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[polemical]

well, sure. but things can always get weirder. i think we've both proved that.

[babysitters]

So what was the ruling? Taste wise.

( that sounds so much more horny, now that he's sober. )

[polemical]

[ It was pretty damn horny even when he was drunk, honestly. ]

what answer are you hoping for, big boy?

[babysitters]

Well, I don't want to taste bad.

[polemical]

i think if you tasted bad i wouldn't have bit you hard enough to leave a mark.

[babysitters]

You still don't taste with your teeth, Ed. I'm starting to think there were ulterior biting motives, here.

[polemical]

maybe you just look really biteable. have you thought about that?

[babysitters]

Pretty sure I don't want to look really biteable, actually.

( not that he isn't, just ask all those upside down bats. )

[polemical]

then maybe you should stop wearing those slutty shirts of yours.

[babysitters]

Slutty? Polos are slutty.

[polemical]

they are when you wear them, harrington.

truer words have never been spoken

[babysitters]

( frankly he is already folding fast on his proclamation he doesn't want to look biteable (context really matters!), but in the spirit of curiosity: )

So what should I be wearing instead, exactly?

SHE'S JUST SAYING

[polemical]

[ She really wants to say one of her band shirts, but she can't figure out how to word that without it sounding like a painfully obvious come-on so she bites her tongue. ]

something that isn't painted on, probably. something you can't tuck into your jeans so everyone has to look at your slutty little waist.

[ Yeah, that's a lot better. Good going, Munson. ]

[babysitters]

( right because she TOTALLY wouldn't want to bite him if he was wearing corroded coffin band tee )

Now my waist is slutty? Kinda harsh, don't you think? It isn't even doing anything.

Fine, what I'm hearing is I should wear more sweaters. Baggy, loose, no slutty waist action. Just for you, I can do that.

[polemical]

[ She absolutely would, that's the problem! ]

don't shoot the messenger, alright, i'm just telling it like i see it. and besides, some people like sluts. don't be so down on yourself, it's okay.

yes, good. perfect. i appreciate that very much, thank you.

[ Steve will absolutely still manage to look slutty in an oversized sweater. A cozy, slutty jock. She will still want to bite him. ]

[babysitters]

( so, he's been back in the dating game awhile. he's not as rusty as he was back in his little sailor outfit (and whoo boy, if Eddie finds his polos slutty!), Steve is more or less back in the swing of things. but he's also never flirted with a girl that accused him of having a slutty waist or wearing slutty poured on polos, and look, what if he's reading into things? Dustin would probably disown him for making things weird with Eddie, because Steve got a wire crossed somewhere and was looking for more that wasn't there.

so, You know anybody into slutty jocks in polos? Maybe a hot rocker girl with dark eyes and goddamn skull rings and jeans so distressed I really struggle to understand how they stay on at all? is just too on the nose. gotta proceed with caution, here. who the hell knows, maybe she really is just calling it like she sees it (slutty, the whole boy is slutty, head to toe). maybe, MAYBE! Eddie just flirts with all her friends, that's just. you know. cool. Steve is fine with that. yeah. )

Absolutely. If you aren't sure about the slutty polo and waist situation, I'll cover up a bit more.

[polemical]

[ She does kind of flirt with all her friends, but it's usually less on the "telling them they look slutty in a way that makes it obvious it's definitely a compliment" end of the spectrum and more on the "tackle them to the ground and make fun of them for their haircut" end instead.

She definitely doesn't spend an embarrassing amount of time staring at their asses in their stupid slutty jeans, or contemplate just how much of their waists she can span with her hands, or watch the way their hair flops with a morbid kind of fascination. Her hair could never behave the way Steve's does, like gravity is just a suggestion and it's not feeling like complying, thanks. Her hair just goes everywhere all the time and she's stopped trying to corral it.

Look. The point is, Steve dresses like a dorky suburban mom and it's distressingly attractive because he's a hot boy with a hot body and fuck. She wants to bite him again. ]

it's very kind of you to look out for the rest of us, steve. watch out for your wrists, too. wrists can be surprisingly slutty, not a lot of people know that.

[babysitters]

( slutty polo? sure.
slutty waist? okay.
dresses like a dorky suburban mom? nope, lost him there, good thing that was a "why am i into this" internal monologue only. )

Hold on, wrists? How are wrists slutty? Everybody knows fingers are the sexy part of the hand. Get real.

[polemical]

[ He does! And she's into it!! It's terrible!!! ]

false. i mean sure, fingers are sexy, you're not wrong there. but the wrist... that's the good stuff. a guy with nice wrists can get any girl all a-flutter like a victorian maiden.

[babysitters]

( Eddie u haven't seen how Karen Wheeler dresses. he dresses like a dorky suburban DAD. )

I don't know, Munson. No other girl has implied my wrists were slutty.
I'm starting to think this is personal.

[polemical]

[ Also false, she absolutely has, because she's watched Mike get picked up from Hellfire more than once. Karen Wheeler is a babe. Steve should be flattered by the comparison. Ted Wheeler looks like he's made out of library paste. ]

it's a compliment! i just said you had nice wrists and that they COULD be considered slutty. not that they themselves were slutty.
i mean if you want me to keep going i can list all your other slutty body parts.

[babysitters]

( yup. Ted Wheeler basically is sentient wallpaper paste, and Steve dresses like that. wait til Christmas hits, there will be festive sweaters. )

I'm starting to think it'd be just about anything.
Maybe I'm fine having (maybe) slutty wrists and shirts and waists, you ever think about that?

[polemical]

[ She will hate his sweaters. Hate them so much she'll want to see one on her bedroom floor. ]

hey, i never said it was a bad thing.
just that if you go around looking slutty and biteable you gotta be prepared for people to bite you. especially when you give them permission. this one's on you, harrington.

[babysitters]

Is that what this entire slutty lecture is about? So I can't be mad you bit me?

( a lot of wasted effort, if that is the case. since the only thing that bothers him about it is that he doesn't really remember that well. )

Just so you know, asking you what I tasted like wasn't angling for you to bite me.

[polemical]

oh baby, you ain't seen a lecture yet, believe you me.

[ Eddie can and happily will launch into a full on hour-long presentation about any topic if given the opportunity. Steve better prepare himself for diagrams about slutty wrists and ankles. ]

then what were you angling for?