Fun little steddie request Steve gets a stuck sneeze and Eddie has to get creative helping him out, because Steve's nose is being stubborn.
This is so fucking hot.
One of the worst parts of this cold for Steve is the stuck sneezes.
He’ll just be relaxing and trying to get better when he’s hit with a sneeze that doesn’t seem to want to come no matter how long he builds up or how stupid he looks while doing so. He just hitches and hitches and hitches without avail.
It’s so frustrating.
Just like now.
Steve’s lying on his bed next to Eddie, with his head on Eddie’s chest when he feels the itch in his nose. It slowly moves towards the front of his nose, and within minutes, Steve’s breath is starting to hitch. “Hhhhh… hah…. Heh…” But the sneeze won’t come. He sits up and rubs his nose.
“Hhhhhhh….” More hitching breaths.
“Have to sneeze?” Eddie asks, looking up at Steve.
Steve nods, mouth open and eyes mostly closed. “Heh…”
“Is it stuck?”
“Yeahhhhhh.”
“Let me try to help you, sweetheart,” Eddie says, touching the tip of Steve’s nose.
Steve stills for a moment and his breath hitches rapidly, but he still doesn’t sneeze.
“Try looking at the light.” Eddie points to the window with a stream of light coming into the room.
Steve looks over and wipes a stray tear from his eye before staring directly into the light. His breath crests, and he thinks he might finally sneeze, but it fades away again.
“Ugh.” Steve whines. He rubs his nose roughly. “I just wanna sneeze.”
“I know…” Eddie thinks for a minute. “Maybe you should snort something?”
“What, like pepper?” Steve looks a little skeptical.
Eddie nods. “I think I have some.” He crawls off the bed and heads into the kitchen. When he returns, he’s holding a pepper shaker. Eddie places it on the dresser and waves Steve over.
“Are you sure about this?” Steve comes over anyway.
Eddie pours a little out onto the dresser. “It should have you sneezing in no time.” He steps aside to allow Steve to come up closer.
“As long as it makes me sneeze…” Steve steps forward and leans down, snorting up the pepper. He coughs immediately and waits to see if anything else will happen.
Nothing happens for a few minutes, and he’s ready to give up. But then… oh fuck. The most intense itch forms in his nose. His breath starts hitching rapidly, chest rising and falling faster than it ever has before. His head tilts back and his mouth opens, revealing a bit of his tongue. He gives one last huge breath before snapping in half with a huge sneeze. “HEH-ISSSSSSSSHHHH!”
“Jesus,” Eddie says. He’s about to bless Steve, but Steve’s clearly on his way to another sneeze.
“ISSSSSSSHH! TISSSSSHHH! ISSSSSSSHHH!”
“Ble--”
“TIIIIISSSSSHH!”
“Are you done yet?”
Steve’s silent for a moment, but then his face crumples again. “ISSSSCCCHHH! I can’t sthhhh…”
“Just take a deep breath, baby. Get it all out in one big sneeze.”
When the urge hits again, Steve does as Eddie says and takes in another huge breath. He stills for a moment but then snaps forward with another insanely loud sneeze. “ISSSSSSSSSSHHHH!”
“Bless you!” Eddie rubs Steve’s back. “You good?”
Steve nods and wipes his nose with the back of his hand. “I think… I think I need a nap after that.”
Eddie chuckles. “You deserve it.”
