#eddie centric

[skitchskatchbat]

Mistake P6

TW: Angst, internalised homophobia, homophobia, child abuse, a lot of slurs, hurt/comfort (THERE WILL BE COMFORT)

Steve doesn't see Eddie for a week. He hears from Jeff that he's alive, and he knows from Wayne that he's alright. Because even after everything, Steve still cared.

He can't just turn it off, love.

Even when it hurt him. Seemed to be his stupidest skill. Steve Harrington's expertise - loving people in a way that hurt them and himself.

He couldn't just burn away feelings, not when he still saw that smile in his dreams, or the heat of Eddie's shoulder or that smoky purr in his ear.

He'd gone over the time they'd been together over and over and over again. Like he's playing a tape in his mind, like he's an investigator, to find the signs of where he went so wrong.

Maybe it was wrong to kiss Eddie like he did, but it wasn't out of nowhere.

It wasn't like they hadn't spent the whole night fooling around cooking dinner in the kitchen, then eating it in the dim light of Steve's dining room. It wasn't like they hadn't fallen asleep on his bed and then woken up to get breakfast at the diner, singing all Steve's favourite Abba songs badly.

It wasn't as if Eddie hadn't looked him in the eye, held his fucking hand and said "I love you, Steve," in that clearing.

It wasn't -

"Steve you gotta eat something kay? Your biceps are cryign to me," Robin's voice pulls him out of his thoughts.

"Mmm yeah, later maybe, he says as he hefts a box of cleaning stuff out of the cupboard. He can hear Robin behind him, shuffling on her feet, he can feel the way she's holding herself back. Like she wants to snipe at him but won't because she doesn't want to upset him.

Which is so unlike her.

They'd already spent two nights on the roof of his house, talking endlessly about everything and anything and Steve had no more tears to shed for it.

"I just think that maybe, maybe you should follow me to college,"

"Don't I have to go to college to do that,"

"Steve,"

"What Bobby?"

"There are family videos everywhere, I can get you a job at another one. We could get a shitty place in the city and we could explore the world outside Hawkins together you know? See how it's like somewhere else instead of this shitty town,"

Robin reaches for his wrist and Steve recoils just the slightest, a habit from the time Billy had beat his face in and the subsequent punches he'd taken. It was reflex at this point but it never failed to make her face the saddest.

"We could even find more people like us. More places that LIKE us,"

Steve closed his eyes.

It wasn't that he minded the idea. He'd love it. would love to see the world with Robin. Already hates that she's going away, where he can't follow. But he doesn't want to leave the kids. Doesn't want to leave them to a town like Hawkins with no one to look out for them.

"I…

But he also doesn't know how he's going to stay here and see Eddie everyday.

See a love that didn't just call him bullshit drunk. One that he can still feel in his nose, his ears still ringing from the shock.

"I want to but I don't know Rob," he says finally.

She opens her mouth.

But the doorbell interrupts them both.

"Are you expecting anyone?"

"No?"

They both go to the front, side by side.

When Steve opens the door, it's not a stranger that stands there. It's a familiar set of curls.

"Steve. I. Look. I… I don't know how to do this. I've thought about it in half a million different ways, but I can't think of the right way to apologise and so I think it's just best if you punch me,"

"Eddie?" Steve's still unsure if he's hallucinating, because Eddie looks like he's been thrown in a rock tumbler. He looks gaunt and scared and there are bags under his eyes.

"Punch me, Steve, It's only fair."

"I'm not going to -

"I am."

THUD

"ROBIN!"

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Pepa teaches Eddie how to woo Buck. Buck doesn't quite get the picture.

Meddling Pepa for the win!! Unfortunately Buck is Capital-S Stupid and it takes them a minute

[rogueddie]

Eddie loves seeing the way different people react to mistletoe. But no one ever hands it in places that will be effective. It's easily avoidable and, with his new little gaggle of friends, Eddie is curious.

He starts carrying mistletoe with him, sneaking up behind people and dangling it above their heads.

His old friends still have the same reaction that they always do. Gareth stage-kisses him, overdramatic and trying his best to make it look real and convincing. Jeff laughs, pecks him on the cheek. Grant gives him a "scottish kiss"- which is just an excuse to headbutt him.

With his new, very young friends, he makes a point of turning his head and patting his cheek.

El is the only one who actually does kiss his cheek, and she even thanks him afterwards- saying that she'd been wanting to kiss under the mistletoe and that it was great even if it isn't romantic and he is "really old like my dad".

Mike, Lucas and Max shove him away. They all act disgusted, Max even pretends to gag. Dustin laughs in his face. Will tries to laugh it off too, though he's tense and uncomfortable, so Eddie immediately backs off, plays it off as a joke.

Erica threatens him.

Nancy and Jonathan have similar reactions; they laugh, sounding both pleased and embarrassed. Both hold his chin whilst they give him a little peck on the cheek. He isn't sure if it's them being nervous about him causing mischief by moving, or what, but he thinks it's a lovely gesture all the same.

Argyle surprises him by just... kissing him. It's a quick little peck and he moves on like it's nothing. When Eddie tries to ask, later on, he shrugs it off again. He points out that they're friends, so what's a friendly little peck? Eddie doesn't have a response, just takes the joint back off him and tries not to be jealous of how sure he is of himself.

Robin doesn't hesitate when she sees the mistletoe, doesn't even wait for him to say anything. She grabs his face with both hands and smacks a big, wet kiss to his cheek. It's not until he gets home, finally seeing his reflection, that he realizes that her dark red lipstick left a massive mark on his face.

Steve hesitates, for an uncomfortably long moment. He stares at the mistletoe Eddie holds above them, thinking so hard that Eddie can see the gears turning.

When he tries to back off, tries to play it off as a joke, Steve hand shoots up. He grabs Eddies wrist, pushing his hand and the mistletoe back up so it's still hanging above them.

"This is just a joke, like you did with the others." Steve says. But, something about the way he says it, makes it sound more like a question than the statement that it is.

Now, it's Eddies turn to hesitate. His eyes roam Steves face, trying to get a read on him before, eventually, admitting; "no, it's not."

The smile that blooms on Steves face is so big, so bright, that- for a moment- Eddie thinks that this must be his reward. For turning back, for protecting Dustin, for doing the right thing in the end. This smile, right here.

But, he quickly realizes that he's wrong, because that's when Steve leans in. That's when Steve kisses him. And Eddie realizes that, maybe, this entire moment is his reward. Maybe Steve is his reward.

The universe does owe him a happy ending, after all.

[babygirl-diaz]

Lookin' Good Good Looking

Kinda inspired by Ryan's new IG story

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Eddie would deny if ever asked, but he liked to dress up and make himself look good. He especially loved to make himself look good for his boyfriends. Now that they had their daughter, Eddie temporarily took time away from firefighting to work at dispatch, he had a lot more time on hand. So he put that time to good use by learning new recipes for his boyfriends and son and learning new ways to make himself look good. Tonight was one of those rare nights when Chris was away at his friend's place and both Tommy and Buck were going to be at home since their shifts ended early. So the three of them decided to make a date night out of it.

After getting off work, Eddie picked Lily up from daycare and took her home. He let her nap while getting everything ready for dinner.

It was a movie and dinner in the backyard kinda night. The three of them bought a house with a big backyard with the sole purpose of holding movie nights in the back with their friends, but tonight it was just the three of them.

Dinner was all movie theater themed food. He got everything ready for the build-your-own nachos bar, as well as the mini sliders and hot dogs. By the time he finished snacks and dessert, Lily was awake. He brought her to the kitchen and fed her some mashed veggies which she always ate with little fuss.

"You like that huh?" Eddie cooed to the 6-month-old and leaned over to kiss the top of her head.

Lily made gurgled noises in return, making Eddie laugh.

"After this, you're gonna help Daddy pick out his clothes for tonight."

Lily giggled at that and clapped her hands together.

"You're so cute," Eddie said in awe and picked her up from her high chair. He took her to the sink and had her wash her hands and face before taking her to his room, where had one of her playpens. He put her in it and then started looking for what to wear. He found a white shirt with small flowers on it, picked up a pair of blue chinos, and showed it to Lily. "What do you think, Lily?"

He didn't get any reaction from her and she instead just blinked up at him with her big brown eyes.

"Yeah, I didn't think so either." Eddie frowned at the clothes in his hands like they had offended him personally. He threw them aside and picked up the next pair.

After seven tries, he finally got a reaction from Lily when he picked out a light pink shirt and paired it with white pants. This was a new set he had just bought but never worn because he wasn't sure he could pull it off.

But Lily seemed to love it as she made happy noises and clapped her hands together again.

"I like this too, but I don't know if I can pull it off," Eddie told her.

Lily just tilted her head to the side and blinked at him.

"You're right, I should try it, anyway."

After that, Eddie left to take a shower, letting Lily continue to play in her playpen.

After showering, he got ready and looked at himself in the mirror, letting out a deep breath. He looked good if he said so himself. The pink brought out the color in his cheeks and the tight white pants accentuated his thighs and even his ass when he turned to look at it.

Eddie put all the products in his hair and spiked it but he didn't like how it looked so after several tries, he finally just put it back like he usually did and left it at that.

"What do you think, Lily?" He asked his daughter who just giggled in return.

"I'll take that as a good sign," Eddie replied and picked her up.

He put sunglasses and a hat on her and took her to the backyard in her stroller where he set everything for movie night. Once the chairs were lined up and the projector was set, Eddie sat down on the chair with Lily and looked up at the sky as the day started changing to night.

He bounced Lily in his lap and cooed to her, making her cheer happily in return.

When Eddie looked at his watch, he realized it was close to 8 and Buck and Tommy still weren't home. He sent them both a text and got a quick reply from Buck telling him they were still on a call. Tommy, however, did not reply. Eddie tried not to let that concern him as he figured Tommy was probably flying.

Eddie's stomach growled at some point but he ignored it and instead played with his daughter. He doesn't know when, but sleep soon took over him and he fell asleep on the chair with Lily protectively held against his chest.

"Eddie."

Eddie heard his name being called and slowly opened his eyes. Buck's face came into view and Eddie couldn't help but smile softly, "Hey."

"Hey," Buck replied stroking the back of Eddie's cheek with his hand. "Looks like you and Lily took a nice long nap."

Eddie felt something heavy on his chest and looked down to see Lily fast asleep. "What time is it?"

"10," Buck replied.

"Sorry, we got home late."

Eddie looked over to his other side and saw Tommy giving him a remorseful smile.

"It's okay." Eddie sat up slowly, making sure not to wake Lily up. "I'll put her to bed."

"I got it," Buck offered and took Lily from him.

Once Buck left, Tommy squeezed into the seat with Eddie, making Eddie chuckle as the lounge chair wasn't big enough for two men their size. Tommy pulled Eddie into his lap and kissed him. "You look beautiful," he told him.

"Yeah?" Eddie asked as he got up and straddled Tommy's lap instead.

"Mhmm," Tommy hummed, slipping his hands inside Eddie's shirt. "You made yourself look pretty for us?"

"I made myself look pretty for me," Eddie replied, smirking. "And maybe you two too."

"Feeling a little left out here, fellas," Buck said coming over to them and pulling another chair close. "Damn, you look really nice by the way, babygirl."

Eddie blushed at that. "Thank you," he said.

"That's what I said," Tommy added. "I feel worse now for coming home late."

Eddie shook his head, "Hey, don't be. Work is important."

"Not as important as you," Buck replied. "Either one of you or our family."

"I agree," Tommy replied and kissed Eddie before leaning in to kiss Buck as well.

Eddie also kissed Buck before laying his head down on Tommy's chest and reaching out to take Buck's hand. "So do we still wanna do movie night?" He asked them.

"Hell yeah, we do," Buck replied. "We promised each other a movie and dinner date and that's what we're going to do. Besides, I think I saw nacho toppings in the kitchen."

"And I saw some chocolate strawberries in the freezer," Tommy told him, smirking.

"Were you two snooping?" Eddie playfully narrowed his eyes at them.

"Of course we were," Buck replied and kissed the tip of Eddie's nose.

"Thanks for doing this, Eddie," Tommy told him and brought Eddie’s hand to his mouth, kissing his knuckles. 

Eddie chuckled and tried hard not to blush again but failed.

[buddiefanficlibrary]

a diaz never forgets

Eddie leaves the 118. Two weeks later, Buck dies in a warehouse fire while Eddie and Chris watch the news coverage. That night, Eddie goes to bed, begging the universe for a second chance.

Eddie wakes up the next morning to find out that it's the day before he starts at the 118 - August 5th, 2018.

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Buck dies and instead of letting Eddie mourn, the universe throws him three and a half years into the past to get it right this time.

LINK

[possumplagues]

As compensation for the discontinuation of I’m A Werewolf, Baby, here’s some of the non-spoiler bits I can share about my new one!

It’ll be titled “You’re A Monster (So Am I)”

It’ll be primarily Eddie’s POV!! The first chapter will be Steve’s POV as he’s turned into a wolf, and begins undergoing changes, and finally it’ll end with him post-first turn deciding to go on the run because he doesn’t trust himself around people. After that, there’ll only be very short sections from his POV until the end

Eddie’s a vampire, Steve is obviously a werewolf, Nancy is a witch, and Robin is a dryad (or, my take on a dryad)

El is also a witch, but no one knows except Hopper and Max

Besides Steddie, there will be background Elmax (maybe Elumax, we’ll see) and Ronance

Besides El, all the kids are humans and have varying beliefs on the supernatural. Dustin believes, Will is skeptical but leaning towards believing, and Mike and Lucas don’t believe in it (Max obv does since she knows about El)

Besides Steve, all supernaturals are that way from birth

Eddie mostly gets blood from hospitals and from vampire-specific programs. Very occasionally he will hunt, and will only ever hunt animals that are very sick or injured and going to die anyway. He may or may not cry a little when he has to do this. (He also does this with Robin’s help, since she can sense things in the forest)

Eddie is in fact 20, legitimately. He ages like a normal human, and is still able to die from old age or being killed in any normal human way except for poison and disease. aka his body just no longer working properly. Sunlight, crosses, running water, etc do nothing. He, like most vampires, has pretty bad insomnia

When Nancy finds out El is also a witch she 100% becomes El’s mentor

That’s most of what I can share for now! I mostly have the plot planned, so a lot of it is spoilers. But I’m excited for this!

[inawickedlittletown]

Five Clues Is All It Takes (4x14 reaction fic)

Summary: It takes only five clues for Eddie to realize something about himself. 

Notes: Obviously there be spoilers here. I keep trying to quit fic, but this finale has given me ideas. Enjoy.

Words: 847

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It was wrong, the way that Eddie’s first thought was “where is Buck?”, instead of being glad that he was alive or that a teary-eyed Ana was looking at him. Christopher was even a second thought, but mostly because Eddie could be sure that his son was safe. It was Buck who worried him seeing as the last time he saw him, Buck had been covered in blood and that he’d looked so pallid and scared. Nevermind that the blood had been Eddie’s and that Eddie was the one that had been shot. 

That should have been Eddie’s first clue. The second should have been the relief that he felt when Buck was finally there. 

The third clue came when Eddie asked Ana if it was alright if Buck was the one to bring him home. He’d seen the twitch of her eyebrows and the way her smile fell, but she couldn’t deny him. 

“I just gotta talk to him,” Eddie tried to explain. “The way he thinks he’s...that if he got hurt it wouldn’t matter. It’s not alright.” 

Ana had given him a tight smile. 

The fourth clue came when after his welcome home party, when in a moment after Abuela and Pepa had already gone home, Eddie had seen Taylor — which, why was Taylor even there? — leaning into Buck and Buck had welcomed her smaller frame against his and Eddie had wanted nothing more than to point out that he actually did own enough furniture for everyone to have their own seat. 

“You alright there, Eddie?” Buck asked.

“You’re probably due for your meds,” Ana piped in and her hand brushed against his cheek. 

Her touch was nice, gentle. Things with Ana had always been nice.  

“And since that’s probably gonna turn you loopy, it’s probably time we get out of your hair,” Buck said with a grin and he stood up which at least put some space between him and Taylor. 

There was no reason to ask Buck to stay. His things from the time he’d spent watching after Christopher had already been packed up and in the one moment where Eddie had gone into his bedroom he’d seen a bag that could only belong to Ana and he should have been excited, instead he’d mostly just hadn’t wanted to deal with it even though he knew perfectly well that he and Christopher were going to need help. 

The fifth clue happened a lot later. It happened after Eddie had finally returned to work and Chim had been teasing Buck about Taylor and something to do with redheads which Eddie didn’t understand until he remembered Abby. 

“So you’re finally admitting it then?” Eddie had asked. His words had felt heavy on his tongue. “She finally your girlfriend?” 

The color that rested on Buck’s cheeks was lively and somehow made his eyes bluer. Buck ducked his head and no matter how much Eddie wanted to urge him to deny it like he’d done all the other times Eddie had teased him, the denial didn’t come. 

Something inside Eddie twisted. His chest ached. 

After that, Eddie didn’t need any more clues. 

When he broke up with Ana a few weeks later, he ignored the glance that Carla sent his way when he told her. He didn’t give Buck an honest answer and mumbled something about things not working out. And then, he asked Hen if he could take her out for coffee. 

“Okay, Eddie, out with it,” Hen said after Eddie had brought up any other subject that might mean avoiding what he’d really wanted to talk to Hen about. 

“Alright. I just — okay, how did you know that you weren’t straight?” 

Behind her glasses, Hen’s eyes widened and she slowly put her coffee down. “It’s different for everyone. And if you’re questioning something about yourself, all I can say is that it might be worth exploring if that’s something you’re comfortable with. Eddie, where is this coming from?”

Eddie had gone into it without the intention of bringing up Buck. He’d wanted to be vague and yet the moment he looked at her and the open expression, the lack of judgement, and the concern, it all just tumbled out. 

He told her about growing up in Texas and how back then the very thought of being attracted to someone of the same sex had never been on his radar. It had never felt right, and since girls did catch his interest, Eddie just hadn’t let himself consider it. But looking back, he’d repressed it. He told her about how he had never been sure about Shannon except that then she was pregnant and his only recourse was to marry her and provide for her. He’d hastened to add that he did love Shannon, and that he had definitely been attracted to Ana. 

“What changed now?” Hen asked. 

“Buck,” Eddie answered and it was enough for Hen to understand.

“Oh,” Hen said and then didn’t seem to know what else to say which told Eddie everything. It was hopeless. He was hopeless.

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Notes: After the finale my immediate thoughts went to what if we get Eddie pining for Buck? What if we get Eddie realizing that he feels more for Buck than just plain friendship and so this came to be. 

[adamngoodbuck]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Evan “Buck” Buckley & Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Evan “Buck” Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Christopher Diaz & Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) Characters: Evan “Buck” Buckley, Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Eddie Diaz, Pre-Slash, Post-Episode: s03e15 Eddie Begins, Feelings Realization, Eddie Diaz Needs a Hug (9-1-1 TV), Or a thousand, Eddie Diaz is a Good Dad, Buck is a good friend, Angst and Feels, Angst, Emotional Eddie Diaz, emotional constipation at its FINEST Series: Part 2 of The well and beyond Summary:

Eddie doesn’t answer. He doesn’t need anything. Or maybe he needs too much. Maybe he needs so much that he’s afraid to talk, dreading that if he answers all his needs are going to come pouring out of his mouth.