Tall Insomniacs.- (Connor Murphy X reader)

19: Epilouge.

My mom threw my bag in the trunk. She looked up at the sky like she was trying to blink away the tears. She laughed a bit.

"Thank god child support is a thing." She joked. There was silence as my lip quivered. She brought me in close. "Im so proud of you babe." Mom rubbed my back. "Go get em tiger."

"I'm going to miss you." I said as I pulled away. She nodded and kissed my forehead. As she walked into the house to get the rest of my things Evan ran over to me.

"What am I going to do without you?" He asked. I punched his shoulder and laughed.

"Something productive hopefully." I scoffed. Evan gasped and gave an offended look. He met my eyes, his were filling with wet, sad, tears. "Evan,..." I wiped his eyes. "I— I'll like you forever, I'll love you for always. Remover that." He nodded and pulled me in tight.

I waited. Connor wasn't here. He hadn't showed up yet, checking my watch I noticed I only had ten minutes until I had to leave.

"Where the frickity frack is he?" I whispered and but my bottom lip. Just then I see Mr. Murphy's car pull into the driveway. Except, it wasn't Mr. Murphy. A tall figure ran out of the car, followed by two other shorter people. "C-Connor!" I yelled. He ran over to me and kissed me quickly, just to pull away and run his fingers through my hair.

"I thought I missed you. God I was so scared." He let out a breathy laugh. I hugged him once more. He planted a kiss on the top of my forehead and slipped a letter into my hand. "Open it on the way there." He whispered in my ear.

I nodded and sniffed, wiping my eyes on his jacket. I loved this boy more than anything in the world, and now I'm leaving him. Ugh.

"Y/N!" Alana and Zoe came running over.

"I'm gonna miss you nerd." Zoe laughed. I hugged her. "Gonna miss you too, dweeb." She let Alana say goodbye. Alana didn't say anything at first but then she jumped into my arms. Her breath tickled my ear as she whispered,

"Thank you. Good luck, Y/N!"

Good luck.

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On the car ride there I opened up Connor's letter.

Dear Y/N Hansen,
If your reading this, that means your going to college. Hurray. Anyway. I met you In first grade, where I introduced you to Zoe. Zoe stopped talking to me in the third grade, which meant you didn't talk to me either. In seventh grade you offered for me to sit with you guys at lunch, but I yelled and said I didn't need your pity. In senior year we met again. And I loved everything about you, i won't stop loving everything about you. You helped me— no all of us so much. And I love you more than life. See you at break, love.
Sincerely,
Me.

I wiped the tears from your eyes. Two pieces of paper fell out the envelope. I picked up the first one. A picture of you and Connor. He read "The Great Gatsby" as I kissed his cheek.

I looked at the second photo, You, Connor, Jared, Evan, Zoe, and Alana were laughing at the orchard. In sharpie there were four words scribbled on the bottom.
You will be found <3

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"WhErE dId BeN gO???" I gasped in a dramatic voice looking under the bed and in vases. Giggles came from under the blanket.

"WHERE COULD HE HAVE GONE???" Connor played along, his hand around my waist.

"I'm right here silly!" He popped out from under the blankets. I smiled at your son, he was the most beautiful thing in the world.

Connor jumped onto his bed and started tickling him. His squeals of laughter made me smile at the ground. Connor ruffled his hair.

"Goodnight Superman!" He kisses his head. "Night, daddy!" Ben giggled. I took a seat on his bed and kissed his cheek.

"And goodnight my knight in shining armor!" I exclaim. He smiled wide. "Nighty-night, (Daddy/Mommy)." The little boy turned on his side as you shut the lights of and slowly closed the door, careful not to wake him.

Connor sat on the balcony, looking out on the stunning city skyline. I sat down next to him, putting my head on his shoulder. He smiled down at me.

Today was going to be an amazing day. And that's why. Because no matter how down you feel you will be found. No matter how dark the world gets their will always be a light in the end.
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IM CRYING THIS IS THE END. OMFG STAPP. I LOVE ALL OF YOU GUYS AND IM FLATTERED YOU WENT ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME. Okay so I want to make another story but like not with this story line, it's either going to be a Connor x male reader, a Janis one, or something else. I'll post more in the last author note. ANYWAYS THANK YOU ALL. Let's do this one last time—

Sincerely,
Me.