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eddie munson. ([personal profile] heatmetal) wrote2022-07-27 01:10 am

ic inbox.

[ his voicemail greeting is just a guitar riff ]
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s. harrington; audio

[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
( post-this mess )

Hey. I didn't mean to bite your head off.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's not. You swept in and sorted it out in seconds like the wonderful person you are, I just kept bitching.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Especially if he starts cracking dinner-plates over heads all over again.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Hurt enough the first time.

[ Steve sighs, feeling exhausted from the inside-out. He wanted to get more info on whether this Back To Life bullshit is permanent or whatever the case may be, and it feels like he pissed off one of the people he was trying to help. Both, technically, but Eddie is now offering dinner so Steve supposes he's been forgiven. ]

Whatever you want. [ And, ] I'll apologise properly tonight.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The gentleness calms his lingering nerves and he tips his head against his phone as he talks, nodding even though he can't be seen. Just like that, this isn't really about Billy anymore, he was just the catalyst. ]

I don't want to screw things up again.

[ And it's not really about this little tiff today, either. ]
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Knowing he would have to share this at some point doesn't make it any easier to admit or dredge back up. ]

Nance, she. She, uh, said we were bullshit. That I was bullshit, actually. It really hurt. She was right, but it still gutted me. Turns out that for all my dating I'm shitty with people long-term.

I don't want to be a bullshit boyfriend to you too. That's all.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aw, babe. But, ]

I thought you'd been with guys before?
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Then how —?

[ His eyes widen as he pauses, the penny dropping in his head. ]

Oh. That's kind of sad, dude. I didn't know.
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cw homophobia

[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I get it. [ Because of Robin. ] I mean, I see your point.

[ Time was, Steve was calling people queer and beating them up. Would he have beaten up Eddie? Not if that moment with the broken bottle was anything to go by in recent months, sure, but with a hoard of high schools goons at his back like Tommy H? He doesn't want to think about it.

He aims for a slightly lighter tone. ]


... So what you're saying is, I'm your first boyfriend.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
God, I can't wait to spoil you rotten.
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ :) :( ]

Yeah, I guess.

[ He was starting to plan a really good date involving an ice rink he saw, but he shelves that idea for later. ]
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[personal profile] retromix 2022-07-27 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Come over.

[ ... Hurriedly shoving some dirty laundry in the right basket as he hangs up. Bit of tidying, then back on the bed as he waits for Eddie. Steve is antsy, heels digging into his duvet as he tries to be patient; as soon as he gets Eddie in his arms ...

His imagination is a hunting ground for one man called Munson. ]

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