Hate | A.G
Paring: Aidan Gallagher X Fem!Reader
Summary: Hate can get overwhelming but there’s always dark before the light.
A/N: Even if you don’t like Aidan Gallagher you should read this imagine, it holds a secret message :)
Life sucks, and sometimes it seems almost as if the world is out to get you. It’s probably the most demoting feeling a person could experience. Life isn’t easy, never is, and never was.
Some days are better than others, but nevertheless, life can make life seem like a disaster. Being hated on is never a fantastic feeling. It’s probably one of the worst things to happen.
To know you’re hated for being who you are or accidentally saying the wrong words. To celebrities is very rare to find a ‘non-canceled’ one. Every star has done wrong and are belittled because of it.
One wrong sentence, one wrong word, one wrong syllable, and their career is in the drain. Years wasted on a job just to be belittled because of something accidentally said or implied wrong.
People will do everything in their power to try and cancel a celebrity. It’s disgusting. Aidan Gallagher– a teenager at the age of seventeen, was definitely no stranger to hate. During his beginning of fame at the age of sixteen, it seemed like a trend to hate him.
He had a multitude of followers, but that didn’t seem to balance the amount that hated him. No matter where he went or where he turned, there was a post about how heartless he was. How much Aidan didn’t seem to care.
In retrospect, he shouldn’t listen or care about it. He knew who he was, and that should’ve been all that mattered. But it was almost as if everything came crashing down at once. Life seemed so messy, and leaving bed at times was so unappealing.
It wasn’t depression per se, more like a sadness that hadn’t seemed to leave. Turning off the social media plate forms seemed like a drug he couldn’t rid of. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t bring himself not to open Instagram or YouTube.
Everywhere, no matter where you looked, Aidan was getting belittled. It shouldn’t have mattered, and he knew that. His girlfriend knew that. Yes, his girlfriend. A girl named Y/n who was a nobody compared to him.
A secret is what she was on the Internet. The public eye was too much for her, and she hated to see her boyfriend like this. She had suffered with this eternal sadness too, and it wasn’t pleasant.
It’s like his eyes were in a constant state of watering, and his smile became rare. No matter how hard she tried, he couldn’t smile. Regardless, Aidan enjoyed having his girlfriend by his side. She knew that he just wanted her next to him more than anything.
The silence was killing her. It seemed as if there was another moment of silence her insides would be ripped to shreds. The only time the silence was broken was when he would cry or sniffle. It was a rarity to talk to her boyfriend.
That didn’t seem right.
Los Angeles was a big city for the two teens. They were just kids. He’s just a kid. Using that as an excuse is valid as long as the kid learns from their mistakes as kids should. It’s when they don’t learn then it becomes invalid.
No sixteen-year-old should feel so repulsed by the world. The way his heart-ached at night and wanted to beg for forgiveness. The way his eyes couldn’t seem to stop watering. The way he could leave bed anymore. He felt so empty, so numb. It was like everything he once worked towards had vanished.
The only way to make it stop was to sleep or focus on something, and lately, that focus had become his girlfriend. He knew she was trying, and he appreciated it more than anything, but it couldn’t heal how hurt he was. It only seemed to numb it until she left his embrace.
She became the safe place he needed. She was the rainbow after the storm, the diamond in the coal, and the light at the end of the tunnel. His heart seemed to ache less around her, and his eyes cleared up. The corners of his lips lifted just the tiniest bit around her.
Most days, he’d lay on her chest while she played with his hair. She’d talk about her day and just random events to try to rid of the awful thoughts clouding his head. It worked and gave him something to focus on.
His affection was rare towards her, but hers wasn’t towards him. She held him and kissed him. He always kissed back. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to give her affection because he did; it’s just that– he didn’t have the energy.
Everything seemed to take everything out of him. Even if it was just getting coffee in the morning, after that, he couldn’t do anything else. It’s like all energy had left his body when he left his bed. He wasn’t like this. He was never like this.
Aidan enjoyed being productive. He was never one to lay in bed all day, and it sucked feeling like this. His girlfriend was the same way. She hated staying inside all day and was always driven for an adventure which Aidan always had planned. So staying inside like this was a sacrifice she had to make to help him.
The next few weeks were painful but were getting better. Aidan was able to leave the bedroom and at least make his own meals. Something his girlfriend had been doing for him, which made him feel awful. She was acting more like his mother than his girlfriend, but it was what he needed.
Life soon got easier. He made a statement. He apologized sincerely, and at that point, there was nothing else he could do. Anyone else who decided to hate him had no good reason to. He admitted his wrongs and learned his mistakes. He vowed never to make them again.
Months passed, and that seemed to do it. He was smiling again. The bed was no longer so appealing, and his eyes shined again. It wasn’t a miracle. It was healing– a process that took a multitude of months to complete.
Suddenly everything seemed colorful once more. He was able to go on social media without seeing constant posts of hate and post without the influx of offensive comments. Those two things did still exist, but not in the consistent way they had before.
Just like that, the light at the end of the tunnel was brighter than ever. He had finally reached the light, and no matter how hard it was, he wouldn’t take it back for the world because he learned so much. He got stronger and grew from it.
