love is not always a ♥️

2. together

tw: mentions of rape 

Robin felt bad. Really bad. The past two weeks she had been avoiding all contact with Steve.

It was obvious that her behaviour was getting to him. He would smile sadly whenever they bumped into each other and give her a pleading look.

But no. She couldn't. 

If she even talked to him, all her sorrows would gush out in tears.

She was doing so well in hiding her secret, that is, until Steve confronted her during lunch break in the school cafeteria.

"Steve!" She hissed, " what are you doing here?"

But Steve was having none of it. He had been through so much pain in the last few weeks. It was going to stop now.

So he dragged Robin to his car and locked the door.

"Spill." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"W-what?"

"NO! YOU WHAT! You've been ignoring me for the last two weeks and I wanna know what's wrong. Don't you trust me?" Steve's voice cracked at the end.

Something in Robin broke. The walls to her floodgates.

She burst into tears and started muttering sorry over and over again.

Steve gaped In shock. He wasn't expecting this.

But soon recovering, he spread his arms open and Robin practically leapt into them, clinging onto his shirt.

Steve traced patterns on her back as her body racked with sobs and held her even after she had calmed down.

"I'm pregnant." She mumbled loud enough for him to hear.

"W-what?!" Steve's eyes widened as thoughts buzzed in his brain, " How? Y-you're-"

"-gay. I know." Robin sniffled

Steve just gawked.

No one talked after that. They just waited in a comfortable silence with Robin still in his arms while Steve fiddled with her hair.

It was ten minutes later until Robin broke the silence.

"I-I was f-forced onto," her voice quavered.

Steve's whole face drained and his lips wobbled.

"Raped?" He whispered hoarsely.

Robin didn't say anything.

"When?" He mumbled.

"Three months ago. When we stopped at a gas station. We were practically saving the world so I didn't think it was something to bother you with," she looked up at him.

Tears were streaming down his face and his grip on her tightened. He buried his face in the crook of her neck.

"N-not something to bother me with?!" His voice was muffled, " Robin being r-raped is such a bit deal! This is all my fault. I could've got out of the car with you and beat that bitch up. I could've saved you the emotional and mental deterioration. I could've-"

Steve erupted in sobs. And it was Robin's turn to hold him as he cried..

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After Steve calmed down, the anger took over. 

His usually passive eyes filled with rage. His fists clenched and a glare that could kill all the creatures in the upside down.

"Robin. Get out." He demanded.

"W-what?"

"GET OUT OF MY CAR!" He roared.

Robin flinched before bolting away like a deer in headlights.

It was at the moment Steve knew he fucked up.

"No! Shit! Wait!" He rest his head on the wheel and punched the dashboard.

He'll deal with it later. Right now he was going to the police.

Robin ran all the way home. Tears running down her face. She should've known Steve would leave her. Like every other person in her life.

As she rushed into her house, slammed the door shut and slid down the wall, curled in a fetal position.

She should've known.

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"Alright! Thanks Hopper. bye!" Steve muttered hurriedly before dashing to his car and speeding away to Robin's.

"Shit shit shit!"

Why did he just leave her in a state like that? She probably thinks he hates her forever. She already had abandonment issue before. Stupid homophobic parents.

Steve scrambled over to her door and didn't hesitate to kick it open. His heart stopped.

Robin was curled in a fetal position, sobbing, hands loosely around her stomach.

He rushed over to her side and took her trembling body in his arms.

"S-steve? I-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Don't leave me." She begged clutching go him as if he would just disappear.

Steve let out a tearful laugh, " No. I'm sorry, Rob. I shouldn't have just yelled at you and driven away. I will never leave you Rob."

"But why wouldn't you?" She chuckled bitterly, slowly sitting up, " I'm not financially stable enough to have a child. I'll probably be the worst mother in the world. I don't even have good parental figures to base off of."

Silence.

Steve cupped Robin's face and stared into her eyes.

"No Robin. you will be a wonderful mother! I'll help you, we'll get through this. You and me. We will give this baby the best damn life anyone will ever see! It'll hit 'em like a fucking truck and we'll be the ones left laughing at all the haters!" His face were fierce with such passion. It made Robin's heart swell.

As long as she had Steve, she'd be alright. They'd be alright

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"You ready?" Steve swung his keys around his finger as he leaned against the car.

"Nope." Robin grinned and stepped out of the automobile.

It had been a week since Steve found out about the pregnancy. Today he was taking Robin to her first ultrasound.

They walked hand in hand to the maternity clinic.

Their friendship was purely platonic so gestures like these were not at all intended in any romantic form.

"Robin Buckley. The doctor is ready to see you. Please follow me." A nurse called out before turning on her heel and strutting away.

Steve squeezed Robin's hands reassuringly as the poor girl gulped. This was it.

After all the introductions were exchanged and the doctor, Doctor Rawly, had set up Robin on the bed, she really felt reality hit.

She, Robin 'the gay' Buckley, was having a baby. She wasn't even into men!

She glanced at Steve who gave her one of the brightest smiles before whispering, " This kid is going to have the most fucking fantastic life ever. Don't worry, you should be enjoying this special time Rob."

"Righty-O Ms Buckley. Do you mind pulling your shirt up so I can apply this gel onto your stomach?" The doctor requested kindly.

"S-sure." Robin mindlessly followed the instruction. She felt nothing but numb, even when the freezing cold gel was rubbed onto her belly. She blocked out the doctors rambling and her thoughts were blank.

"There's your baby Ms Buckley," The doctors voice snapped her out of her trance.

Robin's eyes flew to the screen. She blinked. A tiny little fetus. Her baby. Tears gathered in her eyes. Robin turned to Steve, whose eyes were slightly glassy.

How could it not? His best friend and platonic soulmate was having a baby. 

A baby he was going to help raise and provide for. A baby that might look up to him as a somewhat father figure.

After that, everything was a blur to Robin. She could vaguely remember wiping the gel off her stomach, being handed two sonograms and then lead out by Steve.

Who, we might add, was now peppering kisses all over her face.

Robin giggled, " Stop being a sap dingus."

Steve just engulfed her in a bear hug, "How can I not. You're a fucking amazing women! Nurturing a fucking baby inside of you like a fucking miracle maker.

"Yeah. Yeah. No biggie." She brushed it off, but inside she was beaming.