i'll always be right there (markiplier x m! readers) ~oneshots~ [ON GOING]

isn't it lovely? (mark x m! reader)

[marks pov]

"over here mark!" i heard lio say behind me. i turned around to see them sitting in the window seat, smiling up at me. (btw, lio recently came out as non-binary, their pronouns are they/them so please respect them!!) i walked over and placed my luggage in the overhead compartment, sitting down next to them.

"i'm so ready to get home. i just wanna take a nap and hug y/n." i said, closing my eyes and leaning my head back. i wanted to hug him, and kiss him... and make love to him, but that's besides the point.

"hey mark?" i heard lio next to me. "what is y/n like?" i turned to face them and realized that lio had never met y/n. i furrowed my eyebrows and thought about a good answer.

"well lio, he's really funny... and kind... and smart. and his smile is so contagious and every time i make him laugh, it's like... well... it's like i have a purpose. i feel like i have to protect him, and cherish him, and tell him how much i appreciate him." i saw them smiling widely up at me.

"you really love him, don't you?" lio asked, punching me in the shoulder.

"yea... yea i do." i answered. "it's more than love, i want him so bad, i need him. i think about him everyday and being this far away from him is torture."

"you guys sound so cute together. when did you guys meet?"

[y/ns pov]

"yea, i just need some help stringing up these things." i picked up a bag of party supplies, handing different items to each boy here. i had bob, wade and tyler over at the house helping me set up marks 'welcome home' party.

"so when will he be here?" tyler asked, he began working in the kitchen with me.

"tomorrow at 2 pm. are you gonna make it by then?" i asked tyler. he nodded.

"but what if he just doesn't want a big party thrown? don't you think he'd rather come home and relax?"

"well then, i'm gonna make him stay up with me. i ordered 36 cupcakes, and he's gonna eat them all with me at 2 am." i joked, making tyler chuckle.

"man, i remember when you two first started dating. i'm gonna be dead serious y/n, i was so jealous of you, i thought you were gonna take my best friend away from me. i guess that's selfish now, seeing how happy mark is with you." i smiled and looked down at the floor, recollecting the day that i met mark.

(flashback)

[y/ns pov]

i walked into the big doors of the building, taking in the environment. it was vidcon of 2014 and i was excited. i watched people walk around in anime cosplays, other people were taking pictures and holding huge pokémon stuffed animals. i smiled and walked around, meeting some of my favorite artists and content creators. after a little while, i made my way over to the stage area, pushing past a few people to see the front.

"oh man, i think marks up next!" a tall man beside me said, he had curly brown hair and heavy eyes. i furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

"who's mark?" i asked him. he turned to face me with a shocked expression.

"you don't know who mark is?" he asked. i shook my head.

"mark? markiplier?"

"doesn't ring a bell." i shrugged.

"he's my friend and one of the biggest youtubers at the moment. he's known for being the king of five nights at freddys."

"oh, is that the game where those robot animals chase you around?" i asked.

"kinda, it's more like defending yourself from them." he explained. "i'm tyler schied by the way." he reached his hand out to shake mine.

"y/n l/n." i shook his hand.