#I'm playing the apple game and I always land on E

[oatmilk-vampire]

Steve's been playing the apple twist game since he was a young boy able to feed himself.

He finds himself holding out hope the letter he lands on will be some grand sign of who he's supposed to end up with, and some part of him hopes it'll be an N despite that seeming impossible. But at this point he'll take just about anything if it is real--and God, does he hope its real.

One day as life slowly gets back to normal Steve and Eddie are hanging out at Steve's when Eddie witnesses Steve play the game almost subconsciously, saying the first four letters of the alphabet before sighing as it breaks on the fifth.

"Did you not think that was gonna happen?" Eddie muses at his friend who seems to be pouting at the broken stem.

"I was just hoping for something different. It always lands on E."

"So?"

"It's supposed to tell me the first initial of my soulmate's name, but I don't know anyone with an E name."

Eddie fixes him with a look that he usually only gets from Robin. "Oh come on, I know you're not that dumb, Stevie."

Steve's head makes a sharp movement to him, surprise coloring his features. He tilts his head. "What?"

"Seriously, man? Did the apple gods ever say it had to be someone of the opposite sex?"

Steve blinks only to repeat himself. "What?"

Eddie rolls his eyes, fixes him with a wild smile.

"My name starts with E."