[ there's that shared tendril. the thing that eddie recognized from the start. same damage, packaged different. eddie leans against him, nodding.
it's not what steve's trying to do. he knows it. and he knows so many of the little fantasies steve has about what they can be back in hawkins... won't hold up. they won't be able to walk down the street. make out under the stars at the drive-in. they'll have to be careful, be secret, because hawkins fucking hates eddie munson and the idea that he's queer is more an insult than a reality. ]
I won't. [ he lets out a hollow laugh. ] Learned that doesn't make anybody happy a looooong time ago.
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Date: 2022-09-01 01:14 am (UTC)it's not what steve's trying to do. he knows it. and he knows so many of the little fantasies steve has about what they can be back in hawkins... won't hold up. they won't be able to walk down the street. make out under the stars at the drive-in. they'll have to be careful, be secret, because hawkins fucking hates eddie munson and the idea that he's queer is more an insult than a reality. ]
I won't. [ he lets out a hollow laugh. ] Learned that doesn't make anybody happy a looooong time ago.