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Lost deep within the abandoned Hawkins Lab, will Eddie and Robin finally find Steve?…
You decide! Literally. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure comic ✨ A brand new page drops every month, only on Patreon!
Almost a year after I posted the first pages of July in the Back of Your Throat things are FINALLY starting to get hot and heavy between Steve and Eddie as I work on page 11 🔥🔥🔥
Making a long comic is a slow process, but it’s so worth it if you have the patience! 🖤 It’s also really fun to see how much my art style has changed and evolved over the past year.
I’m really proud of this project !!! 🖤✨🥰⭐️
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Steve Harrington character study
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Steddie Fanfiction Concept that is Free for the Taking
Steve Harrington has the powers of a Disney Princess. He sings, he talks to animals, the whole shebang. The world just kind of likes him. When there is a stray beam of sunlight breaking through the clouds, it bends to shine on him. When he walks through the woods, leaves and flower petals drift softly around him, so on and so forth.
The main way he uses it is for the animal side of things. His house has woods right behind it, so from a young age he would go out into the backyard and animals would wander up. Birds, raccoons, squirrels, deer, whatever animals are in Indiana and Hawkins will wander up and say hi.
He has repeat visitors, and in typical Disney Princess fashion, their lifespan is magically lengthened to match Steve's own. They're his friends. (Randy the Raccoon, Sophie the Squirrel, Tommy the Loud Ass Bird)
It's a secret, but not one Steve keeps on purpose. He just doesn't even think to talk about it. As far as he's concerned, animals are always that friendly and he's just lucky (and an amazing singer).
Bonus Points if the first person to find out about this "secret" isn't Tommy H, his childhood best friend, nor Carol Perkins or Nancy Wheeler or any of the Party, but instead Eddie Munson.
Prior to the events of Season One, there's a party at Harrington Manor, and Eddie is there to sell. It's while he's in the middle of a deal that he sees Steve wander out the back door and into the woods, needing a break. Curious, he follows, and watches Steve greet a few deer and have a bird land on his shoulder.
Slowly, carefully, he backs away. He tells no one. It's not like anyone would believe him.
Years later, sitting at the Lunch Table for Hellfire with his three new sheepies, he tilts his head to listen into their hushed conversation to find them discussing what Steve Harrington's Character Class would be. Dustin argues that Steve is a Paladin, because he swore an oath of protection ("I promised I'd keep you shitheads safe and that's exactly what I plan on doing"). Lucas agrees, but doesn't seem to really disagree with Mike's argument, which is that he's a Barbarian. (Though Lucas does admonish Mike for saying it's because he's, "a dumbass who can tank hits").
Without even thinking about it, Eddie argues that no, Steve isn't a Paladin or a Barbarian, he's clearly a Druid and they all go silent.
"Eddie... why would Steve be a Druid?" Dustin asks like he's speaking to a child who just told him the sun is, in fact, cold, actually. (Seriously, the tone on that kid...)
"That weird thing he has with animals," Eddie says, like it's obvious. Because it is.
"What weird thing with animals?" Lucas asks.
Eddie takes a second to really look at their faces and how confused they are and thinks, oh god, they have no clue.
But wait, there's more:
Robin
So steddie Au where they were flirting but still only friends before season 1. Their friendship was weird: Jock, the king, Steve "the hair: harrington with freak and weirdo Eddie? But after some time everyone Just Got used to it. Both Eddie and Steve had other friends too. Sometimes Eddie showed up for Steves basketball games and Steve would showed up for Eddie koncerts.
And after season 1, Eddie knows thst something is wrong. Steve is more anxious, more stressed. Always woth his bat in back of his car. At first he thought it was because of Hargrove- even Eddie was a little bit scared because of that dude.
But then (in this Au billy is a better person, Just abused teenarger and he joins the party i season 2) they Got closer and more friendly with each other so it couldnt be it.
And then Steve starst working in scoops ahoy, and Eddie meets robin-a new friend. He comes to stracourt to annoy them.
And after the fire both robin and Steve are more nervous. Billy ended in the hospital, and was in coma for a week and chief died as a Hawkins hero.
And then Eddie finally meets Mike, Lucas, Dustin and will (they didnt move in this au) And he findes out that they have relationship with Steve. And he wants to know.
And he findes out, one night when he solds drugs in Woods And he hears screams. And he sees it-a monster. A real monster.
Before he could move, Steve jumps from Woods And attack it with his bat. Monster screams, Steve screams louder And then Nancy fucking Wheeler jumps from Woods And shows the monster from gun. And then Jonathan Byers throws burning bottle at monster And its get killed in fire.
Steve gets to Eddie, checking if he is wounded anywgere And then taking him in safe place-to byers house.
And there Eddie founds aout that Nancy, Jonathan, Billy And Steve are fighting monsters together in secret. And they are hiding it from kids And joyce and other parents And people.
And Eddie ask if he could join them because it is so metal.
So he joins them, and we have some cool monster hunting, and fighting and hiding it from parents.
Eddie meets El, who is the only one thst knows what they are doing but she promised to not tell a soul.
And then Joyce goes on her work trip, people starts to die And El starts to have werid vision And anger issues.
And then we have vecna arc.
Before the final fight Steve asks Eddie if he would go out with him after the fight.
And Eddie, Eddie who has been in love In Steve for so many years, worring about him, and beging to scared to make a move, said Yes.
And then Eddie dies.
you remind me of someone (it's probably you) by katdeerly
@katdeerly
Rating: Mature
136,736 words, 15/15 chapters
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - 1990s, Inspired By While You Were Sleeping (1995), Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, Inspired by Nancy and Eddie's matching curly hair, So now they're half siblings, Not Ted Wheeler Friendly (Stranger Things), Divorced Karen Wheeler & Ted Wheeler, Coma, Canon-Typical Violence, Don't fall in love with your comatose fake girlfriend's half brother, Eventual Happy Ending, because it's based on a romcom, Steve's crush on Nancy is a plot device, This is a Steddie joint all the way, Slow Burn, Eventual Smut, by nature of the concept, This is very slow burn
Summary:
‘I'm sure I'll see you soon no matter what.’ Steve startles. ‘What? Why?’ ‘You're marrying my sister, aren't you?’ There's something guarded, almost teasing in Eddie’s tone and when their eyes meet, Steve can’t read the truth. It might be disappointment; it might be hope. ‘Oh, no, no, I'm not – not her fiancé. That was a misunderstanding.’ When Steve Harrington saves his work crush Nancy from a mugging, it sets off a chain reaction of miscommunications and misunderstandings that have him falling hard for her half-brother, Eddie. Oops. (Based on the greatest 90s romcom, While You Were Sleeping, with Steve Harrington in the role of lonely, desperate-for-romance Lucy and Eddie Munson as reluctant romantic and jealous sibling Jack).
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i'm sitting here listening to you all over me, thinking about steddie.
just...steve and eddie who had a thing a few years prior to season 4. perhaps a secret summer romance spent splashing around in the lake, driving around aimlessly. stolen kisses at skull rock and lover's lake. late nights learning everything about each other whenever steve's parents aren't around.
literally no one else knows. despite how in love steve is with eddie and eddie with steve, things end badly, like very badly. eddie breaks up with steve and it's callous and cruel which is why steve has the initial attitude over the whole situation even though he knows eddie is not a murderer. eddie won't explain, won't even talk to steve so he gets no closure.
"i lived, and i learned had you, got burned. held out, and held on god knows, too long and wasted time, lost tears. the best and worst day of june was the one that i met you with your hands in your pockets and your 'don't you wish you had me' grin. but i did, so i smiled, and i melted like a child now every breath of air i breathe reminds me of then."
tell me that is not steve pining after eddie coded. even better if this happens before steve falls for nancy. nancy who reminds him of eddie. only for that to fall apart spectacularly as well.
Works
A Florist's Least Favorite Holiday: Steddie (Eddie POV) || 1.7k words || rating: T || fluff, author is projecting this happened to me so I steddified it
All of My Love: Steddie (Steve POV) || ~1.1k words || rating M || cws: getting high || It's my boys being soft and falling in love over a week of Led Zeppelin || ao3
The Babysitter Chronicles: Steve and The Party 5+1 ++ epilogue || rating: T || ao3
Birdie's Boys: Platonic Stobie (Robin POV) || 2.3k words || rating: G || cws: tooth-rotting fluff, humor || Robin's worried the boys have some shenanigans planned for her Spring Band Concert... and she's right || ao3
Confessions: Steddie (Eddie POV) || ~2.3k words || rating: T || cws: post-vecna, post-stancy, angst, robin buckley just being herself, not nancy wheeler friendly || ao3
Don't Hold Me If You Don't Wanna Know Me aka Steddie (-Jonathan): Steddie || WIP || rating: M || cws: ooc jonathan byers, temporary eddie/jonathan, eddie is an idiot, jonathan is an asshole, steve is very very sad, hurt/comfort || ao3
Gentle Noise: Steve & Max (Steve POV) || ~1.6k words || rating T || cws: implied child neglect and abuse
Just the Girls: Robin and Max (Robin POV) || ~1.6k words || rating T || tags: depression, child neglect, platonic stobin, max and steve have a sibling relationship
Hear Me Out, Keep Me Guessing: Steddie (Eddie POV) || 2.5k words || rating T || tags: alternate first meeting, pre-S4, fluff and angst, Steve is the best babysitter || ao3
Immortal Eddie Munson (bittersweet): Steddie (Eddie POV) || 373 words || rating G || cws: none || As the Party ages around him, Eddie's reminded of how much he's loved.
Immortal Eddie Munson (hurt/no comfort): Steddie (Eddie POV) || ~1.6k words || rating E || cws: DEAD DOVE. All CWs are listed at the top of the fic PLEASE do not ignore them || Eddie watches his loved ones age and eventually leave him behind. This is an alternative telling to bittersweet.
Stuck: Steddie (multi POVs) || ~1.5k words || rating T || cws: dissociation, unlabeled neurodivergencies and mental illness || Steve and Eddie struggle to recover after a chaotic day with The Party || ao3
Tiger Club: Steddie (Eddie POV) || ~6k words || rating: M || tags: meet cute, single dad steve harrington, dustin and max are twins, teacher eddie munson, eddie and chrissy are best friends, fluff and humor || Unaligned pick up times force Eddie to meet all of the Harrington twins' family members except for their elusive Dad, and he's totally normal about it. Ao3
Tainted: Steddie (Steve POV) || 6k words || rating: E || tags: dead dove DNE; vampire!eddie, steve whump, heavy angst, sexually explicit (steve only), hurt steve harrington, chronic pain and illness, allusions to withdrawal and recreational drug use/abuse, post break-up second chance romance || ao3
Microfics
Pin: Steddie || 388 words || rating T || tags: innuendos
A Desperate Fool: Steddie (ish) || 454 words || rating: T || tags: hurt/no comfort, break-up, rockstar!Eddie, ride-or-die Robin Buckley; Homesick ao3 (unfinished)
Father’s Day: Steddie || 483 words || rating: G || tas: references to bad fathers, Max and Dustin
Moles: Steddie || 111 words || rating: T || tasg: nudity, tooth-rotting fluff
Promises: Steddie (ish) || 1,111 words || rating: T || tags: hurt/no comfort, cheating, kid fic, custody and divorce, panic attacks, child tantrum
Cough Syrup: Steddie || 437 words || rating: M || tags: sick fic, reference to child neglect, references to sex
Poolside: Steddie || 399 words || rating: M || tags: extremely horny
A Different Ending: Steddie || 350 words || rating: E || tags: hurt/no comfort main character death (steve), blood, gore, body horror, grief, s4 canon-divergence, pre-steddie
It’s a Date: Steddie || 350 words || rating: G || tags: excessive fluff, recovering Eddie Munson, good boyfriend Steve Harrington, established relationship
A Fairytale Ending: Steddie || 367 words || rating: T || tags: Hanhaki, getting together, hurt steve harrington, sickfic/dying (HE DOESN'T THOUGH!)
Lavender Love Sprinkled With Blood: Stobin || 514 words || rating: M || cws: MCD (Steve), gore, blood and open wounds, grief, body horror, hurt/no comfort
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♡━━The Evans
First Anniversary with the Evans
What your Favorite Evan Says about You
What the Evans Would Call Their Kids
How the Evans Would Cheer You Up
What The Evans Would Do If You Were Insecure
Pet Names Evans Would Call You
How The Evans Cuddle
Certain Things I Think About The Evans
What Jobs The Evans Would Have
The Evans Drunk
The Evans Losing At A Game
The Evans As Kids
The Evans Zodiac Signs, Emotional Needs, Birthdays and Love Languages
What The Evans Are Like With Kids
The Evans Being Jealous
The Evan’s Heights
How The Evans Act When They Have A Crush On You & How They React When You Tell Them You Like Them Too
Are the Evans Dog Or Cat People?
The Reader Spoiling The Evans
The Evans With An Artsy S/O
The Worst Things About The Evans
Settling Down With The Evans
Valentine's Day With The Evans
Do the Evans Like Boobs or Butts more? *
What Turns the Evans On & Off*
Dirtiest Thing The Evans Would Be Into*
The Evans Losing Their Virginities*
The Evans Finding Out You’re Bisexual*
The Evans Being Dominated/ Pegged*
Which Evans Last The Longest*
How The Evans Cook
Cockwarming The Evans*
Which Evans I Could Fight*
Sharing a Dorm Room With The Evans
Evan's Biggest Fears
Eco-Friendly Evans
♡━━Stranger Things
Being Eddie's Girlfriend
Nancy Wheeler Humiliation Kink*
Bully! Billy Having a Crush On You
Billy Hargrove's Piss Kink
Steddie Adopting Kids
Fruity Four: Zodiac Signs, Love Languages, Birthdays
Steve Harrington's Nightmare
Fruity Four Dream Threesomes*
Billy's a Nasty Fuck*
♡━━Quick Thoughts [Stranger Things]
Steddie Duets
Passive Aggressive Domestic! Eddie
Modern Steddie's Ringtones
Steddie & Fireworks
Steddie Taking Care of Each Other
*Steddie Saving Each Other In Contacts
Steve "Whiny Princess" Harrington
Venezuelan Eddie
Eddie's Girlfriend Getting a Period
Eddie's Username
Bat! Eddie
Eddie x Your Boobs
Eddie's Kids Names?
Eddie's School Subjects (Discussion)
Steve Knowing Your Body*
Steve's Child Commercial
Steve's Daughter the Class President
Teacher Harrington
Steve at Graduation
Robin snacking
Robin flirting
♡━━Kai Anderson
Arguing with Kai
Being Pregnant With Kai's Baby
Soft Kai Headcannons
Getting in Trouble with Your Math Teacher, Mr Anderson* (1)
Teacher, Mr Anderson (2)*
Kai, Your Math Teacher (3)*
Kai Anderson Punishing You*
Kai Anderson Marking His Territory*
Kai Using You As a Training Dummy*
Reading Dominating Kai*
Taking Care of Kai In Prison* (1)
Kai Taking Care of You In Prison* (2) [KW]
Taking Kai Out of Prison* (3)
Kai's Rules*
Kai's Punishment System*
Fashion Show For Kai* [KW]
Kai Helps You Find A Purpose [KW]
Kai Being Protective Over You [KW]
Kai's Reddit DDLG Post* [KW]
Kai's Reddit Crush Post* [KW]
Pre-Cult Kai, Your Adderall Dealer* [KW]
Pre-Cult Kai NSFW Alphabet*
Pre-Cult Kai SFW Alphabet
Kai Impregnating You*
Proving Your Loyalty To Kai*
Pre-Cult Kai's Mommy Kink [Strip Club]*
President Kai Anderson's Leaked Sex Tape*
Watersports with Kai*
Soft Subby Pre-Cult Kai*
Pre-Cult Kai's Solo Fun*
Cockwarming Kai*
Kai Preparing You For The White House*
Kai's Desperate Need for One More Messiah*
♡━━Peter
Peter Maximoff Halloween Costume
Venn Diagram of Bitch Boys
Vignettes of Lost Connections
by HardlyHalcyon (HalcyonFrost)
Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Gareth & Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson & Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Hellfire Club & Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington & The Party Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Gareth (Stranger Things), Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Dustin Henderson, Hellfire Club (Stranger Things), The Party (Stranger Things), Wayne Munson Additional Tags: Eddie Munson Has Anxiety, Steve Harrington Has Depression, Eddie Munson Needs a Hug, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Eddie Munson Lives, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, References to Drugs, Underage Smoking, Underage Drug Use, Secret Relationship, Eddie Munson-centric, Everyone is Traumatized By Something, POV Eddie Munson, Everyone had PTSD, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Family Issues, Confessions, Intrusive Thoughts, Suicidal Thoughts, POV Steve Harrington, Period Typical Attitudes, Public Hand Jobs, Oral Sex, First Time, Trust Issues, Disabled Steve Harrington, Dom/sub Undertones, no beta we die like billy, Canon Divergent, canon adjacent, Coming Out, Vecna’s Curse (Stranger Things), Time Skips, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Blood and Gore, POV Multiple, Not Nancy Wheeler Friendly, Hopeful Ending, Angst with a Happy Ending Words: 229,191 Chapters: 50/50
Summary
Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson had met long before Dustin Henderson dragged Steve down to Reefer Rick’s cabin. Hawkins wasn’t a huge town, and there was only the one highschool, but the two were never friends. Didn’t even like each other. In all their darkest moments however, they somehow found company together. Or the one where Steve has depression, Eddie becomes his safe space, and when Eddie encounters battles he can’t fight, Steve reminds Eddie of his own strength. A pre-/peri-/post-S4 fic with Steddie before S4 events, continuing through and after.
Wintery Fic Recs ❄️
I was tagged by the lovely @jesuisici33 thank you 💛
I don't actually reread fics to get into the Christmas spirit, so I thought I'd just give you some of the christmassy fics from my bookmarks. (Mind you, there might be some surprising ships in there lmao)
where the lovelight gleams by ohmyloki [mattfoggy, 1.8k, Teen + Up]
Matt wrinkles his nose.
“Is that—mistletoe?” He asks.
Foggy looks up, and then around.
“Wow. That is indeed mistletoe… and it is pretty much everywhere.”
Of Blizzards, Coffee, and Jackets by chasing_the_sterek [spideypool, 1.9k, Teen + Up]
Peter didn't expect agreeing to borrow Deadpool's jacket would lead to his secret identity being found out. Although maybe he should've considered the repercussions before he wore it outside. In civilian clothes.
Mistletoe Hung by potatoes_tomatoes [baffy, 2.6k, Gen]
Every year, Bugs hangs up a bundle of mistletoe outside his burrow for kicks. He watches passerby couples, warmly greets his friends (and foes), and bids everyone a friendly kiss goodbye. As time goes on, the mistletoe on his tree becomes infamous, and everyone plays into the harmless tradition.
Everyone, except Daffy.
something slightly resembling gumption by harmonictechnicality [steddie + ronance, 48.2k, Mature]
Eddie Munson needs to get out of New York City for the holidays. Nancy Wheeler, LA online news reporter, desperately needs to be in New York City to experience her ultimate Manhattan bucket list adventure in time for the festive season. So they do the only logical thing (by romantic comedy standards) that two single people can do...
... They swap homes for one week.
❄️and absolute no pressure tagging to share their fave wintery fics: @malewifediaz @spagheddiediaz @daffi-990 @thewolvesof1998 @jamespearce9-1-1 @jeeyuns and anyone who wants to share, consider yourselves tagged by me 💛
I Found Myself a Cheerleader 19
Chapter 19 out of 28
Bumped to the lowest step on the social ladder after his fight with Billy, Steve gets roped in with the cheer team. What starts as a favor to help them out when one member breaks her leg in turn for protection from the brunt of the bullying, sets the universe on a different path.
In this chapter, Robin and Steve keep each other sane, before they have to split up for the day as she goes to chase the Creel lead with Chrissy and Nancy, while Steve stays to watch out for Max. Stays in the hopes he can save her before she dies. When they make it through it, they go to explore the Creel house where Nancy starts to act weird, but other things are afoot there as well…
On AO3.
Ships: steddie & buckingham
Warnings: general season 4 shenanigans
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Chapter 19: The Creels
Relief floods through Steve’s veins when Chrissy and Robin are both okay, waiting on Robin’s curb for him to pick them up. Robin looks a little flushed as she climbs into the passenger side seat, while Chrissy looks like herself. Quite good for someone with a death sentence hanging above her head.
“How are you feeling?” he asks her, as he drives to the Wheeler house.
“I mean, I think I’m okay. It isn’t really landing yet,” Chrissy admits. She’s quiet for a second, then she adds: “I’m scared.”
Steve wishes he wasn’t behind the wheel so he could hug her, hold her tight and make sure she knows she is never going to be alone. But he can’t, so he just says: “Hey, you’re gonna be okay. Me and Robs are gonna be there the whole day. Nothing’s going to happen, okay.”
“Like the whole day,” Robin agrees. “We’re going to be like leeches, but friendly leeches, because leeches are pretty gross and not helpful. They’re actually quite terrible to have, but it is about the sticking imagery. What I mean, is yeah, we’re gonna be there.”
Steddie fluff (going back to my ROOTS and writing the gays)
Eddie with kids make Steve short-circuit. Holly is maybe a little younger here than she actually is in s4?
Steve Harrington is a lot of things. He’s athletic, well-groomed, charming, and an all-around cool guy if you’re not asking anyone that actually spends any time with him. He’s also incredibly romantic, loyal to a fault, and would do anything for his friends; which is how he ends up leaving the comfort of his home on a cold winter evening to cover Nancy’s babysitting duties. He wasn’t even sure of the reason she was asking for his help, just said yes in favor of gaining back some lost time with one of his many younger pals.
When Mike walked through the basement door with his hand in his little sister’s, Eddie nearly blew a gasket. Erica Sinclair was one thing, she could keep up with the campaign and didn’t need a chaperone to go to the bathroom, but Holly was a toddling liability. She could choke on a figurine or get scared by the monster voices or shove a crayon so far up her nose they needed to stop and drive her to the ER!
Eddie didn’t say any of this, though, because he had picked up some grace from his boyfriend. His boyfriend who cooed at babies in line at the mall and teared up at the end of romantic comedies when they flash-forward to the husband and wife and kids moving into a Victorian house on the corner. His boyfriend who was softening Eddie’s edges day in and day out just by being around him.
Steve was smooth to the eye, keys to his BMW twirling around his finger and sunglasses blocking out the sappy look he gave everyone in his life. But as soon as the keys were in the bowl by the door and the sunglasses were off, he melted into his slippers and practically morphed into a house cat.
So when Steve strolled into the school basement all eloquence and suaveness flew out of the window so small it was a fire hazard. Eddie had Holly on his knee, arm wrapped around her small body like a safety bar on a roller coaster. She was giggling and clapping her hands like she really was at an amusement park, while Eddie was shaking her gently and having her roll the dice for him. Steve didn’t stand a chance.
“Incredible roll, master-in-training!” Eddie said to Holly in a similar voice to when he praised Steve the few and far between times he joined the game. “With your additional 2 strength, that brings your total to a six, so it’s a miss,” Eddie told Mike.
“That doesn’t count, though, I didn’t roll my own dice,” the middle Wheeler child immediately began to fight, as is their nature. “Holly, no,” he scooped the dice up off the table as his sister was about to pick them up from where she dropped them, mere inches away. Her face scrunched up, ready to lunge across the table at her brother and kick and scream until she got what she wanted. She wasn’t a baby anymore, she could express her emotions, although right now the only one she was feeling was unadulterated anger.
“Mike!” she screeched, taking a page out of her older sister’s book, piercing the ears of anyone still left in the school this late after hours. Dustin, Will, and Lucas cringed like they had heard this a million times before, because they had. The only thing missing was Mrs. Wheeler rushing down the stairs to scoop up her baby and take her upstairs for ice cream.
“Woah, Munchkin, give a guy a chance to put in some ear-plugs before you do that again,” Eddie leaned away and dramatically tugged on his ear. Holly turned toward him, not used to having her tantrums interrupted so quickly.
“If you make any more noise the dragon is going to waltz right in here and eat us all up, and I don’t think I’ll be able to stop him by myself,” he said, peering towards the door and seeing Steve for the first time. Eddie winked quickly at him before turning back towards the toddler on his lap. She huffed and looked at Mike’s hand that was still gripping the dice she had become friendly with.
“Mike,” she repeated, pleading her case to the judge and jury.
“I know, he’s one of our weaker soldiers, but we have to let him come along. He brings the babes,” he ran his finger back and forth along her smooth cheek, bringing a smile to her face yet again. “Wheeler, give your little sister the god damn dice or I am going to have her replace you full-time,” Eddie said through clenched teeth. And just like they were in the Wheeler basement, he began to fight back.
“Eddie-”
“Hi, Miss Holly!” Steve swooped in, then, thinking if he had to look at Eddie firmly mediate a petty argument between the siblings for another minute his heart would burst right through his chest, Alien-style. “What say you and me go see if there’s some stuff laying around in the gym to play with?” he reached down and expected his small friend to extend her arms up toward him like she usually did. Instead, he was met with a shake of her head and the pleasure of seeing Eddie try not to yelp when she tugged on a lock of his hair less than gently.
“No, I want to stay,” she scrambled closer to Eddie’s chest and hugged her little arms around his neck, effectively melting Steve’s heart. He couldn’t be upset that she liked his boyfriend more than him, it was so sweet he felt a new cavity coming in.
Eddie and Holly both looked up at Steve with their big round eyes, begging him not to separate them. Just one would have done, but with the two of them looking up at him he would have figured out a way to bend the laws of gravity.
“Okay, I’ll be over here if you need me,” he spoke to Holly but it was meant for both of them. Steve almost floated to his corner of the room, powered by his adoration. Eddie continued the game, involving Holly as much as he could and giving Mike just as much trouble. Steve was melting.
It wasn’t that Steve resented being the Carol Brady of their balky bunch, but watching Eddie taking over was so endearing. Like a mother whose children had all grown up, Steve missed being around little kids, even though he didn’t know his kids in question until they were well past this age. They still needed him, then, though, and now he was just a nice-to-have.
Holly needed him. In fact, she was obsessed with him. When he and Nancy were together, he only needed ten minutes with the smallest Wheeler before she trusted him completely, falling asleep on a very uncomfortable Steve at the time. Now, if he ran into Mrs. Wheeler in town or needed to drop by their house for something, which was happening less and less now, it took all of his strength not to ask if he could watch her for the night.
So he was enjoying playing parent for the night, sue him! Holly was adorable, and seeing Eddie so considerate of her played right into his fantasy. He was content to sit there and flick through the old magazine he borrowed from Eddie, but his head snapped up when he heard someone exclaim what sounded like a whimper of pain.
Naturally, his eyes went right to the head of the table, where he saw Holly scrunching up her face, her finger in the air like it had surprised her, and Eddie looking frozen. Mike had his character sheet in his hand, and it was clear by the angle of his arm that he snatched it away from his baby sister.
Before Steve could even stand up the screaming had started.
“Oh come on, Honey, it’s just a paper cut,” Eddie repositioned the girl so she was facing him and took her finger between his own. Her face was growing redder as she pushed her lungs to the absolute limit, making noises that Eddie thought were reserved for horror movies. Before he, or Mike, could do any additional damage Steve swooped in.
“Hi, Darling,” he said, getting to the scene of the crime in just a few steps.
“Hi,” Eddie breathed out. Steve smiled both at his assumption that Steve was talking to him and to soothe Holly.
They switched responsibilities easily, growing together quickly and effectively enough to no longer have to think about what they needed from one another, it was instinct at this point in their relationship. Eddie lifted Holly up so Steve could grab her more easily, and he happily did. Their roles reversed now as Eddie looked admirably upon Steve being so gracious and caring with Holly. He never thought the sight of someone taking care of an ankle-biter would melt his cold heart, but he also never thought that he would be dating Steve Harrington either.
It got to him because he knew how soothing Steve’s hands were when they were rubbing your back. He knew how his voice whispering in your ear could deescalate your feelings, no matter how big they were. He knew how being wrapped in his arms could make even the most difficult of problems seem like they were an easy hurdle to pass. Steve was magic, and being under his spell made you feel invincible.
Holly could feel the effects, too, evidently, as she quickly calmed down. One lap around the hallway and she bounced back into the room like nothing had ever happened. If Steve just so happened to lift her up again in time for her tiny, sparkly, sneaker to collide with her brother’s head than he did it so smoothly no accusation could be made
“All better, Princess?” Eddie asked, much more stiff now with her sharing his throne than he was before. She nodded, and the two of them looked up at Steve with the same sparkle in their eyes. He winked and both of their hearts fluttered, feeling incredibly lucky to have his attention.
“You’re such a baby,” Mike grumbled.
“I am so telling Nancy,” Eddie sighed, like he had no other choice. Steve laughed his embarrassing laugh that reminded his boyfriend he was just as weird as he was, but it just made him more charming.
“No!” Eddie’s ability to get underneath the skin of their younger adversaries put him on a pedestal high enough that even Steve couldn’t climb it.
They were perfect for each other.
it’s nice to have a friend
(steddie, pre slash fluffy nonsense, post s4)
It starts with Jonathan and Argyle. Steve’s not exactly sure how things go in California, he’s never been after all, but no one says anything so he assumes it’s probably normal. He’s not so judgmental anymore. Hasn’t been in a long time and he’s finding life’s a lot better like that. So it’s probably normal. They gather for movie nights most weekends, just the older teens in Eddie’s trailer. Sometimes they go to Steve’s when his parents aren’t home, or the Wheeler’s when the kids aren’t using the basement. But Wayne works night shifts, so the trailer is usually their number one choice. No adults, not that Wayne would mind the beer or the weed, but it’s nice to be able to talk freely without having to think about the NDA they all signed. This week they picked the Breakfast Club, again. Argyle came to visit from California and he hadn’t seen it yet. It’s fine. Movie nights aren’t really about the movie anyway. Robin and Nancy are tucked together on the couch, sharing a throw blanket and a bucket of popcorn, bumping shoulders like girls often do. When they settled in, they called dibs on the couch, leaving the boys to the floor. Jonathan and Argyle are next to him, on a pile of pillows, doing what can only reasonably be described as cuddling.
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