missed you - james potter
“baby.. m’sorry” james waddled over to you, a little pout gracing his lips.
you were laying in the common room in your pyjamas catching up on some of your reading, trying to de-stress from everything that happened about half an hour ago…
james had forgotten to spend much time with you over the past week, carried away with lots of quidditch practise, head boy duties and spending every possible minute between all of that planning out all sorts of pranks with his friends (a big one they’d been working on was turning snape’s hair pink and it took a lot of time according to james)
since you two were always attached at the hip, walking to and from classes together, snuggling in the common room each night, weekend dates and sleepovers in eachothers dorms, not having him around for a good part of the week saddened you a lot, and james didn’t take much notice of it- until you got fed up and yelled at him.
“james!” you’d said, “the only times you’ve spoke a word to me since monday has been good morning at breakfast, hello a few times in the halls and maybe a goodnight if we see eachother before bed, i haven’t hugged you, or talked with you at all, and i’m sick of you not noticing how sad it’s making me!” you blew up, your eyes were tired and glassy, your voice exasperated.
maybe you overreacted, maybe not, but you were too tired to tell so you walked away hastily before he could reply.
now, you sat up slightly, resting on your elbows and looked up at him, his hair was disheveled probably from running his hands though it too many times and he looked awfully sad.
he went to the couch you were laying on, gently lifting your legs up for a moment so he could sit down and the resting them across him, massaging your legs softly over your flannel night pants.
“m’so sorry sorry sweetheart, i should have noticed, i can’t believe how stupid i was-“ he thought back on just how upset you looked when talking to him before, your eyes told him everything he should’ve already known, and he was beating himself up inside for it.
“hey, don’t say that.” you sat yourself up more, now much closer to your boyfriend, “i’m sorry for overreacting, i know your so busy with everything i shouldn’t have made it about me”
“y’didnt overreact at all though honey, you’re right” he cupped your cheek, “m’gonna do better, no more of this, i’ll be with you always, as long as i can” your eyes were glossed over now, wanting to be as close as you could you readjusted yourself, crawling into his lap.
“never wanna see m’baby upset, i’ll do anything i can to see your pretty smile every day” he told you gently, not wanting to disrupt the quietness of you two now.
james’ arms wrapped around you, your head in the crook of his neck, relaxing into his hold.
“just missed you” you said quietly, you felt like a koala right now, holding onto james for dear life.
“i’ve missed you honey, i love you” he kissed you on your head, almost whispering.
“love you jamie”