Gareth had dragged him into the new ice cream shop in the mall. Always the sweet tooth, that one. Eddie thought.
He leaned against the counter, back to, while Gareth scanned the signs for what he wanted.
Ice cream wast the worst idea he supposed considering the heat wave going through Hawkins right now already forced him to pull his hair up into a ponytail and ditch the leather jacket and vest for just a band tee with the sleeves cut off.
He was just about to turn around and scan the sign himself when he heard the voice from behind him.
"Ahoy there! Would you like to set sail with me on this flavour journey with me? I'll be your captain! I'm–,"
Eddie spun around grinning.
"Steve Harrington?" He exclaimed, absolutely delighted. He took the whole site in, from the sailor hat, shirt and even those shorts.
If God hates gays then why'd he let Steve Harrington dress like that?
When Steve recognized Eddie his smile, the one he always put on when he flirted dropped. Eyes widening he was briefly aware of the blush creeping over his face before he heard Robin break out into laughter, she had been watching this train wreck from the window in the back room.
He turned and glared at her, willing her to shut up. But then, Eddie spoke again.
"Well, Captain," He began, his grin only getting wider, "What flavours would you recommend?"
Eddie tugged at a strand of hair that had fallen from his ponytail and now framed his face. Steve found himself forgetting every ice cream flavour they offered.
"Oh, um…" Why was he so nervous? He cleared his throat. "Strawberry swirl is pretty good,"
Eddie leaned over the counter to get a better look at the ice cream, making his face incredibly close to Steve's, he hummed.
"Okay… but you do free samples right? I wanna make sure I like it,"
Robin, a girl he recognized from band class, was still laughing in the back room, so was Gareth who'd gotten his ice cream and sat down. Steve grew pinker then the strawberry swirl ice cream.
Eddie didn't normally do this, but there was no line and Steve wasn't shutting him down so… why not have some fun?
"Um yeah, of course," Steve said, he turned away to grab a spoon, silently willing his heartbeat to return to normal pace. He scooped a round spoonful of the pink ice cream and turned back to Eddie. "Here you go"
Eddie smirked and instead of taking hold of the spoon like was expected he leaned forward closing his mouth around the spoon still in Steve's hand.
Steve starred as Eddie ate the ice cream off of the spoon, heartbeat nowhere near normal now. His eyes couldn't help but dart to Eddie's lips as he pulled back, tongue darting out to lick the remaining ice cream. He smiled eyes meeting Steve's.
"Delicious, I'll have a small strawberry swirl," He said finally relenting, deciding he perhaps shouldn't send Steve into a full spiral in the middle of a work day.
Steve just nodded, no longer capable of speaking he quickly scooped the ice cream and passed it to Eddie, not even waiting for him to pay before turning to leave mumbling a quick "I'm going on break," to Robin.
Eddie turned and found his seat next to Gareth who was shaking his head.
"Who knew flirting with Steve 'the hair' Harrington got you free ice cream?" Eddie whispered with a smirk.