Jaylor Oneshots

All I Really Need

A/N: so this is also based off of something Taylor told a fan because I find it easier to get inspiration that way and I hope you like it :)

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Taylor's POV

I lay in my bed as I waited for Joe to finish getting ready for bed in the bathroom. Boredom consumed me, so I grabbed my phone from my nightstand and decided to go on social media.

Big mistake.

As I scrolled through my Twitter notifications, I saw the occasional fan sticking up for me, but most of it was hate.

Bitch

Slut

TayWhore

Snake

Fake

Go die

All those words kept repeating themselves like a broken record in my head, each time louder and louder and more and more intense, blocking out everything around me as tears welled up in my eyes. I wanted so desperately to cease this torture that's multiplying in strength and harshness every passing second...

But I kept scrolling.

Joe's POV

When I stepped out of the bathroom, I was met with the sight of Taylor staring at her phone, scrolling through what looks to be her Twitter notifications.

Oh no, that's never good.

"Taylor?" I asked with concern lacing my voice. However, she didn't acknowledge me and continued scrolling through her notifications. As I stepped closer, I noticed the tears rolling down her cheeks. If social media is causing her so much pain, then she should stop using it.

I grabbed her phone out of her hands, immediately catching her attention, "Joe, what are you doing? Give me my phone back!" 

And I did, but not before deleting all her social media apps so she won't have exposure to the hate on there.

"You can't just steal my phone to delete my social media!" Man, was she furious about it.

"Tay, you have to stop exposing yourself to all the hate. You know the hate isn't doing any good for you—it's deteriorating your self-esteem. I really don't like seeing you this hurt. Deleting your social media and distancing yourself from it will make you happier, please just do this for me and for yourself, okay?" 

After a bit of hesitation, she finally gave in, "Fine, but it better work or I'll kill you."

～～～

Taylor's POV

As I sat there on the beach beside the love of my life, admiring the beautiful and mesmerising sunset, my mind began wandering.

I have to admit, Joe was right. 

At first, I was really mad at him about it, but after a few weeks, I felt more free and didn't feel controlled and overwhelmed by all the hate. Eventually, I did reinstall all my social media, but I didn't feel the need to know what people are saying about me online. My time away from social media has taught me that my reputation and what people think or say about me shouldn't define who I really am in any way. 

I also learnt to appreciate the people around me who really care about me. Even if everything crashes and burns, I'll still have my family, my real friends and Joe, and that's all I really need.

"Thank you."

And in the death of her reputation, she felt truly alive.

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A/N: the ending kinda fell apart because I didn't know how to end this sorry about that

Btw I changed the cover you like it?

I'm honestly just posting this so it won't be a draft in the table of contents anymore and just to get it over with. I already know I'm gonna look back and cringe so hard at this. This is terrible why am I so bad at this 🤦‍♀️

Writing that first part actually physically hurt oof 

Why do I like writing in 2016 so much I know it's weird

Again, comment any suggestions for future one-shots and/or feedback I would really appreciate it

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