[ the enthusiasm has eddie smiling. reminds him of the way guys in p.e. used to hype themselves up for whatever the torture of the day was while eddie kept to the sidelines if he wasn’t completely skipping. then again, steve was a jock so it’s fitting.

he adjust the backpack, slings it over his shoulder to free his hands so he can spin the single ring on his left hand. it takes a moment to thing on that answer. eddie hadn’t realized he needed to be waiting for something, noting differences. ] Pretty fast. I was eating a sandwich and it started to taste like garbage.

I was less… [ he waved a hand at steve. ] I had less enthusiasm and flare with my wishing.