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✰Just a teenager obsessed with Stanger things and fantasy shit✰

[steddiebingo]

Congrats @sir3n-s for completing our 13 Fright Nights Challenge!

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Prompt: Demon

Demon

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Eddie has been summoned for countless reasons for the last few centuries. Some people want to be rich, some people want power and status, and others want someone gone. But he would never imagine someone summoning him for something like this. He immediately knew everything about the boy who summoned him. Steven Harrington, 25, cut off completely from his rich parents, now lives in a shitty apartment with his best friend. He expected the boy to wish for riches but when Eddie asked what he wanted he got a different response. "I just want some company. Please?" Steve requested in the saddest tone Eddie has ever heard. Read More

Prompt: Meet-Ugly

Meet-Ugly

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Wayne forced him to go to the store to try to get candy last minute. Eddie told his uncle serval times this month to just stop by the store to pick some up. Why didn't Eddie just do it? Because he hated the going to the store during the holidays but if he'd know Wayne would've waited until last minute he would've just went a few weeks ago but now he has to probably fight a stressed out mother for a bag of candy to pass out even though he hates passing out candy. Luckily there was a bag left on the shelf but as he reached for it another man did,"hey i was here first." Eddie says going to grab the bag.

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Prompt: Mask

Mask

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Sometimes as a scare actor you're the one being scared. People just come up from behind him and scream even though that's not what they are supposed to do. But sometimes it's an accident and completely Eddie's fault for not paying attention. "Excuse me," someone said from behind him which startles a little gasp from him, "sorry! I just lost my son and can't find him." Eddie turns to see the hottest guy who looks so worried he might start crying any second, "it's okay, what does your son look like?" Read More

Prompt: Hawkins Lab

Hawkins Lab

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It happened so fast. One moment Steve was relaxing on the couch watching the game and the next second someone was grabbing him and holding him down. He felt a needle prick his arm before the darkness swallowed him. When he opens his eyes he was in a sterile hospital room and starts panicking. He quickly gets to his feet and tries to leave the room. "Hey! What the hell?" He yells while trying to open the locked door, "let me out!" His heart monitor starts quickly beeping so he rips out all the equipment that's connected to him. He doesn't get the chance to yell again because he hears a loud crash from outside. There's screaming and alarms start to go off. Read More

Prompt: Carve

Carve

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They were dragging boxes full of Halloween decorations out of Steve's attic because Eddie wanted to decorate the huge Harrington house. "why is there already carved pumpkins here?" Eddie asks dragging plastic pumpkins out from behind a box. "My mom didn't like the mess of real pumpkins and thinks fake ones look better," Steve responds. "rich people take the fun out of everything," robin mutters while taking a box down the stairs. Steve starts helping Eddie take down the fake pumpkins, "Have you never carved a real pumpkin before?" he asks. Read More

Prompt: Freak

Freak

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Every full moon Steve disappeared for days. Well only at night but nights were their time so it felt like he wasn't seeing Steve for days. Nights were the only time they could hang out together. They both had work and Eddie has hellfire still despite graduating. Its not not being hosted at the school anymore though, since once his name was cleared they forced him to get his GED because they didn't want him anywhere near the school and they also shut down his club. Didn't even let him pass it down to one of the older members which was a bummer but that didn't stop them from playing. Read More

Prompt: Candy

Candy

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Halloween doesn't feel the same after finding out monster are in fact real. Horror movies dont scare eddie like they used to and the rest of the group agreed but they still sat down with their cups of mystery punch that steve insisted on making and a shit ton of candy to watch some silly movie. Which ends with Steve and Robin being completely wasted and eddie and Nancy only being tipsy. Robin and Steve kept challenging each other to 'drinking battles' after realizing how boring the movie was. Which was much more entertaining than the movie. Him and Nancy even placed a few bets. Read More

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Candy

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: candy | word count: 523

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Halloween doesn't feel the same after finding out monster are in fact real. Horror movies dont scare eddie like they used to and the rest of the group agreed but they still sat down with their cups of mystery punch that steve insisted on making and a shit ton of candy to watch some silly movie.

Which ends with Steve and Robin being completely wasted and eddie and Nancy only being tipsy.

Robin and Steve kept challenging each other to 'drinking battles' after realizing how boring the movie was.

Which was much more entertaining than the movie. Him and Nancy even placed a few bets.

Eddie owes Nancy 10 bucks.

During the entire event Steve was eating piece after piece of candy. He knew Steve had a sweet tooth but he didn't know it was that bad.

Hes aware on how many different desserts Steve knew how to make and his very strong opinions on certain candies. He talked about them like he was an expert.

Dustin loved that fact about him. Eddie has heard one of their discussions about candy. It was the weirdest conversation ever.

He told Steve to slow down on the candy and alcohol but he just stuck his tongue out at him which caused him and Robin to start giggling.

That's when he forced them to call it a night and head to bed.

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The morning came too quickly because soon after closing his eyes he was opening them to the sound of steve throwing up in the bathroom.

He gets up to go comfort him, "let it all out," he says while rubbing his back.

Steve groans as he leans back, "I hate alcohol."

Eddie snorts while flushing the toilet, "you say that everytime but you still end up here," he helps Steve stand up and guides him to brush his teeth while eddie goes to grab some water and painkillers for Steve.

And to make a quick stop to the room Nancy and robin slept it, just to check on them.

Steve eventually makes his way to the living room and just collapses onto the couch. He hears eddie move around the kitchen and makes the bad decision to sneak more candy after his eyes land on the bowl that was left on the coffee table last night.

"What are you eating?" Eddie asks, arm crossed, looking like a disappointed parent who just caught their child sneaking a cookie before dinner.

"Gummy bears?" Steve sheepishly responds while his mouth is full of the candies.

"And is it a smart idea to eat more candy right now?" Steve rolls his eyes.

"Im not a child, stop talking to me like that," he says while throwing more candy into his mouth.

Eddie snatches the bag from his hands, "hey!"

"Your sweet tooth has gotten out of control steven." Steve glares at him before attempting to swipe them back but the gummy bears end up scattered all over the floor.

They glance at each other before Steve dives for the candy on the floor, "No Steve! That's gross!" Eddie says trying to stop him.

"The floor is clean enough!"

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I didnt have time to complete all of them💔

[sir3n-s]

Freak

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: freak | word count: 928

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Every full moon Steve disappeared for days. Well only at night but nights were their time so it felt like he wasn't seeing Steve for days.

Nights were the only time they could hang out together. They both had work and Eddie has hellfire still despite graduating.

Its not not being hosted at the school anymore though, since once his name was cleared they forced him to get his GED because they didn't want him anywhere near the school and they also shut down his club.

Didn't even let him pass it down to one of the older members which was a bummer but that didn't stop them from playing.

So him and Steve never got to hang out during the day so they spent their entire night together. Cooking dinner together and kissing through dessert. They'd watched movies and fall asleep in each other arms.

Unless it was a full moon then the moment the moon came out Steve was no where to be found.

He tried talking to Robin about it but she immediately shut him down which just confirms something is going on with Steve.

And Eddie has definitely seen too many horror movies because he can't help but think steve is in a cult or maybe hes some night creature like a vampire or werewolf.

Eddie reminds himself that they aren't real.

Demogorgons and demobats? Those were real. Hes seen them before! But vampires and werewolves? He knows those can't be real.

So when he knows it a full moon he lies about going to work and calls off instead so he can follow Steve. He waits until Steve gets off of work and secretly drives behind him.

This might be crazy but Eddie is worried about his boyfriend and he won't feel bad as long as he knows Steve is safe.

He ends up following him into the woods and now eddies starting to get scared. What if he accidentally stumbles upon something he was never meant to see? What if it was so bad he had to go to the police? Who would believe him?

When he focuses on his surroundings again he realizes Steve is no where to be seen and that he's completely alone in the woods. Eddie has no idea where they came from and starts to freak out a bit.

He's completely alone, lost in the woods, at night. This is the exact plot of a horror movie and Eddie is dying first.

He lands on his ass when something jumps out from a bush. Its growls at him and when his vision focuses he sees it's a wolf.

A wolf in the woods in fucking Hawkins, just his luck. When has there ever been a sighting of wolves here?

He doesn't have time to think about it because it tries to bite his leg, he reacts fast enough to kick it in its face.

It doesn't do anything but piss it off more because it starts growling wildly and Eddie realizes he's going to die in the woods alone all because he couldn't mind his damn business or at least ask his boyfriend if everything was alright first.

The wolf tries to attack him again but doesn't get the chance to touch Eddie because something bigger tackles it.

He doesn't know what it is because it's definitely not a normal wolf. Its way to big to be one.

He scrambles back in fear as the creature tears into the wolf that just tried to kill him.

Eddie accidentally lands on a branch and it snaps it head towards him and his heart stops. This is how he dies, he knows it.

But it doesn't harm him, it slowly approaches him. They stare each other down for a while before it places it's head in his lap.

Eddie holds his breath as he slowly pets the wolf thing. He feels it nuzzle it's head into his hand and the whole time Eddie is completely shocked and confused.

He doesn't know how long they sit there but it can't be that long because the moon is still in the sky when the thing starts shaking and whining.

Eddies hands hover over it as it contains to shake, "Hey whoa stop that" he tells it but it probably can't even understand him

The thing starts shifting, and Eddie hears bones crack; he feels nauseous at the sound of it.

The fur starts to melt away and it reveals soft skin covered in moles. Moles that eddies very familiar with.

"Steve?" He exclaims, "Steve what the fuck?" Steve keeps his head in eddies lap and groans.

"Can you stop yelling, my head hurts" he says softly.

"Sorry" he whispers, "but still what the fuck?"

"I can explain," Steve sighs and he slowly sits up, "im a werewolf"

"I can see that!" Steve winces, "sorry. I can see that steve, when did this happen?"

Steve just shrugs, " maybe 2 years ago? Longer? I don't know." He sighs, "i wanted to tell you but I was scared you wouldn't want me anymore."

Eddie cups his face, "you never have to worry about me not wanting you, especially for something like this! This is so fucking cool!" He grins.

"But im a freak"

Eddie scoffs, "and im not? You are talking to the king of freaks here, we can be freaky together- that didn't come out right" Steve laughs.

"Come on let's go home" Steve says, starting to get up but eddie stops him

"Wait is there like a way you can turn me?"

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Carve

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: carve| word count: 531

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They were dragging boxes full of Halloween decorations out of Steve's attic because Eddie wanted to decorate the huge Harrington house.

"why is there already carved pumpkins here?" Eddie asks dragging plastic pumpkins out from behind a box.

"My mom didn't like the mess of real pumpkins and thinks fake ones look better," Steve responds.

"rich people take the fun out of everything," robin mutters while taking a box down the stairs.

Steve starts helping Eddie take down the fake pumpkins, "Have you never carved a real pumpkin before?" he asks.

Steve shakes his head, "never had to,"

Eddie grins, "well you do now! You have to experience such things even if your rich!" Steve rolls his eyes.

"i wouldn't say im rich anymore"

"still!" Eddie exclaims while putting the pumpkin down,"now that your poor you have to then"

"whatever you say munson"

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Two days later eddie comes over with nancy and robin in tow with a whole bunch of carving supplies and wonky looking pumpkins.

"i picked the ugliest ones i could find," he explains when steve questions him, "they need love too Stevie"

they quickly set up the supplies. steve already cleared the table before they got here so they just placed some paper towels and got started.

While eddie was helping steve carve his pumpkin he couldn't help but notice how much he was scratching, "you okay?" he asks.

steve just nods, his skin felt a little itchy but he didnt think it was something until it started to get hard to breathe.

"steve? steve!" someone yells as he falls to the ground gasping for air,"call 911! steve can you hear me?" his face felt swollen and hot but he could tell nancy was standing over him. he tries to nod, " you're having an allergic reaction. Just try to breathe the ambulance will be here soon" she says while he tries to pay attention but all he can feel is the lack of air in his lung and his hot itchy skin.

he thinks he passes out because when he opens his eyes again he sees an emt kneeling next to him, injecting something into his leg which instantly helps him breathe a little.

the relief doesn't last long because hes consumed by darkness again.

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He's woken by the hospital door slamming open, "you're allergic to pumpkin! How did you not know this! It's in your file!" Eddie yells rushing to his side, robin and Nancy trailing behind him.

Steve has never heard his parents mention his allergies to pumpkins but now that he thinks about it, it makes a lot of sense. His mom never made anything with pumpkin for the holidays and when they used to go to his grandparents house no one let him touch anything with pumpkin in it.

No one ever told him why but he also never questioned it he just stayed away from pumpkin even as an adult.

"That makes a lot of sense actually," The three of them looked at him like he was insane.

Despite robin and Eddie thinking fake pumpkins were stupid they still threw out the real ones and used the ones his mom bought.

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Hawkins lab

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: Hawkins lab | word count: 847

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It happened so fast. One moment Steve was relaxing on the couch watching the game and the next second someone was grabbing him and holding him down. He felt a needle prick his arm before the darkness swallowed him.

When he opens his eyes he was in a sterile hospital room and starts panicking. He quickly gets to his feet and tries to leave the room.

"Hey! What the hell?" He yells while trying to open the locked door, "let me out!" His heart monitor starts quickly beeping so he rips out all the equipment that's connected to him.

He doesn't get the chance to yell again because he hears a loud crash from outside. There's screaming and alarms start to go off.

Steve backs away from the door in fear of whatever out there. He looks around and realizes that he's at Hawkins lab and not the regular hospital.

Something crashes into his door but it doesn't open. He jumps back and falls onto his ass when the thing crashes into the door again.

"Stop it! You aren't thinking clearly" he hears a muffled voice say, "you're going to hurt him!"

"Won't. Keep mate safe." a deep voice rumbles and now not only is Steve scared shitless he's also extremely confused.

He's not anyone's anything let alone 'mate'. The things clearly got the wrong room and Steve fears for his fate when the door opens.

Which it does after another crash. And Steve ducks so he doesn't get hit with anything.

When the dust clears he sees what he thought was a creature but was really Eddie. But this Eddie was taller with wings, claws, and a sharp tail. Its dark eyes were locked on him.

Eddie approached him and kneeled down, "safe?" He asks him. Steve just nods confusingly.

There is no way he was the mate Eddie was losing it for. Him and Eddie were barely friends!

His heart hammers in his chest as Eddie grabs his arm and starts examining him. His eyes land on the bandage that covers the spot the needle was injected in.

Eddie starts growling and baring the fangs he definitely didn't have before he died. And it makes Steve wonder how many more changes there are to this new Eddie.

"Im okay! Doesn't even hurt," he tries to reassure him and it works a little because the growling gets quieter but it starts back up when dr Owens emerges from the hallway.

"Steven we brought you here to hopefully calm down Eddie." He informs him.

"You couldn't just say that? What was the reason of breaking into my house and grabbing me!?" Steve yells but regrets it when it causes Eddie to start growling towards Owens.

"Its okay!" He spits out and grabs eddies arm, "he was just bringing me to you, that's good right?" that calms Eddie down.

"we have a way to hopefully calm Eddie down but we need your assistance."

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Steve regrets agreeing before asking what they were planning because he ended up in a room with Eddie while they injected him with some kind of liquid.

apparently Eddie wouldn't let them get close to him without him getting aggressive. he was the only thing that kept Eddie calm which wasn't what he wanted to hear.

but thankfully whatever they gave him helped because eddie started acting more human. He was even talking normally.

he wouldn't make eye contact with steve but also wouldnt let him move away from his side.

"we'll be back in a little to run some more tests," dr owen says before walking out and leaving them alone.

steve turned to eddie, "what the hell?" he asks trying to catch his eyes,"why does monster you see me as your mate?"

"thats what you're asking?" eddie looks to him, "steve i have wings and a tail but you're worried about that?"

"yes! I was dragged out my house because of it! I want to know why im missing the game."

eddie scoffs,"jocks" steve just stares him down. Eventually he sighs, "i might've had a crush on you? For like a really long time?" he says shamefully.

he stares at him shockingly. he never thought eddie munson would have a crush on someone like steve. especially since he didnt even know he was into guys.

if he would've heard that a year ago he would've said he was flattered but he liked girls but now he knows that you can like both from a very awkward conversation with robin.

And that he definitely likes both.

so Steve smiles at him, "well i dont know how long they need to keep you here and if you're here then i have to be here so i guess we can use this time to get to know each other,"eddie looked at him in surprised, "and maybe after we'll go on a date, how does that sound?"

eddie nods quickly, "dont worry stevie ill definitely win you over with my charm." he says with a grin and steve cant help but burst out laughing.

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Mask

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: mask | word count: 916

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Sometimes as a scare actor you're the one being scared. People just come up from behind him and scream even though that's not what they are supposed to do.

But sometimes it's an accident and completely Eddie's fault for not paying attention.

"Excuse me," someone said from behind him which startles a little gasp from him, "sorry! I just lost my son and can't find him."

Eddie turns to see the hottest guy who looks so worried he might start crying any second, "it's okay, what does your son look like?"

"Hes dressed as Ghostface which isn't helpful since ive seen like 20 people dressed as him in the last 5 minutes!" His eyes start to water and eddie feels guilty for still finding him attractive despite how sad he looks.

Eddie gently places his hands on the dudes shoulder to try and calm him down, "I'll help you find him, what's his name? And do you have a picture of him?"

The guy quickly whips out his phone, "his name is Matthew, he's 8. Hes a photo of him before we came here" the guys shows a picture of himself crouching next to a cheerful young boy who has his mask pulled up to his forehead so his face is visible.

And by the looks of it, it's only him and the boy. So either the mother is taking the picture or he's a single dad and Eddie might have a chance.

He instantly regrets that thought, how can he think about hitting on this dude when he's about to sob from the fact he can't find his son.

Eddie needs to focus on the priorities.

"How about i give you my number so I can let you know if I find him?" The dude nods gratefully.

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The dude, whose name is Steve, wasn't kidding when he said there was a shit ton of people dressed as Ghostface. Even little kids were dressed as him. And honestly he didnt really know how tall a 8 year old should be. He doesn't spend any time with the youth.

The kids in his d&d group were high schoolers so hes not familiar with kids that young.

Eddie still walks around calling for Matthew regardless of the weird stares he gets. He even embarrassingly apologies for accidentally mistaking a few kids as the one he's looking for.

He eventually ends up at Jeff's cotton candy stand, "man i've been walking around looking for a missing kid and im starting to get worried," he says with a sign as he leans on the cart.

Jeff quickly finishes a purchase, "is his name Matthew?" He asks pointing to a kid sitting on the bench next to the stand.

Eddie quickly moves to stand in front of the kid, he holds his phone out, " Hey kid is this your dad?"

"Yeah! I've been looking everywhere for him! Where is he?" The little boy asks happily.

"Hes out looking for you, let me send him a text."

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Steve rushes over, "Matthew!"

"Daddy!" The kid jumps into his father's arms.

"I told you not to leave my side, where om earth did you go?" He scolds.

The kid points to the cotton candy in his hand, "i wanted cotton candy! I thought you were behind me."

Steve looks up at him, "Thank you so much," he stands, making sure Matthew is firmly holding his hand. "We should get going; we've had enough excitement for tonight. Let me pay you for the cotton candy."

He reaches for his wallet, but Eddie stops him. "No need. Jeff wouldn't accept any money anyway." He leans in to whisper, "He's always had a soft spot for kids, whether he admits it or not."

Steve smiles at him and Eddie prays that he gets to see this man again. Even if it's platonic. He would never be a homewrecker.

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Luck is on his side because a week later he sees steve and Matthew and the grocery store.

"Hi uh," Steve pauses, "oh my god! I didn't even get your name! I was so caught up on finding Matthew i completely forgot to ask your name"

Eddie chuckles, "it's okay, you were very distracted. Im eddie,"

"Hi eddie!" Matthew greets him cheerfully, "did you make the mask you were wearing? It was so cool!"

Eddie nods, "I did, it took a lot of paint and patience." He explains.

"I have patience," he turns to his dad, "cam I please make a mask? I won't make a mess i promise!"

"I don't know buddy, I dont know much about paint,"

"I can help," he blurts out like an idiot. Inviting himself into a strangers life like a psychopath, "i mean if it's okay with you and his mom. I'll teach both of you everything i know about painting masks." He adds in.

Steve grimaces, "it's just us two-"

"And we would love for you to help us!" Matthew cuts his dad off.

"Matthew!"

"Please dad! Pleaseeee" he basically begs and eddie wants to apologize for what he started.

Steve looks at him, "well if you're offering," Eddie nods enthusiastically and steve smiles, "is this weekend okay?"

It wasn't but he was definitely going to beg and maybe bribe Gareth to cover his shift, "this weekend is perfect."

"We'll see you then Eddie," he watches as they walk away to continue their shopping and Eddie makes a mental note to stop by the art store to pick up more supplies.

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Meet-ugly

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: meet ugly | word count: 544

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Wayne forced him to go to the store to try to get candy last minute. Eddie told his uncle serval times this month to just stop by the store to pick some up.

Why didn't Eddie just do it? Because he hated the going to the store during the holidays but if he'd know Wayne would've waited until last minute he would've just went a few weeks ago but now he has to probably fight a stressed out mother for a bag of candy to pass out even though he hates passing out candy.

Luckily there was a bag left on the shelf but as he reached for it another man did,"hey i was here first." Eddie says going to grab the bag.

but the guy snatches it,"you were not, you just haven't looked at your surroundings. that's not my fault." the guys says with the most annoying attitude ever.

"well you clearly don't even need that much candy," he spits out just to be a dick but instantly regrets it when he actually looks at the dude. and holy shit. Heaven must be real because there'san angel right in front of him but hes already fucked up his chances.

"asshole," the angel curses at him before storming off and eddie just stands there speechless wanting to go after him and beg for forgiveness and a date but he knows that would look bad. he already has a bad reputation and he doesn't need to make it worse by chasing after a dude in a grocery store.

so he just sadly gets the rest of the stuff on his list and to his luck he finds another bag of candy hidden behind the cereal. someone must've hidden it so they could come back for it.

they are going to be disappointed because hes definitely taking the bag.

Hes relieved when he finally makes it out the store and he spots the angel walking to his own car so he makes the stupid decision to try to apologize, "hey! Hey wait up!" Eddie yells whiles running to the guy.

he turns around confused but doesn't say anything while Eddie catches up to him, "i just wanted to apologize for being a dick and for what i said. That was so uncalled for especially since i was so wrong. you are like the most gorgeous guy ive ever seen."

the guy blushes, "i appreciate the apology," he glaces around nervously, "You busy tonight?" Eddie shakes his head, "you want to make it up to me?" he nods enthusiastically. he'd do whatever this man tells him to do.

The guy pulls out a flyer from his pocket,"it starts at 7, we didnt get enough volunteers this year. tell them steve sent you" he nods while reading the flyer over. A Halloween event for the kids at the elementary school.

"i'll see you there?" eddie asks but realizes he sounds kind of stupid. of course hell see him there.

steve laughs at the face he makes, "yeah ill see you there?"

"eddie"

"ill see you there, eddie. Drive safe" and then he hops into his car and speeds off.

maybe passing out candy wouldn't be too bad if he gets to do it with steve.

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Demon

@steddiebingo | Thirteen Fright Nights prompt: Demon | Word count: 1,078

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Eddie has been summoned for countless reasons for the last few centuries.

Some people want to be rich, some people want power and status, and others want someone gone.

But he would never imagine someone summoning him for something like this.

He immediately knew everything about the boy who summoned him.

Steven Harrington, 25, cut off completely from his rich parents, now lives in a shitty apartment with his best friend.

He expected the boy to wish for riches but when Eddie asked what he wanted he got a different response.

"I just want some company. Please?" Steve requested in the saddest tone Eddie has ever heard.

Normally this would be the part where he makes a deal but the boy was too drunk to offer him anything good so he decides that'll be dealt with in the morning.

"Shouldn't you be at some kind of party? Isn't that what people in their 20s do on Halloween?" he asks.

Steve shrugs, "not into partys anymore" he responds while chugging the rest of his beer and getting up to get another one, "you want a drink?" he asks stumbling to the kitchen.

He shakes his head, "no but you shouldn't drink anymore," he follows him and tries to stop Steve from opening the fridge. He cant let the dude die of alcohol poisoning if he wants his half of the deal.

Steve swats his hand away from the door, "I think im in control 'cus i summoned you" he slurs.

Eddie chuckles, "if you were sober then yeah but i think in this situation I'm in control" he continues to stop Steve from getting another beer,"lets watch a movie okay?"

He easily leads Steve back to the living room and with a wave of his hand the living room cleans itself. He pushes Steve towards the couch and heads to the VHS player and places a random movie into it. Steve was too drunk to actually have an opinion on what he picks.

He sits down next to Steve and brings a blanket over to cover him with his abilities, "your demon magic is cool," he says sinking into Eddie's side.

"Thank you sweetheart." he says with a chuckle while wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

Steve starts snoring 5 minutes into the movie.

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Steve groans as he tries to shove his face deeper into his pillow. His head is throbbing and he knows he had way too much to drink last night.

He should've agreed to go with robin to that Halloween festival because there was no alcohol there and he wouldn't be spending the day after a holiday with a pounding headache.

He hears commotion in the kitchen and hopes he didn't leave any bottles laying around so he wouldn't have to hear any lectures from Robin about drinking and keeping the apartment tidy.

He goes into the kitchen to ask about the party robin went to but when he finally enters the room he sees that its not robin or anyone he knows. There's some random man making breakfast in his kitchen.

He gasps in fear when he sees the red skin, horns, and long tail coming from the creature, "what are you doing in my apartment?" he questions trying to keep the fear out of his voice. the thing turns around with a smile.

"you summoned me last night, im just being kind by making you breakfast before we discuss the rest of our deal." Steve doesn't want to believe it but he knew he always did stupid shit when drunk and summoning a demon does sound like something an idiot would do.

"You're not fucking with me right? You're not like Robins friend in a costume trying to scare me?" he asks because robin has had her friend pull a prank on him.

"Robin is your roommate, right? I made extra just in case," the creature says while plating the food, "sit. lets talk."

Steve doesn't touch his food for a while. He just stares at the creature while it eats, "your food is going to get cold," the demon looks up from its plate, "if you have questions you can ask, you did summon me. im at your service."

"what happened last night?" he asks because he doesn't remember anything. he doesn't even know how to summon a demon so he doesn't understand how he did it while drunk.

it leans back in its chair, "well you summoned me with the book you and your roommate thought was just decoration. you asked for some company so we watched a movie and once you fell asleep i placed you in your bed."

he knew that book looked sketchy when they bought it from the thrift store but robin said they needed it for their shelf because 'it would look so cool'. robin is going to be so pissed when she finds out what he did, he hopes he doesn't lose his soul.

"do i have to give over my soul?" Steve asks but before it gets to answer robin comes through the front door.

"Steve! You'll never believe what happened last night! You'll be so proud- oh my god? What the fuck? Why are you red?" she rambles in fear. Steve didn't realize how terrifying the scene would be for her.

the creature responds for him, "im a demon your friend summoned, don't worry im not here to hurt anyone." he reassures her.

robin turns to Steve, "you summoned a demon? I was gone for a few hours! I knew i should've brought you along"

"im not a child robin i don't need to be watched."

"clearly you do because there is a demon in our apartment! Now your soul is gone! What am i going to do in heaven alone Steven!" Steve laughs

"Neither of us is getting into heaven, and you know that."

"as entertaining as this is we have things to discuss," the demon says,"don't worry robin im not taking his soul. There are other types of payment."

robin visibly relaxes, "thank god," she goes to leave but stops, "whats your name demon dude?" she asks.

"its eddie"

"just eddie?" she scruhes her face, "thats a lame name for a demon."

steve sighs as they start going back and forth with each other about eddies name and names for demons and steve just hopes he can get rid of eddie quickly because he cant deal with this for long.

-

I keep waiting until the last day to post so I'm going to be spamming for the next hour.

[sir3n-s]

Match maker

@steddiebingo | Splash into summer event prompt: match maker| 1,183 words | gen

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“I just don’t understand why I can’t get a second date,” Steve whines to Robin as he wipes down the counter, “I’m a great guy!”

Robin sighs as she puts away clean glasses, “You aren’t the problem, Steve; it’s the people you’re picking.”

He scoffs, “I pick great partners!”

“The girl you went on a date with yesterday arrived 30 minutes late and complained about her problems the whole time,” Robin reminds him.

“That was one time!”

“Oh yeah?” she challenges him, “the guy you went on a date with last week showed you pictures of his ex-wife! And then compared you to her!” She crosses her arms, “Face it, Steve, you suck at picking dates. At this rate, you’ll never find someone stable enough to date.”

He sighs as he leans against the counter, “So what do I do now? Accept dying alone?”

Robin rolls her eyes,” You aren’t dying alone because I’m going to pick your next date.”

“Robin, no, absolutely not! This isn’t some kind of matchmaking show!”

“It is now,” Steve just huffs and lets it go. She’ll probably forget soon since the bar is about to open.

-

As the night went on, Steve got 4 numbers from 3 girls and a guy, but every time he tried to pocket the paper with the number on it, Robin snatched it and threw it away.

“They aren’t the one for you,” she would tell him as she tossed another number.

And he would just let her. There was no point in arguing with Robin when she thinks her idea will work.

So he allowed her to have her fun with saying no to every person he flirted with. It wasn’t like he was actually going to find someone tonight.

Plus, he’d be lying if he said Robin’s attempt at finding him a match wasn’t entertaining.

Steve was washing a cup after another failed flirting attempt, and a ‘She wasn’t the one anyways’ from Robin, when a man with curly hair sat down at the stool in front of him.

“Gin and Coke,” the guy says without even looking up from his phone. Steve hates these customers. It doesn’t kill someone to at least say hi.

The guy looks up for a moment when he realizes Steve didn’t move to get his drink, “Please? Are you deaf?” he says like the dick he is.

Steve makes his drink silently, setting it in front of the dude, “Are you starting a tab?” he asks, trying his hardest to keep the attitude out of his tone because he’s already been warned multiple times about his habit of arguing with customers.

The guy stares at him for a weird amount of time before sliding his card towards him, “I’ll start a tab.” Steve just nods and takes the card to the register.

“He’s the one,” Robin says, startling him, “I can sense it.”

“Jesus robs, you scared me,” he says while writing something down on the notepad next to the register, “and he’s definitely not the one.”

“Yes, he is! I can already see him as my brother-in-law.”

He turns to look at her,” brother-in-law? Aren’t you getting a little ahead of yourself?”

“Nope! Go ask for his number.”

“No way,” he says, walking towards another guest who just sat down, so he doesn’t have to deal with Robin’s matchmaking anymore.

As the night goes on, he convinces Robin to serve the guy so she can ‘make sure he’s the one’ and it actually works. But the guy is completely different when he talks to Robin.

He looks up from his phone and engages in a conversation with her. Steve glares at him when no one is looking because, of course, the guy is one of those people who treats the female bar tenders better.

At least Robin will come to her senses and ‘pick’ someone else for him.

That’s what he thought was going to happen, but after the guy closes his tabs and leaves, Robin basically sprints to him, “he’s perfect for you!” she exclaims like there still aren’t customers around.

“Robin, not right now,” he says while glancing at the girl waiting for her drink. “Let’s talk later,” he says, hoping that by the time it’s later, she will have forgotten about the guy.

Robin apologizes to the lady before going to serve another customer, but she doesn’t leave before saying that he’s not getting out of that conversation, which he sighs at before resuming the lady’s drink.

He’s praying Robin would let go of the idea that some random guy is his ‘soulmate’.

-

His prayers weren’t answered. During the whole time they were doing their closing duties, Robin would not shut up about the guy and what she learned about him.

“Robin, you sound crazy,” he says while sweeping the floor, “you can’t really expect me to go out and find this dude because you sensed that we were made for each other.”

Robin just smiles at him, “Who said anything about going to find him?”

“What does that mean?”

He watches as Robin ignores his question and goes to clock out, “Bye Steve! See you tomorrow!” and then she speeds out the doors, and Steve is just left standing there, wondering what the hell she meant.

-

He finds out the next day when he walks into work and sees the guy wearing the same work uniform he was wearing.

“Steve! I need you to train the new guy,” Robin tells him with a mischievous grin, “this is Eddie, Eddie, this is Steve, he’ll be training you. I’ll be back in a moment.” he glares at her as she walks away.

“Let me show you how to do things,” he says with fake kindness in his tone.

He can’t refuse to train the guy because he’s already on thin ice with the manager; he can’t afford to lose this job, so he trains him. He may make a few snarky comments, but who can blame him?

“We keep track of tabs with this notepad right here, " he glances at Eddie just to see the guy is staring off into space, “hello? Are you listening to me? Are you deaf or something?” he says because to be honest, Steve has always been a bitch.

He was a lot nicer now, but he can’t help but go back to his old ways when he’s irritated.

Eddie grimaces, “Yeah, I’m paying attention. I’m sorry about that, by the way.” The confusion must be clear on his face because Eddie continues, “about what I said the other day? I was stressed, but I should’ve been kinder.”

Steve was shocked,” Oh. It’s okay, we all have bad days,” he shrugged like he hadn’t been purposely being a dick just because of what Eddie said last night.

“Let me make it up to you? With a date?” he asks, and Steve wants to say no just to spite Robin, but Eddie looked sincere, and Steve would be lying if he said the guy wasn’t insanely attractive.

“I’m hard to please,” he teases.

“I’m willing to try.”

-

Done!

[sir3n-s]

Summer school

@steddiebingo | Splash into summer event prompt: summer school| Gen | 641 words

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Eddie was stuck in summer school, again. Because he failed math, again.

And he was sitting in the library doing his work alone, trying not to make too much sound because the lady watching all the summer school kids had already shushed him twice for his loud huffing.

He looks around to see if there was a way he could sneak out without getting caught, but instead, he spots Steve Harrington sitting alone with papers closed to his face and his eyes squinting so hard it must hurt.

He could tell the guy needed help with whatever he was reading. Eddie tried to go back to finding an exit plan, but he couldn’t help glancing back at Steve every time he looked away.

“Do you need help?” Eddie asked before he even realized he had gotten up and made his way over to Steve’s table,” It looks like you’re struggling.”

Steve looked up at him,” I’m fine,” he said sternly before looking back down at his papers.

Eddie just sits down on the chair next to him. “It doesn’t seem like it, let me help you,” he says, grabbing Steve’s papers to see what he’s reading.

Steve doesn’t even put up a fight; he just scoots his chair closer to Eddie’s and allows him to help.

He soon figures out that Steve was probably dyslexic, with how he described his struggles with reading and spelling. Eddie knew how to help him since his younger cousin had the same problem.

They sit close to each other as Eddie quietly reads the passages to Steve and helps him write his answers to each question. They quickly get through Steve’s work and are done sooner than either of them expected.

“Thank you,” Steve says while putting his work away, “I didn’t know that was even a thing, but I’ll look into it,” he says with a smile.

“No problem,” Eddie grabs his work out of his backpack,” you don’t mind if I stay here and do my own work, right?”

Steve shakes his head,” Go ahead, I’ll keep you company.”

They continued to softly talk as Eddie tried to solve his math problems. Steve eventually leaned over to look at Eddie’s paper, “you’re doing that wrong,” he states.

“What?”

Steve points at his work,” You did it in the wrong order, so you got the wrong answer,” he explains.

“Does it need to be done in a certain order?” he asks, but the face Steve makes answers his question.

He lets Steve explain to him what he did wrong, he even lets him give him tips so he doesn’t mess up again,’ You’re really good.”

“Hm?”

“At math, you’re really good. How do you know how to do math from a grade higher than yours?”

Steve shrugs, “I enjoy math, I used to take honors classes before I joined the basketball team, but sometimes I check out a math book from the library,” he says it as if it’s something to be embarrassed about.

“Why did you stop taking honors classes?”

Steve sighs, “It’s embarrassing, the guys on the team would call me a nerd and tease me, so I stopped applying for the classes.” Eddie frowns, “It’s fine, I like sports more.”

“I think you should take whatever classes you want, even if they laugh at you. It’s not your fault their dumb,” Steve snorts.

“It might be my fault since I’ve accidentally thrown the ball at their heads a few times,” he jokes, and they both burst out laughing loud enough that the supervisor shushes them. Their laughter turns into hushed giggles.

The bell rings and the other kids start gathering their stuff, “Hey,” Steve says before Eddie gets up from the table, “do you mind helping me tomorrow? I’ll help you again in exchange?”

“You got yourself a deal.”

-

One more!!!

[sir3n-s]

Sweat

@steddiebingo | Splash into summer prompt: sweat | 586 words| Gen

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Steve was outside mowing the lawn despite how hot it was. Eddie told him he should do it later in the day, but Steve just wanted to get it done.

Their lawn has grown too high because Eddie hates mowing the lawn, and Steve’s been busy these last few weeks helping his dad with his company.

There is a lot of things Steve never expected to happen. One being his dad actually passing the company down to Steve, the other being married to a vampire.

His husband was in their house, probably playing his guitar still. Their windows were all covered with blackout curtains, so no sunlight could get inside.

It doesn’t bother him as much as other people think it would. They have a very spacious backyard with a pool for Steve to get all of the vitamin D he needs.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead; it was definitely too hot for this. He could tell by the throbbing that was starting in his head and the slight nausea he was beginning to feel.

He could power through it, though.

“You need to come inside before you pass out,” Eddie says from their porch. He was standing there fully covered in a long-sleeved shirt and pants that were longer than his legs. He pressed against the door to avoid direct sunlight, but with how loud Eddie talks, Steve could hear him from where he was standing.

“I’m almost done!” he yells back, “just a few more minutes and I’ll come inside,” he goes to start the lawn mower again, but loses his balance and almost stumbles to the floor.

He would’ve hit the ground if it weren’t for cool hands grabbing him and holding him up, “Eddie the sun-”

Eddie just shushes him and leads him inside their house, “I wasn’t going to let you fall,” he sets Steve on the couch before disappearing towards their kitchen.

He closes his eyes for only a second before there is a glass pressed against his lips, “Drink.” Opening his eyes again, he sees that Eddie has taken the long sleeve off already and is now wearing a tank top. He can see the redness on his face and neck from the sunlight.

Eddie places his hands on Steve’s face after he takes the glass from his hands, “You’re burning up. I should’ve forced you to stay in because it seems like you can’t make good decisions for yourself.”

Steve glares at him but doesn’t remove his face from Eddie’s palms. His cold hands felt so nice on his overheated skin. “I’m an adult, I can do what I want,” he huffs while trying to drink his water without moving his face.

“Not when it’s threatening your life, do you want to have a heat stroke?” Steve wants to roll his eyes, but he knows Eddie is just genuinely worried about his well-being.

Eddie has always been overly concerned about him, but it definitely got worse when they got married. Everyone knew werewolves were extremely protective of their partners, but he never thought that vampires would be too.

“Sorry,” he says, placing his head on Eddie’s shoulder, sighing at the feeling of his hot skin against Eddie’s cold skin, “I’ll be more careful next time,” he promises.

Eddie sighs as he takes the glass out of Steve’s hands and places it on the coffee table before gathering him in his arms, “You’d be lucky if I ever let you outside when it’s this hot again.”

-

Halfway there!

[sir3n-s]

S'mores Flavored Kisses

@steddiebingo | Splash into summer prompt: Smores | 1,068 words | Gen

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“S’mores? In the summer?” Steve asks, sitting on a pool chair in his backyard, “It’s too hot to light the fire pit.”

Last winter, his parents installed a fire pit for one of their get-togethers with his dad’s business partners, but they only used it once. He used it with Robin one night in January because she wanted to know if s’mores were good with alcohol.

They are.

“People go camping in the summer, Stevie,” Eddie says.

“Not when it’s this hot.”

“Well, if I knew this was here in the winter, we would’ve used it already,” Eddie said while continuing to set up the pit, “but you didn’t mention it!”

“You hate being outside!”

“I hate most outside activities! I enjoy some,” Eddie explains while lighting the pit, “like making s’mores next to a fire,” he grins at Steve.

Steve rolls his eyes but gets up to sit next to the pit. There is no use in complaining now.

-

“So what now?” Eddie asks as they put their marshmallows in the fire and wait for them to crisp,” What do people do around a fire?”

“Tell scary stories?”

Eddie smirks, “What’s your idea of a scary story? You ran out of hairspray?” He teases.

“Ha ha very funny,” he replies, trying not to laugh at his stupidity as he pulls his marshmallow out of the fire to make his s’more.

They messily eat and talk like time doesn’t exist for a while. They don’t hang out alone often, so they were talking about things they wouldn’t say in front of a group.

“You’ve never kissed anyone?” Steve asked while sticking more marshmallows on each of their rods. He’s completely shocked at the fact that Eddie has never kissed anyone, ever. “But you said you’ve had a few hookups.”

Eddie shrugs as he takes his rod back and places it over the fire, “I never kissed them,” he says like it’s not a big deal. Which it probably isn’t to Eddie, but Steve can’t imagine not kissing a hookup or any of the girls he’s dated.

“Is there someone you would want to kiss?” Steve asks, hoping it doesn’t make what he wants too obvious because he desperately wants to kiss Eddie. He has wanted to kiss him for a while now.

Eddie turns to look at him, “There might be.” Steve watches him glance at his lips. They start leaning in. Steve feels his heart race like it’s his first kiss and not Eddie’s.

He knows it’s not his first kiss, but he really likes Eddie. Ever since he held him against the wall in the boathouse, he couldn’t ignore how attractive the guy was. And after getting to know him, he started to fall for him.

Robin’s been telling him to make a move since he told her about his crush; he can’t wait to rub it in her face that he confessed to Eddie before she confessed to Nancy.

Before he gets a chance to close his eyes and finally kiss him, Eddie springs up, “I need to go.” Steve watches as Eddie throws his rod on the floor while the marshmallow is still attached to the end. “I’ll see you around, Steve.”

“Eddie wait-” he tries to call after him, but Eddie just speeds up, he doesn’t even go through the house, he runs around towards the gate on the side of the house.

Steve just sits there in shock, still holding his own rod while Eddie’s is on the floor getting eaten by ants. He doesn’t know how to react. He’s hurt; he thought that maybe Eddie liked him back. But he was wrong.

So wrong because Eddie just fucking left like he was late for something.

Steve gets up and throws his rod on the floor before going into the house. He’ll deal with the mess and fire later.

-

He did eventually go back outside to clean up. Luckily, it was already late when Eddie left, so when he went back outside, it was completely dark. Not like anyone would be able to see him, it was just less humiliating if it was dark.

Steve gets rejected all the time, but this time it actually hurt. He thought Eddie liked him. It seems like he did.

Eddie did flirt with him a lot, but maybe that’s just how he is. Maybe Robin was wrong, maybe Eddie didn’t like him like that. He knows he likes men, but that doesn’t mean he’ll like Steve.

Now Steve knows he’s a pretty decent guy, but he’s aware he’s not everyone’s type. And he should’ve known he’d never be Eddie’s type, no matter how high Steve views himself.

He doesn’t tell Robin what happened; he doesn’t know how to. So he just cleans up and goes to bed.

He doesn’t call Eddie; he got the message. He just goes to work the next day. Stops by the store to pick up a few things, then goes back home.

The moment he finishes putting away his groceries, the doorbell rings. Eddie stands there awkwardly and holds up a bad,” wanna make more s’mores?” and Steve nods, completely confused about what’s happening.

He just follows Eddie’s lead and heads out back to help set up the pit. They sit silently as they roast their marshmallows. It gets unbearable once they start eating their assembled s’mores.

“I’m sorry,” Steve blurts out, “about yesterday. I thought you felt the same way,” he admits. He hoped he felt the same way.

Eddie sighs, “I should be the one apologizing. I can’t keep running from things.” He turns to look at him, “I do feel the same way. I like you, Steve, a lot, but I got scared and I’m sorry.”

Eddie looks like he’s truly sorry, and Steve is a weak man, too forgiving. But he doesn’t care about that; he has waited so long for this. “I’ll forgive you as long as I still get that kiss,” Steve teases.

“Deal,” Eddie says, scooting closer to Steve, “you’d think I’d be the one more desperate for a kiss since I’ve never had one,” he smirks at him.

Steve rolls his eyes, “Shut up, man.” He grabs Eddie’s jacket and smashes his lips onto his. As Eddie’s hand travels to the back of his head, Steve thinks that despite the heat, summer is a great time to make s'mores.

-

One down, three more to go!

[sir3n-s]

I've seen a lot of fics where Eddies friends react badly to him dating Steve.

I think they use any opportunity to embarss Eddie with old stories.

"Oh you're dating Steve harrington? Okay, hey Steve did you know when Eddie was 16 he accepted a bet to eat a handful of dirt for 1 dollar and didn't even take the money after eating it?"

It gets to a point where he doesn't want to bring them around Steve because Steve keeps telling Robin those stories about him, and she starts using them against him.

His friends go behind his back to invite Steve to their practices and shows so they can keep telling him stories.

They must embarss him.

[sir3n-s]

Prompts: Gossip + flowers | Happy stobin month‼️

🌸🌺🌻🌼🏵

"Did you hear Mrs. Smith is pregnant?" Robin said as she poured water over some flowers in their garden, which they started after moving into the house Steve inherited.

"Isn't she married?" he asked, pulling out a dead flower and putting a seed in its place.

"Yeah, but apparently she was sleeping with the math teacher and is going through a divorce," she moves to another part of the garden. "She doesn't know who the father is."

"How do you keep getting all of this information?" He starts digging up another dead flower, "Are you spying on people?"

Robin laughs, "No! My mom's friends are really into gossiping, apparently, and my mom can't keep anything a secret."

"Seems like you can't either," he cackles as Robin aims the hose at him. He tries to shield himself but it's a lost cause.

He gets back at her by throwing a handful of dirt towards her.

[sir3n-s]

I think Steve is a huge romantic and has the entire day planned out for valentines day.

He's the type to make reservations at restaurants, buys flowers, and chocleate hearts.

At first Eddie was a little put off by it, not used to that kind of stuff. But eventually he learned to love it.

Even trying to outdo Steve on valentines day.

But no matter what their holiday is filled with laughter and love.

[lavenderstobins]

The third year of platonic Stobin Month is almost upon us!

Here are this year's prompts well ahead of time. I've included a bonus prompt for each week* based on this tweet:

(*ish. Every 8 days or so.)

As always, use the tags #stobinmonth and #stobinmonth2025 when posting your pieces. There will also be an ao3 collection that writers can add their works to. The previous collections can be found here.

All kinds of fanwork all welcome! Have fun, and I hope to see you all in March! <3

[sir3n-s]

As a gift for Steve, Eddie is replacing the stove in the kitchen after he accidentally set it on fire trying to make hot chocolate for their movie night.