Note: have I been gone a while? Do you think I won’t come back? It took me five years to write my epic length. Once I cross 25k on something, I rarely walk away.
Flip the Board < on Ao3 - Time Travel Fix it. Eddie is back on the cafeteria table, and goes all out on the Fix It part.
A Bad Idea; Well Executed - An 'Eddie Doms Steve Better' story, but make it angry, and realistic about the PTSD. One of the fic rules is: How do they feel about each other? Strongly. Strongly what? They do not know, but Strongly. Parts 3 and 4 are in process right now.
Loop 79 - Trope breaking time loop fic. Eddie's loop starts with dropping into his trailer, and ends when he dies. Can't describe more without spoiling the entire thing. It is amazing. Can’t figure out the plot
Rockstar Steddie Fake Relationship - what it says on the tin. Eddie has stalkers. Steve, Straight, is working minimum wage. paparazzi photos of them together. Mutually beneficial arrangement with no possible way it could go wrong, right?
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I wish I could draw because I have this image of upside down creature Eddie in The Cone of Shame because he kept trying to bite Steve’s thighs at the pool party. He eventually remembers he can just take it off himself with his own hands, but for a few minutes it’s just angry hissing and rolling around in the grass trying to get it off.
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I'm never going to write it, so here, enjoy some suffering as I combine multiple fics and tropes into a bouillabaisse of angst.
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Eddie isn't quite dead when Steve, Robin and Nancy get back to them. Since the gates are starting to weaken, it's a mad rush to get everyone through. Steve gets Nancy and Dustin through so they can at least sort of help catch Eddie -- who is entirely unconscious and lacking a lot of blood. The gate is narrowing, the Upside Down is trembling, and Steve doesn't ask, just hefts Robin up and gets her through.
She makes it, but by the time she lands and looks up to yell for him to haul ass, everyone can tell that Steve won't make it through. The gate is too narrow and they don't know, they won't risk finding out what happens if the gate closes on him.
It's closing with exponential decay, so the slow creep it started with becomes a rush, and he yells for them to get to the damn hospital.
Then he's gone.
And look, they're furious and horrified and yes, they want to go after him right this second, but Eddie is dying and Dustin's leg is broken, and they don't even know if Max is okay. Besides, its not like they know how to open a gate.
It's a few days before Team Cali gets to Hawkins, and everyone, including Max in three casts begs El to open a gate.
And she can't. Something about how Henry died, something about the hivemind and the interconnection to the whole world. She knows it's still there, but she can't reach it. She can't find Steve either.
So a few days becomes a week, and Will won't answer questions, because he knows what its like to be alone there, and telling the others when there's no hope of rescue is cruel.
Then Eddie wakes up, coherent for the first time after the infection and the fever and the pain meds. They tell him, and they try to prevent the survivor's guilt - which was already awful - from destroying him. Robin gets it. She was the last through. Steve could have gone first and left her there, but they both know he never would.
They bond over it in the next few weeks as he recovers and leaves the hospital with a few hundred stitches.
After a month, they hold a small memorial, even though they haven't reported it. Without a body, it would take more paperwork than any of them can bear to complete.
The G-men took the Munson trailer, so he, Robin and Wayne are at Harrington's place for now. And if Eddie snoops a little when the others are at work, learning more about this idiot that died instead of him, its understandable.
The way he has all the scraps of his relationship with Nancy, dwarfed by the notes and dumb gifts and mementos of the gremlins. The enormous first aid kit, right next to the enormous supply of hair spray. The box of things from before '83, shoved in a corner, but not forgotten. Post its with important dates. A bank statement showing that his parents left him the house, but no money to cover upkeep or taxes. A scratchy budget where Steve so obviously prioritized his friends over himself.
Eddie learns about Steve Harrington and wishes he could trade places. Eddie is selfish and an asshole and a failure, and he isn't worth what it cost to save his life.
No matter what Robin says about being last through, Eddie knows it must have taken longer to move him, so if it wasn't for Eddie, Steve would have made it. If Eddie had died instead of clinging to life --
When Eddie develops a cough, everyone winces in sympathy as his still achy wounds protest the movement. When his cough gets worse, they consider contacting Owens about Upside Down pathogens.
When he has a coughing fit while the others are out, and ends up with a few blood stained petals in his hand, it takes a few seconds for him to understand.
It takes a few more for it to really land.
He spends the next hour over the toilet, first vomiting, then dry heaving as he sobs.
Because see, Hanahaki might be rare and a remnant of ancient magics, but it's well studied. The sufferer has to be in love and pining. They have to have no hope of the person they love ever reciprocating.
It isn't always fatal. If they confess, and they're rejected, they'll die within a day. If they confess, and it's reciprocated, the flowers fade within a day. If they fall out of love, the flowers fade within a week. If they stay silent they'll live another month from the first petals.
There is a surgery that can remove the affliction and the affection. It's safe, it's a priority treatment in every hospital, and the only side effect is emotional disconnection from the person who caused it.
But none of that is what has Eddie sobbing.
Cause see there's another thing that science knows for sure. Hanahaki will not, does not, absolutely cannot bloom if the person they love is dead.
You know my favorite thing about this idea is? 1. There’s no way Eddie would get the surgery bc it’s the only way to know if Steve is alive still. And 2. Even if they manage to find Steve, even if they find him fast, there’s not enough time for Steve to fall in love and mean it.
My fascination with atypical sexuality assumptions continues.
Something about Always a Girl Eddie being known as a lesbian, because she did, very publicly, get caught getting it on with a girl at a party. That was part of her descent into Freakdom.
Steve, post Starcourt, post Robin coming out to him, remembers all the times that the basketball team would talk about how Eddie was a freak, but that it was really hot, cause, you know, threesomes. He'd thought she was pretty hot. She's obnoxious, but, it was still hot. After Robin, he starts digging around his brain and decides No, this is Wrong, and he is Fetishizing, and he should Stop.
Post Vecna, Steve is basically chanting this like a prayer. Eddie is around all the time, and is Robins second best friend. They've bonded. Steve is trying to be a good person, and trying to be a good friend, but oh god, Eddie is hot.
But that is Wrong and Bad of him. He knows, because he picked up some zines with Robin.
So he's dying inside, and reminding himself that a hot girl touching him isn't automatically flirting, and being aggressively platonic at her. She is a lesbian, and he is an ally, and he is not going to give any implication that he could convert her or thinks she's hot because she likes girls and it isn't fair because he doesn't have this problem with Robin, but something about Eddie makes his brain boil out of his ear.
Meanwhile, Eddie, a bisexual, is so damned confused by this guy.
The town never really hated Eddie. Sure, maybe sometimes the students at Hawkins High would get sick of his rants at the cafeteria. But some were actually amused by his overdramatic demeanor and were curious what he was going to say this time. The quiet kids saw him as a blessing since he was drawing all the bullies' attention to himself. Perhaps some cheerleader had a secret crush on him.
Most teachers were quietly rooting for him to finally graduate this time - not becaue they were sick of his shenanigans, they just genuinely wanted him to succeed. The drama teacher adored him and always appreciated his expressive personality.
The librarian knew him as the fantasy nerd who loved Tolkien and anything that had dragons in it. She was aware of his reputation of a loud, obnoxious person, but she never had any complaints about his behaviour in the library.
The people at Forest Hills would sometimes get frustrated when Eddie practised playing the guitar for hours on end, but they knew he was just a harmless kid. They shook their heads in disbelief watching him try to befriend every single stray cat roaming around the trailer park.
The drunks at the hideout genuinely believed that Corroded Coffin was going to become the next Metallica. The local record store owner always kept fresh releases waiting for Eddie and they would listen to them together. They were both over the moon after Master of Puppets was out.
The town never really hated Eddie. Only a couple of people did, and they just happened to be the loudest.
Post-drug dealer Eddie who decides to try his hand at being a private investigator. It's kind of the same skill set, right? Being discreet, being able to read people, toeing the line of morality? Why not give it a go?
His first target is named Steve Harrington and the guy who hired him made him out to be the devil incarnate. Some back stabbing, cheating son of a bitch who's into some shady shit. Eddie would have backed out, but the guy was willing to pay a lot of money and the van wasn't goig to fix itself...and maybe he was eyeing that original pressing of Kill Them All at the record store down the street, sue him.
Unfortunately for him, this Steve guy seems painfully normal. He watches him from a disatance, camera full of nothing but pictures of Steve going to his job at the Y. Going to the library to pick up his friend. Sitting alone on a bench with an ice cream. Dropping the ice cream on his shoes and looking so defeated. Petting a cat under the chin.
The guy is actually kind of pathetic, if Eddie was being honest. He has like two friends and never stays out past nine PM.
He's also really fucking hot.
He keeps bringing the same kind of stuff to his client, all but begging him to please let Eddie drop the case, but he just keeps throwing money at him and Eddie is a sucker for cold, hard cash. It's just getting kind of awkward because, well, he may or may not be falling ass over tits for this very sad, very beautiful man he's been stalking.
Op's tags: #Steve knows Eddie is there btw #he just doesn't care #he thinks EDDIE is the pathetic one actually #figures he's just a stalker#(he sees no real danger in this) #(he's pretty sure he could take Eddie in a fight) #(he couldn't) #he's lucky Robin hasn't noticed #because she would freak the fuck out#the guy is Tommy btw
Tommy never got over Steve leaving him in the dust in high school. He spent years thinking about it until he heard about Eddie from a friend or a friend of his dealer. He thinks this is totally normal behavior to have regarding a friend you haven't seen in 5 years.
Eddie decides the private I life is not for him after this case. It's the only thing that convinces him to go back to community college after his failed high school career. Wayne couldn't convince him. The ghost of his mom couldn't convince him. The shadow of his deadbeat father couldn't convince him. This soggy hot man and this crazy client? Time to get a degree or a certificate or something.
Eventually Steve gets tired of waiting around for Eddie to make a move and just walks right up to him where he's hiding in the bushes. He tells Eddie to meet him at the burger joint by his house and walks away. Eddie moves in by the end of the week. He has no say in the matter. He's just along for the ride.
Steve goes to hellfire one time to watch only, just to shut Dustin up, but ends up hooked on the story based parts so he observes every week after that like it's his new favourite TV show.
Every addition someone makes to this makes it so much better. I love this!
I like to think Steve would be able to recall things that happened earlier in the game that even Eddie doesn't remember and find the details in his notes. The players used to rely on this for their benefit and it has ruined Eddie's plans before, but with Steve there they get caught out immediately. He's just there like "Hold on a second that's not what the sweet old lady at the tavern with the purple cloak said."
Also, when Eddie is still in his thinking there's no way he has a chance with Steve because 'Steve's straight right?', he slips in a quest involving a gay couple that got separated and are trying to find each other. It's risky from Eddie's point of view because Steve was a jock, he could still react badly. The party are about to pass by the quest because it doesn't seem like there's a lot in it for them, but then to Eddie's surprise, Steve is the one who interrupts and says, "Are you kidding me? You have to help him!"
When they reunite the couple Steve is so touched at one point Eddie even swears he sees him wipe a tear away out of the corner of his eye.
Also the next time Steve sees Robin after that he's like, "Rob, you have to come watch Dungeons and Dragons with me. You would LOVE it."
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"Are you sure you're okay?" Steve asked, for the fifth or six time, not looking up from his phone.
The guy Steve had back into snorted and tossed his hair over his shoulder. He had a lot of it to toss. "Yeah, big guy, I'm fine. You were going about five miles an hour. Anyone ever tell you that you roll out of a parking spot like someone's half-blind Grandpa?"
"Pfft, yeah, all the time. My ex-girlfriend's kid brother-"
A lightbulb went off in Steve's brain. In a fit of what felt like divine inspiration, he carefully typed, "and he's really hot' in to his phone and looked back up. "Hey, do you wanna make twenty bucks real fast?"
The guy shrugged. He looked like he might have okay shoulders under all the denim. "Depends what you want me to do for it."
Steve's gaze lingered for a moment on his tattoos and before he dragged back up to the guy's face.
"The kid I was just telling you about? He just came out as bi in the group chat, which, like, good for him, but he's also a total shithead and this other kid I know has been mooning over him for, like, seven years while he did the comphet thing. This is the perfect chance to mess with him a little. Steal some of his thunder, which he would absolutely hate."
"Okay?" Tattoos and Hair squinted and cocked his head to the side. "Where do I come in?"
"I just told the chat that I hit a cute guy with my car." Steve passed T&H his phone and the guy laughed. He had a nice laugh. Crunchy, but like, sing-song, too. It was almost kind of pretty. And his eyes went all crinkly at the corners, and-
"Nice."
"Twenty bucks to take a 'now we're going on a date' selfie with me. And I'll spring for some acetaminophen and a tube of armica cream after we ice down your shin."
"Deal," said the guy. He held out his hand, and when Steve went in for a handshake he pulled him close, wrapped an arm around his waist, and pressed their faces together before snapping a pic with Steve's camera. "There you go, big boy."
They both leaned in to see how it'd come out. Not bad. T&H's smile looked like he thought this was the luckiest day of his life.
"Yeah." Steve swallowed as he pressed send. "Mike's going to go nuts."
"I think we make kind of cute couple, don't you?"
"Uh-"
"I'm Eddie, by the way," said the guy, finally giving Steve's hand a firm shake.
"Steve-"
"-the hair. I saw. Wanna get out of here? I just made twenty bucks and I know a diner where that'll get us both the daily special."
"Uh-"
"And afterwards," Eddie winked. "You can ice down my leg. I usually don't let guys get me out of my pants on a first date, but you are buying me lunch, so I'll make an exception. Just this once."
"Oh-" Steve stammered. What kind of guy had eyes that pretty? "I'm not-"
"Steven. Are you telling me we just lied? To that poor, confused queer child? My conscious could never take it."
"Uh-"
Eddie put an arm through his. "Seriously, it'll keep me up all night. Commit to the bit, man. I won't even use tongue."
Steve blinked. "Are you saying I'm not worth the full make out?"
Eddie blinked back. "That's definitely not-"
Steve rolled shoulders, pulled free his arm, and grabbed Eddie's hand, lacing their fingers together. "Where's this diner? I'm buying you a milkshake, and by the end of the date you'll be begging to slip me some tongue."
Steve loves picking up all his friends to crack their backs in a complete dad move.
Robin hates it, so he does it a lot. Opens his arms and starts ambling for her, making her scramble and scream playfully around the house or at work. She says she doesn't want him to break her spine, and it isn't her favorite thing in the world, but they both know she likes the fun of it.
Steve does it to Dustin exactly once. Dustin is all on board and thinks it will be fun and then they both get a painful reminder that CCD is no joke when they accidentally shift a rib. Claudia is exasperated, highly amused, and stressed about the entire situation and keeps an extra close eye on them both for a while after
Johnathan needs it and it really helps but he also refuses to not have beef with Steve. He'll roll his eyes at Steve's incoming hug attack but lifts his arms to make room for Steve to lift him. It's very much akin to a cat being scooped under the upper legs with but "this might as well happen" energy.
Eddie fucking loves it. He's constantly running full tilt into Steve's arms so he can get his spine rearranged. He likes the crunch of the bones and the relief he feels after, and yes, okay, it's a nice excuse to be held in Steve's hairy arms, but that's besides the point.
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Steddie AU where Dart lives and Steve is upgraded to petsitter since his house is really the only safe option. It’s weird at first but by the time Starcourt happens Dart is basically Steve’s service dog and life goes on. Until Eddie ends up hiding at Steve’s place and in all the commotion everyone straight up forgot to tell Eddie abt Dart.
This is quickly rectified one morning when Eddie starts screaming while making coffee when Dart waltzes in from the monthly hunt Steve allows, covered in blood, and Steve’s already flying down the stairs, no shirt, bed head, one sock on, nail bat in hand, cause he genuinely thought Eddie was being attacked, only to notice literally nothing out of place except for the coffee grounds Eddie spilled on the floor. So he just drops the bat and sighs like
“Alright you don’t have to like the new dark roast I got but— dude stop screaming you’re scaring Dart — you didn’t have to throw it on the floor, man.”
