Shawn Mendes Imagines

Reassurance

Another request from @brideofharrystyles. I'm sorry it took as long as it did for me to write but I hope you enjoy it x

***Shawn's POV***

I fiddle with the gold band encircling my finger, butterflies in my stomach, as I climb the stairs to Kimberly's office. Three years together and one year married, and still not a day passes when every time I see her my breath doesn't catch in my throat and I don't count myself the luckiest man alive that I get to call her mine. I grin to myself as I knock on her door, knowing that she'll love the surprise I have planned for us both.

I don't wait for an answer and enter anyway, my grin suddenly disappearing as I do so. Kimberly sits at her desk, head in hands as sobs wrack her body. My heart stops as I rush over and crouch next to her, gently lifting her hands away from her tear stained face. The song playing in the background goes unnoticed. "What's wrong, hun? Are you ok? Is the baby ok?" I ask worriedly, placing a hand on her small bump. After everything we went through trying to get pregnant, if anything went wrong it would break us both.
She nods, wiping her eyes and calming herself down. "Everything's fine, Shawn. Don't worry. Just hormones." She squeezes my hand and gives me a tight-lipped smile.
I scan her face, searching her eyes for reassurance. "Please don't lie to me. Whatever it is, I can take it. I promise. Let me help you." I brush away a few stray tears from her face and rest my forehead against hers. "We're in this together."

After a minute or silence, Kimberly speaks. "It's just this stupid song reminding me of things from my past that I didn't need reminding of." She sighs, closing her eyes. It's only then that I fully take notice of the song playing - 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers." A beautiful song, but a heartbreaking message.
"What things from your past?" I ask, my eyebrows furrowing.
She shakes her head slowly, almost unnoticeably, before opening her eyes. "Did my parents ever tell you about my exes?" She asks quietly.
"Um, they told me once never to ask you about them, but didn't tell me why. Oh, and their names were Mark and Liam. Wait, not Liam. It was-"
"Leo. Mark and Leo." She clears her throat. "They weren't good people, Shawn, not like you." She looks up and I notice the tears in her eyes threatening to fall.
"What did they do?" I ask, my voice low as I grasp her hands in mine.
"Nothing!" She says quickly. "Well, not at first. The beginning was amazing with both of them, they were so loving, so caring. They'd do anything for me.  But then the cheating started, closely followed by ignoring me and slowly slipping into the state where they'd treat me like I was invisible. Well, Mark did. To Leo, I was all too visible at the worst of times." I feel her hands shake and I squeeze them.
"Did he hurt you? Did he lay his hands on you?" My voice is hard.
Her silence speaks volumes.

"That bastard." I stand up abruptly, Kimberly's hands falling out of mine. "I'm going to kill him."
"Shawn, sit down." I hear her voice as if through tunnel. "Sit down." I feel her tugging on my hands, on the sleeves of my hoodie. "Please." Her voice cracks.
Eventually I snap back into my senses and fall into the seat next to her. "I'm so sorry, hunny. I'm so, so sorry." I wrap my arms around her as tight as I can without hurting her or the baby and press my face into her soft hair.
"Don't be. It's not your fault, baby. There's nothing we can do about it now and I want to forget it." She strokes my back.
"But he-"
"Forget about it, Shawn. I'm happier now than I've ever been in my entire life because I have you, and I don't plan on losing you anytime soon. And you've given me the best gift, our baby. Let's focus on her. The song just brought back some awful memories, that's all." She kisses me lightly on the lips and I melt.
"Okay. I'm sorry I got so worked up." I pull her into a deeper kiss. "I love you so much, you know that right? I just don't want you hurt."
"I know. I love you too." She whispers, smiling. And it's a real smile this time.
"Now, back to the surprise I have planned... how does a romantic week's holiday to Venice sound?" I grin.
"Absolutely amazing."

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Hey guys! Long time no see huh.... I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in so long, things have been hectic here. As well as other things, we did a musical at my school and I actually sang on my own! I'm kinda proud ngl because I never in a million years thought that I'd be able to.
Anyway, Happy Christmas and I hope you all have the most amazing 2020 ever! Thanks for reading xxx

PS: Shawn's tour is over now and I'm sad. I'm gonna miss all the tour content :-(