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“how long are you gonna pine?”
steve pulled his eyes away from the man walking around the store and looked at billy from across the counter. he furrowed his eyebrows at him. robin snicked from beside steve from where she was sitting in the chair that was always behind the counter.
“what do you mean?” steve asked, looking between them. they looked at each other then back at him, amused.
“you know, you’re big gay crush on eddie?” robin whispered with a laugh. steve sputtered as he felt the heat rising to his cheeks. billy snorted before throwing his head back in laughter as robin just smiled and rolled her eyes at him. steve spared a glance at the as forementioned metalhead who was perusing the horror section before flicking his eyes down to the slinky in his hand. he had on his leather jacket, a faded band shirt that could no longer really be read, and black jeans with tears in them. he looked as good as he always did. he would have definitely had the vest on but steve knows that it’s still in his closet. he had meant to return it to eddie. really. he had. he just never got around to it. yeah… that’s the reason.
“i don’t know what you’re talking about,” steve scoffed at them. steve didn’t have a crush on eddie. he didn’t. not even close. steve totally didn’t have his bisexual freakout about eddie one day while it was just him and billy hanging out at the quarry. and steve absolutely didn’t word vomit to billy about it, leaving out that it was indeed the muson boy who made him panic, after billy had asked him what was wrong. and billy totally didn’t stare back at him with a blank look on his face, blinking repeatedly before sighing and rolling his eyes. ‘congrats, you’re officially the last one to know that you find guys attractive’ he had said to him. steve had tried to argue with billy about that statement, mentioning that he has always been attracted to girls, but billy just told him about a friend he had back in cali who liked both boys and girls, saying they were bisexual. steve ran it all by robin in a panic who just smiled at him and told him that it was okay, not to be too hard on himself about it because it was perfectly normal and there was nothing wrong with him.
“sure you don’t, harrington,” billy pushed off from the counter and stretched his arms over his head before sighing at steve. steve didn’t say anything, just glared at billy. billy just smirked in return, tilting his head to the side. billy had been a constant in their lives after starcourt happened eight months prior, becoming an official member of the party after the kids decided that he was okay after he stepped in front of the mind flayer to save el.
billy was in the hospital for three months after, barely hanging on to life. max had asked steve if he could take her to the hospital to see billy and steve couldn’t ever say no to any of those kids so he drove her there every day he didn’t have to work. at first steve just sat in the waiting room, not wanting to intrude until finally max had told him that billy said he could come in if he wanted. so then steve and max would hang out in billy’s hospital room with him for a few hours. the billy in that bed wasn’t the same one that beat his face in. this billy was actually good company. steve started to visit on his own after billy apologized to him, building up a good friendship with the guy. then steve started to bring robin as well. so then robin and steve’s duo turned into a trio and they were all attached to each other’s hips having bonded over their shared trauma from the upside down bullshit.
“i don’t have a gay crush on munson,” steve whispered, not budging.
and then there was eddie. eddie ‘the freak’ munson. having been thrown into this shit by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, being accused of murder and being a cult leader, hiding out in a boat house on lover’s lake to try to escape the law and the town who wanted him crucified. eddie had thrown steve against that wall and pressed the broken bottle to his neck and steve knows that it’s fucked up. He knows. but somewhere along the line, having gotten his ass handed to him a handful of times, the position eddie put them in made him feel a certain way and that was something that he was just gonna store in the ‘things we’re not gonna talk about’ box in the back of his head. after they handled vecna and closed the upside down off for good, after his name was cleared when hopper came back, eddie then also became a constant in their lives. steve just kind of figured that munson would go along his merry way because he didn’t have any kind of history with the trio other than selling weed to billy from time to time. but he stuck around. making robin, billy, and steve’s trio a quartet. and steve didn’t have a problem with that. eddie was also great company. shared fuckin’ trauma after all. it just… made it hard for steve to ignore that feeling he got around the guy.
“so call it a normal crush then,” robin said, making billy snort. when billy all but forced himself into their friendship steve never expected that him and robin would get on so well. he honestly kind of wished they hadn’t because they were fucking menacing together.
“who’s got a crush?” eddie asked as he walked up to the counter with a tape in his hand.
“no one!” steve all but yelled, making robin and billy almost keel over in laughter. he shot them a glare before turning back to face eddie. he looked at the three of them with confusion written all over his face, his eyes landing on steve. steve felt his face get hot again under eddie’s eyes before he cleared his throat.
“sure. I believe that, sweetheart,” he laughed. steve’s face heated up and he saw billy mouth ‘sweetheart’ at robin from the corner of his eye and he chucked the slinky in his hand at him. billy caught it with ease and just rolled his eyes.
“way to be subtle, dingus,” robin said as she grabbed the tape from eddie, beginning to ring him up.
“i feel really left out right now, stevie,” eddie all but whined and steve found himself looking at him with a fond expression. he didn’t know how long he had been staring at eddie before billy slapped his hand on the counter, looking at steve and raising an eyebrow.
“in due time, munson,” he said before stepping away from the counter and smirking at him. eddie furrowed his eyebrows at him and titled his head. steve bit his lip and looked away from eddie so he couldn’t see the flush on his cheeks. “anyways, stevie, since your parents are gone, we should watch this together at your house tonight.” billy picked up the tape that eddie had just rented and held it in the air with a little wave. steve just looked at him with narrowed eyes as billy wiggled his eyebrows at him back. “then maybe we could take a dip in your pool.”
“sure. we’re about to close anyway,” steve found himself saying before shrugging. robin and eddie smiled at him before a chorus of “hell yea” and “i’m down” were said. robin and steve carried on with their closing duties while billy and eddie shoved at each other and laughed. all things considered, steve was so happy that they all got along as well as they did. he definitely never expected that these were the people he would spend most of his time with along with the kids. never in a million years. but he wouldn’t change it for anything. he would even say they were his family.
they made their way out the front door, robin locking it behind them. steve made his way over to his car and stood facing the driver side door, resting his arms on top of it. billy sauntered over to the passenger side, pulling a snickers bar out of his pocket. he winked at steve as he opened it and steve rolled his eyes in return, knowing that billy snatched it from the rack it was displayed on in the store.
“one of these days, I’m gonna have you removed from the store if you continue to steal the merchandise.”
“fuck the man, stevie baby,” he heard eddie say as he walked over to his van. steve sighed as eddie gave him a grin before hopping in and closing the door. robin patted steve on the cheek as she climbed into the passenger side of the van with him.
“you heard the man, steve,” billy opened the car door and got in as he said it. steve followed him into the car, sighing again as he closed the door behind him and turned the key in the ignition. “if eddie wasn’t the same amount of stupid as you, he would see all those fuckin looks you send him.”
“shut the fuck up,” steve felt the blush rise on his face as he gave billy a sucker punch to the arm. all he did in return was snicker at him.
“can i ask you a serious question and you not get offended?” steve furrowed his eyebrows at the question before turning his body in his seat to face billy head on, confused. “I’m gonna take that as a yes. is this like- do you think- uhh”
“dude get on with it, you’re making me nervous,” steve said with a chuckle but he knew billy could see that he was stressed out.
“are you in love with him?” he rushed out, looking at steve head on. “because if you are, we gotta do some serious recon. i’m really tired of your pining. and i know you don’t believe us when we say it but holy shit is it mutual. it’s so fucking sad steve. you’re both morons and robin and i are tired of watching it. we’re suffering here man.” steve’s face has never been so hot in his life. he opened his mouth and then closed it immediately, turning back in his seat to face forward again. “fuck.”
in reality, steve knew. he knew that when it came to eddie munson, he was fucked beyond belief. steve has been ‘in love’ with nancy but there was something different about his feelings for eddie. they ran deeper than his feelings for nancy did. he didn’t know if it was because he got to know eddie during the end of the world or if it was because eddie stuck around after and was even more touchy than he was in the upside down. what he did know was that every time eddie called him stevie, or baby, or sweetheart, or darlin, or honey his heart fucking soared. his stomach rolled over and he felt butterflies. he knew that every time he hung out at eddie’s trailer and they sat on the couch to watch a movie together, they would end up touching somehow. he knew that those touches left a phantom feeling of warmth and electricity rushing through him. he knew that even eddie just looking at him and smiling made him feel like he was on top of the world. he knew that he was absolutely, royally fucked because of eddie munson.
“yea. fuck.” steve said so quietly that billy almost didn’t hear him.
~
“what is everyone’s favorite movie?” eddie asked from where he was laying on the floor in steve’s bedroom. They ended up ditching the movie eddie rented in favor of listening to music and smoking the couple of joints eddie had. robin looked over at steve, who’s face was right next to hers. a grin was appearing on her face as she stared at him. he giggled and then she started giggling.
“oh god,” billy said as he rolled his eyes at them with a fond smile on his face. Eddie looked between the three with confusion written all over his face.
“back to the future,” robin and steve said at the same time before bursting into more giggles. eddie scrunched up his face.
“I gotta be honest, I’m really fuckin confused.” The words only made steve and robin laugh harder, billy just chuckled a few times and shook his head.
“it’s the movie that was playing in starcourt after the whole russian thing,” steve said with a wave of the hand.
“uh… is that supposed to mean something to me?” robin gasped before sitting up on steve’s bed. billy actually started cackling at that and steve’s eyes were wide. “what’s going on?”
“we didn’t tell you about that, oh my god,” robin said as she slapped both hands against her own face in what could be seen as horror. “dingus, you still have your scoops uniform right?” steve sighed and stood up, a little wobbly, falling into billy a little, only making him laugh harder. steve giggled before righting himself and walking over to his closet. he went all the way to the back of it and pulled out a box, bringing it back out with him. eddie just looked more confused when he saw it, glancing up at steve. steve blushed before sitting on the floor next to him and setting the box in front of him.
“this box has all the clothing that was on me at the time of any upside down incident,” steve said as he opened the flaps on it. “other than my gray jacket, I was able to get that clean.”
“seriously?” eddie leaned closer to steve when he looked into the box. steve felt him press against his arm and could feel the warmth he was giving off. his neck flushed at that and he must have had a look on his face because robin snorted and roller her eyes. “steve. there’s a weeks worth of clothing in here.”
“yeah… it’s uh- well- for some reason, i can’t get myself to get rid of any of it but it’s all stuff that i can’t get blood out of, or i can’t bear to put on anymore. so i- i just put it in this box and shove it deep in my closet. unfortunately, i keep having to add to it.” steve saw the blue and white striped collar of his scoops uniform and tugged on it, pulling it out of the box. he held it out in front of him and glanced at eddie, seeing that he had his eyes on steve. steve got even more red if that was even possible before clearing his throat.
“last summer…” billy trailed before sighing. “last summer was bad. the worst fucking time of our lives.”
“what’s the story then?” eddie asked as he looked at the scoops uniform in steve’s hands, eyes lingering on the bloody collar.
“steve and i- well. i guess we can just start from the beginning,” robin sighed as she moved to the floor next to billy. he gave her a small smile as he watched her settle next to him. she squeezed his forearm in her hand before looking at steve and eddie. steve sighed and turned his entire body to face towards eddie, pinching his eyes closed as he let out a sigh and shook his head. he opened his eyes again and looked at eddie before talking.
“robin and i were working at scoops ahoy together in the mall. we didn’t get along at first. she actually hated me. actually- i think everyone here has hated me at one point, including myself,” steve said with a chuckle and a roll of his eyes. “anyways, dustin comes in and tells us that he heard this russian transmission on his walkie and we argued about it for a while before taking it seriously. i tried to keep robin out of it because i didn’t want her to get involved but she pretty much forced her way in,” robin scoffed and steve gave her a pointed look. she rolled her eyes back at him before sliding down and laying her head on billy’s shoulder. billy slung his arm around her shoulders but didn’t say anything. “she translated the russian, which was all a big code-“
“the week is long. the silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west,” she said, looking at eddie. “that was the code.” he looked at her when she said it before looking back at steve with big eyes, worry in them. steve’s heart fucking clenched at it. eddie’s big doe eyes staring at him used to make him feel pity. the first time steve saw them, they were full of fear. now whenever he sees those eyes, all he can think about is how beautiful they are. how he feels so much comfort just looking into them. how he wishes he could just be wrapped up in that feeling he gets from them. he cleared his throat before looking down at the scoops uniform in his hand, running his hand along the blood on the collar.
“me, robin, dustin, and erica all ended up in this elevator that took us so far below the mall to this russian base. all because dustin heard the transmission and robin translated it,” steve ran a shaky hand through his hair. eddie reached out to touch steve’s elbow to try to comfort him because he could see that he was getting worked up. steve had to fight back a smile before he cleared his throat. “anyways, we got caught. robin and i blocked a door off with our bodies for as long as we could so that dustin and erica could get away. we ended up in separate holding cells.”
“i remember being so scared and the only thing i could think about was ‘where’s steve? is steve ok?’ because he just wasn’t there with me anymore. i was so terrified,” robin said in a hushed tone. billy rubbed his hand up and down her arm and she smiled up at him. eddie remained quiet as they talked, not daring to say anything that might ruin the fucked up moment.
“all i could think about was you, robin,” steve said with a laugh that held no humor behind it. “is she ok? what if they hurt her? she doesn’t deserve this. she shouldn’t have gotten involved. If she gets hurt it’ll kill me-“ steve sighed and shook his head. “they tortured us, eds.”
“tortured?” he asked, looking at steve with his eyes wider than before.
“they beat the shit out of me. kept asking me who i worked for. didn’t believe me when i told them the truth. even though i was wearing this stupid fucking sailor costume.” eddie reached out slowly and grabbed it from steve’s hands, putting it back in the box and looking back at him. “they beat me to a fucking pulp and i passed out. woke up tied to a chair that was tied to a chair that robin was tied to.”
“jesus christ, stevie,” eddie said with a pained look on his face. steve looked over at robin and billy. they were both looking back at him with pained expressions, different from the one on eddie’s face. their pain was them remembering what happened to them. eddie’s was pain at hearing what happened to his friends.
“they injected us with this truth serum shit,” robin said, not moving her head from billy’s shoulder. “left the room so it could kick in and came back to interrogate some more. they pulled out a bone saw and almost ripped steve’s finger nails from his hands. and dustin henderson, that beautiful little boy, comes barreling into the room right at the perfect time, zaps the mother fucker with a long taser and gets us out.”
“what the fuck-“ eddie cut himself off as he looked back and forth between robin and steve. robin nodded her head and then looked at steve before smiling really big. eddie looked back at steve upon seeing that and saw steve mirroring her.
“we got up to the mall and we hid in the movie theater. dustin and erica told us to stay put and watch the movie. which was the as forementioned back to the future,” steve said, still smiling at robin.
“that was the day that i realized that not all soulmates are lovers,” robin said. steve huffed a laugh and nodded his head. “the drugs started to wear off and steve and i were thirsty. went to the water fountain to get drinks and then sprinted to the bathroom to throw up.”
“jesus fuck, guys.” eddie said with his eyes still wide.
“as much as that day was the worst day of my life, it was also the best. i met the platonic love of my life and to be completely honest with you, i don’t know what i would do with myself if i didn’t have robin,” steve said as robin nodded in agreement.
“i came out to steve in that bathroom while we were sitting on the floor in a stall together. right after he told me he liked me,” she snorted out. steve and billy laughed when she said it and eddie smiled at them.
“but what we went through is nothing compared to what happened to billy that summer.” steve said, looking over at him. billy grunted and rolled his eyes, waving him off. steve glared at him.
“billy you were literally possessed.” robin said with a scoff. that was the part that eddie did know about. they told him all about that part.
“he already knows about that. don’t get into it. i don’t like talking about it,” billy said with a shrug and a smile. steve looked down at the box in front of him and he leaned forward to pull a different shirt out. he held it up and billy’s eyes trailed over it with a grimace. “steve…”
“don’t you dare even start with me, william,” steve said, pointing a finger at billy. billy sighed and slouched down against the wall he had been leaning back on. “we’re past that. you’ve changed. you have showed time and time again that you are a better person. i was literally gonna make a joke and you had to get all sad and broody about it.”
“i will never be able to tell you how sorry i am though.”
“shut. the fuck. up,” steve said as he continued to glare at steve. “you have been there for me for some really fucking monumental shit-“ billy snorted at that and huffed out a laugh to which steve glared even harder at him for. he held his hands up in surrender, shifting his eyes to eddie and back to him.
“how did you guys become friends after all that? i know like, shared trauma or some shit but-“ eddie stopped, not knowing how to finish that sentence.
“steve…” robin trailed off. steve sighed and nodded his head.
“we were working on mending things,” steve started, finding eddie’s eyes before continuing. “we were out at the quarry just hanging out when i started to have a big ol’ sexuality crisis.” eddie’s eyes got wide at that statement, something flickered in his eyes, almost like a lightbulb turned on, and he looked back and forth between them. “i just started word vomiting to him about how i thought that something was wrong with me and he never stopped me. just let me make a fucking fool out of myself to him about it. i don’t even know how long i just kept spewing-“
“roughly five minutes. like, actually,” billy said with a laugh. steve grinned and rolled his eyes. eddie shifted positions and steve felt something against his hand. his eyes snapped down to it, seeing that eddie’s hand was touching his. he quickly glanced up at eddie’s face and saw that eddie was also looking down at their hands. steve looked away quickly, glancing into the box and bit his lip. without even thinking about it, steve looped his pinky over eddie’s, not even looking at him. holding his breathe the entire time, he was panicking in his head about it, hoping he wasn’t wrong. he felt eddie tighten his own pinky against steve’s and steve could feel the blush rise up through his body to his face.
“billy looked at me for a second before he said ‘are you done?’ and i didn’t even speak, just nodded my head without looking at him and this fucker has the audacity to say ‘congrats, you’re officially the last one to know that you find guys attractive’,” steve said. eddie barked out a laugh while billy and robin cackled. “and then i came to the conclusion that i was bisexual.”
“sweet little bi baby,” robin said through laughter. steve started laughing at that, looking over at eddie. steve almost choked at the look eddie was giving him. his eyes showed a fondness that was only for steve. steve is pretty sure that his eyes held the same look that was only for eddie. he watched as eddie looked down at their linked pinkies and he watched as a grin made it’s way on to eddie’s face at the sight of it.
“steven, my love,” billy said sarcastically. steve groaned and looked over at billy ever so slowly with a look of annoyance on his face. eddie chuckled from beside him. billy tilted his head and fluttered his eyes at steve, making robin snicker at them.
“i have always said that billy is the gayest straight man i have ever met,” she said. billy coughed and raised his eyebrows at her, eyes wide. “my apologies, continue your groveling.”
“thank you,” billy said in a tone that just made everyone laugh at him. “anyways. can we use your pool?”
“william, my love, we can absolutely use my pool,” steve said as his laughter calmed down. billy shot up to his feet and turned to grab robin’s hands to pull her up. she laughed as he did and they ran out of steve’s room together.
“hope you guys are ok with nudity because i’m skinny dippin’!” billy yelled, robin started cackling again and their voices faded out. steve smiled and shook his head at his best friends before looking back at eddie. eddie was already looking at him with a smile on his face and steve felt his face heat up again, for the hundredth time.
“steve,” he said in a hushed voice, biting his lip. steve looked at him for a second before he got the courage he needed to actually lace their hands together. he saw eddie’s face get red and steve just about giggled at how fucking cute it was. “we can talk about this later if you would like, but just know that from this second on, i am going to be so clingy that you’ll get tired and annoyed of me.” steve did giggle at that and the smile on eddie’s face got so big.
“come on,” steve said as he stood up. he held his hand out again for eddie to take. he did and steve pulled him to his feet. “lets go swimming with tweedled dee and tweedled dum.”
~
they made their way out the door just in time to see billy drop his jeans to the ground. robin squealed and slapped her hands over her eyes and billy cackled like a mad man before jumping in the pool. steve and eddie laughed before following suit. robin jumped in the pool right as steve pushed his underwear down, doing a cannon ball. eddie must have jumped in right after him because they resurface one after the other. billy splashed water at eddie’s face, which turned into war. eddie laughed before spitting water back at billy who gasped in mock horror, making robin and steve cackle at them.
“you fucking bitch!” he exclaimed before dunking eddie’s head under the water. eddie resurfaced with a big smile on his face. he slugged billy in the shoulder, the latter laughing and shoving him back. steve knew then that all he wanted to see for the rest of his life was eddie’s smile. billy swam over to robin and they started splashing each other while talking and laughing. steve must have had a weird look on his face because eddie smiled sheepishly at him before moving closer and reaching out to steve. he touched steves bicep, dragging his hand down to steve’s, lacing their fingers together again. steve could have just died right then and there. that feeling came back to his belly and he felt like crying from happiness.
“what?” eddie asked as his eyes raked over steve’s face. he looked nervous now and steve immediately felt horrible. he didn’t mean to make eddie feel that way. Steve glanced at billy and robin but they were too engrossed in their conversation to be paying any attention to him and eddie. “are you ok? is something wrong?”
“nothing’s wrong.”
“then why do you have that look on your face?” he rose an eyebrow at steve, the smile never leaving his lips or eyes. steve just stared back at him, hoping eddie could see that the look he was giving him was one of love and adoration. steve knows that he looks at eddie as if eddie hung the moon and the stars. robin and billy have been more than delighted to tell him that and tease him about it. he knows that what he feels for eddie is so obviously displayed on his face. he knows that every time they bring up his crush on eddie, he’ll deny it and act like it isn’t the most obvious thing in the world just from the look he has in his eye whenever eddie is in the room. he knows that it’s obvious to anyone who pays attention that he’s head over heels in love with eddie.
“i am so fucking gone on you, eddie,” he whispered, his face never faltering. and he knew just from the interactions in his bedroom that eddie liked him back. but for the first time ever he could actually see the look returned. i love you i love you i love you being repeated in his head over and over again.
“steve-“ eddie choked out before moving closer to him. eddie grabbed steve’s face in his hands and closed the distance between them, bring their lips together. steve heard a gasp from behind them and a ‘fucking finally’ from billy. steve smiled and brought a hand up to the back of eddie’s head, tilting his own to deepen the kiss they were sharing. he felt eddie’s lips quirk up into a smile and steve took that chance to dart his tongue out and into eddie’s mouth. all of a sudden they were being splashed with water by billy and robin. they laughed as they pulled apart from each other. steve leaned forward and rested his forehead against eddie’s temple when eddie turned to look at their friends.
“we love this for you guys and we have been waiting for it to happen but please do not start fucking in front of us,” billy said as he and robin snickered at them. both steve and eddie’s faces heated up before they laughed again.
~
“are you guys staying?” steve asked as they all wrapped themselves in the towels that robin has grabbed on her way out to the pool.
“your guest bed is calling my name,” robin said as she wrung out her hair.
“robin, are we gonna snuggle?” billy asked with a teasing tone. robin snorted and roller her eyes but she didn’t argue with him. eddie laughed from beside steve.
“billy, you already know that you’re gonna end up being the little spoon,” robin said with a big smile on her face, almost laughing. billy laughed back at her before he picked up his clothes and started to head inside. “dingus, can I borrow some clothes?”
“yea, you guys can just go grab whatever,” steve said, the smile not leaving his face. robin looked at him for a second, a look of pride and happiness on her face. steve knew what she was trying to relay to him and he was thankful for it. she’s so happy for her best friend. the rest of them all made their way inside the house and up to steve’s room to grab some clothes.
The four of them were quite the sight, all shoving each other to get to steve’s dresser to grab something, laughing and bickering at each other. robin and billy made their way to the guest room, still bickering at each other. billy pulled steve’s bedroom door closed behind him on their way out. steve still had a smile on his face as he pulled a shirt over his head. as he reached up to ruffle his hair and towel dry it, he felt hands on his hips before an arm wrapped around his waist. his smile somehow got even bigger and he bit his lip so he didn’t let out an embarrassing sound of excitement. steve leaned back into eddie, setting his hand on eddie’s arm around his waist, giving it a squeeze before turning around in eddie’s arms to face him.
“hi,” steve whispered, scared to speak any louder than that. he reached out and moved a wet strand of hair from eddie’s face before resting his hand on his cheek. eddie brought his hand up to place it over steve’s before turning his face so he could kiss his palm. steve huffed out a breathe. he could absolutely cry from how gentle it was.
“baby, i am so in love with you,” eddie whispered, holding steve’s gaze with so much love in his eyes. steve’s eyes stung as eddie said that and he looked up at the ceiling with a laugh before wrapping his arms around eddie’s shoulders and pressing his face into his neck. eddie tightened his hold around steve’s waist before loosening his grip and running his hands up and down steve’s back, steve humming in appreciation.
“you have no idea what you do to me when you call me those stupid fucking pet names,” steve mumbled. eddie started laughing and steve couldn’t help the smile that made it’s way onto his face. “baby this, sweetheart that, darlin here, honey there.”
“well get used to it because it’s not gonna stop any time soon.”
“good. i don’t want it to.”
eddie pulled back from steve and ran a hand through his hair before thread his fingers through in on the back of steve’s neck and pulling him closer. steve leaned in and bumped his nose against eddie’s before slotting their lips together. he felt eddie sigh against him and he gave steve’s hair a tug. steve moaned and eddie took that as a chance to slip his tongue in steve’s mouth just briefly before pulling away slightly. lips still slightly touching, they took a second to catch their breathe before eddie spoke again.
“let’s go to sleep, baby,” eddie mumbled as he ran his hand through steve’s hair. steve nodded as he slid his hands down eddie’s chest, moving away form him to walk over to his bed. steve pulled the covers back on his bed, sliding in and scooting over so eddie could follow him. this is definitely not the first time they’ve shared a bed but this is the first time they’ve shared a bed with no reservations and steve is so incredibly happy at that thought that he doesn’t even register that eddie has lied down next to him and pulled him into his arms. he turns so that he’s facing eddie and he gets comfy with his head tucked into eddie’s neck. eddie’s hand finds it’s way under steve’s shirt and then there are blunt nails being softly dragged up and down his back.
“i love you,” steve whispered into eddie’s neck as he felt his eyes droop closed. eddie’s hand stopped moving for a second and steve brought his arm up and he pressed his hand to eddie’s chest. the hand started moving again and he felt a chuckle come from the man below him.
“i think my heart is gonna stutter every time you say that for the rest of my life,” eddie said. steve could hear the smile in his voice as he said it. he pulled his head back so he could look at eddie, the grin on his face as big as it has been all night.
“the rest of your life?”
“oh you think you aren’t stuck with me? nah. you’re never gonna get rid of me now. i’m in love with you, steve. i’m in this for the long haul. i plan on dying with you. you have me wrapped so tight around your finger that i would do anything you asked me to,” eddie said, smiling down at him. this time when steve felt the tears in his eyes, he let them fall, so overwhelmed with love that he couldn’t help himself. eddie just brought a hand up and wiped them away, his own eyes looking glassy. “this is how i’m feeling about you now and we haven’t even had sex yet. when that happens, i’m gonna be so fucking clingy that you’re gonna hate me.”
“oh my god,” steve said as he laughed and slapped eddie’s chest. “why can’t you be serious for just a few minutes?”
“i’m always serious about you, baby,” eddie said, a big smile on his face and that look of fondness never leaving his eyes.