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hey! iām joy, early 20s, lesbian, massive eddie munson enjoyer who likes to see him in a pit of despair. no minors please!!
incurable monoshipper obsessed with steddie, ronance, and lumax. also have the occasional byler or will x dustin moment. sometimes i get obsessed with a crackship for a couple days and everyone is forced to witness it
sometimes I write blurbs! theyāre always free to a good home if the ideas reasonate with anyone and you want to expand on them! most should be under #steddie fic
genfic enjoyerāiāve got tags for that! the most used ones are #eddie and max, #steve and dustin, #eddie and dustin, #steddie dads (yes i have major favorite character bias for max and dustin)
am i a d1 billy hater? absolutely. do i think making him steveās shitty ex is an amazing whump tool? also yes. tag is #this fucking guy again for filtering
I write stuff but itās mostly crackāwearfinethingsalltoowell on ao3. Also I have fic tags where I yap/give bonus content! Right now thereās #fic: turn back the clock, #fic: nothing like being in love and fic: not enough rain in indiana to wash the sins out of that house
literally always down for asks send me whatever weird ST thoughts you have! DMs open if you ever want to chat/become each others enablers.
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No sorry itās still crazy to me that Jason and his guys thought DnD makes people violent but they were the ones not shy about. Physically attacking a little girl. Like yes obviously WE know Erica is 100% capable of defending herself but thatās an 11 year old child and youāre almost adults? Even IF Eddie had actually been guilty of murder that wouldnāt have been the move
One of my favorite fantasies is Hawkins finding out about that and his excessive religious things and being like
'Oh. We were duped by a crazy person. He's one of those freaks standing on a corner yelling about god and the apocalypse. Fucking shit. Oh my God he probably killed his girlfriend! Religious nutjobs love killing women.
Almost overnight Eddieās on the receiving end of a bunch of church ladies and middle-aged conservative small town men constantly trying to apologize to him. Suddenly people coo over him as a VICTIM of a crime and heās getting the benefit of the doubt and being called āsuch a nice boyā and itās. Crazy. This is what all those popular guys have been getting their whole lives no wonder they became assholes!
Steve knowing that his exes and past hookups were shitty but also. Kinda missing the sex sometimes. Like Eddieās so sweet with him and he loves it, heās never been treated that well before, but occasionally he thinks back to people who were rougher with him and is like. Well they went about it in the most toxic way possible yes but it felt REALLY good for a minute
Concept. Steve ends up confessing his feelings to Eddie in front of the kids through some contrived circumstance. And then worries that he accidentally pressured Eddie to reciprocate because they were being watched and that Eddie doesnāt actually like him
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Eddie remembered thinking that the upside to looking like a muppet was that at least being gored by demobats couldnāt make him any worse looking.
Yeah, that was too optimistic.
Heād been weird looking before, but now he was an absolute horror show. At least, in the pre-Upside Down days, getting naked just meant proving to everyone that he was scrawny. And it wasnāt like he had many occasions to strip in front of other people, so it was fine.
Now, his entire stomach was taken over by scar tissue, that also encroached all the way up to his chest. And, just as a little āfuck youā to him from the universe, an entire nipple was in a batās stomach somewhere. In case he still looked too normal.
If that was the only change in his life, he couldāve lived with it. But somehow, with the Upside Down came a boyfriend. A boyfriend who for some reason couldnāt keep his hands off him.
He worked around it pretty wellālights off and shirt on during sex were absolute musts, even if Steve pouted every time in a way that was frankly too adorable to be fair. He tried not to smack Steveās hand away too obviously when it crept under his shirt, and found that redirecting him with a kiss usually did the trick.
So, he adapted, and he was pretty proud of himself. But Steve seemed to be on a never ending crusade to get him naked.
āThe kids are demanding a ride to the pool,ā he said one morning as they woke up, him still curled on top of Eddie, āI told them weād take them.ā
Eddie nodded, even if the idea sounded awfulā90 degree heat and the general public of Hawkins were two of the things he hated the most. But fresh air was good for him, or some shit.
And, the pool meant Steve in swim shorts, apparently, which had Eddie feeling a lot better about the whole thing.
Heād gotten dressed in his usual outfit, band tee and a leather jacket, and Steve shot him a look.
āItās almost a hundred degrees outside. You canāt go to the pool like that.ā
āItās my brand.ā He argued, not liking where he sensed Steve going with this.
āYouāll get heatstroke and die.ā
āSounds festive.ā
Steve glared again. āYou promised no more dying in front of the kids after you traumatized Dustin.ā
Damn. That was a low blow, but fair enough.
āIām starting to think you have ulterior motives,ā he snarked, rather than respond to the point.
Steveās lips curled in a smirk. āWho, me? I just donāt want my boyfriend to perish in the Indiana humidity, so I have to tell everyone at his funeral he died being a stubborn idiot. This is absolutely not me trying to get you shirtless.ā
By the end, he was giggling, arms draped over Eddieās neck. Steve was joking, but Eddie had a pit in his stomach. He didnāt seem like he was going to let this go.
āIāll wear a tank top,ā he conceded, hoping he had one that didnāt show the bites on his chest, āand normal length shorts. Okay?ā
That smile Steve got whenever Eddie said yes to something he wanted crossed his face, and Eddie tried not to be charmed by it as he went to change.
The lifeguards better be on their game today, because he wasnāt taking this shirt off for anything, even one of their kids falling in.
If Eddie was doing drugs with the people he sold to. He probably knows so much about all the jocks who bought from him. Theyād tell him things while high because they donāt see him as a social player they need to worry about. Heās got a burn book a mile long with enough secrets to ruin everyone
In early '85 he finally sells to (former) King Steve (Tommy usually bought for him so he finally has the chance to get something juicy right from the source) and he stays and smokes with him and he's mentally clicking his pen ready to add something to his burn book. Only when Steve is finally cross faded and loose lipped enough does Eddie ask for a secret (hoping for maybe something about the drama with Nancy and Byers last semester or his hitting every rung during his fall from the social ladder). Steve looks SO sad and answers that he "doesn't think his parents love him" and Eddie just feels too bad to write that down. (especially since right afterward Steve giddily exclaimed how "excited he is that Eddie is hanging out with him" and held onto his arm)
oh my God wait Steve doesnāt know Eddie does drugs with everyone he sells to. He thinks Eddie just wants to hang out with him. Like a kid finding out their babysitter gets paid to spend time with them.
Steve, twirling hair kicking feet: cute boy wants to hang out with me! things are looking UP!
tbh Eddie sort of gives him the bare minimum of attention because he can almost see the cogs turning in Steve's head. Eddie walks away afterward thinking there's no way Steve would take anything much away from their interaction. Then monday comes and Steve tries to talk with him at school and Eddie rebuffs him pretty harshly, just to make sure Steve doesn't try again. Eddie does make sure not to do it in front of other people at least, but it's the final nail in the coffin for Steve who finishes his senior year basically alone. (It's part of the reason Steve hates that Dustin ad Eddie become friends the following fall. Because, to him, Eddie pulled the rug from under him, and he's too embarrassed to tell Dustin that's why he doesn't like Eddie, and doesn't trust him.)
Eddie basically forgets this happened until Steve makes a ton of bitchy comments during their time in the UD and he realizes. Wow okay I really messed this guy up. Iām the asshole in this situation
He probably reads to Steve from the burn book as a form of apology. āWanna hear everything bad I know about the guys we went to high school withā
(And then ofc Steve asks why heās not in there and Eddie says āyou confided in me, I wouldnāt do thatā and Steve immediately tries to kiss him bc heās overcome with fondness)
Eddie doing the bare minimum in the early days of their relationship because he doesnāt want to let himself get too invested yet. Only to feel horrifically guilty about it when Steve still swoons. āYouāre so amazing omg š„°š„°ā after he like. Flicks a spider off Steve or something equally benign
Eddie: Ugh, you rich boys are all the same, a blowjob doesnāt pay for food do you think I sell just for FUN. some of us donāt have parents who pay for everything yāknow
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If Eddie was doing drugs with the people he sold to. He probably knows so much about all the jocks who bought from him. Theyād tell him things while high because they donāt see him as a social player they need to worry about. Heās got a burn book a mile long with enough secrets to ruin everyone
In early '85 he finally sells to (former) King Steve (Tommy usually bought for him so he finally has the chance to get something juicy right from the source) and he stays and smokes with him and he's mentally clicking his pen ready to add something to his burn book. Only when Steve is finally cross faded and loose lipped enough does Eddie ask for a secret (hoping for maybe something about the drama with Nancy and Byers last semester or his hitting every rung during his fall from the social ladder). Steve looks SO sad and answers that he "doesn't think his parents love him" and Eddie just feels too bad to write that down. (especially since right afterward Steve giddily exclaimed how "excited he is that Eddie is hanging out with him" and held onto his arm)
oh my God wait Steve doesnāt know Eddie does drugs with everyone he sells to. He thinks Eddie just wants to hang out with him. Like a kid finding out their babysitter gets paid to spend time with them.
Steve, twirling hair kicking feet: cute boy wants to hang out with me! things are looking UP!
funniest thing Iāve ever done is gone for the āSteveās so confused why his usual ways of charming adults arenāt working on Wayne bc all of his other SOs parents loved himā and then. included Neil in that. imagine your shitty exās shitty dad loved you and yet. you canāt make headway with your boyfriendās only living family
Steve makes it all the way to work before realizing he grabbed the wrong shirt in the dark and is now wearing his family video vest over a Metallica tee
If Eddie was doing drugs with the people he sold to. He probably knows so much about all the jocks who bought from him. Theyād tell him things while high because they donāt see him as a social player they need to worry about. Heās got a burn book a mile long with enough secrets to ruin everyone
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Just read a fic where the party tries to set up Steve with Nancy so I've gone a little crazy. Sorry.
Steddie + Dustin Henderson is a little shit + meddling kids + secret relationship
This ended up a little bit less about the meddling kids and a little bit more "insecure Eddie who is kind of just waiting for Steve to find someone better." Ngl, I blame @nancywheelesbian a bit. š
Anyway, 1838 words. (also on ao3)
I.
Eddie wishes that Steve could just tell the kids no for once. Theyāre not really kids anymore, not at nineteenāJesus Christ, the age Steve had been during the worldās shittiest Spring Breakābut they still have their not-babysitter wrapped around their grubby little fingers.
The thing is, he says no quite a bit. One time Eddie counted as Steve said "no" a grand total of forty-two times over the course of a single conversation. And then still did the thing anyway, because Dustin Henderson is a persistent little shit. They all are, really, even Will.
Especially Will, right now, because heās agreeing with Dustin. Eddie would have hoped, as the one other openly queer person in the room, Baby Byers would have somehow instinctively known to cut him a little slack. But no; based on the sympathetic looks Will keeps sending him, it seems like the little butthead is determined to help Eddie "move on" from Steve Harrington.
Who has secretly been Eddieās boyfriend since he was twenty, but whatever.
"Dustin. For the last time," Steve groans. "Read my fucking lips, dude: I am not going on a blind date with your girlfriendās sister."
"Sheās only in town with Suzie for the weekend," Dustin wheedles, also not for the first time. "So if you donāt feel any sparks, itās no pressure! Nothing like that time I tried to set you up with my RA, I promise."
Eddie drops his head back on the top of the couch with a thunk. Ah yes, Melanie the RA, the pretty blonde girl who moons aggressively after Steve every time they visit Dustinās campus and has thus unfortunately limited their visits. Someday someone is going to find a lock of Steveās hair in her desk drawer, or perhaps a shrine to Steve in her closet, and Eddie wonāt be the least bit surprised.
"Eden used to date Argyle," Steve tries. "I wouldnāt steal a friendās girl."
"Uh," Will chimes in, raising a hand like heās in fucking class or something. "Argyleās got this whole 'free love' approach to dating, soā¦ probably not a huge concern."
"And dude, itās Argyle," Dustin says. "Heās the chillest guy ever, he wonāt mind. You know, you could really stand to learn a thing or two from him."
"Still," Steve says loudly, looking with a pained expression between Dustin, Will, and Eddie. "I donāt want toā¦ I wouldnāt do that."
"Steve, itās fine! Iāll get Argyle on the phone right now and heāll tell you itās fine!"
"You canāt just call people wheneverā"
"Yeah I can, he said I could and he always answers. Well, unless he canāt find the phone, butā"
"Dustin, quit it! Iām not doing it!"
Heās going to. Eddie knows heās going to because Steve always does; the kids know it too. The thing is, though, even after years of this Eddie still isnāt quite sure if Steve knows that heās going to. If each time he genuinely tells himself heās gonna put his foot down this time, or if itās a courtesy to Eddie for having to watch it happen over and over again, token protest that keeps getting rehashed.
II.
Two days later Steve is on the date and Eddie is face-down on the bed they share in their two-bedroom-for-appearances-sake apartment above Melvaldās. He wants to kick and scream a little bit, but whatās the point?
Four years ago he and Steve had talked it out and agreed not to tell the kids, and there had been plenty of reasons at the time. This thing between them had still been new. Theyād been coming off telling Robin (fine but she made fun of them for taking so long to get their shit together) and telling Eddieās band mates (weird and uncomfortable, not because of the gay thing but because of King Steve). And the kids wereā¦ well, okay at keeping secrets, but Erica had told them how transparent Dustin and Lucas had been under police questioning in ā85 and that might not have cut it if any serious homophobes had started sniffing around.
Hawkins had learned to grudgingly accept wrongfully accused not-actual-murderer-or-cultist Eddie Munson, but if he turned out to be a confirmed fag? Or if they found out about Steve, and him working at the middle school as the a gym teacher and local kiddie league coach? The best possible outcome wouldāve been getting run out of town.
But.
But but but.
With the kids off at college, they're not as firmly rooted in Hawkins as they used to be. Steve could get a job at a different school in a more accepting area. Eddie has experience as a mechanic and as a bartender now, and people needed both of those pretty much anywhere. Robin and Nancy are in Massachusetts, Northampton and Boston respectively. Jon and Argyle are "splitting the difference" between New York and California by moving to Oregon, apparently. Jeff and Gareth are currently still on the Midwest but thinking Los Angeles; they keep clamoring for Doug and Eddie to hitch onto that plan, even if they still don't seem wild about getting Steve in the bargain.
So Eddie and Steve are this close to leaving Hawkins, probablyāthey havenāt talked about it yet, or at least nothing concreteāand the kids still donāt know. Robin came out to everyone last year, and there's Willā¦ It's not like any of them will take it badly. But at this point itās almost more daunting to admit to hiding it for so long than the actual telling them.
Four years. And Eddie is still lying here doing the Very Adult version of plucking petals from a daisy while chanting "he likes me, he likes me not."
Because Steve is only half gayāor bisexual, whateverāand that doesnāt mean he canāt pick a side but it does mean that he has options. Eddie saw the picture of Eden: dark hair, dark clothes, eyeliner, heād even spotted a few patches and pins on her jacket that he has on his own. Sheās cool, or Argyle never wouldāve held out for a whole six months before long distance did to them what Dustin and Suzie seem weirdly immune to. She has a big family (like Steveās always wanted) that sheās still keeps in touch with (the way Steveās parents have never bothered to), and doesnāt come from a trailer park like Eddie or have any kind of rap sheet. Hell, sheās just similar enough and at the same time just different enough that Steve might actually be trading up if he decides toā¦ If the date goes well.
Maybe she wouldnāt even steal the covers, or put the milk carton back in the fridge when itās only got a dribble left inside, or blow their extra money on a really cool and unique dragon figurine that the local game shop finally got in on back order. Maybe she and Steve would have really cute kids and a house with a picket fence and an official master bedroom. Maybeā
The phone rings, and itās fine. Itās fine! Eddie needed to stop wallowing anyway.
~
Steve checks his watch for the third time in ten minutes and feels his dateās eyes on him, fuck. He always tries so hard not to be rude on these dates but itās soā¦ uncomfortable. Like trying to fit back into an outgrown suit.
No, literally: his date night jeans are definitely getting a bit too tight. Has it really been that long since heās taken Eddie out? They canāt afford it often, but sometimes when their work schedules line up for a entire weekend free they drive out to Indy and hit this one gay club they can both agree on, music-wise. Except the last time theyād tried to go it had been closed, and they donāt know if itās permanent this time, and itās a long drive, soā¦ Yeah itās been a while. Shit.
He makes a mental note to do something to rectify that soon, then sucks it up and jumps back into small talk with Eden. She seems nice enough, but he can't wait to get home.
III.
Itās Steve and Eddieās housewarming party in Chicago with all of their friends visiting from out of town. (Except for Erica, who sent a disgruntled letter about age discrimination against people who are still in high school and whose parents wonāt let them joyride to Illinois just whenever. When they arrived it was already in their mailbox.)
Everything is going great (aside from Eddieās bandmates still being kind of awkward sand standoffish) until Steve half-hears his name across the room and looks up to see Dustin going a mile a minute in excitement about something to Eddie. Which is fine, until he catches a glimpse of Eddieās profile and realizes his boyfriend is practically wilting. Itās subtle, but Steve knows the manās tells and he hasnāt seen Eddie this braced since the last time they had to fight the Upside Down.
Steeling himself, Steve walks over and just catches, "ābeen letting himself of go a bit lately, but he just needs someone to look after him, you know? So I was thinkingā"
"Hey!" Steve barks, hands on his hips, and heās barely even aware of the entire room turning to look. "Stop telling my boyfriend heās not taking good care of me, Henderson!"
Dustin whips around to gape at him, and Steve realizes what heās just done. How heās unceremoniously outed them in front of everyone. His eyes fly to Eddie, who heās sure is going to be shocked or aghast at him making this important decision for the both of them, or even embarrassed because who wants to be known for dating a guy who peaked in high schoolā
But Eddie is beaming. There are fucking tears in his eyes he looks so happy. Behind him, Robin is giving Steve two huge thumbs up from across the room.
Gareth, who until now would barely give him the time of day, claps a hand on Steveās shoulder and says loud into the ringing silence, "About time, Harrington."
Oh. Oh, so thatās why theyāve never liked him. Thatā¦ makes a lot of sense.
"Thatās my boyfriend," Steve breathes, holding out a hand that Eddie immediately takes, draws him close, and dips him for a kiss. The kind of dramatic, lovey shit heās been dying to do for forever but couldnāt in Hawkins. Robin and Eddie had both drilled into him how unsafe that would be and itās been a boundary heād accepted long enough ago that heād sort of forgotten it could be crossed again.
But theyāre not in Hawkins anymore. Theyāre not in Hawkins anymore and Steve is kissing his boyfriend with tongue in front of all their closest friends, to a chorus of whoops and cheers and whistles that even Dustin, recovering from the surprise, is starting to join in on.
Steve finally told the kids, No, look, I love Eddie Munson, and heās never going to stop.
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