steddie x henderson!reader headcanons (slice of life edition)
in my ongoing stranger things maladaptive daydream world, me/reader/you is dustin’s older sibling and i was thinking abt how cute and funny things could get bc of that, so here’s some thoughts:
♡ dustin has a key to the apartment u share w steve and eddie for emergencies but he definitely abuses that privilege
♡ dustin coming over to hide from claudia when he’s in trouble for something (and he swears that constitutes as an emergency!!!!)
♡ it’s not uncommon for him and the rest of the kids to just barge in whenever they feel like it when they don’t have anywhere better to hang out
♡ which annoys u at first because u just moved out and want to enjoy the blissful, solitary air of adulthood w ur lovers but u really can’t deny that u love dustin and the kids and it’s kinda endearing that they feel safe in ur home
♡ “don’t you guys have houses??” u gripe after the third or fourth time dustin shows up unannounced w the rest of the kids
♡ but after a while it becomes pretty typical for all six of them to crash in ur living room in sleeping bags for the weekend (steve might even join them sometimes for ol’ times sake)
♡ eventually eddie starts to host them weekly for dnd since he’s not in school to lead hellfire anymore
♡ imagine coming home late exhausted after a long day’s work to find steve and eddie passed out on the couch w the kids watching some random horror movie that steve smuggled out of work for them-- dustin is sandwiched between steve and eddie on the couch and the rest of the kids are wrapped up in blankets and sleeping bags on the floor in front of the tv
♡ the living room is just strewn w snacks and vhs tapes and there’s a cold pizza on the counter and eight pairs of shoes by the door and six bikes piled outside and they’re all snoring
♡ sometimes u joke that ur gonna make them all start pitching in for rent or revoke dustin’s key privileges but u really don’t mind
♡ plus it’s really sweet that they all love steve and eddie just about as much as u do, and no other babysitter on the planet could handle them all like the three of u can anyway