[ Whatever Eddie's smile is at this point, it vanishes as Steve elaborates on the whereabouts about his parents. He knows all too well what absent parents are like, though maybe on a different sort of level. He knows he shouldn't be comparing himself to Steve, but he can't help it sometimes. He can't help wondering what it would have been like, to grow up with what Steve had.

Apparently not all that much differently, in the parental department. ]

Well I'm happy to, you know, make the place feel less empty, then.

[ And now the smile is back, lighting up his entire face. ]

You'd better not snore, though. And I can't promise I wouldn't hog the covers.

[ He keeps the tone light and playful, teasing, in the event Steve decides to walk this back, back into the safe confines of platonic with a capital P instead of whatever muddy waters Eddie seems to be steering them towards. ]