You Swear You Saw God Staring Through The Eyes Of A Dog

Current Ships:

Stranger Things: Steddie (and anything involving them), Harringrove, Probably a mixture of the two, I'm Easy. Also Buckingham :) Currently the Acting President of the newly founded Steve x Barb x Eddie fanclub

Magnificent Seven: Goodnight Robicheaux/Billy Rocks.

AKOTSK: I don't fully go here yet (need to watch the show but have fic planned) but I do want Duncan to rawdog Lyonel so I may as well just accept that I ship StormHedge.

Currently Posting To AO3 or Tumblr Ficcing

🗒️ Steddie Microfic Tag

👨‍🏫 Guidelines in Ethics - Mag7 - Goodnight/Billy - 105,600 - College Student/Teacher fic (Mild hiatus whilst I ST Brainrot, very poorly tagged I need to go through and note everything that needs tagging but it's A Lot I apologise. It's mostly sex that needs tagging)

👑🍨 The KingScoops AU - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - Mostly posts, whilst high, Eddie decides to try and tank his roommate's KDR on a battle royale shooter, he's invited into Duos by a user named KingScoops, who turns out to be a very popular streamer his roommate just Casually Knows.

👽 The Steddie Alien AU - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - Mostly Posts - Eddie has been fascinated with aliens and conspiracy theories most of his life, he dropped out of college to travel the states in search of proof they exist, met a cute guy who was willing to go with him, only to find out they're real and they found him first.

🫂 The Steddie Peepaw Timeline - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - Mostly Posts - This is one of my primary Eddie Lives timelines, they fall together when Eddie is recovering under The Squawk, they have ups and downs, kids, and they grow old together.

Multi Chapter Projects

🔪 A Beast Without A Heart - Stranger Things - Harringrove - no TAG - DDDNE - Major Character Death, Murder Boyfriends - 200 - Billy thought he was the only one with a cruel, violent creature lurking behind a pretty face, but then he meets Steve.

🦇 The Devil Will Want You Back - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 30,000 - based on a literal fever dream, Eddie returns to Hawkins after his death, except he's co-piloting a stranger and trying to appeal to his friends so he can help them fight.

🔥 Dumpster Fire - Stranger Things - Harringrove - no TAG - 1,300 - Steve crashes his car and as he's lying on the asphalt, thinking he's dying, he's pulled from the wreckage by Billy and everything spirals from there. Be Gay Do Crime vibes.

🫶 I'm Fine (No Really) - Stranger Things - Steddie, Stancy, Poly with a side of Platonic Eddie & Nancy - no TAG - 1,700 - AU around S1 timeline, Steve is dating Nancy, he’s best friends with Robin and Eddie, Barb Lives, no upside down - Eddie has a crush, Steve thinks it's Nancy, Nancy decides she has two hands for a reason, but she's smart enough to know when to pivot. (disclaimer: I am not a Stancy truther, which is why this is S1 Stancy, the only time they Worked)

🟥👻 Simple Puzzle Solving - 1/3 - Stranger Things - Steddie - Part One | Part Two | Part Three - TAG - 8,800 - 'He was the smartest, kindest person I’ve ever met. And he would’ve solved this in 30 seconds flat.'

🩼 To Care Or Plead Silence - Stranger Things - Steddie (established) - No TAG - 7,700 - Prequel to The Stowaway, Steve suffers a spinal injury as they escape The Upside Down one final time. Steve had been there for Eddie's recovery and rehabilitation, so Eddie takes the same role for Steve. It's Rough.

🐈 The Stowaway - Stranger Things - Steddie (established) - No TAG - 4,700 Plot - 4,179 Actual - Steve and Eddie have been happily touring the US in Eddie's van (modified for Van Life), going to gigs, seeing the sights, feeling free, when they find a small stowaway in their van. The only issue is, it's a kitten, and Steve says he doesn't like cats.

🪝 The Tempest's Coda - 2/? - BEING REWRITTEN FOR AO3 - Stranger Things - Steddie - Part One | Part Two | ? - TAG - 8,900 - Eddie hears a siren song and follows it, but much to the annoyance of the siren, he's not enchanted and doesn't sink his vessel.

🛹 Unnamed Kidfic - Stranger Things - Steddie, former Harringrove - TAG - 17,000 - Ending up a Max Centric Modern AU in which Steve, a 30 year old guidance counselor at Hawkins Middle and High, finds out he has a 13 year old daughter (Max) after his ex, Billy (who is trans), ends up in jail. Along the way to bonding with Max by buying her a skateboard, he meets Eddie, a former skateboard pro and owner of The Hellfire Club, an indoor skate park.

Minific Gone Wrong (I've made them Bigger)

👮 An Imitation Too Tight - Stranger Things - Steddie - no TAG - 4,600 - Steve, a strippogram, has been called out to “deal with a noise complaint” at a party, he is mistaken for an actual cop by a swarm of panicking children. Soft-hearted, he follows them and is led to a minor drug deal. The buyer runs but the dealer, Eddie, takes one look at him and rises to the challenge.

⛐ Chain Reaction - Stranger Things - Steddie-ish - TAG - 9,500 - Eddie hotwires a beamer and thinks he's found a dead guy in the back seat, he makes a lot of bad decisions. It was supposed to be funny, it's gotten out of hand.

📺 Hello, My Name Is Your T.V. - Stranger Things - Steddie, New Platonic Friendship - TAG - 3,400 - Post S5 - When the static kicked in, the hairs on his arms stood on end and the back of his neck prickled with a strange sensation that should’ve been unsettling, but it drove out the tinnitus in his left ear and… fuck it made him feel seen…

💦 Just A Touch - Stranger Things - Steddie, Stommy - TAG - 3,500 - Steve is gay, he has feelings for his best friend but can never do anything about it. He hears through gossip that Hawkins High's local drug dealer will do just about anything for the right cash, so Steve goes to him with a proposition.

🎸 Musician/Actor AU - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 1,500 - Celebrity Actor Steve Harrington decides to branch out into music with a little help from Corroded Coffin's own Eddie Munson.

🏎️ Stains of Green and Chrome - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 2,500 - Steve is a professional F1 driver, Eddie is part of his pit crew, they're best friends, they've always been incredibly tactile and overly affectionate, so Eddie is the last one to find out he and Steve have spent 6 months dating.

🐺Tearing Into Me Without Teeth - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 1700 - Trans Steve Harrington, Werewolf Eddie Munson - Steve is stalked home by a dark furred wolf with a cruel grin, he recognises the grin of the creature the next day, on the face of Eddie Munson.

🎬 That's Not Making The Cut - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 700 - Steve and Eddie meet at the table reading of a horror movie, they hit it off by being goofballs and proceed to fill an entire gag reel by scaring each other and other actors, and also ruining takes by fake-out kissing.

Seasonal Projects

🎄 Call It What You Want - Stranger Things - Steddie - TAG - 51,400 - Christmas Fake Dating That Becomes Real Dating, the best kind of fake dating that becomes real dating.

CIWYW was supposed to release on Christmas Day but the fic got away from me. I'll keep writing it but IDK when it'll get posted, as you can see it's Big.

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June ██, 1983.

"Listen, listen," Steve held both hands up to quiet him, "It's not carved in stone, it's not predestination, it's choices, weaves," he balled his hands into fists in a sign of mild frustration, "Look—" he unwrapped the scarf from his neck, holding the tasselled end up at Eddie, but… it was June… and Eddie could've sworn Steve didn't have a scarf, he'd have noticed, right? Especially one like that, thick and knitted, made of a soft looking, vibrant yellow wool. "—Fate is a tapestry, it's huge and all encompassing, and unlike this—" he pulled at the frayed edge of the scarf, unravelling a handful of threads, "—that tapestry has an almost infinite amount of threads."

"Steve?" Eddie whispered, pointing at the scarf in confusion as Steve carefully draped the ends of the threads across the side of his left hand, gripping the bulk and presenting them to Eddie as an offering,

"Which gives you choices." Steve either didn't hear him or was ignoring him, too wrapped up in his explanation. Sluggishly, Eddie started to accept that maybe the scarf had been there the whole time—of course it had, a bright yellow scarf was hard to miss—he looked instead to the offered threads, uncurling his hand into a reaching grab before he hesitated and narrowed his eyes.

"What are they?" he asked, "my choices."

"Hmm…" there was a strange intensity in Steve's eyes as he leant forward, the iridescent hazel was lost to the swell of his pupils and all Eddie saw there was darkness, inky and infinite, even the reflection from the dome light had slipped away from them, unable to find purchase on once-glossy lenses. The thick fog of Eddie's high seemed to settle in his throat as Steve regarded him, a nervous swallow doing nothing to shift it as he was stripped bare under that peculiar gaze, raw and exposed, seen.

"Uegk—" it was an odd noise, but it was the one he made, shrinking back until he was slumped against the side of the van, breaths coming out short and uneasy until Steve lifted his hand and disrupted Eddie's line of sight with the dangling threads. His head fell back against the panelling and he sucked down a few deep breaths of weed laced air, closing his eyes against the too-bright dome light as he recuperated from high-induced paranoia—it wasn't the first time his high had veered off course, but it rarely did so with company. "Jesus…" he sighed, shaking his head to clear it before peeling himself from the panelling, feeling sticky and damp with sweat as he honed in on Steve, watching as he drew a few of the threads back over his hand, "shit's strong…"

"Sorry," Steve hummed distantly, lifting golden eyes from the red yarn dangling across his fingers and meeting Eddie's wide-eyed stare, smiling at him with soft reassurance, "Your choices?" he gestured with the yarn and Eddie nodded,

"Ready."

"Great," Steve's voice was barely above a whisper, but then he cleared his throat and spoke crisp words into the air between them. "There are six threads," he stated and Eddie dragged his eyes across them, counting each one with a deep nod of his head, "six paths you can take, six choices you could make,"—he wondered absently if Steve knew he was rhyming—"Freedom, Aspiration—"

"Freedom from what?" he asked, interrupting, Steve looked thoughtful for a moment before shrugging,

"I dunno," his voice pitched up as he spoke, curiosity piquing him briefly, "You're the one who knows," he offered helpfully, twisting his mouth to the side as Eddie gave him a bemused look. He shrugged again, then continued, "Duty, Conformity—" As if, Eddie would sooner die than conform, and his thoughts must've been written all over his face, because Steve hesitated, giving him a curious look before touching his thumb to the second thread along, pulling it back over his hand with a subtle caress. "—Stability, and, of course, Nothing."

'Nothing' was a curious one, "What do they mean?" he asked, rephrasing in the hopes of a real answer as he gestured at the five remaining threads, Conformity was gone at least, but the options he was given were abstract and confusing,

"I couldn't tell you." Steve answered, which was part of the game, Eddie supposed, it was his job to figure them out and pick the right one.

"Do I just go with my gut and guess?" he scratched his eyebrow, closing one eye and keeping the other on the strands, as if their meanings would become clear, Steve didn't answer, "they're not in order." he knew that much when Conformity got removed, they were shuffled,

"I suppose not." Steve was still watching him when he looked up, soft eyed and airy as he kept his arm outstretched.

"Is there a right choice?" his voice felt too quiet, child-like as the weight of this bizarre game sat heavy across his shoulders, like it might somehow affect the rest of his life,

"What do you mean?" Steve cocked his head to the side, "whatever choice you make is your decision, so it's the right one for you." that wasn't exactly the answer he was looking for,

"Do any of these choices—" he hesitated, he felt stupid and small, like his question was too simple, too naive, "—Will any of these choices make me happy?" the look on Steve's face was oddly reassuring, that weighty seriousness lifted with the slight raise of his brows, a sweet smile tugging at one corner of his mouth, baring teeth that glinted sharp in the dome light,

"Two of the six offer… fulfilment, what you do on the path you choose is where happiness is found." it was a strange way to phrase it, two of the six, had Eddie already discarded one of his chances? That didn't seem right, he'd discarded Conformity, there wasn't a single timeline in which conforming could end in Eddie being fulfilled, conformity would be a wife, a litter of kids, a house with a picket fence, a cushy job, that sounded like Hell, not the recipe for a fulfilled life.

"I take it you know which two." he huffed, regretting it when he chased that smile away and painted a frown across that painfully pretty face,