A Second Chance

Can I Have This Dance?

When we arrived at the hotel that was being used for the after premiere party, Tom lead me straight to the bar to buy everyone a drink for a toast. The various flutes of champagne were handed out to everyone, except Elsa of course, as Tom began to speak.

"One year ago today, I got the call telling me that I was to play Loki in the new Marvel film. I was ecstatic and assumed they were making another Thor. Little did I know that I was about to meet some of the best people I could have the pleasure to work with as well as become very great friends with you all. Now here we are seven months later, celebrating its release and praying it does well with the public. So here's to The Avengers! May the world be impressed by our insanely brilliant acting skills! Cheers!" Tom raised his glass and the rest of us responded also shouting 'cheers' and clinking our glasses together. Robert suddenly spoke up from behind me.

"And a huge congratulations to the soon to be Mr and Mrs Hiddleston!" the room cheered and applauded us louder than the crowd had shouted for Tom when he'd stepped out of the car earlier.

"Now if you all could excuse me, I need to get back to the airport so I can go home and look after my wife and newest member of our family" Robert finished.

Just a month before the premiere, Susan had given birth to the newest addition of the Downey family. Baby Exton was absolutely adorable and I could see how proud of a father Robert was. Exton was all he'd spoken about in interviews and even around us. Tom out of everyone was the most excited to meet him. He'd always made clear how much he wanted a family of his own, and knowing that he wanted it with me left butterflies in my stomach.

Robert had left just as the music started. Naturally, Tom had dragged me onto the dance floor and started swinging me around happily. Embarrassed by what I looked like, I let go of Tom and escaped back to the bar. Chris Hemsworth had made his way over to Tom and they both began to dance together.

Two hours, three vodka shots and a glass of wine later, I had started to feel a little tipsy. Tom, now quite drunk, sauntered over to the bar making a bee line for me. The music changed from an upbeat song to Nickleback's slow paced 'Far Away'.

"Can I have this dance?" Tom whispered into my ear, all signs of him being drunk had gone entirely. He offered me his hand and I took it softly. Tom walked me to the centre of the dance floor and wrapped his free hand around my waist. I rested my head onto his shoulder as we swayed together to the steady beat of the music. I released my hand from his and wrapped my arms around his neck slowly, softly pressing my lips against his. For that moment it felt as though we were the only two people in the room, all my worries from earlier had disappeared completely. The memories of fainting and the negative comments had escaped my mind, instead they were replaced by all the memories Tom and I shared. I loved the man standing in front of me with all my heart and I was over joyed at the thought I'd be marrying him too.

The party had drawn to a close and Tom had surprisingly almost sobered up completely. We had danced for the rest of the evening together, our eyes locked onto each others. We were standing in the entrance to the hotel waiting for our car, when Chris and Elsa joined us. Tom leant down and felt Elsa's now heavily pregnant stomach, pressing his ear against it as if the baby was talking to him. When our car arrived, we hugged everyone goodbye and made our way home. Tom never let go of my hand the whole way home.

I unlocked the door and pushed it open, welcomed by the warm scent of home. I hung my coat up and threw my clutch bag onto the cabinet with the house keys. I was suddenly enveloped in Tom's arms before the door had even closed. Tom kicked the door shut as he nuzzled his face into the crease of my neck.I murmured softly at the sensation of his breath against my skin. We both walked slowly into the living room, our bodies still pressed together. Tom let me go and walked over to the sound system and placed a CD into it. Shakira's Hips Don't Lie came on and Tom started moving his body until he was doing his popular Snake Hips move. I burst into a fit of laughter as he wiggled his eyebrows and gestured for me to join his with his forefinger, reluctantly I joined him and we both twisted  our hips in unison. Tom grabbed my hand and pulled me against his body, lifting my arms above my head and dragging his hands  back down, grabbing my waist. I let my arms hang over his shoulders as our bodies grinded together against each other.

I ran my fingers up and down his chest, where they met in the middle of his shirt and I began to undo the buttons, eventually pushing his shirt off his arms and letting it land on the floor behind him. One of his eyebrows raised upwards seductively, he knew exactly where this was going. I left a trail of kisses along his chest, my hands running over his firm muscles that led down to his stomach, my hands didn't stop there though. My hands fumbled at his belt, undoing it and pulling it out of the hooks on his trousers, letting it drop to the floor on top of his now crumpled shirt.

Tom stepped backwards raising his eyebrow again and looked my body up and down, his eyes stopping on my leg that was now sticking out of the split in my dress, I noticed and pulled the skirt further up my leg, watching Tom's eyes widen in amazement. When his eyes met mine again, he opened his mouth to say something but instead he just sighed heavily and took one last glance up and down my body before stepping a step forward and holding my face between his hands and kissing me passionately. His tongue lingered on my lips, begging for entry. I opened my mouth and welcomed him in, slipping my own tongue into his mouth, tasting what was left of the Jameson he'd been drinking earlier, I moaned as I savoured the flavour of his mouth and our tongues contiuned to dance with each other.

I felt Tom's hand move up and tug on the zip of my dress, pulling it slowly down my back. I felt the material loosen and drop to the floor in a pool of green surrounding my feet. I felt him smile during our kiss as I shivered at the cool air that touched my bare skin forming goosebumps. He then gathered me up in his arms, never breaking the kiss, and carried me upstairs to the bedroom. I kicked my shoes of as we walked through the door, pushing it shut with my hand.

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