THE HOLLAND BOYS AND HARRISON OSTERFIELD IMAGINES

Love Me Now - Tom Holland Imagine

Written by:@/bby-calum

request: a tom imagine based on the song love me now by john legend

word count: 1370

Pulling me further
Further than I've been before
Making me stronger
Shaking me right to the core, oh
I don't know what's in the stars
Never heard it from above, the world isn't ours
But I know what's in my heart
If you ain't mine I'll be torn apart

People questioned your relationship with Tom from the very beginning. You were from different worlds; he was a famous movie star, travelling across the globe in private jets, hanging out with Hollywood stars and dining in five star restaurants where the appetisers alone cost more than your weekly food shop; you were a student, studying at university in London, barely getting by with your student loan. When he had first spied you in his local pub near his home, Tom couldn't stop looking at you. He wanted to go up to you and talk to you so badly, but he was nervous and was scared he would say something stupid and mess his chances up with you. He knew if he didn't introduce himself before you left he'd hate himself for the rest of his life.

"If you're not mine," he said. "I think I'll be torn apart."

You hit it off straight away, and you had your first date the next weekend. You fell in love with one another fast, your emotions heightened since Tom would soon be off globetrotting again. You spent every opportunity you could together. He insisted you made him a better person, he couldn't imagine a life where you weren't his. The distance strained your relationship at times, pulling you apart from him physically and mentally, but you'd always find a way to make it work. You couldn't live without him, nor could he without you.

I don't know who's gonna kiss you when I'm gone
So I'm gonna love you now, like it's all I have
I know it'll kill me when it's over
I don't wanna think about it, I want you to love me now

After six years of dating, after you graduated university and found yourself a full time job, after Tom won his first Oscar - and the one after that, after you bought your first house together, Tom proposed to you. It was on a rainy Tuesday afternoon whilst walking Tessa on a hike up a hill. The two of you reached the top of the trail and sat on the same bench overlooking the English countryside you always sat on as Tessa ran wildly around your feet.

"Life is short," he said. The seriousness of his comment had taken you aback. "And I don't want to think about what my life would be like if you were taken away from me, or if I was taken from you. Whenever it is, ten, twenty, sixty years, whatever. Whatever reason, I know it'd kill me if this ever ended." He was sweating even though the air was cold. You were confused. "So I don't want to think about that, I don't want to think about the end, because I don't know what the future is gonna hold, I want to think about the now. I want to love you right now, like it's all I have. I want you to love me now. I know there is no better person on earth for me than you, and I know I can be the perfect man for you. I don't know who's gonna kiss you when I'm gone, when I die, or- but I know nobody is capable of loving you as much as I do." He reached into his pocket, struggling to pull out whatever it was he was looking for from his jeans. He opened the little black box, his grandmother's ring sitting pretty inside. "Will you be my wife?"

Something inside us knows there's nothing guaranteed
Yeah, girl, I don't need you to tell me that you'll never leave, no
When we've done all that we could to turn darkness into light, turn evil to good
Even when we try so hard for that perfect kind of love, it could all fall apart

"And finally, my beautiful wife," Tom said into the microphone, your wedding guests watching tearfully as he neared the end of his speech. "The thing with you, baby, is we've both learnt not to take this for granted, what we have - like anything, there's nothing guaranteed in life. I knew, from that very first day in the little shitty pub near my old house, when I first laid eyes on you, I knew one day we would be here on our wedding day, and I knew from that day you would make me the happiest man on earth. Like any relationship, we've had our challenges, our ups and downs and whatever, we've both threatened to leave, and sometimes we did," he laughed as you looked up at him, tears pricking your eyes as you smiled. "But I can't live without you. We always came back. We always managed to turn the darkness into light. You're my soulmate, and there is no-one I would rather spend my life with. Thank you for everything you do, everything you have done and will do, I am grateful for it all. The past seven years, all I can think about is how lucky I am to have been put on this planet at the same time as you, and how I'm even luckier that it's me that gets to wake up next to you every morning. I hope I can give you all the love you deserve and more, and you deserve a lot of love baby. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you." He cleared his throat as he picked up his champagne flute. "So if you could all please raise your glasses, and toast the greatest woman to walk this world, my wife."

And who's gonna kiss you when I'm gone?
Oh I'm gonna love you now, like it's all I have
And I know it'll kill me when it's over
I don't wanna think about it, I want you to love me now

"So that's it then?!" He screamed, banging his fist against the doorframe. Tessa cowered underneath the kitchen table, whimpering as Tom raised his voice. "You're just gonna leave?"
"Please stop shouting," you tried. "I just, it's too much sometimes! The media are so involved in my life now, I just want to be normal. I just need a break." Tears threatened to spill down your cheeks as Tom leaned against the wall with his arms, his head bent down with his forehead touching the bricks, trying to calm himself.
"You're my wife." He said.
"I know that," you twisted the rings on your fourth finger of your left hand.
"Please don't leave me," he begged, suddenly his voice was quiet, wobbly from his tears. "I know it'll kill me when it's over. I don't want this to be over."
"Tom-"
"Please," he whispered. "I don't want to think about a life without you. I want you to love me now. We don't need a break, I don't want to stop loving you, not for a second. Please, just love me now."

Oh I don't know how the years will go down, it's alright
Let's make the most of every moment tonight

After four more years of marriage, two kids, one more dog and a move to Los Angeles, you and Tom were better than ever. He kissed your temple as you stood in the doorway of the nursery together, watching your youngest child sleep.

"You know all those years ago, before we met in that pub," you whispered. "I never thought I would be living a life as good as this. I didn't know how the years would go down, but you- you just make everything so good." Tom smiled, leaning his head against yours. "When we have shit times, I just stop and look at you and I know it's alright, it's always going to be alright when I'm with you." Tom pressed his lips against yours for a second. "I don't ever want to take you for granted," you continued. "Let's make the most of every moment."