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[ good. eddie taking the time to think. a little concerning, honestly, if only because that's a little different and he can hear the tiredness in his voice, but he sounds like he's going to actually think about it, and that's enough. wash hums a little, quiet and affirming, and after a moment of consideration; ]

Give me a time, tomorrow.

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Yeah. [ obviously, clearly, he will, head starting to feel heavier after coming and with the day's events, reality setting in, muddling. he pushes a smile onto his face, into his voice, an attempt at making a stiff upper lip so he can sit with some semblance of feeling light, including -- ] Well, try not to get too bored before you get to talk to me again.

[ it's gonna be fine. he'll be fine. he's not now, but he can act like he is, on the surface. long enough to say bye, long enough to take a shower before he has to accept the inevitable of some solemnness going back to sleep in steve's bed. ]

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[ wash considers, for a moment. hearing that slight drop in his voice. there's no need to call him out on it, they both know what it is, and that's fine. a quiet acknowledging hum comes over the line, before he decides -- ]

For tomorrow. Give me a time, now.

[ there is that tone of expectant command in his voice, it's an order -- but it's a gentle one, an offer more than anything else. an easy one to dismiss with a suggestion that he'll simply come back to it tomorrow. but what wash is offering here is more of a promise to look to on the horizon, and something else a little more concrete to structure his time around other than his friend's coma. ]

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[ at least eddie isn't alone, even if he's intending on wallowing for at least a bit over steve. he has a good amount of friends who will come spend time with him, some of who he'll allow to drag him out of the house without a fuss. and apparently steve will be fine. so, there's that.

none of that is really enough to alleviate the pain currently, but that's okay. he can deal with it, he's pretty confident. more naps will certainly help.

he's really expecting just a chuckle or tease back or something before this call comes to natural end, so his head cants at that request, the tone it comes in. ] Uh. [ reflexively, a delay as he considers.

happy to have an answer for it, just takes him a few seconds. ] Like, 9? [ he doesn't know your schedule, wash, but his is...basically easy to guess as it currently stands. he settles for later, but not too late. 'night' has already been referenced: he's not getting up before noon unless someone forces him to, thanks.

he wouldn't have considered giving a time either. his time is structured around working hours, but that's about it. his days are usually more fluid and what happens, happens. but it is something to look forward, he's realizing, chest and head a little lighter from that alone. ]

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[ wash's schedule is flexible enough. ]

Then I'll call you at 9.

I'm going to expect you to be ready for me.

[ what was a mostly a gentle, light-hearted offer before now easing into something with more demand to it, letting more of that rumbling growl slide into his voice. just a hint of it under his words. entirely aware that it would probably not be too difficult to have eddie stumbling back into whatever quiet corner he'd found himself in for tonight and keep him there with promise after promise, but that's not his role here. for now, at least.

he is, on purpose, not at all specifying what ready for me means. mostly to see what eddie might imagine that entails. ]

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[ eddie smiles, contented and faint sigh heard, brows lifting with that very vague but very noted expectation. not a harsh demand. from wash, it can only sound sexy, too. it's pretty clear that there's the nudge to ponder on what he means by being ready, and eddie sinks into that a bit, sighing softly again. ]

Easy peasy, then. [ something to think about, in longer moments spent sitting outside or in the shower, hanging out in yelena's living room, anywhere that isn't explicitly beside steve. another thread added to this successful variety of distraction, and hey, he genuinely wants to talk to wash more even if it's nonsexual. which, he's not planning on that being the case here, but something he thinks of regardless. ]

Your...wish is my command. [ :) ] Talk to you at 9.

[ no pressing questions or curiosities, not this time. it goes against how he tends to be when he's speaking to wash, but he is tired. there's a light of what to look forward to the next time, a small window of time that he knows will be reserved for more than just being sad about steve.

he's gonna let you be the one to hang up though. ]

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[ that's enough. a small sound, quietly amused, at how eddie stumbles into your wish is my command. close enough. ]

Take care of yourself, Eddie.

[ he'll end off there. and he'll send some of those cheetos you mentioned earlier with absolutely no mention of how he may have even found the address. look he just stalks a few people and its enough to triangulate okay. it's reasonable stalking! its fine. ]