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Waking up in the early morning hours was his normal routine. Putting on his shorts and hoodie he grabbed his runners and headed out to the living room to get ready for his run. Running is what nourished him and put his mind at ease. The freedom of being alone with his thoughts without anyone wanting anything from him was heaven.
He grabbed his iPod and headed out to the trail that would take him through the park. It was autumn and the trees were resplendent in their red, yellow and orange foliage. The air was fresh and crisp just the way he liked it. With the latest Bon Iver tunes playing in his ears he took off to complete his usual 5k run.
When Tom was running he was free to be himself. He didn’t have fans screaming his name, he didn’t have to put on a smile for cameras and he didn’t have to write his name over and over and over. Running allowed him to have the personal space that he so longed for. He loved his fans and was very grateful for their support but sometimes he just wanted to be just plain Tom and not Tom Hiddleston British movie star!
When the run was over, he went back to his apartment to get ready for the day. He looked in his bedroom and saw that she was still there sleeping. He had hoped she would be gone by the time he got back. Tom wasn’t a use and discard them kind of man but sometimes a one night stand was just that. He was always up front with the women he slept with and let them know when that was all he wanted. He was a man after all and with that many women wanting to sleep with him, every now and then he just indulged. He loved the feel of a woman’s skin beneath his fingertips, and the smell of her perfume as it subtly filled his nose. He loved the feel of her nipples in his mouth as he suckled them and he loved the taste of her essence as he licked the silky goodness between her legs.
But intimacy with a woman always came with a price. The pressure was always on him to perform well because if the woman he was with wasn’t satisfied he knew it would get all over the media. He hated that he couldn’t trust people but he had been burnt before and now he knew he needed to protect himself. Luke had enough work to do as it was, he didn’t need Tom creating a scandal that he needed to clean up. Now when Tom slept with a woman, he had her sign a confidentiality agreement to ensure his privacy was not going to be breached. Many did not like it, but in the end they all signed it because being with Tom and not being able to talk about it was better than never being with Tom at all…and they all wanted to be with Tom.
He headed into the shower to rinse off the sweat and grime from his run. After a night of lovemaking followed by a morning run, he would normally be fired up enough that he would want to invite his companion to shower with him. Last night’s guest however, did not turn out to be a suitable morning companion so he did not wake her.
As he entered the bedroom after his shower she had just finished getting dressed. She looked up at Tom standing there with nothing but a white towel wrapped around his waist. His firm chest muscles glistened from the water droplets and the V that was pointing underneath his towel was all so enticing. She wished she could have another go at him but he had told her last night that once he showered he was done playing. She wasn’t about to try anything that might cause him to be displeased with her in case he might change his mind and decide to invite her back again. Tom Hiddleston was one of those carnival rides that you couldn’t get enough of and wouldn’t stop going on until you got sick.
Tom pulled on his robe and like a gentleman he escorted his guest to the door.
Putting her hands on his face for a goodbye kiss she whispered in his ear “In case you ever change your mind, I left my phone number on your nightstand”
“Thanks” he said as she opened the door for her. He said nothing more as he wanted to be polite but not encouraging. He knew he was going to throw her number out the second she was gone as she was never going to be ‘the woman in his life’ and he wasn’t into an ongoing casual sex kind of relationship. He wasn’t a bad guy; at least he didn’t think so. Was it wrong to just want sex for the sake of sex with no strings attached? There were women who only wanted that too and he felt as long as he was upfront and honest about what he wanted, that it was up to them to decide if they still wanted him or not.
He finished dressing for the day in a pair of tight fitting jeans which hung off his hips and cupped his ass in all the right places. He topped it was a navy button up shirt- leaving the top 2 buttons undone- and a pair of black leather low-cut boots. Tom knew he was fortunate to have such a nicely toned body and there wasn’t much that didn’t look good on him. He also knew that while he was blessed with good genes he worked very hard to keep his body in top physical shape. His acting talents were one thing he had to offer prospective directors but his physical appearance was equally as important to them.
Today he was finishing up some work on “I Saw the Light”. He loved the fact that this was a major singing role as he loved to sing. Transforming himself from a stylish English gentleman into a “Lou-siana” country songman was as difficult a role as it gets. Tom had wanted this job very much as he wanted to prove he was more than Loki or his Victorian characters. He really wanted to stretch himself as an actor and this certainly was the role in which to do that.
As he climbed into his white Jaguar, stretching his long legs out under the dash, he was finally ready to face the day and all the excitement it had to offer.