A/N This is quite a short fic (probably around three short chapters-ish) but it's a tam based fic and I hope you like it :)
After spending a rare night alone, Sam strode into work with her long, straight hair flowing in the breeze. She kept her head looking down at the floor as she slipped into the staffroom hoping that it would be empty, only she found Tom there sitting with his hands warming on a cup of coffee at the breakfast bar.
He watched as she silently walked straight up to her locker; she didn't even acknowledge his presence. He knew she wasn't her usual self because during the previous day she had been rather quiet and snappy. And after her shift, she had gone straight home rather than greet her boyfriend like she normally did.
"Good morning." Tom said cautiously as he left the breakfast bar and approached his partner.
"Morning." Sam replied simply as she kept her head in her locker and then took out a pair of clean scrubs.
"What's the matter with you eh?" Tom asked softly as he snaked his arms around her stomach and rested his chin on her shoulder, which caused Sam to tense up.
"Nothing." Sam replied as she remained still and then looked down at Tom's fingers that were entwined on her lower abdomen. Looking down thankfully made her hair hide her face even further from him, which was what she intended.
"Do you want a coffee? Or some toast?" Tom asked kindly as he tried to figure out what was wrong with her.
"No um... Could you leave me alone so I can get dressed please?" Sam asked sad she stared at the floor with her back to her partner.
"C'mon, what's wrong? You're never normally like this." Tom asked kindly. He thought about a possible pregnancy, but they were always so careful with barrier methods of contraception and Sam was on the pill anyway. Then it clicked, he remember when she had stayed around his a few nights ago that he'd seen her packet of pills and she had very few left in it so she must've been feeling low because she was on.
"I um, I've just got a headache; I didn't get much sleep but I'll be fine. Just go, please. Otherwise Zoe will be looking for you." Sam replied eventually. And she wasn't lying, she did technically have a headache, and she hadn't gotten her usual amount of sleep however, she did have something that she knew she wouldn't be able to hide much longer.
"Okay, see you in a minute." Tom replied reluctantly. He wanted to comfort her, but she seemed almost embarrassed, or shy so he decided to leave her until later. He had just reached the door when Sam got the courage to speak to him.
"Tom wait." Sam said quickly. Tom closed the door once more and looked at her as she still faced her locker. "I need to tell- to show you something."
"Right... C'mon, you're worrying me now." Tom said as he slowly made his way over to her. Slowly, Sam turned around, and then brought her head up so that he could see her face, however she didn't dare make eye contact. "Oh my god, what happened?" Tom demanded as he saw the large bruise around her left eye. It was between a red and purpley colour and it surrounded her whole eye, including her eyelid. Thankfully though, all swelling had gone down after some ice.
Thanks for reading :) Please review and I might update again today x