such a good trick

https://archiveofourown.org/works/73122986

mutualism by rogersharringtons

@rosynov

Rating: Explicit

22,580 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Tags: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Temporary Character Death, Angst, angst with a semi-happy ending, Immortal Eddie Munson, Fighter Steve Harrington, Smut, Gore, Violence, Dark Sexual Themes, Necrophilia, Drug Use, Intoxication, Blood, Body Horror, tfw you love someone so much you want them to fuck you to death, and when you come back to life you ask them to do it again, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Codependency, No beta we die like Barb, Suicidal Thoughts, Implied/Referenced Cannibalism

Summary:

mutualism [myü-chə-wə-ˌli-zəm] · noun the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being Eddie Munson has a body that can bend, a body that can break, a body that can piece itself back together over and over again. He can’t help but seek out every thrill his newfound immortality brings, running away from danger no more. And when he first sees Steve again, he knows exactly what he needs from him. Steve Harrington has a body made of rage, a body made of his father’s temper, a body made of explosives itching for a light. He can’t help but fight and claw his way to what he thinks may be a less lonely world with bloody knuckles and a half-crazed smile. And when he first sees Eddie again, he knows exactly what he wants from him. Against all odds, they somehow make it work. This is, after all, a love story.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Darker Themes.

@steddiebbang | #072

lovers rage

2026 steddie bang project reveal time! so, so, so excited to work with @mslead and FINALLY write some vampire lore into my steddie portfolio! it only took (checks calendar) four years. that doesn't feel real. anyways! posting begins in october!

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rating: explicit estimated word count: 10,000-15,000 relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington & Robin Buckley characters: Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, The Party tags: Canon-Divergent Post-S4, Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson Were In A Secret Relationship, Vampires, Second Chances, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Angst With A Happy Ending, Getting Together, Smut, Temporary Depictions of Grief, Temporary Main Character Death, Canon-Typical Gore

summary:

It was supposed to be simple. Cause a distraction. Light the son of a bitch up. Get out. A simple, three-step plan, and if there was to be any carnage, it was supposed to be him. Steve was decided the second he walked away from Eddie and Dustin, positive that he was going in the right direction, away from he Gate and towards Vecna. If there was room in the plan for it to go to shit, it’s in the face-off against Vecna. Surely, that’s where the real danger lived. Steve decided when he walked away from Eddie and Dustin that if someone needed to die to end this once and for all, it’d be him. Part of him had known for years, really, known that he could only get so lucky so many times. If he had to die to save the kids, to save his best friends, to save the world? Well, fuck it. Eddie wasn’t supposed to die. Max wasn’t supposed to be in a coma. He wasn’t supposed to be alive. And yet there Steve sits, stuck in a hospital room nursing skin grafts and who knows what else, very much alive.

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