I decided to start a collection of one-shots about Sean & Sue because there are so many good potential stories/scenarios/general cuteness surrounding them so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas on what they would want to read about, put it in the comments and maybe you'll get lucky!


Sue stands outside of her apartment feeling the most down she's felt in a while.

It's been a tough year for her: nearly getting kicked out of school, going through multiple boyfriends, and working all summer to make barely any money. All of those situations sucked but nothing sucked as much as tonight; tonight she went to dinner with her longtime neighbor Sean Donahue, a man she's liked since she was 13.

Sean had recently begun taking her out to dinner ever since he started medical school at St. Matthews, the campus right next to East Indiana State where she was currently a junior. At first she thought he was just being the nice guy he'd always been but lately she had been getting the feeling that he saw her as more than just his best friend's little sister. In her blind hopefulness she read his signals incorrectly which had led to her current situation and sadness.

Sue sighs, opening the door to her apartment hesitantly. Brad is in the kitchen baking muffins while Axl and Lexie are draped over each other on the couch. Sue feels a pang in her chest seeing a happy couple and knows she's in for a long weekend.

"Hey guys," Sue greets weakly. She gives them a toothless smile.

"Are you okay?" Lexie asks immediately, her wide eyes filled with concern.

"Yeah-"

"Sue." Sue locks eyes with her brother and drops her fake smile.

"It's stupid," Sue tries to explain as she shakes off her pink coat. "I'm stupid. Sean Donahue has been taking me to dinner a few times a week for three weeks now and I don't know I thought he maybe-" she stops abruptly and breaks her gaze with Axl, tugging at an end of her hair. "It was stupid of me."

"How do you know that for sure?" Lexie asks gently. "Maybe he does-"

"I asked him," Sue cuts off her best friend, hanging up her coat. "He said he's been taking me out because he's been having fun getting to know me again so I asked 'as a friend?' and he said 'of course as a friend'."

"That's not that bad," Brad shoots her a smile.

"It wasn't," Sue agrees, swallowing thickly, "until I came back from the bathroom to hear Sean tell our waitress who had been flirting with him all night that I wasn't his date and his best friend's kid sister."

Brad and Lexie wince sympathetically and she looks towards Axl at the clearing of his throat. For the first time since she left for junior prom without a date, her older brother is looking at her with sadness and pity laced in his eyes.

"Maybe," Axl starts uneasily, his discomfort obvious, "the next time Sean asks you to get dinner you should say no."

Sue wants to tell Axl to stay out of her business but she can't, not when he is trying to help her for once instead of making things worse. She realizes she must look as pathetic as she feels because Axl only pulls through for her in desperate times. Her eyes water instantly.

"Maybe," she whispers shakily, not meeting any of her friends' eyes as she goes into her room.

Axl barges into her room a minute later with a tub of ice cream and two spoons and proceeds to sit with her while she cries for the rest of the night.


The next morning Sue wakes to the sound of the doorbell and sits up slowly to realize she slept in her dress from last night. She slowly stands up, checking her reflection in the mirror and winces at the redness of her eyes and the tangled state of her short hair.

"Go away Sean!" Sue perks at Axl's angry tone and owns her door a crack to listen in on their conversation.

"What's your problem Ax-Man? I want to talk to Sue."

"Yeah well you're being denied."

"That's not your decision."

"It is when you hurt my sister." Sue closes her eyes. Thanks for selling me out Axl.

"I hurt your sister? What are you talking about? She seemed down when I dropped her off last night so I brought her breakfast-"

"Stop taking her to dinner and stop doing nice shit like bringing her breakfast!" Axl raises his voice and Sue turns her head to her right at the creaking sound of a door opening and is met with Lexie's concerned eyes. "You're leading her on, you have to stop!"

"I'm not leading her on!" Sean's voice also rises.

"You told her last night all these dinners you go on aren't dates how is that not leading her on?"

"I only said that because of her boyfriend! You of all people know I want them to be dates." He does? Sue and Lexie exchange surprised glances.

"She doesn't have a boyfriend-"

"You told me she did."

"No I didn't, we never talk about Sue."

"You told me she was seeing someone when I came here to tell her I had feelings for her." What? Sean likes her? Sue feels like she can't breathe, her excitement fleeting as a horrific thought crosses her mind: Axl uncharacteristically sat with her all last night but this was his doing? He went too far this time. Sue flung open her door to go fight with her brother but was stopped by Axl's voice.

"Wait, I thought you came here because you had feelings for Lexie." What?

"No," Sean says sternly, "I came here for Sue. Why would you think I was here for Lexie? I told you after the date it didn't work out although I didn't tell you it was because I was thinking about Sue."

Sue freezes, unsure if she is hearing Axl and Sean correctly. Sean has feelings for her and tried to tell her but Axl misunderstood him? She should go talk to Sean she definitely should-

"So all this time you thought I was cool with it?" Sue scoffs softly; of course Axl is more concerned with how this affects him.

"Well yeah-"

"Well maybe I'm not."

"You just yelled at me because you thought I was leading her on which means you already thought I was taking her on dates."

"That isn't," Axl pauses. "You can't just start dating my sister and not tell me!"

"I'm not dating her but I thought I told you how I felt when I came here that night."

"You haven't mentioned it since! So wait you've been putting the moves on Sue thinking she has a boyfriend?" Sean doesn't reply and Axl snickers. "I'm actually impressed. Disgusted because it's Sue, but impressed."

"Okay well I'm going to go talk to Sue-"

"We aren't done here!" Sue rolls her eyes at her brother. "I didn't say you can date my sister or that I'm okay with it-"

"Axl I've been your best friend for 20 years, have I ever done anything to make you think I'm not good enough for your sister?"

"Well..."

"I'm sorry if it bothers you Axl but I'm not changing my mind about this. I tried to ignore it for a while now but I can't do it anymore and I know you're worried about me being like Darrin but no matter what I'll always be your best friend." Axl is silent and Sean continues. "I promise if you want I'll sit with you for as long as you want after I talk to Sue if it will make you feel better. I don't even know if she likes me-"

Sean is cut off by a loud snort by Axl. "There's a zero percent chance she isn't totally in love with you."

"Really?" Sue smiles at the hopeful tone Sean uses. "Good but I still wish I didn't throw out the snowglobe."

"Snowglobe?" Sue cries out. She winces but doesn't care that she gave herself away. She steps into the hall and makes her way towards a wide-eyed Sean and a confused Axl.

"Sue," Sean laughs nervously. "How much of that did you hear?"

"Not too much," Sue lies, continuing to walk towards him. "What snowglobe?"

"I uh, I bought you a snowglobe after I was here last year and you asked me about feeling special and I told you about the study-"

"About the twins," Sue interjects, taking another step closer.

"Yes and I told you that even without the study-"

"I'm a special snowflake," Sue finishes. "So you bought me a snowglobe."

"Well yeah," Sean rubs the back of his neck nervously as Sue stops in front of him. "I wanted to show you how much you mean to me but I threw it out because I was mad."

"Because Axl told you I was seeing someone," Sue says quickly, her words running together, "but I'm not. I'm single, super single haven't been on a date in months. Definitely single."

"So you heard everything?" Sean's lips upturn slightly.

"Maybe," Sue bites her lip, "but perhaps you can tell me about those feelings you have?"

Sean smiles widely before clearing his throat and schooling his expression. "I really like you Sue and have for a while. You're the sweetest, kindest and most beautiful woman I know and I would be honored if you let me take you out tonight on a real date."

"Yes!" Sue blurts loudly.

"I'm sorry I don't have the snowglobe," Sean tucks her wild hair behind her ear with a smile. "It took me weeks to find the right one; I know your favorite Christmas song is Winter Wonderland."

"It is," Sue leans into his hand before he can pull away. Sean steps closer and their chests are touching. "I have it. I hit it with my trash and it started playing Winter Wonderland so I rescued it."

"See Sue? I told you we rescue each other," Sean grins, leaning forward and capturing Sue's lips with his own. Sean kisses her gently as he pulls her close with the hand that isn't cradling her face and Sue can feel it in her toes. She places her arms around his neck and doesn't think she's ever been so happy-

"Hey if you're going to make out with my sister maybe you could not do it in front of me?" Sue and Sean turn to get a stern look from Axl.

"Go home," Sue gives him a dirty look and leans back into Sean, who laughs.

"For now I won't Ax-Man. Why don't you eat breakfast then we'll go make out in your room," Sean suggests to Sue with a smirk.

"What the hell Donahue," Axl narrows his eyes. "Making out with my sister in front of me, telling me you're going to be alone with her in her room, not telling your best friend you like his sister that's cruel-"

"I brought you breakfast too," Sean cuts him off, gesturing to the counter.

"You bought me breakfast to bride me didn't you?" Axl looks at Sean in suspicion. "You think a sausage egg and cheese will make it okay for you to date my sister?"

"Yes," Sean says simply, kissing Sue quickly before untangling from her and opening the bag settled on the counter. Sean hands Axl a foil wrapped sandwich. "And maybe once you see how much I care about Sue you'll be okay with it."

Axl bites his lip, obviously to hide his smile, and shrugs at his longtime best friend. "I don't need the long sit down; I trust you and can already tell how much you do so it's fine."

"Aw Axl-"

"Just make sure when you buy a house with Sue you include a room for me to move into when Lexie divorces me," Axl jokes, turning and leaving the pair in the kitchen.

Sue unwraps her own sandwich and smiles when Sean wraps his arms around her waist and rests his head on his shoulder.

"Were you crying because of me Suzy Q?" He asks softly.

"I don't want to be your friend or your best friend's kid sister," Sue wrinkles her nose.

"I only said that so the waitress would give me her number and leave me alone." Sue tenses. "I threw out the number, I only want you."

"Really?"

"Of course," Sean chuckles in her ear, tightening his grip on her waist. "I'm so sorry you were upset, I thought you had a boyfriend and I was trying to be respectful."

"It's okay Sean really-"

"It's not," Sean cuts her off and she can feel his smile against her neck as he places a soft kiss there, "but I'll make it up to you."

Sue smiles; turning in his arms and stands on her toes to kiss him-

"You guys are gross!"

"Shut up Axl!"