carlton imagines

Patrick and Y/n use to be each others first love but things went downhill due to their busy lives, so they eventually called it quits a few months ago. Both are very distraught about I till this day and wish they could've just worked it out, but I guess theres no going back from here I mean they haven't seen each other in what feels like a lifetime and maybe it's for the best?

y/n pov:

I've been having a hard time adjusting and decided that today i'd go for a walk down the block and I actually committed to it and did so, i move through the world with my heart still aching, I just can't seem to think about anything else but my past relationship. I use to do anything for that man, even if it was for just one glimpse of his smile. My friends have tried distracting me by having me thinking about all the other things the future holds so I can forget but I wouldn't hear it, i miss the past but I did my time, theres no going back.

Half way down the block, I saw an antique shop and something in my head said stop, so i walked in. On the counter was a cardboard box and as I went to reach for it I was told by a staff member that there is another box that goes with this one but it's in the second half of the store somewhere and it should have a number 2 on it, I don't think I'd need to find that, I only just wanted to see what it was but I told her thanks anyways. As i opened it there was a sign that said 'photos 25 cents each', in black and white saw a 30's bride and two lovers laughing on the porch of their first house. The kind of love that you only find once in a lifetime, the kind that I 'had' found.

It made so sad looking through all this stuff and i had to resist the urge to call Patrick and explain that in those photos i saw us instead, cause in another life he still would've turned my head. Doesn't matter, we could had met on a crowded street, back in 1944, and he'd be heading off to fight in the war he still would've been mine, we would've been timeless. I would've read his love letters every single night, and pray to god he'd be coming home alright, we still would've been fine we would've been timeless.

I wiped some dust of the pictures trying to get a better look "I believe that we were suppose to find this together, but its too late for that now " I whispered to myself as I looked at the photos feeling tears daring to fall any second, so I took a breath, before going to purchase this forgotten box at the counter, I'm not sure why I would need this but I just thinks it's so beautiful seeing how love is portrayed in different people.

oh how I miss him.

patricks pov:

My whole day had involved watching tv, bored as hell. I don't want to live like this but thats life, things happen then you have to get over it, but it's easier said than done. I'm not going to keep spending my days and even weeks rotting at home I've gotta change my ways. I also noticed that I've been so cranky, my whole life has changed since y/n left and i'm dreading having to move on because she was the only thing that kept me going. Our careers just got in the way of our relationship and basically pulled us apart. Anyways enough of that, i had been thinking about going to this new shop I think it's like an old antique place, I've heard good things about it, so I thought I'd go check it out for myself.

I walked down to this shop which was a fair bit away, but who cares I needed the exercise. I finally get there and see theres a door to enter through the back, thank god cause I can't be bothered walking round this big place to get to the front. I see it has two parts of the store that's why it's so big but i'm only checking it out so theres really no need to explore the whole thing. Straight away, I found a box with the number '2' on it, what could that even mean?

Anyways I opened it up not thinking to highly of it but, I had to smile when it caught my eye there was one of a teenage couple in a drive way, holding hands on the way to a dance and the date on the back says 1958. which brought me back to the first time I saw y/n... time stood still like something in this old shop.

I thought about it as I started looking round at these precious things that overtime had been forgotten. I was intrigued to look around a bit more and thats when I came across a book covered in cobwebs, a story of a romance torn apart by fate, hundreds of years ago they fell in love like we did, yet still I'd die for her in the same way. Even in a different life she still would've been mine, we would've been timeless. "I don't know why but it's almost like theres a connection, maybe I'm just being delusional but man I wish I could show her this, she would've loved it" I whispered under my breath expressing my thoughts while analysing the book, also making sure I don't draw any attention to myself.

Strangely enough, I purchased the box, I don't know what it was about it. As I was doing so the cashier laughed "you know a lady just bought the first half of those boxes". The hell is this woman on "first half? oh- is that why this ones labelled 2" I asked still confused. "thats correct, we've only had this store opened a few weeks and are still trying to put the items together" the cashier says. "oh right, well here you go keep the change" I say and give her a little extra now wondering about the other half to this box. "you might want to find the lovely lady before she gets too far, I'm pretty sure she got brown hair and blue eyes if that does any help" she tells me. Oh great another reminder of y/n, "will do, see ya" I told her before leaving through the back. No way am I going to chase someone down over a box, bit embarrassing don't you think.

It was like a age old classic soon as I saw her coming towards me, it feels so surreal just like the time when our story first started and she had said 'hello'.

"y/n" I quietly said and she looked up from whatever she was holding, I saw her teary eyes and she just walked up to me, unable to speak and we shared a passionate hug, like it's out last. I understand that she's upset but I'm just unsure as to why, "I thought I'd never see you again" she then tells me as she lets go. "I'm glad I saw you y/n, I uh- haven't been doing so well without ya" I say a bit embarrassed which I rarely am. "neither have I, I've been miserable ever since a-and to make it worse I had just found this box and look I know this is gonna sound stupid- " she stops talking as I hold up my box. "Im not ashamed to admit it, but I know exactly what you're gonna say, it just so appears that I have the other half" I tell her as I laughed awkwardly.

She looks shocked "theres no way though, how could we have got it on the same day at the same time and somehow not see each other in the act" she says but I can tell she's also happy about it. "no idea, maybe it's a sign that we should of never let each other go and so it's connected us through this" I say sarcastically but I mean every word. "the worlds a weird place" she shakes her head and laughs before inspecting every feature of their boxes a bit more only to find that at the bottom of each there was a word, and when you put them together it's meant to say something. And what do you know, y/n's box had 'time' written on it as patricks had the word 'less' written on his.

"timeless" y/n says and smiles at him and he returns the expression.

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And just like the photos, we're gonna be timeless.

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this is inspired by my fav song

so sorry if you don't like it

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