Temporary Fix
Summary: You’ve been best friends with Tyler for two years, could one night and a terrible ex-boyfriend change that?
Warnings: just cursing
Word Count: 2033
It was him. It was always him. Whenever something went wrong in your life you ran to him. He felt like home, even though he shouldn’t.
You had met Tyler two years ago. You were working at a restaurant in downtown Dallas. It was a regular busy saturday afternoon when two recognizable faces walked in, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn, the franchise faces of the Dallas Stars. Since you grew up in Dallas you were a born and raised Stars fans and loved going to their games but never in a million years did you think that the two of the most popular players on that team would walk into the restaurant that you worked at for there pregame meal. And just your luck, you were up to take the table. So now you had to keep your composure and try to not fangirl over these two idiots. You made it through taking their drink orders okay, up until Tyler looked at you with that signature toothy grin. Your entire body almost hit the ground. After that you just tried to be as professional as possible while giving them the best service. Tyler had talked to you a little bit every time you went over there, but you didn’t think much of it, you just thought he was being friendly. That was until you picked up the checkbook after they left. They had a left you a more than generous tip and a message at the bottom that you were not expecting, the note read:
“Thanks for the great service beautiful, text me sometime?”
His number was attached underneath and your initial reaction was to laugh because you knew his reputation but this wasn’t an opportunity you were going to miss out on. However, you were going to do this your way which was to just be friends.
You told him you didn’t want anything fancy hoping to get your intentions across, so Tyler took you to his favorite diner in town which he swore no one knew about. And he was nothing that you expected. He was sweet, down to earth and was willing to listen to everything you said. He asked you if you knew who he was and you didn’t want to lie so you explained to him that you grew up a fan and he told you that he loved that you didn’t freak out when you saw him and wanted to actually get to know him and not just get with him because of who he was.
After that night your friendship flourished into everything you wanted it to be. Movie nights at Tyler’s when he was home, pizza and ice cream and hanging out with his dogs, which might of been your favorite part. But you had both agreed that you just wanted to be friends and thought it was better for the both of you. So Tyler would tell you about his girl troubles, but you did the same with your boy troubles to him. Tyler was like a big brother to you and that was something that you never had before and you loved every second of it.
That was until one night, you had been seeing a guy for a few months and Tyler had expressed that he wasn’t a fan, but you thought that was just him being protective. However, there was multiple instances that you found your self comparing this guy to Tyler and everything that he wasnt that Tyler was and you hated yourself for it. Until the unthinkable happened, you went to your boyfriends house for the night and you knew that Tyler would be getting back from his road trip soon and you were excited to see him tomorrow. You were getting into bed when you felt something in the sheets so you felt around until you were able to get whatever it was. You pulled out a pair of womens underwear that you knew, for sure were yours. They couldn’t be yours, the last time you had even done anything with your boyfriend was two weeks ago, at your house. You immediately burst into tears trying hard to find words.
“What the fuck are these” you screamed at your boyfriend who was clearly caught very off guard. He knew that he couldn’t lie so he just stood there staring at you. “Your always so busy with work and school, you barely even pay attention to me, i’m sorry” that was his sorry excuse. “So you go cheat on me instead of talking to me about you?” you were pretty much hyperventilating at this point not even sure how your getting these words out. You didn’t want to know what he was going to say next so you gathered up all your stuff and ran to the door. The only person you could even think of to call was Tyler, you didn’t even know if he was back from his road trip or if he was going to be sleeping since you just noticed it was already after one in the morning. But at this point it was worth a shot. After two short rings you heard the voice you didn’t know you needed to hear so bad.
“Hello?” it was clear now that you woke him up as his tired voice came through the phone. Hearing his voice made all the walls you were trying to keep up come tumbling down and you were just crying into the phone.
“(Y/N), what’s wrong, why are you crying, are you okay?” he sounded so concerned
Through your sobs your were only able to get out a few words “he cheated on me tyler”
Immediately you heard rustling on the other end of the phone “(Y/N) where are you, i’m coming to get you”
You told tyler the address and but he wouldn’t let you hang up he wanted to make sure you were okay, even if it was only a ten minute drive.
When you saw the headlights of his car you felt yourself become more vulnerable. He opened the car door and jumped out embracing you into a hug and you sobbed into his chest. He kissed the top of your head and did not move until you were ready to pull away. He didn’t say anything as he helped you into the car.
“Im not letting you go home alone your coming back with me tonight”
If there was one thing you knew about Tyler was that once his mind was made up, you were not changing it and you didn’t have the effort to fight him. So you just nodded and you did agree that you needed company, especially his company.
The rest of the ride was silent just the sound of the music playing in the background and Tyler occasionally running his hand over your and giving you a look just to make sure you were doing okay. You walked into his house and laid on his couch and marshall, gerry and cash not far behind which in this moment you were thankful for. Tyler went into the bathroom and you decided to get settled on the couch and figured you would wait to ask him where he has extra blankets. You heard the bathroom door open but before you were able to speak you heard him say something to you.
“Come on, lets go to bed” is that really what he just said is all you could think to yourself
“What?” you barely got out
He walked over to you and sat down and there was only a small distance between you and him so you just decided to look down. He put his hand under your chin and lifted your head so that your eyes matched with his.
“I said lets go to bed, did you really think I was going to let you go to bed by yourself”
“Tyler I-” but he cut you off before you could finish your thought
“Lets go im tired” he was started to whine
So you followed him, you had no idea what you were doing or what was going through your head but it all felt strange, but it also felt very right
“Do you have a side preference?” he asked you in a semi-serious tone
You almost giggled at his silly question “um no, whatever you want”
He took off his shirt and you were almost taken back, it’s not like you haven’t seen him shirtless but with the way your mind was right now you were almost surprised. You crawled into bed with your best friend and you started to cry again thinking about what your now ex-boyfriend did to you and how bad it hurt.
“Hey, hey no more tears, come here” Tyler said and he pulled you against it this time you were crying into his bare chest.
“You know that asshole didn’t deserve you anyway, you’re way to good for him and I never liked him anyway, he didn’t treat you right”
When you pulled yourself together from your tears, you looked up at him and you locked eyes with him
“Thank you Tyler”
“For what” he looked at you with his eyebrow lifted which made you smile
“Everything, for being here when I need you, for saying the right things, for supporting me when I do stupid shit”
He separated the two of you and you instantly has chills go down your spine when he looked at you. You both just stared at each other, not knowing what to say next.
“Everything I’ve ever said about you is true, you’re beautiful, smart, funny and the most amazing person to be around. I know you don’t always believe me but it’s true. Whatever guy gets to have you is the luckiest guy in the world” he said this in almost a whisper but each word was said with passion and love. You wouldn’t believe what your hearing and it was suddenly coming clear to you. You also compared your boyfriend to Tyler, when he annoyed you, you would ignore him and complain to Tyler about him. Nothing he ever did was Tyler enough and it was right there with his eyes locked on you after what you thought was the worst night everything became clear. You reclosed the gap between the two of you and he embraced it. He kissed the top of your head again and has rubbing your back. You looked at him and you both had the same look in your eyes.
“(Y/N) I don’t know if this is the right time to say this, but I hate seeing you like this, it breaks my heart, but it also breaks my heart seeing you with guys that don’t deserve you, and I-”
You cut him off by pressing your lips to his. You both pulled away and you spoke first.
‘Tyler, i’m so sorry I’ve put you through all of this you deserve so much better than me”
“(Y/N) I told you that I meant what I said before, you are the most amazing person to be around and I want you to be around you all the time, forever.”
Your only response was to kiss him again and you felt fireworks, something that haven’t felt with anyone since you met Tyler two years ago. He was the one to pull away and it got you nervous
“I don’t want to be your temporary fix (Y/N) I want to be the one that’s always here and always gets to love you”
“ I love you Tyler Paul and I’m a complete idiot for not not realizing it earlier and i’m sorry”
“Having you now and forever on is all that matters (Y/N) I love you”
You kissed each other until you were both drifting off to sleep. He pulled you in one more time and whispered into your ear “I’m so lucky im the one who gets to love you now”
And what you thought was the one of the worst nights was all okay because you were in love with your best friend and your piece of shit ex-boyfriend didn’t matter anymore.
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