Purple Haze all in my Brain

[farrahfawcetts]

WHO: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, and the 420 crowd
WHERE: The Hideout that's not a club and is instead an underground refuge
WHAT: Steve and Eddie cuddling and then blazing up
WHEN: During event
WARNINGS: DRUGS! Pot be smoking up here!

CLOSED TO EDDIE:

Getting a base set up wasn't too hard. The area around here is big and there's rooms jutting out all over the place. One of the more private areas is where Steve picks for the two of them since they need to be so 'careful' about the 'PDA'. Steve's still a little sore about that as he puts the finishing touches on the blanket door for the room and then finally, with that done, starts taking his shirt off to relax in "bed". It's been a crazy few days, all considered. They escaped a volcano, had a fight with Hargrove, made up with Hargrove, and then got here where they'll be camping out until...whenever.

But at least he has Eddie.

Smiling, he walks over to his boyfriend and hooks his chin over his shoulder. "Dunno about you, but I am beat. I think I'm gonna go lay down." He presses a kiss to his jaw hinge. "Feel free to stay up, babe. Buuut if I can entice you to come lay down with the promise of illegal PDA behavior...."

OPEN:

The word is getting around slowly. It's been a week or so and with the immediate survival taken care of, things are getting boring. Steve dribbles his ball around and tries to help out wherever he can. But even with all that, time crawls. He's not an explorer so that isn't appealing and as much as the new plant information is fun to mess around with, he itches for a different sort of plant to take away some of the monotony. So...he spread the word: hotboxing his and Eddie's little room as best they could and anyone game for that sort of fun was also included.

Steve already has a blunt burning by the time people are meant to show up. He leans up against one of the walls and inhales deep and lets it out slow. Even with his practice, he still coughs a little but whatever. He is past caring at this point.

As the blanket swings, he turns to smile at whoever is walking in and give a drowsy "Heeeeeey!" The blunt is extended out, always a giver for things like this. "Make sure the curtain thing is closed behind you. There's some rocks holding it down at the bottom. No high kids in this place. No siree."

Comments

Pilgrim Police Cops

[the_freak]

"The Pilgrim Police, huh? Who knew you were such an outlaw. Very hot," he laughs, laying out beside him and pausing long enough to toe off his shoes and shrug off his shirt and toss it away. Good enough.

Then he snuggles up to Steve and sighs, glad to finally have the contact he's been longing for. "How's your face?"

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve hums, arms going around Eddie as he uses his chest for a pillow instead of the ones Eddie brought. The heartbeat is soothing the frayed parts of him still anxious from the situation with the volcano. The part of him that worried Billy wouldn't find Eddie or something else would happen to put them in danger.

"Throbs a little," he admits, reaching for Eddie's hand to peer at the knuckles. "What about you, Sir Edward? My knight in shining armor over here..."

[the_freak]

Petting his fingers through Steve's hair, Eddie tries to keep his breathing nice and steady for him, though he snorts a little at the knight title.

"Heh, sore but I'll live," he promises, "I still can't believe I actually did that." Guess he must have fallen pretty hard, huh?

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve giggles a little, pressing a kiss to the side of Eddie's chest. "It was incredibly hot, if that helps? Never had someone do that for me."

He snuggles in closer, closing his eyes and relaxing into the petting. After everything they went through, this was practically heaven.

"Hell of a hit, too. Might need to teach me some things."

[the_freak]

Eddie chuckles, smirking and lifting a brow? "Yeah? Do I need to start picking fights more often?"

He smiles softly, toying with that hair with a fond look as Steve closes his eyes.

"Pretty sure I couldn't do it again if I tried. Surprised me as much as anyone else."

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve turns his head to look up at Eddie, digging his chin into his sternum like a punishment. "Don't you dare. You got a Nat 20 this time but there's always the chance for a 1."

He's getting it! Steve smiles and relaxes back to where he was before, eyes shutting once more.

"You're badass, babe," Steve says with a soft yawn. "You can kick ass when you need to. Just let's make sure you don't need to."

[the_freak]

He giggles and squirms, "Owwww, I won't, I won't. Look at me. Do I pick fights- don't answer that. Do I pick fist fights?" No way.

"Total badass," he agrees with a quiet hum, and he nod softly. He lets the silence stretch on a bit, still petting through Steve's hair, chest rising and falling slowly...

"...so uh,...you love me?" he whispers in a teasing voice. Yeah Steve, he definitely didn't miss that slip earlier.

[farrahfawcetts]

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...?"

[the_freak]

It's so cute. Definitely worth it. Eddie smirks in amusement, his own cheeks a bit flush.

"No, I uh...I think I do too?" he says with a shy shrug, "I've never- but um-" They're an eloquent pair, clearly.

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve's eyebrows hit his hairline and he's speechless for a moment.

"You..." He swallows and tamps down the excitement for the moment. "You don't have to say that, babe. Okay? I need...I need you to know you don't have to say it. You can take time if you want. I'm not going anywhere without you."

[the_freak]

"I know," he assures, "I'm not saying because you did, but uh...I've been thinking for a while maybe." God this is awkward. Eddie laughs apologetically.

"...I love you, Steve. Woulda totally said it all romantic in Elvish, but apparently it would just sound the same, so-"

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve shouldn't trust it. He should hate the word for how badly it burnt him the last time. But Eddie...he's so earnest and Steve knows that he saw how much Nancy tore him apart. He wouldn't do that to him. Not Eddie. That was why he loves him so much.

So Steve trusts him and surges forward to kiss him.

"I love you, Eddie," he says as he pulls back, petting at the metalhead's face and hair. "How could anybody know you and not?"

[the_freak]

Breaking from that kiss, Eddie has a shy smile that he tries to play off by looking away. It feels weird to hear. Good. But weird.

And he snorts softly, glancing back with a pointed look, "Mm, well, it's pretty easy apparently," he teases.

[farrahfawcetts]

"For idiots, maybe. Everyone else adores you. And they should." Steve ducks to follow Eddie's face as he looks away. He kisses him again and gently pushes forward to get them both laying down again.

"But they can fuck off because I got you first. Hah."

[the_freak]

Giggling, Eddie wraps his arms around Steve and hums a pleased note. "You're incredible. You know that? You make me feel all kinds of stupid and happy."

[farrahfawcetts]

"It's proximity to me. Brings down the general IQ," he teases at his expense. Still, he's too happy to be anything but giddy as he blankets Eddie and props himself up on one arm so he can stroke at his hair with the other.

"You make me feel...safe," he confesses quietly. "I didn't think I'd ever feel that way again."

[the_freak]

He rolls his eyes. As if Eddie's not the one on his third go round of senior year. But like Steve, he's happy and dopey on love, enjoying the touch.

He almost misses the confession at first, blinking his eyes open in light confusion. "...I dunno how I manage that, but I'm glad. I always feel safe with you, but I feel like that's kind of obvious. You're...Steve." Steve keeps people safe.

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve smiles, nuzzling their noses together like an affectionate puppy. "Yeah, well. Steve doesn't usually have people at his back willing to break a nose for him." It's more than that, of course. It's so much. Too much for him to ever put into words, probably.

"You're so much more incredible than you realize. But I'll work on that."

[the_freak]

"Mmm," Fuck this is sappy and he loves it. Who the hell is he? "Well he does now," he swears easily, stealing a chaste kiss.

"We can work on convincing each other."

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve moves back to where he was before and snuggles up to Eddie's side. God, he's happy. He's happy and warm and in the arms of someone who loves him. Who he can feel confident actually loves him. A guy who is surprisingly perfect for him in all the ways Nancy and other girls weren't.

"I can't believe you were under my nose the whole time. Or maybe that's the wrong way to put it: I can't believe you were jumping on tables right in front of me the whole time and I never looked twice."

[the_freak]

"I made myself very hard to miss," Eddie agrees with a laugh, "I'm sorry it took a shit ton of murders and monsters for me to realize you weren't a dick anyone."

[farrahfawcetts]

"Maaaybe not in the best of ways, babe." He still loves him, though. Steve kisses his side, unable to not peck one somewhere. "And it's really okay. I think that murders and monsters were the way I became not a dick so it's all fine."

[the_freak]

"So I shouldn't start doing my speeches here then? Might lighten everyone's mood," he says with a tired smirk, smiling at that kiss, "...we were both dicks in our own way, it's good we didn't meet until we did." Again, apart from the murder and the monsters and well...the dying. That wasn't ideal.

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve laughs, turning his face so he can look up at Eddie. His gaze is warm, fond. Utterly in love. He reaches up and strokes through the other's curls gently. "Part of me is always gonna wish I had this earlier. You. But at least I know what it's like without you so I don't fuck this up."

[the_freak]

"I wish we'd had it sooner too. But I'm glad I have you now." His gaze softens, and he turns his head to press a kiss to Steve's wrist. "...I'm sorry you have to live with that, Stevie." Having seen him die.