#eddustin

YESS!!! ok here we go.

STRANGER THINGS MASTERLIST SHIP RANKINGS.

(includes brotp, otp, polyotp, familyotp.)

OTPS

Lumax - 10/10. meant for eachother!

elmax - 7/10. SOO cute, just i cant see it really happening.

byler - 1000/10. MY ONE TRUE OTP!!

mileven - 7/10. Cute, but its not my favorite. i liked them more in s1!

Duzie - 100/10. CUTE! nerd x nerd has me in a chokehold.

Jopper - 100/10. meant for eachother, again!

Jancy - 100/10. ADORABLE!!

Jargyle - 10/10. Cute!! the fanart is adorable. cant see it fr happening.

Stancy - 7/10. they were cute in s4- but I cant see them tgthr!

Henfield - 2/10. not my thing!

Hellcheer - 9/10. WOULD OF BEEN SO CUTE.

Boyce - 100/10. would of been adorable. poor bob.

Byerson - 5/10. cute but not my thing, cant see them together.

Edna - 0/10. why the fuck is this a thing HELP??

Henclair - 6/10. so cute, but max and lucas belong together.

Steddie - 8/10. Would of been super cute!

Wheelclair - 4/10. cant see it, would be cute.

Wheelson - 4/10. same thing as wheelerclair!

Stonathan - 2/10. cant see it at all.

Bancy - 7/10. this would of been my femslash OTP if she didn't fucking die.

Joyren - 5/10. I didn't even think about this till now..but imagine how cute this would be? obviously, wouldn't happen but....hear me out!

Rockie - 9/10. CUTE!! love them sm.

Ronance - 8/10. love it! its super cute.

BROTPS

Eddustin - 10000/10. MY BABIES!!

Dancy - 10/10. they were so cute in s2!

Stustin - 100/10. Love them in s3 especially.

Robeddie - 10/10 Gay Bestfriends.

Stobin - 100/10. The bestfriends ever

Madwise - 9/10. I love them sm.

Muwheeler - 10/10. Mike definitely had a stupid teenage crush on Eddie. obviously, this is a brotp and onesided because if it was requited it would be illegal....yuck.

FAMILYOTP

Elwill - 1000000/10. THE SIBLINGS EVERRR

Max's Moms (Nancy and Robin and Max) - 10/10. Love them.

Wheeler Siblings - 7/10. NEED TO TALK MORE WTF??

Sinclair Siblings - 10/10. SO funny together.

Magrove - 7/10. make me cry everywhere.

Byer Siblings - 9/10. Love them so much!

HenderFam - 10/10. Steve and Eddie are Dustins canon dads.

ByerHopperFamily - 10/10. My familyotp for life.

POLYOTP

Elumax - 8/10. this is so cute.

Stoner Lovers - 10/10. if they interacted, this would be my true polyotp.

Steddissy - 100/10. I CAN SEE THIS. if 2 of them weren't in graves. (one isn't even in a grave LMAOO) (forgive me)

Robins sapphic dream - 10/10. What the fuck is happening?? but I LIKE IT!

Gotta Love Nancy - 10/10. Again, what the FUCK? but i like it!

So, just imagine that Dustin and Steve both get knocked into a time loop after Nancy shoots the exotic matter. In this time loop, everything goes wrong with each loop. Steve gets on the ladder and dies. Nancy and Jonathan die. Dustin gets on the ladder and dies.

Multiple variations of that happens over and over because Dustin and Steve can’t figure out what they have to do to break the time loop.

Until they both finally break and are so completely hopeless that they decide to share their deepest and darkest secrets, the ugliest parts of their soul, to each other.

Steve admits that from the moment he realized it was Eddie who died and not Dustin that he was filled with an immense relief. And the only guilt he felt over it was that he really didn’t feel bad about it. He would never choose anyone over Dustin.

Dustin admits that part of why he was pushing Steve away so much was because he felt guilty that he felt a similar way. That living without Eddie was unbearable, but he didn’t think he’d even try if Steve was the one who died.

Steve admits he’s been jealous of a dead man for 18 months and that any grief he feels towards Eddie is really meant for Dustin because he misses his best friend. He admits he’s also really pissed off because Eddie wasn’t here to fix the heart he broke and Steve didn’t feel like he’d ever be enough for Dustin now.

Dustin admits that he’s really mad at Eddie for cutting the rope and being a hero when he was already a hero to Dustin. He is mad that Eddie chose dying over fighting. He is mad at himself for being mad at the man who saved his life from the day they met in high school. He hates himself for taking has pain out on Steve because he knows Steve would be able to comfort him the most and he doesn’t deserve it.

Steve admits that he knows he’s taken his jealousy and petty anger towards Eddie out on Dustin thus preventing him from being there for Dustin in the ways his grief needs him to be.

Dustin admits he was really resentful that Steve survived the Demobats and Eddie didn’t, but that he’d also never do anything to switch that outcome ever.

It was as one of them was dying, mind you. Isn’t that prime doomed romance material?!

Dustin freaking became a walking shrine to that man after he died and you’re telling me NOTHING was there at all? Yeah, okay.

Dusteddie/Eddustin, I am coming for you. Just wait. And yes, there will be jealous Steve, sorry not sorry at all.

I don’t even know if I want to combine it with my soulmate fic or just leave them as two separate projects. It feels like a soulmate and true mate bond in one fic is too much. But then again, I could just make it to where being marked soulmates is the only way to possibly have a true mate bond that leads to extra abilities/powers like a telepathic link or something and it’s super rare, especially if a male Omega is involved because that means there’s something powerful and special about him (maybe I just want Dustin to be OP and BAMF, okay? Leave me alone and let me dream!!).