~•Steddie One-shots•~

[Overwhelmed]

Genre: Fluff/Comfort
I have a head canon that Eddie is autistic (not me projecting my autism on my comfort characters but 😭✋) so yeah here's a silly little draft :)
-Kai
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Steve hasn't been home all day and Eddie wasn't either cause he had work and he did go but..he was overwhelmed by a very questionable interaction with a customer at the record store so he left his buddy to tend to the rest of the customers for a bit, and sat in the back. He sat down on the couch and tried to calm down however when he sat down his boots were rubbing up against his sock feet; Going back to that morning he was wearing them because he had no socks clean so he wore wool socks..

Eddie despite his own personal struggles told Steve he was fine when Steve kindly offered him a pair of different material ankle socks; and as soon as Eddie took notice of the feeling he felt like taking his socks off but he knew he couldn't then he had realized the couch material felt like sand paper and the break room clock ticked, tracking
every. single. second.

Tick..
Tick..
Tick..

Eddie pressed his hands against his ears trying to drown the clock out but it wasn't working, so he just sat there and closed his eyes trying not to freak out, that was until somebody walked into the back and opened the window; and told Eddie "it's to cool the store down" but it was definitely not cooling Eddie down. A motorcycle blew past the intersection near the window and the roaring sound set Eddie's brain into meltdown mode.

His breaths picking up and his eyes blinking quickly, as he bumped his wrists together starting to stim slightly but this wasn't good stimming..he was starting to have a meltdown and there was absolutely no telling how bad it would be. He fumbled for his phone and dialled Steve "pick up..pick up!" Eddie whispered moving himself into a corner "hey baby..what's up shouldn't you be working?" Steve said on the other line.

"Yes..I-I can't though" Eddie said, and switched the phone to his other ear "I'm pretty sure..I'm having a panic attack or something..I just..I wanna go home!" Eddie huffed. "Okay..do you want me to come pick you up?" Steve asked quietly "yeah..but aren't you working" Eddie muttered quickly "don't worry about that..I'll be there in like 10 minutes..you okay?.." Steve asked calmly; even though he was a bit worried because Eddie hasn't had a meltdown in a little while.

Eddie waited and told his friend teddy he had to go home because he wasn't feeling great and teddy immediately understood "No its fine..you okay dude?" Eddie nodded and waited in front of the store for Steve. After like 12 minutes Steve pulled into the parking lot and Eddie climbed into the car and Steve drove off to the the house.

"You alright..what's up?" Steve asked tapping Eddie's shoulder he moved a bit "whats got you all revved up hmm?" Steve asked, Eddie's hands were shaky and he was still blinking fast sometimes even squinting them shut. "Ed's..talk to me?" Steve asked more than told him, Steve didn't want to upset him further so he just went silent. They finally pulled into the drive way and Steve had to basically drag Eddie into the house (not really just slowly walk behind him!).

Once they set foot in the house Eddie's face started to get splotchy and red as he started to sob "hey...Eddie look at me.." Steve said softly "your alright okay what's wrong?" Steve asked warmly, Eddie tugged on his boot screaming pushing his back against the door "okay..okay..can I help?" Steve asked putting some space between them. Eddie grunted in frustration and rolled into a little ball; rocking himself back and forth just sitting on the ground. "I'm going to leave you alone..just for you to cool down m'kay?" Steve sighed with a frown as he walked to the couch and sat down facing the ceiling.

About 20 minutes went by and Steve had moved to the kitchen to phone robin "yeah no we're fine he's just had a rough day..no..I'm just wo-" Steve looked over to see Eddie half asleep on the floor "Oh I have to let you go Robbie, talk to you later kay? Okay love you..bye" Steve hung up the phone and slowly walked over to Eddie "hey sweetheart..you wanna talk about it now?" He asked quietly.

Eddie nodded shyly "okay let's get these overwhelming boots off hmm.." Steve hummed helping Eddie take the boots off "you can get freshened up first and then we can talk okay..that sound good?" Steve asked helping Eddie up off the floor. Eddie didn't answer he just dove to take the socks off his feet; once they were off he felt at peace again and cuddled into Steve still slightly teary eyed. "I love you Steve.." Eddie whined "Impossible..cause I love you more" Steve smiled and picked Eddie up with his head over Steve's shoulder "your whole body is shaky right now.." Steve chuckled "let's get you cleaned up" he continued walking to the bathroom and helping Eddie wash his face "you mean the world to me.." Eddie whispered taking big breaths and wiping the tears off his face.

"Yeah?" Steve smiled drying Eddie's face as he moved from the cloth a bit "sorry don't like the feel?" Steve chuckled "no I don't.." Eddie sighed "okay there..your all cleaned up!" Steve grinned kissing Eddie on the cheek "I love you so much babydoll..you're safe alright..you are gonna be alright" Steve said reassuring Eddie. The two went to the room they shared and laid down eventually falling asleep, and taking a nap.