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STRANGER THINGS | 3.01 - "Suzie, Do You Copy?"

another prompt from @veterinaryrambles “cal introduces merrin and kata to turbo dogs”

What happens when the dilf you're trying to hit on is actually a father

Oblivious Steve starts calling himself 'bi' after learning Italian in community college, thinking it's short for bilingual.

No one dares to correct him.

He is a bit bewildered when he gets strange, sometimes even hostile, looks from others (what's even wrong with Italian?!), but doesn't really care. He loves the language, loves that he managed to learn it despite too many people in his life claiming he is dumb.

So he tells people, "I'm Steve, I'm from a small town from Indiana, I like sport, I'm a kindergarten teacher and I'm bi - I speak Italian!☺️"

It's not until Eddie seriously starts flirting with him. Steve receives tiny, earnest compliments, Eddie holds the door open for him wherever they go, brushes Steve's hair out of his face, always has spare batteries for his hearing-aids in his bags, gets Steve food.... (flirting?! "Sometimes I'm overcome thinking 'bout it. Making love in the green grass. Behind the stadium with you. My brown-eyed boy" - that man start serenading Steve).

Its then and there that Robin breaks and tells Steve that he's used the word 'bi' wrong for the last 2 years.

And yeah, that's -honestly- kinda embarrassing, but it makes so much sense. The way people looked at him: girls losing interest in him or others congratulating him for being so 'open and brave' about being bi. He always thought it was a bit overdramatic of them congratulating him for speaking another language, but he, you know, just rolled with the punches?! It makes so much sense now, SOOO much!

"It's just," Robin is saying with an apologetic frown, "Eddie really likes you, and he thinks you are available - which is kinda unfair. You should tell him you're straight, lay it out on the table before the man seriously falls in love with you." (She is unaware that Eddie has already done that ... too late).

And somehow, Steve feels...

Lost? Dejected? Like a fraud? (Like he is the troyan horse in person, rolling himself into the lgbtq+ community under the disguise of being bi while actually just talking about mastering Italian?!).

Steve doesn't know how he feels.

Just that telling Eddie about him being straight or not bi feels like a lie.

And that he doesn't want to lose Eddie's attention, doesn't want him not to brush Steve's hair out of his face and doesn't want him not to compliment his eyes.

Steve likes Eddie singing Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl" to him.

And it's then that Steve realises that he actually wants to do all these things to Eddie too - compliment him, run his fingers through his hair, hold the car door open for him, share ice cream from the container with only one spoon.

It's then that Steve realises that he probably never lied when he said that he is bi. It's just that he never realised it before, never thought too much about the tickling sensation when Eddie pushes his feet against his calves during movie night or when they share a smoke and Steve can feel Eddie's spit against his lips.

With that realisation, Steve simply corrects his introduction, "I'm Steve. I'm from a small town from Indiana. I like sport. I'm a kindergarten teacher. I speak Italian, and Im bisexual."

Eddie insists on cleaning the gutters because it’s “too risky” for Steve, in case he slips off the ladder and hits his head or something. Needless to say, Steve is standing in a hospital room several hours later waiting for Eddie to get out of surgery for his broken arm.

Steve’s not mad at Eddie but he’s really tense because he can’t stand it when Eddie gets hurt, especially for something stupid that Steve was perfectly capable of doing himself. He’s still stress-ranting to Robin when Eddie gets back and the doctors say he may be a little out of it when he wakes up.

Steve finally eases when Eddie blinks awake, “Hey, stupid,” he says softly.

Eddie blinks dazedly up at him, a dopey little smile forming on his lips, “Whoa, man. You're pretty."

Steve shakes his head fondly, realizing Eddie has no idea who he is, "Thanks, and you're so high right now, aren't you?”

"No, I'm single. Do you have a wife?"

"I have a husband.”

"Shit... Can he fight?"

Steve snorts, looking over at Robin who’s snickering quietly behind her hand.

"He's you, Eddie, remember?"

A big grin lazily breaks out across Eddie’s face, this unrestrained happiness that makes Steve feel like the sun just rose inside his chest.

"What? You're my husband?” Eddie exclaims, much too loud for a quiet hospital room but Steve doesn’t care, “Holy shit!” He keeps repeating it, blinking and rubbing his face with his uninjured hand, looking at Steve like he can’t believe his eyes, like he’s falling in love for the first time all over again.

As the nurses come in and out of the room, Eddie just keeps telling everyone, “Look at my husband, I hit the pretty boy jackpot,” giggling deliriously when Steve holds his hand. It’s cute enough to make Steve forget how mad he is for now.

more proof gay people are funnier than straight people

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