"I'm sleepy, sing to me."
Send me “I’m sleepy, sing to me” and my muse will sing yours to sleep
Arya smiled, “As you command, my love.” Tom still looked too frail for preference since he had woken up from the coma. She stayed by his side as often as she could each and every day. For Tommen to willingly drift to sleep, she’d do whatever he needed her to. “Ummm... alright...”
She waited as Tommen scooted to one side of the hospital bed, leaving room for her to curl him beside him. Arya ran a hand through his hair as she began to sing softly.
What would I do without your smart mouth?Drawing me in, and you kicking me outYou've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you downWhat's going on in that beautiful mindI'm on your magical mystery rideAnd I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright
They had been friends for so long. She spent more of her life with him than without him. Tommen had been her friend since third grade; best friend since fifth grade; boyfriend since eighth grade. Sometimes people doubted they could be friends with their contrasting personalities. But that’s what made them such a good couple. They complimented one another. His strengths with her weaknesses and her strengths with his weaknesses. They snarked each other, called each other ‘stupid’, ‘dumbass’... sassed each other but it was how they were.
My head's under waterBut I'm breathing fineYou're crazy and I'm out of my mind
Arya brushed her fingers along the side of his cheek, staring into those beautiful green eyes.
'Cause all of meLoves all of youLove your curves and all your edgesAll your perfect imperfectionsGive your all to meI'll give my all to youYou're my end and my beginningEven when I lose I'm winning'Cause I give you all of meAnd you give me all of you, oh oh
This past year and a half was the worst in her entire existence. Thinking that he’d die believing that she hated him. That she never wanted to see him again. No. None of that was true. She loved him with every damn fiber of her being. Arya could hear those words she spat at him, that haunted her dreams still: I hate you. I never want to see you again. You’re the worst thing that happened to me.
She hadn’t meant any of those words but they were the last things she said to him. They couldn’t be any further from the truth. He was her everything. Watching him lying there for months and months... she was so helpless to do anything.
How many times do I have to tell youEven when you're crying you're beautiful tooThe world is beating you down, I'm around through every moodYou're my downfall, you're my museMy worst distraction, my rhythm and bluesI can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you
No one would think that the decision to let him go would end with him waking up. But he had. He came back to her as she begged and pleaded. Even with those tears in his eyes, he was still the most handsome. Not because of the golden curls she loved and those brilliant emerald eyes but because he had the best heart in anyone she knew. Arya watched as he tugged the blanket higher and helped tuck the edges in before her hand returned to brushing across his forehead.
How could he have so much control over her life? His smile could wipe away everything that hurt, yet his tears could cut into her heart and cause the most unbearable agony? One man should not wield such power over her. But this was Tommen and she would not have anyone else hold the place he held in her heart and soul.
My head's under waterBut I'm breathing fineYou're crazy and I'm out of my mind
He’s the one who could make things okay when they weren’t. Arya would give anything to make that boy smile. And she knew he’d do the very same. They were young, stupid and so in love.
'Cause all of meLoves all of youLove your curves and all your edgesAll your perfect imperfectionsGive your all to meI'll give my all to youYou're my end and my beginningEven when I lose I'm winning'Cause I give you all of meAnd you give me all of you, oh oh
Arya felt his hand slip into hers as he brought her fingers to his lips. The first words he spoke after waking up was: I love you. She repeated back a hundred times, as if she could erase those ugly words she said from his memory. He didn’t blame her for the car crash. Not even when he should. He was driving in the storm to come after her, to apologize to her.
Give me all of youCards on the table, we're both showing heartsRisking it all, though it's hard
She remembered the day they laid everything out, talking about the fight, the crash and the aftermath. They found each other again through the pain. The year and a half pasted only made them love and appreciate the other more. But gods, she wished that it never happened. That there was a button to rewind and erase. But nothing of the sort existed. All they could do was look at the time they had together and love each other all the more for it.
'Cause all of meLoves all of youLove your curves and all your edgesAll your perfect imperfectionsGive your all to meI'll give my all to youYou're my end and my beginningEven when I lose I'm winning'Cause I give you all of meAnd you give me all of you
Arya watched as his breathing leveled out. They still had a hard road ahead. Recovery wasn’t easy. But together, they could fight anything. She smiled and snuggled closer, leaving a kiss on his cheek before resting her head on his shoulder.
I give you all of meAnd you give me all of you...
“I love you, Tommen,” she whispered before allowing herself to drift to sleep as well.