I saw some art in the star vs. fandom and it reminded me of these two, so I made a story out of it. Enjoy!

Steve rides to Eli's house on his Vespa, strides up to the house, and walk right in. He doesn't bother asking if it is okay to come or even knocking on the door to be allowed in. He halfway lives here at this point. "Hey, Mrs. P," he yells and gives a wave as he passes the kitchen.

"Hello, dear," she pops her head out of the kitchen. "Would you like something to drink? Soda, perhaps?"

"Nah, I'm good." Steve swings around the banister and heads up the stairs.

"Oh, um, I don't know if you'll really be able to do much with Eli today. He's hasn't come out since he got home Friday. The ACTs aren't too far off and he is taking it very seriously."

Steve scoffs. Of course the brainiac would be stressing over some silly test. When Eli didn't ask Steve to come over Friday he assumed it was some sort of school thing. Still, that was two days ago. That's a bit ridiculous. He pivots. "Don't worry, I got this Mrs. P." He points at himself and grins. "If anyone can drag him out of his head, it's me."

She laughs and smiles fondly. "It's true. You really have brought him out of his shell. It's nice to see him out and about more often."

"I'll be back in a flash." He snaps his fingers as he turns and heads the rest of the way up the stairs and to Eli's room. He enters and is greeted by the sight of Eli bent over his desk, studying away. Steve shakes his head, but smiles nonetheless. "Hey, pepperbuddy, whatcha up to?" He takes a seat on the edge of the bed and it sags beneath him.

Eli sighs. "Studying."

Steve gives it a minute, but when Eli simply lets them falls back into silence he decides to say, "Hey." He moves to Eli and places a hand on his shoulder. "Why don't we take a break? We don't even have to talk creepslayerz. Just sit back and relax."

Eli gets stuck for the millionth time on a problem and groans, flopping his head over into his hands. "No thank you."

"Come on." Steve nudges Eli. "We can even watch your favorite geek shows – Star Trek, Dr. Who, or the history channel." He waits for the reaction.

Eli shakes his head. "No time."

Steve gapes. What the heck? Eli never lets Steve get away with calling his shows 'geeky'. He always goes on a rant about all the ways each and every one of them are in fact cool. Eli definitely needs a break. "Yeah, well you're making time." He lifts Eli from the chair and slings him over his shoulder.

Eli yelps and flails. "H-Hey! No. Put me down."

Steve chuckles. "Not on your life, kid. Tests may be important to you, but taking care of yourself is more important."

Eli sighs and ceases his struggling. "Alright." There's no way he is going to win this fight anyway. Steve always has been and always will be ten times stronger than him. "But you better let me pick the show for real this time." He points a finger in Steve's face.

Steve smiles. "I promise." He takes Eli to the living room and dumps him on the couch. "Now go on, pick your geek show. I'll be right back." He heads for the kitchen.

Eli scowls after him. "Star Trek is gold!" He doesn't have the effort to give any other kind of argument. Instead he uses his energy to go to the cabinet and locate a dvd. Ultimately he chooses a Star Trek movie – just as Steve predicted – and sets it up before slinking back to the couch.

Steve returns with a bowl of cereal in one hand and a cup in another. He pushes the bowl into Eli's hands. "Eat." He flops down next to Eli. "Afterwards you get your tea." He sets it on the table next to the couch.

"Oh, Applejacks." He smiles. His favorite. "Okay." He digs in. Steve knows him all too well.

Steve presses play on the remote and starts the movie. He doesn't bother paying much attention, mostly he keeps an eye on Eli to make sure he really eats the cereal.

No more than ten minutes later Eli finishes and sets the bowl down. "Thanks."

Steve grabs the tea and holds it out to him. "Now this."

Eli rubs the back of his neck. "I don't really feel like tea right now."

Steve looks disapprovingly at him and moves the tea back and forth, hoping to spread the scent. "Come on, it's Chamomile, you know you want it." Eli drinks it practically every day and tries to convince him to drink it every other day.

Eli pushes the cup away. "I don't want to fall asleep during the movie."

Steve scoffs. "You're not gonna fall asleep watching this movie, dorkus. Believe me, you get way too into this stuff to let yourself miss anything."

"And afterward…" Eli yawns. "I need to get back to studying."

Steve looks hard at him. "Now is break time." He moves the cup closer to Eli once more. "So watch your silly movie. Relax."

Eli sighs. "Fine." He accepts the drink and begins to sip at it. "Now pay attention." He directs Steve's attention to the screen. "This part's important."

Steve gives the movie the attention Eli wants him to and actually ends up getting invested. It isn't as silly as he always heard. Some of it is rather interesting and he finds himself wondering about aliens and whether any might come here too. Only about three fourths of the way through the movie he notices the commentary has tapered off. He glances toward Eli and sees him nodding in and out. He snickers. Maybe the kid was right about falling asleep during the movie. He reaches for the cup of tea about to tip over and removes it.

Eli snaps to attention. "I'm awake!" he yells. But it isn't enough. Within minutes he nods off again and this time he slumps over, his head against Steve's shoulder.

Steve starts before his expression settles into a smirk. "Yeah, sure you're awake." Looks like he'll be stuck here for the rest of the day, watching this space movie on repeat or enduring silence until Eli finally wakes up. Oh well, there are worse ways to spend his time. At least this way he knows he did some good for someone, the most important someone he's got.

I'm having way too much fun writing about these dorks. I hope to keep it up and get at least a few more ideas out. I have a few in my head already, I just have to write them. I hope you liked this one and continue to like any others that follow. Please review!