(That really should not make Eddie smile. And yet there he was, finding his mouth twitching upward at the corners. Apparently Jake knew how to handle Eddie's pessimism rather gracefully.
Again, he's grinning, this time his teeth showing. Though it doesn't last particularly long. Not with the idea of people out to hurt Jake or take something from him. That wasn't okay. Eddie suddenly felt a familiar fierceness rising up inside of him. His hands slide down and he tangles his fingers up with Jake's, squeezing their hands together tightly.)
(I would die before I let some creepo adults get their hands on you for something like that.)
(It's pretty obvious that he means it if anything was to go by the look on his face. Then his expression softens into a small smile. Because Jake called them friends.)
(You think so? Yeah. We're friends. I like to think we are anyway.)
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Again, he's grinning, this time his teeth showing. Though it doesn't last particularly long. Not with the idea of people out to hurt Jake or take something from him. That wasn't okay. Eddie suddenly felt a familiar fierceness rising up inside of him. His hands slide down and he tangles his fingers up with Jake's, squeezing their hands together tightly.)
(I would die before I let some creepo adults get their hands on you for something like that.)
(It's pretty obvious that he means it if anything was to go by the look on his face. Then his expression softens into a small smile. Because Jake called them friends.)
(You think so? Yeah. We're friends. I like to think we are anyway.)