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Hopelessly in love [Ben Barnes x Reader]

Title: Hopelessly in love 

Pairing: Ben Barnes x Female!Reader 

Word count: 1.3k 

Published: 16 April 2021 

Author: Heloise Daphne Brightmore 

Notes: I literally finished this 5 minutes ago and I was not supposed to be posting anything today as per my schedule, but hey, let's be spontaneous :D Also you know how I usually dislike my writing, but I love the process of writing? Screw that, I love this xD 

Warning: Food, alcohol

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"You know your dress is rather distracting, right?" Ben appeared besides you, placing his hand on your lower back, clearly trying to look anywhere but you. Seeing him after weeks of missing his touch on your skin, his soothing voice shooing away any of your worries made you feel content. His awkward state caused a silent giggle to leave your lips, enjoying his attention even though he tried to make it less obvious.

Standing beside a table, you were simply munching on some cake, trying to distract yourself from having to converse with others. You loved these galas, but you weren't in the mood to talk to people. Ben was, of course, different. It's been months since you have been going out in secret, trying to keep it quiet from all the hungry paparazzis, but it seemed your short and tight black dress broke something in him. Even though he was supposed to keep a distance from you, he couldn't stay away.

"Does that bother you?" You asked with a cheeky smile, your skin burning under his touch. He has been away for 2 weeks and from the airport he quickly hurried over to the gala, he couldn't even hold you in his embrace for a mere second before you had to appear in public.

"Not in the slightest, but it's fairly hard to concentrate on anything else besides you," he cleared his throat awkwardly, earning an even wider grin from you. "I find it hard to maintain a distance," he murmured under his breath, careful not to reveal your relationship to anyone lingering around. He lifted his glass of wine to his lips, taking a sip of the beverage.

"Would you prefer if I didn't wear anything?" You whispered, leaning closer to his ear, your lips barely touching his skin. The drink must have gone down the wrong pipe as he started coughing heavily, whilst you tried to gently pat his back to help him. Although you felt bad for playing with him, you couldn't stop a low, devilish chuckle to escape your lungs.

"You're not making it easy on me tonight, are you?" He asked, finally recovering from his earlier incident.

"Well, I certainly didn't plan on killing you, if that makes you feel any better," you chuckled, placing your hand on his biceps, gazing up at him with your most innocent expression.

"Don't even try to distract me. I know that look better than you think," he scolded you playfully, knowing you enough to realise your little tricks. "It was a close call and it's all your fault," he replied with a humorous tone whilst shaking his head.

"To be completely honest, it wasn't my fault," you replied, nonchalantly shrugging your shoulders. "You initiated the conversation to begin with," you replied with a proud smirk.

"So, that's the way we will go about it, huh? Just wait until we get home," he warned you with a mischievous smile across his face, his eyes darker than ever, a newfound passionate flame burning in them, watching your every move like a panther ready to pounce on his prey. You weren't sure for how long you could keep eye contact, your heart was about to escape your ribcage, your lips dried out from your heavy breathing. You quickly looked away, trying to escape the effects he had on you, your cheeks flushed from his eager eyes. "I feel like I won this round," he chuckled happily, earning a deadly gaze from you.

"Not funny, Barnes," you hissed, disappointed in yourself for letting him have such power over you.

"Barnes?" He asked, his eyes wide open, clearly stunned by your reaction.

"I don't like you now," you huffed, pouting, causing a loud laughter to leave his lungs, turning a couple of heads in your direction, multiple pairs of curious eyes landing on him. But he didn't seem to mind. Your scraped pride entertained him way too much for your liking.

"As if you could control your feelings," he chuckled as he placed his suit jacket over your shoulder and rested his hand on the small of your back, leading you out to the balcony. "Did I hurt your little pride?" He asked with a mischievous grin across his face, clearly happy with himself.

"Huh, as if," you huffed, crossing your arms in front of your chest, enhancing your cleavage under the black, mesh fabric covering your upper body. There was a few seconds of silence from Ben, even though you expected him to come back with a witty comment just like he did most of the time, but he didn't. Instead, he was looking around as if he was searching for something. "What are you doing?" You asked, frowning at his fidgeting, acting slightly awkward.

"Nothing," he replied as he looked around the balcony, then his eyes turned to the grand stairs leading down to the garden in front of the terrace, filled with beautiful flowers, gigantic foreign trees and fairy lights decorating the surrounding area. A small smile appeared on Ben's face, before he turned to you and got hold of your hand, linking your fingers, leading you down the stairs.

"Where are we going?" You asked curiously, but you followed him anyway, regardless of his lack of reply. As you arrived at the bottom of the stairs he looked around, searching for wherever he was taking you. "Are you trying to kidnap me?" You asked with a suspicious gaze, squinting at the man in front of you.

"Oh, you would like that, wouldn't you?" He laughed at your absurd idea as he started gently pulling you after himself, before he halted under the balcony, leaning his back against the wall and pulling you to his chest, causing you to clumsily fall against him, balancing yourself with your hands on his chest.

"Is this where you will kill me? Hidden away from all the witnesses?" You asked giggling, earning an eye roll from Ben.

"As if I could ever lay a hand on you," he replied, sneaking an arm around your waist under his jacket, his free hand cupping your cheek, stroking your skin gently. You tilted your head into his palm, enjoying his warm touch, finally being able to feel him against you. Lifting your arms, you wrapped them around his neck and stood on your tiptoes, connecting your lips. You missed his lips against yours, his arms around your body making you feel safe and comfortable, his chest heavily rising and falling in your presence, his heart beating in a fast pace against your chest, his pulse quickening under your touch. Even though he had a certain effect on you, he was just as captured by your presence. Both of you desperately needed each other more and more, regardless of how close you already were physically.

"I missed you," you whispered against his lips as you lowered yourself to the ground.

"I missed you too. I hate that I couldn't catch you earlier," he shook his head, heaving a heavy sigh.

"Well, you are doing quite alright now. Being all desperate to hide away with me," you wiggled your brows playfully.

"It's hard to say no to you. You could be wearing a simple pyjama and I would still feel like a foolish little child, trying to stay close to you," he smiled softly, watching you with an endearing gaze.

"Your standards are very low, Mr. Barnes," you snorted at his absurd idea, causing him to chuckle.

"No, they are not. I just can't get enough of you," he replied, attaching his lips to your once again, enjoying your body in his arms, your light perfume surrounding him, your gentle touch through his thin shirt. Although he never actually said it out loud, he knew he was crazy for you. A small smile of yours, a soft giggle leaving your lungs, a soft touch of yours on his body was worth more than he ever dared to admit. He was utterly and hopelessly in love with you. 

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