Unrequited love backstage - Matty Healy x f!reader
Part 2 of Unrequited love at the studio.
A/N: Guys, don't expect this every week/weekend, but I got a little obsessed with this concept. I'm a sucker for this kind of angsty vibe, unrequited love, friends paining, etc. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
Warnings: paining, fluff, little angst, typos.
Word count: 1.7 k
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Part 1
Y/n entered the dressing room excited about the show. She was meant to give some words of encouragement to the boys before going to her seat. Matty was the only one inside the room. He was standing in all his glory in front of the big mirror, fighting with his tie.
Mattyâs friend whistled for him, trying to get his attention. He turned to his side; Matty glanced at Y/n annoyed. Y/n arched her eyebrows, silently asking. They could read each otherâs mind without even speaking sometimes.
âCan you help me with the tie?â he punctuated his question by sliding the tie off his neck.
Matty extended the piece of clothing towards Y/n. It was kind of an offer to her, a silent way to say âcome closerâ. His hand was moving anxiously between them. Y/n step forward, carefully, analysing his aura.Â
The show that night was the biggest one the band was going to offer for the fans up to that moment. Y/n empathized with Matty. Her stomach was twisting, her chest hurt a little with all the anticipation; and she wasnât going to perform.
Y/n came closer, taking the tie on her hand. She let the piece round her own neck, so she can reach for the collar of his shirt, pulling it up. âHavenât you done it like a hundred times?â she asked him in a funny tone.Â
Seconds later, Y/n placed Mattyâs tie around his neck. She reached behind his head, bringing both ends of it to the front of his shirt. Mattyâs breath was fanning over her face. He was close.Â
He was focused on every one of her actions. âYes, but my hands are shakingâŚâ the frontman admitted.
It wasnât a total lie. Matty was nervous about the night, he wanted Y/n close as well. He wasnât going to tell her that, though.Â
âAww, are you nervous, baby boy?â Matty tried hard not to blush. He was putty on her hands when she addressed him with nicknames, silly ones were his favourite.
He scoffed, âMan.â
âRight, I always forget.â Y/n looked up at him, detaching her sight from the tie for a single second. She sensed Matty pinching her left hip, Y/n whined and laughed about it. Matty let his hands rest there. He needed physical contact with Y/n.Â
The way she showed the tip of her tongue while she was focused on doing the perfect knot for him warmed Mattyâs heart. Her soft lips, the bridge of her nose, her eyes, everything about her enamoured him. She was perfect for his eyes.Â
âYou know this is one of my favourite outfits on you?â Y/n confessed, bringing him out of his trance.Â
Matty wasnât expecting her revelation, although the apple of her cheeks turning red excited the singer. âAll black?âÂ
âYeah.â Y/n declared, without looking up to his face. She finally finished the knot, tagging the short bit under, so it was right in place.
âAre you blushing, baby girl?â Matty teased her, bringing the collar down, hiding the tie around his neck.Â
Y/n pushed his chest, leaning backwards far from him. âShut up!â she exclaimed.Â
Matty studied her factions. Y/n was indeed embarrassed about admitting âpartiallyâ she fancied him in that outfit.Â
âOh, you are!â he tried to bring her back into his embrace, rounding her with his strong arms.
Y/n tried to change the subject, patting the centre of his chest where the tie laid. âThere, all tied up!âÂ
âKinky.â
âYouâre impossibleâŚâ
Y/n blanked her eyes at his comment. She decided it was time to leave and wait with the rest of the crowd for the guys to perform.Â
Matty tensed the muscles of his arms, preventing her from leaving. They were chest to chest close. âDonât go.â He begged in a whisper, drawing little circles on the upper part of her back.Â
Y/n dared to look at his hazel eyes, âYou need to warm up and all of that, Matt.â she reminded him.Â
Matty ignored her words, bringing Y/n impossibly closer to his body. âJust one more secondâŚâ he said, going to hide his face on her neck, resting his cheek on her shoulder.Â
Y/n let him, sneaking her arms over Mattyâs shoulders. Her mouth touched, slightly, the lobe of his left ear. âYouâre going to smash it, handsome!â Y/nâs breath touching his skin sent shivers down his spine.Â
âMmm.â Matty let out, lost in her essence, her touch, everything about her.Â
After a few minutes, rocking their bodies âstill intertwined- slowly from side to side, Y/nâs sight fell on the clock adoring the wall. It was time to go now.
âOkay, time to shine. Iâll go get my seat.â Y/n pushed back, looking at his face.Â
Matty smiled at her, bumping her nose, while telling her, âIâll see you later, alligator.âÂ
He let her go, but kept his attention on her body moving toward the door. Suddenly, she turned around, smiling wide.Â
âBreak a leg!âÂ
âI donât want to break-â Matty went to joke about it, but Y/nâs words shut him.
âDonât dedicate a song to me!â Y/n interrupted, bringing to present a previous situation with Matty.Â
She hated to be the centre of attention. Once, during a show, he didnât name her but explained that the next song they were going to play was dedicated to one of his closest friends, someone he adored deeply. Y/n knew it was about her when they started playing her favourite song; the one she admitted to absolutely adore, after Mattyâs insistence. Y/n complained about it after the show but ended up thanking him as well. It was a song they rarely played, so she couldnât deny it was a nice gesture.Â
âWeâll see about thatâŚâ Matty responded cheekily.Â
âHealy, Iâll break your leg myself if you do that again!â
âInsignificant threats.â he brushed her off.
Y/n stared at his eyes, trying to figure out if he was joking or not. âDo it and face the consequences.â she warned him, pointing at his face with her finger.Â
âOh, come onâŚlast time, you cried and then hugged me. That was all the damageâŚâ Matty recalled the events as they were. Y/n blushed again.Â
Before she could add anything else, Georgeâs voice came from behind her back, âWhat damage?â he asked.
âHeâs threaten with dedicate me a song againâŚâ Y/n shared with G.
George looked between the pair, he laughed at Mattyâs face. âWhipped Matty.â he stated, faking coughing. He passed by Y/nâs side, touching her shoulder as a greeting.Â
âFuck you, George!â
âIf youâre going to fuck George, at least wait for us to leave.â Adam said with a polite tone, entering the room.
Ross shivered in horror thinking about what Adam said, âI donât need those images in my mind.â his shoulders shaking dramatically.Â
Y/n loved the whole band and crew, they were a second family for her. All of them were friendly and welcoming. She watched the guys interact like adolescents. Y/n had to leave.Â
âWell, Iâll leave you guys to itâŚgood luck!â she wished them all.
They chanted in unison âBye, Y/nâ and âEnjoy the show!â except for Matty. He ran to the door, setting his eyes on her back while she walked down the hall.Â
He stood at the door frame of the dressing room, shouting, âIâm between âSettle Downâ, âDonât Worryââ he continued messing with her about dedicating a song. Knowing the reaction he would get with the mention of another song she liked, Matty smirked wide kept talking, âor âAntichristââ As he expected, Y/n turned around with the mention of it.
âWould you do that?â Y/n questioned him, sceptic.Â
Matty crackled. ââCourse not.â Y/nâs face turn out to an annoyed one, she turned her back instantly making Matty laughed. âMaybe if you ask nicely,â he kept going. âI would do it just for you, love!â
But Y/n was done with his tricks and jokes, she continued walking far from him.Â
âWhatever!â she answered him without looking, soon enough she disappeared from Mattyâs sight.Â
He walked back inside, smiling, calmer than before Y/n showed up. Once inside, the guys burst into a group laugh. Matty looked at them puzzled.Â
âOh, manâŚâ Ross went to patted him on the shoulder.
âWhat?â he asked at his mate.Â
âHe's down badly, right?â George talked directly to Adam and Ross, ignoring Matty âwho was trying to get what they were talking aboutâ.
Adam nodded, âHeâs all hearts and kisses when sheâs around.â he presented his facts.Â
âWhat on earth are you dickheads talking about?â Matty tried to make eye contact with them, and get real answers, but the guys continued to not pay attention to the frontman.
Ross took pity on him. âYou and Y/n.â he clarified.Â
Matty still didnât get what they were implying exactly.
âWhat about it?âÂ
âYouâre down boy.â Adam said finally.Â
Matty half laughed, surprised by Adamâs sayings. âSheâs my best friend.â
Inside, Matty was trying to keep his calm. He was so sure the rest of the world didnât know about his feelings for her. He sometimes tried to ignore them. Lately it was harder and harder. Although, he wasnât in no position to admitted out loud.
George interfered. âWeâre almost your brothers, and you donât offer to dedicate songsâŚâ
âIâm messing with her!â
âYou donât cuddle usâŚâ G continued.
âI- Sheâs my friend.â he repeated his statement, less convinced than before. Once his own voice reached his ears, he wanted to facepalm himself.Â
âSure, Matty.â
Matty stared at the floor, saying, âItâs not like that with her. Sheâs not into me, and I-â he stopped talking.Â
They waited, giving him time. âAnd you?â Ross encouraged him to continue after a few minutes.
Matty stared at his best friends, finding in their faces something he couldnât quite place but dislike enormously.Â
âForget it. We have a show to do!â he made his way to the door.Â
âPoor thingâŚâ Adam said, Ross and George agreed, shaking their heads.Â
âAgh!â Matty screamed when he heard.
âDid Y/n noticed he was down bad for her?â, he worried.Â
content warnings: f! reader, angst, fluff, smut, sex toys, unprotected p in v sex, oral sex m receiving, oral sex f receiving, drug mentions (weed and ecstasy)
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Your sneakers squeak on the pristine tile floor of the hotel lobby as you hurry to the elevator. With your hoodie over your head, you look down at your phone.
â1221â says the most recent text. You whip your head up long enough to smile at the elevator attendant and tell him where youâre headed. Inside the small box, you feel flustered; claustrophobic with excitement and anxiety and anticipation. When you reach the twelfth floor, you dart out quicker than is polite and look behind you as you scan the room numbers in front of you. 17, 19, 21. You look to both sides again before knocking twice. Finally, the door swings open and youâre face to face with a jogger-clad Matty. He looks soft around the edges, worn-out. Itâs probably the jet lag. He beams at the sight of you and you push past him into the room.
âDid you get the pigs in a blanket?â you ask him once youâve left your shoes at the door. His face falls and his brows furrow.
âWhat kind of greeting is that?â he returns. You look at him blankly in a stalemate.
âThey said it will be 45 minutes,â he relents. Your face lights up and you greet him with a kiss on the cheek. And the neck. Matty wraps his arms around you and leans down to kiss the top of your head. The sweet floral scent of your hair fills his lungs, intoxicating him more than any joint or drink could.
âNot to get you all riled up, but I sprung for some orange juice as well,â he says into your hair. You chuckle good-naturedly and lean up to meet his lips in a homecoming kiss. Your skin begins to sing as he kisses you back insistently, parting your lips with his tongue. You whimper softly at the euphoric feeling, already beginning to spread to your head and limbs.
âThink we can go for a round before they come up with it?â you ask conspiratorially.
âDonât tempt me with a good time,â he replies. Youâre smiling as he picks you up by your bum and carries you to the king sized bed, plopping you down unceremoniously in the middle. You move towards the top of it and shrug your hoodie off, revealing a red lace bra. Matty moves to cover you with his body as you get comfortable, your head against the plush, cold pillows.
One of his hands moves to trace the outline of your bra, flesh strains against the delicate fabric, practically begging to be released. He licks his bottom lip absentmindedly and his hand fully envelops your breast.
âFuck, all this for me?â he asks. You roll your eyes.
âObviously,â you smile back at him.
âYou spoil me sweetheart. So fucking gorgeous,â his words are like syrup, sticky and sweet. They coat your tongue with sugar and go to straight your head. They linger in your mind when he's gone. You wish you could bottle them or press them into vinyl. Play them for your family and friends. Look, this is real. Iâm his. A pang of hurt hits you right behind the eyes.
Matty is pressing soft, chase kisses to the exposed flesh on your chest. He looks so contentâ at home. Are you each others' homes?
âYou okay baby?â he looks up at you, all pink lips and flushed skin and blown-out pupils, âyouâre not taking the piss out of me for being sentimental.â His words make you chuckle, and snap from your melancholia. Your hands find his soft brown hair in answer to his question.
âIâm perfect. Fuck, keep going please,â his hands are around your back in no time, fumbling with the clasp of your bra. You arch your back to grant him more access and he groans at the feeling of you pressed into him. The euphoria clouds his mind and his fingers move uselessly behind you. You move your hand to cover them.
âHere, I got it,â you chuckle.
âNo. Fuck, please let me. You went to all this effort, I wanna unwrap you myself,â he finally undoes the clasp and you lift your arms as he peels the garment off of you, brushing his lips down your arm as he does. Your breasts, once held up perfectly by the lingerie, flatten on your chest, you look down at them. Matty catches you looking.
âDonât worry, theyâre perfect,â he kisses the valley between your tits, right next to your heart. âPerfect, perfect,â the movements of his mouth massage the soft flesh of your right breast as he moves further in. âPerfect,â he says and captures your right nipple in his mouth, immediately swirling his tongue around it, wetting you completely. His teeth close softly around the bud and just when you think youâve got him figured out, he replaces them with his lips, sucking devotedly at you. Your skin is on fire and heâs the only one who can extinguish it. You know heâll bring you right to the edge of burning down before he does.
You arch up into the feeling of his warm mouth and have a moment of clarity long enough to realize heâs still in his t-shirt. Your hands move to the hem and push it up his rigid stomach.
âOff, off, off,â you say deliriously. Itâs meant to be sexy, but it comes out whiney, needy. Why are you always so needy?
Your thoughts are cut off by the sight of his fair skin littered with tattoos, passing thoughts heâs memorialized on his body. Your lusty eyes devour him and all of the sudden you need more control.
âSwitch with me,â you demand. He obliges without a word and you take your leggings off as he shuffles around on his back. You move back over him, now clad only in a red thong that barely functions as underwear. Matty notices it at the same time you do: youâve left a wet mark on his gray sweatpants where you straddled him. He reaches down to touch the damp fabric between your thighs, warm and inviting. He plays with the lace, pulling it up so it rubs deliciously between your folds and roughly on your clit. Your head falls back and you begin to grind against his hand as he moves the fabric back and forth, finally gathering the friction you came here for. His fingers wander down to your hole and push tentatively into you. Heâs only halfway in when he pulls them out. Your eyes snap up to him annoyed. He offers you a conciliatory glance.
âCan I eat you out?â
Youâre appeased. You dismount him to shuck your last stitch of clothing off. As you crawl back up his body, his eyes catch yours.
âYou thought I was gonna be mean? What on earth would make you think that?â Your mindâs eye flashes back to a reunion a month ago, your hands tied beautifully above your head as Matty edged you cruelly with a vibrator. Come and get it, greedy girl. The obscenities echo in your head. You blush at the thought and at his taunts.
âShut up,â you say timidly, and cover his face with your wet cunt. Heâs got his arms around your thighs and his tongue slicing up between your folds, treating you to a variety of sensations as he pays attention to each sensitive part of you. Your hands come up to brace yourself against the headboard as he begins to work on your clit, licking in sweet sideways strokes before sucking it into his mouth. As the pressure in your body increases, you begin to ride his face, furiously chasing your release.
âMmmmph fuck, good girl,â the vibrations from his moans go straight into your pussy and increase your pleasure tenfold.
âPlease, please stay like that. Iâm gonna cum,â you warn. He releases a lengthy moan into you as you continue to chase your peak. He knows heâs the only person to have ever made you cum, and he still gets off on it every time. He moves his mouth away from you long enough for you to hear what heâs saying.
âCum for me, please. Need you all over my face baby,â and with that heâs back in you everywhere. Hands coming to cover your backside and reach into your wetness, his tongue licking up into your hole, filling you. His nose bumps into your clit at intervals that drive you crazy. But what tips you over the edge is when he moves his hand to the bottom of your entrance, pushing gently against your back wall. You feel so full and euphoric as your orgasm washes over you, starting at the space between your legs and spreading to your chest, your fingers, your nose. You ride him through it and stop when you canât take it anymore, breathing heavily. His fingers are still pressed inside you. Heâs obsessed with knowing itâs real, feeling your heartbeat against his fingers and face. You know you can never fake it with him, and whatâs more you donât have to.
You move off of him and lay on your back. He ducks to the side to clean himself a bit and then leans over to kiss you. You put your hand on his head and move him away gently.
âMy face is numb. Canât feel you,â you say bashfully.
âYeah?â heâs proud and smiling, eyes squinted so tight you canât make out his irises.
âSorry,â you say.
âPlease, thatâs the best reason Iâve ever heard not to kiss someone,â he grins and pulls you into his chest to come down. Your hands come up to the space below his ribs, trace his top abdominals, get lost in the sweet smattering of chest hair that covers his tattoos.
A knock at your door snaps you from your reverie. You hurry under the duvet as Matty gets up, stretching his muscular arms gratuitously before heading to the door.
The hotel worker has a table heâs wheeling around and he begins to push it into the room. Matty is quick to stop the table and wink at the guy.
âIâll take it from here, mate thanks,â he says and hands him a $20 note. With the door finally closed, Matty rolls your midnight snack over to your side of the bed. He pours you orange juice from the carafe before crossing the room to faff about with his luggage. You watch him curiously as you sip on your orange juice, slowly feeling the weight return to your body as you replenish your blood sugar. He produces a beautifully wrapped box from his duffel.
âWhatâs this?â you ask. Itâs not uncommon for Matty to give you gifts, but heâs always finding some way to surprise you. Heâs sweet, impossibly sweet. Though you suppose it must be easy to be nice when youâre rich. You push the thought away. Nothing exists outside of these four walls. Nothing exists except us.
He gets into bed and slots himself behind you. He kisses your shoulder as he places the parcel on the covers.
âOpen it,â he insists. You rip the wrapping paper eagerly and see the box of a beautiful â thatâs really the only word you could use to describe it â vibrator. Itâs the fanciest youâve ever seen: pink and white and gold. You want to laugh, of course heâd make an investment when it comes to this.
âYouâre crazy, this is a fancy fucking vibrator,â you chuckle and lean your head against him. He reaches over to the table and uncovers the pigs in a blanket. He feeds one to you tenderly before enveloping you in his arms.
âYou know our sex is too good for second rate toys,â he states, smiling into your neck. You finish chewing and turn around in his lap before hugging him around his neck.
âAll this and room service?â you tease, opening the box excitedly.
âWhat can I say, Iâm a generous guy,â he smiles slyly, taking the box from your struggling hands, âNow hurry up and eat, I wanna use it on you.â Your heart jumps into your throat.
âI donât need to eat, Iâm ready now,â you tell him, defiant. He loves it, loves how eager you are, how badly you want him, how you treat him like heâs the only person youâve ever had. He traces his pointer finger over your cupid's bow.
âIâm ready too, darlinâ but I need you to eat something. After that Iâll keep you up all night long. I promise,â he coos. He grabs two more bites of food and gives one to you, cheersing you before eating his whole.
â
Matty gently removes the vibrator from your swollen, red clit and gets up off the bed as he quickly rids himself of his boxers. He leans back over your face and kisses you, admiring your blissed out expression.
âDo I need to get a condom?â he knows that, with you guys, itâs not always safe to go without. He wouldnât pressure you, but he knows youâd rather feel him wholly, if you can. Obviously, he feels the same way. You blush a little.
âIâm actually good this time. Iâve not been with anyone else,â you donât know why youâre shy about it. Surely, he wouldnât find that lame, would he? No, he would like it, you think. He would like that heâs the only person to have been with you recently. Maybe youâre kidding yourself. He touches your face and snaps you out of it.
âI havenât either,â he says calmly, âdonât trust anyone like I trust you.â He climbs back over top of you and kisses you deeply, âturn over for me, yeah?â
You oblige, settling comfortably on your stomach. He moves a pillow under your hips and hikes your right leg up at an angle on the bed. You hear buzzing again behind you as Matty positions the vibrator on your clit.
âYou feel good?â he asks.
âYes,â youâre a little out of breath, dumb with anticipation, âNeed you though. Need it harder.â
You feel him running up and down through your folds, almost dipping into you. You moan obnoxiously, too proud to tell him again how much you need him. Itâs enough for him, he pushes into you unhurriedly, savoring the moment, relishing in every inch he stretches you. When he bottoms out, he moves his hands up beside your shoulders and whispers in your ear.
âFuck youâre so tight. Can I move?â You nod frantically into the pillow and he begins to snap his hips into yours. You feel your heartbeat everywhere as your pleasure begins to build. Matty covers your hands in his and stretches them out in front of you, keeping you in place as he fucks you precisely. Each time he bottoms out, he presses your clit perfectly against the vibrator.
âGood girl. Youâre doing so well for me, baby,â he pants in your ear. Heâs dominant, but itâs sweet and the perfect mixture of submission and pride swirls around your foggy brain as you begin to float. You try to focus on one feeling at a time, his cock sliding in and out of you, his hands on yoursâ, his warm breath on your ear, the vibrations on the tortured nub between your legs. Itâs too much all together. You let yourself go, brain wiping completely as you buck senselessly against the pillow, trying to meet his hips. You cum without realizing that the feeling was creeping up on you, attacked with pleasure as you collapse on the bed in total bliss. Mattyâs not far behind, watching you unravel beneath him makes his ego swell and he fucks into you even harder than before.
âI need a second,â you say. It catches Matty off-guard and he stills above you, pulling out slowly. He turns you on your back so he can see your eyes.
âYou okay?â he searches your face for any discomfort.
âIâm fucking great. Just sensitive. Were you close?â you ask, suddenly concerned youâve ruined it for him.
âYeah, I was,â he seems unbothered. He smiles down at you. You take his hard cock in your hand and begin to pump him over your stomach. âFuuuuuuuck,â his head rolls back, âcan I come in your mouth?â
You kneel in response and push him down onto his back and take him in your mouth, bobbing up and down, wetting him completely and keeping the pressure on him. He reaches out to grab your hand as he begins to spurt into your mouth. The salty tang of him tastes like victory. You smile at him; a content, fucked out grin and then swallow. He wipes a bit left over by the side of your mouth.
âCâmere,â he whines and pulls you into him again. âGoddamn youâre so good to me.â
âAw donât go soft on me now, Healy,â you taunt. He groans.
âDonât be cute. I just came, I donât have my wits well enough about me to go toe-to-toe with you,â he responds.
âNow if only youâd admit the same about the rest of the time,â you muse.
âCheeky,â he bops your nose. You let silence fill the room for a moment.
âHow long are you here for?â you question, looking up at him. A word from him could change the course of your life, it seems. No, youâre not in love with him. You wouldnât let yourself do that. But god it feels right with him. It makes sense that youâd want to prolong your time with him for as long as possible. Youâre not you when youâre with him. Well yes, youâre you, but a freer, less encumbered you. Like youâre on vacation, or on ecstasyâŚor something. He makes all the hurt go away. All of the hurt is outside, and inside is a protective fort of your own making. Your shelter.
âFive days. âTil Sunday,â he says, âcanât stand the heat longer than that.â You know Matty hates Los Angeles. You donât blame him, really. It doesnât seem anything like home to him.
But it still makes you sad. That he might spend bits of his free time in other places just because he likes the atmosphere better. That he would choose to be away from you even though you feel more like home to him than any city could.
âOkay,â you say. It didnât really need an answer. You canât see him every day anyways. You have a job and housemates that will wonder where you are, and a mother whoâs always begging you to come by for dinner. You donât tell them about him: your booty call, the rockstar. That would go over well. Anyways, you two are the only ones who get you. Everything goes bad once it leaves the safe-haven youâve carefully built for yourselves. Rumors and questions and judgements. Youâd rather keep it all here. Where it can be perfect.
âWill you tell me about Spain?â you query as you nestle yourself back into him, pushing away the future and snuggling back into the present.
âIt was fucking unreal, darlinâ. You would have loved it. All these breathtaking old churches and mosques. People dancing, playing guitar, and cheering in the streets. And the food, god. I know you too well to take you there, you would eat yourself silly and then tell me youâre too full to make love to me,â he chuckles.
âThat seems like an appropriate behavior on vacation,â you push back.
âIt is, but I want you all to myself,â he flips the two of you onto your sides and buries his head in your chest as he squeezes you impossibly closer. âDoes that make me selfish?â
His voice sounds so small when itâs coming from under the covers.
âMaybe,â you say. He looks up at you like he might be hurt, âbut Iâm selfish when it comes to you, too.â You consider your next words, scared to be too candid. No, you think, If anyone would want me to be honest, itâs Matty.
âI get a little rush when you tell me that you havenât been with anyone since you last saw me,â you say tentatively.
âMe too, sweetheart. Itâs different with you.â You breathe a sigh of relief. You sit up and grab the glasses off the side table and go to the restroom. You relieve yourself quickly and fill the water cups, bringing them back to bed.
âCan I ask you a question?â you say. Matty raises his eyebrows in answer as he takes a sip of water. âWhat does it really feel like for guys when you have sex with girls? You guys always act like it feels so good when you first put it in. Is it really like that every time?â
Matty smiles softly at your earnestness. âI thought you were gonna ask me something serious,â he teases.
âI am being serious,â you insist.
He considers you, your expression, your posture. Deciding what you want from him. The truth, he thinks. All she ever wants is the truth. He takes you in his arms.
âYou know when you get back from a holiday and you get to sleep in your bed on your pillow again for the first time in weeks?â you nod along. âItâs like that, but a thousand, noâ a million times better. Especially if itâs with someone you know. Itâs a relief. Itâs safe. It feels like coming home.â You look at him, searching for any little bit of artifice. You find none, you should know by now that you wonât find any with him. Why canât you trust that?
âYou feel like coming home, darlinâ.â
You believe him. You agree. So why does it still hurt? You put your head on his chest and close your eyes.
âSo do you. Thanks for taking me home.â
âAnytime.â
You know he doesnât quite mean itâany time heâs in town, yes. Anytime heâs not with a groupie in Japan. Anytime heâs not dealing with some work obligation or visiting his family in England. But as sleep begins to crowd your brain, you let yourself take his words at face value. Anytime. Anytime. Heâll come home anytime.
a/n: please tell me your thoughts etc. I hope this brightens your day! see you all at satvb this fall <3
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âThe greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.â
Elbert Hubbard
âThe final forming of a personâs character lies in their own hands.â
Anne Frank
âLife was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.â
Eleanor Roosevelt
âWe meet no ordinary people in our lives.â
C.S. Lewis
âItâs the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.âÂ
John Wooden
âIf we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.â
Thomas Edison
âWe build too many walls and not enough bridges.â
Isaac Newton
âA small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.â
Mahatma Gandhi
The real glo up is when you stop waiting to turn into some perfect hypothetical version of yourself and consciously enjoy being who you are in the present moment.
sit in the sun without anything to do, feel the heat of the rays hit your skin, realize that this sunlight has travelled a very long way to reach you
walk around barefoot and try to feel as much of the ground under your feet as you can, notice every rock and blade of grass
sit quietly for a while and notice the touch of breath in your nostrils, feel how the air gets cooler as you inhale and warmer as you exhale
drive around aimlessly and blast some of your favorite songs, scream/sing along to them and feel the vibrations of your favorite lyrics as they change the air in your throat and around you, feel that the music is healing you from the inside out
stay away from alcohol or drugs for a few days, try to be as aware and present as you can in every moment, stop trying to numb or dull your senses
eat a few meals without any distractions, notice every bite and taste every flavor that covers your tongue, be grateful for it all
look up at the stars and the moon, understand how small we all are and how immense the universe is, realize what a miracle everything is, let your heart swell with amazement and admiration for life itself
ok this is actually cool bc doing all of this is a technique called âmindful thinkingâ that is extremely useful for people with anxiety disorders and dissociation disorders and stuff!