Promise
I know this is not really my best work :/ I just had the desire to write an imagine like this but it turned out to be more different than I had expected. Hope you still like it! GIF is not mine!
Her eyes swam in tears. No matter how much she tried to fight back her warm and salty tears she just couldn’t manage it. Desperate and heavy sobs escaped her throat, making it impossible to form proper sentences. She struggled with breathing. Her head spun around so terribly, she felt like she was going to collapse any minute. She firmly clung onto his legs so he had no chance to unwind himself and leave her. He was not allowed to go. Not when she wasn’t okay with that. She would never let him go. He was all she had in life and she couldn’t take the risk of losing him too.
“D-don’t g-go!” She sobbed, her heart felt like being ripped in two pieces. She was hurting. She was dying inside. Even though she promised him not to make a scene at the train station, she just couldn’t handle her emotions as soon as they’ve reached the place where she had to say goodbye to her husband. When finally the groups of soldiers were called to enter the train, (Y/N) just fell on her knees and started to cry.
“Y-you c-can’t j-just leave me a-alone! I d-don’t know w-what to d-do without y-you!”
The young man she was holding on to bent down to her small frame to engulf his wife into a tight embrace. His heart ached to the sight, he had never seen her so broken and her eyes showed a visible trace of despair and sadness.
“Please, my love, relax.” He whispered to her softly, his own eyes were filled with tears. His right hand ran through her hair while his other hand drew circles on her back. He didn’t really know how to soothe her. He was worried about her state. If she wouldn’t calm down, she would have a panic attack. And this was the last thing he wanted experience before he left.
“Don’t go, Harry, please don’t go! I don’t know what to do without you! I don’t know how to live without you! I don’t know what to do when you’d die! Harry when you die, I will die! Please, please I’m begging you! Stay here! Stay with me! Please Harry!”
By now, her outburst had attracted everyone’s attention. Some people looked at the young pair with pity in their eyes, some people showed their deep compassion. Such a young pair in love shouldn’t be separated because of war. This young couple should be able to be together.
“(Y/N), beautiful, calm down. I need you to relax for me, okay. Relax, darling.” Harry took her tear stained face between his hands, wiping away every falling liquid away with his thumps. He noticed her breathing becoming more ragged. “Take a deep breath, love. Do you hear me, breathe in deeply, (Y/N).”
He showed her how to do and (Y/N) slowly copied his actions and together they were breathing in unison. Her cries decreased until tiny hiccups escaped her lips. The elder woman who stood a few meters away from the young couple only looked at them, totally powerless over the situation. Letting her son leave also hurt her as much it hurt (Y/N) and the whole time she was wondering if there was no other option for him instead of serving the military.
Anne closed her eyes, inhaling the air. She needed to stay strong for the sake of (Y/N). When Harry wouldn’t be around them anymore, she would be the rock and support that her daughter-in-law needed.
“Harry.” The young woman whined, her fingertips running along his cheek. Harry kissed each of them as they made contact with his lips.
“Don’t cry, beautiful.” He croaked. “You don’t know what you’re doing to me right now. I thought we talked about this before we came.”
“You don’t know what you’re doing to me!” She exclaimed angrily. “You’re going off to war without even having a talk about it with me. You made the choice on your own without asking for my opinion. Nobody can guarantee that you’ll come back to me. And still you’re so determined to go! Why are you doing this to me?”
“(Y/N), I need to go! Our country needs me. I do this for the sake of our people. I do this for you. I do this for your own safety. For a better future.” He caught his lips with hers to a gentle kiss. “Please try to understand.” Slightly, he leaned his forehead against hers. “I always came back to you, haven’t I? No matter what happened, I always came back to you, love. This time will not be any different. I’ll be back, I promise. As soon as this war ends, I’ll come back to you, safe and sound. It’s a promise.”
He pulled her against his body, savoring the last minutes that he had with her. His nose brushed her hair and a scent of vanilla overwhelmed his senses. He would miss her a lot. He would miss waking up next to her, holding her, kissing her, spending time with her.
A last announcement was to be heard. Everyone was just waiting for him to climb into the train.
“I’ll write to you, (Y/N)! Every week you’ll receive a letter from me, okay? Don’t worry, my love.”
Anne interfered in the moment, taking the young woman by her hand. “C’mon, (Y/N), Harry needs to go.” With a last and long hug between the two lovers, Harry entered the train which drove him away from his love.
***
“NO!” With a loud scream, (Y/N) was awakened from her sleep. Again, she had a terrible nightmare, where she saw Harry lying in his own pool of blood, dying on her. Since he left, she kept having those dreams. It was nerve-wrecking. (Y/N) she couldn’t sleep properly anymore, out of fear that she would have those dreams again. A long time had passed by since received the last letter from Harry. At the beginning, he managed to write to her regularly however after a time, his writing became more rarely.
(Y/N) had read his letters over a million times, with tear-streaked cheeks. God knows how much she missed him, how much she wanted to have him with her right now. He was fine back then, but who knows how he was now. Her worst fear was that her husband may be dead but she would be told if that was the case.
The door to her bedroom was opened and Anne peeked her head through the door gap.
“Are you alright, love?” She asked, coming closer to her.
(Y/N)’s whole body was covered with sweat and she shivered terribly.
“Did you have those dreams again?” Her mother-in-law asked her.
She responded by shaking her head. Anne took a seat right next to her, stretching her head to caress her hair. “My poor (Y/N). I miss him too, you know. So much. Even though it pains me I still have hope that he’s somewhere out there fighting for us. He loves you so much and he’ll do everything to protect the ones he loves.” Anne gave her a motherly kiss on her forehead. “Have a little faith in him, yes?” The young woman shook her head.
“Can you sleep with me, please?” She asked Anne. “I-I don’t think I can sleep on my own now.”
Anne offered her a loving smile. “Of course.” She walked to the other side of the bed, lifting up the covers and lied down next to her daughter-in-law. (Y/N) wrapped her arms around Anne’s body, trying to find the comfort that she was missing for a long time. Sleep rushed over her body again and she hoped deeply that she wouldn’t have a nightmare again.
***
It was finally over. The enemy had been defeated and today Harry should be coming back home. Of course (Y/N) had been waiting for him all day long. She had been on her feet the entire night, and sleep was no needed because she was so excited to see her husband again. She had been waiting for this reunion.
She constantly looked at the clock, checking the time. He should be arriving in the shortest possible time. In any case, that’s what she was thinking. However, hours and hours passed and still there was no trace of Harry. Where the hell was he and why did it take him so long?
She started to become anxious. What if something had happened to him during his return?
After midnight, she gave up waiting and was about go to bed with a broken heart as she suddenly heard someone knocking on the front door. With her heart pumping against her chest, she went to there to open the door. He kinda felt uneasy and she couldn’t tell why.
All her worries vanished as she looked into those green eyes she had been missing for ages. There he stood, right in front of her with a bouquet of her favorite flowers. Safe and sound. She covered her mouth with her hand, trying to muffle her cries.
“Hi there, love!” Harry greeted her. (Y/N) instantly slung her arms around his neck, pushing herself against his chest. Burying her face in the crook of his neck, she took in his beautiful scent. He was finally there. Finally home.
She pulled away slightly, just have a glance at his handsome face. She discovered some bruises and marks on his face, tracing over them.
“You’re here. I can’t believe it.”
“I told you I would come back to you, haven’t I?”
And their lips crashed to a heated kiss.
Well done! It's beautiful and touching!