All the props to @wrecked-fuse for making a sketch that triggered my writing bone for the first time in a long time. (i didnât proof read this, it was literally a speed write)
âYou two make a cute couple.âÂ
Steve nearly misses the comment, his airpods just loud enough to drown out most sound on the subway. But the girl smiling at him had said it with deliberate volume, over the roar of the car.Â
He blinks up at her from his copy of IT, tugging a pod out before he looks rude.Â
âSorry?â He asks, confused momentarily until the weight on his shoulder jostles just so. A turn in the track.Â
The head on his shoulder had been a surprise at first, but Steveâs steadily forgotten it for almost ten minutes now. Itâs not like his neighbor is a stranger.
Theyâve been riding the same stops for months now. Itâd been a nice surprise when Steve started riding the subway to class when his car bit the dirt. Heâd expected to spend the ride with his eyes on the ground.Â
But then heâd seen the most beautiful man step onto the train beside him and heâd been unable to ignore him. The height, broad shoulders and curly blond hair. Fit in every sense of the word. His silent subway crush is always dressed casual for class, but never goes the same way Steve does on campus. Steve thinks he might be an engineer, spotting an electronic engineering textbook on more than one occasion. Back and forth theyâd gone, for months, clearly taking classes the same time of day. Day after day. Steve just never got up the courage to do anything about it.Â
The logical thing would be to ask his name. But he only knows him as the âhot subway guyâ.Â
Robin ridicules him constantly.
âYou two.â The girl motions to his sleeping companion with the phone in her hand, then her eyes are back on Steve. âYouâre sweet together.â
âUh.â Steve wants to say theyâre not together, which would make sense because theyâre not. But because of the way the sleeping man on his shoulder makes him feel needed, weighed down by a simple touch, he doesnât say anything. He laughs, soft, and feels his face heat at the cheeks. âThanks.âÂ
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