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stevebabey · 1 year

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Eddie loves to complain.

It’s a known fact to Eddie, to Wayne, to every single sorry son-of-a-bitch who winds up being friends with him, that Eddie loves to complain. Half the time he opens his mouth, it’s to let an absurd about of bitching fall out of it. Trailer trash with a trash mouth, is what he calls himself sometimes, always with a wry grin.

Even more so, Eddie loves to complain about how Steve Harrington seems to get everything he wants in life.

He gets the big house at the end of the block, the spot of captain of the basketball team (not that that’s a position Eddie would ever gun for), the stupid title of ‘King Steve’ that let him soar through high school, untouched.

Missing homework? Well, King Steve Harrington just gets a gentle reprimand, a reminder to make homework a priority next time. Whereas, Mr. McKay had nearly popped his eyeball out in stress when chewing Eddie out for his missing homework in the very same week.

Double fucking standards. He’s pretty sure he’s seen Steve get free shakes down at Harper’s Diner which made Eddie scoff— as if the likes of Steve Harrington can’t pay for his own shakes.

So, yeah, to Eddie? Steve Harrington gets everything he wants.

It becomes so much of a habit — bitching and blaming King Steve for every other minuscule inconvenience as well — that even when Eddie has the week from hell and his entire worldview is shifted, quite literally, upside down, he still complains about Steve.

Because, damn it, even at all this, Steve is better than Eddie is.

Ignoring the fact it’s definitely not Steve’s first rodeo, Eddie can’t help but keep the bite in his tone. It feels a bit too humiliating, being kept bed-ridden in Steve’s empty mansion due to wounds that need tending to every day. Hidden from angry mobs because he’s that unlikable in this town.

Worse, is that even though Steve got a bite taken out of him too, he seems just fucking peachy compared to Eddie.

Pathetic Eddie who can’t even change his own bandages yet. Steve’s more gentle than Eddie probably deserves for all his bitching at him.

Because, of course he bitches. Eddie can’t help it; some defence mechanism from within that isn’t sure how to handle the fact Steve is, like actually genuinely, a decent person. It’s worse when Steve waves it off. Shrugs off his pointy comments, might make a comment about being ‘someone’s grouchy and tired’ but is still so fucking nice.

Until the one day he doesn’t shrug off the comment— this time when Eddie makes a complaint, whinging and grumbling about can’t believe I’m stuck with Steve Harrington playing nurse, Steve narrows his eyes. Then he sighs.

“What’s your problem with me, man?” Steve asks, not unkind, just probing. He’s still winding one of the bandages around Eddie’s torso, the latter propped against the bathroom sink.

Fuck, this bathrooms massive. It’s bigger than Eddie’s entire room at the trailer. He hates it for that. He hates that he’s had more gentle touches in this bathroom in the weeks living here, with Steve, than he had in his whole 20 years since— well, since his mama died really. He tries not to think about that much.

Eddie really glad he asked; he thinks he’s had this whole speech prepped since sophomore year and Steve’s stupidly fluffy hair and smarmy grin walked through Hawkins High’s front doors. Charmed his way to top of the school with his stupid perfect life.

But, well, not all of that is true anymore. Eddie knows there’s quite a few holes in his original fantasised idea of what the perfect life of Steve Harrington looks like. Doesn’t matter, Eddie’s still got a bone to pick. He’s stubborn that way.

“What’s my problem? Did you meet yourself in high school?”

Steve winces a bit at that, his eyes ducking away but his hands keep moving, winding the gauze slowly and carefully. He doesn’t say anything, thinking, but Eddie rolls on regardless.

“Dude, you get— you have everything. You have the house, the popularity- shit, half the population of the school had the hots for you.” He doesn’t mention that he was at one point part of that population. Might still be if Steve keeps being so nice to him. Damn, he’s easy.

His tone as he talks tells a completely different story though, all annoyed and dramatic. “I once saw Miss O’Donnell wave off a failed test just cos. Just cos you were you! That’s the same fucking test that failed me the first time round.”

Eddie waves his hand around, on a roll now; he’s had plenty of practice with bitching about the likes of how Steve Harrington has it all.

“I know all this shit is, well, not fuckin’ ideal but even then! It’s like, of course, you’ll roll out of this with some badass scars that the chicks will dig.”

Steve is still listening intently, Eddie can tell because his eyes flick up to meet his every couple of seconds. His hands keep working.

Eddie huffs and winces at the pain that radiates up and down his side. “If you had these scars,” he gestures up and down. His side is undeniably worse than Steve’s own, they both know. “It would just be badass. Survivor shit, yanno? On me, it’s just, like, shitty mutilation.”

The sentence hangs in the air and Eddie feels his embarrassment creep up by how quickly that turned into a pity-fest, which absolutely not the point. The point is that Steve gets it all and Eddie gets nothing — and that’s how it’s always been.

Steve says quiet for a bit thinking as he ties off the end of Eddie’s bandage. He has to pull it tight and Eddie winces again, another flush on pain. Even if it’s not as embarrassing as it had been in the beginning, Steve taking care of these wounds for him, Eddie still hates it.

“So, that’s your problem with me? You think I get everything I want?” Steve asks plainly, pulling his hands back and folding them across his chest. Eddie hates how handsome he looks doing it. Then hates himself for noticing it.

“In a manner of words, yes.”

Steve uncrosses his arms and suddenly leans forward, planting his hands on either side of Eddie’s hips on the bathroom counter. He leans into his space and Eddie has to force himself not to pull back instinctively. Steve’s face is very close to his.

“And... if I want you?” Steve asks, voice dipping quieter in a way that makes Eddie’s stomach tighten. He represses a shudder and only after, do the words dawn on him; there’s no hiding the way he gets a little wide-eyed and fuck, he just looked at Steve’s lips. Wait, what? Eddie’s heart is thudding like a trapped rabbit’s, wild and quick.

Steve’s stare is intense, eyes a little darker than usual. He looks at Eddie and just for a moment, his gaze drops to his lips. Steve licks his own, his knuckles on the counter growing whiter as he grips it tighter and steels his nerve.

“Do I still get everything I want?”

#break from da blurbs bcos i am on STEDDIE BRAIN at the mo!#i've also had that dialogue in my drafts for yoinks #yet again.... gay ppl in my phone #i trust u to find this #sorry to all my stevie followers u will have to see this just once lol #maybe twice #steddie #ruby writes steddie #steddie fic #steddie ficlet #steve x eddie #wahoo

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musicrunsthroughmysoul · 3 years

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Tagged

I was tagged by @spreadthecurse - thank you so much, Mini! I don’t think I’ve ever participated in a tag game exactly like this, so cool for a new thing. :)

1. Why did you choose your url? The URL I actually wanted was taken (the only two hints I’ll mention about it: it’s a song lyric, and it ALSO has the word “soul” in it), so I thought about how I really wanted to convey the theme of my blog...and in that sense, I hope it comes across just how much I truly love music. :’)

2. Any side blogs? On Tumblr, just @takealittlepieceoftheirhearts. I used to have a Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks-dedicated blog, but I deleted it because I’m just...way too salty about them both to dedicate a whole entire blog to them now. I’ve been thinking for the past couple weeks about making a whole separate fandom blog that’s TOTALLY unrelated to music though but ahhhhh I AM AFRAID TO TBH. And like what if I get bored of it. I never get bored of music which is why both of my blogs are still so relevant to me. So I dunno.

3. How long have you been on tumblr? Shall be seven years in September, oof.

4. Do you have a queue tag? I used to - it was “I wanna queue her name in the sky,” my favorite line from my favorite song (”Free Fallin’“ by Tom Petty), but post-hiatus from Tumblr due to their censorship bullshit I still wanted to rebel so I don’t use a queue tag anymore. Sorry if it’s inconvenient for my followers, but look: Tumblr’s censorship is fucking inconvenient!!!! I JUST WANT TO POST ABOUT AND PROPERLY TAG A CLASSIC ROCK BAND CALLED FANNY CAN YOU FUCKS LIFT THE BAN ALREADY? FFS!

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? Ahehehe...I originally made my blog to join the Beatles/classic rock fandom on here, and arguably I’m still here to represent the classic rock fandom (especially to represent the women of classic rock - YEP THAT’S STILL MY JOB), but my Beatles phase is quite over (thank the Universe for that...).

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? Well, Buffy Sainte-Marie is currently my top artist of this year on Spotify. I��ve been listening to her and appreciating her a whole hell of a lot this year and last year and when I found that particular photo of her I was like ‘OMFG I LOVE THIS’ so I had to make it my icon. :’)

7. Why did you choose your header? It’s the part of the interview where the [Janis Joplin] quote in my blog description comes from - where she’s saying, “You see, actually what I'm trying to do mostly, in the whole world, is to not bullshit myself, and not bullshit anybody else.” I recognize that the blatant cursing could deter some people from following me, but I honestly don’t care. It’s my blog and Janis is my hero - it’s necessary, as far as I’m concerned.

8. What’s your post with the most notes? I’m pretty sure it’s a photo or photoset of Janis. :D💗

9. How many mutuals do you have? Quite a few! And ILY people. :)

10. How many followers do you have? 1290

11. How many people do you follow? (Blogs) 396

12. Have you ever made a shitpost? Um, I guess so. Not one that was ever really, like, “relatable” and got a bunch of notes, though. But I don’t care about that. LOL

13. How often do you use tumblr each day? A few hours to what you could definitely call excessive. I try not to be on here all the time, though...sometimes I’m good at limiting my time on Tumblr (and sometimes I am very much not). Although I’m also not here EVERY day out of choice, so meh, it depends.

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? I guess so, especially in my early days here...and who won? I think that’s subjective. (As in: Usually I think I win but the other person ALSO thinks they won so like. You know...I guess it’s a tie. LOL This is why I try not to involve myself with drama, honestly. I’m too stubborn, and people are also stubborn. Resolutions don’t tend to work out in those situations, you know what I mean?)

15. How do u feel about "u need to reblog this" posts? I’m not a fan of quite often, but it depends on the subject matter. If it’s reasonable/urgent, then I try to.

16. Do you like tag games? Mostly! I appreciate that people think to tag me in stuff. :’) But then I feel guilty because I either a) take FOREVER AND EVER to actually do them, or b) I never do them at all. Haha. UGH. :/

17. Do you like ask games? YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, they’re one of my favorite things on here.

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? Honestly, I think “Tumblr famous” mostly refers to people who intentionally post memes and shitpost and stuff, and no offense to any of my mutuals but I don’t really think too many of you do...LOL So by that idea, I would say none?

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? No, although I do feel great affection for my mutuals. :’)

I will tag (although don’t feel obligated to participate, of course! And also try not to feel bad, unlike me, if you want to but don’t end up doing it, LOL): @buddyhollyscurls, @astarkey, @astoppedclock, @sogothefaithless, @happytimetravelmilkshake, @takeawalkoffmyknife, @bittersweet-symphony, @labyrinthymoi

#tagged #about me

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