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They get shirts screen-printed with Steve's face on it and something silly he always says, and then they all wear them to practice. They time how long it takes Steve to notice (nine minutes and only because the team had a bad case of giggles).

It's a funny prank.

Steve gets a kick out of it.

Unbeknownst to Steve or the team, the guy who made their shirts is an old friend of Eddie 'left Hawkins and got famous' Munson.

It was a known secret in Hellfire that Eddie was crushing bad on King Steve so he sent Eddie one of the shirts.

Steve calls.

Before the interviewer can finish saying, "We have someone on the line from your homet-"

"Why are you wearing a shirt with my face on it?" Steve asks. "And would it kill you to answer the phone when Dustin calls you? Or call him back? The kid misses you."

At least the kids like his tattoos, he thinks as he's carrying his equipment is it to his van where - "That's a dog."

"That's a dog," He repeats to no one in particular because there is a dog in his front seat. "There's a dog committing grand theft auto."

Eddie is slow in approach as he inches towards the van but the dog just happily sits there content as can be. Eddie is pretty sure he's not high. He never smokes before a gig but this is just...surreal.

The dog has his paws on the steering wheel.

Eddie swears it just looked in the rear view mirror.

As if this moment couldn't get any weirder, some Cary Grant motherfucker in running shoes rounds the van. He puts his big hands on his hips and whisper hisses through the window, "Get out of there! Stranger danger. You can't just get in someone's shitty kidnapper van because-"

"Hey," Eddie frowns. "Betsy is a classic."

"I- oh my god," He swears, gesturing towards the dog. "He - he just likes cars, ya know. He likes to sit in them which is just...not great given that he's a dog and they have a...history?

The man stops rambling and then says, "I’m Steve."

"Yeah, you are."

"What?"

"I mean, I'm Eddie," He corrects. "And if your pup doesn't want to get out of my van, you can get in it. We can go for a drive."

Steve raises an eyebrow at him.

They really hit it off. Steve's only in town for a few days to see a friend's show and Eddie suggests they meet up again before he goes home. The train is loud and crowded as they make plans but Eddie is pretty sure Steve mentions his emotional support dog which like, "Bring 'em. The more, the merrier."

They meet up the next day for their date and Eddie realizes that he should've asked a few clarifying questions because Steve does not arrive with an emotional support dog.

And Will is just, "Can we circle back to 'we all have a crush on Steve?'"

"Isn't that, I don't know, weird? He's practically Dustin's brother."

"Dustin had a crush on Nancy for years," Lucas says at the same time Max says, "We're just supposed to ignore Steve's ass and face because Dustin made a friend a couple years ago?"

Silence and then Lucas tilts his head towards Max because, "She has a point."

"It sounds like you have a crush on him too!"

Lucius always has his arm wrapped around Cissa very delicately bc she has very light sleep and he always feels like he’ll wake her…but by the time he’s reached deep sleep he’s kind of just clinging to her. It’s gotten to the point Cissa has trouble sleeping without him.

Peter and Sybil cuddle up with the patterned blanket around them and he holds her hand for her to squeeze in case she has a bad dream, and they always have half-empty mugs beside their bed because they get so caught up talking with each other they never end up finishing their teas.

Sirius and Remus take afternoon naps together and Sirius is sooo clingy he is basically on top of Remus, and they also sometimes sleep in just one oversized sweater because they can.

Lily will always go to sleep, wake up to do work in the middle of the night and James will have to coax her back to sleep. She’s a workaholic. She finds it a lot easier to sleep when she’s with him, she has her hand wedged between the bed and HIS pillow not hers, she thinks the way he presses his head into his pillow applies the perfect pressure and it makes her feel more relaxed.

Evan and Barty never sleep lol they just get high, make out, commit hate crimes or have sex. Sometimes Evan suggests they study or take a nap. Barty always says no. Sometimes Evan asks Pandora ro sneak them a sleeping draught so they can finally sleep a little. Evan has chronic insomnia and Barty actually kicks a shit ton in his sleep and usually wakes Evan up in the morning.

Mary scolds Regulus for his horrible sleep habits and when they move in together makes him adjust it slowly bit by bit. They have matching pajamas and sometimes if she has trouble sleeping she makes him read her French poetry, and if he can’t sleep she’ll sing to him or talk with him until they both drift off or the sun comes up again.

Dorcas and Marlene have the coziest comforter and Marlene basically throws herself around Dorcas and they just sleep like that. Dorcas loves the feeling of their legs tangled together.