[ It's not the worst parallel world or dimension or whatever that he's been in, the credit card certainly helps with buoying his opinion there, but it's the fact Eddie is around that mostly convinces Steve they have things semi-decent while figuring out (or waiting) how to go home. There's also the sex, that really came as a surprise but honestly of the best kind. Steve has no idea what he's supposed to define his sexuality as so for now it exists as Women-And-Eddie, and he hasn't gone out of his way to explore that.
Billy's around too, of course. That's good for Max, Steve guesses, since she needs her big brother. Needs to work shit out with him, more to the point, because she was messed up way before Vecna marked her. Again, he doesn't think too hard about that either. Billy is an amorphous blob in the corner of Steve's mind because the guy can take care of himself and Steve is also busy helping Eddie adjust to not being a pile of murdered minced meat. Of course they will all go home together, he thinks, they just don't ... hang out.
Never did.
That's how three weeks alone with Eddie means Steve opens the door in a Metallica tshirt tucked into his jeans, open-mouthed in surprise as he swallows a Yeah, yeah, I'm wearing it when he finds Billy Hargrove on the doorstep of his hotel apartment. With pizza. And beer. ]
Oh. Hargrove, hiiii. [ A peace offering? Steve blinks from the food to Billy, frowning. ] You ... brought me dinner?
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Billy's around too, of course. That's good for Max, Steve guesses, since she needs her big brother. Needs to work shit out with him, more to the point, because she was messed up way before Vecna marked her. Again, he doesn't think too hard about that either. Billy is an amorphous blob in the corner of Steve's mind because the guy can take care of himself and Steve is also busy helping Eddie adjust to not being a pile of murdered minced meat. Of course they will all go home together, he thinks, they just don't ... hang out.
Never did.
That's how three weeks alone with Eddie means Steve opens the door in a Metallica tshirt tucked into his jeans, open-mouthed in surprise as he swallows a Yeah, yeah, I'm wearing it when he finds Billy Hargrove on the doorstep of his hotel apartment. With pizza. And beer. ]
Oh. Hargrove, hiiii. [ A peace offering? Steve blinks from the food to Billy, frowning. ] You ... brought me dinner?