As Fate Would Have It (Tom Hiddleston Fanfiction)

Charlie Barlow was finally getting her life right. She was starting her life over. She was going back to college, had a great paying job, her own house, and even was being a pretty great mom to her three year old son, Jasper. From the outside looking in, she was at the top of her game, but in truth she wasn't. Charlie had shut herself off from the world, focusing on her job and on Jasper, hoping that it would help her forget her past, but it didn't. She was all alone in her quiet, "perfect" life, but she was too scared to change it. But one night fate had different plans, thrusting her into the arms of a certain British actor, flipping her quiet life upside down.

Tom was tired. He loved his job and he wouldn't trade it for the world but he needed a break. He wanted time to focus on finding himself again, and fall in love with his job all over again. When an old friend reaches out, asking for a favor, Tom runs with the opportunity to finally take a break from the hustle and bustle. It would be his time to relax and find happiness again. Of course, life is never that easy, however. On one fated night he meets a beautiful girl, who changes everything.