♱ It Takes A Dedicated Hand ♱
You accidentally break one of Evan's bowls and immediately expect the worst - however, you have the world's biggest lover as your boyfriend.
Cast > Evan Myers, Reader
TV-PG - Profanity, fluff
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Yall I'm gonna be honest I wrote this at 11:50 something last night and I cannot bring myself to reread this rn
You and Evan were hanging out in the kitchen, being silly and making Pancakes for breakfast.
It was great - such a serene, domestic scene. It felt soft and smelled like warm butter - who wouldn't wanna spend a sleepy morning giggling softly with their lover?
Until it wasn't, of course.
Evan asked you to get the bowl of eggs from the fridge so he could make more batter - simple. You hopped off the counter to get them out, pulling them from their place and returning to the counter.
You started to do a dramatic little spin before handing them over, mimicking a drum roll - and then you slipped half way through, dropping the glass dish of eggs, sending glass shattering across the tiled floor and yolks blending into a streaky mess.
Your heart stopped, freezing in your chest.
It took a good few seconds to snap back to reality, Evan already holding his arms out and snapping at you to not move. Tears already formed in your eyes as he hurried out of the room.
Goddamn it - who knows when he got that bowl, or where. What if it was something special? Or expensive? Not to mention the mess. All because you wanted to be silly. And now, standing in the middle of the debris, you just felt stupid.
Standing around wasn't gonna do anything, and you had to make up for this. So you began to tiptoe through the glass and egg yolks.
"Fucking- stay still!" Evan snapped, reentering the kitchen with a broom in hand. "There's glass everywhere and you're barefoot, the hell are you doing? I said stay."
You brought your arms up, wrapping them around yourself. "I was just... gonna wipe it up...?"
Evan was already shoveling as much of the runny mess as he could into the dust pan.
Your mess.
Now you felt extra bad.
"Give me the broom - I can do that." You sighed, reaching out for it. Evan just smacked your hand away.
"How were you gonna clean up? With napkins? I was already getting the broom." He laughed, dumping the dust pan into the trash and going back to scoop up some more.
"I mean..." You shrugged softly, forcing the words out through your dry throat. "...yeah."
"You're fuckin' stupid." He snorted in response.
Your gaze hit the ground, failing miserably at stopping the tears from streaking down your face. You already felt that way, and certainly didn't need him to tell you that. Even though deep down you knew that wasn't true - it still stung. And eventually those kinds of things crawl under your skin like a disease, eating away little bits of you. You know it's just a scratch, but it hurt.
Numbly, you brought a hand to your face to try and wipe away the tears, but it's didn't really matter. They were collecting along your jaw and running down your chin by now, whole face wet in the span of a few moments.
"Hey, woah woah woah-" Evan interrupted your thoughts, looking up at you from his position crouched on the floor. He seemed a little panicked. "You're crying? Why are you crying? Oh god - are you hurt?"
You shook your head, sniffling.
Evan dropped the broom and dust pan, quickly making his way over to you. He wrapped you up in his big arms, rubbing your back as he gazed at you, checking you over.
His gaze travelled over your body before reuturning to your face, blue eyes wide. "Then why you cryin'?" He murmured softly. In this moment, it was hard to doubt this man was capable of anything but loving you.
You just shrugged, tense in his grip. There was nothing you could bring yourself to say or do - not without crying harder. Your throat tightened from the effort of holding it all back.
But this is Evan we're talking about - there's no need to panic or be afraid. And hell, that just made it all feel worse. So dramatic. That part especially - no matter how much it hurt, there was nothing to shut up that voice that screamed at you, telling you that you're just a dramatic kid all over again.
He pressed a kiss to your forehead, softening up with an understanding sigh. "You know it's just a bowl, right, Sweets?" He murmured before turning to press a kiss to your cheek this time.
"But it's *your* bowl. And I broke it like a dumbass." You nearly choked on the words getting them out
Evan shook his head, pulling you tigher into his chest. "Its just a goddamn bowl - I was scared you got hurt n shit. The bowl can break, but not you."
You leaned into his chest, finally wrapping your arms around him. He squeezed back with rib-crushing strength. His warmth soothed the ache in your chest, easing your worries.
"Jesus- the fucking house can burn down for all I care, so long as you aren't in it." He chuckled, resting his chin on your head.
It was nice, how safe and loved he made you feel. How he noticed and didn't force you to panickedly explain things.
And when you guys did actually argue, he never made accusations or assumptions. Never did any name calling.
He always asked, always communicated.
The two of you stayed like that for a couple minutes - secretly, he had no plans to let you go until he could no longer feel your heart pounding through your chest.
And when you did finally calm down and pull away, you helped him clean the mess. It only took a couple of minutes and a quick run of the mop before it was like it had never happened, and then you split the Pancakes he'd already made, spending the rest of the morning lazily sprawled across each other on the couch.
"I love ya." He whispered, running his fingers through your hair once before letting you go.
You sniffled softly, wiping tears and snot from your face. "I love you too, Ev. Thank you."

















