[ steve has been trying. he wouldn't go as far as to say he's better, or even really good, but he has been trying. has been getting up each day, been getting his work done, been putting on his best face and telling everyone it's fine, been eating, too, even when he doesn't want to.
the only issue is that it has started to feel like these normal things, these things that shouldn't take any effort at all, take a lot more out of him than he really wants to admit. he turns in easy most days, sleeps in most others, gets through the day but doesn't have energy for much else.
and the heat doesn't help - summer seems to have settled like a thick blanket over solvunn, and any energy that steve might have built up feels like it melts away into the heat. he'd made his trek to the treehouse a few days prior, when the heat hadn't broken even in the middle of the night and steve had hit his own breaking point. he'd let eddie know he was going to be gone for a few days, something that become somewhat normal since that night, and left. the treehouse, for all the memories it holds, is the only place steve really has felt like he can let go as of late - his haven, his escape.
which of course means that he has a favorite spot, a bed he's picked out for himself and a corner he takes to every time he comes by. he knows wanda can sense (or whatever) him whenever he arrives, so he doesn't usually feel the need to come find her, instead grabbing a snack if he happens to feel hungry (rare, but more often lately than before) and settle himself in the bed.
he's not quite asleep when she makes her way into the room, aware of her stepping inside and the slight shift of the mattress when dot settles on top of him. he listens as wanda reaches for something, as she makes it up the ladder, and then feels the pillow and weight as she settles against him. without meaning to, or even thinking about it, he lets out a kind of sigh - content, tired, relaxed - as one of his hands lifts just enough so that he can scratch dot behind her ears. ]
Mmm. [ he agrees, shifting ever so slightly so that the new bodies in the bed settle comfortably in the blankets he's tangled up in. ] Hard to stay awake.
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the only issue is that it has started to feel like these normal things, these things that shouldn't take any effort at all, take a lot more out of him than he really wants to admit. he turns in easy most days, sleeps in most others, gets through the day but doesn't have energy for much else.
and the heat doesn't help - summer seems to have settled like a thick blanket over solvunn, and any energy that steve might have built up feels like it melts away into the heat. he'd made his trek to the treehouse a few days prior, when the heat hadn't broken even in the middle of the night and steve had hit his own breaking point. he'd let eddie know he was going to be gone for a few days, something that become somewhat normal since that night, and left. the treehouse, for all the memories it holds, is the only place steve really has felt like he can let go as of late - his haven, his escape.
which of course means that he has a favorite spot, a bed he's picked out for himself and a corner he takes to every time he comes by. he knows wanda can sense (or whatever) him whenever he arrives, so he doesn't usually feel the need to come find her, instead grabbing a snack if he happens to feel hungry (rare, but more often lately than before) and settle himself in the bed.
he's not quite asleep when she makes her way into the room, aware of her stepping inside and the slight shift of the mattress when dot settles on top of him. he listens as wanda reaches for something, as she makes it up the ladder, and then feels the pillow and weight as she settles against him. without meaning to, or even thinking about it, he lets out a kind of sigh - content, tired, relaxed - as one of his hands lifts just enough so that he can scratch dot behind her ears. ]
Mmm. [ he agrees, shifting ever so slightly so that the new bodies in the bed settle comfortably in the blankets he's tangled up in. ] Hard to stay awake.