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[seventeen] real life/messages

messages

baby liz to baby lay

baby liz
hi, sweet girl!
how are you feeling today?
delivered 2:14pm

layla? you alright?
delivered 5:32pm

layla please, i just want to know
if you're okay. please pick up.
delivered 7:10pm

10 missed calls from baby liz

dad to the eldest child

dad
layla, are you still coming home
for dinner tomorrow?
mom just wants to check! okay, love
you, angel.
delivered 1:46pm

layla? your mother and i are worried.
please pick up the phone.
elizabeth said you aren't answering
her either which you
never let that happen.
we're getting worried.
please call us.
delivered 6:15pm

12 missed calls from dad

mackie n cheese to munchkin

mackie n cheese
hey munchkin :)
i know you told me and tom
that you were gonna take a nap.
you awake now? feel any better?
delivered 3:50pm

chris is coming back this wekeend right?
maybe you, him, tom, and i can all go
somewhere for drinks or something?
on me!
delivered 5:21pm

your dad just texted me, layla.
no one's heard from you.
at least text either me or liz back.
i will have to let chris know what's going on.
delivered 6:28pm

do i need to get him back from boston?
just let me know. love you <3
delivered 7:34pm

bub <3 to sweetheart <3

bub <3
hello, gorgeous girl.
just checkin in.
i got to see my nephew today and
he asked about "the pretty girl" on
my instagram haha!
delivered 9:49am

i hope you're doing well, sweetheart.
i love you so much!
i can't wait to see you when i get back
from boston. my mom wants me to
bring you next time but we'll talk
about it when i get back to la.
delivered 11:45am

sweetheart? everyones texting me asking if i heard
from you. what's going on?
delivered 4:53pm

i'm coming home. i'll be there soon.
i love you. please let me know you're okay, angel.
i love you so much, you know that?
i know we've only said it as friends but i mean it.
i've always meant it.
you mean everything to me, layla.
see you soon <3
delivered 9:32pm

real life

Chris' heart raced as he got texts from Robert, Anthony, and Elizabeth, all of them voicing their concern about the girl that was thousands of miles away from him. Chris had gone to Boston for just 2 days to see his family, the girl insisting that she'd be fine. She promised. But, no one had heard from the girl all day. The last two to hear from her was Tom Holland and Anthony Mackie, but neither had heard from her since. It's almost like she shut herself away from the world. As soon as he heard the news of her actions, he quickly was on the phone with her father. The man told the younger one all about how truly worried Elizabeth was and how worried he and his wife were. 

Robert told Chris that he feared Layla would harm herself. That's all he needed to hear, and here he was, bags packed and on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles.

The actor hoped she'd be okay. He hoped that once he got to her apartment, she'd be sitting there perfectly as he had left her. He hoped that once he walked into the door, she'd be sitting there happy to see him, widening her arms for his embrace. He hoped that Layla would be okay, in his arms, him already imagining the smell of her lavender shampoo and her raindrop scented body lotion. The two scents he never knew he could adore so much, especially the two combined to make the perfect combination.

After a few painfully slow hours, Chris had finally landed in Los Angeles and got into a cab, giving the driver Layla's address. He turned his phone on, informing a few people that he was headed there. 15 minutes later and the cab stopped, pulling up to her apartment. He paid the driver, got out, got his bags, and quickly walked to the door, unlocking it with the key he had borrowed from Robert for the time he was staying there. Chris stepped into the familiar apartment. The room was filled with silence, too much silence for his liking. 

"Layla? Sweetheart? Are you home?" 

He spoke out. After about a minute, tiny, soft footsteps were heard. He turned around towards her bedroom door and his heart shattered. The girl stood there, her eyes a mess, tears streaming down her face, the area around her eyes bright red as well as her cheeks. "C-Chris?" She shook her head quickly. "Y-You have to leave!" Chris stared at her in shock. "Sweetheart, please. Come here." He opened his arms slightly, but the girl stayed in her spot. "You heard what he said. I-I don't mean anything to him!" She hiccupped, more tears streaming down her face. He had never seen the girl so broken. "I mean, come on. He literally told me he could care less about me!" With every word she spoke, a sob came from her mouth. Chris slowly inched his way towards her, looking at the girl wary. 

"Angel, you need to breathe. Cmon now."

"I want Sebastian. Please, Chris. P-Please!" The girl sobbed, her arms wrapping around her own body. "I know I shouldn't but I do. I just want him. Please, bub." She sniffled, looking at him, her brown eyes still filled with tears. "Okay, okay. Let me text him, alright?"

messages 
capsicle to winter soldier

capsicle
hey sebastian, listen
no time for questions. just
hear me out. i'm sorry about
everything. kissing layla, getting
into a fight. all of it. i really am

anyways, she needs you. she's specifically
asked for you, seb. I know you're probably
angry at her as well but please, I need
you to do this for her. she needs you.
it's bad. get here as soon as you can.
read 9:45pm

winter soldier
I'm on my way.
tell her I'll be there soon.
thanks Chris

I'm sorry too. I overreacted
you two had every right to do that...
she isn't mine to be possessive over and
jealous if she kisses other guys.

see you soon.
read 10:15pm