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Aidan sighed softly as he looked over the water, the boat gliding across it quickly as the salty air breezes through his hair. He leaned against the railing as he held his crossed arms, brows furrowed with concern now that the holiday with (y/n) was halfway over. They were heading to stay in another country before coming back home but...

He had been dreading coming home...

He was worried, very anxious about coming back to whatever chaos they left behind. He didn't know if everything had calmed down now or if it was still as bad as when they left.

Or maybe it was worse...

He wanted to stay with his love a little longer out on the peaceful side of this world with her, to have her feel at ease with him. It made him so happy that she was finally trusting him again, to finally be at peace with him. He was over the moon when she actually fell asleep in his arms by the fire pit at his uncle's house. He would do anything to protect her.

The brunette looks over when he hears a door open, seeing his love lean against the railing and he breathes out in relief knowing she feels fine now with her meds kicking in. He walks over to her knowing she would be a little drowsy, gently holding her waist to let her know he was there before he stood behind her to hold her.

Aidan leaned his chin on (y/n)'s shoulder while he gently rubbed her stomach to make sure she was feeling okay, the both of them looking out at the beautiful ocean and the bright blue sky. He smiles when she accepts his affection and leans further back into his arms, slowly and hesitantly but she manages to relax with him and his heart jumps in joy as he presses a kiss on her cheek.

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Why can't I sleep?

Aidan ruffled his hair, feeling exhausted but he really couldn't sleep. His mind wouldn't shut up and his mind was running miles per second about heading back to Seattle. He looks around the room in the Airbnb he was in with (y/n) and his family, willing to stay in Denmark with his love a little longer so she didn't have to go through the hurricane of negative comments she was getting. He tossed and turned with worry for his love and just sat up, his bed cold without her since she had been sleeping separately from him.

The brunette sighed in frustration and got out of bed to creep out of his bedroom, deciding to explore the house a little or sit outside for a bit until he felt tired again. He finds a piano in a far-off closed room and walks into the said room, sitting down on the bench and carefully lifting the lid before pressing a key. The sound rings softly into the room, a sweet sound and he splays his fingers across the keys to play a song.

(y/n) wakes up in the middle of the night by something playing in the distance, feeling groggy but gets out of bed when she recognises the song. She leaves the bedroom and pads towards the room where the music is coming from, finding Aidan playing the piano. He shudders lightly in delight when he feels his love's hands run over his bare back since he was shirtless, her warm touch making him curl against her as she stands behind him. Her hands roam up his back and loop around his neck to hug him from behind, leaning her head on his shoulder. The brunette leans further in his love's arms, her feeling so warm and he nuzzles her cheek before continuing to play the piano. He ends the song and reaches up to hold her hands around his shoulders, rubbing her arms and stroking her skin with his thumbs.

"You need to sleep. We're leaving early in the morning..." his love yawns sleepily against his neck and leans up to brush his fingers against her cheek.

"I know... I just can't-(y/n)?" Aidan peeks up to see (y/n) with her eyes closed, having nodded off and he smiles as he slowly turns around before picking her up in his arms. He takes her back to his room, gently setting her back down in bed and is about to leave but she holds his arm.

"Stay..."

Shit, he couldn't say no to her.

He smiles and eagerly climbs into bed, settling behind her and letting her get comfortable with him as he pulls her back against his chest to hold her tight. "I love you (y/n)..." the brunette sighed happily against her hair, unknowing of the blushing smile that was on her face.

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"Hey..." Aidan smiles when he hears (y/n) before he feels her hug him from behind, feeling her bury her face against his back. He couldn't help the way his heart raced when she reached out first for affection, gently setting down the guitar he was tuning to hold her hands around his waist.

"Hello, my love." He entwines his fingers with hers and brings them up to kiss the back of her hands. "Do you need anything?" He coos softly when she shakes her head no.

"Not really..." he peers over his shoulder as best as he can to see his love, knowing that she probably wants to do something with him. They had been cooped up at home for a couple of days after they returned back to Seattle to let everything and everyone settle again comfortably, but that also meant that the young couple was left restless.

"Are you hungry?" The brunette asks and his love does a so-so motion with her hand. "Let's go have dinner then and watch a movie."

"Alright, I can put on the tv-"

"-baby, I'm taking you out tonight. Dinner and movies at the cinema."

"But everyone-"

"-I know but it's been too long since I have been able to take you out lovely." Aidan turns around to see (y/n) hesitate and he tilts her chin up. "I know you're restless (y/n)."

"I don't know..."

"We can go out for a night drive after? How does that sound?" He knew he was able to get his love to agree after that last request when she nodded and he smiled brightly in response, leaning down to kiss her cheeks which she leans into.

"I'll go change then."

"I'll see you in the garage." the brunette says, watching his love nod as she runs back up the stairs, almost as if she was excited and he chuckles as he heads up to his room after. He dresses up in dark jeans and a turtleneck, wearing his favourite brown jacket before checking he has the box in his pockets. He sighs in relief when its there and puts his shoes on before leaving his bedroom for the garage. He smiles when he hears the door to the garage open and turns around to see his love walk in wearing light-washed jeans with a collared shirt and checkered sweater vest. "Oh, you look so pretty." he beams at her as she flushes from his compliment, brushing her hair back to see her clearly. "My pretty girl, you ready to go?"

"Yeah, but your dads car isn't here."

"That's why we're going in this."

Aidan grins in excitement as he turns around and rips off the cover from another car in the garage, a beautiful convertible that he actually bought second-hand himself so he could have a car of his own. Now that he had his love with him, he didn't want to rely on or bother his dad to drive him everywhere so he bought this convertible and had been modifying it on his own with upgrades and mods. He wanted to drive his love everywhere and anywhere she wanted, to drive away somewhere far with her, to drive for hours with her just by his side. They could travel wherever they wanted, and escape to wherever they found peace. And to be honest, he was very proud of how much work he put into the convertible to be sustainable and environmentally efficient.

"Aidan! This car is beautiful!" oh he felt so warm seeing the genuine proud look on his love's face as she walked around the convertible and admired it. It was a beautiful black 1967 Pontiac Convertible.

"I worked on it for a long while now. Dad helped me every now and then but I did it with my own two hands."

"Oh, this is fantastic! You're amazing! First, being able to act, be a musician and now an all-star mechanic!? What can't you do?" (y/n) grins, seeing how excited Aidan looked to give the car a test drive. "Let's go! I want to see how this baby runs!" she urges him and he bounces over to open the door for her to get in before running around to get into the driver's side, carefully backing out of the garage before zooming down the road. He laughs softly as his love whoops out in excitement as they sped down the road, the roof already down and the wind made her hair fly around like crazy. He held her hand and kissed the back of it as he drove them to the cinema, enjoying the wind and the sunset that painted the sky in multiple lovely warm colours. 

They arrive at the cinema in no time and they both get out, the brunette holding his hand out for his love and his heart flips when she eagerly goes to hold his hand before he leads them inside. He gently puts his sunnies on her to hide her identity just in case, waiting in line where he bought them tickets and some snacks before heading to the cinema. They show their tickets to the staff and head inside, whispering to each other about what the movie might be about as they head to their seats.

"Middle seats and three rows from the back. Good choice." (y/n) muses, knowing how these seats are the best considering how many times she's gone to watch movies with her family.

"Learned from the best." Aidan chuckles, raising the handle between which shocks his love.

"I didn't know you could do that!?" she gasps and he smiles when she moves closer to sit next to him and he gently lays her head on her shoulder. He kisses the top of her head and pulls her closer by her waist, waiting for a sign that she was uncomfortable but she leans closer to him and he pulls her legs over his as she wraps her arms around his waist. The brunette felt his nose tingle and he held back his tears knowing they were ok again.

"I have something for you." he whispers to her, reaching into his pocket to get the box out and he shows it to her.

"Aidan...?"

"I love you (y/n). I love you so much..." he says shakily as his love opens the box to reveal a ring.

"We're too young-"

"-a promise to you, that I will love you forever. Not saying I'm proposing to you now, I know we're too young but I wanted to give you something..." he gently takes the delicate gold ring and shows her the band which had their intitials engraved on it. 

"Aidan... it has diamonds-it's beautiful but it's so much-"

"-nothing is too much for you." he smiles down at his love who looks up at him with wide eyes, holding his hand out for her and she lays her hand in his before he slips the ring on her middle finger. "Perfect fit..." he breathes out, seeing how lovely the ring looked with the other one she wore from India, the one she got for them both. He still had his on, always has it on. He never takes it off and neither does he take his necklace off. They will always be on him, a piece of her with him always. "I love you..." he leans his forehead on hers and she bumps her nose against his in response which makes him blush, leaning down to press a petal soft kiss on her neck just near the necklace he gave her.

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"I am not the only traveler

Who has not repaid his debt

I've been searching for a trail to follow again."

Aidan smiled softly as his love sang softly to the song on the radio as he drove down the empty road, the night sky blanketing over them with little speckles of stars. The quiet was calming, almost peaceful as they sped through the night. It was just the two of them and the stars and the moon, just them two together as they drove to wherever the road took them.

(y/n) moved to sit up against the back, leaning her head back as she watched the night sky and sang softly to the song unknowing of how much the boy driving admired her. He watched her close her eyes and let out a deep breath, the way her hair waved behind her beautifully from the breeze and the way she looked so free. She raises her arms for a bit and he slows down for her until she looks at him with a smile before climbing back to sit in the passenger seat next to him. She turned the volume up just a bit on the radio, looking out at the scenery around her and just relaxing with him.

"I had all and then most of you

Some and now none of you

Take me back to the night we met."

Aidan sings softly as he reaches over to stroke (y/n)'s cheek, her leaning into his touch as she looks up at him with a smile and he pulls her closer to kiss her forehead before focusing on the road again. 

The brunette ignored the thousands of notifications that bombarded his phone, feeling absolutely proud that he had posted a picture of him holding his love's hand at the cinema with her new ring, captioning how much he loves her. He wasn't ashamed anymore and wanted to let the world know that his heart was forever hers.

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