"i am, actually," tom says as he reads the questions popping up crazily. "i am going to new york soon and then i'm flying to atlanta before i go back to london."
it's been ten minutes since he decided to set up his ipad for an instagram live to chat with his fans, making an improvised tripod with the cushions of the caramel sofa he's sitting on right now. y/n says nothing, knowing that she's gotta let tom be sometimes because he somehow trusts his improvising skills blindly. instead, she scrolls through her own phone to keep up with their food delivery status.
"how is it, darlin'?" he asks y/n unworriedly, because the fans are already aware that tom's taken. as she needs to be silent — because her identity hasn't been revealed yet — she grimaces and gestures, silently warning that it's not that close to arrive yet. "what have i ordered?" he reads a question out loud, running his fingers through his messy damp curls. "i ordered good fish n' chips and she's gettin' burger with fries," looking at y/n, tom answers and takes a sip of his beer before returning to the questions. "i know, i gotta bring her to the english side of the force." he chuckles, puppy brown eyes squinting as his smile grows.
in between questions and answers, he's taken by the way y/n's frame walks throughout the living room. her feet dance around with her favourite pair of fluffy socks, ending up at the end of her shins and beginning of her knees. her thighs are bare, getting slightly covered by her red gym shorts and her torso wears proudly the old jersey of his football team — that she doesn't really is a fan of, but wears it anyways just to see him weakening at the sight. her hair flies from side to side softly as she quietly performs the songs playing on her (his) airpods, making him laugh randomly and go divided between paying attention to the live or get up and twirl her body all around.
"which holland does she like the most? harry, sam, paddy or me?" tom reads as he frowns. "what kind of question is this? 'course it's me," rolling his eyes, he feels practically attacked. "it's me, right?" he asks looking at y/n through his lashes, worried smirk adorning his features. when y/n retreats a little, tom's jaw falls dramatically and his nervous grin grows more. "come on! i'm the one who gets you heart–shaped chocolates!"
y/n can't help but cover her mouth to hold her laughs. tom watches her with a poker face, smile frozen and he can't believe his eyes. how ridiculous, he thinks. after breakfast in bed today with her favourite stuff while watching her favourite series, she dares not to agree right at first just to tease him.
"then who it is?" in disbelief, buying her scene 100%, he gets his phone from his pocket. "no, now you tell me who. it. is!" tom laughs, unlocking his screen. "send me on our chat, let's fuckin' see!"
she types, eyes watering from how much she's been giggling and promptly presses the 'send' button.
"oh, really?" he reacts, reading the notification on his screen. "look!"
tom shoves the phone in front of the ipad's camera, the contact name saying my luv 💘 & text saying "tomharrysampaddy" as the label stands right below the time.
"it's late, tom, go to sleeeeeep! sleepy emoji, sleepy emoji, sleepy emoji," he reads while he brings his phone back. "i'll go after the food arrives. i really am starvin'," he sighs and y/n wears her slippers, going to the door. "is it here already? it's here!" tom informs when y/n confirms, cheering like a 5–year–old as she makes her way to the elevator, leaving him alone with the fans.
tom holds the bottle with his right hand and drinks his beer once more, keeping his phone on his left hand as he eyes the new questions coming up on his ipad.
"what's your wallpaper?" he reads, inching closer and then back to look at the phone. "this is my wallpaper. can y'all see?" tom cleans his notifications and stretches his arm, showing the screen one more time while he tilts his head to the side to get the view of the tablet's screen.
a picture of him and y/n scrunching their rosy noses to the camera, winter cascading on them and their cheeks are strongly clinging together. their eyes are screaming happiness with a shiny glow, his curls escaping his grey cap and her head is covered by a spider–man cap, thick scarfs swallowing their cheeks and nearly hiding their smiles. looking closely, it's slightly perceptible that they're sharing the airpods: he keeps one and she keeps another one. that was y/n's first day touring london with tom and the scrunchy noses are actually an internal joke — because he said randomly in the middle of the date 'do you also notice that, if you scrunch your nose on a cold day, it takes a while for it to return to the normal state? watch!' and spent good 3 minutes scrunching and relaxing his nose muscles to her, as if it was even clear to see. although she shares the feeling, she chose to use it as an eternal teasing. everytime y/n's got an observation, she lifts her forefinger up in the air and scrunches her nose, starting her phrases with 'do you also notice that...?'.
"that day was sick, never felt my buttcheeks so cold," he emphasizes, caressing his own chin as per usual as he remembers about that day and lifting his eyebrows, looking at the picture before locking the phone. "maybe because i was nervous as fuck! i had these reservations at—"
the door opens, y/n walking in with the bags filled with their dinner.
"shit!" tom hisses, hiding his lips with his palm. "damn!"
"what?" she mouths, confused and placing the food on the counter.
"i think i might've done something... wrong..." his voice is muffled by his hand and his glance at her is dripping worry.
"what?" she repeats, tone raising just a bit.
tom uncovers his lips, keeping the tip of his forefinger on top of them. it's too late though, because people know y/n and instantly the messages appearing grow from 'tom, go to sleep' to 'OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S Y/N!'. he lifts his finger, clearing his throat and scrunching his damn nose.
"do you also notice how bad i am at keeping secrets?"
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Tom Holland & Peter Parker Imagines & Preferences (book 2)
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