One Of Them Is About To Do Something Cute

One of them is about to do something cute

Had this “Steve only hates impersonal nicknames” idea in my notes for a while and then after seeing @cholvoq​ ‘s wonderful art I had to turn it into a real thing for Valentine’s Day. This is 2.4k, i’m SO sorry

Eddie’s a nickname guy. It’s always Dusty this and Gare-Bear that and JeffJeff here and Bobbie there and it’s Mikey and Maxxii and Nance-pants and Johnny and… big boy?

Him being a nickname guy makes it near impossible to hide his crushes. Thankfully, Steve had been really cool about it. Sure, he seemed a little stunned, but Eddie still had all his teeth in place by the end of that interaction, so he had called that a win.

He hadn’t known then that Steve was… different. Or he was starting to see it but what he thought was shocking then had really been just the tip of the iceberg. He hadn’t expected Steve to be nice. Or funny, or caring, or protective, or understanding.

He had learned all of that after everything. During chats on Hellfire nights while the kids cleaned up after themselves, during hangouts at the diner with Robin and Nancy, during Saturday afternoons when he went to pick out a movie only to end up talking with Steve, their conversation flowing until it was cut short by Steve’s shift ending.

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NEW BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS DROPPED. I LOVE SEEING THESE, ESPECIALLY THE EDDIE CRUMBS

"i could kill you right now if i wanted" "mmhmm"

edit: thanks @maileesque for id

[ID: a digital greyscale drawing of adult sokka and zuko. they’re sitting, zuko behind sokka. sokka leans his head back against zuko’s shoulder. he has his eyes closed, relaxed and content. zuko is holding a small blade gently against sokka’s neck, shaving his beard. he looks focused. his other hand is lying on sokka’s shoulder/against his neck. here is a small bowl with water and a towel beside them. /end ID]