"Wanna hear her say is 'Are you mine?' Well, are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine? Oh, ah."
Your ringtone echoed through your room, causing you to groan stuff your face in your pillow. You sighed as the rings continued, opening your one to grab the device and answer the call. The bright screen blinded you for a second but you were able to catch a glimpse of the time; 4:25 am.
"Hello?"your voice was husky from your sleep, almost making you sound like a man.
"Y/n?"a voice you recognise extremely well spoke through the phone. You sat up, suddenly feeling wide awake.
"Bradley?"
"Did I wake you up?"he asked and you could hear that something wasn't right with him, he wasn't drunk though, that was for sure.
"I mean, it is four in the morning,"you rubbed your eyes as questions as yo why he would call you, and especially in the ungodly hours of the morning, run around your head.
"It's stupid of me, I'm sorry,"he panicked, "I shouldn't have called."
"No, Brad, it's alright. Just because we broke up doesn't mean you can't count on me,"you told him, a yawn escaping your mouth.
"I'm actually outside your door,"he blurted out.
"Outside of- Why would you be outside my door?"you asked him, totally confused, "Let me come and open up."
You got up from your bed, grabbing a big hoodie from the pile of clothes next to your bed and putting it on before heading downstairs. You opened the door, finding Brad standing outside with red eyes, a red nose and shaking.
"Jesus, it's freezing. Come in,"you gasped, pulling him inside the house.
"I'm so sorry for waking you, I just-"he stopped himself, looking down at the floor, "You probably don't wanna hear it."
"No, no, I do wanna hear it,"you assured, walking to the living room.
"I miss you,"he mumbled, looking away from you.
"Brad..."you trailed off, taking a deep breath. You missed Brad as well but your relationship wasn't going well towards the end.
"I know,"he shook his head, "I know it's been six months but...I just had to tell you."
"I miss you too, Brad, but I can't do make myself go through the last couple of months of our relationship. You were very busy with the studio and I totally respect and understand that, but I would go days without seeing you. We would go weeks without even hugging, Brad. You know I'm not needy but I need some kind of affection from the person I love."
"I know, y/n, and I can finally see what I was doing wrong. I beat myself every day for not spending time with you. I promise I'll change,"he explained, the tension in the room thick.
"I don't want you to change,"you replied truthfully, "I don't want you to think about coming home and pushing yourself, I want you to just feel excited to see me. I want it to be natural."
"It is, y/n. I promise you it is, I just had stuff in my head the past months and Joe was putting all this pressure on me and I just,"he paused, taking a big breath, "I'm not trying to make excuses and guilt trip you, I just couldn't not explain myself."
"Why couldn't you do this six months earlier?"you quietly aksed, shaky breaths leaving from your mouth.
You had spent half a year trying to somewhat forget about Bradley and, sure, you had some good moments with your friends without him clouding your mind, but the majority of the time he was the only thing you could think about. It really hurt seeing him walk out of your life without fighting. He had promised to fight for you and when he had to actually do it, he backed out.
"I...I don't know. I honestly have no idea and I also have no idea why I'm here. I don't know where this is going to end up, if you're going to take me back or whatever but I needed to say all this. I still love you."
"Bear,"you sniffled, using his nickname. A bunch of people called him bear but when you did, it was different. He loved the way it slipped off your lips and how soft it sounded.
"You- You called me Bear,"he stuttered before you could continue what you wanted to say.
"I did,"you nodded, a couple of tears rushing down your cheeks, "Because I still love you and I never will. But you have to give me your word that we won't go back to how we were."
The way the corners of his lips lifted to the biggest, most heartwarming smile in the world made you smile too. You were trapped my his arms around you in no time, inhaling his beautiful scent. He softly cried into your shoulder as you wrapped your own hands around his, tugging on his curls.
"Fuck yes!"he cheered, pulling away from you only to press his lips on yours, "In back with my girl!"
You laughed as he kissed you again, pressing his lips all over your face before taking a moment to look into your eyes.
"And I'm never leaving her again,"he whispered, pulling your body into another hug.
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okay firstly, i wanted to say that this is inspired from 'middle of the night' by we all know who and 'still' by niall horan so here you all go
and then id like to thank every single one of you for 10k reads! that's insane for both me and riley! i cant thank you enough for each vote, comment and read. i love you all so much and thank you for reading our imagines
AND ALSO DID YOU WATCH BRAD'S LIVE? I WAS CRYING THE WHOLE TIME AND FOR LIKE TWOVGOURS AFTER I LOVE THAT MAN SO MUCH AKDHDKS
stay safe, wash your hands, stay home
hope you liked this<3
-sofia
