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(damn, just wanted to say a thank you to rob lowes parents for having great genes and creating this cutie)
it was another hot day in tulsa, oklahoma. you walked into the dx, the cool air immediately hitting your hot skin. the small air conditioner, positioned by the entrance blowing your h/c hair away from your face.
you were hit with a sense of familiarity and homeliness every time you entered the gas station. you have been working in the dx for three years, ever since you were fourteen, you would work by the counter and help stack up the shelves. you're seventeen now, and the dx has grown to become your home. the owner of the gas station, markus hiddleston, has grown to become the father figure, you never had growing up.
you walked out of the entrance towards the counter where you see soda and steve talking and messing around. you've always loved their friendship, it reminds you of your friendship with y/b/n. (your best friends name. lol if you don't have one, (same btw) you can imagine someone random)
you got along with steve well, but whenever you tried to talk to sodapop, he would stare at you, start stuttering and walk away before you could say anything. steve who has seen it happen way to many times, would make fun of sodapop for it, to which sodapop would respond by either playfully shoving steve or blush and leave.
you always found soda sweet and very handsome but you would never admit that to anyone, especially steve.
"oh hey y/n" steve spoke after noticing your arrival, he smiled goofily, showing of his teeth. "hey steve, soda" you replied with a light smile. you looked between the two and you could see steve looking towards soda trying to hold his laughter in whilst soda was looking straight towards the ground with a blush taking over his cheeks.
steve had a mischievous glint in his eyes and a sly smile took over his face. "well i'm going to the back, to start working on the car." he stated whilst already taking off. your eyebrows furrowed whilst soda lifted his head and spoke up, "but we have 10 minutes before we're meant to start working." steve ignored what soda said and continued, "i'll be back soon so don't go making out on top of the counter." he continued walking away until just before leaving he paused. "actually feel free to make out on the counter, just not whilst i'm there, thank you," he winked and swiftly left the room, smirking to himself.
your eyes widened and you could feel your face heating up, you didn't dare look towards him. you and sodapop stood in the same place, thoughts were swarming his head whilst you were only thinking about how awkward this was.
after a few more minutes of painful and awkward silence, he turned towards you.
"i- i- um i-" he stuttered, before turning around and leaving to the back room.
you just stood there staring at the spot where the alluring boy was stood a few seconds ago. you were confused and many thoughts were flowing through your head at that moment. eventually, you felt like your head was going to explode so you just shook your head trying to empty your mind and decided to start stacking some shelves.
it was halfway through the day when you heard a high-pitched, girly voice, and you recognised that voice immediately; sandy.
you haven't formally met sandy but you have heard many stories from steve, including how in love soda was with her and how she cheated on him and moved all the way to florida. you remember how heartbroken sodapop was, and the overall effect she had on him; he wasn't himself for months.
overall, she's a bitch.
"come on soda, baby" sandy whined. "please leave sandy" soda said calmly. "but soda, i never had the baby, we can get married like you wanted to" she started touching his arm, and as you peaked over the shelves at the two, you could see how uncomfortable soda looked.
you decided to take matters into your own hands and walked up to the two.
"hey honey, are you okay?" you asked sweetly, whilst going behind the counter to stand next to sodapop. you hoped he would get the hint, so to be safe you leaned into sodapop to kiss his cheek and whilst doing so whispered into his ear.
"play along".
he looked at you for a second longer and then looked at sandy whilst putting his arm around you. "who are you?" the cheater asked in her nasally voice. before you could answer the question, somebody else did, however it wasn't you nor soda. "they're his (girlfriend/boyfriend)," it was steve and he sounded angry. sandy rolled her eyes and looked between you and sodapop, with a disgusted look. "you could do so much better soda" sandy spoke smacking her gums.
"okay, who do you think you are? you cheated on him and now you want to get back together. you broke him when you knew how much he loved you. he wasn't himself for months, his brothers and friends lost sodapop the day you left him and now that hes finally moved on and back to his old, happy self, you want to ruin that. get your bitchy, filthy, cheating ass out of here!" you spoke coldly.
she rolled her eyes and looked up to soda, fake pouting. she opened her mouth to say something but was cut off.
"leave sandy," soda spoke firmly. she grunts and leaves the store making sure to slam the door behind her.
once sandy leaves, sodapop sighs whilst taking his arm off from around you and rubbed his forehead. steve pats soda on the back and leaves the room, but not before giving you a look telling you to talk to soda.
before you could say anything, the boy next to you chuckled dryly and spoke sincerely, "thank you for that and i'm sorry about sandy." you smiled up at him softly, "don't worry about it."
you guys stayed in a comfortable silence until you laughed softly. he turned towards you in a confused manner, "what's so funny?" he asked. "that was the first conversation we had without you stuttering and running off," you answered amused. he laughed loudly, "i guess it is" he replied. "why did you always stutter and walk away from me?" you questioned curiously. he took a deep breath and said quickly, "ithinkyouarereallyprettyandidontwanttoembarrassmyselfinfrontofyou." all you could reply with was "what?"
he took another deep breath in and said slowly "i really like you and i was scared to embarrass myself in front of you." you being shocked was an understatement. you couldn't believe the sodapop curtis liked you.
before you could stop yourself, you leaned in and kissed him. he immediately kissed back, your lips moving in perfect symphony. you couldn't help but feel like your lips were made to fit one another, and soda was thinking the exact same thing. the kiss was filled with passion and desperation but underneath all of that was love. the kiss was filled with love.
your soulmate was right under your nose the whole time.
author note: this has been my longest chapter yet, so i hope you enjoy it lovelies!
anyways sandy is a bitch, who never deserved our soda
