maybe i liked your stupid face

eddie gets to actually kiss steve instead of saying "make him pay" - ✘

wayne pov of their relationship (or any outsider pov really)

fake dating. i will find a way to make it original idc idc

secret relationship (where no one knows, where everybody already knows, in high school, accidentally secret because they thought everyone could tell, etc etc etc any version is just great!!!)

steve losing his mind seeing eddie dressed up at jopper's wedding

exes (i already have a few ideas for this trope but feel free to request something specific)

dancing together

their relationship unfolding through a series of voicemails, notes/letters, or texts

drunk steve shenanigans that torture eddie

steve has to cancel their first date because of a migraine. eddie comes over to take care of him anyway

comparing hand sizes

either of them admitting they had a crush on the other in high school

steve getting jealous over how close eddie and robin are getting

eddie’s never been kissed before/is a virgin and steve offers to help. misunderstandings ensue

dustin as the middleman to steddie's pining

steddie + buckingham double date

steve blurting out "i love you" on accident (could be pre-relationship or established)

wearing each other's clothes

sitting on each other's laps - ✘

road trip!!!

body swap au (either a la freaky friday or one of them switches with a version of themselves from another universe. bonus if they're together in only one of those universes)

el teaches eddie how to make friendship bracelets so he makes one for steve

eddie gifting steve with random trinkets (that he stole)