Steddie Underdog Fics

With the explosion of the ship on Ao3 and another flood from various events, some fics have gotten lost in the shuffle. This is a way to celebrate those fics people might have missed!

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STEDDIE UNDERDOG JUNE CALENDAR

Time for more challenges, themes, and writer’s spotlights!!

Upcoming Challenge Mondays:

6/1 -- Fics featuring Robin Buckley

6/8 -- Fics posted in June

6/15 -- Fics about Pride

6/22 -- Fics featuring background Rovickie

6/29 -- Fics with an odd number of kudos

Upcoming Writer’s Wednesdays:

6/3 -- WIP Wednesday Challenge

6/10 -- @travelingtwentysomething

6/17 -- WIP Wednesday Challenge

6/24 -- @ahoystevee

Upcoming Theme Weekends:

6/13 - 6/14 -- Sexuality Crisis AU

6/27 - 6/28 -- Musician AU

The Last Friday of every month will have a new calendar release!

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Nominate an author for WRITER’S SPOTLIGHT here!

Vote on our next THEME WEEK here!

Suggest a CHALLENGE for Challenge Mondays here!

Submit a fic through our ASK!

You can see our previously recommended fics spreadsheet here!

You can see our previously recommended fics Ao3 collection here!

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out of the closet & into the crypt by peaktotheocean

@peaktotheocean

Rating: General Audiences

4,152 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Cemetery, Gay Pride, Matchmaking, Alternate Universe, Eddie Munson Can See Dead People, Hard of Hearing Steve Harrington, Podfic Available

Summary:

Eddie should have known that the meddling ghosts who reside in Hawkins Historical Cemetery would use his new Pride history tours as an opportunity to try and set him up on a date

This rec is a part of Challenge Monday. The challenge this week was Fics about Pride.

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Love Lavishly: That’s the Bottom Ass Line by mr200810

Rating: Mature

16,944 words, 2/2 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Inspired by Stranger Things (TV 2016), Eddie Munson Lives, Queer Themes, Queer Culture, Gay, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Bi-Curiosity, Pride, Gay Pride, Pride Parades, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Soft Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart, Protective Eddie Munson, Bisexual Nancy Wheeler, Nancy Wheeler Has a Crush on Robin Buckley, Sexuality Crisis, Questioning, Period-Typical Homophobia, Happy Ending, Romantic Fluff, Heartwarming, Self-Discovery, Self-Acceptance

Summary:

In the summer after the temporary defeat of Vecna, Nancy suggests a friend trip to West Hollywood for the 1986 Gay Pride Parade. Despite being two thousand miles from home and a stranger in a big city, Steve is nervous about going public with his relationship with Eddie for the first time. Little does he know that Nancy is experiencing the same kind of feelings, hiding a crush she’d developed for Robin. Through the support of his friends and strangers alike Steve learns what it means to embrace who he is and live his truth. A story about loving others, accepting yourself and finding pride.

This rec is a part of Challenge Monday. The challenge this week was Fics about Pride.

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lucky by RunninRiot

@runninriot

Rating: General Audiences

481 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Tags: Post-Vecna (Stranger Things), Everybody Lives, Established Relationship, Reminiscing, Declarations Of Love

Summary:

Eddie reflects on past mistakes and lessons learned

This rec is a part of Challenge Monday. The challenge this week was Fics about Pride.

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it's raining men by lydiah135

@yourfellowuselessgay

Rating: Mature

84,366 words, 5/10 chapters

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Age Difference, Slice of Life, Single Parent Steve Harrington, Trans Steve Harrington, Trans Male Steve Harrington, Past Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington, Virgin Eddie Munson, Demisexual Eddie Munson, Radio Host Eddie Munson, Writer Steve Harrington, Hyperspermia, Happy Ending, Recreational Drug Use, Pregnancy, High Eddie Munson, Homophobia, Transphobia, Hate Crimes, Bigotry & Prejudice, Masturbation, Sex Toys, Fetish Clothing, High Steve Harrington

Summary:

"The 40-year-old wants to be friends with me," Eddie declares over his shoulder, to any of his roommates who can hear him. "Maybe he can smell your desperation," Freak says back. "Okay Mr. I-Eloped-With-My-High-School-Sweetheart-in-a-Graveyard-at-18, we can't all be as cool as you," Eddie replies. "Who the fuck gets on Grindr to be friends with someone?" Jeff asks, wrinkling his nose. "Leave the old man alone!" Eddie says, with more passion than he needs. "He's a single father and a working man." (or, the age gap fic where steve and eddie meet on grindr and then decide to stay friends)

This rec is a part of Challenge Monday. The challenge this week was Fics about Pride.

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Our next CHALLENGE MONDAY assignment is:

Fics about Pride

These are steddie fics that have themes about pride, be it the characters going to pride or having pride in their sexualities.

When you submit your fic recommendations, make you sure you add a note saying the theme in some way!

Monday's recs will only be for the challenge! Any that are not used will be recommended as per usual.

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Know a fic that deserves extra love? Submit through our asks! Suggest challenges, nominate an author for the writer's spotlight, and vote on our next theme here.

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Welcome to Challenge Monday!

All recs today will be for fics about pride

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Steve's Totally Awesome Mix for Surviving The Apocalypse by vestox

Rating: Mature

12,464 words, 2/? chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Fix-It, Eddie Munson as Kas the Betrayer (Dungeons & Dragons), Dreamsharing, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Recreational Drug Use, 80's Music, Steve Harrington Has PTSD, Steve Harrington Has Absent Parents, Sexuality Crisis, Falling In Love, Eddie Munson Lives, Character Death Fix, Everybody Lives, Post-Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2

Summary:

Creatures with claws and wings, hoards of them, or one, composed of their parts, screams and silence, equally deafening, death of the loved ones or his own - Steve’s mind juggles it all, writing scripts for his horrors. Funny how the best sleep he has these days is when it feels like he hasn’t slept at all, living in the all-too-well bubble with Eddie Munson, taking so much space in his brain that there’s no more place for nightmares. Or About a month after the world almost got conquered by an interdimensional supervillain, Steve gets his hands on one of Eddie's mixtapes and starts to see weird dreams about the one and only metalhead. For Eddie Munson, trapped in the limbo of Vecna-infused nightmare in the Upside Down, dreams about Steve are the only thing that’s real.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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sub-culture by palmviolet

@palmviolet

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

60,702 words, 13/13 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Post-Canon, Hurt/Comfort, Misunderstandings, Getting Together, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Enemies to Lovers, (but only kind of), 80's Music, Sexuality Crisis, steve is oblivious, slaps roof of stranger things - this bad boy can fit so many traumatised gay people in it, 80s Gay Culture, Rocky Horror Picture Show References, Canon-Typical Drug Use, Protective Steve Harrington, Period-Typical Homophobia, Eddie Munson Has ADHD, Handkerchief Code, Bronski Beat References, Minor Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler, The Lord of the Rings References, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Written Before Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2, queer history is so important and this fic celebrates that

Summary:

“Is he whining about Eddie being mean to him again?” Robin is leaning in the doorway, eating a leftover slice that’s probably cold by now. “You talk about him more than you talk about girls, Steve, it’s getting concerning. Anyone would think you had a crush.” or, steve is pretty convinced eddie now hates him. turns out eddie has the opposite problem.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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To Summon the Divine by oatmilkandfangs

@thesecynicaldoeeyes

Rating: Explicit

71,021 words, 10/13 chapters

Archive Warning: Major Character Death

Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Angst, Priest Steve Harrington, Demon Eddie Munson, religious trauma, so much religious trauma, Inaccurate Catholicism, Religious Guilt, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Internalized Homophobia, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Blood and Gore, Canon-Typical Violence, Smut, Blow Jobs, Oral Sex, Penis In Vagina Sex, Steve Harrington Has a Big Dick, Dom/sub Undertones, Height Differences, Magic, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Demons, POV Steve Harrington, Trans Eddie Munson, Transmasculine Eddie Munson, Masturbation, Dry Humping, Butt Plugs, Anal Sex, Tail Sex, Monsterfucker Steve Harrington, Priests, Priest Character Who Is a Slut, Hurt/Comfort, Major Character Injury, Major Character Death is NOT Steve or Eddie, Slow Burn, Supernatural Elements, Trauma, Happy Ending, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Unrealistic Sex

Summary:

"It's a sin," Steve whispered, almost begging Eddie to understand, to realize… they couldn't do this. They shouldn't. Something seemed to click in Eddie's expression. He reached out again, gently taking Steve's face between his hands. Steve wanted to melt into the touch. "Then sin with me," Eddie urged before pressing his lips to Steve's. ~ As a priest, Steve Harrington has been trained from a young age to hunt and exorcise demons. It's his God-given mission to protect the innocent. He thinks he knows right from wrong and good from evil until a demon saves his life. The demon insists that everything Steve's been told is a lie, but how can Steve believe him? Demons are incapable of telling the truth, after all.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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tips and tricks by eleloh

Rating: Explicit

77,080 words, 5/5 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Steve Harrington, Alpha Eddie Munson, Gay Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Alpha/Alpha, Top Eddie Munson, Bottom Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Has a Crush on Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Teaches Steve Harrington How to Knot, By Knotting him, Anal Sex, Knotting, Fingering, Prostate Massage, Mutual Masturbation, Scenting, Best Friend Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson Lives, Some internalized alpha/alpha homophobia, Oral Sex

Summary:

Eddie/steve, alpha4alpha. Knotting outside of rut is like squirting, for some it comes naturally and others have to be taught. Steve can’t but, for reasons he can’t name or even begin to find the right words for, is a bit obsessed with the idea that Eddie can. It’s all he can think about. Out of the kindness of his heart, and the hardness of his dick, Eddie offers to show him how it’s done. Things happen, but he gets Steve there eventually.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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Steve Harrington: Accidental Dominant by Stevieschrodinger

@stevieschrodinger

Rating: Explicit

27,801 words, 12/12 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Eddie Munson Needs a Hug, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Steve Harrington in Denial, Steve Harrington Has a Sexuality Crisis, Dom Steve Harrington, Sub Eddie Munson, Restraints, Anal Fingering, dont use that as lube, Sex Toys, Getting Together, Angst with a Happy Ending, demi steve harrington, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, First Time Together

Summary:

“Oh, nah, I’ve known for ages.” Eddie’s mouth flaps like a fish, clearly shocked, which Steve is deeply satisfied by, “you’ve known for...you know? You knew? You already know? How do you know?” Eddie’s surprise is genuinely comical, and nice to see since it’s almost over done and that’s more like usual Eddie. Steve sighs, “it really, really wasn’t hard to work out. You are not a subtle guy Eddie-” “And what the hell does that mean?” Eddie snaps back, clearly affronted. Steve stands straight, and without missing a beat lifts his shirt up to his armpits. Eddie’s eyes immediately, hungrily, rake over the newly exposed skin. Steve waves a hand in front of his own torso like a magician revealing the trick, and Eddie turns bright pink and starts sputtering, “that’s not- I mean- you can’t-” but he’s glaring at the floor, chagrined and caught out, and he knows it.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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i wanna fucking tear you apart by captinkirc

@captinkirc

Rating: Explicit

34,587 words, 4/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: demon!eddie, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, fix it?? kinda??, Getting Together, Swearing, demon/incubus!eddie, Hand & Finger Kink, Choking, Brief Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Cross-Posted on Tumblr, Light Dom/sub, Minor Robin Buckley/Vickie, Demon!Kink, Feminization, Breeding!kink, Size Difference, slight gay crisis on Steve's part but i didn't have the patience to add much more, Steve Harrington Has a Praise Kink, Steve is a monsterfucker now, I make the rules, sub!Steve, jason lives only because i don't like him and want to put him through it again, Period-Typical Homophobia, just some name calling nothing super serious, Oral Sex, Switch Eddie Munson, as a treat

Summary:

Steve Harrington; tired, alone, guilt-ridden, comes home to find a mystery unfolding at his front door. Someone special lays in wait for him, ready to finally stake their claim.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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The Unbearable Horniness of Steve by FkinKindaGauche

@fkinkindagauche

Rating: Explicit

34,724 words, 3/3 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Gratuitous Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Friends to Lovers, Knotting, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Unsafe Sex, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Alpha Eddie Munson, Omega Steve Harrington, Power Bottom Steve Harrington, Service Top Eddie Munson, Recreational Drug Use, Oral Sex, Omega Verse, Rimming, Jealousy, Praise Kink, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)

Summary:

They sat in awkward silence for a few minutes, Steve drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and Eddie looking out the window. Steve had never been great with prolonged silences. That was the only explanation he had for what came out of his mouth next. “Eddie-will-you-fuck-me?” he said, quickly enough that all the words ran together. Eddie let out a strangled noise and turned to face Steve. “Clearly I misheard that, Harrington. Come again?” Steve took a deep breath. “Will you fuck me?” he said, more slowly this time. “I really did not think I got high yet today,” Eddie said under his breath, shaking his head.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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The Devil of Hawkins by Rindecision

Rating: Explicit

@rindecision

121,301 words, 22/? chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning, Angst, Canon Continuation, Major Character Undeath, Mildly Dubious Consent, Body Horror, Gay Panic, Scars, First Time Blow Jobs, Mutual Pining, Sexuality Crisis, The Upside Down (Stranger Things), Masturbation, Shame, Power Play, Porn With Plot, Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler, Minor Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper, Canon Compliant, Sexual Fantasy, Recreational Drug Use, Underage Drinking, Drunk Sex, Guns, Violence, Face-Fucking, Begging, Outdoor Sex, Internalized Homophobia, wild animal death, Vandalism, Bondage, Comes Back Wrong, Denial of Feelings, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, slow burn but they're having sex the whole time, Fix-It, Fluff, Banter, Monsterfucker Steve Harrington

Summary:

Eddie tries to figure out why he came back as a demobeast while the crew tries to figure out how to take down Vecna once and for all. ༒༒ Excerpt ༒༒ Why me? Steve couldn’t help but feel that the world just liked to fuck him over, in particular. Steve swallowed and slowly averted his gaze from the creature, trying not to alert it, even though he knew the thing had its eyes, or sensors, or whatever it used locked on him. A loud thud on the ceiling startled his gaze back to the beast and directed his attention to the silhouette of something in its hand that he hadn’t noticed before. His bat. Shit. “Looking for this?” A familiar voice asked quietly.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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Where It's So Sweet (And Heavenly) by Embry_of_Apollo, EvTheFanboy

Rating: Explicit

35,865 words, 9/? chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Tags: Smut, Steve Harrington is a monsterfucker, Vampire Eddie Munson, Absolute Degeneracy, Blood Kink, Dom/sub, Dom Eddie Munson, Sub Steve Harrington, Religious Trauma????, This was meant to be just pure smut but then we dumped a bunch of plot on it, like a lot of plot, Porn With Plot, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Aftercare, it gets pretty kinky, buckle up buckaroo, Slut Steve Harrington Agenda, Steve Harrington Babygirlification, Steve is babygirl, Angst, Fluff, Internalized Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Clueless Steve Harrington, Kas Theory Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson has ADHD/Autism, Sexuality Crisis, Bisexual Steve Harrington, We blacked out for like 7 hours and this happened, Abuse of italics, Past Abuse, No beta we die like Barb, Formatting died in a fire, Title from a Cigarettes After Sex Song, Song: Apocalypse (Cigarettes After Sex), Song: Heavenly (Cigarettes After Sex), Cigarettes After Sex Should Sponsor Us, Autistic Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson Stimming, Eddie Munson Verbal Stims, Chapters are titled after songs, Homoerotic Blood Drinking

Summary:

Steve Harrington was a good Christian. Eddie Munson was undead. How could two people, so different from the other, learn and grow together? How could they learn to love each other, and themselves? - We honestly have no clue what happened. We were planning on writing a filthy, nasty vampire Eddie and Monsterfucker Steve smut. But then we blacked out and it turned into a hurt/comfort healing from religious trauma by sexual liberation fic? This was written by two depressed, hypersexual, gay, trans mascs with religious trauma in the haze that is between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am. Enjoy this fucking dumpsterfire I guess.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Sexuality Crisis AU.

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Our next THEME WEEKEND assignment is:

Sexuality Crisis Fics

These can be fics that have a character coming to terms with their identity or helping someone else through their own.

When you submit your fic recommendations, make you sure you add a note saying the theme in some way!

Recs over the weekend will only be for this theme! Any that are not used will be recommended as per usual after this weekend.

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Know a fic that deserves extra love? Submit through our asks! Suggest challenges, nominate an author for the writer's spotlight, and vote on our next theme here.

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Welcome to Theme Weekend!

Recs over the weekend will be for sexuality crisis fics

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The Prettiest Star by FkinKindaGauche

@fkinkindagauche

Rating: Explicit

19,208 words, 3/3 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Minor Steve Harrington/Original Female Character(s), Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Crack Treated Seriously, Explicit Sexual Content, Period-Typical Homophobia, POV Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Alien/Human Relationships, Shapeshifting, Glam Rock Musician Eddie Munson, Alien Eddie Munson, Human Steve Harrington, Doctor Steve Harrington, Inspired by David Bowie, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Vomiting, Steve Harrington Has Panic Attacks, Panic Attacks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rimming, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering

Summary:

Steve should be happy with his life. From an outsider's perspective, he has it all - a lucrative job at his father's internal medicine practice (which he stands to inherit), generational wealth, and an endless line of dates with eligible young women. But nobody in his life knows that he's a queer man aching for community and deeper connection. When he stumbles upon a performance by Eddie Munson and the Spiders from Mars, the delicate balance he's built in his life is thrown into disarray. Eddie, a flamboyant man who insists that he's from another planet, shows Steve what it would be like to let go of all of his preconceived notions of what a life should be. Steve has to decide if he will take the lesson to heart, or if he will cling to what he knows.

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Steve Parent AUs.

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