february 2018

"tom!" paddy shouted as he heard his eldest brother enter the holland lodge. his small footsteps could be slightly heard throughout the house.

"hey pads!" tom smiled at the teenager, hugging paddy's small body and ruffling his hair.

"i'll take your bag!" paddy took the handle of toms suitcase, running as quickly as he could to tom's allocated room. tom began to move away from the entrance of the lodge and work his away around the building. he entered the living room, flicking on the light switch and went to open the curtains.

"hey, what are you do- hey, tom" harry groaned as the bright light hit his eyes.

"morning, man. what're you doing in here?" tom questioned, walking back to the door, turning off the light again.

"we came back from dinner and (y/n) was asleep in my bed so i left her there and came in here" harry sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"i thought she was staying with sam?"

"she should be. but i think they had an argument or something. she seemed to stormed out at dinner and she never came back. sam did though"

"what happened?" tom and harry begin to walk to harry's room.

"i don't know what they were arguing about-"

"do you know why they started arguing?" tom interrupted.

"i said something at dinner and sam asked about it. (y/n) said she was gonna tell him after dinner but he kept pushing so she left and he followed her. then he came back alone," harry finished as the two boys stopped outside of harry's room door. "oh, and we almost kissed"

"you and sam?" tom whispered.

"no! dude, come on. me and (y/n)" whispered back.

"what?!"

"not so loud! but...the other night, you know when we all went out and she stayed at home? well, when i came back i found out sam never called her, and she was sat on their bed and i sat next to her and i just looked at her and thought i had to kiss her. i was so stupid and i've ruined their relationship"

"they'll be fine. they're the strongest couple i know," tom reassured harry. "i'll try talking to her"

"thanks. i'll go and make sure sam's okay"

"bring him here, try get them to make up" tom said just before harry left his sight. he turned back to the door and raised his hand up, curling it into a fist and knocking on the door. seconds later, there were footsteps behind the door, the doorknob turned and a sleepy (y/n) opened the door.

"hey, tom" she yawned, rubbing her eyes.

"hey. you okay? why aren't you with sam?" he asked, as innocently as possible.

"did you just come here to talk about him?" she hissed, slamming the door shut and leaving tom startled in the corridor. he blinked rapidly, turning around and walking back towards the entrance of the lodge.

when he turned the corner, he met the eyes of the twins. sam's eyes looked red and bloodshot, and harry's looked sad and blue.

"is she okay?" the first words sam spoke to his eldest brother. "is she, tom?"

"i- i don't know. she didn't really talk to me"

"she fucking hates me" sam whispered, zipping his coat back up and walking out of the lodge. tom turned to harry. harry's eyes glossed over. tom brought harry into his embrace.

"it's my fault," he whispered. "all my fault"