Steve woke up the sound of his alarm and rolled out of Eddie's arms moving to get out of the bed. He stood up and a pain ripped through his body, causing him to fall on his ass. "Fucking hell!" He heard shuffling and his boyfriend's head popped up over the side of the bed. "Why the hell are you on the floor?"

He turned away and rubbed his butt, mumbling in embarrassment. "I can't walk." Eddie's eyebrows rose and he cleared his throat. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Steve rolled his eyes and looked at the man, "I can't walk, Munson." Amusement colored his face as he looked down at him, "I'm sorry, are you telling me you're in pain?"

Steve groaned and lift his hand to hit Eddie, the man dodging it and backing away. "Help me up, I have to get ready and go pick up Robin." Eddie rolled his eyes and picked him up bridal style, sitting him down on the bed. "If you can't walk, how do you plan on driving and getting in and out of the car?" He got up slowly and felt his legs start to shake, moving slowly over to his closet to grab a pair of pants and some clean boxers. He gritted his teeth as he bent down to pick them up, "I'll be fine."

Eddie rolled his eyes again, even though amused by his boyfriends perseverance. He went over and picked Steve up putting him over his shoulder and laying him gently on the bed. "Stay home today. I can take Robin to school and I'll come home right after to take care of you." Steve's heart melted when Eddie said home, while this isn't theirs, he liked the idea of sharing one with the man. "I'm not sick Munson, I'll be fine." Eddie raised an eyebrow, "fine. If you think you can walk up and down the stairs without, tripping, falling, or crying. I'll let you go."

"I'm my own person, I make my own decisions Eddie." He crossed his arms and turned away from the man, his bottom lip jutting out on cue. The bed dipped next to him and a hand cupped his face, "of course you are love. I know that. I just want you to take care of yourself." Steve groaned and hit his head on the pillow. "Why are you so- you? Why can't you just say something wrong for once? It's not fair."

Eddie laughed and got off the bed, Steve finally getting a good look at him. "Holy shit." Steve's eyes widened and he gasped, choking on a laugh. Eddie turned around and looked at him, "what?" Steve looked at the long, bright red scratch marks on his boyfriend's back, blood was definitely drawn and he could even see some left over teeth marks. "Go look." Eddie walked out in confusion and went to the bathroom, taking a look at his back. "Holy shit Harrington!"

He walked back in with wide eyes, "baby my back is fucked up." Steve let out a laugh and pain soared through his body. He whined and snuggled into the pillow beside him. "I think that's my favorite tattoo." Eddie chuckled and started to get dressed, "your marks on me?" Steve nodded his head into the pillow and hummed. "That's a good idea for the future, I'll keep it in mind."

He laughed lightly into the pillow and the mattress dipped beside him, a hand rubbing his hips. "We'll take a look at you when I get home, assess the damage. Make sure you don't look like you've been abused. I'm gonna go brush my teeth, one second."

Steve fell asleep almost as soon as Eddie left the room, cuddling the pillow into him. He missed his boyfriend come in and kiss him on the forehead, saying an 'I love you' before walking out.

He woke up to an empty room and sat up slowly this time, the pain easing slowly. His stomach growled, "Shit. Stairs, here I come." Very carefully and very slowly he walked out of his room, taking slow steps at the hope that it'd make it easier. He stared down at the steps and took a shaky breath, holding onto the railing with both hands and slowly stepping down, a less mild pain moving through his body.

He made his way down the stairs and walked into the kitchen, grabbing some bread and popping it into the toaster. He grabbed the peanut butter and sat it down on the counter, waiting patiently for his food to be ready. I'm in love with you. The words ran through his mind and he couldn't help but smile at the thought of the man. The same man that took over his driving duty so he could stay home and not be in pain, the same one that let him go so he could have the chance at leading a normal life, the same one that caused the pain he was feeling at the moment.

Steve went into the living room, wrapping himself up with a blanket and eating his toast as he watched Golden Girls. He thought about their night together and felt his face heat up at the thought of what they did. He couldn't believe they actually had sex. They had before, but it was nothing like what they did last night. He had felt pure pleasure last night, the thought of Eddie being so rough with him was foreign but he loved it. Steve had never thought about being into any certain things, but of course the man would be the one to help him figure it out.

Maybe Eddie was right, maybe he did like the pain. When Eddie was bothering him about it and- thrust into him. It did feel good, the shock of the pain mixing with the friction made it almost unbearable. Shit. Steve didn't know how to feel about his new discovery, but the best way to figure it out would be to- experiment.

He laid down on the couch and let sleep take him again, wrapping the blanket tightly around him.

Steve woke up again, cursing Eddie for not being there because he couldn't use him to look at the time. He got up slowly and walked to the kitchen seeing that he has enough time to pick Robin up for school. He walked up the stairs carefully and pulled a pair of jeans on and Eddie's vest, walking carefully back down the stairs and stepping slowly into the car. "See? I'm fine."

He drove out to the school and parked in front of it, his normal spot for meeting Robin. He grabbed a left over cig pack out of his glove compartment and got out of his car, leaning against the driver's door. A pair of sunglasses were saving him from the sun and he took a long drag, his muscles relaxing as he exhaled.

People started pooling out, a few girls staring at him and other people giving him the side eye. "Stevie!" Robin ran to him and punched him in the arm. "What the fuck Robin?!"

"Where the hell were you this morning? Eddie came to pick me up and wouldn't tell me, I thought he killed you or something, which made me think that he was going to kill me. Then I started freaking out and it was just a whole ordeal and please don't make me go through it again you know I'm not good in social situations- are you smoking?" He took another inhale and blew the smoke out away from her. "Why? Are you okay?"

"My ass hurts Robin."

Her eyebrows scrunched in disgust, and then confusion. "Why does your ass hur-" She widened her eyes, "don't tell me-"

She pulled at the neck of his shirt and laughed, going to pull the bottom of it up before getting her hand smacked away. "What do you think you're doing?" She let out another laugh, eyes filled with amazement. "You had sex!" You see the exclamation point? Yeah, she didn't just exclaim it, she yelled it, for the whole school to hear.

Steve's eyes shot towards the tens of people around them and back at her, "would you shut up? And could you have sounded a little less surprised please? I have reputation to uphold." He straightened his back and her gaze moved to his chest, "is that his shirt? And his vest?"

"Okay Buckley time to take you home." He took one last inhale and threw it on the ground, stubbing it out with his foot and taking a moment to exhale. He turned to open his door and two hands grabbed his hips, turning him around and slamming him against the car. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Steve gave him a warm smile and pet his cheek with one of his fingers, the hold on his hips loosening. "I feel better, okay? I didn't have anything to do and it was boring. I promise I wouldn't of driven unless it was safe." Eddie gave him a soft smile and leaned in to kiss the man, only to remind himself of where they were and pulled away. "I'll see you at home Harrington. Be careful."

I love you all and I hope you're drinking water and eating! Sleep well, and for those in a different time zone, I hope you're having a good day!

Love, love, love forever