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Part 6 of Small Riots
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A Perfect Fit

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Steddie Microfic October
prompt: dress

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Steve's body was made for this, posing in front of cameras, dressed in fancy designer clothes that cost more than most people make in a month. He loves it, the flashing lights, the praise, the admiring looks - it's addictive, makes him feel special. And to see the reward of strict diets and hours spent shaping his body to perfection staring back at him from magazine covers and billboard signs makes his chest swell with pride every time.

Some might call him shallow, a dumb model, a human mannequin that has nothing much to offer besides his looks - they don't know about the hard work and self-imposed abdication that come with the career he chose. But Steve doesn't care. Because the only opinion that matters besides his own, is Eddie's.

Eddie, who supports him even though he doesn't understand fashion like Steve does, who admires his devotion and loves him for who he is beneath the fabric and make-up and composed smiles. Who, as much as Steve loves to dress up, loves to undress him. Shed all his outer layers until he's left bare, with no pomp or glitz to hide behind.

No one else's eyes make him feel more desired. No one else's praise makes Steve feel so alive, so divine. No other light makes him shine like the one Eddie shares when they're coming undone in each other's passionate touch and love confessions in the form of doting kisses.

When Eddie calls him his pretty boy and Steve laughs because he knows he looks a mess. Believes him anyway because he never feels more beautiful than when he's anything but. When Eddie's love leaves him red-faced and sweaty, hair disheveled, body blemished with bruises, eyes droopy, skin stained. When there's no need to pretend-smile because the way his lips curl up comes naturally when he's happy just to be his purest, most honest self.

Maybe that's what his body was truly made for. To wear Eddie's love like a dress made of glitter and silk, hugging his body like a second skin.

A perfect fit, made just for him.

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