#ex machina

Nathan Bateman x Reader

Words: 950

Summary:When your mother has an accident it was no question that you’d go to take care of her. During your time away, Nathan realizes a couple of things he rather not admit.

Nathan got out of the shower, water dripping down his toned back, he let out a sigh.

He was annoyed.

Annoyed with himself and with you.

You had to leave to go back home to your parents. Of course, Nathan couldn’t leave his work behind, so he stayed while you left.

This was two days ago and Nathan already missed you.

The day you left, he was relieved, he often told you how much you annoyed him, how much he wanted to be alone, so it felt like a blessing.

Then, on the third day, everything came down crumbling.

He woke up and realized you were not there, he went downstairs and you weren’t in the kitchen either. You weren’t there to make him breakfast, to annoy him with your terrible jokes, he was just like he used to be, alone.

Nathan was so used to having you there with him. For the last five years, you only left for vacations, but even then, he was with you.

Out of instinct, he yelled for you, “Y/N! Do you know where I put my phone?!” but no answer came.

He missed you, and he was too proud to admit it.

He wanted to call you, text you, anything. He wanted to hear your voice, see your smile.

Fuck, he MISSED you.

And he hated it.

He never wanted to get so attached to anyone. Which is why he had robots. But now, now he had you, now he had someone to miss.

And he hated it.

He hated that he loved you.

Then his phone started ringing. After a good few seconds, he finally found it, and he saw your name across the screen, he immediately picked it up.

“Nate! Hii.” he heard your voice, you were smiling, he could tell.

“Hi.” was all he could say.

“Hi, how are you? I hope you ate and slept well, I did leave you food in the fridge.”

Oh. He didn’t see that.

“Yeah.”

“Good, look so, Mum fell and twisted her ankle, but since dad has to work I will have to stay a bit longer than I anticipated. So, I guess you’ll get the peace and quiet you wanted.”

“Everything’s perfect…How long will you stay?” he asked although he was rather afraid of the answer.

“About a…month.” Nathan nearly chocked. “But it should be fine, you can get more work done with me gone, just like you said.”

He lied, of course he lied, why did you believe him?

“Yeah. I’ll be able to.” No, he won’t.

“Great, just don’t forget to sleep and eat normally please, I have to go now, okay, text me and I’ll call you tomorrow. I love you.”

“Okay, bye.”

You smiled and put your phone away, this was normal Nathan behaviour, little did you know just how much he missed you.

He couldn't even get one project done.

He couldn't focus. He had way too many emotions in him.

He was lonely, angry, and horny.

Oh, just how horny he was. He was seriously contemplating turning his old machine back on, but he knew you’d leave him if he did. And he would not even dare to do anything that would make you leave him.

He sat in his favourite chair with a beer in hand.

A week passed, then another, and he started to become worse and worse.

Even if you called him almost every day, it wasn’t enough for him.

He missed you too much.

So, he did what he thought to be the second most logical thing after drinking his sorrow away and packed a bag.

“Mum? Would you like something to drink?” you yelled from the kitchen to your mother. Even after two weeks, her ankle started to get a lot better but you decided to stay for Nathan’s sake. He needed the time alone, even if you missed him so much.

“I’m good, Honey, thank you.” she replied from her room. “Did you speak with Nathan today?”

“Not yet, I’ll call him after lunch.”

Then there was a knock on the front door, you dried your hands and headed to see just who it was.

“Nathan?" you were shocked to see your boyfriend in the door. "Wh-”

You wanted to ask why or how was he there but he was quicker as he captured your lips in a kiss. You didn’t even have time to fully process what was happening.

When he pulled back from the kiss, he pulled you in for a hug.

“I missed you too.” you said, smiling. You knew he would never admit it, but his actions spoke louder.

“Who is it Y/N?” asked your mum as she peaked out of her room. “Oh. Sorry.” she said after seeing you two in the doorway, you tried to pull back, but Nathan didn’t let you, he still wanted to hold you, just a bit longer.

Once the two of you finally headed inside, you noticed that Nathan looked tired.

Truth was he found out that he just cannot sleep now without you. He ate the food you left for him, but that wasn’t enough for him to feel better.

He needed you.

So, once he trimmed his beard, shaved his head off and slept, he looked like the man you left behind in that lonely house.

After that even, Nathan never, ever wanted to be separated from you. Maybe just for a couple of days.

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Ex-Machina art by Ken Taylor.

Hanfu & Ex Machina

via hanfu photographer: Lylelee (阿凝)

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This movie made him paranoid. It changed his life. Now, he doesn’t walk into any room he doesn’t know how to walk out of. He boils all of his food to rid it of contaminants and poisons. He poops in tiny bags because he’s awaiting the redonishing of Kifalca, the demon priestess of the fire lord Gibraltar, summoner of life gas, siphoner of that same-

(Movies With Mikey: Fave 5 of 2015, 2015)
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