falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 42: love language

⚠️ TW ⚠️ mentions of vomiting, and alcohol
Steve ~
Eddie starts driving. "Why do you two kiss so much?" Dustin asks. "He's got soft lips." Eddie replies. "And, he's really good at kissing." I add, smiling at Eddie. "EW. SHUT UP." Max exclaims. I laugh a little. "You know, Steve was single for like three years before he met you." Mike explains.

"Wait, you were?" Eddie asks, glancing over at me.

"Jesus Wheeler, do you ever shut up? Yes. I was. BUT, it was because these little shits, were always pulling me in their schemes. I didn't have time to date." I respond, looking back at the kids.

"The king of Hawkins High, was single for three years? Wow. Doesn't seem like you, Stevie." Eddie replies, jokingly. "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, MUNSON?" I exclaim.

"Woah, woah, chill out man. I'm just saying, King Steve was always hanging out with girls. Like, when we kissed for the first time, I thought you were drunk, or something! I mean, why would Steve Harrington, like me?" Eddie says, not taking his eyes off of the road. "Drunk? Really?" I ask.

"Sorry to interrupt but, isn't that Hopper's car?" Lucas asked, pointing to a driveway.

Eddie parked and we both walked up to the door. "Steve? Are they with you?" Hopper asks. "The kids? Yeah." I answer. "Where?" He asks.

I point to the van. He walks past us and opens the back doors. "WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" Hopper yelled while hugging El.

"You are hurting me." She responds. He releases her. All of the kids get out and walk into the house. "Thanks boys." Joyce says, sounding relieved. I nod and we walk back to the van. "Okay. Back to where we left off. You thought I was drunk?" I ask, getting in.

"Yeah! I mean think about it, I'm the freak of Hawkins. Steve Harrington, the most popular guy in Hawkins, I kiss. I was freaking out, man!" Eddie exclaims, starting to drive back to Robin's place.

"So was I! That was a crazy night." I say, looking out of the window. He pulls into Robin's driveway. Eddie looks over at me and smiles.

"I'm glad I kissed you." Eddie says. I pull his face towards mine and we start to kiss, AGAIN. Nancy starts banging on the window.

We both scream. I roll my window down and look at her. "Great timing. What?" I ask, irritated. "Sorry to interrupt your um... make out session, but, Robin and I are going to the store. Do you two wanna come with?" Nancy asks. Me and Eddie look at each other and nod.

She walks away. I sigh and Eddie kisses me one more time, before we get out and walk to Robin's car. "Where were you? I had to deal with these rude customers all day." Robin asks.

"Sorry. Had to deal with the upside down." I causally say, getting in the backseat next to Eddie. "Oh." She replies.

"Off topic, but we're doing a movie night. We're gonna get a bunch of junk food and watch a scary movie." Nancy explains. "THIS IS SO FUN. I'VE DONE THIS WITH STEVE BEFORE AND I LOVED IT." Eddie exclaims. Robin starts driving.

I stare out of the window and then feel something cold on my hand. I turn to look over at Eddie, comparing our hand sizes. "You have giant hands, Steve!" Eddie says, intertwining his fingers in mine. "And, you have very cold rings, Eddie." I reply, smiling.

"Sorry. I keep forgetting about that." Eddie responds, taking his rings off. "No, you don't have to take them off! I... like them." I say. "Oh uh.. speaking of rings, one of mine went missing a few months ago. Have you seen it? There's a skull on it?" Eddie asks. That's the ring in my pocket.

"Yeah he has seen it, actually. It's in his pocket." Robin replies. "ROBIN! Here. Sorry." I say, pulling the ring out of my pocket and admiring it one last time, before handing it to Eddie.