Steven slipped on his sweatpants and walks out of the bathroom greeted by Marc who talked him into going on a run together. They both just smiled before the walked out the door and started there run. They where going to run to a park near by go through it then go back home.
On the run every step Steven took felt like hell. He could feel the fresh cuts on his thighs rubbing against the fabric of his pants. He could feel his sweat stings the cuts on his chest and arms. He scolded himself for not being able to just wait to relapse until after the run.
He was worried that the cuts would open more and bleed onto his cloths while running so his was constantly looking down at his thighs, arms and chest. Because of that he wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings leading him to smacking into a tree.
Steven stumbles away from the tree the force of the impact making his head dizzy, vision fuzzy also giving him a bloody nose.
At first Marc didn’t notice that Steven had fallen beside to the fimilar feeling of Steven being by his side faded.
When he looks behind him to Steven with both his hands coving his nose blood pouring out he rushes back over to him and grabs his arm to keep him from falling “Steven what the hell happened?” Steven sighs as he looks at him “I was paying attention and ran into the damn tree”
Marc nods as he uses his free hand to grab on of his wrists “I need you to move your hands so that I can make sure you haven’t broken your nose” Steven nods as he takes his hands away from his face.
He lucky didn’t break his nose just gave himself a bloody nose and some scratches and a decently sized bruise on the bridge of his nose to right under the middle of his eye. “Let’s go home and clean up your face so the biting gets infected” Marc starts the walk home still holding onto Stevens arm leaving him no choice but to walk with him.
When they got back to their apartment Marc walked the two of them to the bath then got the first aid kit. He has Steven sit on the counter as he got a spare wash rag wet with warm water and wiped the blood off Stevens face “I really could do this by myself ya know”
Marc laughs as he grabs some rubbing alcohol putting into a cotton pad. He jokingly responds with “you couldn’t even move away from a tree 10 minutes ago” Steven gasped in surprises some joining in on Marc’s laughing. Marc sighs when he finishes laughing “alright now I’m gonna clean the cuts.” He cleans the cuts on Stevens face trying to be gentle. Steven hisses in pain and grabs one of Marc’s arms trying to not get upset.
The sudden contact sent butterflies to Marc stomach and had his knees weak. Why was he acting like this? I mean it was only Steven. He was only holding his arm and they shared a body in the past. He brushed the butterflies aside and finished cleaning up the cuts on Stevens face.
He was about to pack out the first aid kit he notices a a small line of blood leaking through the sleeve of Stevens shirt. “Looks like the tree get your arm too” he reaches out for Stevens arm to clean the cut but Steven pulls away “it’s alright I got it you’ve already done enough” the panicked look in Stevens eyes quickly turned to a soft and reassuring one.
Marc shrugs as he walks out of the bathroom leaving Steven to clean the cut. Steven sighs as he hops off the counter and shuts the door. He pulls up the sleeve of his shirt to see that one of his cuts had opened up again during the run. He rubs some water over it, pats it dry them just puts a bandaid on it.
Steven walks out of the bathroom to find his former alter in the kitchen making dinner. Steven walks up to Marc confused because they uses order something to eat whenever either one of them is hungry “what are you doing?”
Marc says over his shoulder “im cooking dinner” Steven sighs as he leans against the counter next to him “I know that but why? We usually just order out” Marc adds some seasoning to whatever he was cooking “I don’t know I just thought I’d treat you after you fucked up your nose and cheek” Steven slightly frowns as he runs his fingers over the dark bruise spreading from the bridge of his nose to the middle of his cheek just under his eye. “Thank you Marc.” Marc simply nods before giving his full attention to the food.
While Marc was cooking Steven when off to go change into pajamas. He put on some sweat pants and an old t-shirt. Steven really only had one rule he gave himself when he I hurt himself. Don’t do it if someone can see when he wears shirt sleeves. It’s easier to hide.
Soon Marc calls Steven because dinner is ready. Steven sits down at the dinner table to see a bowl of soup with something stringy looking and green onions “what is this?” He asks as he spins his spoon around in the bowl.
Marc’s face lights up when Steven expresses his confusion. A lot of people think Steven is a talker while Marc is the quiet one while it’s actually the opposite. Well kind of. Steven is definitely a bigger talker then Marc and can go on an hours long talk if asked about something he’s interested in. Marc can and will also do this but only with someone he feels comfortable with and right now the person he’s most comfortable with is Steven.
“It’s egg drop soup it a traditional Chinese meal” He smiled as he started explaining “khonshu sent me on an a mission to china and the restaurant I was at was serving it. Steven nodded as he finally took a spoonful of soup finding out how delicious it is “it combines two of my favorite foods Eggs and soup,” marc finishes as he digs into his food.
When it was time for the two of them to go to bed they said their good night and when they’re separate ways. Marc had insisted that Steven took the bed because he’s they one who bought it and the apartment they where in. Marc said that he would just sleep on that couch. He reassured Steven that he would be alright and it mess up his back of anything.
In the middle of the night Steven wakes up to see Marc at the edge of his bed slightly shaking him. Steven rubs his eyes and props himself up on his elbow and he sleepily asks “why are waking me up a 3:28 is the morning” Steven tries his best to not sound annoyed because he really enjoys his sleep.
Marc sighs as he asks “i um…I had a nightmare and can’t sleep…can I lay down with you?” Marc knew that keeping all of that kind of stuff bottled up inside would only make things worse so he decided to open up to Steven even if it was only a little.
Steven nods as a sympathetic looks spreads across his face “oh yeah of course” he scoots over to the side of the bed and pats a spot of Marc. Marc climbs into bed and under the covers and sighs liking how cool the bed is and how warm the blanket is. It’s like Steven made the bed for him.
They where laying down with an appropriate amount of space between them till Marc moves his hand lets his hand lay on top of Steven. In moments Steven turns to his side and scooters up to make squishing their arms and hands between each other. “Do you wanna talk about it or just talk anything at all?” Marc takes a moment to breath before responding. He knows talking would help but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t scary to talk about it.
“Can we do both? Talk about it and anything” Steven nods and just waits for Marc to talk. Marc leans his head against Stevens shoulder as he starts talking. “The mission with the egg drop soup was kinda rough…and taking about the soup I guess brought it all back.” He sighs as he rubs Stevens hand with his thumb trying to keep himself grounded “I..or we almost died that night. I got shot in the stomach and khonshu just wasn’t answering me. I spent three days in a shitty hotel room dying before he decided to heal me.”
When Steven was sure Marc was done talking for a minute he brushes some hair of the ex mercenaries face “im so sorry Marc you never deserved anything that old bird did to you.” Marc nods and closes his eyes for a minute “thank you but can we talk about something else now?” Steven shifts in bed again so the Marc’s head is in his lap and his own back is against the head board “of course what do you wanna talk about”
it takes Marc a moments to think of something to talk about till an idea comes to mind “you don’t have to answer this because it’s kind a personal but I’ve always been curious” Marc looks up a Steven before asking “since I fronted the most during our teens are you a virgin?”
Steven gas dropped as he looked shock and stuttered a little. Marc apologizes thinking he over stepped his boundaries. Now that he’s thinking about it he and Steven never really talked about boundaries. If one of them did something that made the other uncomfortable they just walked away. They actually really should talk about those “I’m sorry I really didn’t mean to-“ Steven cuts him off “No no your okay it’s just not what I was expecting.” Steven could feel Marc’s heart slow has he said that “but to answer your question I’m not a virgin”
Marc sits up and looks at Steven “what!” Steven giggles a little as he meets Marc’s surprised eyes