Dr. Trashcan

Kas Eddie x Steve commission (ft. Jason Carver) for @nonemrenegative 🦇 inspired by the steddie fic A Dream (A Wish Your Heart Makes) by KissJupiter.

Robin "you torture him, you torture me" Buckley, storms to Eddie's trailer. Banging on the door to get an answer (and probably to kill him), and Eddie reveals to Robin that he's been working stupid hours/shifts to afford an expensive gift for Steve, because Steve keeps spoiling him and it's not fair.

DAWWWWW

Eddie’s the first man in history to actually be working late when he says he is. But of course poor Steve sees him taking off at odd times/getting more frugal and thinks “oh okay there’s someone else, and it’s a RELATIONSHIP not just a hookup” and has a full breakdown about it.

Eddie fully expecting the standard Normie reaction to his music the one time he's "permitted" to play his own cassettes in Steve's car, Steve looking puzzled as he listens before shrugging and carrying on driving.

It's not a negative reaction, +1 for Harrington apparently, but as they drive he keeps getting that little puzzled look on his face, and Eddie's starting to suspect Steve is fighting the urge to be a bitch about it, he's heard about his "trying" from the others.

He's not going to back down if Steve picks a fight over it, Eddie will defend his music to the death if he has to, so he's ready to bite back when Steve finally opens his mouth.

"Is this a new one?" not what he was expecting,

"huh?"

"The tape, is it a new one? I swear I know the voice but... I don't know the songs, is it new?"

"You've heard Black Sabbath before?"

"Is this that Ozzy guy then?" it's not, it's Ronnie James Dio, but that Steve remembered that is Interesting, that he recognises the music is more interesting.

"What songs do you know?" he asks, suspicious, Steve must be bullshitting him, there's no way.

"I dunno... that uh... one that—" he stops and starts 'da-na-na-na'ing Stargazer of all things,