#momo im so sorry this took so long I’ve been USELESS

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Just a little thing bc I'm craving fluff

Once he and Eddie have been dating for a little while, slowly settling into something comfortable Steve gets really touchy. That sweet, romantic, intimacy. That sweet boyfriend shit. They're lowering their walls and getting more vulnerable with each other. Slowly but surely, and this is the start.

Little, simple things like gently resting their hands together when they drive. Steve in the Beemer, Eddie in the passenger seat. The pair twining and untwining their fingers together as Steve drives. Steve dropping Eddie's hand to change gears and then picking up Eddie's hand again. Bringing their entwined hands up to his mouth to place a gentle kiss on the back of Eddie's hand just to watch Eddie beam.

In the early morning they'll have coffee together at the trailers small dining table. Sun streaming through the windows, dust dancing in in streams of light. Still in their boxers and sleep shirts, Steve in bare feet and Eddie with odd socks. And Steve will rest his hand on Eddie's thigh, warm and heavy and comforting. It's nice. Having a physical reminder that the other is there, and alive, and warm, and safe. Eddie feels his heart clench when Steve gets comfortable enough that he doesn't move his hand when Wayne gets home from the night shift.

They're standing in the Backlot behind Family Video, sharing a cigarette on Steve's break. Leaning against the wall, Steve still in his work vest, slowly smoking. Eddie's dressed in his usual ripped jeans and a worn Metallica shirt, doing nothing with his day except vising Steve. So he grabs his cigarettes and loiters with Steve. Eddie lights one up, takes a puff and then holds it out for Steve to take. And instead of grabbing it with his fingers, Steve simply leans forward and puts his mouth around it, cigarette still in Eddie's hands. His lips gently kissing Eddie's fingers as he takes his own puff.

Steve and Eddie have gone round to Robin's for a sleepover on one night when her parents aren't home. They're all standing in the kitchen together while she makes them all Kraft Mac n cheese. Eddie and Steve standing together leaning against the bench, and Steve has one hand resting in Eddie's back pocket. And it's nice, being touched and touching like that with no expectations.

They're having a movie night in the Harrington house, just the two of them lounging on the plush couch. They're not cuddled up together, not yet, and Steve has his arm thrown over the back of the couch. He'd look the picture of the classic macho jock if Steve wasn't wearing a soft cozy looking sweater with his hand gently resting at the back of Eddie's neck. Fingers gently running through his curls and thumbs running circles on his skin.

I just aaa!!!!! I want soft boyfriends with soft gentle touches because they both deserve love and soft things and romance and aaaaaaaaaa

‘Aaaaa’ is RIGHT!!!

I want ALL of this for them!!! Idk the image of them sitting close but not ontop each other and not bothering to move when Wayne comes home absolutely breaks me. Wayne walking past them to get to the kitchen, ruffling Eddie’s hair and squeezing Steve’s shoulder. Letting them both know that he’s happy they are here without having to say anything. Leaving all three of them smiling to themselves at the thought of the family they made for themselves.

Eddie and Steve over at robins, Robin sitting on the kitchen counter as she waits for water to boil and food to cook. Talking to Steve who is absently playing with Eddie’s leg hair on his calves as his feet are propped on Steve’s lap, they are sitting at the kitchen table and eddie is painting his nails over the newspaper Robin spread out to avoid mess.

It’s comfy but electrifying knowing that they love each other so much and in such an easy way. Yes there was in and fear at the start but everything has been aired out in the open now. They know exactly how gone for each other they are. Sure they still have stupid arguments but even when neither of them are willing to back down the love is still there.

They share that last cigarette outside family video, Eddie still feeling the press of Steve’s lips on his fingers. Kisses his own fingers tips and taps them to Steve’s cheek before Steve head back inside with a bashful smile. Eddie flicks the filter away and grinds it under his heal. Stretches up high and thinks about how he’s going to need to buy a new pack for his next visit.