Tags: Alternate Universe - Space Opera, Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Steddie Big Bang 2025 (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Getting Together, Adventure & Romance, Queer Themes, Trans Male Character, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Minor Character Death, Mental Health Issues, Forced Proximity, Alien Culture, Crew as Family, Found Family, POV Alternating, Eddie Munson is a Little Shit, Eddie Munson Has Issues, Nerd Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, past Eddie Munson/Gareth Emerson - Freeform, Sex in Space, Light Dom/sub, Gay Eddie Munson, Power Bottom Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Explicit Sexual Content, you have to wait for the smut but i promise you it's good, Symbiotic Relationship, Slice of Life, Body Horror, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Religious Guilt, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Autistic Dustin Henderson, Minor Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Background Argyle (Stranger Things), Background Murray Bauman, Robin & Argyle are Siblings, Blood and Gore, Background Suzie Bingham, Trans Male Steve Harrington
So Steve didn't complain once. He said nothing about the awful canned food or the bad coffee, about Dr. Buckley's singing in the showers or the smell of Sinclair and Munson when they come up from the engine room. He didn't tell the captain how unfair it was to bunk him with Mike Wheeler and Will Byers, two literal boys who were sharing his cabin, and when finally Steve couldn't take anymore of their giggling and whispering to each other all night long like fucking teenagers oh my fucking Stars ā he just took a deep breath.
All day long, Steve was practicing breathing exercises, and repeating calming mantras to himself, in hope that his efforts were gonna be at least appreciated.
And yet, nobody was fucking nice to him.
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Steve Harrington tries to embrace his new job as a navigator on the ST Kite, a scout-class spaceship. But just before he arrived, a tragedy struck the crew, leaving them in mourning. The chief engineer, Eddie Munson, is especially hard to work with, and is often very loud about how Steve doesn't have what it takes to be a real spacer. The fact that the guy is also hot doesn't help Steve's situation at all.
