itsowendavis:
Owen scoffed after hearing Payton’s reaction to the recap of his story of the past few years since they’ve seen each other for the last time. He had no idea why he didn’t go ahead and lied about every little detail of his life. Maybe he would’ve gotten away with the made up happy story. But then again, it wasn’t real. And he decided to tell her about all of it. The failed attempts at becoming a professional dancer after graduating high school, having to juggle waiter jobs because he was barely able to make enough money to rent his flat with the comedy gigs nobody attended, his failed relationships, followed by his last girlfriend leaving him after the unexpected birth of their son, which explained how he ended up running into Payton on a stroller walk through one of Manchester’s parks. The fact that his life story wasn’t happy was an understatement, that’s for sure. “Oh well, is it ever truly a happy story if Owen Davis is involved?” he blurted out, his voice full of self deprecation and pity. He was glad his son wasn’t old enough to understand everything Owen said about himself in his presence. At this point, little Thor probably wasn’t yet aware his dad was such a big loser. Of course he wasn’t, he was only four months old. “No way back now, I’m afraid,” he then sighed, adjusting the blanket his son was wrapped in. “I just didn’t expect myself to quite end up here, I guess.”
That was kind of too much information for Payton, but she listened to every single word. It was true. You never know how different your life can be after high school, they were all with such a big dreams, and most of them never even had the chance to make them come true. She didnt know what to say to Owen, it really seemed like he wasn’t at a happy place. Payton looked at the boy and smiled "Hey, that’s not true. You’ll have a happy story one day.” she really believed that, everybody gets their happy ending at some point. “Exactly...you’re Owen Davis, you can do everything. And it’s never too late to make your dream come true.” She didn’t like seeing him down, it wasn’t the person she remembered. Of course she tried to distract him from his cloudy thoughts “Can I hold him for a minute?” Payton smiled and looked at the fluffy baby boy that looked kind of bored. “Maybe he’s your happy story, who knows.” the brunette said, hoping to make him smile.