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#CONGRATS HYPE!!!! #This is such a cool idea 🥺 #but how am i supposed to decide which options i should pick 😭😂 #steddie #👀👀

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This week’s writer spotlight feature is: @thefreakandthehair! With thirty-nine works in the Steve/Eddie and Stranger Things tags on Archive of our Own!

In an underdogfics first, we have TWO nominators!

Our first nominator recommends the following works by @thefreakandthehair:

this is my month, I can feel it. october, baby!

never been afraid of any deviation.

scar-crossed lovers.

the answers are all inside of this.

Our second nominator, @sidekick-hero, recommends the following works by @thefreakandthehair:

over the hills and far away

meeting you was coming home.

make no plans and none can be broken.

rounding third, sliding home.

what's mine is yours (to leave or take)

Lex's brain is full of very creative scenarios, reading her writing is like reading an anthology of short stories but it's with all of your favorite characters! You get to see what they'd do in this AU or that AU, I love the exploration. It's like she's made a stew and it's simmering on the stove and you realize you're so hungry for stew as soon as you see it. <3 -- anonymous

Lex writes characters that come to life on the page while you're reading her stories. It makes it so easy to get invested in them, to feel with them and root for them to get their happy ending. She's one of these authors I would follow anywhere, any trope, any setting and universe, I am here for it. So I think more people should get to find her stories and be treated to the magic. -- @sidekick-hero

Below the cut, @thefreakandthehair answered some questions about their writing process and some of their recommended work!

Why do you write Steddie?

How can I possibly give just one reason! These two burrowed themselves into my brain like little gerbils with no hope of ever getting them out. I mean, was I supposed to hear ‘dontcha big boy?’ and be normal about it? But in all seriousness, they’re two sides of the same coin and those oppositions in character are super fun to play with!

What’s your favorite trope to READ?

It was tough to choose, but friends to lovers keeps coming up!

What’s your favorite trope to WRITE?

If I have to choose a particular trope, hurt/comfort would be the closest fit, but in the sense of healing past hurts together as a unit.

What’s your favorite Steddie fic?

This question sent me into an existential crisis and the best I could do is narrow it down to three, and even that was nearly impossible. In no particular order: We’ll Know For The First Time by KikiZ; carve your name into my chest by hexiewrites; and more recently, Among the Wildflowers by ParadimeShifts.

Is there a trope you’re excited to explore in a future work but haven’t yet?

Rivals to Lovers in my football AU! I’ve been so excited to get moving on that one.

What is your writing process like?

Oh, I wish I had a better one. I start with a skeleton outline, pop on some music, and then pick and choose which part of the outline sparks joy in that moment. I rarely, if ever, write chronologically so I just write what feels good in the moment and then go back with a scalpel to create connective tissue.

Do you have any writing quirks?

Definitely writing out of order, I think! And if there’s one thing about me, it’s that someone is gonna have an introspective moment looking up at the stars. Someone told me it’s like my calling card and they’re not wrong.

Do you prefer posting when you’ve finished writing or on a schedule?

I like a bit of both. I like to post on a schedule for multi-chapter fics but only after it’s either completely done or mostly done so that there’s no pressure to it.

Which fic are you most proud of?

Over The Hills And Far Away incorporated some personal bits of my past that were equal parts cathartic and difficult to write at times, so I’d have to say that one! It’s really satisfying to take experiences that you regret or that didn’t end the way you’d hoped and give them a different ending in fiction.

How did you get the idea for never been afraid of any deviation?

The Eddie Month prompt for that day! Me and my co-mod for the event, nostalgicbones, included Bad Reputation by Joan Jett as a prompt and as I was listening to it, it got me thinking about how Eddie is someone who cares for those in less than ideal situations— maybe even to the point of weaponizing his own bad reputation to protect someone. In this case, that was Steve!

When writing the answers are all inside of this, what was something you didn’t expect?

I didn’t expect it to become multiple chapters! That one is part of my So Much For Stardust series (that I haven’t forgotten about, I’ve just been busy with big bangs) so it was based on The Pink Seashell interlude from the album. I still don’t know exactly how a 1-minute interlude turned into a 15k multi-chapter fic, but it was super fun to let go off the rails!

What inspired scar-crossed lovers?

Also a So Much For Stardust series fic, the first one in the series, actually. I heard Heaven, Iowa for the first time and wrote this based on that song in a day. My brain just kept rotating it around like a rotisserie chicken until I wrote it.

What was your favorite part to write from scar-crossed lovers?

This is ironic because I’m not an angst-writer by nature, but writing about the slow deterioration of Eddie’s van as a symbol for the passage of time was really fun to do. Bittersweet, but it was one of those things that I didn’t realize I was doing until I was in the middle of it and once I realized, I just carried it throughout!

How do/did you feel writing never been afraid of any deviation.?

Excited! It was the first time that I wrote pre-s4 steddie (which is wild that in two years, I just wrote that for the first time last fall?) and it was so fun to do!

What was the most difficult part of writing the answers are all inside of this.?

Probably balancing the kids’ voices in the first chapter while still creating tension between Steve and Eddie.

Do you have a favorite scene and/or line from any of your fics?

It isn’t one of the fics listed here, but in no better version I could pretend to be tonight, I loved writing the line “Something about Steve feels like home, and Eddie is only familiar with houses.” Hurt/comfort, my beloved.

Do you have any upcoming projects or fics you’d like to share/promote?

I’m planning on taking a break from big bangs for a bit to focus on some super neglected WIPs, so there are a few upcoming fics I’m excited about! My Football AU, an ASMR Artist!Eddie x Insomniac!Steve AU, and I’m working on a fic called Pickup Note with sidekick-hero and firefly-party that I cannot wait to dive into fully.

Outside of these questions, Is there anything YOU would like to add?

Just thank you so much for all that you do with this blog! The ship truly exploded overnight and there are so many incredible stories that I’ve completely missed just because they’ve fallen through the cracks. I really appreciate what you’re doing here and the undertaking that it’s been!

Thank you to our author, @thefreakandthehair, and our nominators, anonymous and @sidekick-hero! See more of @thefreakandthehair works featured on our page throughout the day!

Writer’s Spotlight is every Wednesday! Want to nominate an author? You can nominate them here!

#Lex! i applaud you from afar 👏👏👏 #for me she's such a big and important member of the steddie family #it's still a marvel to me how she manages to do so so much for the fandom #Lex deserves all the love #this is so well deserved and everyone should read her fics #💖💖💖

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💌send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome.💌

ily.

#answered ask #my dearest! <3 #my lovely print-foster-care person xD #i kith and hug!

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Get booped!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈✨

MY WIFE! I LOVES YOU SO MUCHS! 🥰

#answered ask #ilysm pandapoo #so much love lately 😊

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Get booped!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈✨

awwww Hype!!! ❤️🥹 thank you!

#ask game #answered ask #💖🥰💖 #thank you Hype! 😘

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🔊 Winner announcement 🎉

It’s April 6th and time to announce the winners of my 2nd steddie art giveaway!!! Everyone who participated, thank you so much!!!!!

I'm positively overwhelmed by all the feedback! Thank you! I'll def do the next giveaway asap ❤

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The winners are:

➡ @bibs-blocksberg ➡ @stevethehairington ➡ @eriquin ➡ @ataliagold ➡ @v3llichor ➡ @hitlikehammers ➡ @vecnuthy ➡ @wormdebut ➡ @atomicvampiricmetal ➡ @just-my-latest-hyperfixation

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Congratulations!!! ❤️ Again, big thanks to @sidekick-hero for being my lottery fairy and picking the winners! 🙌

‼️ Dear winners, since there're so many of you, pls DM me or send an Ask or however you’d like to communicate!!! ‼️

(or via Discord. Discord is fine too :D -> keikei_firefly) If I don't hear back from you within 2 days, I'll DM you!

#steddie giveaway #winner announcement #thanks to everyone for participating this time again!!!! #and shoutout to those ppl who like and even reblog my post but don't follow me.... like...why you do this?? #anyway! weeeeh

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In the end it's Stevie who breaks eye contact first. He collects his bucket and supplies before walking past Eddie and towards the exit.

"Call me," Stevie says with a wink over his shoulder as he takes off.

"Sure," is all Eddie can provide, feigning indifference.

He hears Stevie snort as he leaves the building and goddammit -

Eddie would kill to see him again.

Probably will.

Adding this part as the ending. The one shot is now on AO3 as well!

"You clean up nicely, Stevie"

cw: mentioned blood and gore | mafia/mob AU | steddie pre-murderhusbands relationship big thanks to @dapandapod for beta reading and improving my poor attempt to write sth

Steve Harrington is good at his job. He's quick, he is thorough and most importantly, he doesn't ask questions.

There's nothing that could shock him anymore. He's seen everything.

Steve doesn’t mind severed limbs, gore, blood and body fluids, sometimes creatively mixed in more ways than are pleasant to imagine.

He's used to it, and cleaning it is what earns him a nice living as a crime scene cleaner.

Or just... scene cleaner maybe.

He doesn't work with the police or authorities. No, his specialty lies outside the law, which means he arrives before a mess becomes a nuisance. He cleans until there is not a speck of blood left, until there is nothing to indicate that something happened there. Was there ever a crime committed if there is no crime scene?

The money's amazing by the way. Of course cleaning the remains is a shit job but if you add the hush money on top, well, ain't that a nice bonus.

Again, Steve doesn't ask questions. He doesn't care. It's none of his business.

–

Eddie's shoes are squeaking in the puddle of blood he tried and failed to not step into.

He flips the business card around and squints at the hurried scribble of a phone number that was added right under the name "Stevie".

He trusts Chrissy's background check.

They were in a dire need of a new guy after the previous one decided to catch a bullet with his face after snooping one time too many. 

Eddie looks up to the blood stained walls and ceiling and dials the number on the card.

"Hello?"

"Watergate Street 53", is all Eddie replies.

"How many?", Stevie asks.

"Uhm, five?"

"You sure? Might wanna go check again?", Stevie laughs into the phone.

Bitch.

"It's five." Eddie answers, annoyed.

There's a low whistle. "Alright, I'll be there in 20. Payment upfront. 50k."

Then the line goes dead. Eddie rolls his eyes, pockets his phone and looks around for a clean spot to sit while he waits.

–

It's exactly three hours and thirty two minutes later when Stevie empties his water bucket for the last time.

Eddie watches curiously as Stevie takes off the gloves, mask and safety glasses he arrived in. Eddie didn't mean to stick around but he's not trusting this new guy yet (he's also curious, sue him). 

His gaze turns into a stare when the other man pulls down the zipper of his squeaky yellow biohazard suit, throwing back the hood and running a clean hand through his sweat soaked hair. He has a strong jaw and long, mole dotted neck that Eddie just wants to taste.

Eyes wide, Eddie’s not able to hold back the sharp intake of breath as he watches in horror the moment Stevie's eyes lock with his and -

Fuck.

Stevie's lips curl into a smirk.

Eddie is so fucked.

#steddie #steddie ficlet #adding a wee bit more to it :) #kei's stranger things art

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"You clean up nicely, Stevie"

cw: mentioned blood and gore | mafia/mob AU | steddie pre-murderhusbands relationship big thanks to @dapandapod for beta reading and improving my poor attempt to write sth

Steve Harrington is good at his job. He's quick, he is thorough and most importantly, he doesn't ask questions.

There's nothing that could shock him anymore. He's seen everything.

Steve doesn’t mind severed limbs, gore, blood and body fluids, sometimes creatively mixed in more ways than are pleasant to imagine.

He's used to it, and cleaning it is what earns him a nice living as a crime scene cleaner.

Or just... scene cleaner maybe.

He doesn't work with the police or authorities. No, his specialty lies outside the law, which means he arrives before a mess becomes a nuisance. He cleans until there is not a speck of blood left, until there is nothing to indicate that something happened there. Was there ever a crime committed if there is no crime scene?

The money's amazing by the way. Of course cleaning the remains is a shit job but if you add the hush money on top, well, ain't that a nice bonus.

Again, Steve doesn't ask questions. He doesn't care. It's none of his business.

–

Eddie's shoes are squeaking in the puddle of blood he tried and failed to not step into.

He flips the business card around and squints at the hurried scribble of a phone number that was added right under the name "Stevie".

He trusts Chrissy's background check.

They were in a dire need of a new guy after the previous one decided to catch a bullet with his face after snooping one time too many. 

Eddie looks up to the blood stained walls and ceiling and dials the number on the card.

"Hello?"

"Watergate Street 53", is all Eddie replies.

"How many?", Stevie asks.

"Uhm, five?"

"You sure? Might wanna go check again?", Stevie laughs into the phone.

Bitch.

"It's five." Eddie answers, annoyed.

There's a low whistle. "Alright, I'll be there in 20. Payment upfront. 50k."

Then the line goes dead. Eddie rolls his eyes, pockets his phone and looks around for a clean spot to sit while he waits.

–

It's exactly three hours and thirty two minutes later when Stevie empties his water bucket for the last time.

Eddie watches curiously as Stevie takes off the gloves, mask and safety glasses he arrived in. Eddie didn't mean to stick around but he's not trusting this new guy yet (he's also curious, sue him). 

His gaze turns into a stare when the other man pulls down the zipper of his squeaky yellow biohazard suit, throwing back the hood and running a clean hand through his sweat soaked hair. He has a strong jaw and long, mole dotted neck that Eddie just wants to taste.

Eyes wide, Eddie’s not able to hold back the sharp intake of breath as he watches in horror the moment Stevie's eyes lock with his and -

Fuck.

Stevie's lips curl into a smirk.

Eddie is so fucked.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie ficlet #stranger things #inspired by the game “Crime Scene Cleaner” that i saw on twitch yesterday #i got this weird idea and wasn't able to let it go #this is kei's first attempt at writing 🙈 holy shit #it's a one time thing. writing is too stressful for me xD

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✨ One week left to participate!!! ❤️

Due to the tremendous feedback I'll ▶ increase the amount of winners to 10!! ◀

Thank y'all so so much for participating!! 🥹🥹🥹

It's time for another giveaway!!!

as usual, here're the specifics:

RULES TO ENTER: - followers only! no minors!! - like the giveaway post - reblog for a bonus entry!

END OF GIVEAWAY: - April 5th 2024 (winners will be informed on the 6th! make sure i can dm you!) - 5 randomly chosen winners

- winners can pick whatever they want (one of each max.)

PLEASE BE AWARE: for sending the prints/cards to you, make sure that it's ok to share your address with me!

prints specifics: - 21,0 cm x 29,7 cm (DIN A4) or - 8.2 x 11.6 inch

postcards: - 12,1 cm x 12,1 cm // 4.7 x 4.7 inch (the square ones) - 14,8 cm x 10,5 cm // 5.8 x 4.1 inch (the rectangular ones)

#giveaway :) #seriously you guys are blowing my mind 😭💖

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send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome ❣️🥰

That's so damn sweet 🥺 thank you so much!

#answered ask #took me so long to actually reply #im so sorry <3 #irl is currently killing me 🥲 #but this was so damn nice to receive #lots of forehead kisses to you Hype! 🖤 #🥰😘

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Hi do you RP?

Dear anon,

sorry to disappoint but I can barely write my own name. 👍

#i did some very embarrassing rping in school tho #glad i kept drawing #believe me it's for the best #thanks for asking tho #:D #i guess xD #answered ask

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It's time for another giveaway!!!

as usual, here're the specifics:

RULES TO ENTER: - followers only! no minors!! - like the giveaway post - reblog for a bonus entry!

END OF GIVEAWAY: - April 5th 2024 (winners will be informed on the 6th! make sure i can dm you!) - 5 randomly chosen winners

- winners can pick whatever they want (one of each max.)

PLEASE BE AWARE: for sending the prints/cards to you, make sure that it's ok to share your address with me!

prints specifics: - 21,0 cm x 29,7 cm (DIN A4) or - 8.2 x 11.6 inch

postcards: - 12,1 cm x 12,1 cm // 4.7 x 4.7 inch (the square ones) - 14,8 cm x 10,5 cm // 5.8 x 4.1 inch (the rectangular ones)

#i'll pay for shipping! #steddie

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| kei | 30s | she/her | introverted mess | self-taught hobby artist |

I draw fanart for my current hyperfixation (⁎❛ᴗ❛⁎)

→ my Steddie/StrangerThings art tag ←

| Instagram | AO3 | Bluesky |

Do not follow if you're a minor! 🔞

older fanarts → the Witcher | Assassin's Creed | Star Trek |

I do not offer commissions

I do not have a shop

If you'd like to have a print, pls look out for my giveaways!!! I'm trying to do those regularly 💞

my Asks and DMs are always open! Feel free to hmu! ❤

drawing tablet: Huion Kamvas Pro 24

Software: ClipStudioPaint2.0

#masterpost #look i made a masterpost #it's about time #i had to add tags to all my art 😭🥴 #but now everything should be in order :) #yay #only took me two hours

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held.

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie fanart #stranger things fanart #personal piece bc why tf not #props to my favorite panda wife for the pic's name :) #kei's stranger things art

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FUCK 👏 YES 👏

Eddie gets to practice early and finds Steve sitting at the drum set instead of Gareth, drumming a familiar beat, Gareth using his good hand to clap a steady beat on his thigh to help Steve keep the rhythm.

Eddie's brain short circuits a little bit, seeing Steve sitting behind the drum kit, his arms flexing as he plays. It’s that oh moment that he always finds himself in, somehow still so surprised at how into Steve he is whenever something like this happens.

Gareth broke his arm skateboarding with Max and he said he knew someone who would be able to replace him during practice and shows while he heals up, but he didn't tell him it would be Steve fucking Harrington.

He can't believe Gareth wouldn't tell him this. That feels targeted.

He watches as Steve absolutely nails the ending of one of their songs and wonders what he did in a past life that would warrant this kind of torture—Steve is sweaty, his mouth open as he pants a little from the exertion.

Eddie’s not going to survive this.

“Hey, Eddie,” Steve calls over when he spots him still lingering by the garage door, oblivious to the turmoil going on inside Eddie right now.

“Hey,” he says weakly, a beat too late, his mouth incredibly dry.

read the rest of if devotion is a river, then i’m floating away here steddie | 6.4k | explicit

for @thefreakandthehair and @sidekick-hero, in anticipation of their drummer steve fic!

inspired by @firefly-party's drummer steve art

#I JUST FUXKJDFHGKJ #SCREAMING INTO MY FIST #BITING IT TOO #AND SMILING LIKE A MANIAC #🥴 brain go brrrrr #steddie #drummer steve #eddie munson #steve harrington

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art by: @firefly-party // @steddielovemonth day 16: Love is staying in bed for five extra minutes because you can’t tear yourself away from them just yet. @sidekick-hero and I are working on a much, much larger steddie project with our friend @firefly-party, Pickup Note. this is a little sneak peek into that universe! we decided to write different scenes based on kei's art in this universe for today's steddie love month prompt: check hers out here!

Eddie wakes up too early— maybe to the sun rising through the slats in the blinds, to the chill in the room, to the dip of the mattress under his hip— but mostly, he wakes up to silence. 

It’s quiet. 

He’s not used to quiet, at least not this particular flavor of it that feels like comfort, peace, and solace all wrapped in one. Usually, the quiet he finds himself in is man-made and forced — a reaction to too much noise, too much chaos— but waking up the morning after their show to find Steve still sleeping, naked and snoring lightly into Eddie’s chest, is anything but artificial. 

Warm light pours in through the slats of the hotel blinds and normally, Eddie would be annoyed that he’d forgotten to close them and woken up so early but if he’d slept in, he’d miss this view. Steve, curled under his arm, cheek pressed against the skin of his chest as he breathes slow, even, breaths punctuated with the occasional sniffle. One arm drapes protectively across Eddie’s torso, fingers grazing the bedsheets. His hair is a mess, there’s a purpling bruise on his collarbone in the shape of Eddie’s mouth, and one of his legs is heavy over top of Eddie’s. 

Sure, his left leg might be going numb— and his left arm that’s cradled beneath Steve’s head along with it— but it’s worth it. 

read the rest of and I'm on that faded love (1.2k) here on ao3!

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #pickup note #steddielovemonth #🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 #its so fluffy and cozy omg #gods im so excited for the whole project ♥️ #lex!! 🔥

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(steddie | teen | 1.2k | tags: rockstar!eddie, drummer!steve, secret relationship, part of @thefreakandthehair and @firefly-party and mine project pickup note | @steddielovemonth prompt love is staying in bed for five extra minutes because you can't tear yourself away from them just yet by @starryeyedjanai | art by Kei | story in the same verse by Lex | AO3)

Steve came to slowly, like swimming through molasses, his mind caught somewhere between dreaming and being awake. In his dream, he had been lying in the sun, his head cushioned in Eddie's lap, Eddie's fingers running through his hair, humming a soft melody Steve had never heard before.

Slowly, the melody changes to the sound of soft snoring, and the soft thing under his head isn't Eddie's lap, it's his chest, gently rising and falling with each snore. Steve presses his smile into the warm skin beneath him at the thought of Eddie's face when he tells him he snores.

Some things are worth waiting for, though, and he knows the perfect moment to reveal this particular piece of information will come.

He has no idea what time it is. Judging by the morning light filtering into the room, it's just after sunrise, the sun's rays piercing through the blinds and casting a warm, golden glow that gradually fills Steve's hotel room.

Moving as carefully as he can, he cranes his neck to check the aged alarm clock on the bedside table. It tells him that he was right, it's 7:58 a.m., and the sun has risen just minutes before him. The light filtering in is soft and diffused, making the colors seem muted yet rich, with shades of pale orange, pink, and yellow dancing across the surfaces. Long shadows stretch out elegantly, accentuating the contours of furniture and objects in the room.

It's Steve's favorite time of day. There's a sense of quiet serenity in this early morning moment as the world slowly awakens. It offers a brief respite before the hustle and bustle of the day begins.

These days, early mornings hold an even more special place in his heart because it's the only time of day he can just look at Eddie.

Sometimes Steve thinks Eddie is like a hummingbird, always moving until all his energy is used up and he falls into a deep slumber that almost looks like he's dead to the world. It allows Steve to soak him up undisturbed and unabashed. His fingers carefully exploring the hills and valleys of hard muscle and soft flesh, he can drink in the swirling ink on Eddie's pale skin.

It's such a stark contrast from the rest of the day.

Eddie often seems driven. By the perceived expectations of others, by his own fears of falling short. By his own demons, which Steve has only glimpsed. But as the darkness of the night gives way to a new day, Eddie looks at ease.

It's probably too soon to think, but Steve hopes it's because he's now sharing Eddie's bed. That Eddie feels safe with him, safe enough to let go of all the things that plague his beautiful but sometimes overwhelmingly loud mind.

That's why it pains Steve to be the one to wake Eddie from his peaceful slumber and bring him back to reality. But they have a sound check at 9:15 because the venue has had some problems lately and they need to make sure everything goes off without a hitch tonight. This whole tour means too much to them, to Eddie, for it not to be perfect.

Pressing a gentle kiss just above where Steve can feel the steady beating of Eddie's heart, he softly calls Eddie's name. Not surprisingly, nothing happens, so another kiss follows the first, this time on Eddie's collarbone.

"Eddie, c'mon," he tries again, this time closer to Eddie's ear, eliciting a soft murmur. "We have to get up, the soundcheck -"

"Mm, they can check the sound without us," his - Eddie's - voice comes in a slightly drawn out tone. "Don't wanna get up."

Eddie, obviously not fully awake yet, wraps his arms around Steve and buries his face in Steve's hair.

"I know, ba-" Steve stumbles over the pet names that want to come out more and more now that they're so much closer than when he first started touring with Corroded Coffin. "I know. But we can grab a big coffee with enough sugar in it to put an elephant into a sugar coma, and when the check is done, we can come back to the hotel and sneak into your room and I can make it worth your while."

Steve's tone is low, almost a purr, as he says this. The others don't know about them yet, although Steve thinks that at least Robin and Chrissy have their suspicions. And Jeff has been watching them more closely as well. He's sure that they'll tell them soon, but first they want to enjoy getting to know each other this way, without their friends getting involved.

"Five more minutes and I will make it worth your while. Whaddya say, big boy?"

Before Steve can answer, most likely telling Eddie no, we're going to be late and how are you going to explain that to the others, Eddie rolls them both over until Steve lands on his back with a soft umph. Above him, Eddie is smiling down at him, suddenly much more awake than seconds before.

"Hi," he says, nudging Steve's nose with his own.

Steve doesn't even try to fight the dopey smile, even as he rolls his eyes at Eddie trying to get what he wants by playing dirty. It's so Eddie, just like the wolfish grin on his face.

"I'll make this the best five minutes of your life, Harrington. Scout's honor."

Steve snorts. "Scout's honor? I doubt you ever talked to a scout in your life."

"Oh yeah. In fact, I'm sleeping with one. And I'm about to kiss one before I rock his world."

"See, that's where you're wrong."

"Is that so?"

This makes Steve laugh out loud. "You're ridiculous."

"And you love it," Eddie replies, then hesitates as his choice of words seems to register with him.

Before the moment between them ends in awkwardness, Steve leans in to kiss Eddie on the nose. "How did you know I was a Boy Scout?"

Steve's distraction works, and the worry in Eddie's eyes is replaced by mischief. "Just a guess, but good to know."

"Ass."

"I have it on good authority that you like my ass," Eddie teases, and Steve has to agree. He really does. As much as he likes everything else about Eddie. How much is becoming a problem.

Instead of saying any of these things, Steve looks over at the alarm clock, which now reads 08:04. He clicks his tongue in mock disappointment. "I think your five minutes are up, and I have to say, not the world-rocking I was expecting, Munson."

"Oh you..." Eddie growls before swooping in to capture Steve's lips in a deep kiss. It turns into another, and another, the dim light in the room growing brighter around them as they become lost in each other.

Eddie makes it to sound check just in time, while Steve is ten minutes late, carrying five cups of coffee. He hopes no one notices the bright grin Eddie flashes with the first sip of his overtly sweet coffee, or the wink he gives Steve.

A promise is a promise, and Steve intends to keep them all when it comes to Eddie.

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