Metallic Bonding (Steven Stone x Reader)

Chapter 2

You wake up when Steven shifts beside you, attempting to slip out of bed without you noticing. You mumble a "Noooo," and sleepily throw an arm around him.

He chuckles at this, then presses a short kiss to the back of your hand. When you still won't let go of him, he lets out a small sigh and huddles under the covers with you.

...

"Y/N, I have work to do."

"No."

"Please?"

"Fine."

He cracks a small smile, then slips out from your arms and gets out of bed. It already feels cold without him.

You hear him rustle around for his jacket, then the door creaks as he leaves the room.

Well, guess you better get up too. You roll out of bed, wanting nothing more than to sleep for all of eternity, and make the bed, making sure the pillows are arranged nicely.

The bed takes up most of the big room, and there's a door to the large closet in the corner, as well as pictures capturing the beauty of Hoenn on the walls. In the other corner by Steven's side of the bed is a huge pillow the size of a beanbag chair, with several large gashes in it.

Looks like Metagross' favourite pillow's going to have to be replaced soon.

After getting dressed, you stumble out to the kitchen, where Steven is making coffee. The morning sun shines through the windows, casting warm rays over the floor. They highlight all the tiny splinters and holes in the hardwood.

Steven's Metagross, the cause of all those holes, greets you with a mechanical growl.

"Hello, Metagross," you say, petting its cold metal head.

It leans into your touch with a "Krah!!"

Metagross seems super intimidating in League battles, but it's a huge softie once you get to know it. Pretty ironic for a steel-type.

Steven shakes a sizzling frying pan, bringing your attention to the wonderful smell wafting through the room.

"Need help with anything?" you ask.

"Oh, sure. Do you mind setting the table?" He smiles as you pull open the cutlery drawer. "Thanks, love."

You pour a couple glasses of water and lay out some fancy placemats that probably cost more than the rent at your old apartment, just as Torchic waddles up to you and pecks your ankles.

Understanding the gesture, you get some Pokémon food from the top shelf (with Steven's help, even though he's not much taller than you) and pour it for Torchic before her hunger turns into a blind rage (that's happened before).

Once breakfast is ready, you and Steven sit down and eat together. Even though Steven's so busy all the time, he always tries to make sure you two can eat meals together.

"Did you sleep well?" he asks. "Any interesting dreams?"

You'd slept pretty lightly, since the majority of yesterday was spent relaxing and watching cartoons, but it was certainly nice to fall asleep in Steven's arms.

He blushes a bit when you tell him that, which Torchic takes note of with an amused chirp.

The rest of breakfast is filled with light chatter and the occasional joke, then you two clean up and Steven retreats to his office to do some work.

So, you've got nothing to do. You play with Torchic and Metagross for a bit, which proves to be fairly amusing. Well, until Torchic somehow nearly manages to get herself stuck between Metagross' tight metal joints.