20 Bookmarked Items in STRANGER THINGS

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    In 1986, Vecna wins, turning Hawkins into a dystopian nightmare. Six months later, Steve―a hardened alpha―is sent by some primordial being back to the past. October 1983, to be exact: a time before Will went missing, before Barb was killed, before Nancy broke up with him…before he even presented as an alpha.

    At first he’s thrilled at this new chance to change the future, but soon he realizes that it’s a lot tougher than he expected. Altering the past comes with unexpected consequences, and soon Steve finds himself holding on for dear life as things get more and more out of control.

    In the middle of all of this, one question keeps nagging at his brain: why is Eddie Munson acting so weird?

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    It was 2023 in boring Hawkins, Indiana, and Steve Harrington didn't know what he was doing with his life. Home from college with a barely passing GPA, recently dumped, and drunkenly careening down a dark country road to the tune of his own misery, Steve was aware that he might be depressed. Therapy would've been the sane solution. But before he could turn around and make that choice, a glowing red hole cracked open in the middle of the road, and he was sent flying through time and space.

    It was also 1985 in boring Hawkins, Indiana, and Eddie Munson had a five step plan on how to fix his life. First, graduate high school. Second, provide a kickass D&D campaign for the nosy little freshman that joined Hellfire. And finally, write more music and go on tour with his band. Okay, three step plan. Absolutely nothing about his plan-in-progress included stumbling across the hottest man he'd ever seen stranded on the side of the road. Or the glowing red portal to hell parked next to him.

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    “Come to ask for an autograph?” Eddie asked.

    “Was it an original?”

    “You don’t recognize Sabbath? Black Sabbath? Ozzy Osbourne?”

    Altar boy tilted his head to one side like a confused puppy.

    “That’s devastating, altar boy.”

    “Steve.”

    “Huh?”

    “My name’s Steve, incase you feel like serenading some more, and, uh, I’m not an altar boy.”

    “No?” Eddie’s eyes flicked over him. “You look like one.”

    “I’m surprised you’d know, I doubt you’ve ever stepped foot inside a church.”

    “And what? You’re gonna change that for me?”

    Steve let out an amused exhale. “I suppose no one’s past saving, but you might be a close call.”

    “Lucky for you, I didn’t ask for saving. Long live the devil, baby.”

     

    Busker Eddie Munson meets his match in doomsday crier Steve Harrington occupying opposite sides of the street in 1986 Indianapolis.

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    When Eddie’s bassist breaks his wrist right before Corroded Coffin’s first big tour he’s forced to turn to desperate measures. Namely: hiring Steve Harrington, a former industry golden boy who’s since fallen from grace, stopped recording, and vanished from the limelight entirely. Eddie’s never met Steve, but he knows he’ll hate him. He’s heard all the rumors about the guy. He knows Steve’s type — preppy, arrogant, nepo-baby asshole.

    Doesn't he?

    OR: The not-quite-famous-yet rock-tour enemies-to-lovers AU no one asked for.

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    "I just want him to know how I feel--and not be freaked out or anything. I don't need him to feel the same, I just want him to understand."

     

    In which Eddie accidentally makes a deal with a devil, and Steve's bisexual awakening takes him by force

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    On a bet with Gareth, Eddie sets out to prove that Straight Boy Steve is actually a pretty bang-up guy by worming his way in close enough to ask him out on a date.

    Gareth bets that Eddie's gonna end up with a shiner. Eddie bets that Steve'll let him down easy, like a gentleman.

    Neither of them bets that Steve has been taking all of Eddie's flirting seriously, and is planning to ask Eddie out first. It’s gonna get worse before it gets better.

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    Featuring favorites like… Steve’s family being lovey and protective, Steve heartbroken but trying to take care of himself this time, and a redemption arc for our favorite metalhead that involves cooking classes and falling in love with the babysitter really fucking hard.

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    COMPLETE!

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    At some point in everyone's life we are all faced with the same kind of question, What is the defining moment of your life? What happened to make you, you?

    For Eddie Munson, he's had the answer since he was eight years old, fully aware of the precise moment his life changed forever, or really, when his life started.

    December 24th, 1973.

    The day he became we. The day he met the center of his universe.

    Everything starts with Steve Harrington.

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    Thank you.’ Eddie lays his hand on the back of Steve’s exposed neck, right below his hairline. His skin is cool, it’s soothing.

    Something kind of unlocks in Steve’s middle.

    Like a bad bone cracking in half.

    Like a rotted dam giving way to the weight of the water.

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    And as Steve drives home, he knows what he should be thinking. He should be so proud of himself for having this breakthrough. He should be wildly excited that he had a productive conversation with the opposite sex - or anybody, for that matter. He should be patting himself on the back on the prospects of being Just Friends with Nancy Wheeler instead of gaining another number to his dumb body count list. He should be reveling in the news that he is capable of change. But Steve’s not thinking about any of those really wonderful things. He’s only thinking about one thing:

    ‘Nancy’s little bother called me douchey-looking-hair-guy, and I cannot wait to tell Eddie Munson.’
     
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    What if Steve Harrington had found himself in detention with Eddie Munson on the day he was supposed to take Nancy Wheeler on their first date? How drastically different would his life be?

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    Eddie Munson was practically raised by the concept of harsh realities, and he’s learned not to want things that he’ll never have, which isn’t as much as a bummer as it could be, because making the most out of what you’ve got is just as good.

    Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a casual flirt and a serial dater, has a bad habit of falling hard and fast and never really recovering. Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a bit oblivious, and a ladies man, figured some stuff out about himself four years ago and promptly squashed all those feelings into a box he never intended to see the light of day.

    In which Will coming out forces Steve to be open about some things (because Steve’s issues will always take a backseat to making sure the kids feel safe). And Steve doesn’t mean for Eddie to find out, but he does, and it turns into a bonding experience. (And it’s the best and the worst, because having him as a friend is more than Steve ever could’ve hoped for, but it also feels a little like dying.)

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    Steve Harrington’s kids want to actually date but Steve is an overprotective mama bear. So they obviously decide to get him a girlfriend to distract him. The one problem? Steve has dated pretty much every girl his age. Lucky for them, Eddie Munson is bored, broke, and curious.

    Meanwhile, Robin Buckley is having a bit of a crisis after catching feelings for her new lab partner and best friend's Ex, Nancy Wheeler.

    Fruity Four Fic that is loosely based on, “10 Things I Hate About You”

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    This is the A/B/O teen drama movie you’ve always wanted to read. You know your favorite cheesy/angsty/emotional flick that you still put on regularly, knowing exactly how it will end? Yeah, it’s that. There’s hormones, hijinks, and Harrington. What more can I offer you?

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    It'd been 5 years, for fucks sake.

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    Steve Harrington knew a lot of things. He knew how to style his hair, how to move the strands into place.

    He knew how to swing a bat.

    He knew how to spit out words and make them hurt.

    He knew how to love fiercely.

    But for the life of him, he couldn’t figure out Eddie Munson.

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    It's been three weeks. Everybody in Hawkins is coping in their own way and Steve Harrington is no exception. But coping might not be the word that describes what he is doing.

    "Steve, do you believe in ghosts?"

    Based on my own ghost!au fanart on tiktok

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    Steve pushed away the guilt, the feeling of unease, and kept digging.

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    Vecna is dead. The Upside Down is cut off from Hawkins yet again. Steve is trying to go back to normal, whatever that is. He's also trying to figure out exactly how Eddie Munson has managed to fit so easily into his life.

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    He gets the call and everything is slow motion. He’s barely able to understand what’s happening. The words are mumbled in his brain, he picks them apart like he’s sifting for a needle in a haystack. Claudia Henderson was found dead. Her son is waiting at the police station.

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    Steve becomes Dustin's legal guardian after his mom's death. He's figuring it out along the way with the help of a certain curly-haired metal-head he can't seem to get out of his head.

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