Pre-relationship steddie where their friendship grows out of absolute exhaustion. They both have to recover from injuries and Steve's house is quiet so they turn on the TV and pass out on the couch.
They work soul-crushing jobs and the days they both get off at the same time, they end up at the new trailer to help each other cook dinner. The evenings are quiet, the lights dim, the TV on low, and Wayne is there to help.
They love the kids but they are a lot so on their Sundays off they crack open some beers and sit in the pool loungers with their feet in the water and if the kids show up they are told to get out, it is Steve-and-Eddie-Rest-Time.
They end up planning a tiny road trip to a quiet part of Lake Michigan by themselves and that's when their relationship grows, on a lovely, chill, beach sitting by a bonfire and laughing about Dustin's latest scheme.
idk, just steddie being tired dudes.