this is NOT a love story

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//stephen//

it's now been 4 months since stephen started working for itv 2 and he has loved every moment of it. he makes a nice amount of money and has made so many friends. people across the country have fallen in love with him and his "abusive" relationship with ant and dec.

in those 4 months he has been doing small games with ant and dec, the judges, some of the acts and he has also talked to the acts before they had to go on stage for britain's got talent. he's been having a lot fun, and he feels that he has really grown as a person. emma has been engaged to her fiance, matt, for two months now. stephen is a little upset, but he has david now, and he doesn't entirely know if it's what he wants.

he loves david to bits and loves him as his best friend. he loves how he holds him at night when they sleep together, loves the dates they've gone on, but is it what he really wants? maybe he was just re-thinking it all because he still has some feeling left for emma. he wasn't sure.

"hey stephen." david decided he would visit stephen at work, while he was on a break. he gave him a kiss on the cheek and hugged him. stephen grabbed him by his arm and dragged him to his dressing room.

he shut the door behind him and turned to david, "are you mad!?" david was clearly confused. "sorry for yelling david, it's just that no one knows that i'm in a relationship. i don't know these people well enough for them to know just yet. you understand, don't you?" david nodded his head and patted the couch for stephen to sit, but he decided to lay with his legs on the arm rest and his head in david's lap.

david played with stephen's hair and soothed him, "it's okay stephen. don't even worry about it. but i really did want to see you." he bent down and kissed stephen's forehead. he smiled a little and his eyes fluttered shut. he was happy again, maybe he and david should be together.

"what are you thinking about?" david asked with a small chuckle, "nothing really. just thinking about us." he smiled at david and david smiled back, continuing to play with his hair. "that's real cute. just like you." he poked the tip of stephen's nose and it crinkled. "hey, stop it you. i'm not cute, i'm famous."

david laughed at his boyfriend's adorableness. "yes you are, now come here. i want a hug before i leave." stephen got up and sat on david's lap. he hugged him and david hugged tighter. "okay david, it's not like i'm going to die. though, i might if you don't let me breathe." they both laughed and david let him go slightly.

"yeah, i know that stephen, but i can't help it, i just love you." stephen froze. they had never said that to each other; at least not yet. stephen was ready to say it back yet, not at this point in their relationship. david obviously didn't mean for that to slip out, as soon as he said it, his hands shot up to cover his mouth.

he was slightly red in the face and was trying to speak, "stephen! i'm so sorry, i didn't, you, i don't, what just, let's just umm... i didn't mean to say that. god i'm so stupid." he had his head buried in his hands and was just shaking his head. stephen finally got the guts to speak and he still didn't even completely process what had just happened.

"david? hey, look at me." david had tears streaming down his face, "it's okay, shh. don't worry about it." he rubbed his back with his hand and gave his a kiss on his head. "when the time comes for us to say it, we'll know. i promise you."

david looked up at him and wiped his tears, "i know, it's just that i've been thinking about our future and thinking what if it doesn't work out in the end? what if i die tomorrow? what if you die tomorrow? i don't know what i'd do without you.." david looked down.

stephen was stuck on what to say. david was right, he could die tomorrow, david could die tomorrow. he just didn't know what to say so he didn't say anything, instead, he took david by the hand and pulled him so that they were both now standing. he placed his arms around david's neck and just started swaying. it was as if he was slow dancing to music that wasn't playing.

david soon started swaying along with stephen. they were in a comfortable silence, and they just stayed like that until stephen had to start getting ready to go back on the air. when they finally stopped, david placed his forehead on stephen's and sighed. "stephen, please don't ever leave me." he looked lovingly into stephen's eyes.

"i promise. as long as you promise that you'll never leave me." he looked into david's eyes, those beautiful chocolate eyes. "i promise." david leaned down a little to kiss stephen a kiss on the lips, as if that was their way of promising each other. "i got to go back on set. i'm free tomorrow if you are."

they looked into one another's eyes, never wanting to look away. "i am 100% free tomorrow stephen mulhern." he gave him one last peck on the lips before leaving stephen's dressing room. stephen stayed behind to fix his hair a little, david had been playing with it and it got a bit messed up. stephen had just promised david that he would never leave him, and he intended on keeping that promise. no matter what.

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hello my friends :)

here is another update days after and my rankings are dropping, and they are dropping fast!

hope y'all enjoyed this chapter, it's 12 in the morning and instead of sleeping, i'm updating this story and making edits for my instagram lol

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don't forget to check out my other stories:
- 'baby in a trench coat' (for destiel fans)
- 'teacher's pet' (also ant and dec)

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