I'm a very simple girl. Give me a playlist with Hamilton's and Six's songs and Moana's demos and Mary Poppins Returns soundtrack and I will be happy for the rest of my day.
OMG that was perfect, absolutely perfect đđ I loved it so much! And the ending was đđ€
Plot- the party agreed on 1 thing only, do not let the new girl meet Eddie Munson (fluff)
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Steve and Robin were talking at the counter about his latest date. Well, Steve was, and Robin was mocking him.
 âIâm telling you, she was insane. She poured half the container of salt on her noodles. Who goes to an Indian restaurant and gets buttered noodles? â Steve complained.
Robin rolled her eyes and said, "Jeez, Dingus, you have such real problems in the world.â As she checked in, all the tapes were returned.
 The pairâs eyes rose when a shadow casted over the countertop. There stood the most gorgeous girl they had ever seen. She had her hair styled nicely, a smokey eye look, eyeliner sharp as a knife, and cherry red lips. Her arms were warmed by a leather jacket; a band tee lay underneath, and they guessed jeans would be covering her legs if they could see. Maybe a pair of sneakers to go with the look. She had her fingers decorated with chunky rings and black nails.
Steve felt drool hit the bottom of his chin. This girl looked like someone who knew how to ruin your life, and he wasnât mad about it.
Robin felt a blush creep on her cheeks. This girl looked like sheâd ruined Robinâs innocence with one touch, and she wasnât mad about it.
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TO STAY | BAKUGOU KATSUKIÂ
pairings: Bakugou x g/n!reader
summary: If the doctor says you need skin-to-skin contact, then you need skin-to-skin contact.
from the writer: this was supposed to be a cute warm-u-up kinda thing
genre: injury fluff, hurt/comfort (?)
wc: 1k
notes & warnings: reader has cold based quirk, skin-to-skin contact, reader gets injured, not exactly romance but⊠yeah
â(Hero Name)!â Your eyes draw attention to the voice, and your body starts to move on instinct to the call of your name until you see the smile of an officer. âThank you for your help. We really couldnât have done it without you.â You nod in appreciation, still kneeling on the ground littering in the ruins of a building that was, thankfully, empty for the most part.
You blink slowly, exhaustion overcoming you. Your torso folds over your legs to cover your forearms, hidden from the eyes of other pro-heroes that had arrived on the scene to help keep the crowds back and clean up, and yet, there is one that defies them all as the fall of their footsteps ring in your ears, getting closer until you see hints of orange among black. âHey,â You look up at him. âWhy the fuck are you still keeling on the ground like a fucking pill bug?â
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Please, do it! I'm sure I will read and with your talent and your wonderful writing, I'm sure other people will read too! đđ
i want so bad to start a story like not just a oneshot, one with actual chapters and all but im scared that people wonât read and iâll be left writing them for no one to see
Okay, I know that we must hate Agatha, she is the villain, she murdered Sparky... But I can't!
Agnes is such a great character, I absolutely love her and discovering that she is Agatha and hearing her theme song?! FUCKING INCREDIBLE
Well, I guess that makes one more villain to my list of "characters who I must hate but I don't"
The cuuuutest thing!!
summary: steve harrington is down horrendous for you, his best friend since he was a scrawny pre-teen. turns out, his love is not as unrequited as he thinks.
contains: best friends to lovers, mutual pining (but mostly steve pining), steveâs pov, fluff galore, idiots in love, reader is good with the kids, reader is a skater like max, reader hurts her wrist and steve is a worried lovesick idiot. cw! descriptions of wounds/blood, mentions of hospital, reader wears steveâs clothes. she/her pronouns used.
a/n: first long fic yay!! I am extremely proud of this so pls love it đ€
fem!reader 5.3k words
gif by @barneswayne
Steve Harrington is totally, most definitely, not in love with you. Just friends, he thinks, best friends. Best friends who hold hands and sit far too close together.
Speaking of, you push further into Steveâs side, your scent washing over him. Your hand squeezes Steveâs, and he thinks, never mind. Maybe he is in love with you. So in love with you it fucking hurts.
A chorus of shouts erupts around him. You and Steve are watching Eddie, Robin and the kids play beer bong, only without the beer. Itâs soda. Dustin starts doing a stupid victory dance while half of his peers laugh and the others cringe. Steve cringes. You laugh. All high and lilting and adorable. Steve has to remind himself to breathe.
He brings your joint hands to rest on his knee. Your rings push into his skin, almost like harsh reminders that he canât hold you like he wants to. He frowns.
âSteve?â Your voice brings Steve out of his thoughts like it always does. You give his hand a shake. âYou okay?â
Steve looks up and prays you canât see the hopeless devotion in his eyes. Youâre the prettiest girl heâs ever seen, with your messy hair and your eyes lined with glitter. Rosy cheeks, glossy pink lips that he stares a beat too long at. Heâs known you for years, and yet heâs never gonna get used to how gorgeous you are. He swallows, forces his eyes up to yours.
âIâm okay,â he says, though heâs really not. He never is, because you never wonât look like that. âAre you?â
Thereâs another explosion of noise from the soda-pong players, but you donât seem to notice. You frown like you donât believe him. Heâs being too obvious, he knows.
âYeah, Iâm good. Are you sure, Steve?â You stretch your free hand across your torso to touch his face. Steve heats like an oven under your hand as you press your palm to his forehead. âYouâre not feeling sick, are you? You feel sort of hot.â
Steve grabs your wrist, harder than he means to. He loosens his grip guiltily when you give him an alarmed look.
âSorry,â he says quickly, lowering your hand gently. He can feel your pulse, only just, underneath his fingers. Itâs damn sure slower than his. âIâ uh, no. Iâm not feeling unwell. It is pretty hot in here though.â
A total lie. The only reason heâs burning up is you.
Your frown deepens, a push of your bottom lip that makes Steve want to kiss you. Itâs such an overwhelming feeling that he has to blink multiple times to make it go away.
âOh,â you say. You look around the room and then back at Steve. âDo you want to go outside?â
Steve has a bit of a dilemma. If he says yes, heâll be alone with you. He canât tell if thatâs a good or bad thing. If he says no, heâll have to stay in this stuffy room with yelling teenagers and ping pong balls flying at him every five seconds. He decides on the first option.
âSure,â he says as nonchalantly as he can. Then, to make you laugh, âSmells like boy in here anyway.â
You giggle. Steve feels like copying Dustinâs lame victory dance.
âYouâre a boy, Stevie,â you say teasingly.
He wrinkles his nose at you. âNo, I know, but itâs like ⊠adolescent boy.â
You laugh loud, your mouth pulled up in a staggering smile. âOh, okay,â you say, as if anything he just said made any sense.
Steve is starstruck for a second before youâre pulling him up from his seat, your hand in his a familiar, heart-aching weight.
Steve finds himself sitting side by side with you on the hood of his car. He canât exactly remember how he got here â on the way, all he could think about was your hand in his and the fact that your thumb kept brushing over his knuckles in very distinct lines. Whether youâd meant to or not, he doesnât know. He hopes you did.
âAny better?â You ask quietly, stretching your pinky across the small gap between your hands to tap his.
Steve feels something like an electric shock where your skin touches his. It baffles him, how such a tiny touch can cause such a big reaction throughout his body. He stares at your hand when he answers.
âMuch,â he says honestly. He looks up at you. âYou didnât have to come with me, you know. You can go back in if you want.â
Secretly he hopes youâll stay here with him forever. But that would be selfish, and if Steve is anything when heâs with you, itâs not selfish.
âEurgh, no.â You pull a disgusted sort of face that makes Steve grin. âI could barely stand it when you were there. Without you, I think Iâd die from the smell alone.â
Steve laughs. Really laughs. The words without you, I think Iâd die, float around his brain like fish in a fish tank. When heâs done laughing he catches your smile, all pretty and wide, and his heart does one of those funny backflips that heâs never gonna get used to.
Steve watches as you brace your hands on the edge of the car and push yourself up the hood, pulling your shoes up to rest on the metal. Your skirt is short enough that Steve can see half of your thighs, more when you shift yourself like that. He stares for two seconds too long and then feels so guilty he almost apologises.
Instead, he says, âArenât you cold?â He points at your skirt but doesnât look.
You shrug. âNo, not really.â
With a sigh you let yourself fall back against the hood of the car. Your skirt rises even more and a half inch more of your skin is exposed â Steve feels like the universe is out to get him. His only escape is to fall back next to you, his right shoulder brushing your left one. You smile when he does, head rolling to the side to look at him. Face to face now, Steve can feel every small breath coming from your parted lips.
âSee any stars?â He blurts, because your face is much too close and heâs scared if you look at him like that any longer, heâll kiss you stupid.
You look up at the dark, empty sky and wrinkle your nose. âNo.â
âWait, look, thereâs one.â Steve lifts his arm to point at what he thinks is a star.
You squint in its direction. âThatâs a plane.â
âWhat? No itâsâ oh.â He trails off when he realises the âstarâ is moving. It disappears behind a cloud a second later.
You laugh, breathless and pretty, and drop your head onto Steveâs shoulder. Your perfume fills the air around Steve and he has to stop himself from leaning closer. You bring a hand up to fiddle with your necklace, a cheap, plastic âSâ charm that sits directly on your sternum. The fake diamonds are falling off, half of them gone already, but youâve refused to take it off after all these years. Steve has one of your initial, too. You got them from a dollar store when you were twelve and pinky promised to be best friends forever.
You slip your necklace safely beneath your top and then stifle a yawn behind your hand.
Steve gives your elbow a nudge. âTired?â
You shrug one shoulder and then droop further into Steveâs side. Every point of contact between you burns.
âYouâre tired,â Steve says matter-of-factly.
You make a noise thatâs probably meant to be a sound of protest but comes out more like a tired moan. Steve chuckles lightly, reaches over and rubs your arm.
âAlright, sweet girl. Letâs go home.â
âHomeâ really means Steveâs house, because youâve left your car there and because youâre over so much itâs become your second home. By the time Steve is pulling up the driveway, youâre so dead beat he doesnât even consider letting you drive yourself home. You practically hang off his waist as he walks you both inside.
âMâtired,â you mumble as you pass the living room.
Steve has to bite back a laugh. âUh-huh, I can tell.â
You look up at him and squint like you know heâs laughing at you. Then you say, âCan I sleep in your bed?â
Steveâs heart skips. Sure, youâve slept in his bed before, but every time you have Steve lay awake for at least half the night. Heâs not above admitting that heâs watched you sleep more than once. Heâs seconds away from telling you to take the guest bedroom when you pout dramatically.
âPlease? Youâre so warm.â You push into his side, your arm tightening around his waist like you donât ever want to let go.
Steve hates himself for nodding, but he canât help it. âYeah, okay.â
He drags you up the stairs and into his room. Your makeup and stray jewellery is strewn across his dresser â youâd gotten ready at Steveâs before the party. If you could even call it that, Steve thinks. He plants you on his bed and you fall back immediately, eyes shut tight as your hair splays across the sheets.
âYouâre like a zombie,â Steve says amusedly, his gaze all fond and mushy as he looks down at you. âFrom like, Day of the Dead or something.â
You pull a face, faux offended but your big grin gives you away. âEw. Iâm not that ugly, am I?â
Steve hums long and high like heâs thinking about it. This makes you gasp and throw a hand to your chest like heâs wounded you. Before Steve can get half a laugh out a pillow is hitting him straight across the face.
âHey!â He exclaims, glaring at you. Youâre still lying down, eyes screwed tight like youâre pretending you didnât just brutally attack Steve. He laughs because youâre fucking adorable. âZombies donât throw pillows, Y/N.â
Your words are plagued by a yawn as you say, âThis one does.â
Steve sighs at your antics, picks up your murder weapon (his pillow) and replaces it on the bed.
âOh no,â you groan suddenly, like youâve remembered something awful, hands flying to your face in despair. âMy makeup, Stevie. Mâtoo tired to take it off.â
Your words stick to each other like taffy in your tired state. Steve remembers the last time he let you sleep in your makeup. He didnât hear the end of it for days. Heâd rather avoid your wrath this time round.
Steve sighs, knowing full well heâs about to put his foot in it. âWell, will you let me do it?â
You open one eye blearily and look at him. âWould you?â
Steve shrugs, though the thought of being that close to you makes him feel nauseous. Luckily, youâve closed both eyes again so he can blush all he wants. Plus, heâd do anything for you. Even endure the overwhelming urge to kiss you breathless.
âSure thing, babe. Iâll get the stuff.â
Steve ends up sitting on his bed with you across from him, crossed legs pressing up against his. Youâre sitting so close youâre almost in his lap. He ignores this for the sake of his dignity.
Youâve got your eyes shut and your hair up in a clip. A lock of hair has tumbled out of its knot and Steve pushes it away from your face, fingers hooking behind your ear and lingering. He keeps his hand on your jaw as he raises his other hand, a wet cloth ready to clean your sparkly makeup off.
âYou sure about this?â He asks hesitantly. Heâs dead terrified heâll do something wrong, like get glitter in your eye.
You smile softly, your eyes staying firmly shut. âYes, Steve, itâs fine.â Your tone is half reassuring and half exasperated.
Steve bites the bullet and goes right in, pressing the wet cloth to your cheekbones first. Youâve got blush and glitter there, sprinkled on your cheeks like fairy dust. He smooths the cloth along your skin and it comes away sparkly and pink.
âOkay?â He asks, pausing worriedly.
You nod slowly, your head starting to droop in his hand. âYeah, Steve.â
Steve grins fondly at your face, screwed up in exhaustion. He tightens his grip on your jaw to keep your head steady, thumb hooked under your chin. Carefully, he begins to dab at your eyelids, also painted with silvery glittery eyeshadow.
Your face dewy and makeup-free, Steve thinks youâve never looked prettier. So pretty it drives him mad. He stares, really stares, for far too long but heâs worried if he opens his mouth, breaks the silence, heâll never get to see you like this again. Your hair all messy pretty, your eyes shut and eyelashes kissing, your pink lips turned in a half smile.
Heâs not surprised when your soft voice drifts into his thoughts.
âYou done?â You open your eyes, eyelids heavy and head heavier.
Steve snaps out of it. He lets go of your face quickly, slides off the bed even quicker.
âAll done,â he says, almost tripping over his own feet.
You smile, seemingly oblivious to his clumsiness. Or maybe, itâs just happened so often that youâre not surprised. Either way, your smile is sickeningly sweet. Steve is torn between the desire to kiss you or run as far away as possible from you.
Your voice matches your honey-smile when you say, âThank you, Stevie.â
You reach out to touch his forearm, your hand a heavy weight on his skin as you wrap your fingers around his arm and squeeze.
He grins lopsidedly, and heâs sure he looks like a lovesick idiot but he canât find it in himself to care. âYouâre welcome.â
You drop your hand and Steveâs arm suddenly feels cold as ice. He wants to touch you again but knows he shouldnât. He strides to his bedroom door and pauses to turn and look at you.
âIâm gonna get you a glass of water,â he says. Your eyelids are drooping again. He laughs fondly. âGet in bed while Iâm gone, zombie-girl.â
Your giggle follows him all the way to the kitchen.
When Steve gets back, a glass of water in each hand, youâre still as a statue on your self-appointed side of the bed. Youâve swapped your outfit for a grey t-shirt that you totally stole from him but deny every time he asks about it, and the shortest shorts known to mankind.
He switches off the light and shuts the door with his heel. Pointedly avoiding looking at your bare legs, he rounds the bed and sets the water down, then bends over you.
âY/N?â He whispers.
You hum softly, though Steve canât tell if itâs a hum of acknowledgement or just a sound youâve made in your sleep. He leans closer, listening to your breathing. Youâre awake, only just.
He brushes his hand over your upper arm, touch as light as a feather. He thinks he feels goosebumps on your skin but doesnât have time to wonder why. Youâre lifting your chin slightly, lips parted.
âGoodnight, Stevie,â you whisper, so quiet he barely hears you. Steveâs heart swells. âThanks for ⊠everything.â
A few moments later you fall silent and your breathing grows steady, and Steve wonders how the hell you always fall asleep so fast.
He rubs your arm, kisses your forehead because he knows you wonât remember this part. His lips buzz as he pulls away. âGoodnight, sweet thing.â
-
Youâre outside Family Video. Steve emerges from the back room and spots you so fast itâs like heâs got a third eye. Heâs both shocked and pleased â he hadnât expected to see you until after his shift.
Youâve got the kids with you. You and Max are zooming around the carpark on your skateboards while Dustin and Lucas are poised on the hood of your car, poring over comics.
He watches you skate with Max. Like some lame rom-com cliche, your hair is blowing in the wind and Steve swears youâve moving in slow motion. Youâre laughing and joking with Max and Steve stares and stares. Stares until Robin sidles up next to him.
âWhatâre youâ oh.â Steve can hear the smirk in her voice even though he refuses to look at her. âWhatâre they doing here?â
Steve shrugs and makes an âI donât knowâ sound, moving to the counter to put down the box of videos heâs carrying. Robin follows.
âYouâre not gonna go say hi to Y/N?â Robin asks slyly. Steve can hear in her voice whatâs coming. âYouâve been staring long enough.â
Steve blushes furiously despite himself. âI wasnât staring.â
âOh, sure.â Robin hoists herself onto the counter, peers into the box of videos and picks one out at random. âJust like you werenât holding her hand on Tuesday night?â
Steve canât exactly get himself out of that one. He snatches the video from Robin with an annoyed tsk, slotting it back into the box. Her laugh is devilish.
âYou are hopeless, Steven,â she says, whacking Steve over the head as she hops off the counter.
Steve rubs his head and glares at Robin. If looks could kill sheâd be dead meat. âThatâs not my name.â
Robin gets this look on her face that Steve knows all too well. He wants to pummel her before sheâs even said anything.
âOh, sorry,â she says, all sarcasm. âWhat is it, then? Stevie?â
Steveâs blood boils. Only youâre allowed to call him that.
âYâknow what, Robin?â He says loudly. He turns on his coworker, seething. Sheâs totally nonchalant, a stupid smirk on her lips. âWhy donât you just leave meâ?â
âSteve!â
A shout of his name from the door. He turns and finds Lucas standing there, looking panicked.
Steveâs brow furrows. Then he notices you and Max are no longer whizzing around the carpark. âWhatââ
âY/N fell,â Lucas says, out of breath. âWe think she hurt her wrist.â
Steveâs heart drops. âShit.â
He goes flying out the door and into the parking lot. Youâre sitting on the concrete, one knee pulled up to your chest, your skateboard dormant next to you. Max is kneeling over you, and Dustin has graciously abandoned his comics for your sake.
âY/N!â He damn near shouts. He runs over to you and Max and gets on his knees. Heâs probably just ruined his jeans on the concrete â he doesnât give a single fuck.
âY/N,â he says frantically, a tentative hand landing on your shoulder. Both your knees are scraped something awful and a nasty gash blooms on the outside of your wrist. Steveâs worry is loud and his heartbeat twice as much. âY/N, are you okay? What happened? Whatâsââ
You look up. Your eyes are shining but youâve got a dopey smile on your lips.
âSteve,â you say breathlessly. You blink and a tear falls from your eye and over the bump of your cheek. âHi. Good to see you.â
Steve stares at you in horror. How can you be making jokes at a time like this? You laugh wetly and Steve looks at Max, totally alarmed.
âWhat happened?â He demands.
Max is much calmer than he is. âShe went over a bump or something,â she says. Sheâs rubbing your back and Steve feels a rush of gratitude for the younger girl. âFell on her left arm. Her wrist might be sprained or broken, butââ
âBroken?â Steve repeats. Heâs pretty sure his soul just left his body.
âI said might,â Max says through her teeth.
âY/N?â Steve slides his arm around your shoulder, carefully avoiding your left wrist, which you're cradling in your uninjured hand. âY/N, baby, can you get up?â
You make a noise like a scoff but itâs muffled by your sniffly nose. ââCourse I can.â
Steve helps you anyway, Max on your other side keeping a firm hold on your jacket. You hiss as you straighten your legs, knee-wounds sprouting fresh blood. Steve bites down on his lips so hard he almost bleeds himself.
âAre you gonna take her to the hospital?â Max asks. Thereâs genuine worry in her eyes that Steve barely sees. Dustin, Lucas and Robin appear, looking equally worried.
Steve puts on a brave face. âThink so. What do you think?â He asks Max. âYouâre the skateboard expert.â
She grins so quick Steve almost misses it. It disappears when she looks at you in your bloody and bruised state. âYeah. Just in case.â
Steve walks you over to your car, half dragging you. Not that you need him to, he just canât bear for you to hurt any more than you already are. He deposits you in the passenger seat, ducks his head in to pull your seatbelt across your torso. Heâs seconds from ducking back out when you stop him, your uninjured hand on his chest, right over his racing heart.
âIt hurts,â you say, quiet enough that only Steve can hear. Your eyes are welling up again. Steve feels like crying himself.
âI know,â he says, nodding vigorously like it will make a difference. âI know, sweet girl. Itâs gonna be fine. Youâre gonna be okay.â
At this point heâs talking to himself as well as you. You nod in an exhausted sort of way and Steve presses a kiss to your cheek. Slow and soft and as close to your lips as heâs ever kissed. He has to take a few seconds to compose himself before straightening up and turning to the others.
âI gotta take her,â he says, sending an apologetic grimace in Robinâs direction.
Robin nods once and surprisingly, doesnât say a word. She looks about as sympathetic as Steve has ever seen her. He turns to the kids.
âHelp Robin,â he says. Heâs trying desperately to make his voice sound normal but falling short of the mark. Everyone notices but nobody comments. âDonât mess up the store.â
He gives a grateful smile to Max and then rounds the car, hopping in and starting the engine.
-
Youâre half asleep on Steveâs couch, your head in his lap. Youâre wearing his yellow sweater â the one he bought only because youâd said heâd look good in yellow. Youâve just woken up from a post-hospital nap and Steveâs hand is in your hair, brushing slow strokes over the side of your head.
Heâs feeling a lot of things. Relieved, for starters. The doctor had said it was only a sprain, theyâd bandaged up your wrist and youâd left the hospital in far better conditions. Steve was in far better conditions, too.
Steve looks down at you, at your bandaged wrist and the huge bandaids on your knees and thinks, fuck. He thinks his heart is about to claw its way out of his chest. He doesnât think he can take this love thing any longer.
You stir and take a long breath, turning your head in Steveâs lap to look up at him. Your eyes are tired but youâre smiling.
âYou okay?â Steve asks softly. He doesnât want to break the silence. It feels good, to sit in silence and comfort with you. He runs his fingers through your hair again.
You nod. âMhm. Iâm good.â
âHurting?â
You shift in his lap. âNo, not right now.â
You fall silent and Steve doesnât know what to say. He wants to tell you how worried he was about you, but you could probably tell. Anyone with a pair of eyes could tell he was nauseous-level worried. Then he thinks about telling you he loves you. Itâs a stupid reason, really, but it was all because a nurse had asked if he was your boyfriend. Heâd wished he could say yes.
âSteve?â
Steve hums and meets your eyes. You move to sit up and Steve helps you, knowing you wonât let him stop you. A firm hand between your shoulder blades, his palm sliding down your back as you straighten yourself. You shift so youâre facing him, your legs crossed beneath you and your injured wrist resting in your lap. Steve is careful to avoid your wounded knees.
âWhat is it, babe?â Steve asks quietly. He brings his hand up to caress your cheek, dragging his thumb over a spot where your tears had smudged your mascara earlier.
You melt into his hand, eyes falling shut as a long, deep sigh falls from your lips. You raise your good hand to cover his, holding it to your face. Your hand burns stars onto the back of his.
âIs it your wrist?â Steve asks. Youâre acting strange. He puts it down to your injured state. âYour knees? Do you want more ice? New band-aids?â
Heâs being a total worrywart, he knows, but who can blame him?
You shake your head, eyes open but cast down. âNo.â
âJust feeling bad?â He asks through a frown. In a strange parallel to a couple of days ago, he lifts his free hand to press his palm to your forehead. You feel warm but not hot.
âItâs âŠâ you start, then trail off. Both yours and Steveâs hands fall to your lap.
Steveâs concern spikes. Youâve never been one to hide anything from him. âYeah?â
âUm, itâs ⊠itâs silly butââ You take a deep breath and let your eyes raise to Steveâs. You get a look on your face Steve doesnât quite understand, but it makes his heart leap to his throat anyway. âYou know today, when that nurse asked us if you were my boyfriend?â
Steve laughs embarrassedly, too loud and too sudden. So youâd been thinking about that, too. He pulls his hand away from your lap and rubs the back of his neck.
âYeah, that was kinda weird, wasnât it?â He says, though it wasnât really. Almost every new person he meets thinks youâre dating him. âI wasââ
âI wanted to say yes, Stevie.â
Steve stops talking abruptly, his mouth slamming shut. He hadnât really known what he was about to say, anyway. He searches for words but all he comes up with is a garbled, âWhat?â
You laugh, all soft and slow and distorted by fatigue. You raise your hand to rub your neck, a mirror of Steve only a moment ago.
âI wanted to say yes,â you repeat, like itâs obvious. Even the second time, Steve doesnât believe what heâs hearing. His chest feels like itâs on fire, worse when you say, âI want you to be my boyfriend.â
For once in his life, Steve has nothing to say. He gazes at you like youâre some sort of angel on earth. Maybe heâs dreaming. Maybe heâs in some cruel dream and heâs about to wake up with his chest aching.
âI âŠâ Steveâs voice catches on the words. His throat burns so he mustnât be dreaming. He tries again. âY-You ⊠you do?â
Heâs not even embarrassed by the stuttering. Just when he didnât think he could be any more in love with you, you giggle. He was dead wrong. His heart grows about three sizes too big for his chest.
âYeah, Steve,â you say, fondness smothering your fake exasperation. âDo you ⊠do you want me to be your girlfriend?â
What Steve wants is to kiss you. He wants to kiss you til you canât breathe and then some more after that. Silently, he takes your injured wrist in his hand and gently shifts it so itâs out of the way, resting on the couch cushions. Then he grabs your face, fingers splayed over your jaw and neck. He can feel your pulse. Itâs almost as quick as his. He leans so close he can hear every breath youâre taking.
âIâm going to kiss you now,â he whispers, his lips ghosting over yours. âThat okay?â
You laugh a giddy, breathless laugh, surprised at his suddenness. âPlease do.â
He slams his eyes shut, darts forward to kiss you and fucking misses. Your noses bump. A surprised giggle bubbles from you and Steve goes red.
âWait, Iâm sorryââ He tries again, tilting your head to one side and angling his head to the other. This time it works perfectly, and your giggling is swallowed up by Steveâs mouth, lips fitting together like they were made for each other.
You sigh and go all melty and Steveâs heart skyrockets. It feels like everything in the world is falling into place. Itâs years of longing, eternities of lingering touches and offhand compliments and longing glances all rolled into one life changing kiss. Your good hand has jumped to Steveâs chest, first bunched in the material of his t-shirt and then spreading over it, palm atop his wild heart. He thinks he might die on the spot. Or like, catch on fire or something.
Steve is losing breath but he wonât stop just yet. He drops his hands to your shoulders and pulls away a hairâs breadth. Then he dives back in for one, two, three kisses that you respond to with all the eagerness in the world. Your kisses are so lovely they make him light-headed.
When Steve pulls away (for oxygen, nothing less) you chase his lips with yours. He laughs, all fondness. Heâs dizzy with love.
âWoah, hold your horses, cowboy,â he says through a woozy laugh. Heâs finding it hard to speak. He barely hears himself. For all he knows, heâs talking in an alien language.
âSorry,â you whisper, not sounding very sorry at all. âSo ⊠was that a yes?â
Steve has to laugh. He canât help it. âAre you kidding? Yes, Y/N. That was a yes. Iââ
Heâs rudely interrupted by someone banging on the door. He thinks he knows who it is. Only one person he knows knocks that hard.
He sighs morosely but he canât keep the grin off his face for very long. âIâll get it.â
He heaves himself off the couch and makes for the front door. You stop him before he gets very far, a hand in his bicep.
âWait, Steve.â
Steve turns, puzzled. âYeah?â
Youâre lifting your chin up, lips parted. Steve knows exactly what you want.
His grin grows impossibly wider as he bends at the waist to kiss you once, chaste and slow and just as perfect as the kisses shared moments ago. When he pulls away youâre smiling so big heâs worried youâll get stuck like that forever. He wouldnât mind.
Another round of banging from the door. Steve sighs, squeezes your good shoulder once and then marches to the front door, just about ready to kick the intruder off his front porch. He opens the door and finds his suspicions were correct. Itâs Dustin.
Heâs holding a handful of flowers that look suspiciously similar to the ones that grow in Steveâs momâs garden.
âThose for me?â Steve asks. He shoots his arm out to stop Dustin from barging in, hand gripping the door frame.
Dustin pulls a face. âEw. No, theyâre for Y/N.â He steps aside and more kids appear, plus Robin and Eddie. Eddieâs van has been parked haphazardly in Steveâs driveway. âCan we come in or are you gonna stand there and guard the door like that all night?â
âSheâs tired.â
âBut we bought chocolates.â
âWellââ
âDustin?â You call from the living room. Oh, great. Now Steveâs gonna have to let them in. âSâthat you?â
Dustin beams and gives Steve an expectant look. Steve drops his arm with a defeated sigh and Dustin goes marching in like he owns the place. Max, Lucas and even Mike follow. Mike, who never shows up to anything. Though Steve shouldnât be surprised. Youâre Mikeâs favourite, out of the older ones.
Eddie comes next, then Robin, who stops to give Steve a grimace.
âSorry,â she says wryly. âThey really wanted to see her.â
Steve shrugs good-naturedly. Heâs on cloud nine and much too happy to care all that much. He follows Robin into the living room and finds everyone crowded around you, Max on your side and Dustin getting down on one knee to present you the probably-stolen flowers like youâre the Queen of England. You look the same as Steve feels â kiss bitten and with your head in another world. But youâre pleased by the company, he can tell.
Dustin moves to give you one of his bone-crushing hugs and Steve goes all panic mode.
âPlease be careful with her!â He says urgently, his panic obvious under the usual demanding tone he takes with the kids.
But youâre laughing under Dustinâs hug, and Steve canât stay mad when you look like that. You meet his eyes over a mop of curly hair and your gaze goes all mushy and sweet. Steveâs legs feel like jelly. If he keeled over dead right now, he wouldnât be surprised.
Heâs sure someone will see but he doesnât really care. Grinning from ear to ear, he mouths, âLove you.â
Heâs said it before, of course he has, youâre his best friend in the whole entire world. This time though, itâs all the more different. Itâs better. You flush, oblivious to the noisy chatter around you.
âLove you too,â you mouth back.
Steve canât stop smiling for the rest of the night.
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Omg. It's hot in here, no?
If you had the chance to make out with Steve Harrington - would you take it? Pairing: Steve Harrington x f!reader Word count: 1,262 Warnings: A bit of swearing, alcohol consumption.
Not only did he scoot himself closer to you, he also playfully and confidently swung his arm behind you, casually resting it on the backrest of the sofa. You sat very still and couldn't breathe properly at the moment. The mixture of his strong scented cologne and his warm sweet breath near your skin almost made you pass out of dizziness. It was intoxicating, and it hit you. It hit you so fucking hard.
"What's it gonna be?" Steves raspy voice made you snap out of your almost hypnotized state, and you turned your head to look at him. Your lips parted automatically at the sight of him, and you did everything in your power to not exclaim a deep sigh. God, you were basically eye-fucking him right now. His brown eyes were darker than normal. Not that you noticed that kind of things about him of course. Why - why would you do that? It wasn't like you had a huge crush on him or anything.
You didn't.
Did you?
Steve smiled and bit his bottom lip while his eyes wandered down to your mouth.
This was your chance. Probably your only chance to actually kiss Steve fucking Harrington. Your whole body shivered with the thought of feeling those perfectly shaped lips on yours.
Screw this.
With a racing heart, you turned to face him and wasted absolutely no time before leaning in to kiss him. But you were no match for Steve. He was well-prepared for your attack and with no hesitation - and a small grin on that beautiful face of his - he grabbed under your thighs and pulled you onto his lap - as if you were as light as a feather. He completely ignored the fact that it was you that was about to make the first move.
"Shit!" you exclaimed and laughed nervously. He caught you off guard. You weren't expecting this to happen and you were a bit surprised by his action. Mostly because you thought this was going to be a cute, innocent kiss. One of those soft ones, that would leave you smiling for a couple of days. Instead you were straddling him, very much aware of how comfortably his thighs was. You were pretty sure this would make you smile for more than just a few days.
"Gotcha" he chuckled and held his hands on your waist to keep you steady. In the hurry you had placed your hands on each side of Steve's head, pressing your palms onto the wall behind him and you tried your very best not to awkwardly fall forward and ruin the moment. It made your faces being dangerously close to each others and you were practically breathing the same air right now.
Steve slid under your shirt and let a few inches of your skin being exposed, still carefully resting his hands on your waist. You let out a small moan when he slightly tightened his grip. The warmth from his hands on your bare skin, along with the almost none-existing distance between your lips, made this whole scenario a thousand times more intense. And you had barely sat on his lap for a hot minute. He leaned towards you, not that the gap between you were that big, but it felt like everything went slowmotion from the moment you realized he was about to kiss you. You closed your eyes and leaned towards him as well.
Finally. Steve's lips on yours, soft as a cloud - God yes, it was one of the soft ones! - with so much tenderness that it felt like your lips almost melted togehter. Every fiber in your body exploded. You got instant lightheaded and without even notice it yourself, you grabbed his thick hair with both hands to stabilize yourself from the overwhelming dizziness which kept creeping up on you.
Once again a moan escaped your mouth unintended, inbetween the soft kisses. This time it was louder, a bit more desperate. You felt your cheeks getting bright red because of the sounds you kept making, but Steve didn't seem to be bothered. If anything, it just made him greedy for more and he groaned eagerly. Steve dug his fingers into your skin, pulled you even closer to him, and before you could react, his tongue was inside your mouth, already fighting your own for dominance.
Stars was showing before your eyes and your heart beated so fucking fast, that you were afraid it would jump out of your chest. The only thing that filled the room was the sounds of your somewhat desperate moans.
Damn how this had escalated quickly.
Steve deepened the kiss, his hands only moving inches up and down your body, but his touches was so definite, that it almost made your body jelly-like. The effect this man had on you was unbelievable and you were effortlessly turned on. In some way it felt so wrong, but at the same time, the only thing you wanted right now was to go further with him.
What if you justâŠ
âŠwait a minuteâŠ
⊠You opened your eyes, as music started to stream through your ears. The beats from Take on Me filled the room and you were suddenly aware of your surroundings. A bit out of breath, you pulled yourself away from Steve's lips and slowly looked to your left. You noticed that you were still holding a fair grib on Steve's hair, as if it was about to flee, and stopped immediately when you realized that Steve and you were, in fact, not alone.
"Oh. Wauw," someone said. Mortified, you pulled yourself off of Steve's lap and sat next to him without saying anything. You licked your lips unconsciously and felt the warmth from the obvious embarrasement fill your cheeks.
Robin looked at you without even blinking and repeated herself.
"Oh⊠wauwâŠ"
Steve was kinda disoriented, and just stared out in the room for a solid minute, vaguely smiling.
"I-I think Y/N won the game. Yep. She definitely did," he said.
"It's not like you can actually win 'Truth or Dare', Harrington."
"Let it go, Eddie. I think Steve's right. That was without doubt the best dare played this evening," Robin said, finally snapping out of the baffled state she had been in. Robin smirked at you, and grabbed her beer from the table. "I gotta say. I didn't think you'd do it, Y/N" she laughed and took a sip of the beer, as part of the drinking game you had going on with your friends.
"Uhm. Steve" Eddie said cautiously. Steve looked at him, still a bit lost.
"What?"
Eddie glanced at Steve. To be more precise, his crotch. In his foggy state he didn't knew what was going on. But as soon as he realized what Eddie was trying to say, without actually saying it, Steve started blushing and grabbed the nearest pillow to hide his very obvious enthusiasm.
This evening had been both absolutely amazing, and extremely awful. You couldn't help but think of your poor friends who had just witness you and Steve getting a tad too excited for each other. You also wondered if the music had been playing all along. Did they hear you moan like a fucking porn star? God, you hoped not!
When everyone began to converse, you caught Steve's eye. He smiled mischievously and winked at you, before taking a sip of his beer.
You started thinking this wouldn't be the last time you'd be straddling him. But next time, you would make sure you were alone with Steve fucking Harrington.
I cried so much seeing Lee again and now reading this story....đđđđ
It's been a while since I've written a story for Lee but I've been re-watching His Dark Materials (+binging the new season!) and I couldn't resist writing this.
I hope you all enjoy this! đ
Warnings: Grief
His Dark Materials spoilers below!!
âLeeâŠâ Y/n whispered, her eyes blurring with tears as she raised her hand to his cheek.
He still looked like Lee; even down to his iconic cowboy hat, and his eyes, they still had a flicker of mischief in them. But it was nothing like the spark that once lived there and his skin was cold to the touch and graying, nothing like how it was before.
 Because he was dead.
 He was deadâŠÂ
She had hoped she wouldnât see him here; but in her heart she knew something had happened to him. She couldnât explain it; but for a while now she had just felt this dull ache in her heart.Â
Thatâs why she followed Lyra and Will to The Land Of The DeadâŠshe hoped that the ache in her heart was just from missing him as they had not seen each other in so long.Â
Her dĂŠmon, Y/d/n felt it too; and although it was excruciatingly painful for them to be apart; Y/d/n understood why.
But now, she had her answer. The man she loved, the man she planned to have a future with, to share adventures with, to have a family with and to grow old with, was standing right in front of her, nothing more than a ghost.Â
âOh, sweetheart,â Lee breathed, leaning into her touch, before swooping her up in his arms, holding her closer than ever before. He never thought heâd get this opportunity; the chance to hold his Y/n in his arms again, so he was going to savor every last second he possibly could.
They stayed like that for a while, knowing that this would be one of the very last times theyâd be able to hold each other.
âWhat are you doing here?â he questioned softly, lifting his head from her shoulder to look at her.
Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot from the silent tears sheâd been crying, had he not already been dead, he knew his heart probably wouldâve shattered there and then at the sight of his Y/n.Â
âI had a feeling something had happened to youâŠI justâŠI neededâŠI need to know,â Y/n answered back, trying desperately (and failing) to hold back her tears as she held onto him, never wanting to let him go.Â
âIâm sorry, my love,â he whispered, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead; his hands cupping either side of her face.Â
âCome on, no tears,â he sniffled, trying to hold back his own tears as his thumbs wiped away her fallen ones.Â
âHow can I not cry?â Y/n asked; allowing the tears to fall from her eyes, âYouâre dead, LeeâŠyouâre deadâŠand I wasnât there-â
The words that fell from her mouth just made her cry more as realisation and guilt washed over her.Â
âIf you were there you wouldâve died too,â Lee soothed; his fingers softly rubbing either side of her neck.Â
âAt least weâd be together,âÂ
âSweetheart,â Lee began, stopping himself for a moment to blink away the tears that were threatening to fall from his eyes, âI love you and I wish we could stay together but we canât. I need you to live for me; go on all those adventures we planned to,â
He knew how much pain she was in.Â
He felt it.Â
He wanted nothing more than to walk out of this world, alive and with the woman he loved, to live the future theyâd dreamed of.Â
But he couldnât.Â
He knew that all they could do now was say goodbye.
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Everything is so beautiful. It's been awhile since I last read some Moon Boys fic and this one was the perfect one to come back to the habit.
Lovely writing and the plot warmed my heart đ„čâ€ïž
Authorâs Note:Â Hey everyone! So, I have had this done for a while and just never posted, so better late than never, amirite? And besides, we can all always use more Oscar Isaac and the Moon Boys in our lives. Enjoy! :)
Summary:Â The boys realize that they've never celebrated your birthday with you, despite being with you for well over a year and you celebrating their birthday. When they find out when it is, nothing will stop them from giving you a birthday for the record books.
Warning:Â Fluff (established couple with all the Moon Boys, super sweet affection, kisses, a very important question), angst (negative emotions about birthdays), implied smut
Other Characters:Â None
Word Count:Â 3,348
Steven, Marc, and Jake love you. They loves everything about you, from how you talk, to how you have a âluckyâ something for every category of item you own, to how big your heart is. But there is one thing about you that particularly irks them.
In the year and a half that you have been together with them, they has yet to find out when your birthday is. For all they knows, they could have missed it twice! Hell, youâve remembered theirs twice and have done incredibly loving things for both.
They have tried everythingâSteven even tried to sneak a peak at your license once, but turned out to be in a different wallet. Steven only knew his lack of knowledge wasnât by virtue of him not trying extremely hard, because Marc and Jake couldnât find out either.
Jake enjoyed playing around with the fantasy that you were a secret spy or assassin who stepped away from the action to lead a normal, quiet life. Steven and Marc were ready to quickly dismiss it when they remembered that they served as an avatar for the Egyptian God of the moon. In all honesty, there was a chance that Jake could be right.Â
âDid you know that in Ancient Egypt, Pharaohs didnât celebrate birthdays on the actual day?â Steven asks as he hands you a dish from the suds. âThey celebrated their coronation day since it was when they were born into the role of ruler.â
âInteresting,â you respond as you use the towel to dry the plate.
âItâs a bit sad, though, innit? That other people didnât celebrate their birthdays. It wasnât a common thing.â
âWell, I mean, I guess people make a big deal out of birthdays and place a lot of pressure on them. Maybe the Egyptians had it right.â
âBut itâs an important day, you know? Someone fantastic was brought to the world, thatâs worth celebratinâ.â
You have a feeling you know what heâs getting at. You choose to remain quiet.
âYouâre worth celebratinâ, (Y/N).â
You feel tears sting at your eyes, and you suck in your bottom lip to prevent yourself from crying.
âWhy havenât you told us when your birthday is?â he pleads softly.
You dip your head and shrug. âMy birthday . . . I donât know,â you mutter. âI have a lot of mixed feelings about it, and I donât know how to say them without sounding whiny.â
Steven tilts your chin up with a sudsy finger so your eyes lock onto his.
âWeâre all ears,â he says tenderly.
You let out a sigh, but Stevenâs finger refuses to let your gaze leave his.
âNo matter how old I got or whatever new friends I made, my friends and colleagues and even my exes always forgot my birthday. I always made it a point to remember theirs, get a gift, a card, whatever, becauseâitâs the frigginâ day theyâre born! And then I always had these small, wistful expectations thereâd be something done for me like a surprise, but it was always nothing. Once I got into my college years, Iâd have these hopes and expectations of what Iâd have done by that birthday, and most of them never came true. My âhave a first kissâ goal was deferred for eight years until I was 25.â You close your eyes and give your head a little shake. âIâm just always disappointed by my birthday with other people and myself. Never a real reason to celebrate.â
Steven dries his hands and wipes away yours tears with the pads of his thumb as he pulls you in for a loving hug.
âWill you tell us when your birthday is, love?â Steven whispers into your hair. âPlease?â
Unable to resist his tender embrace, you tell him the date, and he pulls back to scan your face. âThatâs Thursday,â he states.
âYeah,â you nod. âIt is.â
You donât expect him to cradle your face in his hands while he kisses you deeply. âBoy, do we have some ideaâs stewinâ in our brain,â he beams as he gives you another kiss. âAnd you know what? Since I missed it last year, youâre gonna have a half-birthday celebration that is gonna knock your knickers right off of you.â
âMy knickers?â you laugh, your hurt feelings quickly leaving your body.
Steven whistles and moves his hand like a plane to emphasize the absolute absence of panties youâll have before he hops up and rubs his hands together in excitement.Â
âOh,â he says as he holds up a finger. âThis is why we couldnât figure out your birthday, right? Youâre not secretly a spy or assassin?â
You laugh at the implication, the sadness rolling off of your body. âJakeâs idea?â
Steven nods.Â
âWell, Iâd tell you, but then Iâd have to kill you, and Iâd hate to ruin that pretty face of yours. And then thereâs the issue of getting rid of the body, and weâre on the fifth floorâ.â
âSee, I know youâre jokinâ, but part of me is actually a little spooked right now,â Steven says.
âNo, hon. Iâm not a spy,â you giggle, moving to kiss his cheek and push his curly hair back. âSorry to disappoint Jake.â
Steven breathes a sigh of relief and dips his head as you hold onto him. "Oh, thank the gods!"
Youâre vaguely aware of the shifting on your mattress as you continue to enjoy a cozy slumber under the comforter with your head on the pillows. After a bit, you feel another shift on the mattress along with the warmth of another body whose smell you know all too well.Â
âHappy birthday, my love,â Steven whispers with a gentle kiss to your cheek.
You let out a tired moan as you roll into Stevenâs body, wrapping an arm around his middle and burying your face into his chest as you try to pull yourself back into a deep sleep.Â
âCome now, Iâve made you your favorite. And I have a nice big mugga morninâ Joe with your name on it,â he encourages.
You unbury your head slightly, looking up at him with still heavy eyes. He smiles as he looks down at you, kissing your forehead.
âI knew if the kisses didnât do it, the coffee would,â he chuckles.
As you sit up in bed, Steven twists his torso and places a breakfast tray on your lap, presenting you with waffles, fresh cut fruit, and veggie sausage.
âThank you, hon,â you tell him, pulling him in for a kiss.
âAnythinâ for the birthday girl,â he hums, placing a kiss on your neck that sends goosebumps throughout your body. âI still wish you couldâve taken the day off.â
âTrust me, if I didnât have these big meetings, Iâd probably just stay in bed with you three.â
âDonât give Jake any ideasâheâd find a way to make those meetings cancelled,â Steven chuckles, stealing a strawberry for himself. You know thereâs nothing particularly aphrodisic or phallic about a strawberry, but watching Stevenâs lips move around the red fruit and how his tongue licks away the juice sends your head spinning. Steven catches you looking at him and smirks. âYes, love?â
âOh, nothing,â you blush as you move to take a bite of the waffles in front of you.
âMm, likely story,â he hums as he licks his lips once more, bringing his lips to your pulse point for a chaste kiss.
âI donât know that Iâm gonna be able to finish these, hon,â you chuckle as you take a closer look at the stack. âYou made eight?â
âIâve seen you devour a stack of waffles with no issue before.â
âYeah, on a weekend where I donât have to go do a full day of work later.â
âThen lucky for you, I am here to help,â he smiles, stealing your fork to snatch a bite of waffles for himself. âBloody hell, Iâm a good cook.â
We continue to sit in bed and eat the fluffy breakfast food until you have to get ready for work. As you fix your hair in the bathroom, Steven takes care of the dishes; he finishes drying them as you move from the bathroom to put on your clothes. As you slide on your sweater, Steven shuffles into the bedroom.
âLet me walk you to work today?â he whispers as he lifts out the hair tucked into the collar of your sweater.Â
âI want to say yes, but then I wouldnât want to go in or have you leave,â you respond just as quietly. âEspecially after a morning like this one. Itâd be the bed predicament on the sidewalk.â
Steven brings his lips to yours slowly as you wrap your arms around his waist. The kiss is tender and lazy, much like how you wish you could spend the day with one another. Steven lets out a defeated sigh as his lips part from yours, resting his forehead against yours.
âText me when you get there?â he asks as his fingers play with your hair.
âOf course,â you tell him. "Love you."
Steven hands you your purse, letting you adjust it on your shoulder before he places more quick kisses on your lips, murmuring a "Love you more," as you attempt to make it out the door.
âWhat?â you chuckle as you put your purse on the table by the door. Jake is leaning on the kitchen table like a puppy that needs to be let out.
âI canât wait for my girlfriend to do part two of her birthday?â Jake smirks as he suavely moves over from the wooden surface and meets you at the door, his hands on your waist as he plants a passionate kiss on your lips.
âAnd what would part two be, exactly?â you smile as you bite your lip, keeping them just out of reach of his so you donât spend the rest of the night making out in the kitchenâalthough, you wouldnât be opposed to it.
âI canât give away all of the details, mi corazĂłn. Now, go to the bedroom, put on whatâs laid out, and then weâll go to part two.â
You smirk at him and scrunch your eyebrows playfully as you try to figure out what he has planned. You do as he asks, nonetheless. Lying on the bed, you see a beautiful sky blue satin dress with an asymmetrical hemline and silver strappy heels. You slide on the dress and it fits like a gloveâso much like a glove, you can see the line of your underwear underneath the fabric. Lightly chuckling to myself, you slide off your panties and take off your bra. Usually, youâd be opposed to going full commando, but when you see yourself in the mirror, everything looks betterâthe dress was made to be worn on your body without undergarments. You slide on the heels to finish off the look and quickly comb your hair to revitalize it from the day. When you meet Jake back in the living room, he licks his lips and smirks as he looks at you, giving you bedroom eyes as you move closer to him.
âNow will you tell me what weâre doing?â you coo as you run your hands up and down his chest.
âNo,â he smiles as he pulls you in for a searing kiss, squeezing your ass for scientific reasons, youâre sure.
âYouâre not wearing anything underneath this, are you?â he breathes against your lips.
âNot a stitch,â you hum as you move his hands off your rear, taking a step back and opening the door with your things in hand. âLead the way, Lockley.â
He gives you a bedroom smirk and mutters a string of Spanish curses and erotic notions under his breathâsomething about not realizing how sexy youâd look and what heâd rather be doing to you.
âDonât worry, babe, I think all of you boys will be able to do those kinds of things later,â you assure him as you pull him down by his tie for a kiss. âPatience is a virtue.â
âNot when vice looks as good as you in satin.â
Jake captures your lips in a passionate and lusty kiss that still maintains an air of chastity to itâhis mind on the mission of the surprise, but his heart veering towards your shared bed.
âCome on, cariño,â he rasps as he takes your hand and leads you out of the apartment and down the stairs.
âI donât even get a hint?â you try again as you walk along the sidewalk.
âTell me what you think weâre doing.â
âReally? Twenty questions on my birthday?â
âPlay along,â he chuckles.
âFine,â you sigh dramatically as you lace your fingers with his. âItâs definitely somewhere fancy?â
âIs it, though?â
âIâm dressed to the nines. I donât see how it canât be somewhere fancy.â
âOr I wanted to show you off.â
âOkay,â you say, processing Jakeâs cheeky remark, thinking of all the possibilities. âWell, dinner would be too obvious, so it clearly canât be that.â
âClearly,â he chuckles. âCome on, cariño, I thought you knew me better than this.â
âOuch, gut punch!â you say, poking at it side. âIâm still thinking. You are an expert at being sneaky, Iâm trying to process my options.â
âWell, you should come up with one soon. Weâre almost there.â
Knowing the area, you scan through all the storefronts you can bring to your mind, when something clicks with your ensemble.
âJake Lockley, are you taking me dancing?â you hum as you look over to him, his eyes sparkling in the dim London light.
âIt took you long enough to figure it out,â he chuckles as he guides you to the left into a little courtyard that is all done up where other couples are waiting to start the lessons. âWeâre gonna put those hips of yours to a different kind of work. Just for a short while, at least.â
âIâm sorry I donât have anything fun or culinary up my sleeves,â Marc says as the two of you walk hand in and through the quiet park, the path lit by beautiful old street lamps.
âYou donât need to apologize for anything,â you tell him. âI know how much effort you all put into today. Itâs nice to wrap it all up with dinner and a little stroll.â
A gentle breeze begins to pick up, and Marc immediately shrugs off his bomber jacket to place on your shoulders. You want to protest, but you love having things that he wears on your bodyâthe warmth form his frame, the smell of his skin and cologne, the silent gesture of love.
âThanks, baby,â you tell him softly as he presses a kiss to your cheek.
âDid you have a good day today?â he asks, matching your tone. âI know you mentioned your meetingsâ.â
âYeah, the meetings from hell,â you sigh as you roll your neck, the mere thought of them bringing tension to your body. âNot only could they all have been emails, but they were ridiculously long and were so unproductive that we knew less by the end than we did at the start. Debbie led both.â
âOh no, not Debbie.â
âMmhm. Donât get me started with that one.â You let out a long sigh and rest your head on his shoulder. âBut itâs all worth it, because I get to come home to an amazing system of men who love me.â
He rests his cheek on top of your head. âWe love you, too, baby.â
âHow about we go home and take a bath? Wind down from the day. Get naked and wet together.â
âMm, two of my favorite adjectives.â
âMaybe we can add some other adjectives you like to that mix,â you chuckle, lightly checking his hip with yours.
Taking a turn off the path of the park, you hop on the sidewalk and make the short walk back to the flat, snuggling close in the old elevator as it drags its way up to the top floor.Â
âYou want me to put on a kettle for tea or coffee or something?â you hum as you unlock the door, tossing your keys into the dish as you make your way in. âOr are we going to save all the warm water forâwhat are you doing?â
In your living room, Marc is perched down on one knee, a little open box in his hands as he looks up at me with his rich brown eyes.
âWe were actually gonna do this next week,â Marc starts, his voice soft, the edges brimming with emotion. âBut we thought this might be a really great way to end your birthday.â
âBaby . . .â
â(Y/N), I donât think I need to begin to tell you how much we all love you. If I did, weâd be here for a hell of a long time, Iâd loose feeling in my legs from the knee down, and youâd offer to help me walk over to the bed, just like how you are always there to help me and Steven and Jake with whatever comes up. You see us as whole people. You make us feel whole. You have the biggest, most caring heart that a person can have, and you love so selflessly . . .â Marc sniffles and furrows his brows as he tries to keep his cool. You take a few steps toward him, kneeling down and wiping his tears away with your thumbs.Â
âMarc,â you say softly, his name on your tongue dripping with emotions.
âWe canât imagine our lives without you in it, and we never want to,â Marc continues. âWill you marry us?â
âOf course,â you practically sob, wrapping your arms around him and holding him tight. He holds you back just as firm, neither of you saying a word. Marc is the one who eventually breaks the embrace, moving to take out the ring out of the box to slide it on your finger slowly.
âItâs a pink sapphire, but it looks purple, and you love purpleâ,â Marc starts.
ââand gold jewelry looks so lovely on your skin, cariñoâ,â Jake continues.
ââand itâs a vintage settinâ so thereâs no ill-environmental effects,â Steven finishes. âHappy birthday, my love.â
âYou guys are sure?â you sniffle, your teary eyes frantically scanning their faces. âAre you sure you guys love me? That this is what you want?â
âMi corazĂłn, where is this coming from?â Jake asks softly, brushing tears off of your cheek. âOf course this is what we want. Weâve never felt this way about anyone before. We only want you, amore.â
âIt just doesnât feel real. It feels like a dream.â
âItâs very real, love,â Steven says, gentle hands on your shoulders as he leans forward to place a sweet kiss on your forehead. âAnd you already said yesâthereâs no take-backs.â
You let out a wet laugh as you move back in to kiss Stevenâhe always knows just what to say to bring a smile to your face.
âWell, I guess if thereâs no take backs.â
As Steven leans forward to kiss you again, and you feel distinct shift just before we part, and youâre met once more with Marc.
âIs it still a yes?â he asks carefully.
âOf course itâs still a yes. Iâve got the three best guys in the worldâwhy wouldnât I want to make it official?â
Marc smiles brighter than youâve ever seen in your life. He leans forward to kiss you once more, his arms wrapping around you tightly and picks you up, much to your surprise. The two of you continue to kiss as he walks you to the bed and lays you down on the mattress, only briefly parting from you to brush some stray hairs off of your face.
âHappy birthday, baby,â he whispers, his forehead resting on yours, allowing you to feel his eyelashes brush your cheeks.Â
âI love you all so much,â you whisper. âThank you for choosing me.â
Marc gingerly kisses the tip of your nose. âForever and always.â
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The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
UK Helplines:
Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org
Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111
Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk
Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk
b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk
b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)
Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600
Drinkline: 0800 9178282
Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk
Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight
India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614
India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669
Kids Help Phone (Canada): 1-800-668-6868, Free and available 24/7
suicide hotlines;
Argentina: 54-0223-493-0430
Australia: 13-11-14
Austria: 01-713-3374
Barbados: 429-9999
Belgium: 106
Botswana: 391-1270
Brazil: 21-233-9191
China: 852-2382-0000
(Hong Kong: 2389-2222)
Costa Rica: 606-253-5439
Croatia: 01-4833-888
Cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67
Czech Republic: 222-580-697, 476-701-908
Denmark: 70-201-201
Egypt: 762-1602
Estonia: 6-558-088
Finland: 040-5032199
France: 01-45-39-4000
Germany: 0800-181-0721
Greece: 1018
Guatemala: 502-234-1239
Holland: 0900-0767
Honduras: 504-237-3623
Hungary: 06-80-820-111
Iceland: 44-0-8457-90-90-90
Israel: 09-8892333
Italy: 06-705-4444
Japan: 3-5286-9090
Latvia: 6722-2922, 2772-2292
Malaysia: 03-756-8144
(Singapore: 1-800-221-4444)
Mexico: 525-510-2550
Netherlands: 0900-0767
New Zealand: 4-473-9739
New Guinea: 675-326-0011
Nicaragua: 505-268-6171
Norway: 47-815-33-300
Philippines: 02-896-9191
Poland: 52-70-000
Portugal: 239-72-10-10
Russia: 8-20-222-82-10
Spain: 91-459-00-50
South Africa: 0861-322-322
South Korea: 2-715-8600
Sweden: 031-711-2400
Switzerland: 143
Taiwan: 0800-788-995
Thailand: 02-249-9977
Trinidad and Tobago: 868-645-2800
Ukraine: 0487-327715
Text Crisis US only: 741-741
Teen suicide hotline: 800-852 8336