#i say 'i' but i don't have the dexterity to thread the beads onto the string so i choose the beads and ny friend does the actual making 🥲😭

[catguangcorner]

this weekend hasn't been The best (uni is kicking my ass, basically), so my friend helped me make a cxs themed bracelet!!

we were gonna make a lg one but ran out of time (will be showing off the finished product when we get around to it). thought i would show it here cos i think it turned out really cute :D

[bifuriouswaterbender]

Careless Man

Written for the September @steddiemicrofic challenge "charm." 548 words. Rated T.

Eddie chuckled as he came downstairs.

"Don't," Steve warned.

"What?" Eddie asked, voice dripping with fake innocence.

"Don't say anything," Steve snapped.

"Anything?" Eddie repeated as he plopped down into the chair across from Steve. "What would I possible have to say at a time like this? How could I possibly have a comment about the fact that you and Megan already spent several hours making charm bracelets, and now that she's in bed, here you are still making them."

Steve glared at his husband before relenting with a sigh. "I wasn't ready to sleep. Besides, she was worried we may not have enough to make a good showing for trades. I figured it wouldn't hurt to make more."

"Because your nimble fingers work so fast at stuff like this at your ripe old age," Eddie teased. Still, he reached out for one of the colored elastic choices Steve had picked up in anticipation of Megan's arrival. "You may have gone a little overboard in the choices."

Steve shrugged, then swore slightly as he dropped another bead. He left it on the floor for now. He'd clean up properly in a few days. "Better to have too many choices than too few." He gestured toward the large stack he and Megan had made earlier and the notepad sitting next to it. "We're trying not to remake any songs, so here's the list. We have some we still wanted to make that we figured out early. Make some of those."

"Yes sir," Eddie teased as he scanned the list. "You haven't made a 123 LGB yet?"

Steve groaned as he dropped another bead. He had so many to pick up. "We had a lot of ideas, and Megan wanted to focus on more original lyric ideas first. Also, I had to make every single dad related bracelet idea we could come up with."

Eddie fully let out a giggle as he narrowed down his color options and started threading them onto his string. He'd also lost a little dexterity over the years, but those nimble guitar fingers still worked much quicker than Steve's.

They worked for another hour before Eddie stood with a stretch and went around to stand behind Steve. "I think it's time to turn in, sweetheart." He reached out to rub Steve's shoulders.

Steve let out a contented sigh at the action before leaning back, head against Eddie's chest as he looked up. "I wish you were coming with us."

Eddie dug in with his thumbs in a way that he knew Steve loved. "It would be fun, yeah, but with tickets being the way they were, I don't mind. Besides, you two don't get to do a lot just the two of you. And when she was so excited to go with you and not her friends? How can I jump in on that."

Steve offered his husband a tender smile. "I mean I took her to all the others."

"Yeah, but she wasn't a grown woman for any of those. She wants to go with you. I'm happy to let that happy." A mischievous smile crossed Eddie's face. "Mr. Heartbreak Dad."

Steve laughed as he reached up for Eddie cheek to coax him down for a kiss. "That's The Heartbreak Dad to you, loverboy."