(y/n) - your name

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"Eddie?" (Y/n) croaks out as she heard nonstop sneezes next to her, turning around in her bed and sitting up to see Eddie sitting up while sneezing into a tissue. Each hit made his body shake violently and he groans once the barrage stops, sniffling and his girlfriend instantly knew he was sick. "Oh, you poor thing..." she crawls over to him and places the back of her hand on his forehead, feeling the skin burning against even her usually warm hands. "You're burning up!"

"I'm fine (y/n), go to sleep-"

"-bullshit. You're not fine." (y/n) sighs out, getting out of bed and going to the bathroom to get the steel bowl and a plastic bag for all the tissues. "Here. If you feel sick anytime." she sets the bowl down on the floor with the bag next to Eddie as he sniffles, moving to grab a hair tie for him to loosely tie up his hair so it doesn't bother him. His body was flushed and hunched over as she kneeled on the bed behind him, groaning softly from the slight relief of heat as his girlfriend braids his hair. "How does that feel? Too tight?"

"No..." he shakes his head leaning back against her shoulder to lay on her for a bit, revelling against her cool hands that press against his hot skin. "You were right..."

"That mucking around in rain was going to get us sick?" (y/n) snickers lightly, letting Eddie hold her palm against his cheek.

"Us? It's only me..."

"Eddie, my immune system is fucked. Watch, by tomorrow I'm going to be sick as shit."

"Then you shouldn't be near me!" the metalhead whines as he moves away, gently shoving his girlfriend away weakly until she stands up in front of him.

"I have to look after you. Plus it's probably too late now too." he pouts, letting her coax him to raise his arms to pull his shirt off so he can get cooler. "How do you feel? Really bad?" she asks as he snuggles back beneath the blankets she drapes over him.

"My throat hurts and it's hard to breathe and everything is just hot..."

"I'll get you some meds." Eddie quickly holds onto (y/n)'s arms when she moves to walk away, begging her to stay but she reassures him that she will be back. She rushes downstairs to her kitchen to make some honey, ginger and lemon tea, grabbing a tray to put the pot and the cups along with the medicine.

"(y/n)..." her boyfriend calls out, acting like a clingy child for her when she comes back as he makes grabby hands. His eyes were glazed with tears, hating feeling sick and he just wanted to feel better.

"I'm here." she coos, setting the tray down on the bedside table and pouring him some tea. "You can't have beer so tea it is. It's sweet and will help with your throat." Eddie scrunches his face at the hot liquid, already feeling hot. "Please love." he melts from (y/n)'s sweet tone and sits up to drink the tea. 

That heat was nice...

The sick metalhead shudders blissfully from the sweetness and the heat, not noticing the liquid medicine his girlfriend urged him to take until he gagged at the bitter aftertaste. "Yuck!"

"I know but it will help with the fever." 

Eddie watched with sleepy eyes at how (y/n) looked after him, feeling warm from her care as she doted on him and made sure he was. He never had anyone care for him like that other than his uncle and even then, he wasn't as gentle as she was. She told him everything she was going to do, letting him know what he was going to feel so it didn't shock him in his sick state. She pressed kisses against his head and he would lean into her, wanting to be held by her. 

She made him feel so much better.

He watched as she got up and went to the bathroom, coming back with a small tub and opening it up to get hit with a strong smell that suddenly made him breathe 100 times better. "It's a bit cold. Do you want it on your chest or on your pillow or both?"

"Both." to be honest, Eddie just wanted (y/n) to touch him. He sat up carefully, setting down the empty cup as she rubbed the gel on his chest and he hums blissfully. He leans his head against her shoulder, kissing her neck softly as a way to say thank you as he slowly fell asleep from her ministrations.

"Let's go back to sleep." she whispers, carefully moving him to lie down before brushing his hair back from his cheeks. He leans into her touch when she gently presses her hand against his fever-flushed skin, holding her arm to have her stay with him. "I'll be next to you Eddie. I'm not going anywhere." she carefully puts everything away before getting into bed with her sick boyfriend who moves to lie against her chest, rubbing his back to help him fall asleep.

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Who would've known that Eddie would be a clingy boyfriend when he was sick, so clingy to the point that he hold onto (y/n) from behind her while she tried to do anything? She sure didn't.

"Eddie, love. Go sit down, you'll be tired." he whines against her neck, burying his face against her while she made him some soup. "Eddie-" she yelps when he picks her up and carries her to the couch, more like a nest of blankets, and holds her tight like a teddy between the mess of blankets. "Eddie... I have to finish the soup and you need to take a shower."

"No." he grumbles against her shoulder, wrapping his legs and arms around her like a koala. The poor girl sighs in defeat, unsure of what to do to get her boyfriend to listen to her. 

"I'll give you a kiss." this made him perk up since she hadn't kissed him at all since the moment he was sick. And no, she wasn't actually going to kiss him. She wasn't opposed to lying to get what she wanted. "If you shower and eat the soup." Eddie quickly nods happily, regretting that sudden movement as his head pounds and (y/n) helps him up on his feet. He had a blanket wrapped over his shoulders like a cape the minute he got up from bed, the ends dragging against the floor as the couple walked up the stairs to the bathroom. His girlfriend turned the shower on before moving to tug the blanket off his shoulders and he instantly whines from the cold.

"Cold!"

"I know but the hot water will make you feel better. I promise. Go take a shower and I'll bring you some clothes."

"I don't want to!"

"Eddie." (y/n) sighs, moving to take Eddie's shirt and his pants off which he wasn't opposed to, grinning mischievously. "I'm not taking your boxers off. I will shove you in the shower even with those on." she crosses her arms, narrowing her eyes at him and he simply shrugs, stripping before her. She quickly looks away, blushing bright red. "Ok, now get in."

"No."

"Eddie." she was trying to be stern with him but her boyfriend just pouts back.

"(y/n)!" he whines out as she moves to his back to push him into the shower but he doesn't budge. Now he really was acting like a child.

"Eddie! You're going to get more sick like this!" he groans out, leaning back.

"I don't want to!" he slowly drops back, letting gravity pull his body down as he falls limp over his girlfriend.

"Eddie don't! I can't hold you up!" (y/n) tries to push Eddie back up but he was so much stronger than her and it didn't help that he was dropping his entire weight over her in a slippery room. "Eddie!" they both fall down in a heap from slipping on the steam-covered bathroom floor, the sick metal head splaying starfish on top of his girlfriend as she tries to push him off her. "Eddie please just get in the shower."

"...fine." he hops up and gets under the running water, the girl running her hands down her face before getting up and leaving the bathroom. Eddie crouches beneath the showerhead, humming in bliss at the hot water as he leans his head back and opens his mouth. "Ahhh."

"He's going to be the death of me..." (y/n) sighs out as she ruffles her hair, going to grab a fresh change of clothes for her boyfriend before going back to the bathroom to set them down on the counter with fluffy new towels.

"(y/n)..." she hums to let the sick boy know she was listening. 

"Yeah?"

"I ate your soap..." she freezes, brows furrowed in pure confusion. "It tasted like sadness."

"Boy what the fuck?" she whirls around and stumbles back to see her naked boyfriend standing right in front of her with a puppy-like grin. If he had a tail, it would be going crazy right now. "Ok, enough of that." she grabs a towel and wraps it around his waist, moving him to sit down on the edge of the bathtub to dry his hair with another towel. Eddie croons happily against (y/n), rubbing his face against her stomach while she dried his hair and his body. She moved to his face, wiping away the water gently and he kisses her hands thankfully. "Do you think you can change?" he nods sleepily, feeling much better like she said he would. "Soup is ready for you downstairs. Call for me if you need anything ok." he nods as she places a kiss ontop of his head before walking away to set the table and the soup for them both.

While Eddie changed into his clothes, he suddenly heard a garage of sneezes from downstairs and a quiet throaty 'fuck'.

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"I can take care of myself, Eddie..." (y/n) sighs out as she takes her medicine with her tea, her boyfriend complaining that she needs to stay in bed instead of walking around being sick. He was in tip-top shape after a day but she was still sick after a whole ass week.

"I want to take care of you like you did for me!" he whines out, picking her up and taking her back upstairs to the bed.

"Eddie, you don't need to. I've learned to take care of myself-"

"-you don't have to! You have me now!" Eddie crosses his arms when his girlfriend scrunched her nose at the idea of being taken care of and he chuckles knowing how independent she was. "You can rely on me every now and then."

"Ok, I'm giving up to you."

"Yes!" the sick girlfriend was shocked when her boyfriend leaned down to kiss her sweetly, whispering that he will be back with soup for her. 

He would make sure to look after his love just like she made sure to look after him.