Steve yawns again, comfortable and happy. He hums along with what Eddie is saying and in the silence can almost feel himself drifting off. He's on maybe the edge of sleep when he hears Eddie's voice again. For a second he doesn't even understand what Eddie's talking about. But then it does.

Then he's awake.

"Wha..." He sits up, face bright red and eyes gaining on Eddie's when it comes to size. Shit, he had said that, hadn't he? 'The guy he loved'. Holy shit, hadn't he once been good at dating? What the fuck happened?

"I...uh... I mean." He isn't about to take it back. That was shitty. And Eddie didn't seem upset, so... "I...yeah? I mean. I know it's still sort of soon and I don't expect you...you know. I didn't even mean to..." He pauses, clears his throat, tries to be less of a disaster.

"I don't need you to say it back or anything. Really, I really don't want anyone to say it to me when it's not real, again. But. Uh. Yeah...?"