Can I ask you something?

#11 The bathroom floor chat

"Ed's will you stay still" Steve commented. He currently had antiseptic cream on his fingers, trying desperately to clean the wound on Eddie's head, no matter how much the latter would squirm. "But it stings Stevie" Eddie whined. "I know it does but your only prolonging the pain by not doing as I say. Just try and stay relatively still ok?"

Eddie sighed and relaxed his body, but still winced when it stung. "Now this is why I have to look after you" Steve uttered. "Hmm?" "Your a complete stumblebum you are" Eddie sniggered. "What's so funny?" Steve asked, pausing his hand movement.

"You sound like such a mum when you say stuff like that" "Like what?" "Like stumblebum" "Ed's do you even know what it means?" Eddie moved back and put on a face of mock offence. "Stevie that hurt. And yes I do know what it means thank you very much. Your calling me a clumsy person idiot" He mumbled the last part, trying not to let Steve hear the name he called him.

"Yes I am. And don't think just because you mumbled the last part that I didn't hear you. I'll let you off this time" Eddie let out a short breath he'd been holding. Steve had acquired a new found love for tickling Eddie whenever he unnecessarily called him an idiot, or some other grand nickname he came up with.

When Steve had finished rubbing the cream on Eddie's head, he moved onto the latters wrist. "You fell on it didn't you" Steve spoke, to which Eddie nodded. Steve carefully inspected the ravens wrist, turning it ever so gently, trying his best not to hurt Eddie. "There isn't any bleeding but you have scuffed some of the skin of so it'll sting like a bitch tomorrow" Eddie groaned and leant his head back against the wall.

"If you hadn't run away then you wouldn't have fallen" "If you hadn't been kissed then I wouldn't have run away" Eddie challenged. Steve looked at Eddie before sighing. "I already said I was sorry" He whispered. "And I said I forgive you. But it's not like I can so easily forget Stevie. I still love you" Steve scoffed slightly. "God knows how you do"

Unfortunately, Eddie did not have an answer on hand, causing the two to become awkward in the silence. Steve put Eddie's wrist back down and shuffled to inspect the leg that Eddie had fallen on. "It doesn't look like you've broken anything, you probably just landed or stepped on it wrong"

Steve reached back in the first aid box to grab a plaster for Eddie's forehead. Eddie sucked in his breath when Steve had to get on his knees and lean over, watching the brunet in admiration. It wasn't common for someone to care about Eddie for this long, so he'd enjoy every second of it. Especially if it was Steve.

When Steve had secured the plaster to Eddie's head, he gave it a soft kiss before sitting back down in front of the raven, who had flushed cheeks and a little smile. "Am I making you blush Ed's?" Steve whispered, leaning closer. He put his hand out in between Eddie's legs and then crawled closer. "N-No" Eddie stuttered.

Fuck Steve for making him nervous.

"Oh? Are you sure? Because your cheeks are rather red" "I'm sure" Eddie said, but not as strongly as he had hoped. "Can I kiss you baby?" Eddie gulped and nodded. "Words baby" "Yes, yes you can kiss me" Steve smiled before taking Eddie's lips in his, giving him a slow, sweet kiss. Steve snaked his hand up Eddie's waist, squeezing and making the latter whimper. He lifted his hand further, until it settled amongst the curls.

When Steve pulled away, Eddie's lips were plum and red. The raven tried to look away in embarassement, but the grip Steve had on his hair led to him being pulled back to look straight at him. "You look so pretty baby" He whispered, licking a stripe up Eddie's neck.

"Stevie..." Eddie whined.

"What is it darling?" "Please" He let out. "Please what? I'm no psychic baby" "Please... Kiss me. Anywhere, everywhere just kiss me Stevie please!" "Shhh darling don't get yourself riled up" He smirked as he began to attack Eddie's neck, pulling the ravens head back, eliciting a moan from the other. Eddie tried to stop, but Steve was fucking going at it, littering his neck in quickly bruising marks.

Then, Steve stopped.

Eddie blinked and looked at Steve as he pulled away. "Alright baby time for bed" Eddie thought his jaw might break from how quickly it dropped open. There was no way that Steve was fucking prematurely blue ballsing him right? Does that even count as blue balls? Oh Eddie didn't care. He watched as Steve laughed at him. "Why are you looking at me like that darling?"

Eddie spluttered as he tried to find the right words. "You, Steve Harrington, just stopped a really hot make out session and is now telling me it's time for bed when we have never once had an established bed time. Your scheming something and I don't like it"

Steve just laughed at him again. "I'm not planning anything Ed's, I just don't want to continue this 'really hot make out session' as you described on the bathroom floor" Eddie felt a little stupid now. But it's not his fault! Steve just stopped with no heads up at all.

"Should be glad I'm not mad at you" He mumbled, trying to get off the floor. "And why is that darling? As I see it your the one on the bathroom floor with no close future of getting up without my help" As much as Eddie wanted to protest, the fucking brunet was right. He was stuck without Steve.

"Please can you help me" Eddie muttered. "What was that Ed's?" "I said can you help me" Eddie spoke again, but not loud enough for Steve's satisfaction. "I'm sorry?" "Harrington get me off this fucking floor!" Steve laughed and knelt down, chucking Eddie's arm over his shoulder and wrapping an arm around his waist. "You know you should be glad I love you" Steve said, walking them towards their bedroom. "Why?" "Because your so incredibly rude to me"

Eddie looked at Steve. "I'm joking. I love you anyways. But really, I doubt anyone other than me could deal with your bullshit for the amount of time I do" Eddie once again faked offence. "Now look who's the one being rude" Eddie teased. "I'd watch your tongue darling if you want anymore of anything tonight"

That made Eddie shut up. But not without heat rising to his cheeks again.

Once they were changed and in bed, Steve held Eddie close to his chest with his arm still wrapped around his waist. "Stevie do you ever wonder?" "About what Ed's?" "What your life could've been like without me in it?"

The question was so simple yet it stung so badly. "No of course I don't" "Really?" "Well I can tell you that I would be miserable. And certainly low on gossip to tell Robin on the days that I'm working" "Oh yeah. When does your break end?" "I go back next week. So 4 days"

Eddie sighed. The house was always empty when Steve wasn't home. All the kids were at school, and whenever Steve was at work, so was Robin. He guessed that because Steve's parents had been never home when he was younger, that he felt the same way too. He could appreciate Steve's situation. He never really had parents around either. And when he did, it was always a beating from his dad.

His mind wondered back to that day in his trailer, when Steve had found out and he shuddered when he realised that his dad may still be on the loose. "You ok?" Steve asked. "Yeah, just reminiscing" "Over what?" "The first time you properly panicked over me"

Steve sighed and pulled Eddie closer. "I'm so sorry you had to go through that" "It's ok Stevie, I had you and Robin to protect me. I still never got to thank her for that, could you do it next time your in work for me?" "Sure" He replied simply. "Goodnight Ed's" The brunet murmured softly into Eddie's neck. "Goodnight Stevie" The raven replied.