Your all I ever wanted. A stevepop story 🫶🫶

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About 2 weeks after

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Steve
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It was like 2 am when I got a call.

It was darrel.

"Soda ran out. I'm not sure where he is. He's not in his room."
"What?"
"Help is find him"
"Heard."

I sped down to there house and pony went with darrel.
I went by myself.

I tapped my hand on the steering wheel.

The light wind blew the trees.

My windows down.

A shiver went down my back.

I didn't have a jacket.

I just was in the sleeveless shirt and jeans I fell asleep in.

I drove around for what felt like forever.

When I got to the park.

I got out and walked to the place where we always met up.

I saw a silhouette of a person sitting and leaning on a tree.

I felt the hair on my neck stand up and I booked it.

When I got kinda close to reaching him.

He popped up and ran.

I knew it was soda.

He ran like the wind.

I knew soda was fast but shit.

I managed to take a route that got me directly in front of him.

When I tried to grab him

He grabbed my shoulders pushed me down and jumped over me.

Thankfully i managed to grab his ankle before I fell.

He fell down and it gave me a second to grab him.

"Damn if Steve! Let go!"
"What are you thinking!"
"I'm thinking I want you to let me go!"

He bucked and kicked but I held on

When his adrenaline ran out

He went limp and leaned on my shoulder hugged me and started sobbing.

I just held him.

He cried into my shoulder for what felt like hours.

My shirt was soaked when he stopped

"What happened?"
"I don't know.. I just couldn't stand to be in that house another second. I had to leave. Im so overwhelmed. There's so much going on and I want it to stop. I miss mom. I miss dad. Im behind in school and I'll never make it up."
"It's gonna be ok."
"It's not. It's never gonna be the same. "
"Your ok"
"We have to move into a smaller house- darry has two jobs and can barely pay. I'm thinking of dropping out so I can help him."
My heart sank

I ran my hand through his hair

"I- I don't know what to do anymore."

"Darrel's real worried about you. He woke me up to come look for you"
"Oh"
"Let's head back."
"Ok.."

I picked up soda and gave him a piggyback ride back to the car.

I drove around till I found darrel and pony

"I found him"
"Thank god *yawn* I'm so tired"  pony said
"Where was he?"
"A park"
"Oh alr take him *yawn* uh home or to your house whatever he wants."

I turned around to soda
"Let's go to ur house"

I nodded and told darrel and we drove to my house.

I held him in my bed.
My arms wrapped around his torso as his head was nuzzled in my collarbone

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Morning
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I woke up to the sun in my eyes.

I stretched and got up.
"Ima get dressed. Piss. Ect" I said
He nodded and I left

I did what I said I would and I peaked back in.

He didn't see me

He had his knife out in his hand.
His pant leg was pushed up.
His ankle-

"Oh Soda.."  I whispered without paying attention

His eyes darted to me and he frantically pulled his sock back up and pant leg down.

His knife on the bed.

"Give me your knife"
"What?"
"Give me the knife soda."  My voice was a bit shaky.

He handed it to me.

I put it in my back pocket.

"How long."
He stayed quiet.

"How long have you been doing that?"
"2 weeks."
"I'm taking you home."
"Steve- don't be mad"
"I'm not mad at you. Im mad at myself."

I left the room

"Shit."  I heard him mumble.

I started the car.

Why would he do that?

Is that why he never takes his socks off?

He came out to the car.

"I'm sorry." He said
"Don't be."
"I am"
"Well you shouldn't. You also shouldn't do that. It's not healthy."
"I know.."

I drove him home and we walked in
"Are you gonna tell darry"
"Probably not. I'm taking ur knifes tho"
"That's my only one"
"Really?"
"Yeah- I like that one. You gave it to me."
"Oh"
"It's the only one I have."
"I'll believe you."

We walked inside
Pony and Johnny where on the couch.

It was quiet. Besides pony's voice. Reading to Johnny. Like always.

I grabbed the kit and sat down with soda

I grabbed bandages and wrapped his ankle.