“Please don’t hate me.” Steve’s voice sounds pained. His fingers are so gentle, carding through Billy’s hair, as the blond clutched a large towel around his shoulders in their kitchen.
“Sweetheart, I could nev-”
And then he feels it, the unmistakable dull cold of scissor blades.
He knew it was coming, deep in the recesses of his mind. They’d made a pact after all. When the mullet had to die, Steve was the one who was going to pull the metaphorical trigger.
It’s just, he wasn’t expecting it to be today.
Actually, he was kind of hoping Steve forgot about it.
“Fuck, how short are you cutting it?!”
Steve moves into his view, holding up a thick bundle of golden curls.
“It was time,” Steve says gently.
He uneasily reaches a hand up from under the towel and grasps for hair, but instead, his fingers find only the bare skin of his neck.
“I thought we could try an undercut,” Steve says sheepishly, “You’d look hot with one.”
Billy knows what that means: losing more of his precious locks.
Steve’s knelt before him in an instant, kissing away his tears.
“You made me promise,” Steve says quietly, “And I know you’ve been feeling like you’re in a slump lately, so, I just thought… I’m sorry, I overstepped-”
“It’s fine, sweetheart.” He wipes at his face with the back of his hand. “Maybe this is the change I’ve needed.”
“Maybe.” Steve offers him a hopeful smile.
“So much for just getting rid of the dead ends,” he laughs wetly.
“Oh, they’re gone,” Steve chuckles, then, pressing a kiss to his forehead, “Let me finish?”
Billy nods, and Steve squeezes his hands reassuringly before he stands.
“Right then, one ultra hot new haircut coming up!”
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[this is part of my ao3 collection of fics between 300-500 words]