His Service ( a Tom Holland x Reader fanfiction) (SLOW UPDATES)

Chapter 1: You what?

  "I may have done something without telling you," Tom said, nervously, while you were lounging in bed with him on a lazy gray sky morning.

"And what's that?" you asked. He didn't usually hide things from you. In fact, you were the first person he usually told, about everything, and had been even when you hadn't brought your online relationship to an in-person one yet. It made you a little nervous.

At least you knew he wasn't cheating on you. You'd had an open relationship since you started dating because of the many miles that separated you most of the time. You didn't see that ever-changing, even after you eventually moved in together. Neither of you were the jealous type.

"Well, I talked to a recruiter, you know, for the Army? I've been here long enough to serve, and there's a lot of benefits. I get to help people. I can get my citizenship and then nothing can keep me from staying with you indefinitely. They'll pay for university," he said. "Lots of stuff."

That most definitely hadn't been what you were expecting. You honestly weren't quite sure how to respond at first to something so life-changing and potentially life-threatening. "I, well, I can't really argue with that, but I'm scared something will happen to you."

"I'm not going to lie to you. I can't guarantee it won't. But something could happen to me driving back home from dropping you off at the airport next week," he pointed out.

You paused for a moment, realizing you couldn't really argue with that. "True. I want you to be happy more than anything. You know how much I love you."

He pressed a kiss to your lips. "And I love you every bit as much, too, darling. That's part of why I'm doing this. I want to make things better for us in the future. This will give us a fresh start."

"That means a lot to me." You nuzzled into his neck, craving closeness knowing that both your lives were about to drastically change. "When do you think you'll be leaving for training, or do you have no idea yet?"

He took a deep breath. "They gave me a large sign-on bonus to leave in a little over a month. I took it. I'll be heading to Fort Sill in Oklahoma at the end of the month."

"You already enlisted?" You wrapped yourself around him tighter, very surprised he hadn't discussed it with you at all first. And that was so soon. You'd expected to have months left with him while things got sorted out, figured it'd take more time to process everything.

"I know. I should have called you before I signed the paperwork, but I was already massively freaking out, even though I'd made my decision. I know you, and I knew you'd support me regardless. I'm sorry for not talking to you first," he apologized. "I hope you're not upset."

And you weren't upset, not really. You were mostly just increasingly scared and anxious as you thought more about what would happen if he had to go on a deployment overseas, and definitely overwhelmed. "It's okay. I get it. I promise nothing has changed between us. I'm here with you for the long haul."

He was obviously relieved. "Good. I didn't think things would change, but I'm glad to hear you say that."

"So, this is our last visit before you leave?" you asked, hoping it wasn't, but knowing it probably was. It would be almost impossible for him to arrange a visit with you with less than a month's notice, while simultaneously having to make arrangements before he left for training.

"Yeah," he confirmed, a bit sadly. "We've still got several days left together, though, and I plan to spend it all with you, doing whatever you'd like. Anything at all."

645 words