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I just wanna be seen (in the back of your car) by raeoccasion
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2025
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Summary
After a few months since Steve was diagnosed as hard of hearing, he’d gotten really good at lip reading. He was pretty subtle with it, so most of the time, nobody even noticed. He’d memorized the speech patterns of the people he was closest to, and could usually tell what they were saying even from far away. Except for one person. Eddie.
Eddie was theatrical and frantic in his speech. He talked fast. He had a habit of pulling his hair in front of his face and partially covering his mouth when he was anxious or excited. It was infuriating, and intriguing at the same time. Steve would glance down at Eddie’s lips frequently whenever they were talking. Sometimes, he’d just look from afar, studying how Eddie’s mouth moved when he talked. He wanted to figure it out. He had to. Even if it meant his eyes were always on Eddie even in group settings. If he couldn’t look away when Eddie smiled, watching how his eyes lit up and how the corners of his mouth always scrunched up in the same familiar pattern, It wasn’t his fault, was it? It was definitely only because he was determined to learn to read Eddie’s lips.
Nothing else. That was it.
..Right?