Demon!Eddie 5
At some point, Eddie had cleaned Steve up a little and dressed him in a tank top and shorts. The shirt had a band he’d never heard of but maybe Eddie would tell him about it sometime. Steve had tried to get up on his own only to immediately fall back onto the bed when he felt a sharp pain. That would be last night, coming back to literally bite him in the ass.
“Job hunting’s gonna have to wait”, Eddie grinned.
Eventually they migrated to the couch back in the apartment, Eddie lying on his back and Steve right on top of him. He found it very easy to imagine if the rest of his life was like this. In Eddie’s clothes, in his place, completely surrounded by him.
Steve didn't even know where his clothes from the first night went and he didn't give a flying fuck. Not when he was laying on top of Eddie, getting his lower back rubbed.
"Don't get a big head about it. That was the first dick I ever took."
“I didn’t say anything”, Eddie said.
“I can feel it in your hands”, Steve replied before letting out a soft hum as Eddie’s fingers pressed a spot on his spine.
The morning was spent so lazily and for the first time in a long time, Steve wasn’t thinking about his future or what he was supposed to do about it. He just relaxed in Eddie’s hold. The only time he worried was when Eddie got up to say he was making breakfast. Steve ignored any soreness to confirm if his suspicions were correct.
And to his horror, Eddie dumped ground coffee into a pot, filled it with water, and then set it all on the stove.
“You’re an animal”, Steve said.
“I think we established that last night”, Eddie smirked.
“I’m talking about your coffee set up. Where’s your coffee maker? Your filters?”
“What’s wrong with the way I make coffee?”
“Tony the tiger wouldn’t make it that way.”
Eddie’s retort was cut off by a knock on the door and a man’s voice. “Eddie? Edifice Edacity Edger you open this door right now!”
“Shit!”
“Who’s that?”, Steve asked.
“Uhh, that would be my uncle. Stay here for a second and don’t make a sound.” Eddie pushed Steve towards the magic door and before Steve knew it, he was floating in a dark abyss.
He wasn’t in the lavish bedroom from before, nor was he in any of the places Eddie took him yesterday. It was just an endless void with no gravity. Steve was no stranger to hiding in girls’ closets, but this was definitely different.
“His uncle, huh...”, Steve whispered just in case. He wondered what he was like. Probably terrifying if Eddie was trying to hide him. Maybe he was closer to a more traditional demon and would’ve eaten Steve up or sucked our his soul.
Steve felt like he was flying and floating and descending all at the same time and just as he was starting to feel disoriented, he saw the light of the door opening right next to him and Eddie reaching in. Steve took his hand and was pulled back into the apartment.
“Wayne, this is Steve, my current contractor. Steve, this is my Uncle Wayne.”
Uncle Wayne looked more like the kind of guy who spent his free time at hardware stores and bait shops than a demon. But now Steve felt like it would be rude to ask.
“Hi there, sir. Nice to meet you.”
Wayne’s hands were on his hips as he looked Steve up and down. “Hmph. He’s easy on the eyes, I’ll give ‘im that. But you should know better than to be swayed by a nice face.”
“I’m not being swayed”, Eddie said. “It’s just taking some time to fulfill his request.”
Wayne gave him a disappointed look. Steve knew they were talking about him but couldn’t see what the exact problem was.
“You know how this story ends, son.”
Eddie crossed his arms. “No actually, I don’t. Why don’t you enlighten us, oh wise storyteller.”
“Eddie, don’t be rude to your uncle”, Steve chastised.
Wayne held up a hand. “He’s a brat, but he ain’t misbehavin’. But my official designation is ‘storykeeper’.”
“A what?”
Wayne waved a hand and glowing tomes materialized all around them. “Every single person that has ever existed, has a story to tell. Demons too. When a life ends, everything gets compiled and their story comes into my hands.”
“So...you know everything that’s ever going to happen?”, Steve asked in awe.
“I’m not omniscient. I only know what happens when the story’s over. But after doing this for as long as I have, you start to notice patterns.”
“And what’s my pattern?”, Eddie raised a brow.
“How does bullheaded young buck gets too caught up in one deal sound? Does that sound like a fit?”
“I’m not-” Eddie rolled his eyes but made the mistake of looking at Steve while doing so and had to quickly avert them.
“I don’t understand how any of this works, but is Eddie doing anything wrong? We have a deal and he’s seeing it through”, Steve said in his defense.
“Most demons ain’t so thorough”, Wayne answered.
“You and I both know most demons ain’t honest either”, Eddie said.
“Eddie, get the deal done. And move on.”
Eddie didn’t respond but Wayne wasn’t waiting for one, already on his way out the door. Steve waited for the door to close to speak again.
“Am I....are you breaking any rules because of me?”
“Rule breaking is a part of my creed, baby. But technically, no. Wayne’s right, most demons would’ve set you up in a new place with a new name and considered their job done. But I pride myself on my customer service.”
Steve smiled. “Right. You serve all your customers the same way?”
Eddie saw the way Steve was looking at him and faltered. “N-no. No, I don’t. But you’re special.”
It certainly made Steve feel special to hear it straight from Eddie. He got the deeper meaning of Wayne’s warning. They were both supposed to be very short chapters in each other’s lives. Ships passing in the night or whatever. Steve knew, once he had figured out what he wanted, Eddie would leave and he’d never hear from him again.
“I think I’m all rested up now. Let’s keep looking.”
“You sure?”, Eddie asked.
“Yeah. After we get some decent coffee.”
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Maybe it was because of his uncle’s words, but Eddie kept his distance for the next few jobs. Steve tried not to mind too much. He was going to have to do whatever he chose without Eddie anyway. He spent the rest of the morning into the early afternoon in a summer camp, working as a sports counselor.
He had plenty of fun teaching some boys the basics of basketball and running them through drills and even getting through a mini game that they all seemed to enjoy. After a couple periods though, he had a free moment and explored the camp. He ended up being wrangled by a group of boys who needed some muscle for a satellite project.
“I didn’t even know we did this kind of thing at this camp”, he admitted, while lugging around machinery he couldn’t even begin to name.
“Yeah, no duh. You sports counselors barely leave Jock Row”, one kid snarked.
“You should come by the Arts and Sciences building some time”, another said. “We’re always doing something cool.”
“Even if it’s not totally legal!”, the one who had grabbed Steve beamed.
“Uh, what’re you guys’ names again?”
“I’m Dustin, the nice one’s Will, and those two are Lucas and Mike.”
“How does Will get ‘nice one’?”, Lucas asked.
“You know Will’s the reason your cabin didn’t get Cinnamon Toast night, right?”, Mike said.
Dustin gave such a gasp, Steve was worried he’d swallowed a lung.
“Our cabin had to do it with biscuits! How could you?”
“They made it a competition and that’s the one kind I can win”, Will shrugged.
They made it to their destination and Steve followed their disjointed directions but eventually the satellite was built and they were talking to the girls camp across the lake. It was completely juvenile and fun and Steve couldn’t remember the last time he’d done something like this.
The lunch bugle rang and Steve was approached by a black and red frog while the campers went off to eat.
“And what have you been up to? Frog stuff?”
Eddie croaked, then hopped a couple times in place. Steve crossed his arms.
“I’m not picking you up like this. You’re all, slimy. And you look poisonous.”
Frog-Eddie croaked and hopped onto his shoe, still urging at him but Steve was a rock. Eddie transformed back into himself, wearing the camp t-shirt and red shorts that was the counselor uniform.
“You weren’t so picky about my fluids last night”, Eddie smirked, while wrapping his arms around Steve.
“Yeah there’s a difference.”
“I’ll keep that in mind, beautiful~ Lunch and then on to the next?”
“Let’s.”
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Eddie had zero idea why Steve wanted to work in an office. But hey, who was he to judge? At least he wasn’t trying to be a cop anymore.
Steve really just wanted to experience office culture for himself. It was the sort of thing his father had been setting him up for. Before the ritual sacrifice of course. He was put on mailroom duty and that was where he met his worst enemy - Robin Buckley.
She sneered and scoffed at him most of the time. And when she deigned to use words, her comments were always biting. Delivering mail wasn’t too bad, except the fact that most of the employees barely looked him in the face while delivering. He came to the break room and Robin was already there. He tried to ignore her while getting a yogurt from the fridge.
He leaned against it when another guy came in. Steve was pretty sure his name was Kenneth.
“Hey, it’s the mailroom crew!”, he smarmed while refilling his mug with coffee. “You know Robin you should, maybe not scowl so much the boys here appreciate a nice smile.”
Kenneth walked out before he could see Robin’s megawatt dirty look. She glanced at Steve and saw he had the same look as her.
“What an asshole”, Steve said.
“That’s putting it lightly. There’s so much as, there’s no hole left”, Robin snarked.
Steve slid over closer to her so they could continue to talk in whispers. The people here were jerks but he might choose to work with them one day.
“At least he’s better than Nick.”
Robin wretched with her tongue out. “You know he slept with Norma at the Christmas party?”
Steve raised a brow. “Nick? With the ring on his finger and the happy family picture in his cubicle?”
“Yeah.”
“Scumbag.”
They spent more than was probably allowed on their break, trading gossip. Steve only got distracted when he saw a very attractive janitor roll by with his mop and bucket. Without a word, he walked off and followed him right into the closet.
“You’ve been wandering around more”, Steve said as the door closed.
“Just tryina give you space baby. Wouldn’t wanna influence your decision”, Eddie grinned, taking the cap off his head.
“And what if my decision was to blow off work and have some fun with the cleaning guy in the broom closet?”
“Sounds like the opposite of climbing the corporate ladder”, Eddie grinned while unzipping his jumpsuit.
“The opposite of climbing is what again?”, Steve said as he sank down to his knees.
Part 7
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