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Whumptober Day 11 - Cold Compress/Fever

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Made me think of sleepy Eddie being gently woken up in the morning by Steve, trying over and over to push himself up, move a little out of his position to wake himself up but then just flopping back down into a new one and dozing off again. Steve finds it so endearing he just lets it go on until Eddie finally doesn’t get up, or until they’re dangerously close to being late so he actually he’s to be more forceful with getting his boyfriend out of bed.

Just thinking of Eddie who starts with his head of Steve’s chest, Steve is carding his hand through his hair while the other runs up and down his back and he starts quietly saying Eddies name and trying to lightly shake him awake. Eddie stirs and moves a little closer into Steve’s neck, then lifts his head proper when Steve continues talking and trying to get him awake.

He’d be all “mhm, yep, I’m up. What time s’it?” Squinting eyes. Steve looks over at the alarm clock to tell him and then the second he looks back Eddie has flopped down onto the pillow, eyes closed and falling fast asleep again. Then the cycle just continues until he’s curled up on his side and Steve has to throw himself over Eddie’s back and start actually shaking him to get him up.

Dustin notices in hour two of Empire. “Ugh, you guys are gross,” he says, but he’s grinning. “Get a room.”

And Steve goes red instantly. Drops his arm like Eddie burned him. Sits up straight like he got caught doing something wrong. His immediate thought was they were being that couple. The clingy, oblivious, gross couple.

“Shut up, Henderson,” Eddie says, laughing. Then he turns, grabs Steve’s hand before it can retreat to Steve’s own lap, and laces their fingers together and tugs it to his chest. Kisses Steve’s knuckles, slow and deliberate, eyes locked on Dustin the whole time.

“Don’t mind us,” Eddie tells the room. “Harrington’s just making sure I don’t float away.”

Steve’s face is on fire. But Eddie’s holding his hand to his heart, and his thumb’s doing that same little circle thing Steve was doing to him.