stranded // tom holland

~ ch.5 ~

june 6th, 2019
- Andy -

It was an excruciating hot day. I was laying under our shelter— which was made from logs and a whole lot of tree leaves. It probably wouldn't survive a tropical storm but it did protect us from the sun. Our fire from last night and long burned out, absolutely no leftovers from the fish we cooked last night. Tom was laying next to me with steady breathing and the occasional hand twitch— sleeping.

I tied my hair up and fanned my face, but nothing was helping. I turned over on my stomach but that also didn't help. I huffed, quietly climbing out of our A-shaped hut and heading into the jungle. I never found a good enough object to hold water so we've had to walk to the lagoon every time we got thirsty.

   20 minutes later, I was gulping down water and splashing it all over my face. I was still too hot though, it had to be at least 100 degrees. Hmm, Tom was asleep, meaning I'd have privacy for a little while. I looked at the lagoon and said, "What else have I got to lose?" I started stripping down to my bra and underwear, jumping into the water and feeling instant relief.

I floated on my back, all the stress and worry of being stranded had gone away for the time being. In this moment, I was simply having a nice swim and nothing else could possibly ruin this moment.

The lagoon was deep, too deep for me to see the bottom but also not deep enough that I worried about any creatures seeing me as a snack. I found myself diving down and trying to reach the bottom but I always ran out of breath before I could get there. I tried again, kicking my legs hard, but my heart started to race and I already had to go back up for air. Before I breached the surface, I heard, "ANDY!"

My head gently poked out of the water and I made sure to keep my shoulders under the lagoon. "Tom?" He was rushing around the surrounding trees, he looked stressed.

"Oh my— Why didn't you tell me where you were going? I thought you were— wait, what are you doing?" He raised an eyebrow as he stood at the edge of the lagoon, watching me as I was treading in the center of the water.

I laughed, "What does it look like I'm doing?"

Tom's eyes looked away from mine and his gaze shifted down, right down to my clothes that were on the ground. "Oh." He nodded, then he met my eyes once again and his cheeks flushed. "Oh." He turned away from the lagoon. "I'll go back to the beach then."

"No, wait!" I called. Tom stopped but kept his back turned to me.

"Yeah?"

"Um, can you bring me my bag? It has my extra clothes in it." I hadn't really thought about what I was going to do after I got out of the water. Getting into my dirty clothes while my bra and underwear were soaking wet didn't seem comfortable so I was thankful to have clothes in my bag.

"Oh," He seemed surprised. "Uh, yep. I'll be back in a little bit." He waved with his back still turned and began his walk back to the beach.

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I swam to the waterfall, climbing up behind it and perching myself on the rocks so I wasn't in the water anymore. I had some time before Tom came back with my stuff so I took the liberty to take off my undergarments and wash them under the waterfall. The water was cold now, the day was already starting to fade and I got chills all over my body.

"Andy?" I heard Tom's voice and I jumped, slipping off the rock behind the waterfall and yelping.

I broke the surface and coughed, "You were quick." I held onto my chest under the water, my heart beating fast as I prayed to the universe that he didn't just see me naked.

"The sun is starting to go down. I didn't want to keep you waiting in the dark, plus we agreed to not venture out alone while it was dark out." That was true, last night while we ate our fish we both said that it was a bad idea to be out alone at night. "I'll wait over here while you um.. get out of the water." He said sheepishly as he turned his back to me just like he did before.

Now my heart was pounding. Before, I didn't care that much about him seeing me in my bra and underwear but now I was completely naked under the water and my undergarments had just sank to the bottom of the lagoon. "Okay." My voice cracked. It's fine. He's turned around. He won't peek. I'm fine.

I swam slowly to the edge of the lagoon, glancing up at Tom to make sure he wasn't looking. I climbed out quickly, grabbing my dirty clothes close to my body. I turned my own back to him, if he was gonna see my bare ass then fine but I didn't need him seeing everything else.

june 6th, 2019
- Tom -

I could hear her fumbling with her clothes and my mind began to wander. I tried not to think about her like that but I wasn't thinking with the head on my shoulders. Something cracked in the trees and my head whipped around instinctively but my eyes didn't go to the trees, they went to Andy.

Her back was facing me. She was buttoning her jean shorts and I quickly noticed that she didn't have anything else on. No bra. No shirt. I didn't see anything of course since she was turned around but my mind's gears were now spinning at high speed. I gulped and turned back to the trees, scratching at the back of my neck.

I heard more rustling with clothes and Andy sighed like she was relieved. "Okay, you can turn around." I hesitantly turned. She was now wearing a white t-shirt with her shorts and had pulled on her shoes. I tried not to notice but it was clear that she wasn't wearing a bra under. Her hair was soaking wet, dripping onto her shirt and making everything under the shirt visible.

   "Okay." I cleared my throat and diverted my eyes away from her body. "Let's go." I led the way, Andy following behind. I looked down, "Shit." I mumbled.

   "Everything okay?" Andy asked.

   "Yep, just fine." This was a horrible time to get a boner.