Iâm such a sucker for ill timed kink discovery
Iâm talking about Steve Has A Hair Pulling kink but doesnât really know it. Heâs always really liked when people play with his hair but
He gets close to Eddie. Because Eddie gets close to Robin and they have a bond that doesnât make sense to Steve and heâs a little jealous over it but whatever, fine. It takes a few months for Steve to really warm up to Eddie.
They start cuddling. Only, itâs not cuddling? It isnât. Steve just gets high with Robin and Nancy and Jonathan and Eddie and everyone is so nice and so chill and things arenât weird like they used to be. So Steve relaxes, splays his feet out in Robinâs lap as he lays his head in Eddieâs lap. Itâs a first and Eddie definitely freezes for a good few seconds when Steve does it but he lets it happen
He doesnât touch Steve the first time.
He touches him the second time. When theyâre all hanging out and the lights are low and Steve does it again and Robin only halfway gives him a weird look. It doesnât stop Steve form blinking tired eyes up at Eddie, watching the way he gulps and hovers a hand over Steveâs face.
âI like when people pet my hair,â He says unhelpfully, so high he can barely concentrate. Eddie makes a soft noise and blinks down at him. âYou should- you should do that.â
Eddie doesnât hesitate for long, his fingers carding through. Touching the scalp, nails catching.
Itâs the first time Steve has ever broken out into goosebumps over something so simple.
And then it becomes a habit. Steve falls asleep in Eddieâs lap and it becomes a habit because Eddie canât seem to stop and Steve canât seem to stop him. So he sits in front of Eddie whenever he can. Lays all over him, high or not.
One day, it all goes to shit. Heâs high again, head placed in Eddieâs lap. Ignoring whatever movie theyâre watching in the dark. Eyes closed and mind drifting as Eddie pets him. Steve isnât sure how his hands never get tired but he isnât complaining.
Robin screams at an ill timed jump scare and of course, of course. The universe loves to mock Steve. Eddieâs hand clenched reflexively and he pulls, PULLS at Steveâs hair. Sudden and hard. Just yanks from the root and-
Steve feels it like a shock collar. Like a bolt of lightning. Right into his scalp, a shiver that works its way down his body. Heâs half hard before he can really do anything about it. And of course he had to panic. What else can he do but bolt upright and off the couch? Stumbling toward the nearest bathroom before anyone can think much of it? Mumbles off an excuse about being dizzy.
Eddie is at the door once Steve gets out. Once he splashes his face with cold water and tries to wills away his sudden boner and WHY the FUCK he would get one in the first place. Past the whole âmaybe I like guysâ thing that heâs been ruminating on since freshmen year.
Eddie is so sweet to him, worried that Steve really got too high. Heâs even ready with a bottle of water. Itâs painful and it makes Steve feel even worse.
It isnât supposed to happen again but it does. Yes, it does. The next time Steve gets high, he tries not to sit next to Eddie. Theyâre at the trailer this time. But Steve is Steve and high Steve loves attention. So he ends up laying all over Eddie again, eyes drifting shut.
Itâs Eddieâs fault this time.
His fingers drift far into chestnut locks. Sinking deep, deeper than usual. Just to clench up and pull. Itâs light, almost unnoticeable. But itâs enough for Steveâs eyes to pop open again. To look up at Eddie in wonder, mouth open on a silent noise. And Eddie is looking back, watching Steve with a deer in headlights expression. He goes âHuh.â Like he just figured something out, like he just solved a problem.
Steve should have seen it as a warning.
He also should have stopped using Eddie as a jungle gym.
The third time is even worse. Because they both know now, donât they? But neither of them will talk about it. No, that would be too much.
Eddie pats his lap like an invitation and no one even thinks itâs weird. Steve doesnât care if they do. He looks forward to these weekly movie nights more than ever now.
Robin isnât on their couch tonight. She hasnât given any inkling that she knows whatâs going on but she probably suspects Steve has a crush. She wonât mention it, not yet. He loves that about her.
And Eddie. Eddie doesnât even watch the movie, he watches Steve. As he plays with his hair, lips quirking when he finally wraps a strand around one finger and tugs at it and Steveâs back arches the tiniest bit and his blood drains south and heâs got his nails in the soft fabric of Jonathanâs couch.
âThere you go,â Eddie whispers, just the tail end of some sort of praise and- and Steve canât really take that, can he? He bites his bottom lip to try and hide the whine that wants to escape. Rubs his face against Eddieâs thigh. Feels the hard outline of his cock, so close to Steveâs face. Fuck. âI knew it.â
He knew it, he knew it. Fuck.
Nothing happens. Steve goes home with wide eyes and flushed cheeks and a stupid amount of horniness. Eddie smiles like itâs the funniest thing in the world.
The final time is the straw that breaks the camels back.
Steve sits at Eddieâs feet on the floor of his trailer. The rest of them are smoking but Steve isnât this time. Doesnât want to, doesnât need it. Not when Eddie already has a hand in his hair and Steve feels boneless and wow, this is just normal now, isnât it?
Thereâs little to no pretense once the lights go down. And the night is terrible and great in equal measure. Steve is so hard it hurts, head leaned back and eyes closed. Waiting for Eddie to give in and pull his hair again. He wonât do it. He wonât just-
Not until everyone leaves. Not until Robin rolls her eyes and huffs something like âfinallyâ on her way out.
Eddie pulls Steve into his lap and their lips meet and- and he grabs two fistfuls of hair and pulls hard. Hard enough for Steve to let out a groan that is embarrassingly loud. Loud enough that he hopes everyone is really gone.
Steve discovers a stupid little kink and Eddie gets a preppy little boyfriend.