Something on my face?

Meanwhile, Wayne looks up from the toaster oven he’s taken apart and sees one of Eddie’s friends. He tells the kid, “Come over here an’ give me a hand with this.”

“Yeah, yeah. Wow, there’s a lot of stuff in here,” Steve says, looking around as he goes to help. He looks at the closed bedroom door like, “Is everybody…”

“Ran to the store to get supper.”

“Cool.”

Except Steve doesn't hesitate at all to initiate all the casual boyfriend moves that he used to pull with the girls he dated in the past.

At their first group hang out after they announce their relationship Eddie is ready to sit on the cushion next to Steve and maybe - maybe - hold his hand. He knows Steve loved PDA with his past partners and at home, Eddie would never dream of sitting any other way besides draped all over his boyfriend but this might be different. Being visibly queer in front of others, in Eddie's experience, can be extremely nerve-wracking.

So, color him surprised when Steve immediately drops his arm from where it was resting behind the back of the couch to wind its way around Eddie's waist and haul him in close. Steve doesn't even look away from where he's talking to Robin about the work schedule next week. Meanwhile, the casual possessiveness of the move has Eddie's brain leaking out his ears like he's a sweet virginal maiden experiencing physical touch for the first time.

He is in the middle of a drug deal and Hopper happens upon him and another guy. The other guy bolts before Hopper can see what is going on and Eddie, holding both cash and drugs, shoves both hands on his pockets and blurts out as soon as they make eye contact, “I’m gay!”

The good news is that Hopper now thinks an entirely different scenario was happening here so maybe Eddie won’t be arrested on his third drug deal ever. Bad news is that Eddie didn’t know that he was gay at the time, so he’s a little mortified that Hopper now thinks he’s out in the woods having sex with random men.

Also, briefly, he thinks he might kill him but all Hopper does is awkwardly stutter out, “That’s - that’s fine. But not here.”

“You want me to be gay over there?”

“I want you to go home, Munson.”

The second person he comes out to is Wayne and it goes better than expected. It’s awkward but Wayne is supportive and tells him he loves him no matter what. He also tries to make Eddie feel better about the whole thing by saying, “I knew some guys in ‘Nam who were…like that. Good guys.”

The third person Eddie comes out to is Hopper again.

He’s in the back of Hop’s truck, high on mushrooms and rambling about a pretty boy with freckles who is unfortunately too straight to be allowed to live and Eddie hopes he dies. Hopper is just like, “Why are you telling me this?”