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Steve and Eddie sit together in the Harringtons living room waiting for Nancy and Robin to decide on a movie, currently they’re down to two choices, less than before. Neither of them can decide between The Breakfast Club or Dirty Dancing.
Steve taps Eddie's thigh, “As fun as it is to watch them, I think we should probably make some popcorn.” he looks over to the girls, “they’re going to be debating on this for a little longer.” Eddie nodded his head in agreement. The two of them don’t notice Steve or Eddie get up and leaving the living room
As the two men make their way into the kitchen Eddie leans against the kitchen counter crossing his arms, “So…” he watches his boyfriend pull four bowls from the cupboard, “they’re getting on extremely… well. Huh?” he questioned twirling his hair around his finger unconsciously. Steve turned to pass him the bowl full of popcorn kernels before pouring some more into another bowl. “For sure, I don't know why robin hasn’t asked her out yet...” he thinks back to the night Robin confessed she had a crush on her to him and Eddie.
“But... The thing is I don’t know if she’s into me like… that” she began with her ramble, “what if I weird her out IF I tell her? What do I do then?” she throws her hands into the air defeated. Eddie sits up on his elbows, “Rob... She literally knows I'm a faggot and she doesn’t hate me?” he points out and Steve nods in agreement.
“Yeah. But...” she begins again, “It’s different for you because she knows you won’t have a crush on her but for me? She'll think I'm a weirdo and I just wanna fuck her or something!” She places her head in her hands with a loud groan. She feels Steve’s hand on her back.
“Dude... I literally dated her and now I'm dating Eddie. I promise she doesn’t care.” Steve tries to supply, “Even if it’s you saying ‘Oh, by the way I'm a lesbian!’ You don’t have to straight out tell her you have a crush on her if you’re not ready. That will feel so much of a relief plus you can then figure out the next step after that.”
Steve turned and smiled to his boyfriend, “let's hope the night is the night she tells her!” they walked back into the living room with the bowls of popcorn in each hand, Steve places two down on the table where Nance and robin were sat, “have you decided?” he questions while sitting back down on the sofa and grabbing a handful of popcorn.
“Yup!” robin says popping the 'P', Steve raises his eyebrow at her. She grabs a bowl and lays across the sofa before speaking again excitedly, “Dirty Dancing!” Steve knew she would’ve picked this film; it’s her all-time favourite and he knew Nancy couldn’t say no to her.
I've never seen it.” Eddie states from the floor between Steve’s legs, Robin turns to look at him like a mad man. “Well, Munson, tonight is the day we pop your Dirty Dancing cherry!” she exclaimed before pressing play on the remote. Steve groaned at the word phasing, “please never say that again” Robin beams at him before humming along to the intro.
The four of them watch the movie in comfortable silence until when one them comments on something. One of Steve's favourites was when robin shouted “Steve! it’s you!” when she saw Patrick Swayze wearing sun glasses, all of them burst into laughter for a few moments with Eddie saying, “No, Steve looks better than him!” Steve smiled down at him with so much love and adoration while Robin gagged, “Gross!”
They all fall back into comfortable silence afterwards, Eddie leans back against the sofa. Steve can’t stop thinking about what Eddie said... There is no way anybody could look better than Patrick Swayze... Not even him, definitely not him.
Steve looks back down at Eddie with a fond smile on his face taking in the way the tv reflects the softest shadows on his face. It reminds him of the time when he watched Eddie preform with his band under the stage lights. The other must’ve felt his gaze burning his head so he looks up to him, “Hey, you ok?’ he whispers with his big doe eyes that make Steve weak. He smiled at him and nodded, “I'm fine, baby,” tapping Eddie’s shoulder to get him to turn around, “Watch the movie you're missing it and Robin will notice” Eddie looks at him with a question lingering on his tongue but he ignores it and does as Steve says.
He has lost all interest in the movie that he’s seen multiple times and finds his hands hovering over Eddie's hair, “Is his hair as soft as it looks?” he wonders to himself.
Steve picks up a bit of hair and starts to play with it. Eddie freezes and relaxes against the touch leaning backwards into the touch.
He sighs in contentment and puts his attention back to the movie ahead of him but it’s hard, so very hard. He’s always loved the feeling of people playing with his hair. It reminds him of when he was young and when his uncle used to play with it to help him sleep after his mother left.
Steve finds himself starting to plait it unconsciously, he learnt how to do this thanks to El and max a few years ago he smiles fondly at the memory. He turns his attention back to Eddie before looking at Robin and Nancy.
Robin lay between Nancy's legs while eating the popcorn and sharing a blanket. He smiles to himself. Turning back to the movie in front of him that was nearing an end, he watches as johnny and baby walk up to the stage hand in hand interrupting the singers before starting their speech.
“Sorry about the disruption folks” Johnny started on the TV screen, “but I always do the last dance of the season. This year, somebody told me not to”
Steve notices hasn’t got a hair Tye, “Hey Rob, Nance!” he broke the spell that floated over them, “do either of you have a hair tie?” they both sat up to look at him, Robin taking notice of how still Eddie was. She chuckles to herself before whispering a soft no and turning back to the movie.
Steve grunted in disappointment before hearing Nancy say, “here” she smiled at them both passing Steve the band that was on her wrist. “Thanks” he muttered holding the band gently in his left hand before tying the boy’s hair.
He sighs in acknowledgement taking in his handiwork. This hairstyle really suited Eddie and he loved it. Eddie relaxed back into Steve's legs once the attention of the girls was off him Steve realised and smiled to himself.
The end credits started rolling, noticing Eddie fell asleep with his check on his thigh, Steve’s heart busted into a rainbow at the sight.
He was about to wake him up but he felt two curious gazes on him, he turned to look at Nancy and Robin who stood across the living room, both of them looking at them fondly before saying a goodnight and wandering off upstairs into the guest room.
Steve lifted Eddie up onto the sofa while he cleaned up after them and washing the bowls. He heard shuffling from behind him and turned around, “Hey, sleepy head” he whispered into the midnight air.
The other yawned while rubbing his eye, “Hey, Stevie” God that nickname made Steve weak at the knees every time, “What time is it?’ Eddie walked over to him before clinging onto his back like a baby koala.
“I think it’s a few minutes past midnight, Angel,” he wiped his hands dry on the towel next to him before turning around in Eddie's arms, “let's get you to bed, hm?” the other just nodded and mumbled a quiet yes against his neck.
It was quite a struggle to get up to his room with a half-asleep clingy Eddie he found but they made it, just about.
He placed the other down on his bed softly, “stay here, I'll find you some clothes” he whispered into the air between them. Eddie nodded sleepily.
When Steve turned back around holding a shirt of his and some sweats, he found Eddie curled up into a ball hugging his pillow. He felt his insides melt into liquid at the sight.
He so desperately wanted to take a polaroid of him to capture the moment but he remembered he ran out of film, all of it on Eddie. He sighed and shook his head before leaning down to help Eddie out of his clothes and placing the shirt over his head earning little mumbles in return. He didn't bother with putting the sweats on him, it was like dressing an octopus so he gave up.
He made his way into the bathroom and picked up his toothbrush, he saw his reflection in the mirror noticing how happy he looked. He hasn’t been this happy in a while he realised. After a few moments of brushing in silence he spat out the minty foam and opened the door, he was met with Robin coming back up the stairs with a glass of water.
“Goodnight, Steve” she whispered.
“Night, rob”
He made his way back into his dark room that was only lit by the moonlight coming through the open window with a soft summer breeze and climbed into bed. He was immediately eloped in Eddie's embrace, “Night night, Stevie” he mumbled into his chest before placing a kiss on his neck softly. God, Steve was so gone for him. “Sleep well”
Steve kissed his forehead and whispered a quiet, “Night, Ed’s. I love you.” He drifted into a happy slumber surrounded by the smell of Eddie not long afterwards.
-
Steve was awoken by Eddie gasping for air and thrashing around looking for him, “Steve… Steve please wake up” he whispered frantically.
He quickly realised the other was having a nightmare.
“Hey, hey I'm here baby. It’s okay, I'm right here” he embraced Eddie into his arms rocking him back and forth, “I’m here, I'm not going anywhere, I promise” he whispered into the other’s hair. Eddie clung to him for dear life, crying silently. “What happened, Eds?” Steve began, “Tell me everything when you’re ready, angel”
It took a few minutes for Eddie to get his thoughts together before he began, “I- I was back in the upside down. Vecna was there” he began with a shaky breath, Steve just listened continuing to rock him back and forth, “I don’t know… I don’t know what he was doing I think he had me in some sort of vision and he showed me you…” he paused.
“Showed me doing what Eds?” Steve questioned stroking his hand up and down his boyfriend's arm. Eddie took a deep breath, “you dying…” he whispered out, voice breaking slightly.
Steve froze for a few minutes, “it’s okay, he is dead. We killed him, remember? He can’t hurt us anymore. He can't hurt me” Steve pulled back for a few moments looking Eddie in the eyes, “I promise.” the other nodded his head in understanding. They both sat there in silence for a while before speaking again.
“I’m sorry for waking you.” he pulled away from Steve and looked at him. Steve noticed he was crying again, wiping his tears away he answered, “It’s okay, angel. I would rather you wake me up than be alone. Understand?” Eddie nodded, “Good. come back here and let’s try and sleep again.”
The two of them lay facing to each other with Steve outlining Eddie's face watching sleep take over his tired eyes, he was fighting it he realised, “It’s okay, you can sleep. I’m not going anywhere.” he paused, “I promise” Eddie smiled at him fondly before slowly losing consciousness again.
-
Steve didn’t get much sleep after Eddie’s nightmare. He started to get irritable so he gently removed Eddie’s arm off his hip and got up. He walked over to Eddie and gave him a soft kiss on his nose. The other mumbled something incoherent in his sleep, but it sounded like “I love you, Stevie.”
He smiled to himself before walking over to the bedroom door to make his way downstairs. He found Nancy already awake in the kitchen with the radio playing softly in the background.
“Morning” she acknowledged at him, “not get much sleep?” she asks frowning while putting her mug down on the counter. The other shook his head as an answer. “No, Eddie had a nightmare and I couldn’t sleep after,” he explained. Nancy looked at him with sympathy, and understanding.
Steve made his way over to the coffee she boiled and poured himself a drink, “Do you want any breakfast?” he placed the kettle back onto its holder, “I was thinking waffles?”
Nancy looked up from the newspaper she was reading, “Sure. Thanks, Steve”
The two of them did their own thing in comfortable silence, the radio softly singing the latest track Little Lies by Fleetwood mac. He made way more waffles than he intended. Soon, he heard somebody come down the stairs and it was Robin who was closely followed by Eddie. “Morning” they said in unison smiling at each other.
Robin walked over to the fridge to grab orange juice and poured herself some before walking over to Nancy, “Ooh! A word search, how fun!” the two of them sat together doing it like an old married couple. Eddie smiled to himself watching them before making his way to Steve and hugging his back. “Morning, darling” he muttered in a deep voice full of sleep before placing a soft kiss on his shoulder blade.
Steve smiled to himself, “Morning, did you sleep ok?” he started placing all the waffles onto the plate, “other than the nightmare of course”
Eddie detached himself from Steve’s back and grabbed the orange juice from Robin and poured himself a drink, “Oh… yeah, I slept okay. Thanks for… you know” he paused and Steve nodded in understanding.
They moved to sit around the kitchen counter, Eddie sat cross-legged on top, while Robin and Nancy on the chairs and Steve leant against it. They all spoke amongst themselves before the doorbell cut through their debate whether tomatoes were a fruit or vegetable. They all looked towards the door with curiosity, Steve sighed before placing his plate down and waltzed over to the door.
“I don’t want to buy your cook-“ he spoke while opening the door, “Oh, Henderson.” Steve couldn’t even ask what was wrong before he invited himself in, “Sure, come on in” he says sarcastically rolling his eyes. He closed the door behind him and followed Dustin into the house.
“Can I smell…” Dustin held up a hand while smelling the air, “Waffles?!” before he knew it, he was in the kitchen, “Oh my god…” Dustin spun around to look at Steve with a (fake) hurt face, “You’re all hanging out and you didn’t invite me?” He questions accusingly before looking back at Eddie, “Nice hair!” Eddie blushes over the compliment remembering the events of the night before.
Steve turns to look at the other three with his hands on his hips. Robin had a shit eating grin on her lips while Nancy and Eddie were trying not to laugh.
Steve sighed in defeat, “Sorry,” he mumbles, “What must be so important for you to be here at…” he lifts his wrist to check the time, “8 in the morning on a Saturday?”
Dustin pauses while grabbing a plate of waffles, “Oh yeah,” he laughs to himself, “Basically... I’m having girl problems and I thought who other than Steve Harrington, best Mom of the year by the way, could help me?” Dustin asked.
Eddie watched in interest while picking at the waffle in front of him. Dustin sighed after nobody answered his question, “Nobody! So, that’s why I’m here.” Steve could already feel a headache coming and it wasn’t even lunch time yet.
“Alright, alright, what’s the issue?” He asks sitting back down on his chair with a sigh. Dustin takes a bite out of the waffle that was now drenched in syrup, “Suzie isn’t answering me” he turns to Nancy like she knew the answer to the following question, “why won’t Suzie answer?” Nancy just stares at him and blinks.
“Uhm…” she takes a sip of her coffee, grimacing a bit over the taste of bitterness, “Maybe she is just… Busy?” She supplies.
Dustin turns back to Steve with bewilderment, “Busy” he copies before poking at his food and continuing, “if she was busy, she would’ve told me.”
Eddie answers, “Hey, Kid don’t worry about it too much. Maybe she had her…” he looks to Dustin for help waving his hand around like the word would magically appear in front of him.
“Radio” he supplied.
“Yeah... Radio thing taken away from her. I’m sure you didn’t do anything wrong.” He smiles at the little gremlin before him. Dustin looks at him for a few moments and nods.
“Yeah, you’re probably right. I don’t know why I’m stressing so much...” Steve places his hand on his shoulder to stop his word vomit.
“Hey man, it’s okay! She will be back soon anyway, I’m sure.” he smiles down at Dustin messing up his hair.
The five of them eat in comfortable silence again until Dustin announces that he has to go with Lucas to buy something for Will’s birthday. They all wave their goodbyes, “That kid Is going to be the death of me.” Steve speaks while running his hands through his hair.
“Ah… young love” sighs robin.
-
They all hang out together after breakfast until Nancy and Robin have to leave a little while after. It’s just Eddie and Steve now.
They made their way back upstairs to lay in Steve’s bed, “So..” Eddie starts playing with Steve’s fingers, “the hair huh? How did you learn to plait hair?” He questions not meeting the others gaze. He can feel Steve chuckle quietly under him.
“El and Max taught me one summer a few years back”
Eddie hums in understanding, “You did a pretty good job if I say so myself, Stevie” he rolls over to face his boyfriend smiling, “Hi”
“Hey.” Steve whispers into the air between them. “You know… last night when you had your nightmare?” Eddie looks at him curiously before nodding, “Do you have them often?”
He watches as Eddie looks down at their hands resting together and a few beats of silence take over before Steve holds his chin ever so softly, “Eds?” Eddie moved his eyes to make contact with Steve before sighing, “Uh... Yeah... more often than I’d like.” He answers truthly with a glint in his eye.
Steve sighs and moves closer to hug him, speaking into his hair, “You know you can always call me whenever you have them,” he pulls away, “At any time of night. I’ll be here for you, always.” Eddie smiles back up at him faintly before kissing him softly, “Will do, Stevie.”
The two of them lay in silence together listening to the soft music of Eddie’s mixtape with the breeze of cool summer air coming through the window.
Steve must’ve dozed off because he’s being woken by Eddie kissing his neck. He groans groggily, “What’re you doing?” Eddie smiles up to him, “I missed you...” He went back the others neck but biting harder, Steve suddenly rolled over pinning him down and smiled down at him. “I’m here.” He whispered before smashing his lips onto the others, taking the piercing between his teeth that brings out a soft moan from Eddie’s throat.