still going steddie

Eddie fully expecting the standard Normie reaction to his music the one time he's "permitted" to play his own cassettes in Steve's car, Steve looking puzzled as he listens before shrugging and carrying on driving.

It's not a negative reaction, +1 for Harrington apparently, but as they drive he keeps getting that little puzzled look on his face, and Eddie's starting to suspect Steve is fighting the urge to be a bitch about it, he's heard about his "trying" from the others.

He's not going to back down if Steve picks a fight over it, Eddie will defend his music to the death if he has to, so he's ready to bite back when Steve finally opens his mouth.

"Is this a new one?" not what he was expecting,

"huh?"

"The tape, is it a new one? I swear I know the voice but... I don't know the songs, is it new?"

"You've heard Black Sabbath before?"

"Is this that Ozzy guy then?" it's not, it's Ronnie James Dio, but that Steve remembered that is Interesting, that he recognises the music is more interesting.

"What songs do you know?" he asks, suspicious, Steve must be bullshitting him, there's no way.

"I dunno... that uh... one that—" he stops and starts 'da-na-na-na'ing Stargazer of all things,

Eddie is reading his next D&D campaign to Steve, turns out he’s into it?

He didn’t understand it at first until he watched Steve going on failed dates after failed dates, or watching a short relationship end in a terrible break-up and Steve moping around.

Eddie didn’t want to count how many times he’s seen Steve’s heart break.

So now he’s on a mission: keep Steve from dating.

He’s ruining every opportunity Steve gets for dates, making plans with him almost every weekend and after a while, Steve stops asking girls out and Eddie feels accomplished.

At least, he did until Steve kissed him goodbye after movie night and now Eddie’s so fucking confused.

Gen | WC 5,042

AO3 Summary:

The upside down flipped Eddie's world, and the strangest part wasn't the monsters or government conspiracy, it was how much time he was willingly spending with Steve Harrington. And how far he was willing to go to make Steve smile.

Eddie plays basketball, the fanfic, because in a relationship it's important to share hobbies, and no one ever wants to play sports with Steve, so now Eddie's going to.

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I was so excited to work with @kpopwinemom for the @st-fromthegrave-minibang !! This has been such a fun process, and the fic is so sweet 💛 Thank you to our wonderful mod and everyone else in this event!!

Part of my upside-down AU

Vampire Eddie, or something like that