corroded coffin

part four : leaving

steve sat silently as he looked at the men in front of him. this was his first ever concert and he's already crushing on someone. how wonderful. and to make it even worse, he's a guy. a guy crushing on another guy is a sin.

"throw it away, throw it away. I made a fire, and watching it burn, thought of your future. with one foot in the past, now just how long will it last? now, now, now, have you no ambitions?"

steve smiled, but he felt so weird. the metal head was looking at him. why him? there's a lot of people watching. steve couldn't help but look back, if not it would be rude. after the song ended, everyone left except steve and the band. he really wanted to compliment him.

when steve finally got a chance to talk to him, he blew it. "uh, um.. excuse me?" he said in a shaky voice. steve! why are you nervous? it's a guy. that plays at a concert. not a big deal, get it together. he told himself.

the metal head flipped his head around to steve as he set down his guitar. carefully, of course. he couldn't hurt it. "hey dude! i saw you in the front, thanks for stoppin' by and buying some merch." his hair was at his shoulders, steve said in his mind, correcting himself from earlier.

steve cleared his throat and looked around. "yeah, um.. your welcome. i was kinda forced to come here. i enjoyed it though, you uhm.. you looked cool." steve looked down at his shoes awkwardly. "thanks! the names eddie, eddie munson. what's yours?" eddie spoke as he put his hand out.

steve shook it and smiled. "steve. steve harrington." eddie furrowed his eyebrows and looked at steve. "you mean hendersons friend? whew, he talks about ya all the time man!" eddie laughed and pat steves shoulder.

he nodded. did he hold hands with eddie? did that count as holding hands? steve, he's talking to you. woah, i held hands with a guy. oh my god. steve! steve finally snapped out of it. "hey dude.. you ok?" eddie asked, genuinely worried, as steve was standing there for a minute or two looking panicked.

"yeah, im good. don't worry. ill let you get back to getting all your stuff, but don't worry. ill be back next week." steve smiled and quickly walked away. "cya newbie!" eddie yelled as he waved steve goodbye.