Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Out of Character, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobia, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Child Abuse, Food Issues, Cult activity, Religious Guilt, Religious Cults, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Trauma, Psychological Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Blood and Gore, Violence, Murder, Minor Character Death, Human Sacrifice, Cannibalism, Child Neglect, Drug Addiction, Classism, Kidnapping, Abduction, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
Summary:
The story of two boys who have to find a way to survive and cope in a world hand crafted by a man with violent thoughts and expectations. Can you escape your own upbringing or will it follow you to the grave?
Welcome to the ultimate final roundup for all the amazing Steddie Winter Exchange gifts that were a little longer in the making. 🎁🥳💖
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Fic by @stevesjockstrap for @taylsart on AO3 | Tumblr | Bsky
Fic and Art by @corrodedheartsclub for @tedewitt on AO3 | Tumblr
Fic by @onyxthex for @steddiehyperfixation on AO3
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Fic by @steviewashere for @writer-in-theory on AO3 | Tumblr
Fic by @cranb3rryjuice for @meggiejolly on AO3
Fic by @writer-in-theory for @akagaminolevi on AO3 | Tumblr
Art by @lulalulens for @salamandergoo on Tumblr | Bsky
Fic by @/staymagical for @/lunarlux on AO3
Art by @quinns-shadowy-arts for @xx-punkfaerie-xx on Tumblr
Fic and Art by @hawkinsleather for @corrodedheartsclub on AO3 | Bsky | Tumblr
Fic by @do-what-the-knight-tells-you for @/dadpunsandmisery on AO3
Fic by @/writing_moonchild for @/dismaygray on AO3 | Bsky
Fic by @oh-stars for @paradimeshifts7 on AO3 | Tumblr
Fic by @ilovecupcakesandtea for @penny00dreadful on AO3
Fic by @mixsethaddams for @libraryofgage on AO3 | Twitter | Bsky | Tumblr
Fic by @oakenorcrist for @akasalv on AO3 | Tumblr | Bsky
Fic by @starryeyedjanai for @BeingMissBatty on AO3 | Tumblr
Fic by @queenofshenanigans for @seacowabunga on AO3 | Bsky | Tumblr
Fic by @/wrongwayfinder for @/eleloh on AO3
Fic by @hellfxresundays for @hawkinsleather on AO3
Art by @mission2mordor for @oakenorcrist on Bsky
Art by @nil5462 for @Medusapelagia on Tumblr | Bsky
Fic by @coffeewasamistake for @bugmusings on AO3
Fic by @xx-punkfaerie-xx for @ro15in on AO3 | Tumblr
Fic and Art by @corrodedheartsclub for @beritybaker on Tumblr | AO3
Fic by @mysteriousxmidnight for @stitchdfox on AO3
Fic by @felixir-of-moths for @metalfreaks86 on AO3
Art by @hellfireloserclub for @stevesjockstrap on Tumblr
Fic by @queensilber for @/staymagical on AO3
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Steddie on a warm and stuffy summer’s evening sitting on the couch outside the trailer. They each have a smoke, a beer, and no where else to be. Talking so low its practically a whisper for no reason and just enjoying each others company while watching the evening sky stretch on.
Steve’s parents force him to move out of the house when they hear that he’s dating Eddie, despite not even being back in Hawkins for a year now. Eddie picks Steve up to take him to his new home at the trailer, but not before closing all the windows and farting in every room.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 18/18
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, but not strictly, Intersex, Hybrids, Cat/Human Hybrids, Catboys & Catgirls, Some dark themes, Human Trafficking, Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Human Experimentation, Medical Experimentation, Size Difference, Size Kink, gonna add tags as we go, Power Imbalance, Past Abuse, Concepts of mind control, Concepts of dubious consent
Summary:
It sounded almost like a cat. Almost.
It sounded more like someone imitating a fucking cat.
I’ve been thinking of the things from my childhood that shaped my personality into what it is today. Bearing in mind I was born in Ireland in 1990, here’s the list.
Steve is 38+5 and sitting on the edge of the tub. The bath he ran to ease the pain in his lower back has gone cold. He’s tired of always needing to pee, he’s sick of his favourite jeans not fitting, he’s ready to meet his baby.
Steve is also crying.
He had a flash of a thought that while he bathed he should shave his legs and everywhere else to get ready to give birth. His ego was getting in his head about how rough and wild things would look down there by now and that he wanted everything to be neat and tidy for the nurses.
It was a split second later the reality of not being able to see his toes, never mind anything else, over the expanse of his bump set in and Steve suddenly felt more overwhelmed than he had at any point in the past few months. His pup would be here any day now and he barely felt prepared.
Sure, he’d been to the classes and read the books and bought the carseat and put infuriating locks on the cabinets, but he was about to have a life that was totally reliant on him having his shit together and knowing what he was doing.
Steve knew giving birth was everything he wanted, but suddenly he wasn’t sure he could cope. He had never felt so alone as he did right then, bare butt naked in the bathroom with a hairy coochie and a tear stained face.
For just a moment, he forgot that he wasn’t alone at all.
The sound of Eddie’s key in the door jolted Steve lightly. A buzz ran through his hips and he hissed at the sensation.
‘Baby?’ Eddie called, wandering through the house looking for his mate. ‘Where are you? I brought you that ice cream that you like. Maybe we can- oh, baby…’
Eddie leaned against the doorframe of the bathroom and took in the sight before him.
Even totally dishevelled, Steve was still the most beautiful thing he’d even seen. He took Eddie’s breath away every day, and the heavy scent of hormones hanging in the air was threatening to make him feral.
An alpha voice rattled around somewhere in Eddie’s chest and tried to insist he needed to run through the house to find whatever was making his omega cry. Find it! Kill it! Make it all safe! Mate needs calm! Pup needs safety!
Eddie shook his head lightly to clear his thoughts and went to kneel in front of Steve.
‘Whats wrong?’
‘Nothing’ Steve mumbled, suddenly embarrassed of the razor clutched in his right hand.
‘Doesn’t seem like nothing’
Steve sniffed loudly. ‘We’ll be parents soon’
Eddie smiled softly. He didn’t need the reminder. He couldn’t wait. He’d already bought a Metallica newborn sized onesie.
‘We sure will. Is that why your crying?’
‘A little…’ Steve admitted, wiping his face roughly. ‘I’m scared we’ll mess it up’
‘The baby?’
Steve levelled him with a look that came right out of highschool. ‘No Eddie, the new paint colour for the kitchen. Of course the baby!’
Eddie leaned down to kiss one of Steve’s knees, prickly from the half hearted attempt to shave at least something while he wallowed by the tub.
‘We’ll try not to’
It was honest in a way that felt almost brutal in the softness of its delivery. Steve had been hoping for some sort of song and dance about how they definitely wouldn’t. They’d undo all the mistakes that their own parents had made and nothing would go wrong.
Steve felt more tears start to fall.
It was all they could do to try, he knew that, but the idea of making any of the missteps that he’d experienced in his own childhood made his chest feel tight.
‘It doesn’t feel like enough, Eddie’ he said wetly, wincing at another sharp pain through his pelvis. He’d been sitting here too long.
‘We’ll make sure it is’ Eddie said softly, taking the razor from Steve and, reading the room in the kind of manner usually reserved for mind readers, took his ankle and started to run it gently up his leg.
Steve sat up a little and let Eddie work silently.
Occasionally he’d shake the razor through the cold water in the bath, but other than that the only sound was Steve’s breathing as he slowly calmed down.
He tried not to let Eddie feel the tension that took over every few minutes. He didn’t want to scare him.
Steve had been in denial up until now.
He was too scared to admit it, pretending everything would be okay if he could just get into the damn bath. When Eddie had each of Steve’s legs and toes smooth up to the knee, he set the razor down and looked up at his husband.
‘Feeling better?’ He asked, putting a pin in the ‘mind reader’ theory.
‘No’ Steve mumbled.
‘What can I do?’ Eddie looked concerned. He hated not being able to make everything better. His inner alpha worked hard to provide for its mate. The rush of pheromones that was coming out of him was intoxicating.
The latest contraction rolled through Steve like a lawnmower through gravel.
He screwed his eyes shut and bit the inside of his lip until it passed. When he opened his eyes again, Eddie’s pupils were wide. There was no hiding the way his scent had changed. Steve couldn’t deny it any more.
‘You could drive me to the hospital?’
‘Shit’ Eddie whispered, jumping to his feet and helping Steve to the bedroom in a sort of rushed shuffle. Steve couldn’t move as fast as either of them wanted to and Eddie was fumbling to get his car keys back out of his pocket.
‘Stay here, I’ll get the bags, okay?’
Steve sat on their mattress and felt a wave of tiredness come over him. He was already exhausted. Staying perched on the edge of the bath probably hadn’t helped. How was he going to go through labour? He was crying steadily again.
‘Steve? Steve! Talk to me, tell me what you’re feeling’ Eddie reappeared laden down with bags, dropping them all on the bedroom floor as he rushed to Steve’s side.
‘I’m scared Eddie’ Steve said, leaning into his arms. ‘I’m so scared’
‘Me too’ Eddie answered, his voice wobbling. ‘Me too’
‘Once we get to the hospital we’ll be alright, I promise’ he babbled, trying his best to calm Steve down. His scent was veering wildly between comforting and sour. ‘I promise, ok? We gotta go, come on’
‘No Eddie, I’m not ready’
‘I know, I know, but we will be. We’ve got this, and you’ve got me’
‘Eddie I can’t go yet, please-‘
‘I’ll be there every step of the way, you can squeeze my hand all you want’ Eddie pitch was quickly becoming hysterical as he tried to steer a hesitant Steve towards the stairs. ‘Lets go, lets go’
‘Eddie!’ Steve almost yelled, bring him to a halt.
‘I can’t leave the house yet’ he said firmly, but with a small smile breaking onto his face. ‘I’m still naked!’
Eddie looked down and his eyes widened. He’d been so focused on getting the hospital bags together than he forgot to put a nightgown over Steve’s head.
Eddie propped a now laughing Steve against a wall and ran back to the bedroom, pulling the first nightgown he could find from the dresser.
‘I’m going to piss myself’ Steve said through laughter when Eddie returned. And sure enough, a steady trickle started to hit the carpet. He laughed harder.
‘I’ll clean it later’ Eddie said alongside his own giggling, settling the dress over Steve’s shoulders so he could get his arms into it.
Steve sat in the front seat of the car while Eddie threw the bags and the stroller into the trunk, and double checked they had the car seat.
This was it.
It wasn’t even dark yet by the time their pup wailed her way into the world.
Eddie had been true to his word and stayed by Steve’s side every second, letting his hand be crushed so hard that a nurse offered to send him for xray.
They counted their daughter’s fingers and toes over and over.
They watched her yawn, tired from the journey she’d taken into the start of her life. Steve watched Eddie be overcome with a whole new sort of love, and Eddie watched Steve glow with the light of motherhood.
‘We did it’ Steve whispered, barely looking away from what was surely the world’s tiniest pinky toenail.
‘You did it’ Eddie replied, kissing his mate’s forehead.
‘Both of us’ Steve corrected him. ‘I wouldn’t be able to do this with anyone else. Who else would shave my legs for me?’
Eddie smiled. ‘I’ll shave any part of you any time’
‘Even my ass?’
‘Especially your ass’
They smiled into a kiss, parting as soon as their pup cooed another impossibly cute noise. Was it normal to be so obsessed with her already?
Neither of them cared if it wasn’t.
Steve was still scared, and Eddie was still toeing a fine line between feral and hysterical.
But they had each other. Their baby girl had them.
And between all three of them, they’d do their best.
It was a blast as always to work with @kallisto-k again on some Buckingham goodness (with a healthy side of Stareth and Mungroveway~) for the @strangerthingsreversebigbang 😊
It is a gift for the sweet @mixsethaddams 😊❤️💕
Part II NSFW / Part III
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Banner - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using Photoshop for the effects and free assets, for the lights and shadows effect, the bisexual lighting, for the title and credits, and an ink pen for the watermark
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Banner as is - a booth with a table, there are differents drinks, chicken wings with napkins, an ashtray with packs of cigarettes and zippo lighters & the girls handbags, with light effects - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using Photoshop for the effects and free assets, for the lights and shadows effect, the bisexual lighting, and an ink pen for the watermark
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Banner as is - a booth with a table, there are differents drinks, chicken wings with napkins, an ashtray with packs of cigarettes and zippo lighters & the girls handbags - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using Photoshop for the effects and free assets, for the lights and shadows effect and an ink pen for the watermark
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Divider - Cocktails Drinks - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using Photoshop for the effects and free assets, and an ink pen for the watermark
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Bartender!Robin flirting with Chrissy while serving her, with light effects - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using ink pens, alcohol markers, watercolors, colored pencils, gel pens, graphite pencils and Photoshop for the background, foreground, the drinks, the jewelry, the glitter effect on Chrissy's dress and for the bisexual lighting
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Bartender!Robin flirting with Chrissy while serving her - Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre - 25.04.2026
Done using ink pens, alcohol markers, watercolors, colored pencils, gel pens, graphite pencils and Photoshop for the background, foreground, the drinks, the jewelry and the glitter effect on Chrissy's dress
AO3 post / Bluesky post / DeviantArt post / Instagram post / Pillowfort post / Twitter post
Cocktails and Companions by DragonsIre / @kallisto-k
Artwork by tallula03 / @alicetallula
Beta read by @whataboutthefish
Gifted to @mixsethaddams
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,965
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham, Buckingham - Relationship, Gareth/Steve Harrington, DrumKing, DrumQueen, Stareth, Billy Hargrove/Heather Holloway/Eddie Munson, HellCaliGuard, Mungroveway, Chrissy Cunningham & Heather Holloway & Steve Harrington
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Chrissy Cunningham, Eddie Munson, Gareth (Stranger Things), Heather Holloway, Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington
Additional Tags: pre-dating fic, night out with friends fic, bar bathroom sex, Oral Sex, Teasing, best friends Chrissy Stevie and Heather, Chrissy throws (most) caution to the wind, Fluff and Humor and Smut, fem steve harrington
Summary:
Chrissy was eager for a night out with friends but she had no clue that the bartender at their favorite bar might also be up for some fun and maybe something more...
This is my final collaboration to post for this round of the @strangerthingsreversebigbang event and it was such a joy to work with @alicetallula and @whataboutthefish - thank you both for the inspiration and beta reading!!!
The natural occurrence of Steddie, Eddie sinks back against Steve's arm where it rests on the back of the couch, rolling his head into a firm shoulder before stiffening as he realises how intimate this feels. Where Steve lifts his eyebrows in alarm and holds his breath, not because there's Eddie (a man) tucked under his arm, leaning into his shoulder like he belongs there, but because he thinks Eddie is about to pull away.
It's a moment of tension that nobody else picks up on (except maybe Robin), where Eddie waits for Steve to reject him like they always do and Steve waits for Eddie to leave like they always do. But then Steve's fingers curl against Eddie's shoulder, bracing him as he turns his head and rubs the line of his jaw against Eddie's hair, an affectionate reassurance.
I kind of love the idea of neither of them considering men before but also neither of them freaking out about it. Steve has dated girls, Eddie kissed his best friend and got pure rejected and the only other girl he liked is dead (or just Very Injured) and he got blamed for it.
But Steve's arm feels nice around him and it isn't so bad when Eddie turns his body a little and tucks in even closer, nuzzling Steve's shoulder because christ he could use the comfort right now and Steve seems so happy to give it.
Nobody even says anything as discussions continue, they definitely get a few furtive looks, completely missing the sudden bewilderment that crosses Dustin's face.
Steddie just Exist now, Eddie survives, somehow gets cleared whilst in hospital, and it's when Steve is sat quietly by his bedside with Wayne that Dustin finally barrels in, mouth open ready to speak before he looks at Wayne "oh hi Mr Munson..." then sits quietly until Wayne gruffly says he's got to head to work.
Steve assures him he'll hold the fort, Dustin nods enthusiastically, waits about 5 seconds after Wayne leaves before darting for the door and closing it.
It's the first time Dustin's been alone with Steve since Everything Happened, so naturally Dustin starts ranting.
"I can't believe I didn't see it, it all makes sense now, the hostility, the refusal to come to D&D, the slew of failed 'dates', the way you both are always unavailable on the same nights."
"Dustin, what are you talking about?"
"You and Eddie!" he gestures where Steve's hand is almost touching Eddie's on the bed, where he'd been holding Eddie's hand at one point even under Wayne's watchful gaze. "This whole time! And I get it, I understand, you probably wanted to tell me, but you were scared I wouldn't understand the gay thing, or that I wouldn't like him. OH! You probably told him to look out for me, Lucas, and Mike! Dude, you didn't need to do that," Dustin rambles, Steve watches in confusion and he's very happy that Eddie's already had his brief dalliance into consciousness this afternoon and isn't being subjected to this.
"But he's great, totally approve, actually you're batting above your station a little, man, but aren't we all?" he pauses and sighs wistfully, muttering something about Suzie, before nodding with a determined look on his face and pulling Steve into a very awkward "hug of approval".
It takes Steve way too long to realise Dustin thinks he and Eddie have been together for months, hell he realises it as they're sneaking a kiss, pulling back looking mildly horrified as he whispers it across the air between them.
Eddie laughs so hard his Everything hurts, and he is fully in favour of pretending Dustin is right to wind the party up for never noticing.
