"..." A beat of silence passes while Eddie tries to think of some joke to cover the seriousness of all this, but he comes up empty, and can't offer up any sort of argument to that accusation.

He pushes his hair back while Steve paces, and he's able to manage a small smirk by the time that finger's pointing at him accusingly, raising his palms in mock surrender.

"What if I told you something guaranteed to cheer you up, would you forgive me then?" he asks with a confident glint in his eye.