#Realising Also too late that I. Forgot to turn off a sketch layer in the Official Secret Santa Submission *explodes*

[aseuki]

Posting it on main too, but here's my contribution to the @hoshinokaabi-secretsanta with a gift for @mastercrowned!! All of the given prompts were So Delightful, but in the end I had to go with drawing Morpho ordering a Kirby Burgie (or maybe 10) asdlkgjn

version without the text bubble under the cut!

This whole event was a Delight to participate in! Had I more time and energy I would have Defo scribbled out more, but for Now pls enjoy my Favorite part of the image that Unfortunately got masked by the completed piece which is.

Scrungle Dee

[omgrachwrites]

Somewhere Across The Ocean (Tom Holland)

Pairing: Tom Holland x Original Character

Summary: Cassidy Porter has always had a hard time being herself, especially in front of her friends. She can truly be herself when she starts online talking with a sweet boy, Tom. But when he unknowingly walks into her real life it’s his heart that might be getting broken. Author!Tom, college au

Warnings: fluff, a little bit of angst, slow burn

Words: 1877

A/N: So sorry for how long I took to put this up, also I was thinking that I’m going to alternate chapters each week so next week it’ll be the next part of my librarian Bucky series, I promise that the extra gif is relevant, lol! I hope you guys enjoy and please let me know what you think! I love you all very much! xxx

Part Three

Wednesday 13th September 2018

Butterflies swarmed in Cass’s stomach as she watched Tom approach the coffee counter, he came in every Thursday and Friday since Harrison had started a couple of months ago. Seeing Tom was one of the things in particular she liked about working in the coffee shop, he was a great guy and a great friend. It really perked her up to see him, she’d been exhausted since school had started up, she didn’t realise how emotionally – and financially – draining being a college student was.

She hadn’t been in the greatest of moods due to how tired she was and also, the online Tom that she was speaking to also hadn’t emailed her since he told her that he was going on a date. It wasn’t like she was jealous or something, she didn’t even know him but she missed him. Tom’s baby brown eyes were red and bloodshot with exhaustion though his bright beaming smile never once faltered.

“Tom, hey,” Cass grinned as he got to the counter, a small snide voice in the back of her head told her that he was only here to see Haz, “Harrison’s in the stockroom, let me go and get him for you,” she blurted out quickly and made to walk off before Tom stopped her by holding his hand up.

“Actually Cass, I came here to see you, I can see Haz any old time. I live with the guy,” he blushed a bright pink, thankfully Cass was already wearing makeup on the apples of her cheeks so that hid her blush pretty well, “could I just get my usual please?” Tom chuckled, breaking the slightly embarrassed silence and Cass quickly snapped herself out of it.

“O-of course,” she muttered quietly, ducking her head slightly as she got to brewing his drink, “so, how are things with you Tom?”

Tom grimaced before running his long fingers through his thick gorgeous curls before he replied in a monotone voice, “I had this date the other night, it was a complete disaster.”

Cass had at least expected a small bubble of jealousy to arise in the pit of her stomach at the mention of his date but she felt nothing. Tom was completely gorgeous but she’d turn away from him if she knew that he was interested in her, that was just her way. She giggled as she traced a winky face into Tom’s drink with the steamed milk, every time that he came in she drew a different pattern for him.

“Why was it so bad if you don’t mind me asking?” Cass frowned as she handed over Tom’s drink and took his money.

Tom sighed, “well, I met the girl in my lectures and she must have seen me with Harrison because on the date she was always talking about him and asking about him, it’s okay though.”

“That sucks Tom,” Cass pouted and he shrugged.

“Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something,” he paused, continuing when Cass gave him the nod, “I know that we’re doing completely different majors but I was um actually wondering if you’d like to study sometime? I could definitely use someone to study with even if its not the same subject,” he chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.

Cass giggled at his flushed cheeks and decided to play with him a little, she was pretending to think about it. It was obvious that he was waiting with bated breath.

“Of course Tom!” she grinned at him when he let out a sigh of relief, “but can we do it in the library? I definitely don’t have any motivation when I’m studying in the comfort of my own home, how does later on sound? I finish at half two.”

“Later on sounds perfect Cass, I’ll meet you at the library then,” he beamed and made to leave before Cass called him back.

“I’ll study with you if you let me take you to a frat party, I haven’t seen you at the parties that I’ve been to and I’ve been to a lot of parties,” Cass giggled as Tom let out a dramatic sigh.

“Fine, fine if I absolutely must,” he held up his hands in mock defense before he winked and finger gunned at her, leaving the coffee shop.

When Cass finished work she sent off a text to Tom telling him that she was going to get changed and drop her stuff off at her apartment. She walked into the building and shot the moody guy on reception a winning smile although he stayed stone faced, his lips didn’t even twitch the tiniest bit.

“Don’t look so happy Porter, your roommate has just moved in, you haven’t got the apartment all to yourself anymore,” ‘well, obviously,’ Cass felt like saying but she refrained and gave him a tight smile instead as she took off up the stairs and unlocked the apartment door.

A beautiful young woman was perched on the edge of the sofa, scrolling through her phone, she looked up when the door opened and her chocolate brown eyes softened with a smile and she stood up, holding her hand out.

“Hey, I’m Zendaya, sorry that I’m a little late,” she giggled, her laugh was contagious, it made Cass smile as she shook Zendaya’s hand.

“It’s nice to meet you, I’m Cassidy but you can call me Cass.”

“It’s great to meet you too Cass, I’m actually headed out to get some lunch if you would like to join me?” she smiled.

“I’d love to, I really would but I promised my friend that I’d study with him, can we take a raincheck?”

“Of course,” Zendaya beamed, “have a good day and good luck with the studying.”

“Thank you,” Cass smiled, “you have a good day as well.” Zendaya grinned at her before she left the apartment and Cass got ready, pulling her hair out of it’s messy bun. She also sent an email to the online Tom just to ask how he was though she wasn’t expecting a reply.

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Tom grinned as he saw Cass getting closer to him, she looked so pretty with her hair loose and wavy with her sunglasses perched ontop of her head, wearing a sea foam green dress.

“Hey, you look great,” he beamed as he pulled her into a hug, she smelled amazing, like cherries and vanilla.

“Thank you! So do you,” she giggled and they walked into the campus library together.

Tom at once saw that it was busy, busier than it should have been on a Wednesday afternoon when nothing was going on. 90% of the crowd were college girls and Tom even thought that he saw a couple of Professors that conducted lectures at the university. Tom glanced at Cass to ask her what was going on but he cut himself off when he saw that she was biting her lip, her cheeks were flushed and her pretty hazel eyes were glazed over.

“Oh yeah, I forgot,” she said in a breathy voice that suggested that she didn’t forget at all.

“What did you forget?” Tom inquired, deciding to play along. Cass looked at him like she was only just remembering that he was there and perhaps she did only just remember.

“There’s this guy called Chris who works here every Monday and Wednesday and he’s one of the most attractive guys that I’ve ever seen in my whole life,” she spoke vaguely, keeping her eyes at the front desk of the library, “come on, let’s go and find a table.”

Tom felt a stab of jealousy at how breathy her voice sounded and to torture himself even more he snuck a glance at the desk where this Chris was sitting. Even Tom thought that he was a very handsome man, he had dark hair and a thick layer of stubble along his chin and he was wearing a green sweater. Cass pretty much swooned when Chris saw her and waved at her, Tom rolled his eyes as they got to a table.

“He looks like a stupid bearded, sweater wearing, dumb dork,” Tom knew that he was using a lot of adjectives but now wasn’t the time to be grammatically correct.

“He really is,” Cass sighed happily, chewing on her bottom lip as they sat down at the table and got their study materials out.

“It wasn’t a compliment but go off I guess,” Tom shook his head with a sigh.

In no time at all they were studying in silence, side by side, Tom was completing an essay and Cass was drawing. Every now and then she’d sneak a peek at Chris and when she did it was like no one else or nothing else mattered. When she was drawing, Tom got to get a good look at her and even daydream about her a little. She was the reason why he was okay with his date going wrong because Cass was one of the most beautiful girls that he’d ever seen. His favourite part about her was her hazel eyes that were framed with long, thick eyelashes. Tom really wanted to ask her a question that he thought he already knew the answer to but he decided that there was no harm in asking.

“You got a boyfriend Cass?” he asked as casually as he could, not missing the way she quickly raised her head and fixed him with an surprised look. After a moment her features relaxed and she smiled at him.

“Nope, I don’t do the whole boyfriend thing, obviously I’ve had boyfriends in the past and I get crushes on people all the time.  But having a boyfriend is a pretty hard thing to have when you don’t believe in love.”

The silence between them was so deafening that if a pin was dropped it would sound like a heavy explosion, how could someone as beautiful as her not believe in love? Tom was more than a little disappointed, “you um, you don’t believe in love?”

Cass shook her head with a little shrug and went back to pencilling her sketch, “I’ve never had it.”

“What about your dad? He loves you doesn’t he?”

“That’s a different kind of love, my dad has to love me and besides, I feel like my dad had no choice, like I was dumped on him or something,” she said this so nonchalantly that it actually alarmed Tom a little bit, he wanted to ask her what she meant but he didn’t want to pry. Also, if she wanted him to know she would have told him.

“I’m sure your dad loves you so much, I’ve seen how much he adores you when he comes into the coffee shop sometimes. What about your mum?”

Cass’s casual mood switched almost instantly, she dropped her pencil and looked up at him, Tom’s heartbeat sped up when he saw that her eyes were glassy, “that’s a story for another time.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, thank you for asking though,” Cass’s smile was so genuine that it hurt Tom to know that she didn’t believe in love, she was so sweet.

Tom was going to help her believe, no matter what it took.

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