[ eddie doesn't jerk back. doesn't twist away, doesn't act like he's doing anything wrong - because that would only confirm whatever worst case scenario is running through billy's head. eddie knows he likes steve. and up until several moments ago, thought that was an impossible, stupid want.
and here steve is, flirting with him. expressing... upset, even, that eddie had found someone else in the scant week they'd been separated. but he had.
instead he reaches, making patient grabby hands for his -
( boyfriend? partner in crime and death? neither feels like what they are. soulbound, maybe, tied together forever. )
his billy. smiling up at him like he put the stars in the skies. ]
Now I remember why I gave you all those discounts on my wares.
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[ eddie doesn't jerk back. doesn't twist away, doesn't act like he's doing anything wrong - because that would only confirm whatever worst case scenario is running through billy's head. eddie knows he likes steve. and up until several moments ago, thought that was an impossible, stupid want.
and here steve is, flirting with him. expressing... upset, even, that eddie had found someone else in the scant week they'd been separated. but he had.
instead he reaches, making patient grabby hands for his -
( boyfriend? partner in crime and death? neither feels like what they are. soulbound, maybe, tied together forever. )
his billy. smiling up at him like he put the stars in the skies. ]
Now I remember why I gave you all those discounts on my wares.