Yeah. In a heartbeat. [ Steve gives him a small smile, trying to ease some of the feeling behind the softness in Eddie's voice. Part of him recognizes the surprise he hears in it. He knows what it's like to feel like there's no one in the world willing to go to bat for you. He also knows Eddie's the kind of person the world should be fighting for.]

[ Steve knows the longer Eddie stays the harder it is going to be for him to get out, but a selfish part of him feels relief at the fact that maybe they don't have to say goodbye tonight or even tomorrow. ] Just lie low here until we figure out what the next step is. Once we figure out how to fight this thing and we end it once and for all, we can figure out how to get to San Francisco. My parents... [ He pauses, shaking his head.] I've got the money they saved for college. Might as well put it towards something useful.