DARLIN' , tom holland

lviii. | messages

{ a/n : trigger warning for toxic relationships with abusive and possessive lover, constricted eating habits, and mentions of depression in this chapter, skip this if you wish x }

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gwen
you wanted to know what happened
between connor and arisa, yes?

gwen
well you're about to fucking find out so
brace yourself because you're about to
get the 100% truth

lover boy
i wasn't expecting this so soon

gwen
do you want to fucking know or not? jesus,
arisa should've told you this herself

lover boy
so why didn't she?

gwen
she's ashamed, tom

lover boy
she can't have done anything wrong

gwen
she's ashamed that she always took him back, gave him chances after chances, and didn't have the guts to break up with him. i was the one who broke them up and thank god i showed up that night

lover boy
could you please explain further? i'm getting lost here

gwen
arisa met connor when we were 16, almost done with high school and just landed a few modeling gigs. connor was arisa's partner for one photo shoot. they exchanged numbers after that, and eventually, they grew extremely close. he became her first ever boyfriend. he wasn't always an asshole, he was actually one of the sweetest boys. he would bring her flowers, take her home after her photo shoots, typical boyfriend things.

spiderboy
if it was so great, then what went wrong?

gwen
i was getting there. jesus, calm down

gwen
about maybe a year into their relationship, connor started becoming more possessive, telling arisa what to do, what to say, everything. i noticed that she was starting to wear makeup and i was proud of her because i thought that she was growing up and learning how to be girly. i was the proud mom, basically. but while she was putting on more makeup, her clothes started becoming more and more baggy. but i didn't question it because arisa's the type who loves being comfortable.

gwen
when we were 18, we got our tattoos. because hers was to be placed on her ribs, she had to take her shirt off and tom, she was so skinny. she had marks all over her body but she would tell people that they were just hickies or bruises she got because she was clumsy. and the funny thing is, we believed her.

gwen
one night, arisa and i were supposed to go out to dinner. do what we usually did before our work got to us. the nights we would spend eating out at a restaurant and watch a movie or something. i called and texted her but it would always go straight to voicemail. she didn't answer and of course i got extremely worried. so i went to their shared apartment, and what i saw when i opened the door was absolutely sickening

gwen
apparently, connor has been forcing arisa to eat the slightest amount of food or throw up whatever she ate, beating her up every time she would disobey his orders, and was about to fucking rape her. tom, if i didn't come in, it would've happened. i found her in the corner shaking with the slightest amount of clothing on with the asshole towering over her with his hands on her neck and everywhere it shouldn't have been. she was crying and screaming, it was horrible

gwen
because of his lawyer and daddy who pays the bills, connor only faced three years of jail time. during the time he was gone, arisa became severely depressed and anxious of everything and everyone. she wouldn't talk, she wouldn't eat, and she would flinch everytime someone got too close to her. she's been getting better, especially when you came into the picture but now that he's been released, arisa can't sit still anymore, she wouldn't eat, and she would call me at three in the morning sobbing

gwen
i'm sorry if you're being faced with this ugly truth now, but you wanted to know. if this absolutely sickens you, imagine how arisa feels. just please don't think or look at arisa with pity, she would despise you. arisa's a strong girl, but she also has her breaking points. please don't let her slip away. i nearly lost her the last time, i don't want it to happen again

lover boy
what do you mean by that last sentence? i have a feeling i wouldn't like it

gwen
oliver called me saying that arisa never came home after a walk and he found her with bruises all over her body and blood everywhere. they're saying that connor found her but arisa managed to get away. she's currently in the hospital and no one knows if she'll make it so either you fly to nyc right now and meet us there or do whatever the fuck you want, your choice

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if i wrote or portrayed something wrong, it would help a lot to give a few advices and information

also, i felt like i went too far with this plot but whatever :/