sick & achy Steve please!! If Eddie can shred on a guitar he’s gotta have magic massage hands too
Oooh I love this one and lucky for you my flight is delayed 😩 I hope you enjoy this little ficlet, Anon ❤️
Set in my Rockstar AU
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“I’m back!” Eddie called out as he shut the front door with his foot. He made his way deeper into the apartment. “Hellooo? I know there’s a really handsome but unfortunately sick guy in this place somewhere.”
“On the- HAESSSH!! iiSSHHiew!! On the couch…” Steve groaned and ran a hand through his hair, propping himself up.
“Bless you! Well I guess you’ll be needing these…” the older man pulled a box of tissues from the top of the grocery bag he was carrying and put it on Steve’s lap.
“Thag’ks.”
“I also got!! These delicious popsicles. I may have eaten one on the drive back… some soup… more nighttime meds as requested. And uhhhhh in here somewhere…. cough drops!!”
Eddie beamed, definitely proud of the successful run to the store. “I can make you some of this soup for lunch. Is there anything else I can get you while I’m up?”
“Do we have any Advil? I’m just so achy.”
Steve frowned - his whole body felt heavy and exhausted.
“Yeah I’ll get you some!” Eddie had already started heading to the medicine cabinet in the kitchen to shake out some pills. “But what you really need might be a Munson Massage.”
Steve perked up at this. Eddie gave amazing massages. Being so quick and sharp on his guitar, there really wasn’t much those hands couldn’t do…
“Could I really be so lucky?” Steve teased, sitting upright as Eddie handed him the pills and a glass of water.
“Absolutely babe. Take your meds and take your shirt off, I’ll take care of everything else.”
Steve did as he was told, shivering slightly when his shirt came off. Eddie came up behind the couch, unscrewing a jar of Vicks Vaporub.
“Alright Stevie, just relax.”
Eddie grinned and breathed on his hands to warm them up before rubbing a thin layer of Vicks onto Steve’s back. He used his thumbs to rub deep pressured circles along Steve’s shoulders and neck.
The younger man almost melted into the touch, body immediately relieved of tension and stress.
Eddie slowly worked his way up to massage the base of Steve’s head - where he sometimes got headaches when he was sick.
“Your hands are truly magic, Eddie…” Steve almost moaned, tilting his head back to look up at his partner.
“Don’t I know it.” He winked.
