In fact, I'm a pain in your ass right now, aren't I?
( STEVE YOU WERE THE ONE THAT CALLED A CEASEFIRE ON HORNY BE MORE RESPECTFUL!!! it's just he'd rather focus on that then getting all in his head about stuff that doesn't matter. like Eddie finding some cute metalhead eventually and then they'll drift to just roommates and maybe not even roommates anymore, because you don't just live with a jock forever when you've got a girlfriend and a life and seriously this is why he'd rather be horny, his brain is the worst. )
Jesus. How'd that happen? ( Steve has never gotten gum in his hair before, but he can imagine it'd be terrible. ) I'm glad it's grown back in since, I can't imagine you with a buzzcut. The crazy rocker hair just makes sense on you.
Yeah, yeah. Watch it or I'll start making demands.
you and your monster dick are the major pain in my ass right now. [ is that an affectionate 'monster'? yes, definitely in eddie's book despite the fact he's suffering for it at the moment. and really, is he being a bit dramatic for attention? well, would he be eddie munson otherwise?
nope. eddie's only the type of guy to hide a serious injury, to not want anyone to worry about that. ]
swirlies were getting old and i guess gum in the hair was a more entertaining form of school yard bullying?[ sometimes he forgets how vastly different their worlds are when eddie's life is so woven into steve's now. ]but me too. it's probably time i trim it but who would i be without these luscious locks? a sad, sad soul.
[ but the floor of their apartment and beds wouldn't be covered in unruly hair and hair ties. ]go ahead, big boy, make demands.
Monster dick, huh? ( look, he's only human. and he's a boy, which is an objectively terrible kind of human. having a big dick is a point of pride and Eddie reaffirming what he already knows just makes him smug.
don't worry, despite the fact Eddie is so sore he can't sit comfortably, Steve definitely took monster dick as a compliment. at least somebody putting gum in Eddie's hair is a bolt of ice water this conversation needs. )
What the fuck, somebody did that to you on purpose? ( Steve was popular, yes, but rarely because he got his own hands dirty. Tommy H got up to some shit and Steve never said anything about it, even if he didn't like it. mostly he didn't care to notice what Tommy was up to at all, which isn't really better. still, it hits a little raw and crooked, that Eddie was going through that shit and shaving his entire head and he had no clue. )
Is luscious what is happening there? I get fluffy more than luscious. A trim wouldn't kill you, split ends mess with your hair. ( that was... more detailed than Steve would usually be with a guy that isn't 13 about hair care, but. look, he's sharing an apartment and spit with Eddie Munson on the regular, obviously his hair doesn't look like this on accident!!! ) But you don't gotta go G.I. Joe on me, all right? The long scruffy thing is good on you.
I'll make a whole list. Right after the grocery shopping. ( remember how he was doing that, Eddie? you're being a bit distracting!! not that Steve has made any attempt to put his phone down. )
monster dick. [ obviously worth repeating again. ]that's a fucking great title for a song.
[ not that he'd write an ode to steve's dick that he'd sing in public---- wait, no scratch that. he definitely would if he could make it subtle enough. tucking that one way for later. yup. ]the dark side of the high school experience, man. don't sweat it. it's been years.
[ except eddie's still getting his van messed with and isn't exactly safe in hawkins but, hey, those bullies are gone. ]fluffy? what am i? a poodle?
[ don't you think it, steven. even if eddie keeps going with this bit like a kid who can't help himself around a bowl of candy. ]what's the appropriate level of scruff? are you going to judge me and try to let me win best in show next time i give myself a trim?
You're not a poodle. But you are fluffy. I stand by that.
( especially after they fool around, something about the static and sweat makes Eddie's hair go completely mental. not that Steve is complaining, the fact his fingers make an obvious fingerprint is actually kinda hot. )
How about leave me enough to pull on when you're being a brat? That should do.
Keep that up and I'm bringing you back tootsie rolls. My dad calls my mom that when he's being an asshole.
takes a fluffy guy to know a fluffy guy.[ that's totally how it works according to the rules that eddie made up a few moments ago 😤 ]
i'm the brat? those are fighting words, man. [ but yeah, fine, he'll definitely leave enough for hair pulling when that's his weakness. ]you're lucky i'm into the hair pulling.
duuuuuuude. tootsie rolls? no. wow. and here i thought you liked me.
( no comment on how fluffy he can get when Eddie drags him back into a bed after a shower and he misses his damp-not-wet window. those are his worst hair days 😭 )
You're definitely a brat, sometimes. It's not a bad thing, but it definitely is a thing. ( Steve in fact quite enjoys when Eddie grins like a fucking goblin and intentionally does something to get a rise out of him — be it a shine of his teeth or his hand going slower, just to draw as many desperate noises out of him as he can. Steve is into the brat thing, he is, way more than he ever thought he'd be! but he's also into getting a handful of Eddie's hair and tugging if he's teasing too much. )
That's the point, smartass. Don't call me dear. ( Steve can tell when he's veered slightly too close to being a dick, so, he relents slightly. ) Please. It's... I dunno. I don't like it.
( that's a little more honest, at least, if still a little abrasive. )
styled in a pretty hot fluffy way. [ he may drag steve to bed because he's caught on that there's a way to get that extra fluffy look. ]
a thing you like, big boy?[ that's more interesting, actually, because eddie's very aware that steve likes it when he riles him up, gets him desperate but he also likes getting steve to admit things. sure, stuff about when they mess around is kind of a safe space, but it's practice for the big shit. which is probably not something just friends do but, well, he's noticed just how much steve holds in and that's not a fucking good thing.
so. baby steps.
baby steps that lead to shit like this. eddie will even ignore the whole smartass thing right now! ]okay, no dear. sorry. too much like your dad?
You're ridiculous. ( FLUFFY IS SO NOT THE VIBE HE'S GOING FOR, EDDIE!!! but the fact Eddie likes it does make it harder to be entirely annoyed by the suggestion. hot cancels out the fluffy. )
Yes, I like it. Maybe because you get this smug little look on your face when you do it, because you know you're about to drive me absolutely crazy. ( there, that was a confession of what he feels and thinks, right??? baby steps! horny baby steps. ...bad phrasing
and, it is weird to talk about what he likes, and what he doesn't like, at the same time. ) He always says it when he's being a dick. You know? She asks him to do something and he says, yes dear, like he's listening, but he's not.
a compliment, my leige.[ is someone aware he's won? yep.
about the fluff and the horniness. he's definitely grinning like a devilish little imp at the laundry mat and looking more insane than the guy who's blasting wham! still and torturing eddie's poor ear drums. ]i'm developing a knack for it. you know how to work me up too, stevie, so i gotta keep the playing field even.
[ that's a sports thing, right? how sports people talk. ]
ah, shit. yeah, that's a huge dick move on his part. i didn't mean it like that.
( Steve would usually complain. about the my leige thing. he's not a king of anything thee days — was he really a king back in his heyday, anyway? king of nothing. king of bullshit.
but Eddie is so ridiculous and dramatic and obsessed with lord of the rings, it burns less from him.
(steve definitely prefers big boy, or the recently dropped baby, a lot more than my leige.) )
I like to think I do. ( it's not something that came to him instantly. trying to turn another guy on. in the end, they have definitely figured it out. and keeping mind of what Eddie likes makes it easy to use his own turn ons against him. not that Eddie has ever complained! )
I know you didn't. I just... I don't like it, that's all. You got anything like that? Shit I should avoid saying?
i'm not complaining.[ weren't you just complaining about not being able to sit properly, eddie? huh??? ]i'm also pretty sure i scored the jackpot here.
then i won't say it. easy peasy. [ the follow up question is more complicated. so it takes a while for eddie to type something out here. he doesn't really think steve would even joke about the shit that puts eddie off. ]not really? i mean there's shit but i don't think you're planning to go back to high school nicknames?
( this feels like a lose lose situation. if Steve is honest, he doesn't have any clue what people called Eddie in high school. it's not like they were ever close! and yet, it feels kinda bad to admit, somehow. )
I don't really know what people called you, Ed. Unless... you mean the freak, thing? That's all I can remember.
[ not actually the worst but that's the one eddie had been thinking of. ]that's one on the list. but like i said, i don't think it'll be a problem.
you're welcome to see if you can get me to veto any ridiculous pet names.[ that kind of sounds like a more fun challenge and a better turn to the conversation than thinking of shitty high school moments. ]
I'll keep that in mind. I think I've got it covered as it is. ( how many petnames can you give your ROOMMATE, anyway??? huh???? god this has all gotten so far out of hand!! ) I gotta focus on the shopping or it'll never get done, all right? Give me an hour or two, and I'll come get you.
two hours? just remember it's just the two of us and not the whole army of kiddos.[ which, to be fair, probably does require two hours of shopping to get the right stuff. ]see ya soon, stevie. i'll be here, folding laundry and slowly forgetting any words that aren't a line from 'wake me up before you go go!'
[ but hey! folding laundry. what an improvement from shoving it right back in the hamper all crinkled and shit. ]
An hour or two, that means probably somewhere in the middle. I'm making you do the errands next time, if you think that is too long.
( it does take awhile, even if they're living out of a van right now! geez, mr. impatient!! ...though, probably Steve will buckle up and get his ass in gear, now, cuz he's a sucker.
and he's definitely gonna do it humming Wham! now, so, nice going, Eddie. )
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Date: 2022-10-22 07:59 pm (UTC)In fact, I'm a pain in your ass right now, aren't I?
( STEVE YOU WERE THE ONE THAT CALLED A CEASEFIRE ON HORNY BE MORE RESPECTFUL!!! it's just he'd rather focus on that then getting all in his head about stuff that doesn't matter. like Eddie finding some cute metalhead eventually and then they'll drift to just roommates and maybe not even roommates anymore, because you don't just live with a jock forever when you've got a girlfriend and a life and seriously this is why he'd rather be horny, his brain is the worst. )
Jesus. How'd that happen? ( Steve has never gotten gum in his hair before, but he can imagine it'd be terrible. ) I'm glad it's grown back in since, I can't imagine you with a buzzcut. The crazy rocker hair just makes sense on you.
Yeah, yeah. Watch it or I'll start making demands.
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Date: 2022-10-23 04:32 am (UTC)you and your monster dick are the major pain in my ass right now. [ is that an affectionate 'monster'? yes, definitely in eddie's book despite the fact he's suffering for it at the moment. and really, is he being a bit dramatic for attention? well, would he be eddie munson otherwise?
nope. eddie's only the type of guy to hide a serious injury, to not want anyone to worry about that. ]
swirlies were getting old and i guess gum in the hair was a more entertaining form of school yard bullying? [ sometimes he forgets how vastly different their worlds are when eddie's life is so woven into steve's now. ] but me too. it's probably time i trim it but who would i be without these luscious locks? a sad, sad soul.
[ but the floor of their apartment and beds wouldn't be covered in unruly hair and hair ties. ] go ahead, big boy, make demands.
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Date: 2022-11-03 03:31 am (UTC)don't worry, despite the fact Eddie is so sore he can't sit comfortably, Steve definitely took monster dick as a compliment. at least somebody putting gum in Eddie's hair is a bolt of ice water this conversation needs. )
What the fuck, somebody did that to you on purpose? ( Steve was popular, yes, but rarely because he got his own hands dirty. Tommy H got up to some shit and Steve never said anything about it, even if he didn't like it. mostly he didn't care to notice what Tommy was up to at all, which isn't really better. still, it hits a little raw and crooked, that Eddie was going through that shit and shaving his entire head and he had no clue. )
Is luscious what is happening there? I get fluffy more than luscious. A trim wouldn't kill you, split ends mess with your hair. ( that was... more detailed than Steve would usually be with a guy that isn't 13 about hair care, but. look, he's sharing an apartment and spit with Eddie Munson on the regular, obviously his hair doesn't look like this on accident!!! ) But you don't gotta go G.I. Joe on me, all right? The long scruffy thing is good on you.
I'll make a whole list. Right after the grocery shopping. ( remember how he was doing that, Eddie? you're being a bit distracting!! not that Steve has made any attempt to put his phone down. )
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Date: 2022-11-03 04:05 am (UTC)[ not that he'd write an ode to steve's dick that he'd sing in public---- wait, no scratch that. he definitely would if he could make it subtle enough. tucking that one way for later. yup. ] the dark side of the high school experience, man. don't sweat it. it's been years.
[ except eddie's still getting his van messed with and isn't exactly safe in hawkins but, hey, those bullies are gone. ] fluffy? what am i? a poodle?
[ don't you think it, steven. even if eddie keeps going with this bit like a kid who can't help himself around a bowl of candy. ] what's the appropriate level of scruff? are you going to judge me and try to let me win best in show next time i give myself a trim?
don't forget the candy, dear.
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Date: 2022-11-06 12:35 am (UTC)( especially after they fool around, something about the static and sweat makes Eddie's hair go completely mental. not that Steve is complaining, the fact his fingers make an obvious fingerprint is actually kinda hot. )
How about leave me enough to pull on when you're being a brat? That should do.
Keep that up and I'm bringing you back tootsie rolls. My dad calls my mom that when he's being an asshole.
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Date: 2022-11-07 02:06 am (UTC)i'm the brat? those are fighting words, man. [ but yeah, fine, he'll definitely leave enough for hair pulling when that's his weakness. ] you're lucky i'm into the hair pulling.
duuuuuuude. tootsie rolls? no. wow. and here i thought you liked me.
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Date: 2022-11-07 02:16 am (UTC)( no comment on how fluffy he can get when Eddie drags him back into a bed after a shower and he misses his damp-not-wet window. those are his worst hair days 😭 )
You're definitely a brat, sometimes. It's not a bad thing, but it definitely is a thing. ( Steve in fact quite enjoys when Eddie grins like a fucking goblin and intentionally does something to get a rise out of him — be it a shine of his teeth or his hand going slower, just to draw as many desperate noises out of him as he can. Steve is into the brat thing, he is, way more than he ever thought he'd be! but he's also into getting a handful of Eddie's hair and tugging if he's teasing too much. )
That's the point, smartass. Don't call me dear. ( Steve can tell when he's veered slightly too close to being a dick, so, he relents slightly. ) Please. It's... I dunno. I don't like it.
( that's a little more honest, at least, if still a little abrasive. )
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Date: 2022-11-07 02:30 am (UTC)a thing you like, big boy? [ that's more interesting, actually, because eddie's very aware that steve likes it when he riles him up, gets him desperate but he also likes getting steve to admit things. sure, stuff about when they mess around is kind of a safe space, but it's practice for the big shit. which is probably not something just friends do but, well, he's noticed just how much steve holds in and that's not a fucking good thing.
so. baby steps.
baby steps that lead to shit like this. eddie will even ignore the whole smartass thing right now! ] okay, no dear. sorry. too much like your dad?
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Date: 2022-11-07 02:43 am (UTC)Yes, I like it. Maybe because you get this smug little look on your face when you do it, because you know you're about to drive me absolutely crazy. ( there, that was a confession of what he feels and thinks, right??? baby steps! horny baby steps. ...bad phrasing
and, it is weird to talk about what he likes, and what he doesn't like, at the same time. ) He always says it when he's being a dick. You know? She asks him to do something and he says, yes dear, like he's listening, but he's not.
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Date: 2022-11-07 03:38 am (UTC)about the fluff and the horniness. he's definitely grinning like a devilish little imp at the laundry mat and looking more insane than the guy who's blasting wham! still and torturing eddie's poor ear drums. ] i'm developing a knack for it. you know how to work me up too, stevie, so i gotta keep the playing field even.
[ that's a sports thing, right? how sports people talk. ]
ah, shit. yeah, that's a huge dick move on his part. i didn't mean it like that.
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Date: 2022-11-08 02:23 am (UTC)but Eddie is so ridiculous and dramatic and obsessed with lord of the rings, it burns less from him.
(steve definitely prefers big boy, or the recently dropped baby, a lot more than my leige.) )
I like to think I do. ( it's not something that came to him instantly. trying to turn another guy on. in the end, they have definitely figured it out. and keeping mind of what Eddie likes makes it easy to use his own turn ons against him. not that Eddie has ever complained! )
I know you didn't. I just... I don't like it, that's all. You got anything like that? Shit I should avoid saying?
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Date: 2022-11-12 01:02 am (UTC)then i won't say it. easy peasy. [ the follow up question is more complicated. so it takes a while for eddie to type something out here. he doesn't really think steve would even joke about the shit that puts eddie off. ] not really? i mean there's shit but i don't think you're planning to go back to high school nicknames?
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Date: 2022-11-12 03:21 am (UTC)I don't really know what people called you, Ed. Unless... you mean the freak, thing? That's all I can remember.
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Date: 2022-11-12 03:39 am (UTC)you're welcome to see if you can get me to veto any ridiculous pet names. [ that kind of sounds like a more fun challenge and a better turn to the conversation than thinking of shitty high school moments. ]
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Date: 2022-11-12 04:27 am (UTC)I'll keep that in mind. I think I've got it covered as it is. ( how many petnames can you give your ROOMMATE, anyway??? huh???? god this has all gotten so far out of hand!! ) I gotta focus on the shopping or it'll never get done, all right? Give me an hour or two, and I'll come get you.
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Date: 2022-12-06 02:52 am (UTC)two hours? just remember it's just the two of us and not the whole army of kiddos. [ which, to be fair, probably does require two hours of shopping to get the right stuff. ] see ya soon, stevie. i'll be here, folding laundry and slowly forgetting any words that aren't a line from 'wake me up before you go go!'
[ but hey! folding laundry. what an improvement from shoving it right back in the hamper all crinkled and shit. ]
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Date: 2022-12-19 12:22 pm (UTC)( it does take awhile, even if they're living out of a van right now! geez, mr. impatient!! ...though, probably Steve will buckle up and get his ass in gear, now, cuz he's a sucker.
and he's definitely gonna do it humming Wham! now, so, nice going, Eddie. )