absolutely could’ve been a world where Alexei survived.
while Joyce was packing up her kiddos to go to California, Alexei was moving in with Murray since that’s the only safe place for him. and since his life’s already at risk bc he’s considered a traitor, he’s left to stay home while Joyce and Murray go on their rescue mission.
i would love if Alexei would be Murray’s version of Suzie. like, in a moment of absolute panic, the characters would find a way to call him. and the scene cuts to Alexei, sitting on Murray’s couch with a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth. he’s chuckling at some cartoon, mumbling to himself about the silliness of it. and he hears the phone ring. and it’s genuinely surprising bc that phone NEVER rings.
instantly, he knows it has to be Murray. he knows it has to be serious bc Murray would never call, unless it was life-threatening.
so, we get a silly moment of Alexei trying to happily answer the phone bc even tho it could be dire, he hasn’t gotten to speak to anyone in a week. (it’s been lonely at the bunker!!) and Murray’s trying not to scream into the phone bc “yes, yes, it’s been a lovely trip. we’ve really loved the sightseeing. snow, snow, and — oh, look! more snow! it’s just great. anyway, as i was saying—.”
the scene of Murray with the flamethrower, but he’s extra motivated by the idea of getting back home to his roommate.
before that, there’s a moment of Murray complaining about Alexei in every other scene. like, he totally knows that Alexei’s probably eaten all their cereal. he keeps saying that he’s dreading that he’ll have to go shopping when he gets home. he keeps telling Joyce about all these specific things that Alexei does that annoy him, but the more that he talks, the more obvious it is that he really misses the surprisingly domestic life that he and Alexei have built.
throughout all of it, Joyce keeps staring at Murray and trying to figure out if Murray knows that he might care about Alexei as more than a roommate/best friend.
bonus content: if Eddie made it, i can totally imagine that he’d somehow end up at Murray’s bunker.
everyone’s worried bc Eddie needs a place to stay until they’ve figured out how to clear his name. and Nancy’s like “…i think i actually might know a guy.”
now, cue Eddie having to deal with two dysfunctional gays looking after him. he’s actually surprised bc he ends up becoming buddies with Alexei, despite the language barrier — which Alexei’s been working hard to fix with Murray’s help.
it’s actually really nice. Eddie’s surprised to discover how much he relates to Alexei. not only do they both have the displeasure of being on house arrest until the world’s safe enough for them to return to, but Alexei knows a thing or two about feeling ostracized by others. there’s some other stuff, but that’s definitely the biggest thing for Eddie.
by the end of it, Eddie feels seen for the first time in his life by these two.
he has some really good talks with Murray bc Murray knows way too much about ostracized by his peers — he lives in a bunker that’s totally off the grid for a reason. anyway, he’s been called many things by way too many people. but at the end of the day, he knows who he is. he knows that he isn’t the best guy, but he isn’t a bad guy either. he knows that he doesn’t prefer people, but he can be pretty personable when he wants to be. and he knows that he’d rather live in a way that makes him happy than try to fit to any standard. so, if Eddie finds happiness in trying to learn those loudass guitar riffs and dressing like a punk, Murray doesn’t see any problem with it.
Eddie doesn’t realize that he *might* have been adopted until Steve makes a passing comment about how they’ve become kinda protective. it’s probably something like Eddie’s first time out in a while bc they’ve deemed it safe. so, Steve’s probably brought Nancy, Robin, and Dustin to come take Eddie out for some actual fun. and the whole time that Steve’s picking Eddie up, he’s like “wow. this reminds me of when i’d pick up a girl for a date, but her dad is definitely trying to intimidate me into being on my best behavior.”
and he tells Eddie that. and Eddie, who’s definitely not used to having guardians that care enough to do that, just goes — “…huh. ya don’t say.”
spoiler— Eddie’s definitely not used to having parent figures that not only care about his wellbeing, but they’re also very present in his life. it feels strange bc he’s had to be independent for all his life, but now he’s gained a support system as he’s entering adulthood. that being said, Murray and Alexei are just wacky enough that Eddie’s totally okay with it.
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Hi! Hope you're doing well. What is a ship name that you think is cool? You don’t necessarily have to ship the characters or even be in the fandom, it just has to be a ship name that you think is cool, funny, or you can tip your hat to the creativity of the ship name.
Cherry Vodka is a ship between Murray and Alexei from Stranger Things and I love it with all the heart I have left after my cats stole it from me.
Also, we haven't talked in soooo long, i miss you :(
Hi! Don't know if you're still looking for the It/Reddie fic "Cherry Vodka", but it's still on the Wayback Machine. I managed to download it from there ages ago.
HAHA NO WAY! I stumbled across my reblog for the first time in ages yesterday and thought how it was a shame I never actually read this fic, so thank you so much!! :D
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AU where Eddie survived but had to get out of Hawkins for obvious reasons so he starts living with Murray and they have a very entertaining love-hate relationship
in this scenario Alexei survived too and him and Murray are Roommates 👀 so mlm solidarity all around. Eddie doesn't know a word in Russian but somehow gets along with Alexei more than with Murray most of the time. They watch cartoons and later movies together. Eddie and Murray like each other because he's a queer anti-establishment nonconformist "freak" so they have a lot of similar worldviews but Murray also doesn't really like hanging around teens (or young adults) and won't stand Eddie blasting metal music in the bunker because he wants to listen to his smooth jazz. I think they'd get really close pretty quickly but would kinda throw out their frustrations of life at each other because they're both A Lot, very eccentric men with very specific ways of living, so they would just annoy each other on purpose. Maybe Eddie gets Murray into smoking weed
+ an obligatory scene where Murray tells Eddie it's obvious he has a thing for Steve
