Tom Holland imagines one shots

a royal annoyance

This one was requested by KellyJo6. hope you will enjoy! 😊

You were running through the castle to not be late at the meeting. Being late the day you had to met your fiancé would be perceived as a bad sign for your wedding. As you were 10 meters away from the throne room you slowed down trying to regain your breath and hoping that your cheeks weren't too red. You took a deep breath and entered the room. Your dad nicely smiled at you as you sat down beside him. your mum brushed off some imaginary dust from your dress to calm down her nerves. The tension between your parents was palpable and you wondered why. Of course officially meeting your fiancé was a huge event in the life of a princess but you were promised to one of the Holland's brothers and you knew them since you were a child. There were great chances that you would end up with Sam or Harry who were currently some of your closest friends. You knew that Patrick was too young and you wouldn't be promised to him. you just prayed that you wouldn't end up with the eldest Tom. He was so annoying. he always made sarcastic jokes about you, gave you advices that were thoughtful to him but were simply rude and he always found a way to upset you, to be a pain in the ass.

You heard a guard announced the Holland's family and you stood up making a proper reverence. When you sat back you gave a cute smile to your two friends, their little brother and their parents. You didn't look at Tom. You parents exchanged some casual words about their respective kingdoms and about everything and nothing. After some time they decided to do the official announcement of your wedding and your face fall immediately. This must have been sort of sick joke. You refused to believe it until your eyes met Harry's and Sam's eyes and Tom's growing smirk. Your dad added that you would spend three months at the Holland's castle to know better your future husband and get along with him, then the wedding ceremony would take place. You refrained a dry laugh. Seriously you already knew Tom personally and you would never get along with each other. You were so upset about this union that you didn't hear your dad invite everybody to the party that was thrown in the ball room in your honor. You were about to leave the room and following the other when you felt someone grabbed your arm. You threw a glare at Tom who simply replied in a mocking tone "Don't look at your future husband like this love people will think that you aren't please with marrying the hottest member of the Holland family." You rolled your eyes in exasperation and let out a sigh. You did your best to keep your composure and hide the tension you felt because of his arm on yours. This was going to be a very long party.

You were packing your last things. You mum insisted that you had servants for that but you shrugged saying that you wanted to pack some stuffs by yourself to be sure to have them. plus it reassured you. your mum nodded at your words and put a hand on your shoulder. She casually said "No need to worry, everything will be alright for you? I know that you aren't fond of Tom but you would form a great couple and most important a great pair of rulers. Even if you don't believe me now, sooner or later you will realize that I was telling the truth." She didn't let you time to reply as she hugged you and left the room adding that it was high time for you to leave. You threw one or two more things in your luggage and looked one last time at your childhood bedroom. You refrained a tear and then quickly walked outside. You hugged one last time your parents and entered in the carriage that would brought you to your fate.

The journey was long and boring and you were very happy when you eventually reached the Holland's castle. It was very different from yours, higher but narrower, more colorful but less crowded. It was like your memories except that the flowers in the garden had changed. As soon as you stepped out the carriage you were kindly welcomed by your in-laws. You had a nice conversation with them as they walked you to the castle. You finally noticed that Tom wasn't there and you wondered where he could be. Not that you missed his company but that was a rather rude behavior. You father in law informed you that Tom had been on a trip to represent his father for the past few days, he should have been back yesterday but due to the delay of the journey he would be back at the night time just for the dinner. You nodded wishing that his journey would have take more time.

You were eating some specialties of the Holland's kingdom as Tom recounted to his family his journey and all. He looked at you sometime with a flirty smile but you never looked back. If it was an attempt to make you like him it was pathetic. You didn't really pay attention to what he was saying until you heard your name. you rose an eyebrow at him as he made a joke about you comparing you to the goddess of a foreign kingdom who were known to be cold, emotionless and always serious. His mum instantly scolded him because that was not a treat his future wife. He let out a little laugh replying that it was just a way include you in the family and that a good joke unite a couple. At the end of the dinner a servant took you to your new room but soon you heard step behind you and a hand grabbed your wrist. You faced Tom who dismiss the servant telling him that he would take you to your room to chat a bit with you. you didn't say a word to him as he walked you to your bedroom. You noticed that he had opened his mouth several times to say something but he remained silent and you didn't want to help him. You preferred when he was silent at least he wasn't upsetting you. when you finally reached the corridor that led to your wide room he gathered all his courage and said "Why do you hate me so much sweetheart?". you were stunned by his words and looked at him weirdly. "I don't hate you." you answered rather coldly. "So why are you so aloof with me whereas you're warm and adorable with the rest of my family." This was weirder and weirder but you chose to tell him the truth "because your parents are nice to me and your friends are my friends." He didn't a word for few seconds before asking calmly "And I am not your friend, love, am I right?". "Yes you're right" you replied instantly. His face fall a bit but he quickly acted like it was nothing as he continued to ask you "So if I am not your friend what I am for you?". you thought about your answer for few seconds before replying "You're an annoyance but an annoyance that I am about to marry so an annoyance that I will try to tolerate." He gave you a fake hurt look and pouted a bit until you were finally in front of your door. there he leaned down to whispered seductively in your ears "just give me few weeks honey and I will show you that you can't live without me." Then he pecked your cheeks ad ran off. These three months would be even longer than what you had anticipated.