[ steve doesn't know how it is he's feeling, and that leaves him a bit listless where they stand. he's noticed that eddie is still here, that it's the middle of the night and they should both be asleep, but the thought of sleeping, the thought of going to bed, the thought of trying just fills him with dread. and, wait, shit, does he need to find dustin? does he need to tell dustin? is that-
hey-
he blinks, and doesn't realize how long it's been. eddie is looking at him, not expectantly but definitely like he's about to break, like he's about to do something off, and steve doesn't disagree with him. doesn't think he's wrong. but god, he feels like such a pathetic- ]
I- [ there is the responsible voice in him that's saying he needs to get over himself and sleep. no good will come from him staying up, no good will come from any of this, but god damn he's not prepared to go at it alone.
so when eddie continues, when he says sit for awhile, when he says they don't have to talk, steve feels something like anxiety unclench from his ribs. ] Yeah. I...yeah. That. I can do that.
[ steve looks around, somehow looking lost in his own home, in their home. ]
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hey-
he blinks, and doesn't realize how long it's been. eddie is looking at him, not expectantly but definitely like he's about to break, like he's about to do something off, and steve doesn't disagree with him. doesn't think he's wrong. but god, he feels like such a pathetic- ]
I- [ there is the responsible voice in him that's saying he needs to get over himself and sleep. no good will come from him staying up, no good will come from any of this, but god damn he's not prepared to go at it alone.
so when eddie continues, when he says sit for awhile, when he says they don't have to talk, steve feels something like anxiety unclench from his ribs. ] Yeah. I...yeah. That. I can do that.
[ steve looks around, somehow looking lost in his own home, in their home. ]