#bedsharing

[deancaspinefest]

A Glacial Pace

Author: ixia_ixora | Artist: Aggiedoll

Posting on Tuesday April 16

Tired of his simple and conforming life, Castiel decides to move away from his city life to a small town by the mountains in Montana. Deciding to begin this new chapter of his life with an adventure, Castiel signs up for a hike across a glacier. With his heart in his throat and a hot hiking guide named Dean Winchester on his knees to help him with the harness, Castiel manages the hike, coming back time after time; for the nature and for Dean. A small town leaves little room for anonymity and between his shifts at the hospital and the glacier hikes, Dean is determined to not let Cas waste his time away in his small apartment. And it doesn't take long until a friendship is formed between them. But Castiel didn't leave the city without reason and there is only so long he can keep his real life at bay. Or Castiel finds himself on top of a glacier with a certain green-eyed man who will change the trajectory of his life in the most unexpected of ways.

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

“Hey, it’s fine,” Dean says, moving in front of Castiel and places his other hand on Castiel’s other shoulder. “Breathe with me.”

Castiel glances over Dean’s shoulder, looking at the other people in the glacier. Dean ducks his head down, trying to catch his eyes.

“Hey,” he smiles gently as Castiel focuses on him. His eyes are very green in the warm sun. “Breathe in.”

Castiel takes a deep breath, feeling it fill his lungs and stomach. He closes his eyes, concentrating on the air in his chest. When he feels Dean breathe out he does the same.

“If you fall into the glacier it won't be more than a few feet, the rope will catch you and we will drag you up,” Dean says, thumbs rubbing circles on Castiel’s shoulders. “There’s nothing to worry about, I’m right behind you,” Dean repeats. “And if you do fall it’ll be a hell of a cool story to tell later on.”

(continue reading on Ao3 on Tuesday April 16)

#destiel #deancas #destiel fic #deancas fic #destiel art #deancas art #pinefest 2024 #pinefest previews #2024 Dean/Cas Pinefest #author: ixia_ixora #artist: Aggiedoll #Friends to lovers #Slow burn #Bedsharing

[agentrouka-blog]

jon and sansa will definitely meet again in wow. How do you think things go from there? I'm definitely feeling the trope of sharing a bed.........!!!!!

It's hard to go into specific speculation because a lot of other variables play into it, but I would absolutely NOT be opposed to any iteration of bed sharing whatsoever.

It may be noted that both Jon and Sansa specifically remember their home in terms of sleeping and bedsharing (with their siblings) in the same book that Samwell has a dream in which a naked Gilly then takes the place of his sisters in their shared childhood bed. Both Cat and Ned specifically long to go to sleep with each other. There's imagery that swings both ways between familial and spousal, so to speak.

#jonsa #bedsharing

[cupidford]

Accidental Magic by Calais_Reno

Johnlock Love Letters #2326

After his return Sherlock takes the case of a woman seeking stolen books hidden in her late husband’s library.Working together after so much time apart, John and Sherlock begin to discover more than stolen books.

#jl3 #johnlock #johnlockloveletters #love letter #love letters #<50k #case fic #developing relationship #books #romance #ciphers #puzzles #codes #codes and ciphers #teh fix it #post teh #sharing a bed #bedsharing #tea and takeaway #Accidental Magic #Calais Reno #Calais_Reno

[bullet-prooflove]

Bedsharing with Joe Velasco

This started as an ASK prompt and ended up at nearly 1k. Also this is my first time writing bedsharing so sorry if it is a little weird!

Tagging: @iyoskyslover @plaidbooks​

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Enemies to lovers, Lovers to enemies & everything in between

Prompts : ❦ for our muses to be forced to share a bed ~ Joe Velasco x fem reader

It started with an undercover assignment. Married couples whose homes were being broken into, the husband beaten, and the wife attacked before the perps ransacked the house. You suspected it led back to the insurance company, but Carisi and Benson had decided the perps needed to be caught in the act. You and Joe fit the profiles, young, good looking, successful.

It wasn’t until the two of you went into the bedroom to unpack that you realised there was something the two of you had forgotten about.

“I can take the couch.” Joe offered, his shoulders tensing as he reviewed the sleeping arrangements.

“The two of us splitting up doesn’t seem like such a good idea.” You reminded him. “Remember the last one, they almost killed the husband before they even got to the wife.”

“Right, right…” Joe said quietly, unzipping his bag and removing a t-shirt, unfolding it and then refolding it. “It’s just I forgot to bring pyjamas.”

You shrugged.

“So long as we stick to separate sides it’ll be fine.”

“Uh huh.” He murmured.

Joe doubted that very much.

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Joe couldn’t sleep, he doubted he would be able to sleep at all tonight and it wasn’t because he was waiting for two perps to erupt through the door. It was his proximity to you.

He’d felt the attraction from the beginning, you were quick witted, solid and the two of you made a pretty good team. It was only recently that he had realised he couldn’t imagine his life without you, you’d gone back to visit your parents for a couple of days after your dad had taken a fall and it felt like the light had dimmed in his world. The moment you walked back into the Squad Room he knew he was in trouble.

That smile of yours…

It made his heartbeat faster in his chest. He didn’t think he’d ever been so glad to see someone. You were his partner, his colleague, his friend. He knew it was wrong but being around you made him feel alive. He tried to pinpoint the exact moment it had happened. He thought it was that night the two of you were watching the boxing at the Brass Monkey, his chest against your back protecting you from being jostled by the crowd. You’d leaned against him, cheering when Okya had won, thrown your arms around his neck. Holding you had felt so right, like the missing piece was slotting into place.

Now he was trapped in a double bed with barely a foot of space, and he had never been more aware of your presence or his own vulnerability. The truth was at home he didn’t sleep in pyjamas, just Hugo Boss boxer shorts that clung to his form keeping everything in place. He’d thrown on a black V-neck t-shirt. You were already in bed by the time he’d finished up in the bathroom. Your hair tied up in a messy bun, a white vest top over a black sports bra. He caught a glimpse of sky-blue pyjama shorts as you tucked the quilt around yourself.

You flipped onto your back grumbling, your hands settling onto your stomach.

“I can’t sleep.” You said into the darkness.

Joe sighed, rolling onto his back, and staring at the ceiling. Your hands brushed, just or a moment and Joe felt that familiar thrill rush through him.

“Yea me neither.” Joe said.

You turned onto your side, your gaze taking in the profile of Joe’s face in the moonlight that drifted in through the gap in the curtains. His eyebrows furrowed as he threw his arm up above his head.

“Joe what’s going on?” You asked him. “You’ve been weird and tense ever since we started this case.”

Joe swallowed hard. It was seeing that ring on your finger, that gold band, the one that matched his own. It wasn’t real he knew that, but for a brief moment he realised it was something he wanted, something he hoped for.

Joe flipped onto his side so that the two of you were face to face. He longed for nights like this, lying beside of you and that was the problem. How much he wanted it, how this case was giving him a taste of everything he could have.

You reached out across the sheets, your hand grasping his, fingers entwining. It was everything and too much all at the same time, because this intimacy it made him want to spill everything. His thumb traced over the wedding ring on your finger.

“I want this with you.” He told you. “I want nights lying in bed talking, dinner dates. I want to wake up next to you, make you coffee in the morning, I want…” he paused, staring down at your joined hands. “I want everything with you.”

“Joe…” You began.

“I don’t expect you to feel the same.” Joe told you quietly. “I just… I’ve been holding onto it for a while.”

There was silence for a second. Joe hung his head, a wry smile crossing his features, as if he already knew what you were going to say. It broke your heart to see him mentally withdraw, trying to protect himself.

“Joe.” You whispered, cupping his cheek, and guiding his head up so that he could look into your eyes. “You’re not alone. I feel the same way too.”

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#joe velasco x reader #joe velasco #bedsharing #joe velasco x you #law and order special victims unit #law and order: svu #law and order: special victims unit #law and order svu

[livingbreathingdreams]

Bed-Sharing Fics 🧸

• BUCKY BARNES • CAPTAIN SYVERSON • HARRY STYLES • JOEL MILLER •

🏕 Camping ⎮ 🌶 Spicy, consume at your own risk ⎮ 🌸 Slow burn [because I’m a sucker for endless buildup] ⎮ ⚪️ Friends to lovers ⎮ 🧡 Personal favorite

//

Bucky Barnes

❤︎ One Bed, Two Buddies @bucky-bucket-barnes ⚪️

❤︎ Bucky and The Bed @that-damn-girl 🌸⚪️ (a whole ass bed sharing series)

//

Captain Syverson

❤︎ sparse sleep @quietmyfearswith

❤︎ And there was only one bed @doll-r-t

❤︎ The Night of Many Firsts @delicate-moon-princess 🌶

//

Harry Styles

❤︎ Hey Angel @watchmegetobsessed 🌶🌸⚪️

❤︎ SLEEPLESS @watchmegetobsessed ⚪️🧡

❤︎ First night sleeping over @harrysfolklore

❤︎ changes @sunflowervolvimp3 🌶🌸⚪️🧡

❤︎ Pink Fairy Lights @kwritingbooks

❤︎ Residue @bopbopstyles 🏕🌶⚪️

❤︎ Perhaps the World Ends Here @iconicharry 🏕

❤︎ Only Human @tobesobri 🌸⚪️🧡 (another whole ass bed sharing series)

//

Joel Miller

❤︎ Sleeping Bag @quin-ns 🏕

❤︎ Rubbing your partner's back until they fall asleep @softlyspector

#harry styles x reader #fluff #smut #friends to lovers #bed sharing #fic recs #bucky barnes x reader #only one bed #one bed trope #slow burn #captain syverson x reader #joel miller x reader #bedsharing #bed-sharing #camping #one sleeping bag

[astaldis]

Chapter 3: She′d hold your hand as you shook in the middle of the night

@cake-shop-rarepair-bingo​

@witcher-rarepairs​

Bingo Prompts: Bedsharing, temporary or permanent blindness

Pairing: Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach & Fringilla Vigo

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Fandom: The Witcher (TV)

Chapters: 3/5

Witcher_Rarepair_Prompt_Fest Prompt: Post Season 2: After their lie is uncovered by Emhyr var Emreis, Cahir and Fringilla are arrested and thrown into the dungeons - in the same cell. With only one bed. First they bicker and bitch and blame each other for their failure, but this changes drastically when Cahir is tortured, and badly so, and Fringilla has to take care of him.

This time Fringilla does not wake up from the creaking of a door but because Cahir is muttering and moving in his sleep. Must be a nightmare. Which is not surprising after what happened, or rather after what she believes happened. For a moment she tries to figure out what Cahir is saying but the words are difficult to discern and do not make much sense. Something about blindness and strength and fire. He is shaking, too. Not from the cold - by now it is pleasantly warm under their shared blanket - but from rising panic. She takes his hand in hers and, with her other hand, starts to gently trace feather-light, soothing circles on his back while holding him close. Like her mother did with her when she was little and had a bad dream, long before her chaos manifested itself and she was taken to Aretuza. Although her childhood nightmares were horrible, these are bitter-sweet memories of a closeness long lost and gone. Lost and gone like her mother.

Continue reading on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47540179/chapters/119934388

#witcher rarepair prompt fest #cake shop rarepair bingo #cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach #Fringilla Vigo #cahir & fringilla #bedsharing #blindness #cahir whump #hurt/comfort #the amazing devil lyrics #eamon farren #mimi ndiweni #the witcher netflix #angst #fluff

[behindthelabels]

Red Herring in the Air

For @steggyfanevents Steggy Week Day Two: Favourite Era (War Time)

Summary: On the way back from a mission Steve and Peggy are forced to stop and take shelter because of an incoming summer snow storm. There's only one room left at the inn, and it only has one bed.

Excerpt:

Steve has been trying to talk to her for months now and Peggy has been steadfastly ignoring him. It hasn’t really been that hard, he’s been off destroying Hydra blockades, and she’s been off seeking out and securing any intel she can find to help them. They’ve been in the same areas more often than not, but not usually at the same time. She’s returning to camp as they leave, and she’s leaving as they return.

Peggy doesn’t want the explanation Steve tried several times to give her about what happened with Private Lorraine. It’s fairly simple, she thought Steve was different, fell for him like an idiot, only to discover he was in fact still a man, tempted by every pretty thing that crossed his path. They didn’t have something special, she wasn’t special, and it annoys her that with all she knows of men, she managed to fool herself into thinking Steve Rogers was different.

She has no doubt he volunteered for this, to be the one to accompany her to collect a German defector who claimed to have intimate knowledge of both Hitler and Red Skull’s plans. While she hadn’t wanted to spend that much time with him one on one, she had to admit Steve was the best for the job.

She had told Colonel Phillips that this seemed too good to be true, but they couldn’t risk not pursuing it, and as she expected, they’d walked into a trap. Unfortunately for those soldiers, she and Steve make an incredible team and had prepared for that exact outcome. It took under ten minutes to take out those ten guys, and they’d both escaped no worse for wear, barely a scratch on her, though Steve had not been quite so lucky.

Continue on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40564113

#steggyweek22 #steggy #steggy fic #bedsharing #my fic

[starrnobella]

Title: Grammar & Consequences Square Filled:

#DenBingo23 G5 - "Fix it." "It's a ransom note; I don't care about grammar!" "There's no excuse for bad grammar!"

#HHBingo23: N5 - Bedsharing/Only One Bed

Pairing: Daphne Greengrass/Hermione Granger Rating: General Audience Major Tags: None Summary: An eighth year challenge meant for amusement during the last few months of school resulted in both Hermione and Daphne getting in trouble, even though Hermione had nothing to do with it. Word Count: 968 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46815736

Created for @dracos-den and @hermiones-haven

#DenBingo23 #HHBingo23 #Hermione's Haven #Draco's Den #Daphne Greengrass #Hermione Granger #Eighth Year #Bedsharing #Ransom Note #Severus Snape

[nadunacreates]

i had planned on writing a college AU fic in which to combine all the @zukkaweek prompts that i hadn’t gotten to yet... i procrastinated instead, so hard that i totally forgot about this. but i think today is actually the last day for late submissions, plus there's a summer thunderstorm outside right now, so have this very rushed snippet from the middle of said AU. it's supposed part of a 5+1 thing featuring people knocking on the wrong door of sokka and zuko’s rooms in the college dorms, and then the one time they get it right… but somehow this snippet isn't about that at all ^^ 

it’s set one night when zuko accidentally locked himself out of his own room, and features bedsharing, some chronic pain and a college AU where everyone has magic in addition to the bending... hope you like it, and please tell me if i should actually write this! <3

The sound of the rain would be so soothing, today, if the rain hadn’t also meant that there was a thunderstorm on the way, rolling across the countryside and steadily coming closer.

The sound of the rain would be so soothing, if his scar didn’t hurt because of it, the tissue stiff and aching dully in a way that boded very ill for the next few hours.

The sound of the rain would be soothing, if it didn’t mean that Sokka sighed and got up and opened the window; looked out at the dark clouds on the horizon and said “I love summer storms,” because of course he did.

Zuko rubbed a finger down his forehead, pressed it to the base of his nose, and sighed, too. “Of course you do,” he said.

That made Sokka whip his head around, glare at him in what was probably supposed to be outraged offense, but fell a little to the wayside of fond. “Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?”

Zuko chuckled weakly, because that fondness was dangerous. His tired brain misread it so easily. “Nothing! Just…” He waved his hand around in the air in front of him, let himself fall back down into the (many) cushions of Sokka’s bed. “I hate them, so I guess it makes sense that you love them.”

Zuko could practically hear Sokka frowning, but he didn’t bother to look up again. He wasn’t quite sure why he just said that, but… well, if he was going to stay here tonight it would probably be good that Sokka knew. Then at least he wouldn’t have to worry about (inevitable) Zuko’s nightmares.

The sound of the rain dampened again as Sokka closed the window.

The bed dipped as he sat down at its foot.

They didn’t say anything, for a while.

Zuko didn’t even startle when Sokka eventually lay a hand on his ankle, splayed his fingers when he noticed the cold skin there.

He tapped his thumb against Zuko’s achilles heel, as if he was subconsciously aware of some deeper meaning, as if he saw the irony in it, protecting the very part he made vulnerable (on a metaphorical level), or maybe it was just his magic kicking in. But when Zuko opened his eyes to check, Sokka looked normal — no glowing eyes or tattoos, and when he spoke his voice didn’t have that hollow quality to it that it usually took when he had a vision. Just a coincidence, then, Zuko thought to himself, and scoffed at the very idea of it, right when Sokka asked, “Do you want to talk about it?” and then he promptly choked on his next breath.

It was with much regret that he removed his ankle from under Sokka’s hand, but breathing was kind of the bigger necessity right now, and to breathe he had to sit up, so— at least he got a few pats on his back, until the coughing fit was finally over.

“Sorry,” he said, voice rough, and cleared his throat.

Sokka sat up against the headboard next to him, bumped his shoulder with his own, threw him a smile. “That’s what friends are for, right?”

Yeah, he was absolutely going to ignore the way this made his stomach clench in something like pain. He was going to ignore how he still felt astonished at the concept of having friends; how he still (so very selfishly) wished for more.

“… right,” he said, and ignored how his voice caught all over again.

A flash of lightning illuminated the room, day-bright, for the fraction of a second. Zuko flinched, and stayed tense as he counted down the seconds until thunder followed with a roar. Fuck.

When Sokka pulled at him, he just went with him, and let his friend rearrange them on the bed until both their heads were on the pillow, and Sokka was able to cling to him like a koalaotter.

“So,” Sokka said. “Do you want to talk about it?”

Zuko took a few moments to think about it. He’d known Sokka for long enough now to know that he was always allowed to think, to take his time, and even to answer in the negative should he wish to do so, and Sokka would not be mad. It was one of the things that had made it so easy to fall for him.

The next flash of lightning made the answer rather easy, surprisingly. The thunder did not take long to follow, and Zuko swallowed hard, then said, “yeah.”

Zuko spoke, and Sokka listened, and when the storm had finally moved on, Zuko was out of words, and Sokka was still right there.

Zuko did not go back to his own dorm room that night.

He did not have any (bad) nightmares either.

And when he woke up the next morning, he found himself wrapped around Sokka in turn.

(And when he let himself drift back to sleep, he felt Sokka stir, felt his fingers ghost over a burn scar on his arm, heard him whisper, “love you, too,” and promptly ignored that so hard, because surely that was already the next dream taking him and pulling him under, making him wish for things that could never be true.)

#zukkaweek2022 #zukka week #zukka #college au #atla #zuko #sokka #magical college au #sokka got a spirit connection after being kidnapped by hei bai thus the mentioned visions #it's a whole thing #but sadly didn't fit in this #because i wrote this in the last two hours although i really should go to bed #wrote this instead of sleeping #bedsharing #unrequired feelings #not actually #they're very requited but i wanted to write some angst #i set out writing about zuko's scar and chronic pain and ended up with this mess instead #oh well #fanfiction #my writing #naduna writes #avatar the last airbender #oh and yue will feature in this as well ofc #and toph!! #the little bending prodigy got to go to college early #or was forced to do it rather #so she can write (get someone else to write) many many papers on how exactly she invented metalbending #people are Fascinated #this is set in the canon world

[aggressive-secretary]

Title: A Hand Across a Chasm

Summary: Stede finds out that Edward has been sleeping in uncomfortable places on the ship, and this is unacceptable.

Prompt: Bed Sharing

Warnings: n/a

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death

Word Count: 2312

#mfbingo #multifandombingo #our flag means death #ofmd fanfic #blackbonnet #stedward #bedsharing #soft lil bbs

[cupidford]

Kaleidoscope by Silvergirl

Johnlock Love Letters #2269

After Sherlock is shot, John has to work out what happened. Since John can’t trust any around him to tell him the truth, he’ll have to play them all against each other.

#JL3 #Johnlockloveletters #Johnlock #love letter #Kaleidoscope #Silvergirl #<75k #s3 fix it #sharing a bed #bed sharing #bedsharing #POV Multiple #trust issues #convalescence

[gaitherstephens]

#cats #bedsharing (at Punta Gorda, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfpVxzTvY5Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cats #bedsharing

[princenotsocharming]

😴

#harringrove #harringrove fanart #steve x billy #let's be real they both really need that nap #also bedsharing my love my favorite trope #not even in smutty way fr #like whenever they fall asleep together in a fic and it's in that pre-slash stage when they're still frenemies/friends/homoerotic rivals #i'm over here chewing my curtains #also help i don't know what to write under the pictures

[bingqiufics]

Title: Scum Villain AUs 

Author: Feynite

Relationship: Bingqiu

Universe: Comics AU ( SuperVillainy AU )

Status: WIP -  ( 3/? ) 

Rating: Explicit

Length: Long (51K)

Summary:

Wherein Shen Yuan transmigrates into a comic book he never read, and Luo Binghe gets kidnapped a lot.

Excerpt:

“Oh no,” he said. “The Silver Maelstrom has captured me!”

Was it Shen Qingqiu’s imagination, or did his tone of voice sound a little… forced?

Comments:

I cannot. This AU is too good and funny XD.

Full of intriguing backstories with multiple POVs, this fic puts a creative twist on canon where SQH is staff and hero sidekick!LBH changes sides and becomes a supervillain apprentice. 

Read the rest here:  Chapter 2 (23K) |  Chapter 3 (8K, Moshang)

#svsss #bingqiu #moshang #teenandup #long #complete #au:supervillainy #au:comics #supervillain!sqq #kidnapping #humor #damselindistress!lbh #jealousy #jealous!lbh #oblivious!sqq #battlecouple #shangqinghua #bedsharing #myfaves #author:Feynite

[astaldis]

@cake-shop-rarepair-bingo​        @whumpay​

Prompts: Bedsharing, Reluctant caretaker

Challenge: Type in a new pairing

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach & Merlin The Cat, Assire var Anahid & Merlin the Cat, Assire var Anahid & Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach Additional Tags: catfic, cats are best, the magic of cats, Purring, Cuddling, Comfort, Fluff, POV Merlin, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach Has a Bad Time, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach Whump, CATS ARE NICE, Sharing a Bed with a Cat Summary: Merlin The Cat is not only suddenly brought to a different place by his Witch, but, when he comes back to the apartment late at night from exploring the new garden, he finds a sick stranger in the bed he is not sure how to feel about at first.

Read on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47326381

#cake shop rarepair bingo #cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach #Merlin The Cat #Assire var Anahid #eamon farren #the witcher #the witcher netflix #the witcher novels #the witcher fanfiction #cat fic #hurt/comfort #whump #fluff #bedsharing #healing magic of cats #reluctant caretaker #whumpay2023

[unfinishedslurs]

bedsharing (future stobin lavender marriage) (steddie)

“Why do you have tampons in your bathroom?” Eddie asks, toweling off his hair. “Wouldn’t your mom just keep them in hers?”

“They’re Robin’s.”

He can feel Eddie’s eyes on the back of his neck, and turns around from where he’s hastily folding his clothes. He has another towel wrapped around his hips, and Steve’s gaze drifts there before snapping back up to his face. 

“What?” He asks.

“I thought you guys weren’t together.”

Steve sighs. “Just because I have tampons for when she stays over—“

“It’s just—why wouldn’t they be in the guest bathroom?”

“She stays in my room,” he says, and then realizes how that sounds. “Okay, yeah, but we’re not dating. That’s never gonna happen.”

“So you’re just hooking up?”

Steve instinctively makes a face, and Eddie’s eyebrows jut up. “No. I’m not her type, and even if I was, at this point that ball has left the court. I don’t like her like that, she definitely doesn’t like me like that, and next time Henderson tries to convince someone we’re soulmates I’m going to wring his little neck.”

“I thought you said you were soulmates.”

“Yeah, but not like that.”

“Just enough that she sleeps in your bed and has tampons in your bathroom, apparently.” Eddie bends over to wrap his hair in the towel, and Steve spends a long moment staring at the curve of his bare spine. 

“Hey, man,” he says belatedly. “We got caught off guard one time. I’m not doing that again.”

Two loads of laundry, and Robin had cried in anger and embarrassment. Steve of ‘83 would have found it disgusting. Steve of now was a little grossed out, but also had been bled on in ways much worse than a period, so he just took her out to milkshakes and stocked up on enough supplies to last for a lifetime. After that, all bets were off when it came to the few boundaries they had left. 

Eddie grimaces in acknowledgment, grabbing the pair of sweatpants on the bed. Steve turns around before the towel drops, because years of locker room experience can’t possibly prepare him for seeing Eddie Munson’s naked ass. 

“So no dreams of a white wedding and gaggles of grandchildren running around?”

“I mean, we’ll probably get married at some point,” Steve says absently, fiddling with his bedspread to keep from turning around. He can have self control. He’s capable of not ogling his friends. “It’ll be safer that way.” Shit, why did he say that? He might as well hang a neon sign that says QUEER over his head. “Easier,” he corrects himself, knowing damn well it’s useless. 

There’s a thud and a groan, and Steve whirls around to see Eddie on the ground, halfway into his pants. 

“Are you okay?”

“So you’re not together, and you’re not hooking up, but you’ll get married?” Eddie demands from the floor, wiggling into his sweats. “And…what? Have a loveless, sexless marriage? Because it’s easy?”

“Just because the love isn’t romantic doesn’t mean our marriage would be loveless,” he protests, mind whirling with excuses he can’t use. Why did he open his big mouth? Why couldn’t he have just said anything else?

“That’s what you’re focusing on?”

“I don’t know what to tell you, man,” he shrugs, trying to get his heartbeat under control. “We’re already going to spend the rest of our lives together. Might as well get some legal benefits out of it.”

“Sure, sure,” Eddie laughs, disbelieving. “Getting married for legal benefits and safety. Harrington, if I didn’t know better, I’d say this sounds like—“

“Sounds like what?” Steve cuts through what Eddie was about to say. He doesn’t know what it is, but there’s a bone-deep certainty that Eddie will end up on the truth if he keeps talking. “Are you coming to bed or not, man?”

Eddie falls silent in the middle of standing up, dark eyes pinning Steve to the spot. He knows, Steve thinks, and tries not to picture what Robin would say if he got another concussion. He hasn’t confirmed anything, and Eddie seems like a good guy, maybe even their kind of guy, but if he’s wrong then he’d better grab Robin fast and get the hell out of dodge. Dustin might forgive him eventually, if he knew the reason why.

The silence is getting unbearable. 

“Yeah, alright,” Eddie finally shrugs. “Don’t get your panties in a bunch. I want the left side.”

“You asshole,” Steve hisses, pretending the relief in his chest isn’t damn near killing him. “You know that’s the side I sleep on.”

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