Sleep Talking

sleep talking

cedric diggory x reader (no pronouns used)

warnings: none? reader gets stood up and fluff ensues

“don’t think about it too much ced” sparing one last look at him, desperately trying to fix the runny mascara on your cheeks. “i can just go and fall in love with a new guy, this castle is full of them and-“

he just tuned your conversation out. his heart clenched, just hours prior he had held your sobbing form. if it was up to him he would still have you tucked in between his sheets and wrapped around him, it was saturday after all. a sad chuckle left your lips and he immediately looked up to you, sitting on the edge of his bed with your arms wrapped around you.

“i just feel pathetic you know? like i really thought he was going to show up” you smiled half heartedly at him and he opened his arms up for you, as he always did.

“come on hun. you look tired and i know you want to sleep some more” you sighed and crawled into his open arms. nuzzling your head on the crook of his shoulder and his neck, inhaling his soft vanilla scent. his hands immediately went to rubbing circles on your back and running the other through your hair. you sniffled against his chest and he gripped you closer, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.

“you always smell so nice, ced” feeling your eyelids droop with the weight of tiredness, you press a kiss to his neck and let sleep take you over. he felt how your breathing started to slow and your grip on him went slack.

cedric took a minute to properly look at you, wearing his quidditch sweater which practically covered you completely. after you were stood up last night you ran to his room and jumped into his arms. he was mad as it already was, considering you were going out with some other bloke and not staying with him. where you were meant to be, in his arms. but to listen to you cry about how he stood you up and how you waited for him for hours until you realized he was just not going to show made his blood boil.

he saw as some tears slowly slipped off your eyes and ran down your cheeks. his hand was quick to wipe them off with his thumb, and then rub circles on your soft skin while still petting your hair. he wished it could always be like this, he knew it was meant to be like this. there was no possible way your body fit so perfectly against his as a coincidence, he refused to believe it.

“i love you.” his voice barely above a whisper. “and if only you knew that” his fingers were still caressing the side of your face and he knew better than to speak to you while you were sleeping but he couldn’t seem to stop. “if only you knew how perfect and how beautiful you are to me. if you could see the way i look at you. and how i admire you. how every thing about you is just so perfect to me. like the way your hair falls over your face during potions class and you-“

“what are you saying ceddy?” you said while stirring in your sleep a little. he hoped you didn’t catch much of his ramble. he knew it wasn’t time for him to confess how much he loved you. you weren’t ready yet. the time just wasn’t perfect, and he wanted to give you perfection.

“i was just thinking out loud about that divinations test coming up. you studied for it already?”

“it’s easy hun” you were always more affectionate when you were half asleep. pulling out all the pet names.

“oh yeah?”

“the future is clear ceddy. it’s just you” your sleepy ramble was interrupted by a big yawn and he could tell you were slipping off again.

“what did you say?” he looked down to your face. checking for signs that you heard him. “baby i need you to say that again please” he looked at you for a couple seconds before realizing your sleepy talk was over and you were dozing off for good. sleep had taken completely over you. he had so many things to say and his mind was running a mile an hour. but as he felt your breathing on his neck and your grip getting tighter on him he pressed a kiss to your forehead. a smile spreading on his face as he let sleep take over him too.

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