Uh-huh, ( is Steve's response to his brand new nickname. He doesn't get it, he's not going to ask. Let Eddie say whatever he wants to if it distracts him from this current bitch of a situation. )
Before we go in, ( he begins as he starts to scoop Eddie up bridal style. It's not easy — Eddie's heavier than he looks, and each bit of effort it takes to lift him seems to tug and tear at Steve's own wounds. ) I should tell you — uh. When I came back through? The gate kind of... uh,
itkindofclosed.
( He would like to say that he mumbled that last bit in the world's quietest voice because each step towards the trailer with Eddie in his arms is causing him so much pain that it temporarily rendered him unable to speak.
And that would, actually, be kind of true. Because he's starting to wonder if this wasn't a bad idea, and if he might be ripping his own bat bites big enough for his own guts to come out.
But the truth is? He hates that he has to deliver yet even more bad news to Eddie. The guy deserves a win, seriously. )
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Before we go in, ( he begins as he starts to scoop Eddie up bridal style. It's not easy — Eddie's heavier than he looks, and each bit of effort it takes to lift him seems to tug and tear at Steve's own wounds. ) I should tell you — uh. When I came back through? The gate kind of... uh,
itkindofclosed.
( He would like to say that he mumbled that last bit in the world's quietest voice because each step towards the trailer with Eddie in his arms is causing him so much pain that it temporarily rendered him unable to speak.
And that would, actually, be kind of true. Because he's starting to wonder if this wasn't a bad idea, and if he might be ripping his own bat bites big enough for his own guts to come out.
But the truth is? He hates that he has to deliver yet even more bad news to Eddie. The guy deserves a win, seriously. )