Author: @kjs-s Summary: When Argyle gets sick and Jonathan had plans he asks you to help take care of himPrompt I Used: “Should I stop talking?” || “Don’t, your voice is very soothing.”Word Count: 2140Warning: NoneNote: The italics part are the fairy tale, I hope you like this just as much as i love your stories
“(Y/N) Jonathan is on the phone for you. ” Your mom called out to you while you were daydreaming about a new story to write. You abandoned the notebook in which you had written the new plot to rush to the phone. Jonathan must need you for something important since he never called you to just chat.
“Hi, Jonathan. What is going on?”
“Hi (Y/N), I need a huge favor. I have to drive Will to meet the other kids for a school project and I agreed to help them with it.” He paused to try to figure out how to ask what he wanted and your first thought was that he wanted you to join them.
“No, that’s not it (Y/N). The thing is that Argyle is home sick. So, I was wondering if you could please come by and keep him some company. And if you could give him his medicine in half an hour when you get here.”
“Of course Jonathan, you can count on me. I will try to be over in about twenty minutes.” You informed your mom who allowed you to stay for as long as you were needed. She had met Argyle before and felt like you two would become a great couple.
You reached Jonathan’s house in no time at all and he met you outside to give you instructions on what Argyle needed.
“He will mostly stay on the couch since he has no energy to move and whine about his head hurting. Don’t take it personally if he says that you are not a good nurse. He keeps saying that I have no bedside manners every time I try to help him with anything.”
“Don’t worry about me, I am sure we will be fine. You have fun helping the kids.”
You entered the house and saw Argyle on the couch clenching to the blanket on him. He had water and an empty plate on the table next to him. At first glance, he looked like he was sleeping.
“Argyle can you hear me? Jonathan called me to replace him as your nurse.”
“I am so glad love. You are much nicer than him. Could you please get me some water? And I should get another blanket. It’s freezing in here.” He pouted at you and you loved how cute he looked despite him looking sick and weak.
“I will get those right after you take your medicine. And then I will stay to keep you company.” You gave him his medicine and then brought the water and blanket. You brought him some crackers as well and he smiled at the sight of you trying to carry all of those things to the living room.
“Thank you (Y/N). Will you stay with me until I fall asleep? It won’t be long since I’m way exhausted.” He reached for your hand to plead with you to stay and you took a chair to sit next to him.
“So, how has your day been so far?” He asked you while resting his eyes because the light in the living room was too bright for him.
“Fine, I guess. I was planning what gifts to give everyone for Christmas. And I came up with a great plot for a new story.”
“New story you say? What is this one about?” He always liked hearing your stories and your thought process about how you created all the settings and characters.
“I only have a basic plot so far. I don’t feel I’m ready to talk about it.” He whined at you so you proposed to tell him a fairy tale instead. One that you would come up on the spot with him as the leading man.
“Once upon a time, in a land far away from here there was a very skilled guy who loved to cook. One day he chose to make his favorite type of pizza, a pineapple one. He started looking everywhere for the ingredients for the pizza. He found most of them but there were three ingredients that he didn’t have in his pantry, flour, bacon, and the most important one pineapple.”
You paused for dramatic effect and to check whether Argyle had fallen asleep but he made a gesture for you to continue.
“The problem was that he lived in a secluded part of the land and he had to go through the forest to reach the town. So he asked his best friend and neighbor, who also didn’t have any of the things in her house, to help him go and get them. Right away, they started their journey to retrieve the things he needed and so the adventure began
The forest they had to go through was very dark. But luckily for them, his friend knew about it and had brought a flashlight with her. They were walking carefully on the path. Then all of the sudden they found themselves at a fork in the path.
’‘Which way should we go? Do you remember?’'The handsome hero asked.
’'I don’t recall which way to go. However, my mother who always traveled through the forest used to sing a lullaby to me that said will always help me find the right way.” She tried to remember the song and then she tried humming it so the lyrics will eventually come to her.
<<When you find a fork in the paththen you must know in which way to shalldon’t trust the light, listen to your heart, and know that the right is in the dark.>>
“We must go to the darkest path, I just hope I’m right.”
“I trust you and your cute song to lead us.”
So they chose the darkest path. And they went through a lot of trees to find themselves on the outskirts of the town.
There were no people there so they made their way to the town square to ask for directions. A nice lady saw them and rushed to them.
“Are you two lost? We don’t get too many new people or visitors here.” She seemed curious about the reason they visited the small town.
“We live on the other side of the forest. Can you by any chance help up find the things on this list?” The hero showed her the piece of paper on which he had written the ingredients on.
“The bakery is right over there. For the butcher’s and the grocery store, you have to go round the corner after the bakery. ’'She smiled at them and offered to go with them but they declined so she wouldn’t get tired.”
Mentioning being tired you turned to Argyle and checked on him.
“Argyle should I stop talking to let you sleep?”
“Don’t, your voice is very soothing. I like it as much as I like your smile, and your beautiful hair, and how nice you are. And you in general. And your stories. So please, I need you to finish this one.” He made himself more comfortable on the couch.
“Fine, I will continue then.”
“At first, they went to the bakery. They asked for flour and the baker informed them that they can’t get flour with their coins.
’'To give it to you I will ask you three riddles and only if you answer all of them correctly you will get want you desire.”
“Tell us your riddles.” The hero said since both he and the girl were smart.
“Fine. What has to be broken before you can use it?”
“Easy, an egg.” The girl quickly responded proudly.
“Right, well done. Second one. What lets you look right through a wall?”
They thought for a while and the hero tried to guess when he saw the answer in front of him. A window.
“Right again. Last one. What gets bigger when more is taken away?”
“I think I know the answer to that one. A hole maybe?” The hero hoped he was right and then instead of an answer they were given the flour they needed. They thanked the baker and left for the butcher’s.
They couldn’t pay there with coins. The butcher challenged them to a board or card game of their choice. Seeing the games the butcher had they thought they could win at UNO. So the hero decided to take on the challenge. They started playing and decided to play fine times. Whoever wins the most times get to be the winner. They tied the first four times they played so it was up to the last game to declare the winner. The hero had a bad hand with no special cards and the butcher was smirking throughout the game. The butcher played a plus 4 card near the end but the hero picked all four special cards managing to turn the game around. When the butcher forgot to say UNO when he had just one card and had to take two more cards the hero was declared the winner. But since the victory wasn’t as easy as the hero thought at first they were both tired. That resulted in the hero and his friend staying a while to relax before leaving with the bacon.
The last stop was the grocery store to get the pineapple. The vendor gave them the fruit right away.
“No riddles or games to win for this?” They both asked at the same time.
“I don’t need you to pay for this with the challenges the others had given you. Just tell me what you will use the pineapple for.”
“We will make a pizza. We will make it big enough for both of us.” The hero always used his friend as a helper in the kitchen and he used her ideas for new recipes from time to time.
“If you can spare a slice for me I will take it as payment.” They both agreed and went back home to start baking.
The road home was easier since they recalled the way to go through the forest.
“So, a pineapple pizza for three?” The friend asked.
“No, I have enough to make an extra large pizza as big as three small ones. We will make one like that to give to all who helped us today. When the extra large pizza is ready we will send an invitation to the baker, the butcher, the vendor, and the lady who showed us the way.”
And that’s what they did and all six of them had a feast worthy of kings and queens.“
You finished the fairy tale and heard laughter next to you.
’'Cute story, I hope I had heard the entirety of it and not just the ending.” Jonathan told you after checking that Argyle had fallen asleep.
“He told me he likes me earlier.” You didn’t want to admit to even yourself that your heart was beating faster just by talking about it.
“He does. Do you feel the same?”
“I do. But what should I do about it?” You asked Jonathan, glancing at the sleeping guy to make sure he hadn’t heard anything.
“Come by tomorrow morning to have breakfast with us and you will talk to him then.”
Just as Jonathan instructed you, you went by the next morning. Argyle was still asleep so you helped Jonathan make three different kinds of pancakes for everyone.
Argyle woke up only to find nobody around him.
“Is anyone here? My head still hurts but otherwise, I feel better if anyone is wondering.”
You were next to him right away.
“Jonathan and I are making breakfast for all of us. You stay here. We got it covered.” You started to leave but turned around since you two were alone and had all the privacy to talk.
“Actually Argyle can we talk about something.”
“Sure what’s going on?”
“Last night while I was telling you a story you mentioned everything you like about me so I should return the favor.” He seemed embarrassed about what he had said. He remembered all of it but thought he had dreamt about it.
“I like your smile too, your great hugs can make me feel safe. And your great sense of humor and your amazing hair. I generally like you a lot as well.”
“I like that. I like it so much that I feel I could kiss you right now.” He approached you but you backed away.
“Not right now. You are still sick. So, just settle down and let me help Jonathan in the kitchen. You are having breakfast on the couch today and we will keep you company. But I wouldn’t reject a thank you hug when I bring the pancakes over.”
He laughed and sat back down. And just as you already knew the thank you for breakfast hug from Argyle was a perfect way to start your day.
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oh my God! I cannot express how much I loved this!!! not just the story itself but the fact that you thought about this story for me! THANK YOU SOOOO INCREDIBLY MUCH, LOVE!!! this is the best present ever! I loved EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT! from the moodboard to Argyle basically living with the Byers and complaining about Jonathan not being a good nurse and wanting you instead and the way he confessed his feelings just out of the blue!! every single thing was just beyond PERFECT!!!! thank you so, so, soooo much, love!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
