Steve strikes me as the will wait for you till it’s our time kind. Think about it, he wears his heart on his sleeve. Ever the hopeless romantic. Loves hard, tirelessly and devotion having no time limit.
He strikes me as the one that would pine, wait and swoon for Eddie from afar while clueless Eddie while feeling the same aimlessly goes about thinking Steve Harrington is out of his league.
So he doesn’t pay it a second thought.. goes through pointless relationships attempting to get a smidge of what he feels when Steve flashes him that smile or those moments of skin to skin when Steve feels bold and slaps Eddie’s hand after a joke, that sensation that makes him weak at the knees.
Until one day Eddie can’t take it no more. Flustered, beyond exhausted, he finally has the nerve to ask “why didn’t we ever .. give it a shot?”
Steve can once and for all omit “I’ve been waiting for you to see me the way I see you Ed. After every relationship I hoped you’d .. realize that I should be the one you take out, hold hands with, kiss good morning and good night. But you never did, so I waited for you. Patiently.”