A guilty pleasure with you // WillNE x Reader

Chapter 36 - Only he.

How did I get here? I was walking around Canary Wharf at a ridiculous time in the morning being soaked by the rain and what little makeup I had washed off leaving dark circles underneath my eyes my feet sore from walking. 

It seemed every fucking hotel within walking distance was either fully booked or not taking any more people for whatever dumb reason they all bloody came up with and god knows I was far too stubborn to actually go back home to Alex. Normally If I had a fight with him I would go spend the night with Will or George would take me out for dinner so we could have some space but neither of those things was even close to being fucking optional at the minute which was just my bloody luck.

I give up on walking and decide to sit down on a bench to rest my feet for a while. sitting down seemed to be a mistake as I could feel my eyelids becoming really heavy and I had suddenly wished that I had just gone to bed instead of stropping off, even though I had every right to. 

I go looking into my bag to find my headphones so I could listen to some loud music to try and keep myself awake for just a little while longer. But due to being beyond freezing my hands were shaking and numb as anything so grabbing hold of any item deemed to be a challenge and as I sit here struggling to find my headphones I drop my bag off of my lap and my belongings fall onto the wet floor directly into a fucking puddle "Oh great! Fucking great!" I said out loud instead of in my head as I fall to my knees trying to quickly pick up everything. 

"Do you need a hand?" a warm voice says as a man in his twenties kneels down next to me picking up my purse and phone "Oh- Thanks-" I say way too soon before he gets up and legs it with my things as if things couldn't get any worse.

"What the fuck! Stop!" I shout after the man as I chase him across the busy early morning road before I scream as I realise I didn't check left and right when a Taxi comes heading straight for me as I fall to the ground I close my eyes as I embrace for impact yet to my surprise the only thing that I hear rather than the crunching of my bones was the screeching hult the Taxi came to as someone opens the passenger door running to my side picking me up off of the road sitting me on the curb next to them. 

"Jesus Christ! You're soaking what on earth happened to you!?" and at first I didn't quite recognise the voice of the person who was speaking until I looked up at them shaking in pure shock from what had just happened completely forgetting about my stolen items. "Y/N are you ok?" they say pulling down their hood down grabbing hold of me gently moving my wet hair from sticking to my face

and then the voice and the face connected and I couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe the perfect timing, and I couldn't believe that I didn't recognise his Geordie voice. "Will-" 

"Yes, That's me."

 "What are you doing here?? how did you find me-"

"The walls are fucking thin I heard you guys arguing, and you storming out," He says putting his somewhat dry jacket around my shoulders then rubbing my arms trying to warm me up. "I assumed you were going to come over to my apartment but after the hours had past and you still hadn't knocked on my door I started to panic so I went looking for you. And thank fuck I did!" 

I just burst into tears letting myself pull Will into an embrace forgetting about all the bad shit he had done because he was here, he cared, he came looking for me Alex didn't and that somewhat hurt a lot fucking more.
"Hey, Hey. It'll be okay? Let's just go back to my place ok? you can warm-up there." He says as he puts his arm around me and under my legs picking me up letting me keep ahold of him as I continue to cry into his shoulder while he calls for a taxi to take us back to his place. 

And despite the tears despite everything, I felt it again. That knot of guilt only Will could make me feel. That guilty pleasure of happiness, hope. The feeling only he could make me feel. 

...

Once we got into the taxi I must have passed out because the next thing I remembered was waking up on Will's bed. Will stroking my cheek softly "Y/N you need to wake up... you cant sleep in those wet clothes" he says softly when he passes me a jumper of his and a pair of boxers as I slowly open my eyes groaning slightly before taking the offerings from Will apart of me happy to be gaining another one of his hoodies even if it was just for a little while "Okay..." I say trying not to pass out again as I begin to get changed.

Will quickly turns around clearing his voice "Oh, Sorry. Forgot you were there" I mutter which gains a chuckle from Will "It's fine. You're basically asleep still. Are you wanting to stay here? Or go home-"

"Can I stay, please... You can uh turn around now." There was no way I was ready to go back home I felt like If I went back now it would mean Alex won and I wasn't prepared for that even if it meant staying overnight at Wills and facing the fact that no matter how much I kid myself, I wasn't even slightly mad at all any more even though I should have been fucking fuming with him still. 

"You can stay as long as you like. I don't see why you would want to spend another second with me though." He says almost scared as he turns round to face me. 

"If im honest. I don't know why I want to either Will..." 

He just nods as he turns away to walk out of the room to go into the lounge "Wait Will-"
"Yes?"

 "You take the bed- I feel bad..."
"Don't. You need it more than me. Goodnight" then smiling at me one more time before leaving the room turning off the light keeping the door open slightly 

"Goodnight Will."