ghost of you. // luke hemmings au

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"go to bed luke!" i exclaim, laughing. he sighs,

"okay, okay."

"when you walk out it's to your right,"

"goodnight princess."

"goodnight luke."

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luke

i can't sleep. ive laid here for what feels like two hours, staring at her bland white ceilings, thinking of everything thats happened in the past couple hours.

i can't believe i gave into her. ive havent been able to do that for a long time. i hate myself for letting myself go as far as to hug her. i shouldve pushed her away, and let her be upset with me.

whats wrong with me?

i stand up from the soft bed, and go to the kitchen. looking through her cabinets, i found a tiny medicine bottle i begin to read the label, to see if it was beneficial to me.

"luke?"

i spin my body to the source of the sound, and see her standing, leaning her body against the bar.

"what are you doing awake?" she asks quietly.

"what are you doing awake?"

"came to get a glass of water. whats up?"

"i uh, couldn't sleep." my eyes dart around the kitchen.

"oh. i dont have any medicine for you to take, but i could do what i was doing earlier to you?" i tilt my head waiting for a broader explaination. "when i was little, my mom always used to run her hands through my hair, massaging it, and i would soon fall asleep in an instant."

say no.

"i- okay we can give it a shot." i look down at my feet, "thank you."

she gives me a small smile, "you're welcome." she downs her glass quickly, tilting her head up as she does so, letting her dark brown hair cascade down her back in waves.

i clear my throat and look somewhere else, patiently waiting.

"okay, lets go." she leads me towards the room i was staying in, and waits for me to crawl into bed. "i'll only stay here you until you fall asleep."

i nod, and watch her silhouette walk to my side of the bed, and sit on the very edge.

"put your head against the pillow, and close your eyes." i do as she says, and wait for her touch.

soon enough, her fingers begin weaving through my long hair, and i fall into a deep sleep.

*****

just like how i fell asleep, i woke up with the same feeling of someone touching my hair. i peaked my eyes open and saw her looking right back me, but she quickly retracts after the realisation that i'm now awake, and before i could say anything, she begins to ramble.

"i'm sorry im still here. i know i had said that i was going to go back after you fell asleep but then i ended up falling asleep next to you, and i dont even remember when i did, next thing you know i wake up and i can't even leave because, uh," she pauses, with her cheeks looking like a tomato, "you wouldn't let go of me." sure enough, i look down to see my arms around her, with my hands locked at the back.