everyone saying steddie bones after these three episodes but all i saw was a boyfriend grieving his other boyfriend in the only way he knew how…..by being angry. steve asked eddie for one thing, which was to stay alive and eddie didn’t and steve carries that like a personal failure. he never got to say goodbye, never got to save him, so he clings to anger because feeling the real grief underneath would destroy him. convincing himself eddie died for nothing is the only way he can avoid facing the love and loss he never said out loud. AND THEN??? there’s steve grabbing eddie’s spear and that’s him finally understanding eddie’s choice, accepting that eddie only ever wanted to save the lives of the people he cared for, just like steve himself. all i saw was a steve wanting to do better for dustin, for the people who are still here and finally realizing it isn’t distance that protects you from loss. it’s grieving together. it’s letting yourself admit what someone meant to you and that the rage he felt was never hatred, just heartbreak he wasn’t ready to name. idk about you, but steddie has never been more alive to me and i can’t wait for the ao3 fics to give us the angst we ALWAYS expected from this juicy ship, so start writing.
