#talkingbouttom

[heygerald]

Can we get like a mini story reaction to one of Toms “friends” hitting Parker

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

Tom, a frown and furrowed brows marring his features, swept a hand across the bar to the recently vacated space next to Parker. An abandoned beer sat on a damp napkin, and the bar stool was still warm from the previous occupant.

"Who—Richie?" she echoed, furrowing her own brows in confusion. "I thought he was your friend?"

Tom clearly didn't seem pleased with that information, and as Parker attempted to catch the straw of her strawberry daiquiri between her teeth, he twisted against the bar so he could glare at everyone that walked by. "Yeah, he is," he said.

But he certainly didn't seem too pleased by that information, and she could only furrow her brows further.

"Don't you want me talking to your friends?" she asked, trying to be both mindful of whatever was bothering him and trying not to sound too put out by the whole situation. Afterall, she had just suffered through fifteen minutes of conversation with a male model who didn't know his left from his right all for Tom. "We were just talking."

"He wasn't just talking," Tom corrected her.

But that made even less sense to Parker, and so she set her glass down on the counter with a miserable frown. Half between pulling out her hair and crying, she used a hand to gently tilt his attention back to her. "Babe, I'm struggling to see what the big problem is here. Don't you want me to get along with your friends?"

He ground his jaw for a moment, eyes raking across her features in a burning path, before Tom spit out, "of course I want you to get along with my friends."

"Then—"

"He was hitting on you, Parker."

She blinked, before stupidly asking, "what?"

Tom rolled his eyes with a huff, but when Parker scowled at his reaction, he took a moment to take a deep calming breath. "Babe," he said, slowly, as if talking to a child. "He didn't care about what you did for work, he was flirting with you."

"But," she started, only to pause and rethink through their entire conversation. She supposed now it made sense why he kept moving closer to her, but Parker had only thought the bar was packed, and so she had offered him her bar stool so he didn't have to keep getting pushed around. She supposed the incredulous look he had given her made sense now. "Oh. But I..."

Tom shook his head, his hand trailed along her waist protectively. "Do you really not notice all the guys that stare at you?"

"At me?" she echoed, blustering. "You're the hot one! You're the—you know—famous movie star. Why would anyone be looking at me?"

It was such a ridiculous question that Parker turned to sweep her gaze over the bar. Heads turned away as she looked, men stooped in conversation, eyes darting between her and Tom surreptitiously. Yet, she just couldn't believe it. They were only looking because she was with Tom Ryder.

Right?

When she looked back at him, however, he no longer seemed upset. Instead, there was something so fond in his eyes that Parker felt herself melting into his touch. "You really don't notice?"

"Well," she hedged, "why would I care about them when I have you?"

Tom stared at her for a long moment before planting a heated kiss on her. It frazzled Parker even more, and it took shaking her head to come to her senses. Grabbing her daquiri, she nudged him off the bar. "Now, come on."

"Where are we going?"

"To spill my daquiri on the next guy that looks at me," she grinned, and when Tom tilted his head back and laughed, Parker had to remind herself that there were other people in the room. People that needed to be taught a lesson. "I guarantee no one is going to flirt with me after I ruin their Gucci shoes."

"You know what Gucci looks like?"

"Oh, shut up."

[heygerald]

Tom taking care of Parker when she’s sick has got to be one of my favorite things

He comes to her house brings her meals and eats with her. Brushes her hair and helps her get into the shower because let’s face it she doesn’t have the energy . He would drive to the bookstore to make sure it’s not absolute chaos and that Melissa is holding up okay . He strikes me as the type of boyfriend to cuddle with her while she’s sick and she’s worried about him getting sick telling him he should leave but he doesn’t he stays because let’s face it he could use a break from Gail and from set once and a while .

He may not be perfect but he’s doing his best and Parker knows it

I love them

I love them, and I love when you guys talk about them like they're real because it's both vindicating and beautiful 🥹

"He may not be perfect but he's doing his best and Parker knows it" is the new tagline for FWAH. So accurate, encapsulating everything I try to write for them, and soooo Parker coded. Tom absolutely gives her nyquil instead of dayquil on accident and then has to deal with her drooling on his shoulder when he drives her to her doctor's appointment.

[heygerald]

What would Tom do if somebody was posting about Parker on social media calling her all types of stuff just because their jealous she’s with Tom

Probably something impulsive like a live stream where he talks about how much he loves her or breaking his phone while promising to abandon social media until his fans start being nice. Realistically he would sweep her away on an all expense paid vacation, photos taken at every opportunity, #theyhateuscuztheyain'tus #Mrs.Ryder #mywifeishotterthanyours as he buys too many shirts with her face plastered all over them to wear on press tours.

It drives the internet crazy, and suddenly they're listed as the Best Couple in Hollywood by three different magazines. (Tom planted the story with two of them, but the third really was real)

[heygerald]

I know your very busy editing and writing your new chapter of FWAH so you don’t have to do this ask but if Tom was having a meltdown and just full on sobbing and screaming because his outfit didn’t fit for his movie since it shrunk but he doesn’t know that and thinks he gained weight and became super insecure which led to his meltdown. I don’t know if this makes sense but of course you don’t have to do this ask !!!!!

This absolutely makes sense in the context of Tom. I remember when Rocketman came out there was an interview with Taron Egerton and he talked about how self conscious he was about his body due to his weight gain, and I completely envision this as Tom.

He wouldn't talk about it in the media, obviously, but he would absolutely obsessively look in every mirror he can, needing all the angles, asking Parker if such and such clothing makes him look bad.

And Parker? We know know that she is endless support, the only person who gets Tom Ryder, the best person for the job. It would be a hard time for them both, definitely, with him not bring very receptive to the conversation when she tries to bring it up, and there's a couple trials/errors where she attempts to cheer him up with his favorite food that he takes as an insult... but, they work it out.

Maybe that's even the point that finally pushes Tom to get a therapist. Or maybe it's not enough for a real one, but he does start trauma dumping on Colt when they do joint workouts, which leads to the boys always getting drinks after workouts, which leads to their own little thing. Shockingly Colt is amazing at body positivity, and even more shockingly, his positive attitude is able to rub off a little on Tom.

[heygerald]

I have a headcannon that Tom did bull riding before he became a huge A-list celebrity (since he grew up in the south ) and Parker had no idea until she was going through an old box in his storage and found his old bull riding outfit ,cowboy hat and pictures of him while he was bull riding

......thoughts that should not be thought are being thought....Tom Ryder....a bullrider....chaps and a COWBOY HAT?.....that smile of his???....the crowd going WILD...

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

Let's just say the spirit of Parker took me over to write this? Pretty sure she'd be speechless and drooling, just like I am rn. God bless you anon 🥵🥵🥵

[heygerald]

Hi g! You totally don’t have to answer this question if you aren’t comfortable with it I know it’s a sensitive topic for some people .

But what would Parker do if she went to go and see Tom and found him overdosed

Of course you have absolutely no pressure to answer it !

You guys give me such good questions! Chitchat below the cut.

TW: overdose, drugs, crying.

Step 1: scream bloody murder. Despite all of her practice with Colt's stupidity, when it comes to Tom, Parker may not be the best at handling a crisis. Can you blame her?

Step 2: call 911 for medical help, then Colt for mental support, all while trying not to scream bloody murder.

Step 3: cry a LOT, before coming to an eerie calm, and realizing some things had to change.

Parker never realized Tom was in a place dark enough to push him into something like this (even if accidental) and it's absolutely an eyeopener for her. For so long she had been supporting Tom in his career and personal life that she assumed things were good, and the shock of realizing that things obviously aren't good makes her sick.

Even worse is when he wakes up, Tom doesn't want to address the issue, doesn't want to admit he has a problem, stressing that it was an accident and that Parker that it had nothing to do with her.

But that's absolutely not good enough. They do sobriety together. They do therapy together. She even finds them a teeny tiny little Airbnb in the mountains with no wifi where they go to talk and be together.

It takes a long time, and it's definitely not easy, but he kicks the habit. And one day when Tom Ryder publishes his official memoir the forward is dedicated to Parker Seavers-Ryder, "the fearless woman who saved his life."

[heygerald]

I feel like Tom would bounce his leg whenever he’s nervous without even realizing it what would Parker do

He's a firm believer that Tom Ryder doesn't get nervous until he meets Parker and then sometimes he changes his shoes 3 times before leaving to see her and suddenly he has to take a Colt Seavers' course on how to be cool in front of the ladies

[heygerald]

What would colt do if he and Tom where sharing a hotel room it was just them . And Tom woke up in the middle of the night having a panic attack about a nightmare he had .

P A N I C 🚨

Colt doesnt handle much smoothly, and the amount of stuff he can handle smoothly while torn from his sleep (no coffee to be seen) is in the negatives.

So, when Ryder wakes him up in the middle of the night because of nightmares or maybe even withdrawal vomiting in the toilet, Colt doesnt have a clue what to do.

Coffee, bud? Water? A backrub? Do you want to call someone? The front desk? The police? My doola????

It's probably his panic that calms down Tom the most. At least watching Colt act like an incredible moron is close to normal, and that brings things back into focus. And when he scowls at the idiot and tells him to fuck off, Colt does just that.

Only, he gets Parker on the phone before he shuts the bathroom door behind him, and while he can hear the murmur of their voices through the wall, Colt promptly flicks on whatever rerun of Hawaii 5.0 is on TV, and promptly falls back to sleep.

Tom almost finds it endearing—if Colt wasn't snoring with his mouth wide open that is. But, he figures he owes him one, so after plugging his phone back into the charger, Tom decides not to say anything.

Afterall, Colt may be a moron, but he definitely had his moments.