Steve fell off the social ladder (and apparently hit ever rung with his face) and Eddie spends a couple weeks watching him before going up to him and offers him a seat at his table because -
“What?” Steve asks. “I’m not being bullied. Are you okay?”
“Y-yeah, you are?” Eddie blinks. He was expecting a no. Maybe a ‘get lost.’ Was even hoping a little for a yes, not - “You’re totally being bullied.”
“No, I’m not.”
“You eat lunch alone,” Eddie points out. “You - you don’t sit with your friends anymore.”
“Yeah, because I’m not on the basketball team. That’s the table for the basketball team. Why would I sit there if I’m not on the team?”
“Everybody is talking about you behind your back,” He says. Steve makes a so-so gesture. “Tyler McIntosh pushed you into the lockers yesterday.”
“Tommy has been pushing me into lockers since middle school,” Steve replies. “Next you’re going to say that Tommy is a bully.”
“He is!”
