere, you had no makeup on and you were wearing his hoodie. "Morning handsome." "Breakfast's almost ready." You smiled more. "Thank you for making it for me. And thank you for letting me stay and carrying me to bed." Richard laughed softly and waved it away. "It's fine." He put the breakfast on the table and you smiled as you saw pancakes, eggs, toast and sausages. He must have been up for a while.

"It was delicious, thank you." You said with a smile once you'd finished.

"I'm glad you liked it. And I hope you didn't mind that I put you in a bed instead of waking you, last night." You shook your head. "No, I really appreciate it." You leaned over and gently pressed a kiss to his lips.

Then your phone rang. Grumbling, you got up to get it. The person on the other side basically screamed in your ear.

"WHERE ARE YOU {Y/N} I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW PLEASE" You could hear a sob.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. Emma. Something was wrong because she never cried. You bit your lip. "What's wrong?" You heard Richard's warm voice say as he studied your face and saw a frown. "No, no, nothing. This will only take a minute. I hope." You quickly put the phone back to your ear where Emma was still sobbing. "Hey, hey, what's wrong Emma?"

"I can't tell you on the phone you need to come here I can't handle it"

"But I can't come sweetie, I'm at Richard's house..."

"GODDAMMIT always Richard! Can't you leave and come to me like please?"

"Just tell me what's wrong."

"It's my dad and his friends. They're coming for me."

What? You gasped and then were silent for a second.

"{Y/N}, you still there? I'm serious.. I don't know what to do and I have to keep them from taking me!"

"I'm on my way!" With that, you hung up, Richard still watching you with a worried face. "I'm so sorry Richard, I have to go!" He frowned. "Oh.. But why? And is there anything I can do?" You shot him an apologetic smile. "You're so sweet, but no. I have to go to my friend, she might be hunted."

He nodded slowly and looked both confused and worried as he helped you grab your stuff  before you ran out the door. You stopped and turned. "Ehm, Richard?" "Yeah?" "I, eh, don't know the way.. Could you take me to her?" He nodded quickly and grabbed his keys. You got in the car and noticed you were trembling. He gently put his hand on your lap and said. "Hey, it's going to be okay, I'm sure of it. Now, where does she live?"

You nodded slowly, then gave him the address and he drove out of the street.

"But.. I don't get it. It's okay if you don't want to explain, but.. Why would she be hunted?" He asked softly, keeping his gaze at the road for safety.

"Well, you know, her father and she don't go along well and she recently moved out of the house, but he and his friends are really scary and they might be after her to take her back to him." You didn't give inside information on why, but you knew that he might have an idea for what it was. He nodded and looked at you for a brief moment. "I'm sorry for that. Maybe I can help, I'm strong. If you want to protect her against a lot of people, you might as well have a male with you who's taller than most." You cracked a smile. "You're so sweet." You nuzzled into him, careful not to disturb his driving.

You arrived at her house a couple minutes later and you jumped out of the car. You rang the doorbell and waited for the door to open.

Richard arrived next to you and wrapped an arm around your waist. You heard muffled sounds and bit your lip. You were too late. Seconds later, the door opened and her dad smirked at you. "Hey, {y/n}. Coming to join our party?" Inside you heard Emma crying and trying to get away from other people. Richard was first to speak. "I hear crying. Is that how you celebrate parties?" He scoffed and replied. "Oh, who might you be? I know your face from tv.. Aren't you an actor or something?" You glared at her father. "What do you want from her? She didn't leave you for no reason!"

"Oh I'm sure she didn't, but that doesn't mean I was done with her." He replied with an evil smirk.

You heard a scream and at that moment you punched him in the gut and ran past him into her house. "Emma?!"

"{Y/N} no! Don't! They'll hurt you!" She managed to say before her captors put a hand over her mouth. "Why hello beautiful, I haven't seen you here before." One of the men said, a lustful grin on his face. Richard, who had managed to get in too, glared angrily at the man, putting an arm protectively around you.

Emma looked at you and tapped her foot on the ground. You looked at her and signaled back. A few seconds later, she stomped on the foot of her captor and bit in his hand, as you charged and hit him in the gut. Richard watched confused before punching the guy who'd watched you, engaging in the fight.

After knocking two of the four down, one of them came up behind Richard and punched him hard. You heard him groan and turned around with a gasp. "Richard!" He fell to the floor unconscious as he was punched again.

You kicked the man who'd knocked him out and dialled 999. Minutes later an ambulance and a police car came. They ran in and looked at the scene. Three men unconscious, one groaning on the floor, two crying girls with bruises and wounds, and a living room in ruins.