not to lick the roof of you’re mouth or anything but steve and henry having sex and steve believing in his heart he’s doing it as a favor for henry is such a funny way to stumble into conflict. a very simple “you don’t think i could find someone on my own?” is the sharpest knife that could cut into both of them.
oh i’m obsessed with this. the idea of them going to town on each other and the whole time steve’s thinking “i’m such a good friend :)” peak obliviousness. and when henry finds out? oh that will tear his heart to pieces. not only do they not have what he thought they have, his friend thinks so little of him? and now the thing steve did to keep their friendship strong is probably going to be the thing to end it. and of course steve knows henry could find someone, easily in fact! but he did it because— well it’s better— it made sense because— and then when he’s venting to robin, who’s just staring at him slack jawed by the way, she’s finally like “but were you into it?” and steve shrugs “well yeah. if something’s hot it’s hot you know?” and thats when steve finds out that being straight and getting so hard it hurts at the prospect of putting it in your best friend is in fact not a normal thing. but now that he knows the truth, will henry ever even believe him? let alone forgive him? mwah mwah love love love