It's Steve's turn to get distracted but it's not (likely) for the same reason. Or at least not entirely.
He's just about pulled the shirt on when Eddie's peeling his off. And those scars. Steve's eyes are glued to them and the way they mirror his own. Those had been the injuries that killed Eddie back in Hawkins. Here they were nothing but scars. Healed over and probably not even painful anymore. Like it hadn't even been serious.
Steve steps forward a second, caught by the spiral his head is in with those thoughts, but stops. He glances up at Eddie, intending to smile an laugh it off. But instead he just swallows over the dryness in his mouth.
"You look...good. They healed you real well here, huh? Back home you..." He doesn't finish that. Just shakes his head. "But they fixed you, here. It was fixable."
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He's just about pulled the shirt on when Eddie's peeling his off. And those scars. Steve's eyes are glued to them and the way they mirror his own. Those had been the injuries that killed Eddie back in Hawkins. Here they were nothing but scars. Healed over and probably not even painful anymore. Like it hadn't even been serious.
Steve steps forward a second, caught by the spiral his head is in with those thoughts, but stops. He glances up at Eddie, intending to smile an laugh it off. But instead he just swallows over the dryness in his mouth.
"You look...good. They healed you real well here, huh? Back home you..." He doesn't finish that. Just shakes his head. "But they fixed you, here. It was fixable."