falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 29: love hurts

⚠️TW⚠️ (mentions of blood, physical violence, and a swollen hand)
Steve ~
After Eddie left, Robin started laughing at me. "What?" I ask. "You're as red as a tomato, Harrington. You have been dating for what 6 months now? And, somehow you are still blushing at the sight of him." Robin replied. "Oh, leave me alone Robin, you still blush around Nancy." I respond.

Robin went quiet and started reading her magazine. The kids walk in. "Here." Henderson said as he pushed the movie back on the counter in front of me. "Can we have another?" Max asks. I pinch the bridge of my nose. "Fine." I answer, rolling my eyes. They grab a movie and walk out of the door. "The only thing they use me for is movies." I say, sitting back down.

"They aren't kids anymore. In a couple years, they'll be graduating." Robin replies, not taking her eyes off of the magazine she's reading. "Stopppp. I can't think about that right now." I say, laying my head down on the counter. I check my watch. "Eddie should be here by now. It's 7:55." I say, glancing at the door.

"I can give you a ride home if you need it." Robin says, looking at me. "He wouldn't forget, right?" I ask, still staring at the door. "I'm gonna call him." I say walking over to the phone. I dial the record store number and it starts to ring.

No one answers. I check my watch and see that it's 8. "Come on Steve, I'll drive you home." Robin says, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the store. I lock it and get in her car. "If you want, you can stay in my guest room. We could drive to work together?" Robin asked.

"It's okay." I answer, thinking about where he could be. He saw his dad earlier. He wouldn't go talk to him, right? He probably just went home and fell asleep. Robin parks in my driveway and I thank her before walking inside.

"Is Eddie here?" I ask my mom. "No, honey. Is he not with you?" She asked. "No. Robin had to drive me home. He never came to pick me up." I answer, pinching the bridge of my nose. "I'll be back." I say, walking outside and to Robin's car. "Can you drive me to the record store?" I ask. "Yeah. Get in, dingus." Robin replies. She starts driving. "Stay here." I say, while she parks. I run up to the door and start banging on it.

"Eddie?" I call out. I hear yelling and then someone opens the door. It's Eddie's dad. I push past him and see Eddie on the ground. I pick him up and carry him to the van. "Steve?" Eddie asks. I feel my face get hot. I sit him down in the front seat and walk back up to his dad. "I didn't mean to hurt-" I interrupt him with a punch. I push him onto the ground and look him dead in the eyes.

"Don't ever get near him again." I say, punching him again.

Robin and Eddie got out of the car and started yelling for me to stop and kept trying to pull me off of him. I just kept punching him over and over again. Eventually, Eddie pulled me off, and Robin started to panic. "Oh my god, he's bleeding, he's bleeding bad. Oh my god, Steve your hand!" She yells.

Robin walks me to her car. Eddie runs after me as I sit in the backseat of Robin's car with the door open. "Jesus Steve!" Eddie yells. I was shaking with anger. I couldn't respond. "Eddie, do you have any bandages or a rag?" Robin asks Eddie as I sit there and look at Eddie's dad, lying in a pool of blood. "Let me go check!" Eddie yells in a panic as he runs to the van. "Steve, say something!" Robin yells, she starts to shake me.

I don't reply. I just sit there staring at what I did. My blood still boiling. "Okay, I have a rag." Eddie says, grabbing my hand. He starts wrapping my hand up and Robin keeps freaking out. "What if we go to jail for this? WHAT DO WE DO!?" Robin yelled. "If anyone's going to jail, it's him." Eddie replies, pointing at his dad. My heart was racing. My face was still hot with rage.

"Steve, are you okay?" Eddie asked me, looking up at my face. I couldn't say anything, I wanted to, but I couldn't. He picked me up and carried me to his van. After he sat me down in the van, I heard him and Robin talking. I stared out of the window, looking at Eddie's dad. Eddie got in the car and started driving.

Eddie ~
"I called him. I thought that maybe he was going to be different. I'm sorry." I say, driving with one hand and holding Steve's hand with the the other. He didn't say anything. He just sat in his seat, with a blank expression on his face.

I park in his driveway and walk him inside. "What happened?" His mom asked, walking up to us. "Steve fell and landed on his hand. He's okay, he's just tired." I reply, walking him upstairs. "Oh, okay. There's some pain medicine in his bathroom!" His mom yells after us. "Thank you." I reply, walking him into the room.

I sat him down on the bed and pulled his shoes off. I grabbed some bandages from the bathroom and wrapped his hand up, properly. I closed the door and sat down next to him. "Steve, are you okay?" I ask. He doesn't answer. I sigh and help him lay down on the bed. I pull the blanket over him and put a pillow under his hurt hand. I lie down next to him and he just stares at the ceiling.

"I hope you aren't mad at me." I say. I kiss his cheek and roll over. I wake up to the alarm ringing and look over at Steve. "Hey, how's your hand?" I ask. No response. I get up and hand him a plain gray t-shirt and some jeans. I help him walk to the bathroom and he shuts the door. I get changed and, see a bruise on my shoulder from when my dad pushed me. I ignore it and put my shirt on.

Steve walks out and winces in pain. "Lemme see." I say, grabbing his hand and unwrapping it. It's really swollen. I go in the bathroom and grab him some pain medicine and rewrap his hand. He takes a pill and we walk downstairs.

Steve's mom was already at work. I poured him a cup of coffee and put a lid on it. I helped Steve put his vest on and handed him the coffee. I grabbed the keys and we walked out to the car. Steve just sat in silence, sipping his coffee. I rolled his window down and started driving. "I'm sorry." I say, as I park and walk him inside. I look over at Robin. "He's not talking. Um, keep an eye on his hand. I think he's still in shock." I say.

"Alright. Are you okay Eddie? Did that guy hurt you?" Robin asked. "Oh I'm alright. I just have a little bruise on my shoulder." I reply. Steve sets his coffee down and looks at my shoulder. I lift up my sleeve to show him and he places his hand on it. "I have to go. I'll be at Wheeler's house so if you need to call me, just call his number. I love you." I say, kissing his cheek. I walk out to the van and start driving to hellfire.

I screwed up.

A/N: hey readers! so, im about to hit 2000 reads?!?! thank you all. i hope you enjoyed this chapter! thanks for reading! much love♥️
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