mortal projections • steddie

V.

V.

"Good morning, sunshine," Robin laughed as she sipped her coffee, watching as a very tired Steve entered the kitchen.

"Did you save enough coffee for me?" Steve ignored her greeting and picked up the coffee pot. "That would be a no."

"Sorry, you slept so late and I wanted more coffee," Robin shrugged, finishing off the coffee in her mug.

"Greedy," Steve leaned against the counter, settling for a bottle of water from the fridge. "Oh, can you take me to go get my car from the bar?"

Robin raised her eyebrows. "How did you get home?"

"Answer my question first," Steve shot back, giving Robin a playful smile.

"Yes, I can take you to go get it. Now who drove you home? Was it a girl?" Robin pried, basically sitting on the edge of her seat waiting for a response.

"It wasn't a girl. It was a friend, or, a colleague I guess," Steve explained reluctantly, watching Robin's expression change.

"A colleague? Was this person a teacher at the same school you're at?" Robin questioned, standing up and placing her mug in the kitchen sink.

"Yes, he's the teacher right across the hallway from me. He's the one who invited me to the bar in the first place. He's in a band that was playing last night," Steve started explaining, thinking about telling Robin about his small crush on Eddie.

Robin could see how flustered Steve was while talking about his fellow teacher, and leaned against the counter. "Stevie, have you joined the dark side?"

Steve just stared at her in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, do you like this male colleague of yours?" Robin slapped his arm lightly and Steve froze.

She had definitely figured it out. He couldn't have been more obvious about it. "Yes, okay? I do like him."

"This is brand new information to me. How come you didn't tell me right away? You do know I'm a raging lesbian, right?" Robin asked, laughing as she said the last sentence.

"Yes, Robs, I know that," Steve nodded, laughing with her and sighing. "I've actually been bisexual for a few years now."

"And you didn't tell me? We've been friends for like four years!" Robin exclaimed, slapping Steve's arm again, a little bit harder this time. "How could you not trust me with such important information?"

"I don't know, I haven't really told anyone about it. Literally, no one else knows," Steve tried to make Robin feel better with that statement, and Robin sighed dramatically.

"Well, I'm glad that I'm the first person you told," Robin held her arms open, offering the taller boy a hug. Steve smiled and accepted her offer.

"You're the best, Robs," He spoke up, and Robin grinned as she stepped back from their hug.

"I know."

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As Steve and Robin pulled up to the bar to get Steve's car, Steve saw a familiar face, and smiled to himself as he got out. He wasn't so subtle about it, as Robin saw and immediately got out of the car as well.

"Steve, hi," Eddie made his way over Robin's car, where Steve stood semi-awkwardly.

"Hey," Steve gave him a small smile, and glanced over at Robin.

"I'm Eddie," Eddie held his hand out to Robin, who shook it and smiled.

"I'm Robin," Robin responded, giving Steve a playful smile. "So, are you in the band that played here last night?"