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Steve snorts and shakes his head, but he does seem satisfied with Eddie’s assumption. Eddie doesn’t tell him all the other things that Steve’s choice revealed to him. That he’s a romantic at heart, longing for something, something to fill that emptiness in his heart.
It makes Eddie’s hands tingle with the desire to reach out. To soothe some of the ache.
Not that he has any illusion that he could.
Instead, he turns up the radio and watches the brown leaves pass them by, imagining Steve happy and full of sunshine in California. Wonders who would be by his side when he’s not lonely anymore.
OR Eddie needs a ride to Indy for a concert. Steve just wants somebody to spend the day with him, so he won't feel so lonely. -
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Eddie doesn’t even notice the mess he’s making, just waves the ice pop through the air, while recounting a story about the last D&D session with the kids, something about an ogre and Dustin figuring out Eddie’s clever twist with the well and the gold… Steve doesn’t really care at this point. He’s been throwing the small beach ball in the air at first, but now he can’t stop staring at Eddie.
Stares at the way Eddie looks on his back on the picnic blanket, under the orange glow of the tent (which Vickie insisted on bringing along because she burns to a crisp in two seconds flat in the sun), pool water still glistening on his pale, naked chest, drops of it sliding down his tattoos, ice melting stickily over his fingers, those brown deer-eyes wide open in excitement, lips stained blue.
He’s so unfairly handsome. Steve doesn’t understand how he’s never noticed as much when they were still in school.
OR Eddie's making a mess with his popsicle, and Steve wants to lick him.