Okay, I wasn't going to ship all over a positivity post, but let me tell you. I immediately Steddify'd it.
Steve "I haven't met a sport I can't fucking rock" Harrington
Eddie "If I'm running, you better run faster because some terrifying shit is chasing me" Munson
Let's say this is an alt meeting college AU. Steve is training for a marathon every morning at the buttcrack of dawn. Eddie, who never wants to be up before 7:30 am for anything (no, not even getting ready for his class at 8 am, thanks Chrissy), is up at this ungodly hour because he kind of never went to sleep and he's actually headed home from an all-night rager
But Eddie sees Steve and he's short-circuiting, like - holy shit, those short shorts could kill a man in 0.5s.
Steve runs up to Eddie, beams at him, and starts making easy conversation after a couple of deep breaths. And Eddie is torn between impressed, jealous, horny (what else can that lung capacity do, baby? - please do not say that out loud, Munson), and trying to keep up with Steve's chatter.
Eventually, Steve comes to a stop and looks at Eddie like he's expecting an answer. And Eddie "mouth first" Munson agrees without thinking, "Sure, yeah," hoping that that answer makes sense at all.
It seems to, because Steve grins. "Okay, meet me at the courtyard on campus at 5:30 tomorrow morning? We can get started then."
Six months of walking, jogging, and running for a marathon Eddie does not give a shit about, but hey, he gets to flirt with and ogle Steve in his short shorts as much as he wants, the big day arrives.
And as much as he hates to admit it, Eddie really enjoys Steve keeping pace with him, making sure they both drink plenty of water, and shouting encouragements the entire way to the finish line, and that makes him enjoy the marathon as a whole. By the end, he's grinning through the sweat pouring from his tied-up curls.
And when Steve yells as he gets that last burst of adrenaline, "Woo, look at you go! You're jogging! Keep it up!"
He shouts back, "You know it! Last place is still a place, baby!"
He and Steve cross the finish line together. Steve is laughing. "You're not in last place, Eds, not even close."
And Eddie, still panting, shakes his head and laughs. "I only did all of this because I liked you."
"Liked? Past tense?" And Eddie still doesn't know where Steve's insecurity comes from, but when he finds out he might have commit murder -- or at least petty vandalism.
"I still like you. I'm pretty sure I love you, if that--" Steve kisses him before he can finish his sentence, so he probably doesn't mind that Eddie is head over heels without taking him on a single date.
That's okay, they have plenty of dates to make up for that in the future.
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