Vows. (Steve Harrington x Reader)
Note: Hey guys! This is just a short fanfic that was requested a while ago. I hope you all like it! If you would like to send in a request feel free to message me or send me an ask! They are always open. <3 Also, if you would like to be added to my permanent tag list let me know HERE! Also, reader is the same age as Steve, NOT Max.
Requested by the lovely @emmaelizabeth2014 : Can you do a Steve x Reader fic where y/n gets hurt or sick and Steve freaks out and takes care of them ? Thank you for the request, love! I really hope you like it and it doesn’t disappoint, I had A LOT of fun writing it!
Summary: You get in a little accident while hanging out with Max and mum Steve mode is activated.
“Not much, just um-have you seen (y/n)? I haven’t seen her the whole day and Lucas said you hung out with her yesterday. Did something happen?”
“Yeah…okay, listen. She asked me specifically not to tell you because you always get too worried and freak out.”
“What? No I don’t, what are you talking about?” Steve said in an almost offended manner.
“The whole dema-dog situation comes to mind?” Max replied jokingly with half an eye roll.
“Hey! That was different, okay? I had to take care of you and you were in danger!”
“Okay! Fine! I’ll tell you, just don’t tell her I told you, okay?” Max gasped in frustration, finally giving up.
“Yes! pLEASE.” Steve replied in desperation.
“Okay, so, we were hanging out last night, trying a stupid new trick on the skateboard and she fell, pretty badly too. She broke her arm and scratched part of her face and knees. The thing is, her parents aren’t in town and they don’t know what happened…because, well, you know them. I tried to go and check up on her today before school, but you know Billy…he’s an ass.” Steve nodded in agreement, he was an ass. “Anyway, no one can know, okay? We can’t afford the word getting to her parents.”
“Umm…Yeah” Steve said as he shook his head, the concern already showing on his face. Max stared back at him. “Oh no, there’s that face again. I knew it was a bad idea to tell you!”
“What? Nono, what face, what are you talking about? I’m fine, I’m not worried at all.” Steve quickly snapped out of it. “Besides, that’s what she gets for hanging out with you.” He finished with a snobby tone.
Max let out a chuckle “What, instead of hanging out with you?”
Steve could feel the warmth running quickly to his cheeks. “Wh-why would I want her to hang out with me?”
“Everyone knows you like her, Steve.” Max glared at him with a smirk.
“WHAT? I mean, WHat are you talking about? Pfft, I-I don’t like her.”
“Yeah, sure Steve. Keep lying to yourself.” And with that Max closed her locker shut and headed to class, leaving Steve completely dumbfounded.
You were lying on your bed, feeling completely crushed and torpid. “Uuugh.” You groaned as you heard the phone ringing next to you, the sound piercing through your ears. At first you thought it might be your parents, so you contemplated on just letting it ring, but it wouldn’t stop. You hissed as you struggled to prop yourself up on your pillow, finally answering the phone.
“Hello?” your voice coming out a little more broken than you intended.
You heard someone clearing their throat on the other line before nervously starting “Uh…He-Hello?” You quickly realized who it was.
“Um, Steve? What’s going on?”
“Uh, no-nothing. I just um, I…how…are…you?” he said, struggling to come up with an excuse for calling, facepalming himself. This was not going as he had rehearsed it.
“Oh-um, yeah, I’m alright.” You lied, hoping he wouldn’t notice.
“Why weren’t you at school today?”
“Missed me did you?” you teased with a chuckle. You couldn’t see, but Steve had gotten red with embarrassment.
“Okay, you know what? Cut the shit. I know what happened, Max told me.”
“Yeah yeah, she had no other choice okay? I’m just worried, she said your parents weren’t home.”
“I’m okay Steve, really. I can manage.”
“Uh-uh, I’m coming over.”
“No you’re not! I have a fever and I don’t want you to catch anything.”
“aRE you serious?! That’s worse! Now I’m definitely coming over.” you could really hear the genuine frustration in Steve’s voice.
“I-I promise I can take care of myself, yeah?” you half-said to yourself, you weren’t really sure if you could actually manage. “Promise you won’t worry or come over?” you ended softly after a pause
“Yeah” Steve whispered into the phone, he closed his eyes and put his forehead against his arm that was resting on the wall, “I won’t come over, just…don’t do anything stupid, okay?”
“No guarantees” you replied through a chuckle “I’ll see you on Monday at school, yeah?”
And with that you hung up the phone and resumed to sleeping, your fever was getting worse, the pain piercing through your brain.
“I just hope I don’t scare her to death.” Those were Steve’s last thoughts before climbing up to your window. He raised his hand to knock on it when he saw you there, softly sleeping. His gaze lingered on you a little bit longer, completely enamored…until he felt like a creep. He shook his head, snapping out of his trance “What is wrong with me!?!?” he mumbled to himself before finally knocking softly on your window. You moved around in your bed, faintly hearing the sound against the thin glass but thinking it was part of the dream you were having. After a couple of knocks you finally opened your eyes, slowly, getting blinded by the lights in your room. You let out a little scream when your view adjusted and you saw Steve’s face on your window “What the-!?!” After a moment of staring at him in shock and disbelief, you finally got up confused and walked over to opened the window for him.
“What the hell, Steve!?!?!” you shouted in a whisper, not wanting to catch the neighbors’ attention.
“I know, I know” he said as he put up both his hands in the air “I know I said I wouldn’t come over, but I’m really worried, okay!?” he stared at you for a moment with the biggest, dorkiest puppy eyes you have ever seen. “Let me in, please?” he finished softly.
“Fineee, come in.” you rolled your eyes as you moved so he could enter the room. He stared at you for a minute, noticing the big scratch you had on the side of your cheek. He didn’t have to say a word, his face showed all the concern and pity he was feeling for you. You rolled your eyes at him
“Yeah, umm-” he said a little bit embarrassed that you had noticed his gaze “I-uh, I brought you… chicken soup!” he held up the bag he was holding in one of his hands, trying to change the subject.
“You did?!” you replied surprised.
“Well, kind of…I stole a recipe from my mum’s cookbook and bought the ingredients on the way here, I was hoping I could make it here?” You looked at his optimistic eyes with a hesitant gaze. “Okay, listen, I know what you’re thinking. But this soup always makes me feel better and I just wanna help, yeah? Besides, I know what I’m doing. I promise I won’t burn down the house.”
“Like you promised you wouldn’t come over?” you teased
“Hey! That was different! Plus, technically, I never promised that.”
“Okay, fine, I’ll trust you then.”
Ten minutes later, Steve came rushing into the room, the smoke following behind him. “Okay, so um…I lied.” Steve started saying through a cough “I don’t actually know what I’m doing.” The smoke caught up to you, making you start coughing like crazy. “Oh shit.” Steve rushed over to your side to fan you with the towel that was over his shoulder. You started laughing through the coughs at his sight of desperation.
“wHY are you laughing!?” Steve said in an offended tone.
You couldn’t help but tell him “You’re such a mum, Steve.”
He put his hand up to his chest and gasped dramatically “What’s that supposed to mean?!?!”
“Nothing bad!” you quickly reassured him “You just worry about everything and everyone. It’s nice.” His face started becoming a pinkish red color now “you think it’s nice?” he said shyly, you rolled your eyes with a laugh and slapped his shoulder before starting to violently cough again. Steve quickly ran to the window and opened it, making you shiver when the cold air hit your skin.
“Shitshitshit” you could see him starting to panic again. “Wait there, I’ll get you a blanket”
You laughed at his face full of guilt and worry. “It’s not like I can move” he rolled his eyes at you before moving towards the closet and looking for an extra blanket. “I hope this one is okay” he mumbled to himself as his eyes finally met one. He quickly walked over to you and placed the piece of cloth over your shoulders. His eyes met yours for a moment as he hesitated. “Sit down with me” you whispered softly, your faces inches away. He nodded his head gently before cautiously sitting down on the bed, beside you. After a moment of silence and a very tense feeling consuming the air around you, you reached out your good hand and placed it delicately over his, your eyes still entrapped in each other’s.
“You know, I can still make you a mean cup of coffee” Steve joked, trying to ease the moment.
“No, I think the house is burnt enough” you replied with a grin in a mocking tone. You loved to tease Steve, you thought it was really cute when he got all fiddly and embarrassed, but this time it was different. He looked down at the floor, almost ashamed, and was completely quiet.
“I’m sorry” Steve finally broke the silence “I just wanted to help” he continued with culpability peaking out of his voice.
“Don’t be-” you said in a smooth tone
“You don’t understand” Steve interrupted before you could continue “I’m sorry, I just wanted to make you feel better, have a nice time, you know? I’m sorry…because, I like you” he shook his head, not believing he actually said it out loud “Shit, there’s no turning back now” he thought to himself.
“I know…but so do I” you answered with a soft smile. Steve’s head quickly snapped with shock towards you. He tried to open his mouth to protest but nothing came out, instead his now heavily blushed face gave him away completely. You couldn’t help but chuckle at his reaction. “You’re so cute” you continued through your chuckle “This was nice, this is nice” Steve’s gaze lit with hope with each word that came out of your mouth “And you did make me feel better, even if you almost made me homeless because of chicken soup” Steve let out a small laugh, grabbing your hand a little bit tighter. “It’s now or never, now or never Steve” he kept thinking to himself. Finally, after overthinking it for a minute, he put his hand on your cheek and softly rubbed his thumb against it, making you close your eyes at the feeling of comfort. His hand started trailing down to your lips as his eyes followed, coming to a halt when he reached the corner of your mouth. He softly ran his thumb across you bottom lip before gently grabbing your chin and tilting it up. He stared at you one last time before nervously placing his lips on yours. You felt a rush through your body, you had never felt this way with anyone before. The world felt infinite, you forgot where you were, the pain and headache you previously felt were replaced by the warm feeling of fondness, tenderness, love.
You never wanted this to end.
Steve pulled away and your eyes lingered on each other as you ran your fingers through his velvety hair. Steve placed his forhead against yours and closed his eyes, wanting to remember every detail of today.
“What’s that vow people make? In sickness and in health?” he started
“Now you want to marry me, Harrington?” you said in a mocking tone and a smirk on your face.
“Maybe.” He shook his head as he chuckled. “At least I know I can take care of you.” You gave him a knowing glare “Well, kind of” he admitted in defeat.
“That’s good enough for me.” You gave him a smile before patting the bed beside you. Steve quickly took the hint and walked over to the other side, sliding into the covers next to you. He placed one of his arms over your shoulder, taking care of not hurting you. You placed your head on his chest, the sound of his heartbeat rapidly lulling you to sleep. Just as you were drifting into a deep, deep slumber you heard Steve panicking again “wAIT, YOU DIDN’T TAKE YOUR MEDS, OH MY GOD ARE YOU GOING TO DIE!?!?!”
And that’s how to kill the moment the Steve Harrington way.
I hope you guys liked it! Sorry to Emma for taking so long to post this! I was really busy, but I really hope it lived up to expectation. Thanks again for requesting! <3
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