A/N: Prompt for this one boiled down to Edd finding Eddy crying post-BPS and Eddy not being able to explain himself but appreciating Edd's presence.
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It's about when Eddy thinks he should go back before someone comes looking for him that he hears the footsteps. He'd freeze where he sits, but the idea that someone might come look for him punches him in the lungs and then he's too busy trying to breathe.
"Eddy?" Double Dee is suddenly there, hands on Eddy's shoulders, brow crinkled. "What is it?"
All that comes out when Eddy opens his mouth is more sobbing. Double Dee pulls him close, cradles Eddy's head and rubs his back, making soothing sounds and asking if something happened at the party. Eddy clutches at him, face hot from crying and from trying to explain that he's having a good time and it's weird.
Double Dee sits down beside him, right there on the grass, never once breaking the hug. Eddy gulps down big breaths, like he can inhale Double Dee's comfort. And this is better, actually, here away from the sounds of kids having fun; it's familiar and makes everything feel more real. Ed is missing, so it's not quite a perfect picture, but Eddy think as he leans into Double Dee's shoulder that the two of them make a pretty good picture themselves.
