Steddie oneshots <3

"teach me" pt. 1 (fluff?)

  One of the many things Steve thinks is really cool about Eddie is his musical talent. He comes to all of his small concerts, lets Eddie practice in front of him, asks him to play songs almost every time they're alone at Eddie's trailer. Even when he messes up chords sometimes, Steve doesn't pay any attention to it. He's just completely fascinated by it. Eddie enjoys the encouragement a lot, he actually finds it quite adorable but he can't tell Steve that. They're just close friends.

Now they're in Eddie's room. Steve's sitting on his bed watching him play random chords, not paying attention to anything else. It's almost as if Eddie puts him under a magical spell. He's stuck in a trance. He wishes he had the same ability as Eddie, but every time he tries something new he usually gives up. He wishes he had more motivation, but the second things get way too difficult he's just done. I mean, you only live once, you don't wanna age early from the stress of trying to do things that are nearly impossible.
Steve thinks to himself as Eddie continues playing. What if he teaches me? I mean, it would be easy to learn if I have help.
He started imagining Eddie telling him how well he's doing as he teaches him, helping him practice. Imagining him behind him, controlling his hands to play the guitar. His arms wrapped around Steve. Body pressed up against his. Steve being able to feel Eddie's breath on his neck as he talks. His laugh when-

"Hey Stevie, I appreciate your admiration but you don't have to eye-fuck me." Eddie said jokingly, causing Steve to snap out of his imagination. He blushed a bit and shook his head, "I wasn't, I swear Eddie." He laughed. "I just spaced off is all."
Eddie hummed, not fully believing him. But he just went back to practicing. Well, until Steve cleared his throat like he was about to say something.
He stopped playing and looked at Steve, then Steve asked while nervously fidgeting at Eddie's blanket. "Hey uh, you think you could teach me? I just think what you do is really cool, I wanna learn but I have issues with giving up on shit easily so I might need extra help-"

Eddie giggled, which made Steve's heart almost skip a beat because of how cute it was, and smiled widely at him. "Of course, Harrington." He went to sit beside him. "Do you mind if I uh, touch your hands?" He asked, taking his guitar strap (i'm sorry if there's another name for it 😭) off and handing the instrument to Steve.
Steve thought for a second. Fuck what if this ends up like what I imagined earlier? Do I.. really want that?

After a minute he nodded, "Yeah, it's fine. I just really want to learn."
Eddie grinned and grabbed Steve's hand to guide it along a string, one small noise coming out. In that moment, Steve's heart started beating faster. It's gonna be harder than he thought to act normal during this. Eddie noticed his nervousness though so he tried to joke to make Steve more comfortable. "Look at that, man! You're doing great already." Eddie's attempt worked. Steve laughed and shook his head at Eddie's stupidity.

They continued practicing in that same spot for about thirty minutes. Steve's hands were starting to get tired, so he asked, "Can we take a break real quick?" To which Eddie responded with "Mhm, 'course we can." And took the guitar from Steve, placing it back on the wall for now. "Y'know, you actually did do pretty good. I'm proud of you." Eddie said, and he really meant it. This caused Steve to smile and quietly thank him.

•time skip of like two hours•

After watching a movie and eating a few snacks Steve decided he wanted to practice more. Little did he know he would shortly be struggling even harder to act normal.

"I have an idea, you just stand still." Eddie said, his voice sounding mischievous. This causes Steve to grow a bit concerned but he ignores it. Eddie puts the guitar around Steve, then did exactly what Steve was hoping he wouldn't do.
He wrapped his arms around his torso to grab Steve's hands, and began guiding his hands on where to go. Steve instantly becomes flustered and his breath hitches. He has to remember how to breathe normally, and he tries his hardest to not fall right then and there. His legs feel weak. "I hope this is okay, Steve." Eddie spoke and something in his voice had changed. It sounds like Eddie knows exactly what he's doing to Steve. Which he does.

  "Yep. Yeah this is fine. It's ok." Steve says, voice shaky. Eddie smiles to himself and begins helping Steve play a song. Eddie resists the urge to lean down and kiss Steve's neck. He knows he makes Steve nervous, it's obvious. But he doesn't want to make him uncomfortable, he'd feel bad for the rest of his life if he ever upset Steve in any way. Right now, all he needs to be satisfied with himself is the cute reactions he's getting out of the other boy.
Once he's done enough of the teaching and teasing Eddie stops. "Well, that's all for todays lesson!" He says in a deep teacher-like voice. Steve shakily laughs, that's all he can do. He's absolutely speechless. He just sits down on Eddie's bed, which causes him to get a bit scared. "Hey.. hey, you okay?" Steve just nods.
  He steddies (haha see what i did there) his breathing before speaking, "Yeah I'm okay, I'm just-" He tries to come up with a quick excuse, "I'm excited with how much you taught me so quickly." Eddie could tell that wasn't the truth, but he's not gonna force Steve to talk about it. He knows it can be scary, really fucking scary. And yes, Steve is terrified. He's pretty sure Eddie is gay or something but you never know. Shit like this isn't very acceptable in Hawkins.

But everything Eddie is even slightly interested in isn't fully accepted in Hawkins.

They continue just kind of sitting there in awkward silence until Steve finally speaks again. "Eds, can I tell you about something? Please?" Eddie thinks he knows what Steve is about to say and nods, giving him a soft smile and touching his shoulder before saying "You can tell me anything, Steve."

THE END FOR PT.1 HEHEHE