#steve: i'm friends with a bunch of cheaters

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steve wasn't trying to humiliate anyone.

"come on, harrington. bet ya 5 bucks, whatcha say?"

but's it's eddie's fault for forgetting how competitve he could get.

smirking, steve leaned on his hand, nonplussed, "you could just give me the money, save us both from wasting time."

the kids around them "Oooooohed" and snickered. the confident, smarmy smile never faltered on eddie's face.

"well damn, tell me how you really feel. alright. ten bucks."

steve's eyes brows shot up in surprise, "are you that eager to lose your hard earned cash, munson? don't want your uncle to come at me for exploitation."

"put up or shut up, big boy," eddie answered, slapping a ten dollar bill on the table.

letting out an exaggerated sigh, steve pulled out his wallet and placed his own tenner next to eddie's, "it's your funeral, dude."

robin gleefully put her own hands over eddie and steve's as they got into position, elbows on the table, hands clasped.

they stared each other down, waiting for robin to release them. eddie's mouth opened in realization the moment robin stepped away, "oh shit, i forgot."

steve blinked, "wha--" and found lips over his own in a soft, tender kiss.

SLAM!

there was yelling and insults thrown around, cackling from various people. all steve could focus on was his own arm, flat on the table, his mouth still tingling from the phantom pressure.

he looked up and saw eddie fanning himself with both bills like some sort of victorian noble, his eyelashes fluttering.

he winked, "thanks for lunch, stevie." but steve couldn't hear him. his eyes targeted the flush of eddie's cheeks, how the redness trailed down his neck and up his ears.

slowly, taking in every twitch and movement from the man across from him, steve leaned forward until his mouth was right up against that crimson ear and whispered, "if you wanted to slam me down, all you had to do was ask."

he stood up and walked away, fist bumping robin on his way to the kitchen while the kids asked eddie why he was coughing so loudly all of the sudden.

no one could call steve harrington a sore loser.