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• Torque by lightfish | Steve Harrington moves to Hawkins, trading his parents' empty mansion for a rental and a job at the local repair shop. He's looking for peace and quiet. Instead, he hires Eddie Munson as a mover, steals his rings, and learns that sometimes, finding balance requires embracing a little chaos.
important tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort
• the scent of honey by StarsAndDiamond | ! Eddie can hardly believe it. And what better way to celebrate the end of their World Tour than with having Chrissy, his Alpha, propose to him? There was no better way. At least that is, until the press leaks the engagement, and now Eddie has to make a long-overdue trip back to Hawkins. The last place on earth he wants to go. But he still needs his stubborn ex-alpha and husband to give him a divorce before old feelings flare up.
important tags: Inspired by Sweet Home Alabama (2002), romcom, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
• Take The Long Road Down by Dreamsteddie | When Steve finds himself as the last of his friends left in Hawkins with no suitors on the horizon, he agrees to let his parents set him up with one of their chosen alphas. Adam is nice. Normal. But a year in, Adam is still dragging his feet about having kids, the one thing Steve asked for in their arrangement, and the fighting begins. When things get violent, Steve finds himself on the run, unknowingly putting himself on the path toward the Munson Rehabilitation Ranch and the small family that owns it.
important tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
• To Keep a Man Awake at Night by LovelyLittleGrim | Weird things keep happening in Wayne and Eddie’s new place. Fortunately Dustin knows someone that can help. Unfortunately that someone is Steve Harrington. Eddie doesn’t know who the bigger skeptic is: Steve, the guy who doesn’t believe in ghosts. Or, Eddie, who doesn’t believe in Steve.
important tags: Paranormal Investigators, Haunted Houses, Slow Burn
• Last First Impressions by LexiRoseWrites | Two people who hate each other decide to coparent a baby bump until they inevitably fall in love.
important tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
• I Can Wait For You At The Bottom by Atalia_Gold | Steve drives to an isolated cabin intending to end it all. He wasn't counting on a desperate boy breaking into the cabin on the same night.
important tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down, Depression, Fluff and Angst
• Better By You, Better Than Me by TheLaughingDew | Back then, they were just two kids in the woods. Now, they’re two men in a hospital bed, wrapped in white sheets and quiet beeping. The world still tries to break them apart. But somehow, they keep finding each other.
important tags: secret friendship
• 2nd Chances (Hellfire Hounds) by Batty_The_Jester | It's been thirteen years since Vecna; Steve has found himself back in Hawkins with his adopted 'daughter', Max running a dog rescue after years of living in Indianapolis with Robin and attending college. Meanwhile, miles away, Eddie prepares to move himself and his twin daughters back to Hawkins after his removal order has ended at the behest of his uncle's health; stumbling back into Steve's life almost as if he never left
important tags: Slow Burn, Single Parent Eddie Munson, Slice of Life