oops. || steddie fanfic

tension.

now that steve knew he was in love with eddie, it was harder for him to hold in his confession. even when he wasn't seeing eddie, he wanted to drive all the way to his trailer and just shout that he loved him.

robin was the first to figure out that the two fucked. as steve was restocking the movies on the shelf at work, he moved his shirt down to scratch his neck and boom: his hickey was exposed that eddie was not nice enough to keep more hidden. robin immediately noticed it because she was rambling to steve and she absolutely freaked out.

the bell rung, signaling to steve that another customer was coming in. he quickly rushed from out of the back and to the stand. robin was too busy in the back so steve just assumed he was going to greet the customer.

"hi! welcome to-"

"harrington."

"munson."

eddie let out a little laugh and hopped over the counter, pulling steve into a hug. "i got you a gift," he whispered into his ear, making steve bounce on his heels excitedly. "oh? what'd you get me?" steve whispered back, hearing robins footsteps approaching from the back.

"it's a surprise, sweetheart," eddie replied, pressing his forehead to steves. steve missed those eyes. steve wanted to say it now. he wanted to tell eddie so fucking bad. just say it, steve. say you love him. just say it.

"hey, steve. i'm so glad you're enjoying your time with your boyfriend but you gotta get back to work. eddie, the shift ends at 6," robin interrupts, a big smile on her face. steve couldn't help but smile at the word 'boyfriend'. boyfriend.

was he eddies boyfriend?

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"seriously? you wanted to give me a stuffed animal?"

"do you not like him?" eddie pouted, showing his usual puppy dog eyes when he wanted steve to feel bad. steve did like the bat, obviously, but he thought the surprise was gonna be something more. like, 'steve do you wanna be my boyfriend?' or something similar.

"no no, i love him. what's his name?"

"ozzy. i bought him for you when i was at the store today and i just thought you'd want him... i thought he was cute," eddie handed the tiny bat to steve, but he still didn't seem convinced that steve liked it. steve pulled eddie towards him by his hips and placed a kiss to his nose.

"i love him."

i love you.

it was physically hurting steve. he wanted to say it so badly, but they weren't even together. if anything, they only kissed a few times and had sex once. that was it. but it seemed like the longer eddie stared into his eyes, the more steve wanted to say it. it was at the tip of his tongue.

but he just couldn't.

"say it, steve," eddie finally whispered, and steve started to panic. how the fuck did he know?

"what?" was all steve managed to blurt out.

"i know you wanna say something to me so just say it."

thank fuck.

"i'm not hiding anything, eddie. i swear," steve lied. thankfully it sounded convincing and eddie seemed to believe it. he puffed out his cheeks and led steve back into his bedroom as steve made sure he had a tight grip on ozzy. he knew that eddie would chew his ass out if he dropped him.

"so, i wanna take you somewhere. do you trust me?"

"possibly? i have to get back to campus soon but i have time. can you make it quick?"

"no. come on. grab some spare clothes; you can borrow mine."

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eddie was fucking insane.

he was absolutely insane if he thought steve was actually going to hop into a lake that was probably freezing cold and was probably extremely deep.

"don't be a pussy, harrington," eddie teased, pulling his shirt off followed by his rings. steve couldn't do anything, so he just stared in awe. eddie finished removing every article of clothing besides his boxers and he smirked over his shoulder at steve.
"watch and learn, big boy."

and eddie jumped into the water.

well shit, now steve had to jump.

once eddie came up from under the water, he gave steve a huge smile and motioned for steve to jump in. and god, he looked so pretty.

"you look like a wet dog when your hair is wet," steve called out, undressing himself and leaving just his boxers on. he was honestly tempted to remove his boxers too, but he decided against it. he took a few deep breaths, preparing his body before jumping into possibly extremely cold water.

finally, he jumped in. when he hit the water and went to rise to the top, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him to help him up. he inhaled fresh air and opened his eyes as he rubbed them with his hands to get the water out. he saw eddies grinning face in front of him and he couldn't help but smile, wrapping his arms around eddies neck.

"this water is fucking freezing," steve whispered, resting his head in eddies neck as he wrapped his legs around eddies waist. he enjoyed clinging onto him and eddie didn't seem to mind either. eddie moved his hands to steves ass and squeezed it, holding their bodies closer.

this time, steve couldn't hold in the urge to say the words.

he knew he had to say it now.

"i love you, steve harrington."

wait.

steve opened his lips to reply, but he was in too much of shock. eddie loved him. he said it first and he loved him. eddie looked down at steve, seeming to appear nervous. steve fiddled with eddies hair, a smile crossing his lips.

"you said it before i could," steve started, taking a deep breath and gently kissing eddie.

"i love you as well, eddie munson."

i'm SO sorry this took forever. i've been very busy and knew i had to post so this is kind of a shit chapter. updates will be resuming more frequently very soon :D !!