𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 | 𝐧. 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧

two.

Part 2

Due to their increasingly busy schedules, Y/N didn't hesitate to come over to Nathan's house. They rarely saw each other so to find some time to hang out, well she wasn't going to pass up that opportunity.

The drive to his apartment was something that she knew better than the back of her own hand. Cause after all, who actually spent that much time looking at the back of their own hand.

It wasn't long before the girl was walking into his apartment complex, her lanyard in her hands as she greeted the doorman stan at the front. She had been to Nathan's place so many times before that the man knew just to let her in when she arrived. He may not have been supposed to, but Y/N was a charmer. No one could say 'no' to her.

Heading up to the apartment, Y/N bounced around the elevator- smiling as she bobbed her head along to the pop song coming through the scratchy speakers. The words stumbled off her tongue, some coming off earlier than they were supposed to.

She couldn't help but be bubbly. She was just happy. Everything in her life was working, sure there were more than a few days that didn't go her way, but she was so tired of being miserable. She spent all of her youth being miserable- comparing herself to others and trying to make something of herself, but now she was an adult and she had a fantastic career, she deserved to be happy.

The elevator doors open and Y/N strolls out, taking Nathan's key from the lanyard and heading to the door- out of all of his friends, she was the only one that had a key, he trusted her more than anything and if there was ever an emergency, he wanted her to go to him first. Unless it was super serious, then she should probably go to the police- but for any non life threatening, Nathan was her first line of defense.

"Honey I'm home!!" Y/N called out in a sing-song tune. She couldn't help but coo and poke fun at her best friend- they acted so much like a married couple it was shocking that somehow they weren't already one. He really did mean the world to her and vice versa. If it wasn't for timing and the fact that they had both always been just friends- they definitely could have been something.

Nathan rounded the corner with a bright smile upon his face. The first thing he noticed was the tired smile upon her lips. He couldn't help but feel a slight pang of guilt run through his chest. It was definitely late and he had no idea if she was working a morning shift the next day, or how long her previous shift had been. That was the life of a nurse- always rotating hours and most times having to stay later than planned. It was certainly a con that he would have to think about, but he knew his schedule wasn't that much better- he was away for weeks at a time, but he would have to figure it out- plenty of his senior players had worked it out, so there was no reason he couldn't either.

The second thing that Nathan noticed was the box of cookies in her arms, wrapped with a satin bow and a smiley face drawn on the corner, he grinned- realizing that Y/N had packed him some on her way over and gone out of her way to decorate the box. She was always thoughtful like that.

"Hey you." he smiled, walking towards her and helping her put down the last of her stuff, he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a peck on the top of the head before taking the cookies from her and letting out a soft moan of adoration. "You have no idea how badly I've been wanting these." he told her.

The woman chuckled. "I had a feeling- the last time we hung out, you mentioned missing home... and while I can't physically take you to springhill, I thought I could bring you something that reminded you of home." she took his hand and gave it a squeeze.

Nathan's heart clenched. How had he been blessed with such a perfect woman in his life? Letting out a sigh of content, he pressed his lips into a thin line. "Y/N- You are my home..." he gulped. "Which is why I wanted to ask you to come over here." he admitted.