Pinky Promise (Frerard) ✔️

Sixteen

I woke up with a burning pain in my hips.

I tried to move and pain shot up my spine, rendering me immobile. "Frank?"

He came in a second later. "Hey, dove, are you awake? Okay, let me get some medicine. Anything you're allergic to?"

"Cats," I said, trying to get comfortable.

He laughed. "I won't bring you a cat. I'll be right back, Gee, just wait here."

I waited for a minute while he brought me some medicine.

He handed me a glass of water and some pills to swallow. "You're probably going to be limping for a little bit. Your mom is going to know exactly what happened."

I pouted, swallowing the pills. "It felt so good last night. What happened?"

"Your ass is too tight," he said, rubbing my hip.

"I'm a virgin, okay? Leave me alone."

"Not anymore you're not."

I shrieked with giggles as he attacked my neck. "Frankie! Stop it! St-stop!"

He leaned back, smiling softly at me. "I think I'm in love with you."

My breath caught. "We've been dating for a week."

"Sometimes you just fall in love with people really fast." He stroked through my hair. "Usually it doesn't end well."

"What do you mean?" I tilted my head.

He didn't smile. "The first guy I ever dated turned out to be an abusive asshole."

I frowned. "Frankie...physically?"

"Not physically." He sighed. "He was manipulative and a complete dick. I wasn't allowed to hang out with my friends, I couldn't wear what I wanted, I couldn't gain weight, I wasn't allowed to eat what I wanted...seriously. There were so many red flags. But I fell in love anyways."

I shoved my head into the space between his shoulder and neck. I'd learned he felt comforted by that.

"And I feel like...I feel like I'm gonna end up doing that with you!" He scratched my head lightly.

I made a noise like a purr. We would definitely have to revisit the head-scratching thing at a later date. "I spend a lot of time on the internet. One of the things I learned there was that when someone is abused, the abuser makes them think that it's their fault. That somehow they brought this upon themselves, and that they'll turn into the abuser in a different relationship. But I trust you, Frank. I really trust you, and I love you a lot. I'm probably a little bit in love with you. You are not abusing me. You don't want to abuse me. If there are any red flags, I'll tell you, because I know you don't want to become that. You're an amazing person. I promise you won't become like that."

He held out his pinky to me.

I linked mine with it. "Pinky promise. I love you."

He kissed the top of my head. "I love you too."

There was a minute of silence before he said, "Can we talk about the noise you just made?"

"What noise?"

He scratched my head again and I purred, going weak with pleasure.

"Okay, so I have a thing for that. Leave me alone." I frowned when he laughed at me. "Fraaaank."

"I'm sorry, dove, you're just too cute." He kissed my forehead.

"And you are hot as fuck." I moved to straddle him and cried out, feeling pain shoot through my back and hips.