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#Steve and Eddie try to whisper shout in the morning but they can’t. both of them too loud on a normal day anyway.
corrodedcoughin · 1 year
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Wayne coming home after a night shift to see a monopoly board with a piece of paper over the top ‘DO NOT TOUCH. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE FOR ARGUMENT >:(‘ in a familiar hand writing. He also sees a mop of hair poking out of a blanket on the floor, soft snores whispering though the trailer.
Still barely in the front door, Wayne sighs to himself, starts to make his way to the bathroom but stops when the hall light lets a diffused glow in to the living room area. And there stands Steve Harrginton wrapped in a blanket, gives a soft ‘sorry wayne, we’re just going’. Wayne sets off to the bathroom again, g smiles when he hears the whispered conversation
‘Wh-? Steve? You still angry?’
‘Yeah, but I can’t sleep with you out here. Come on’
‘Okay’
He hears the soft footsteps retreating to Eddie’s room and knows the silly fight will blow up in the morning and just hopes he can sleep through the theatrics. He’s going to burn that board game. Or hide it at least
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eyesofshinigami · 3 months
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A Day in the Life
Rating: G
CW: None
Tags: Established relationship, kidfic, tiny OC, married life, fluff
Prompt: For @shares-a-vest "Love is co-parenting"
WC: 618
Written for @steddielovemonth Day 15
The sun hasn’t even come up yet, when Eddie feels eyes on him. He groans, pretty sure he knows exactly what’s going on. He cracks an eye open and sighs when he sees a tiny face two inches from his nose. “Bug?” he grits out. A quick glance at the clock tells him it’s about three o’clock in the morning. “Y’okay?”
“Can’t sleep, daddy,” their daughter, Eleanor, shout-whispers. Eddie appreciates the effort but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s being woken up. 
He tries to get himself together enough to reply. “What do you mean? Bad dream?” He shuffles over and lifts the covers so that she can crawl inside. Thankfully, Steve is still sleeping, having had a late shift and he only crashed a couple of hours ago.
Eleanor climbs into bed and snuggles down in Eddie’s arms. Her warm little body curled up around Eddie makes him smile. “Yeah. Made me miss you and papa too much.” She gives him a little kiss on the chin. “Can I sleep here?”
Eddie tries not to sigh. As much as he loves baby snuggles with Eleanor, he finds it hard to sleep with her in the bed. He and Steve still have nightmares from their time in Hawkins, and the last thing he wants is to scare her when one of them wakes up screaming and flailing. Both of them would never forgive themselves if she got hurt because of it. “We can try, bug. We just can’t wake Papa up, okay? He worked late, remember?”
She nods and he can feel her breath puff against his chest as she yawns. “Pancakes tomorrow?” 
“Sure, bug.”
They manage to fall back asleep, even though Eddie feels more like he’s drifting on the edge of it the rest of the night. He feels like he has to peel his eyes open when Eleanor starts wiggling against him. “Bug?” 
“Time to wake up, daddy. You promised me pancakes?”
Damn it, half-awake Eddie sure did do that early in the morning. His head hurts a little and waking up feels like a monumental task, but he did promise. He goes to get up and climb out of bed, when he feels a hand on his shoulder. 
“I got it, baby. You go back to bed, okay?” he hears Steve say, right before his husband presses a kiss to his shoulder.
“Okay? You’re the one who worked late?” 
Steve chuckles, rolling Eddie over to kiss him on the mouth. Eleanor lets out a little shriek and an “ewww!” but they pretend not to hear her. Sorry that your parents love each other, kid. “Yeah, but you got up with Eleanor last night and I know how it is for you when she is in the bed. I’ll get up, make pancakes and keep her busy, then you can switch so I can take a nap later. Sound good?”
“Oh thank god, yes. I love you so much, Steve,” Eddie says, feeling his body sink back into the sheets. 
“Love you too, baby. Get some good sleep, okay?” Steve kisses him one more time before he climbs out of bed, swinging Eleanor up under his arm and making her giggle. “Tell your daddy to sleep well, Ms Rigby, and then we’ll go make those pancakes.”
In between giggles, she asks, “With chocolate chips? And that’s not my name! Silly Papa!” Steve nods, and from under his arm, she calls out sweetly, “Sleep good, daddy. We can play later, okay?”
“Okay, bug. Love you both,” he says, blowing them both kisses before he snuggles back down under the sheets. He falls asleep to the happy sounds coming from the kitchen, smiling the whole time. 
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louloulemons-posts · 3 months
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The Criminal And The Princess V
Grumpy!College!Eddie X Sunshine!Skater!Reader
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Summary : Eddie and Eden have a study session.
Word Count : 1.5k
Warnings : Swearing, cuteness, eddie and eden fluff, it’s a pretty tame chapter.
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I had spotted Eddie after passing a few large bookcases, the library wasn’t very busy today, and the people that were here looked rough.
“Hey,” I said quietly.
“Hi,” he smiled up at me. Sitting down next to him I pulled out my laptop, opening it up on the table.
“How’s your day been?” Eddie asked.
I hummed, “It’s been fine, just hung with the girls, yours?” Eddie scrunched his brows at me, “I thought you were meeting your dad for lunch.”
“Yeah well he cancelled,” I shrugged. “How’s your day been Eddie?” I think Eddie got the hint that I really didn’t want to speak about my dad.
“Good, had the opening shift this morning so.”
“How was maintenance duty yesterday?”
“Cold,” he joked.
I flashed him a smile, “You’ll get used to it if they keep making you work there.”
“I think there’s a meeting today about it,” Eddie shrugged.
“Oh,” maybe that’s why dad cancelled?
“Anyways, let’s get started.” And so we did, we both already knew stuff about James Hetfield so I put all of that in a document first.
“I’m sorry I can’t type any of my stuff up,” Eddie said from beside me, “It’s okay. I know not everyone has a laptop.”
“Yeah, still makes me feel shitty.”
“You shouldn’t, I really don’t mind. If there’s anything missing we can text.”
I paused before continuing, “You do have a phone right?”
“Shit princess I’m not that deprived!” he laughed, making shushing sounds come from all around.
“I’m only teasing.” He threw a grin my way, trying to laugh quietly. “Do you want to hang out after?” I asked him.
“Hm?”
“Like after we’ve wrote all this up, do you want to go and do something?”
“Like what?” I hummed, thinking, “I don’t know anything.”
“I have an idea,” he smiled.
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Heading out of the library, Eddie my bag whilst I put my jacket on. “Thanks,” I smiled, trying to take my bag from him, but the boy just swapped the shoulder my bag rested on.
“You don’t have to.”
“What kind of knight would I be if I let my princess hold such a heavy bag.” I laughed at him as he led us to his van.
“I know it looks banged up, but I promise it’s completely safe,” he was panicking, as he explained. “It’s okay Eddie, I trust you.” I squeezed his arm to reassure him.
His face seemed to warm up at that, “Good, cause you should.” He opened the door for me, “M’lady.” Sliding into the seat, Eddie placed my bag down by my feet.
After shutting the door, he walked around the front, tripping slightly. I had to cover my mouth so I didn’t let out a loud laugh. “Not a word,” the boy said, as he climbed in the drivers seat.
“I didn’t say anything,” I defended myself. “Your face says plenty,” he smirked at me.
“It was kinda funny.” He made a shushing sound at me, then put the keys in the ignition.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“Now, princess, that’s a surprise.”
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“If you’re gonna kill me, at least let me know why Eds,” I said climbing out of the van, we were at an old warehouse. Red bricks and old metal window panes.
“Definitely not. You said you trust me right?”
“Yeah?”
“Then come with me,” he held out his hand towards me. I did trust him, so I took his hand.
It was crazy how much I trusted him after only knowing him for a few days, I knew of him. Robin had mentioned hanging out with Steve and her metalhead friend before - clearly that was Eddie.
The warehouse was cold and run down, dingy. The stereotypical abandoned warehouse, Eddie held my hand as we walked up a couple flights of stairs. “In here,” he said, holding a door open for me.
It was pitch black in there, the only light coming from the door the boy was holding open. “Eddie seriously what the hell?”
“Trust me,” he closed the door, and I felt him walk around me.
“Eddie!” I whisper-shouted into the darkness. His footsteps got louder, he was near me now. “Trust me,” he said from behind me, making me jump.
“Eddie,” I sighed.
“Look up,” he whispered by my ear. I did as he said, titling my head back, It was beautiful the dark ceiling was full of stars, different constellations dotted here and there.
Holy shit. “I know right,” Eddie laughed, I hadn’t even noticed I said it out loud. The boy walked away from me, turning the light up. The once dark ceiling was revealed to be a deep shade of blue.
It was beautiful, the stars, which I’d now noticed were small lights were connected with golden lines. Planets and supernovas were planted, beautiful purples and blues danced amongst the gold.
The sun and moon both had beautiful faces, looking at each other as if they longed to meet one day. It was one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen.
“Did you … did you paint this?” I said to the boy, I hadn’t noticed his hand on the small of my back, clearly keeping me from leaning too far.
“Music wasn’t the only thing mom passed down to me,” he shrugged.
“Oh Eddie it’s beautiful.”
“It is isn’t it?”
You couldn’t stop staring, the stars continued down the walls, until they met the deep mahogany floor. “How long did this take you?”
“Well it was me and my uncle, it’s a good bonding experience. He wasn’t my mom’s brother, but he loved her nonetheless.”
“He sounds like a good man, and your mom, she sounds brilliant.”
“She was,” Eddie smiled, “Come on,” We walked around the large room, I would ask every once in a while what the constellations were.
He pointed out Orion along with all of the zodiac constellation, he’d motion to the larger stars, Regulus and Sirius, and even Arcturus.
Eddie stumbled as he walked, making me grab hold of him, pulling him towards me. “Careful,” I smiled. He chuckled, his face flushing.
“You just know every constellation?” I laughed. “Well not off the top of my head.”
“You really are nothing like I thought.”
“Neither are you, you’re even better.”
I smiled at him, feeling our bodies get closer, without even thinking about it. A phone rang loudly, “Shit!” Eddie said, digging into his pocket, then looked at the screen of the device.
“Wayne?” You heard mumbling from the other side, “Uh yeah okay, I’ll be there soon.” Hanging up he shoved the phone in his pocket. “Everything okay?”
“Got called into work, I’m sorry, we’ll have to cut this short Princess, but I’ll bring you back here another time.”
“Okay,” I said softly, taking my hand in his, Eddie led me out of the warehouse.
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“I’m really sorry we had to cut this short,” Eddie apologised, as he opened the door for me. “Eddie really, it’s okay. I hope your shift goes okay.”
“Thanks, uh I’ll text you, okay?”
“Okay,” I smiled.
I waved goodbye to Eddie as he drove away and headed up to the apartment. Letting my self in I called out, “It’s only me!”
Sliding my shoes off, shrugging off my jacket I kept my bag in hand. “Hey,” Nancy said, appearing down the hall from me. “Hey?” I replied, sensing something was wrong.
“Sorry is Jonathan here? I can head back out,” I went to put my jacket back on.
“Uh no, your dad’s here.”
“What?” I asked, I pushed past her gently and walked into the living room.
He sat with a coffee cup in hand, “Ah I was wondering when you’d show up,” he spoke.
“I was studying for a project.”
“With Eddie?”
“He was assigned as my partner.”
He hummed and I sat down as far as I could from the man, making me able to see his face. “Uhh I’ll leave you two to talk,” Nancy said, retreating to her room.
I clocked Robin loitering in the door way, with wide eyes, before she walked away to her room. “Thank you for the coffee Nancy,” my father said.
She hummed before shutting her door. “Is there a reason you’re here?”
“The meeting I was at earlier, it was about Billy and Mr Munson. I heard from Steve. I came to …” the man gulped, “apologise.”
“You’re apologising to the wrong person.”
“I will say my apologies to Mr Munson when I see him.” I nodded.
“And will Hargrove get punished?”
“He’s been taken off the team for the forcible future. I don’t condone violence like that, or mistreatment of people in that way. Especially you.” I didn’t know what to say to that.
“Was there anything else?” The man placed the coffee cup on the table, then pushed himself up.
“No, that’s all. I’ll leave you be now. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Bye.” I didn’t walk him out, just listening to the door close.
I heard two doors open, “Did your dad just-“Robin began. “Apologise? Yeah he did.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard him do that,” Nancy spoke. “Yeah I forgot he could.”
I dropped my face into my hands, letting out a sigh. What the fuck?
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jobean12-blog · 2 years
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All the Small Things
Pairing: Eddie Munson x reader
Word Count: 3,111
Summary: You’re the new girl and Eddie is everything you need. 
Author’s Note: No one asked for this but here it is and I really have to say, I had so much fun writing it. I adore him and I couldn’t get this out of my head. For this we’re just going to say everyone is in High School still- including Steve and the reader and Eddie are both 18 (Eddie can even be 19 lol). Thank you so much for reading and thank you to my sweet Mina @dreamlessinparis for listening to me scream about this idea. Much love always! ❤️❤️❤️ Divider by my lovely Daisy @firefly-graphics thank you sweets🥰 NO SPOILERS HERE!
Warnings: fluffy sweetness, shy Eddie, flirting, lots of soft sweet fluff, little moments of sexy spice :) 
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“Eddie, what are you staring at?”
Dustin follows his line of sight and he breaks out into a wide grin. “Oh. I see.”
“I uh…see what?” Eddie says, scratching the back of his head and dropping his chin so his hair covers his face.
“The new girl. That’s who you were staring at right?” Dustin whispers, far too excitedly.
“No way Henderson. I was just thinking about how I’m gonna try and kill you at our next Hellfire session.”
Dustin scoffs and rolls his eyes. “Whatever man. But hey, must be your lucky day because she’s coming over here. Probably to talk to me but…”
Eddie’s head flies up and his eyes go wide. He shoves Dustin behind him and smiles.
“Hey,” you start. “Eddie right?”
“Yea, yea. Hi,” Eddie replies, struggling to find what to do with his hands. They finally end up landing in his back pockets.
You introduce yourself with a small wave, clutching your books tighter to your chest when you see the pink bloom on Eddie’s cheeks.
Dustin’s head pokes up over Eddie’s shoulder.
“HI!” Dustin sings.
“Hi,” you answer with a smile. “You must be Dustin.”
Dustin’s vigorous head shakes make you giggle but your attention falls back on Eddie.
“So, Eddie, I was wondering if you wanted to study for the Chemistry test next week. You’re in my fifth period right?”
Eddie keeps staring, his mouth slowly falling open but no words coming out.
Dustin slides in front of him and closes it with a snap. “He’d love to,” Dustin answers for Eddie.
“Great!” you chime. “How about we start tomorrow. We can meet at the library after school.”
Eddie’s stunned silence makes Dustin elbow him in the ribs which thankfully pulls him from his daze.
“Yes! The library tomorrow. After school. I’ll be there,” Eddie says, gracing you with a soft smile.
“See you then! Bye Eddie, bye Dustin,” you wave before walking off to get lunch.
“DUDE!” Dustin cheers. “A STUDY DATE! I can’t believe it. I was sure she was coming over here to talk to me but man she couldn’t take her eyes off you.”
Eddie keeps staring at the spot you were just standing in, his brown eyes warm with excitement.
Dustin throws his arm around Eddie’s shoulder and starts talking a mile a minute about every detail for tomorrow.
“Henderson,” Eddie says softly.
Dustin keeps going.
“HENDERSON!” Eddie groans, louder this time.
“COME ON EDDIE! Aren’t you excited!?” Dustin shrieks.
“YES!” Eddie whisper shouts and grabs Dustin’s shoulders to stop his jumping. “But I’m really fucking nervous.”
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Eddie barely gets any sleep that night, his knee bouncing ceaselessly while he lays on his bed, one leg hanging over it and his guitar flat against his chest.
“How the hell am I gonna pull this off,” he mumbles to himself as his fingers mindlessly strum a tune.
The next morning Dustin heads Eddie off at the door of the school building.
“You look spiffy today Munson,” Dustin exclaims with a clap to Eddie’s back.
Eddie gives him a death glare and stomps into school. He’s headed off in the hallway by Steve who throws an arm around Eddie’s shoulder.
“Heard ya got a big date after school today Munson,” Steve winks. “Need any tips?”
Eddie only grunts and grabs his books from his locker. The sound of your voice is the only thing that pulls him from his scrambled thoughts. He turns quickly, shoving Steve off him and smiling.
“You’ve got this Munson,” Steve whispers. “Just be you.”
“Hey,” Eddie says as you approach, nervously playing with one of his curls.
“Hi,” you answer, laughing when both Steve and Dustin simultaneously greet you.
“Uh, well. We have to get to class. Isn’t that right Henderson?” Steve asks, raising his brows.
“Yep. Yes we do,” Dustin replies, shaking his head yes. “See you guys!”
Steve and Dustin rush off down the hall and Eddie asks, “which way are you going? I’ll walk you to class.”
“Thanks, that would be great!”
You show him your program and explain you’re still learning your way around.
“Here,” he starts, holding out his hands. “I can carry those.”
He motions to the books in your arms and you give them to him with a sweet smile.
“Thanks,” you say quietly.
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It feels like the day drags on more than usual and by the time the end of day bell rings, Eddie is bouncing on his heels with anticipation.
“Listen, you heard Steve. Just be yourself, be cool and you’ll be fine. She’s the one who asked you to study, remember?” Dustin reminds Eddie as they whisper by the door of the library.
“Yea, ok,” Eddie says as he wipes his palms on his vest. “Shit, shit, shit, here she comes. Beat it!”
Dustin scurries off but not before waving at you frantically.
“Does he always have this much energy?” you ask when you reach Eddie.
“You have no idea,” Eddie says with his eyebrows near his hairline.
He opens the door to the library and motions for you to go in. You wind around the tables and chairs until you find a small spot in the back by a window.
Eddie pulls out a chair and turns it around, sitting himself down and leaning on the back of it.
“I have to ask you something,” he blurts out.
“Sure, anything,” you tell him as you sit beside him.
“Why me?”
You give him a confused look. “Why not you?”
He’s staring again.
“I saw how you helped out that kid in Chemistry lab,” you explain, “I know you’re smart and I want to get to know you better.”
His brown eyes soften and you want to tell him how much you love them but you hold your tongue, not wanting to scare him off. When he doesn’t say anything you grab the W.A.S.P pin on the front of his vest.
“Is this a band?” you ask, examining the pin.
When he doesn’t answer you look up to find him staring. Again.
You’re closer now and you really get a good look at his eyes.
“Eddie?”
“Yea,” he breathes out, clearing his throat before going on. “A heavy metal rock band. Actually, they are pretty awesome. They’ve been around a few years and their performances are always insane. Lots of theatrics.”
“That sounds fun,” you say genuinely. “What else do you listen to? Any more pins?”
Your hand dances around his vest and you move his hair out of the way. He gently takes your fingers in his and moves it until you find the other three buttons.
When you look up at him and smile his face is filled with a surprised wonderment and you give his hand a squeeze.
“Judas Priest I’ve heard of! Another metal band right?”
Eddie laughs. “Yea, from England.”
You smile and read the next one. “Mercyful Fate…ok this one I don’t know.”
“Danish heavy metal band,” Eddie explains. “Black metal…lots of satanism and occult stuff.”
“Really?” you say, unable to hide your excitement.
“This doesn’t freak you out?” he asks with surprise.
“Not at all. I’m really into witchy stuff.”
“No way,” he exclaims. “Well then you have to listen to these guys, you’ll love them!”
“I’d love to! But I don’t have any of their cassettes.”
You stick your bottom lip out in a pout and Eddie’s eyes immediately fall to your mouth. He keeps his gaze on your lips as he says, “well, uh, I could lend you one. If you like…”
Your eyes light up and you start to say, “thanks,” but he keeps talking.
“Or you know you could uh…you could always come by my place sometime to listen.”
“Definitely,” you say and he finally lifts his eyes back to yours.
“What?” he asks, breathless.
“I definitely want to come by to listen,” you tell him. “This way you can explain everything to me. You know about the band and all.”
“Right,” he whispers.
“What about Friday?”
“Friday…” he repeats, trailing off.
You reach out and grab a strand of his hair, giving it a tug and giggling when the curl bounces.
“So, do you wanna hang out Friday?” you ask, leaning closer.
“Definitely,” he answers, repeating your sentiment from earlier.
His eyes drop to your mouth once again and you hear his soft intake of breath. You inch closer, letting your own gaze fall to his lips and the way his runs his tongue along the outline.
“GUYS!” Dustin screams as the library door slams open against the wall. He skids to a stop in the middle of the aisle and says, “woah. Sorry.”
Eddie drops his head and stomps his foot on the floor, muttering. You dig your teeth into your bottom lip and give Dustin a wave.
“What’s up?” you ask Dustin.
“Uh, you know what, it’s not important right now. It can wait. I’ll see you guys later,” he stammers and turns to run out.
Eddie lifts his head up and gives you a wry smile. “How about some Chemistry?”
You blow out a raspberry and grab your textbook.
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Each day for the rest of the week Eddie walks you to as many classes as he can, always carrying your books and opening doors and blushing.
Friday is fast approaching and you can hardly wait.
“Tomorrow is Friday. I can’t wait man. She wants to listen to my music!”
Eddie’s words come out in a rush of nervous excitement and Steve and Dustin share a knowing look.
“She seems really cool and at least this time there won’t be any interruptions,” Dustin adds with a waggle of his eyebrows.
Steve smacks him upside the head. “Yea Henderson. Way to go.”
Steve looks at Eddie, rolling his eyes. “He told me what he did the other day.”
Eddie scoffs and makes a “can you believe it face.”
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Eddie paces his room as he waits for you. He keeps rearranging things like his picks or dice or Dungeons and Dragons books but never feels satisfied. What if you think he’s a total geek or you hate the music or his guitar?
Before he can spend anymore time thinking these things over your soft knock drags him out of his musings. He runs to the door but skids to a stop and takes a deep breath, smoothing his hands down his hellfire shirt.
“Shit,” he swears when he realizes what he has on. He starts to turn around to change but you knock again.
Now or never.
“Hi!” he says when he opens the door.
He can’t help how his eyes slide down your body, taking in the pins that adorn your denim jacket and the snug jeans that hug your curves.
“Hey,” you respond, noting the way his cheeks grow pink.
Clearing his throat, he invites you in and swallows hard when you take off your jacket to reveal a thin, off the shoulder tee shirt. You turn to hand him the garment and it takes him a moment to recover.
“You look pretty,” he announces, the words tumbling out of his mouth far too quickly and loudly.
“Thanks Eddie. I wore my pins just for you.”
He looks down at your jacket in his hand and rubs his thumb over the first pin.
“Cursed,” he reads, laughing at the term. “That’s pretty metal.”
“I thought you’d like that one,” you smile.
He moves to the spell book with the pentacle on the cover and whispers, “badass.”
“But I think the coffin with the cross is my favorite,” he muses before laying your jacket over the chair.
He holds out his hand and you take it, following him to the back and his room.
“Wow,” you say when you walk in, looking around.
You spot his guitar and walk closer.
“Oh Eddie…”
“You like it?” he asks, his excitement evident in the tone of his voice.
He had told you briefly about his band Corroded Coffin so you knew he could play and wanted to hear him.
“I love it,” you breathe out. “Will you play for me?”
His silence makes you turn around to check on him. He’s standing there wide eyed and pulling at the collar of his shirt.
“I like that shirt,” you say, stepping closer to him. “And…” you whisper, taking another step and fingering his guitar pick necklace, “this.”
He closes his eyes and inhales, breathing in the smell of you.
“Well?” you ask, tilting your head back to look him in the eyes.
Instead of answering he reaches over you and pulls the guitar from the wall. He rests it between his legs, now spread wider and dances his fingers over the strings.
You take a moment to admire him and it’s hard to stop yourself from swooning.
“What do you want me to play?” he asks.
With sensual movements you make your way to his bed and sit.
“Anything you want,” you answer, unable to stop the breathy way your voice sounds.
With a deep breath he strikes the first chord, never taking his eyes off you as his fingers move effortlessly over the instrument. The melody is soft and almost haunting and the way he plays just makes you love it more. You watch and listen, completely lost in him and when he finishes you need a moment to find the right words.
“That was amazing,” you gush. “And I love that song.”
He pulls the guitar strap over his head and carefully lays it against the bed before sitting next to you.
“Fade to Black by Metallica.”
“I love it,” you whisper, threading your finger through the rips in his jeans.
He sucks in a breath at your touch, his teeth grinding the further your fingers move under the material. You gently caress his skin when you pull your hand free but not before looking over the tattoos on his right arm.
Your fingertips lightly trace over them as you turn his arm around to inspect them all.
“I like them,” you decide, releasing his hand and laying back on his bed.
His smile is triumphant. “Do you have any?” he asks, eyeing you.
“Guess you’ll just have to wait and find out,” you purr.
He lets out a sound between a huff and a groan before falling to the bed and throwing a hand over his face.
“So, are you going to play some Mercyful Fate for me?” you ask with a coy smile as you move his hand, toying with the ring on his finger.
He winks and hops off the bed to rummage through his stack of cassette tapes. He starts to sing as he does it and you giggle, taking his pillow and hugging it to your body. A warm and clean scent drifts up to your nose and you inhale, burying your face in the softness.
“Did you just sniff my pillow?” he asks with a mischievous grin.
“No,” you huff…your smirk growing. “Maybe.”
He bites his bottom lip as his gaze lingers on yours before he goes back to searching his tapes.
“What’s dungeons and dragons?” you ask when you discover the book on his bed.
He stops abruptly and turns to look at you.
“Do you really wanna know?” he asks as he pulls a cassette from the pile.
“Yes. Tell me all about it,” you murmur and pat the bed.
He puts the cassette in his radio and presses play then falls next to you, making you and the mattress bounce. You giggle and playfully shove his shoulder, twirling a finger around his hair before you let your hand drop to the bed.
The music starts and he opens the D n D book. You spend the next few hours listening and talking about music and Dungeons and Dragons and witchcraft. By the time you realize how late it is you have to head home.
Eddie offers to drive you and you gladly accept. When he pulls up to your house, it’s completely dark and he turns off the engine. He gets out and runs around the front to open your door and help you out.
You both walk slowly up to your door, feet shuffling.
You look down at your hands. “I had a really great time tonight Eddie.”
With the confidence gained from your words he reaches over and delicately takes your chin between his fingers, lifting your gaze to his and stepping closer.
“Me too,” he says softly. “Thanks for hanging out. I’m just happy you don’t think I’m a freak.”
Your eyebrows draw together. “No way. You’re a great guy and really talented.”
“You think so?” he lightly scoffs, brushing his thumb across your cheek.
“Mm hm,” you murmur, grabbing the sides of his vest.
He dips his head, his hair falling to frame his face, and you brush the curls away.
“Eddie?”
“Yea,” he breathes out, his eyes darting to your lips.
“Are you gonna…?”
You never get to finish the question because his hand splays across your cheek and he pulls your mouth up to his, softly pressing his lips to yours. You let out a small whimper and he pulls you closer, leaving barely and space between you as his tongue parts your lips.
Your fingers slide up his shoulders and into his hair, combing through the soft curls. Heat flushes through you and you can’t stop the moan that leaves the back of your throat. He deepens the kiss and pushes you against the door, caging you there with his body.
The porch light turns on and breaks you two apart. He smiles against your lips, kissing you again, quick and sweet.
“I guess I should probably go in,” you sigh.
“Yea,” he whispers, holding your face close and dragging your lips back to his.
When he finally pulls back your breathless all over again and you grab his wrists, closing your eyes.
“Can I see you tomorrow?” he asks, his hopefulness written all over his face.
“Definitely,” you smile.
You drop your head to look at your jacket and carefully remove your coffin pin, lifting it to his vest and securing it over the left pocket. He presses his fingers over it, his touch reverent.
Without saying anything he takes off his Mercyful Fate pin and fastens it to your jacket it the same spot you did his.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he says and you lean up to kiss him one last time.
He reluctantly moves away, his eyes on you as he walks backward until he reaches the car. He leans against it and you blow him a kiss before sliding inside the house.
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King of the Freaks | Part 9
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Steve and Eddie drop off the kids one by one on the way back and he’s tired. An entire day with the kids and too many sleepless nights added up. He’s basically nodding off in Eddie’s passenger seat when they stop in front of the trailer. “Steve?” Eddie’s voice is soft and warm, just like it had been in the closet. It makes Steve relax completely. “Hey, we’re here,” Eddie says softly and Steve blinks awake. He clumsily gets out of the car and Eddie catches him when he stumbles a little.
Steve curls against Eddie instinctively and Eddie wraps his arms around him slowly. “Thank you,” Steve whispered and Eddie gave him a small squeeze but he didn’t say anything. It made Steve snap back into himself. He jolts awake and pulls back quickly enough. For a moment, just a single moment he had felt… it was like when he fell asleep while Nancy studied. Getting to wake up to her soft smile. But this was different, it had to be different.
He looked over at his car and swallowed. They had school in the morning. “Do you want to stay the night? You seem really tired and I wouldn’t want you to fall asleep at the wheel or anything.” Eddie blurted out in basically one breath. Steve blinked as Eddie kept going. “We don’t have a spare bed or anything but you could definitely take my bed. I’d take the floor easily. I mean gotta treat royalty as royalty, right?”
Steve let out a soft laugh and Eddie searched his face for a moment. “Eddie Munson, trying to get me into his bed,” he teases and the other goes red. It makes Steve pause but… well making someone blush always feels good, doesn’t it? “Another time, I’ve got to take a shower before school.” He says softly and Eddie looks a little saddened.
But he nods, “of course. You’ve got your reputation to hold up too.”
Steve smiles softly, they both knew his reputation was shit. “Well, hair like mine is well loved. The kids are lucky I left the house without my full routine.”
Eddie snorts, “Steve ‘The Hair’ Harrington.”
He shakes his head and he’s got a soft look in his eye. “Call me when you get home? Gotta keep this old soul from worrying.” He says lightly, and Steve nods.
He hesitates for a moment and looks at Eddie, “This was fun, right?”
“Uh, duh, Stevie. I spent the day with a bunch of nerds and you,” he says and Steve brightens. “We should do it again. Although if you want to do more adult activities, maybe not the kiddos.” He grins and Steve freezes. Eddie blinks and then his entire burns, “I meant drugs!” He shouted and Steve slaps a hand over his mouth to quiet him down.
This close to Eddie he can smell the lingering smell of weed, smoke, and leather. He can’t stop the laughter bubbling out of him. “Oh my god, I thought you were more discreet than that Eds.” He says and almost leans in closer.
Eddie pulls on Steve’s hand and his entire face is red. “I panicked,” he hissed and Steve’s brain halted.
Steve was raised by parents who read the articles in the news about queer people, he was always told how unnatural they were. But… then he met Tommy and saw the boy for who he was. He was sure that not all queer people were disgusting. Steve always enjoyed it when people liked him. He always enjoyed making people flush. So, Tommy’s crush was ignored and Steve never made his friend feel bad about it. But this was Eddie.
Feelings swirled inside of Steve as he took in Eddie. “So…?” Eddie asked awkwardly and Steve blinked back into himself. Weed.
Steve cleared his throat. Tommy used to get him high because Steve was always clingy when he got high. Steve never cared enough to stop it. He liked curling up against Tommy and getting all of his attention. He thought about doing it with Eddie and his palms were sweaty. “Yeah, that sounds like fun.” He whispers gently and Eddie looks over his face.
Steve wondered if Eddie knew he had a crush on Steve. Or if Eddie wasn’t aware of the feelings he had. Steve had watched as Tommy figured it out and asked Carol out in a fit of panic. It made Steve’s stomach drop and he straightened up and out of Eddie’s space. “Talk to you later, Munson.” He says and heads over to his car. Slipping in and refusing to look over at Eddie until the car was in reverse. As he backed out, he glanced over and Eddie gave him a small wave that felt kind of like a slap.
Steve didn’t even bother turning on the radio. His brain was loud enough by itself. He thought back to all of the girls he’s dated if you could even call it that. How they all thought about how hot he was and they all heard about him in bed. Nancy was the first real girlfriend and she dumped him because he wasn’t worth it. Tommy had gone out and got a girlfriend as soon as he realized his crush as if he couldn’t even believe he could like Steve. Like Steve was the worst possible crush he could have.
He thought of Eddie figuring out his crush and pushing Steve away just like everyone did. Because Steve wasn’t worth liking. Once people got past his looks, they couldn’t find a single thing to like about him. Did Eddie bring him into Hellfire just because he thought Steve was hot? Was it all just a ploy to see if Steve would sleep with him? If Steve said no, would he be alone again?
Steve had been trying to distance himself from Hellfire. But could he go back to being alone? Steve parked in the driveway of his house and choked on tears. Was Steve ever going to be more than just a pretty face?
He ran a hand down his face and tried to catch his breath. He had no clue how long he had sat there until he was able to make his way inside. He toed off his shoes and moved to the phone in the living room. He just had to do what he always did with Tommy. Ignore it, never acknowledge that you notice, and don’t lead him on. He dialed Eddie’s number and squeezed his eyes shut until Eddie answered with a happy, “Stevie!” Steve pushed back the memories of happy Steve-o’s as Tommy greeted him.
Sure, Steve had slept with a lot of girls just so they could get him out of their system but this was different. This made his stomach swirl and his palms sweat. It made him nervous and… it felt nice even if it really didn’t. He liked that Eddie liked him. It made him feel proud deep down but… He couldn’t- he liked women. “Hey, I’m home safe and sound,” he said softly.
“That’s good, I was getting a little worried. Did you stop off somewhere?” Eddie questioned and the thing was, Eddie always sounded so genuine. Like he wanted to hear about Steve’s day or how he was feeling. Steve had never known anyone who asked about him without having some motive behind it but all of Hellfire was different.
Steve cleared his throat, he understood the motive now. “Nah, I just got distracted. Um, I guess I was as tired as you thought- well not as tired. I didn’t fall asleep at the wheel or anything. I just- I sat in my car for way longer than I needed.” He laughed awkwardly and looked over at the clock, it was getting close to 9. Steve could use it as an excuse to get off the phone faster.
“Hey, do you mind if I stay on until the kids' radio in?” Eddie murmured and Steve blinked. “Weirdly enough it’s become like a part of my schedule, calling you after nine. But it’s before 9 and I feel weird not knowing if they’re all safe and sound. I mean it’s not like much happens in Hawkins, but it’s been kind of… nice.” Eddie rambled and Steve’s heart hurt.
“Course, just give me a minute to go grab the walkie.” He waited for an okay before heading downstairs to the couches and grabbing the walkie plus a blanket. He moved back into the living room and dropped on one of the uncomfortably stiff couches. He picked the phone back up, but before he said anything he noticed Eddie humming on the other side. Steve closed his eyes and he could picture Eddie moving around the small little kitchen in the Munson trailer with the phone against his ear.
“What are you doing right now?” He asked at the sound of something metallic on Eddie’s end.
He heard a clang then a muttered, “fuck.” Before he got a reply. “I was making toast.” Eddie huffed, “now I’ve got peanut butter on the floor instead of on the toast.”
Steve leaned back and lay on the couch, trying to get comfortable. “Yeah? Well, if you hadn’t freaked out, you wouldn’t be in this mess.” He tried to point out but all he got was an outraged squawk.
“Excuse you! I was distracted and you shocked me!”
Steve laughed softly, “Eddie, we’re on the phone? How could my voice shock you?” He got shushed and Eddie refused to answer.
“Well then,” Steve sighed. “We’ve got about uh, 30 minutes until the kids' radio in.” He offered before grabbing the blanket and wrapping himself up in it. He pondered a question to ask so it wouldn’t get awkward but Eddie beat him to the punch.
“So, Stevie, darling,” he drawled and Steve flushed because Eddie was flirting with him even if Eddie didn’t realize it. “I’ve been dying to know… how did you meet the kids?”
Steve looked up at the ceiling and laughed lightly, “it’s a long story.”
“We’ve got time,” Eddie says back.
Steve closes his eyes and sighs, “Mike’s Nancy’s younger, brother, right? Well, he’s also like Will’s number one fan. Mike has a binder of Will’s art. And well, because of Nancy and Mike, I ended up being around when they found Will. The kid had been through a lot and looked worse for wear… Joyce, she started asking me to look after Will if no one else could. Maybe just once a month. I got to know the kid a little but he was quiet and I could tell he didn’t really understand me. I let him be, for the most part, just keeping an eye on him. Until this Halloween.”
Steve felt emotions he hadn’t dealt with crawl up his throat, “Did you hear about my big fight with Nancy at the Halloween Party?”
Eddie hummed, “A little but mostly just that there was a fight and you two left separately.”
Steve sighed, “yeah. We basically broke up but Nancy was drunk, right? So, I uh, we talked the next day and fought again. She was… and I just felt like a frayed nerve. But I felt bad and I went to her house to apologize. She and Mike weren’t there but Dustin was.”
He laughed a little, “the kid took the flowers I bought and tossed them into the dirt before getting into my car. He lost his mom’s cat and demanded my help. So, apologizing to Nance was out and I got into my car with the little shit.” Steve paused because where could he go from there?
“What was the cat’s name?” Eddie asked, breaking through Steve’s thoughts and he laughed lightly.
“Mews, cute right?”
“Totally, gotta love it.”
Steve curled up a little tighter on the couch, “We found out a wild dog killed the cat. Which made Dustin determined to catch the dog and bring it in because he didn’t want it harming anything else.” Steve chuckled, “so the next few hours happened and it was the weirdest thing I’ve ever done. Dustin had radioed Lucas who dragged Max with and we set up a trap at the junkyard. We say the damn thing but it got away. Hopper got involved after that and when he was out looking for it, Billy bashed my face in until Max got him to stop.”
“Damn, sounds crazy,” Eddie laughed and Steve sunk further into the blanket.
“Yeah… uh, one of the weirdest days of my life.”
Eddie chuckles, “not the weirdest? Come on, what’s weirder than that?” Steve thinks of Nancy pointing her gun at him. Christmas lights flickering. A monster ripping out of the wall like all it was, was wallpaper. Of Jonathan grabbing his hand and pulling him down the hall. Jumping over a bear trap before waiting on a yellow smiling yoyo to drop. The silence and fear before Steve couldn’t take it anymore and shouted. Nancy telling him to run. How he listened for a moment before he saw the flashing lights from outside. Running back in and hitting a 7-foot-tall monster with a baseball bat littered with nails. Pushing it into a bear trap before Jonathan set it on fire.
Steve cleared his throat, “a story for another day.” He says instead and barely stops the urge to go grab his bat from under his bed.
"Did you ever apologize to Nancy?" Eddie questions and Steve hesitates for a moment.
He swallows down the pain, "no. Next time I saw her she was with Jonathan." He hates how Eddie goes quiet.
He rubs his face, “Your turn… uh, how did you meet the others?”
Eddie sighs like he’s a little disappointed. “Well, I’ve known Gareth the longest. His brother graduated last year, uh, when I was supposed to graduate. Anyways, I got to know Gareth through him, and well… Gareth’s always been short, people his age, he’s a freshman this year just in case you didn’t know, they teased him for it. But me being almost four years older, I scared them off a few times and we started our band not too long afterward.”
He sounds like he’s tapping on the counter of something. “Jeff is only a year behind us, well he was two years behind me but…” Eddie sounds unbothered but Steve wonders how much of that is a front. “He joined Hellfire to play d&d but it took him a little bit to actually become friends with us. While he knew d&d wasn’t evil he didn’t exactly trust our reputation. So many great rumors surrounding Hellfire,” Eddie laughed. “But eventually he also joined Corroded Coffin as well. And Grant’s the same age as Gareth. The two of them became friends when Grant moved here in… uh I think they were in 8th grade. I’m not sure. Anyways he’s been around for a couple of years.”
Eddie laughs a little, “nowhere near as entertaining as your story.”
Steve hums, “I think simple’s nice. I tried to stay as simple as I could for a long time. Just going with the flow… sometimes I miss how easy it was.”
It’s Eddie’s turn to hum, “well, if it helps, I like this version of Steve Harrington more. The one that cares, the one-”
“Who doesn’t bully you?” Steve offered and his chest twisted. He keeps his eyes closed, “I’m sorry if I ever bullied you. Really, you guys don’t deserve the shit you get.” He sighs and sits up, the blanket falling down. “I wish I put a stop to it when people actually gave a shit about my opinion.”
“I don’t think it would’ve mattered. We are easy targets. We’re freaks, Steve. We have to hold ourselves differently to get through the day but at the end of the day, we’re with people we actually like and get to be ourselves. I don’t think you did that before.” Eddie stated and Steve wished Eddie wouldn’t turn this around and make it about Steve.
“Just because popular kids hate themselves doesn’t mean shit, Eds. I never should’ve taken anything out on another person. It’s my shit and I should've just dealt with it.” Steve pressed and was startled when the radio crackled to life next to him.
He and Eddie listened to the kids, Nancy, and Jonathan all count off. “Steve is signing off,” he says softly into the radio once everyone is done. He does it without Dustin needing to push him and it makes him feel a little proud of himself. The radio goes quiet once again and he sits there in silence with the phone and radio in each hand. “Well, um, I’ll talk to you in the morning?”
There’s a crackle over the line, “yeah, Stevie. See you in the morning… and uh, just know that if you ever want to talk about your shit, I’ll listen.” Eddie promises and Steve swallows.
“Night,” he barely manages.
Steve barely makes out a small sigh, “night, sweetheart.”
He hangs up the phone and pulls himself closer. Choking on tears that come out of nowhere. Tucking his legs against his chest as tightly as he can until exhaustion wins out and he once again sleeps on the couch.
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fk12b · 4 years
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Mr and Mrs Mcgarrett
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Steve McGarrett x Williams!Reader
Plot: The chilling adventures of the McGarretts
Main Characters: Task Force
Prompts:
318 - “Why can’t you appreciate my sense of humor?”
319 - “I’m trying, okay?”
340 - “I didn’t think you could get any less romantic”
360 - “You’re a nerd”
Warnings: Nothing, just a usual day in Hawaii. A bad joke that had to be done, and several bad jokes that needed to be done or else I would have exploded. Sorry, not sorry.
Word Count: 7397 Words
A/N: Hello friends! seeing that the world needs more Steve McGarrett, I decided to give this man some love. Hope you enjoy some Hawaii Five-0.
Based on this song -> What I Like About You - The Romantics
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Steve wrapped his arms tighter around you, bringing you closer to his chest. He had heard a strange noise coming from downstairs. Surely it was just his mind playing tricks on him. After all, it was… he slightly turned his head to look at the clock in the nightstand, 6:15 AM? He shook off the silly thoughts and laid his head back down on the pillow, thinking Eddie might have dropped something, snuggling closer to you. When he got comfortable enough, he heard the noise again, almost jumping out of bed but already having an idea of what might have caused the noise.
“Stevie?” you mumbled stirring slightly “Was that you?”
“No, I’m right here babe” Steve sat up leaning his weight on one elbow to kiss your cheek “Go back to sleep” you hummed in acknowledgment.
Steve held his breath to concentrate and listen to any noise, closing his eyes and pursing his lips for a second. That’s when he heard it, a faint curse, that would have missed if he wasn’t focusing that intently. With an angry huff, he shot out of bed, not bothering to put on a shirt, and taking a broom from the corridor’s cabinet.
Once he reached the stairs, he descended them carefully, yet quickly, avoiding the parts that creaked. While Steve neared the kitchen, where he was sure the noise came from, he wondered why Eddie didn’t bark if it was a stranger who broke in. His frown deepened when he heard happy hums coming from the room. Now that is weird. Rising the broom higher and adjusting his grip, he stepped into the kitchen.
“Danny?” Steve’s brow deepened, once he saw his partner standing in his kitchen wearing his apron “What are you doing here at this unholy hour?!”
“Good morning, brother in law! Nice to see you too” Danny Williams cheered once he turned around to place a plate of pancakes in the table and saw him standing there “You neanderthal animal, do a favor to the humanity and put on a tank top at least. What are you doing with a broom, by the way?” he frowned he noticed the object in his hands
“I’m the Neanderthal?!” Steve shouted flipping out and then remembering that you were sleeping upstairs and lowered his voice to a whisper “I thought someone broke in!” He whisper-shouted smacking his brother in law in the head with the broom repeatedly “It’s my day off and it’s too early to put up with you, I thought I wouldn’t have to see your face today” Steve smacked him one more time before Danny grabbed it and started hitting him back with the broom.
“You could at least thank me” the short blonde man huffed smacking Steve in the face “I made you breakfast” Steve let out an angry groan before retrieving the broom but he wasn’t fast enough and Danny rounded the table bumping into a chair in the process.
“Hey, hey!” you stepped into the kitchen rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, messy hair and wearing one of your husband’s t-shirts. Steve smiled at the sight of you, thinking you looked adorable, even more so than usual, at this hour of the day “What is all this havoc about?”
“Tell your husband to show some gratitude when someone cooks breakfast for him” You instantly woke up at the sound of your brother’s voice. Apparently, you didn’t notice that he was here until he spoke, not expecting him today at all since it was his and Steve’s day off.
“Danno!” you squealed walking up to him to greet him with a tight hug and a kiss to his cheek “I didn’t expect you today, isn’t today your day off?”
“Hey! Do me a favor and don’t call me Danno, uhum? I thought it was forgotten. Well, at least my baby sister is happy to see me, so I’ll let that go” he returned the kiss and went to serve the pancakes “I felt lonely at home, the kids went on a school trip and I decided to visit my other two kids” the joke made Steve groan and roll his eyes while he moved to the fridge to take out the juice.
“I can’t have one day to myself and sleep in with my gorgeous wife next to me, without anyone bothering me?” Steve mumbled placing the bottle at the table and kissed your pouty lips when he walked past you on his way to the cabinet to pick three glasses.
“I heard that!” Danny pointed the spatula at him “No buttered pancakes for you”
You couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, shaking your head at their antics, which soon turned into a laugh when Steve mumbled something around the lines of being too soon to put up with your brother and that he didn’t want buttered pancakes anyway, while he took a seat next to you. Once he was settled and took a blueberry from the bowl in front of you, you placed your hand at the nape of his neck to bring him closer to you for a loving kiss, to kiss his deep frown away.
“Guys, come on! PDA!” Your brother groaned making Steve break the kiss in annoyance.
“My house, my kitchen, my wife, my rules” He replied kissing you again, deeply this time, making your brother roll his eyes in annoyance.
“Oh, come on! It's my sister, you SEAL. And there are kids around” your brother pointed to the kitchen door, and you both turned your heads to see Eddie happily wagging his tail and happily barked. Then he laid down and placed his paws in front of his eyes as if to hide from you two kissing. “Good boy!” Danny chuckled throwing a berry at Eddie who cached it in the air and trotted away.
“Are you turning my dog against me?” Steve squinted his eyes at your brother.
“I swear you behave like an old married couple” you mumbled letting out a full laugh and taking a bite of your pancakes before they cooled down. You moaned savoring the buttered goodie “Danno, you’re the best at making pancakes” your brother smirked at you and flipping the spatula in his hand with a victorious grin before he returned to the task of cooking. “Hey! Give them back!” you squealed when Steve stole your plate.
“Nope” Your husband denied turning away from you when you grabbed his arm too pull him towards you, and stuffed his face with an excessive amount of your pancakes. He said something but you couldn’t understand him.
“Swallow first, then talk” you softly slapped his cheek and tried to take his pancakes instead, but he grabbed them away from you too. “Steve!” you whined crossing your arms over your chest.
“You’re not having pancakes until you admit I’m the best,” he said after swallowing the bite and having some juice.
“Don’t worry, sweetheart,” Danny said placing another plate of the buttered goodies in front of you “King of pancakes to the rescue” he joked kissing your head and taking a seat in front of you, after he finished serving the breakfast, and taking your previous plate of pancakes. He slapped Steve’s hand away with the spatula when he tried to reach back for it.
“Not fair” he mumbled into his coffee “he never butters my pancakes” you laughed at your pouty husband.
“Y/N/N, can you tell your husband to put on a shirt? He can cut the pancakes with his nipples” Danny groaned into his coffee.
“I could, but someone keeps stealing my clothes” Steve turned in his chair to glare at Eddie, who was sprawled on the floor and pointed a finger to him “Eddie stop stealing my clothes!” you laughed at his antics while your brother rolled his eyes.
“Seriously, make him put on a shirt or something”
“Wait” you rolled your eyes and stood up walking up to the fridge to retrieve some sticky notes from the block you kept there to write down reminders or shopping items or, in Steve’s case, just silly love notes and bad puns to make you smile. You took two of them, one green and the other orange, and walked back to your husband, who raised an eyebrow at you, to place them over his nipples with a pat on each one, making him chuckle and kissed his cheek before sitting back in your chair “There, PEGI 12” you all laughed and went back to your breakfast, the commander making sure the stickies stayed in place every each second.
The peace didn’t last long, though. Your phone started to ring, making you groan, since you were the one out of the three, who didn’t have a day off today, which means that you’ll have to go earlier than usual to the palace. You quickly apologized and stood from the table to retrieve your phone which was on your bag in the living room. “Williams-McGarrett” You answered once you noticed it was a call from Jerry.
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Five-0 years ag-0…
“If you keep frowning, your face will get stuck like that” You cheered knocking on your brother’s, Danny Williams, office “How’s my favorite bro doing?” you smiled once he looked up from the papers he was looking at.
Since Grace and Charlie were at school and you haven’t yet visited your brother at work since you landed three days ago, and he probably was neglecting his diet, you decided to visit him and have lunch with him, even though he might be swamped with work.
“Y/N/N!” He cheered once he saw you standing there and stood up with a smile, engulfing you in a bear hug “What’s my favorite Williams doing here?”
“Taking care of my bro, of course. Since the kids are at school, I had nothing to do. And please,” you rolled your eyes breaking away from the hug and taking a seat at his desk before placing the take-away on it, careful not to dirt anything, while he closed the door after you to have more privacy “Everyone in Hawaii knows Grace and Charlie are your favorite Williams”
“Not true” He sat back and started opening the bags.
“Yes true,” Grabbing your bag which contained a taco bowl, you leaned into your seat. “How’s the case going?”
“Well,” he reclined in his chair, letting a long huff of breath widening his eyes and propping his feet on the table. “Not well, but we found a lead that hopefully will clarify things, we’ve gone from a dead-end to another” you nodded taking a bite from your food “By the way” you hummed in acknowledgment “Why can’t you eat tacos like normal people?” you squinted your eyes at him and threw a used napkin at him, making him protest.
While you ate, you and your brother made plans for the week suggesting activities that the kids might like, and once the trash was discarded and the desk was clean again, you both relaxed a bit while exchanging all the stories that happened these past months, trying to take his mind out of this stressful case. Even though they only have been six months to Danny they felt like six long centuries, he missed having his youngest sister, who he felt the closest to around. You were about to tell him another one of your college stories when someone knocked on the door.
“Oh, sorry I didn’t know you had company,” Kono said as she opened the door “Oh my god, Y/N? It’s been a long time!” she cheered when you turned around to face the familiar voice and stood up to hug her “How have you been?”
“Kono!” you gave her a tight hug “I’ve been good, but every day I felt homesick, how have you been?”
“I’ve been great thanks for asking, but did you miss your brother that much?” She joked making you chuckle and Danny roll his eyes to the back of his head.
“Nah, I just missed the Hawaiian nice weather” you joked back making your brother gasp while you two laughed. But you instantly pouted hugging him when he said he wouldn’t make any more buttered goodies for you.
“By the way Danny, that industrial ship was another dead end” the officer commented making your brother groan throwing himself to his chair facepalming. “McGarrett went to talk to Chin to see if he could get something from those drives”
“I see you guys are still busy with this case” you commented frowning.
“You have no idea” Kono sighed “This is the longest case so far” she groaned grabbing her hair in frustration. “And the weirdest” she added after letting a huff of air
“If it wasn’t for those drives, we would have solved this case long ago” Danny groaned.
“I see,” you trailed off considering your options “well, then, I won’t be distracting you anymore, you’ve got a lot of work”
“Oh no, you can stay as much as you want” Your brother quickly reassured you, standing up from his chair and walking up to you to place an arm around your shoulders “It’s fun having you around, and besides, I’ve missed you. We’ve got a lot of catching up to do”
“I don’t want to interfere with anything” you quickly commented.
“Don’t even say it” Kono quickly stopped you “It’s been a while since we’ve seen you around”
“Wanna join us for the rest of day?” your brother suggested, almost pleadingly, squeezing your arm “We need a lot of moral support right now”
“Okay, that sounds funnier than binging some crappy show alone” your mood quickly lightened at the prospect of spending some more time with your ohana and seeing how things worked around.
“Amazing!” Kono cheered walking up to the door “let’s see if Kelly discovered something” She said leading the way.
It was a short walk from your brother’s office to the briefing room. You were so engrossed in a conversation, catching up and talking nonstop with the both of them, that you failed to notice a pair of eyes looking intently at you, following your moves along the corridor. Steve had an idea of who you were, given that his partner never shut up about you.
“Hey, are you even listening to me?” Chin frowned waving a hand in front of the commander’s face and snapped his fingers grabbing his attention. He turned around to discover the cause of the distraction but saw nothing.
“Yeah” Steve cleared his throat “You were talking about” he trailed off waiting for a revelation and waving his hand around before crossing his arms over his chest, looking apologetically and trying to smile sweetly at his colleague to no avail.
“As I was saying” Kelly started again when Jerry’s outburst interrupted him once again, placing his hands on his hips exasperated, grabbing everyone’s attention.
“Y/N/N!” He stood up from his chair and walked up to you to greet you properly.
“Jerry!” you cheered giving him a big hug “long time no see, big guy. What you’ve been up to?”
“Nothing much, the usual” Jerry shrugged. “With my theories and helping these guys”
“Good to see nothing's changed then” you smiled at him and jumped when someone slapped your arm.
“You never cease to interrupt me or what?” Chin gave you a rather serious, yet playful look that soon turned into a grin.
“Chin!” you hugged him tightly too “Do you ever age? You haven’t changed a thing!”
“You should come here more often” Chin joked patting your head.
“Steve, this my baby sister” Danny introduced you to the rather attractive tall man “I don’t know if you have ever met her”
“Commander Steve McGarrett” the young man introduced himself extending a hand towards you, which you gladly took and shook it “And you must be the infamous Y/N, it’s like I already know you, Danno never shuts up talking about you, Y/N this, Y/N that. I’m happy to finally put a face to the name” he continued still shaking your hand.
Now, your relationship with the team was curious, to say the least, you knew everyone and considered them your ohana. Commander Steve McGarrett was the exception. Even though he was one of your brother’s best friend, you were pretty sure were joined at the hip, you never had the occasion to meet him in person, or spend some time with him yet. You knew perfectly who he was because Danny always told you everything that happened during the day when he called you or went to visit him, to keep you updated. But due to your busy schedule with your work and studies and his duties you never had spare time to spend together. And, of course, every time you came back home to spend some time in Hawaii, Danny preferred to spend that time with you alone and the kids.
“Likewise, commander” you nodded giving him a smile, that he thought was brighter than the sun, and before releasing your hand he brought it to his lips to kiss it.
“Ahem, Y/N/N?” Your brother grabbed your attention and hastily turning around to face him making your hair flow. “Why don’t you take a seat over here?” he said patting the chair next to him. You nodded with a smile and quickly moved to that spot, failing to notice how your brother sent daggers to a rather distracted Steve.
“So” Steve cleared his throat, ignoring Danno’s glares, grabbing back the team's attention “apart from the empty industrial ship, do we have any advances on the drives” He wondered turning to Jerry and Chin.
“Nothing. Not a clue” the Lieutenant shook his head defeated “The laptop is too damaged to take anything from it, and despite having tried everything, we can’t manage to get the drives back to work. They are damaged or empty”
“So basically what you’re saying is that we are back to the start again?” Kono stated as everyone grew frustrated.
“Well not really form the start” Jerry chimed in “I might think that the drives might be encrypted, being “empty” and “not working” a way of disguise. But it will take probably days to decrypt them” that grabbed your focus, being encryption your field of work amongst other areas, and raised your hand.
“Yes, Y/N/N?” Your brother nudged you.
“I don’t want to interfere because I know you are a thousand times better qualified than me, but” now you had everyone listening intently at you. “Have you tried combining the hard disk and the memories of the laptop with the drives?”
“What?” Chin raised an eyebrow “How?”
“Maybe the motherboard is not that damaged and doing a ‘quick fix’ you can get the drives to work again” you suggested pointing to the damaged laptop.
“Suggested the nerd” Danny joked earning a slap on the head from Kono.
“Can I take a look?” you looked at everyone eager to help until your eyes landed on the commander who was in charge.
“Honestly, a fresh pair of experts hands would be welcomed” Jerry requested to Steve who motioned for you with his hand, accepting your offer.
“What’s your plan?” Chin stood next to you while Jerry passed the laptop to you.
“First we open what’s left of this device” you suggested grabbing the small screwdriver Ortega offered you. “Thanks” Once the screws were off the cover you opened it, frowning at what you found “Amazing! I've never seen such a fried circuit. Someone took time doing this to make sure it wouldn’t work”
“Great news” Kono complained “Our only clue gone trash”
“Oh don’t worry, everything can be saved. There’s always a way in” you reassured continuing to unclasp things and disconnecting wires, not noticing how everyone shared a look, except Jerry who was carefully and intently watching your every move.
“Even when the laptop is burned and beaten to smithereens?” Steve wondered really curious resting his arms at the right end of the table very curious about your methods, while Kono and your brother stood opposite him.
“It’s the software that counts, not the hardware” you joked giving the commander a thousand watts smile.
“You’re a nerd” your brother picked on you making Kono slap his arm again, and earning a glare from you.
“Thanks, Kono. And you’re an idiot” you retorted placing on the table the fans you disconnected.
“Still, that doesn’t change the fact that you are a computer nerd” you rolled your eyes
“IT engineer, Danno” you let out a breath through your nose disconnecting carefully another part.
“What’s the difference?” Danny kept on joking “still a nerd and a computer nerd”
“I didn’t think you could get any less romantic” Everyone wholeheartedly laughed at that.
“Why can’t you appreciate my sense of humor like that?” Danny playfully complained.
“Because you’re ugly” you quickly replied putting down the last part and smiling at your brother.
“I wouldn’t have summarized it better, sweetheart” Steve joined the banter with a laugh earning a glare from your brother before going back to examine the important parts, mainly the drives and disks.
“I love you, too” Danny grimaced throwing a piece of wire at him.
“Very bad news and very good news” you cheered, once the laptop was dismounted, placing on the table the last piece of the laptop. “Bad news first?”
“Shot” Steve said straitening himself and placing his hand on his hips. “We’re immune to them by now”
“The hard disk is damaged, but I think it can be saved with a bit of love” you explained while giving Jerry said part and looked at the boss.
“And the good news?” Kono spoke “We really need to hear very good news”
“The cache memory and the solid-state drive are intact” you passed them to Chin while your brother gave you a deeply confused frown.
“In Christian, for the ones that aren’t nerds like you,” your brother asked for an explanation with a sweet smile.
“The cache memory stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere. So whatever the owner did last, this sneak will tell us” You tried to explain as best as you could, making sure everyone followed.
“That’s what I said but they didn’t listen” you chuckled at your brother's childish behavior.
“Okay, that’s great” Steve cheered pointing at you “That’s amazing, what else?”
“It’s actually very simple and common,” you said shrugging of his comment and continued with your explanation “And as the hard disk” you pointed to the part Jerry was holding, which he showed everyone “Is mostly used for mass storage, the solid-state drive, commonly known as SSD” you pointed to the long and rectangular piece Chin was holding, which he also showed “Is used for boosting, the operative system, Windows for example, and most used applications.”
“We have the pieces of the puzzle. We only need to connect them” Jerry agreed having understood what was your point “How do you plan on doing that?” he questioned looking at you curiously.
“Well, I need a motherboard, and wires” you requested biting your lip looking to the discarded pieces and then at Jerry “And a computer of course”
“This way my lady” Jerry motioned for you to follow him.
"Danno?" you called from the back of the room "Can you please bring me a black small box from the bag that I left on your office?"
"Of course!" he answered dropping the screw he was playing with to go retrieve the item you asked for in a hurry.
You went back to the desk holding too many things and yellow wires around your neck. Everyone was in awe at how fast you mounted the parts together, sharing with Jerry and Chin every now and then
the different options you had. Danny came back to the room moments later, waving a small box in his hand.
“Yes!” you squealed when your brother passed you the small box “you’re the best” you added fist-bumping your brother.
“What’s that?” Steve said picking the small black box in his hands to examine it.
“It’s a crafted CPU” you explained while you linked the yellow wires to motherboard “It can work as a computer if you connect a screen to it”
“Cool,” he nodded giving a pout of approval placing it back on the table.
“Great” you smiled once you made sure every wire was well linked “Next step, connect this baby to a computer”
Steve already pulled the chair from the computer for you. Giving him a curt nod and a smile, that he gladly returned, you plugged on of the yellow wires from the motherboard to the CPU of the computer and another to your black box, before you took a seat. Once you were comfortable and settled Chin passed you the drivers that were driving the team crazy, plugging them to the box and proceeded to work away on them typing very fast.
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Chin, Kono and your brother had wandered away and scattered around the room giving you space for you to work properly, while Jerry grabbed a chair and took a seat to your left sharing his theories with you. Steve genuinely curious about what you were doing and eager to learn more from you, even though he had no idea about what you were doing, grabbed another chair and sat to your right. In a couple of minutes, you had managed to prepare everything and hesitated your hands hovering over the keyboard.
“What’s wrong?” Steve worried genuinely concerned while Jerry placed a reassuring hand on your shoulder.
“I’m about to break a handful of dozens of rules,” You said frowning to the screen and looking intently to the enter key you index finger hovering over it, touching but not pressing “The full weight of the law can drop on whoever presses this button. Like an anvil”
Before you even get to finish your speech, Steve had leaned forward and with no hesitation whatsoever, pressed the enter key and leaned back on his chair crossing his arms over his chest with a satisfied look, making you turn in your seat to look at him with your eyes wide open and your mouth slightly ajar. He simply raised an eyebrow and shrugged one shoulder back. Could someone make the carefreeness look hot and rock some bicep tattoos? Apparently, it’s big hot damn yes from Commander McGarrett.
Those thoughts stopped right there when a ding rang around the room that something happened with the drives. Suddenly, Jerry laughed grabbing your attention and looking back to the screen as well as the rest around the room, all of them gathering around you.
“Did it work?” Lieutenant Kelly wondered hopefully, standing behind Jerry “If it worked you have beer supply for life”
“I don’t know if it worked” You frowned reading the screen that asked for a password to be entered.
“Yes, it did” Jerry nodded eagerly
“It asks for some credentials” You frowned trying to look for patrons “They look like some GPS coordinates” you suggested making Steve lean forward resting an arm over the back of your chair, to take a better look at the screen.
“Try the industrial ship location” The commander suggested passing you a piece of paper with messy scribbled numbers which you quickly typed them.
“We’re in” You cheered high fiving Jerry “It worked!”
“Good job, kid” Chin smirked affectionately patting your head “She’s good” he stated the obvious whispering to your brother.
“She’s amazing” he confirmed looking down at you with a proud smile, placing both of his hands on your shoulders and giving them a squeeze
Meanwhile, you continued analyzing the estrange documents in the devices. Someone took time making sure no one could read them. Almost anyone. They didn’t take you into account. The level of encryption was something you have never seen before. This person was very good but not as good as you. No one was better than you.
“Guys” you suddenly exclaimed instantly grabbing the commander’s attention, who leaned forward and rested his arm over the back of your chair. “These are not simple drives. They are part of a fallen military satellite.”
“How do you know that,” Steve asked growing curious every second and not licking a single bit where this case was heading.
“The company I worked before for worked with putting into orbit satellites, mostly for defense. Of course, they never stay up long, they have a certain period of life. Some months ago one of the old ones came back down and the location where it was supposed to land was empty, so the company assumed that it disintegrated and was destroyed in the process, not taking into account that someone might have stolen it. At least we made sure to retrieve any important data from them. It’s mostly scrapped material, but some parts can be reused” You quickly explained to everyone “Now someone here reused these drivers and they are hiding footprints, amongst other things that are encrypted” you displayed a footprint causing Steve to frown in thought before he widened his eyes in realization.
“Of course we couldn’t find anything” the blue-eyed man groaned running a hand down his face “We didn’t look where we needed to. Their headquarter is located underground” He stood up giving instructions to Kono, Chin and your brother who quickly got into action. “Y/N do you have anything else to do today?” you turned to look at him but he stopped “Change of plans you’ll be working with us. Can you take this with you?”
“Yes, but most of it is still encrypted and I need to work on it. Give me a second, though” you quickly got into action transferring everything to your black box.
“Good, you’ll be our eyes. Jerry, Danno already went to warn Lou, can you go to him and explain everything?”
“Coming right up” Jerry nodded patting you on the shoulder.
Once everything was transferred to the box you disconnected everything and switched off the computer and disarming the parts from the motherboard and McGarrett helped you secure the parts, given they were important proofs in the case.
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The walk to the silver Camaro RS, where your brother was waiting for you, leaning in the car and holding your purse, was filled with small chitchat, that consisted of you talking about your work these past months, and jokes. The conversation flowed easily between the two of you. It felt like you knew each other from a long time ago. Danny, noticing the happy smiles his partner sent you, he couldn’t help but sent a warning glare to Steve, who simply rolled his eyes and got in the driver seat, like the overprotective big brother he was while he opened the passenger door for you.
You, of course, didn’t notice that exchange between them, too worried about the discovery wanting to get back to it as soon as possible. Once you were settled and heard the reassuring click of the seatbelt, you started drumming away with fast taps on the keyboard, tuning out any other noise except the soft hum of the radio playing some station. Steve glanced at you amazed at how fast you focused on your work what made share a look with cranky man at the back seat throw the rearview mirror, who shrugged back at him clearly very used to that.
“Y/N/N?” Danny called from the back seat, leaning forward between the two seats when you hummed in acknowledgment not taking your focus from the screen “Aren’t your fingers sore?”
“Nah” you replied pouting your lips pressing enter harsher than normal to make your point “I’m used to it”
“You caveman, tell me again why we need to bring her with us?” Danny questioned his partner with steam almost coming out of his ears.
You turned to your brother with a curious look “Danny, this is a really coarse tracker, even though the hardware is not. Amazing work but raw, it can’t work properly if it’s too far away from the area” you tried to reassure your brother in your sweet voice. “Besides someone needs to take care of you, so you won’t do anything stupid. Don’t be a whiner”
“I’m trying, okay?” he was clearly irritated, At what you didn’t know.
Danno?”
You knew your voice had a way of calming your brother down “Yes, kiddo?” His voice immediately softened.
“If this is your car, why is Commander McGarrett driving it?” Clearly, you couldn’t wait to tease him back.
Danny’s smile dropped from his face and turned into a frown as soon as Steve snorted “Because this animal has control issues” he slapped Steve’s arm.
“What?” Steve, exclaimed very offended “Control issues? Why do you have to make up such lies now?”
“What,” Danny turned to Steve annoyed and voice rising “Lies? What lies? If not lying, then why do you always have to drive my car? How do you explain that, hm?”
The commander’s hands left the steering wheel, “Is it wrong for me to spoil a friend, I’m chauffeuring you around. I want you to feel special”
“Well, that’s just hogwash,” Danny said to Steve “Keep your hands on the wheel, you idiot”
“Neat” you whispered in awe tuning out their banter looking back to your laptop when the screen flashed showing a map of the local area.
“What?” The men turned to look at you but Danny force Steve’s face forward with his hand
“I reprogrammed the software of they used in the satellite, that was used as a tracker, and now have access too” you laughed in happiness.
“She’s a genius” Your brother shook his head in bewilderment.
“Thank god you took all the stupid with you then” Steve joked whispering stifling a laugh, what sent the two men into another round of bantering.
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After some turns, maneuvers and car overtaking, the three of you finally arrived in no time to the area where the SWAT team was deployed and getting ready for the action, and followed the pair to the van, laptop under your arm.
“Commander McGarrett, Detective Williams” Lou Groover greeted as soon as he saw you. “I see you brought great company with you,” He said smiling at you.
“Captain Groover is good to see you again” you smiled back shaking his hand in greeting.
“Little Williams will be our eyes once we’re inside the building” Steve explained while Lou led you three to the control point where he indicated a place for you to settle where two men were getting ready some devices.
“Ready for some action, Little Williams?” Lou teased playfully raising an eyebrow at you.
“Ready as ever I will be” You confidently nodded and walked up to the SWAT agents who helped you get everything ready after greeting each other, while you explained your plan to the captain and the chaotic duo.
“My men are at your service” Lou patted you on the shoulder once you were properly seated “Marshal, Rogers, she’s in charge”
“Yes, sir” they replied with a nod and handed you an earpiece which you quickly placed in your ear.
“Be careful” you turned to the pair and with a salute, they went to meet the rest of the team “Radio check” you said into the intercom to make sure everyone heard you.
“Read you loud and clear” McGarrett was the first one to reply receiving a series of confirmation of the rest of the team.
“Perfect” you acknowledged typing away on your laptop “I have accessed the building security to have more control of the area” you informed signaling to the man on your left to control the cameras on the inside while you commanded the other SWAT to control the cameras on the outside and perimeter.
The mission flowed smoothly from there with your coordination and skills. The building was evacuated in no time and bad guys were on their way to be interrogated. After high fiving and congratulating the two SWATs that worked along with you for a successful operation, you thanked them and exited the van to meet the rest of the Five-O team.
McGarrett was talking to a SWAT when you came into view and caught his attention, once he noticed you approaching them. He bid goodbye to the agent in a hurry and parted ways to walk up to you. Usually, you were wary of any uniformed man, but you had acknowledged the fact that the tactic gear looked especially good on him
“Danny never told me you were an expert tactician” The tall blue-eyed man smiled at you.
“Even though I’ve worked with military, I can assure you, I’m very far from being an expert” you couldn’t contain the shy smile of your own you looked at your shows.
“You did a great job today, even more so than your brother” the commander chuckled really amazed at what he had witnessed today “We would have been lost if you hadn’t helped us today”
“Is my duty as a civilian to help the authorities as much as I can” You gave him a curt nod, not believing a word he was saying. “The Five-O and SWAT teams are the real heroes. I’m just a mere IT girl”
“A great one in your job” McGarrett complimented crossing his arms over his chest “There’s a vacant in the team for you if you want it”
You pondered his offer for a moment, were you really ready to get back into action? “Thanks for the offer, Steve” this was the first time you called him by his first name and his heart skipped a bit “but, even though I love my job and technology, I’m not one of those people that want to spend the rest of their life sitting in a chair typing away until their fingerprints are gone” declined his offer with a sad smile looking into his beautiful eyes.
“Tell me you’ll think about it at least”
“Of course” you nodded at him looking to where your brother was talking to an officer “I’ll think about it. It was a pleasure working with you, Lieutenant Commander McGarrett” You saluted him with a happy smile.
“It was my pleasure” Steve returned the salute and watched you walk up to your brother with content yet forlorn look.
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Dinner was almost ready when the oven dinged signaling that the pumpkin pie was fully cooked. All it needed now was cool down.
“Is that pumpkin pie I smell?” Danny startled you making you hastily turn around and almost dropping the pie.
“No pie for you” squinting your eyes at him you placed the pie in the windowsill so none of the kids, nor Danno could eat it.
“Now you’re just being mean” He walked up to the fridge to pick a water bottle “You did amazing today. And you really must have impressed Steve with your hacking skills, because he doesn’t offer a place to everybody”
“Oh, you heard that?” You wondered wiping the counter with a clean rag.
“Steve told me” Danny clarified after taking a gulp from the water bottle “He’s my partner. We don’t have secrets with each other” you laughed but your brother could tell something was off. “What’s wrong?” he wondered placing an arm around your shoulders.
“I got a call from ACID today” You placed your arm around his middle without looking at him. “They offered me a job”
“Whoah!” Your brother cheered placing his hands on your shoulders and turning you to face him “That’s the company you wanted to work for since you started your degree. That’s amazing. Wait, a second why aren’t you smiling, and jumping?” he frowned upon seeing your expression.
“It’s in the Mainland” you simply said shrugging one shoulder.
“And?” his frown deepened, “I thought it was your dream. It seemed like a good opportunity for you. That’s why you never stopped talking about it”
“I don’t know” you sighed “I’m not so sure anymore. I don’t want to be sat all day in front of a screen” you hugged your brother “Even though, I love it. It’s a big company and I don’t what to be treated like a number”
“Then, are you going to accept Steve’s offer?” Danny hugged you back kissing your cheek.
“I don’t know, Danno” you started swaying “Office work is not my thing”
“You’re a genius” your brother reassured you “You’ll find the answer. Besides you still have a lot of time to think over the situation. And whatever you decide” he paused to cradle your face with his hands “I’ll support you”
“Thanks, Danno” You smiled brightly and hugging him tight until the doorbell rang.
“Always” he kissed your head and went to answer the door “Do me a favor and check on that pie!”
“Aunty Y/N?” Grace called for you from the backyard, where she and Charlie were playing “Aunty Y/N!” Charlie repeated.
“Yes, monkeys!” you shouted walking through the corridor making them laugh. In a second they were running towards you and when you noticed them they had already tackled you to the ground, making you tickle them in return.
“You can have my bed tonight” Grace suddenly squealed “No, no. You can sleep with me!” Charlie offered.
You chuckled at your niece and nephew's behavior “What are you talking about? Where are you going to sleep, then Grace?”
“We don’t want you to go” Charlie pleaded with puppy eyes while his sister copied him.
“You nosy little things” you softly said tickling them and earning a laugh from them “Guys, I’m not going anywhere, yet” you reassured them hugging them to you “We still got a week to do plenty of things” you started kissing their cheeks a million times making them giggle like crazy. “But for now let’s eat some pumpkin pie with vanilla ice and cream cheese frosting”
You three stood up and when you saw they weren’t ready yet you ran to the kitchen to grab the first piece of the pie. However, when you arrived there the pie was nowhere to be seen.
“Danno!” you shouted grabbing walking to the door “Did you stole my pie?” you asked irritated.
What you didn’t expect was two full-grown men fighting over a half-eaten pie. More like commander McGarrett, holding the pie over his head with a hand and holding your brother back with the other, while struggling to masticate a big bite of food. Grabbing a chair, you placed it next to the door, to steal back your pie. The commander didn’t notice that, and you managed to reach the kitchen to serve the rest of the pie for your niece, nephew and you.
“Did Uncle Steve, steal the pie again?” Grace asked you watching how you placed a big ball of ice cream on top of the pie. “He’s on a donut diet” Charlie eagerly placed his plate next to you so you could place the ice cream on top of his piece too
Definitely, you didn’t know what that meant, nor wanted to know “Yes, Uncle Steve was being a pie thief”
Later on, after you five had dinner, you were sure you hadn’t ever seen a mean eat like that and be that fit, Steve was enjoying the sun, sitting on a chair in your brother’s backyard and you quietly approached him holding two beers.
“Hey there, Little Williams” Steve smiled upon seeing you, offering you a seat next to him.
“Hey there, Commander McGarrett” You returned the smile offering him a beer that gladly accepted.
“Steve” he interrupted taking the beer from you “My name is Steve”
“My name is Y/N, though” You tilted your head to the side to look at him.
“I like Little Williams better” The man smirked when you rolled your eyes but chuckling you took a seat next to him. “So, did you make a decision?” He wondered taking a gulp from his beer bottle.
The sun was starting to set and you watched how Charlie and Grace played with the Nerfs you bought them with a content smile, and then turned to look at him who was already looking at you expectantly “I think I already made a decision”
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He hides it as best as he can but Steve has a stutter. His parents sent him to all the professionals they could find but it never really went away. When he finds himself getting overwhelmed or tired he can feel the brain to mouth connection getting fuzzy and needing more effort. In these moments he just stops talking. Nobody has ever called him out on it, presuming it’s just Steve being bitchy. He’s not proud that he falls back on his old highschool persona to avoid the extended periods of time when he’s trying to force a word out and his usual techniques aren’t working.
Steve is tired of hiding but he’s left it so long now that he can’t be bothered with the aftermath of everyone knowing. Right now just Robin knows and that’s enough for Steve, he knows he’s got someone in his corner who won’t judge him for giving the silent treatment when it gets too much.
What Steve didn’t count on was Eddie munson, loud mouth orator extraordinaire. Eddie had been watching Steve for a while and he’s been picking up on a few signs he knows all too well. One day Eddie manages to get Steve on his own before they are due to pick up the kids for hellfire and ‘conveniently’ let’s his own stutter slip. At first Steve gives him the dirtiest look, assuming he’s just being made fun of, he’s ready to turn on his heel when Eddie pulls his hair infront of his face and says ‘me too stevie, you aren’t alone here’.
They end up have a long and exploratory conversation, Eddie never had the big money speech therapists to help him so he’s coped on his own. His flair for talking loudly and explosively helps him to get his words out and when he can’t his hair is a Great Wall to hide behind. He quietly tells Steve that he gets worse when he’s nervous or intimidated. Eddie also found out that he never stutters when he’s doing his DM voice so sometimes he just skips into voices outside of the campaign when he can feel his mouth betraying him.
Steve tells him about how sports helped Steve to hide, he never had to shout more than a couple of words and even then they’d be drowned out by everyone else. He was always scared for anyone in highschool to find out, what would that do to his king Steve image?! He’s found it’s become a much more unwieldy beast since the upside down. Some days talking can feel impossible. Eddie listens to it all saying he’s had trouble since vecna too, at the end his makes a promise to Steve. If he ever sees him struggling he’ll jump in to ‘save him’ (‘finally I get to be the hero harrington, alright?’) but he wants Steve to know that a speech impediment isn’t really that big a deal ‘I mean you don’t think about Henderson’s lisp do you? And your opinion of me hasn’t changed since this morning has it? I’m still your town freak with a heart of gold and a soul of obsidian right?’
Steve noticed Eddie’s speech pattern this time, rolling into some of his consonants, almost singing other words as he reassures Steve and gets closer to him, sharing his space. Steve, feeling bold, looks up at Eddie from under his eyelashes and almost whispers back ‘you nervous about something Eddie? Anything I can help with?’ Eddie’s head whips back, face red from his forehead down his neck and disappearing into his tshirt. They both get up smiling and blushing as they go to pick up the kids. Steve feels somehow more stable knowing that he’s not alone and maybe this something he can bond with Eddie over.
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