He Was Scared To Love Again 🥺🥺

He was scared to love again 🥺🥺

Single dad Tom going on multiple dates with the reader and at family dinner night with his parents, his son/daughter blurts out "daddy's got a girlfriend and he's in looooove" and his parents instantly want to meet her

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a/n: so cute :’)

warnings: fluff + dexter embarrassing his dad

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

Tom and his eight-year-old son, Dexter, were over at Tom’s parents, who had invited them both to dinner to catch up. The dinner was going smoothly smoothly, all filled with giggles and laughs. Until it wasn’t fun. For Tom at least.

The topic of conversation now shifted to Tom’s love life.

Tom hadn’t dated anyone since the day, Amy — Dexter’s mother, and his ex-girlfriend — had left him. Until he met you.

You were everything he’d ever imagined. You with your beautiful smile, your glistening eyes, and your adorable smile. He was smitten.

He’d taken you out on a few dates and sparkes definitely flew between you two. You liked him, he liked you. What was stopping him from making you his?

He was scared to love again.

He didn’t want you to leave him, like Amy did. He didn’t want to lose you.

So, he’d been putting it off until he was really sure.

The only person who knew about you was Dexter, after he’d caught his dad talking to a girl named Y/N well late into the night when he’d came into his room because he had a nightmare.

That night, Tom gushed all about you to his little son, his heart fluttering at the thought of you.

Dexter was a smart boy. He noticed the way his fathers eyes glimmered whenever he talked about you, the smile on his lips made him smile. Dexter had never seen his father this happy. His father was happy and so was he.

But as kids do, Dexter never missed an opportunity to tease his father. And when the topic of his fathers love life was brought up by his grandmother — it was the perfect opportunity.

“Tom, darling, are you seeing anyone? Its been...quite some time since Amy.” She gave him a tight lipped smile, apologetically.

Tom froze, his eyes widening slightly, staying silent, trying to conjure up an answer. What he didn’t notice was Dexter’s eyes and the mischievous glint in them.

“Grandma! Daddy’s got a girlfriend, and he’s in loooove,” The little boy giggled, as everyone’s head whipped around to look at him, including Tom’s, who’s eyes widened further, and his lips parted in shock.

“Dex, what did you say?” Harry asked the little boy, who was playing with the brocoli on his plate.

“Daddy’s got a girlfriend and her name is—”

“She’s not my girlfriend!” Tom cut Dexter off, as the young boy laughed at his fathers flushed face which was filled with embarrassment.

“Tom, is that true? You have a girlfriend?” Nikki smiled, her heart exploding in happiness at the thought of his son finally finding love once again. Tom sighed, knowing there was no way out of this.

“Well, not quite, we’ve just gone out on a few dates, nothing much.” He answered, before quickly shoving his mouth with food to avoid any further questions.

The rest of dinner was filled with questions about you, the girl they’d came to know as Y/N, the girl who’d made Tom’s heart do somersaults just at the mere mention of your name.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

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