An this is simply lots and lots of fluff since I think we all need it for what is coming up on Saturday :( would you mind if I skipped this fic on a bit to closer to Christmas as I am feeling very Christmassy and I am finding it hard to write a fic that is in August . I plan to have a few more chapters then skip on to December ,but please tell me if there is anything you want me to cover and I'll do my best!
Tom opened the door to their house for Sam and she quickly ran in. He shut the door and locked it but when he turned around Sam was gone.
Assuming that she had went to the toilet he went about getting everything ready for the night with possibly no electricity.
He got bowls of popcorn and crisps and a little surprise for Sam too , then he lay them out on the table. He got a blanket from upstairs and put it on the couch. Turning on the tv he sat down to watch the news.
As was expected the weather reporter told the country that they were to expect power cuts in the next few hours and the wind and thunder was to pick up again . Tom sighed ;they where in for a rough night.
Sam reappeared looking completely emotionless, however inside she was terrified.
She smiled weakly at Tom as she sat beside him on the couch ,laying her head on his shoulder.
"so what do you want to do tonight?" Tom asked .
"hmmm ," Sam mumbled," lie here."
"wow Sam Nicholls actually wants to be lazy on the couch ! And eat junk!" he added as Sam reached for the popcorn.
Sam glared at him then winced slightly.
"oh come here," Tom told her ,opening his arms.
Sam lay down beside him as he opened the blanket and spread it over them.
He wrapped his arms around her ,gently rubbing her stomach.
Sam shut her eyes, after the stressful day that she had just had she was more than happy to lie in his safe arms.
Tom continued to massage her lower abdomen, he hated seeing her in pain and he knew from a few months ago that this helped more than anything.
"you know that most boys wouldn't care, shouldn't have ate the apple and all that," Sam joked.
"yeah we'll I don't like seeing my girl in pain," he replied pulling her closer.
Sam blushed slightly but she looked away so Tom couldn't see. Well he could but she didn't know that.
"look what I have," Tom said well almost sung as he picked up the bowl that he had hid behind a cushion and showed it to Sam.
Sam grinned as she saw the strawberries.
Tom placed a strawberry in Sam's mouth ,"I love you," she whispered as she swallowed it and shut her eyes.
Perhaps if she kept her eyes shut for long enough she would forget about the dark.
They sat in a peaceful silence, Tom had originally planned to watch a movie but he didn't want to chance it cutting out at a good part.
He slowly removed one arm from around Sam and whilst being careful he didn't stop gently rubbing her stomach he pulled her hair away from her face.
He ran his hand through her golden hair, strangely he was sort of glad that she was on her time after all he rarely got to cuddle her like this.
Sam Nicholls was way too strong to be broken by this pain but sometimes she couldn't resist his waiting arms.
Suddenly the lights went out .
Tom looked down at his fiancé ,she hadn't noticed that they where in complete darkness.
He felt dread fall in the pit of his stomach like a brick as he realised that he would be the one who had to tell her.
He bent over to reach for the torch that he had sat on the table disguising his movement by kissing her head.
Tom took a deep breath before whispering, "Sam, don't panic but the lights have gone out. They might be back on soon but even if they're not I have a torch here okay. I'm going to keep you safe Sam."
Sam swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat, bloody hormones , she was never normally this bad.
"thanks Tom," she replied but she kept her eyes shut.
Sam knew she was being stupid. What was she scared of? Tom would keep her safe, he would look after her. He had guided her through her devorce with Dylan, he had found her when she was attacked and kept her safe when both of their life's were at risk, he had chose to marry her and agreed to adopt Natalia. He was her rock ,she had nothing to be scared of.
Tom kissed her gently on the lips, "open your eyes," he whispered between kisses, "I'm here you're safe."
Sam slowly opened her eyes. The room was in complete darkness. It was only about six o'clock but with the storm it was no surprise that they weren't getting any daylight.
Luckily Tom had turned on the torch so it was lighting up his face. He was pulling funny faces in the light causing a small smile to light up her face .
She kissed him before she laughed too much as she didn't fancy going anywhere without Tom.
"I love you so so much Tom, you know I'm not good at touchy feely stuff but I -"
Tom shut her up with a kiss.
"I know," he said cheekily .
Sam poked him in the ribs and snuggled up to him again.
"you know we're going to need food at some point ," Tom stated.
"yeah and what do you suppose we have considering we cant cook?"
"well we could have sandwiches and crisps?"
"later," Sam said burying her face as far as she could into his chest.
"okay," Tom reassured her, he was starving but he didn't want her to feel guilty.
They had crisps and popcorn to eat and Sam had strawberries too so they should last for a while.
Two hours of cuddling later Tom felt his stomach rumble .
"Sam I'm starving, please don't freak out but you are either going to have to come with me or wait here in the dark because I'll need the torch."
Sam snatched the torch, jumped up and pulled Tom up too.
"woh, what changed your mood?" Tom said absolutely shocked.
"well theres no point in moaning about it I may as well get it over with, come on, I'm hungry too." she lead the way to the kitchen , putting on a brave face but she had a very strong grip on Tom's hand.
Tom didn't Say anything as he followed her.
They returned to the couch half an hour later with sandwiches .
They ate in silence ,a comfortable silence.
Tom watched as Sam's eyes began to close, she had had a very stressful day after all ,"there's no point lying here ,let's go to bed." he suggested.
She nodded and took his hand , following the beam of light up the stairs.
Sam crawled under the covers and immediately moved as close as she could to Tom the second he had done the same.
"Check my watch and if you haven't fallen asleep in an hour wake me up, I don't want you lying here scared,"Tom told her.
"thank you ," she whispered kissing his cheek and closing her eyes.
Surprisingly she fell asleep within minutes.
