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It's not fair, the news he was given. He'll never outrun his violent teenage years. It's getting harder and harder to find value in himself with the extensive list of health issues he's accumulating.
He's dreading telling his professional-musician-boyfriend the news, there’s no way that’s gonna go well. Part of Steve’s appeal to Eddie is that Steve has always gone to all of his shows. Even before they started dating, he’d show up to their Hideout gigs and compliment Eddie on little moments of each performance that he enjoyed. Steve’s pretty sure it’s what won Eddie over in the end.
So what’s gonna happen when the very foundation of their relationship is pulled out from under them? Will Eddie go looking for someone else to listen to music alongside? Lord knows there are plenty of men who would die to be in Steve’s shoes.
Or: Steve Harrington is avoiding telling his professional-musician-boyfriend, Eddie, that he's going deaf because he's worried about what will happen when he does.
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
11 Feb 2026
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THIS THIS THIS THIS IS SO FUCKING CUTE AND SWEET AND LIKE POOR STEVIE BUT EDDIE LIVES HIM SMA ND THE BAND TOO AND EVERYONE KNOWS HES A GODDAMN CATCH
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At the beginning of his rant, lecture, whatever, Hottie stares right at him. He has a really intense stare. Pretty brown eyes set in a prettier face with even prettier hair on top of his head. Eddie gets distracted by all that pretty and by trying to make his point.
And he doesn’t notice until halfway through that Hottie isn’t looking at him anymore. He’s looking at his friend.
Eddie looks at her, too. Looks at her confused and focused expression. Looks at her hands moving rapidly.
Oh. G-d.
Hottie’s deaf, isn’t he?
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It's the first time Corroded Coffin goes on tour, and a well-intentioned Eddie Munson puts his foot straight into his mouth when he tries to talk to a light tech. God bless the power of stupid apology songs, shared experience, and twenty four hour diners for giving him a second, better chance.
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A Deaf guy and an amputee walk into a twenty four hour diner for a combination first date and apology meal.
Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
11 Feb 2026
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THIS IS SO FUCKING CUTE OMG ITS A MEETCUTE BUT MISCOMMUNICATION AND THEN SUDDENLY THE BEST CUTEST COMMUNICATION EVER ITS SO GOOD
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I just wanna be seen (in the back of your car) by raeoccasion
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2025
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After a few months since Steve was diagnosed as hard of hearing, he’d gotten really good at lip reading. He was pretty subtle with it, so most of the time, nobody even noticed. He’d memorized the speech patterns of the people he was closest to, and could usually tell what they were saying even from far away. Except for one person. Eddie.
Eddie was theatrical and frantic in his speech. He talked fast. He had a habit of pulling his hair in front of his face and partially covering his mouth when he was anxious or excited. It was infuriating, and intriguing at the same time. Steve would glance down at Eddie’s lips frequently whenever they were talking. Sometimes, he’d just look from afar, studying how Eddie’s mouth moved when he talked. He wanted to figure it out. He had to. Even if it meant his eyes were always on Eddie even in group settings. If he couldn’t look away when Eddie smiled, watching how his eyes lit up and how the corners of his mouth always scrunched up in the same familiar pattern, It wasn’t his fault, was it? It was definitely only because he was determined to learn to read Eddie’s lips.
Nothing else. That was it.
..Right?Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
10 Feb 2026
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This is so interesting I love stories where Steve’s series of concussions actually effect him and it’s STEDDIE so all around this is gonna b peak if it ever goes more then 1 chapterrr
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After their ship was raided, Lieutenant Steve Harrington tries to protect the kids against pirate captain Eddie Munson. After rescuing the kids, Pirate captain Eddie Munson tried keeping the kids away from their abuser, Lieutenant Steve Harrington. Misunderstandings occur. This is heavily inspired by St. Elmo's Fire by finx although that hasn't been updated in 3 years. So I don't know if they mind (You can always ask me to take this down.) https://archiveofourown.org/works/44633647
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10 Feb 2026
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Ch 4 STEVE ANGST STEVE ANGST MAMA BEAR STEVE GOING THROUGH SOME TRULY TORTUROUS SHIT FOR HIS KIDDIE AND EDDIE BEING A DUMBASS DRAWING DUMBASS CONCLUSIONS
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Eddie imagines that Steve Harrington probably thinks that he is real hot shit. On top of being a rich prom king, he is also an eroptomancer. A love seer. A soulseer, some people call them – someone able to see the weird magic that connects people in a predestined shit storm of a craps game. He probably thinks he’s real goddamn special. One in a million special.
It’s actually closer to one in five million, but who’s counting?
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
10 Feb 2026
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HOLY SHITBALLS THIS IS INSANE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL THIS IS SO UNIQUE AND SOMEHOW EVERYTHING I WAS LOOKING FOR, THE ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS SOULMATE AU MY HEART CRAVES AND THE WRITING MY BRAIN CRAVES AND THE PLOT MY SOULD CRAVES ITS LITERALLY EVERYTHING
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It's the summer of 1985, and Eddie Munson has gotten the perfect job at Starcourt Mall, the record store is his new favorite place. The only problem that comes with the job is the view, Scoops Ahoy. It's not the ice cream place itself that gets on his nerves, it's who works there that annoys him. Steve Harrington, also known as the former king of Hawkins of High. He could just not go in, but the ice cream is very good, and something about the place makes it very easy to write a song, so he deals with the infuriating presence. What he doesn’t know is that they are both slowly falling for each other.
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Title from ice cream man by Van HalenBookmarked by ImNotOkay
09 Feb 2026
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Ch 8 STEDDIE OMG I LOVE ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS I LOVE STEVE SPEEDRUNNING HIS INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA AND I LOVE EDDIE CALLING STEVE PRINCESS THIS IS THE SHIT I NEEEEDDDD MORE I NEED THE DATE-NOT-DATE
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“I freakin’ hate Christmas,” Steve admitted one night. “Honestly, this shitty job beats my parents’ soirees.”
“I feel ya,” sighed Eddie, and he almost added, 'I do kinda enjoy dressing up as a nerdy elf with you.' Instead, he glanced sidelong at Steve, who glanced sidelong at Eddie. Eddie swore the milkyway glittered across Steve’s pretty eyes as he sucked that brightly glossed lower lip.
Eddie needed to suck it so bad.
Or, Steve and Eddie are thrown together working as Santa’s helpers in the Starcourt Christmas Grotto. No Upside Down AU. For @steddieholidaydrabbles day 1 prompt, Jingle Bells. I am not a particular fan of Xmas, so apologies if that's you too and it's come too early, but I do adore holiday drabble season!
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- Part 98 of Hard to Hate (aka Steve whump fic thread!)
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He’s been the driver, the wallet, the shield, the joke they all laughed at.
He’s carried their wounds, their secrets, their lives on his back for years, asking nothing in return but the chance to keep standing.
But even the strongest shoulders have a breaking point.
When Steve Harrington walks away from one last careless night, no one follows.
By the time they notice he’s gone, it may already be too late to ask the question none of them ever thought to voice:
How much is enough… before a person finally decides he’s given all he has?Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
08 Feb 2026
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Ch 5 OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS KINDA CRAZY AND I NEED TO KNOW WHERE ITS GONNA GO
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It's 2006. Tommy and Carol are happy, having made their life together far from Hawkins, when they receive a letter.
Steve Harrington is getting married.
To Eddie Munson.
They haven't seen him in more than twenty years. They ended their friendship on a terrible note.
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
08 Feb 2026
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This is so cute and the boys are married here!!! Plus who doesn’t love an outsider POV
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Soulmate au where you can hear what the other person is thinking about you.
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Eddie loves having a soulmate. Steve is... conflicted. Until he figures out who his is, then he's fully on board.
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Fresh-out-of-beauty-school Steve gets hired at the last minute to replace famous rockstar Eddie Munson’s usual hairdresser for his tour.
It goes about as well as you’d expect.
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- Part 12 of steddie social media fics/ficlets
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
07 Feb 2026
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cuteeeee I love omega Steve our boy is so stressed
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There are worse ways to discover you have a soulmate, probably.
Steve can’t think of any, but there are.
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The “soulmates share pain” AU where the bond kicks into action and the only thing Steve can think is: that’s what bats feel like. And he knows exactly what that means.
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
08 Feb 2026
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE THESE KINDA STORIES IDEK HOW TO DESCRIBE THEM BUT THERES JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE WRITING CADENCE HERE THAT FEELS FAMILIAR BUT WHATEVER THIS SHIT IS SO FIRE
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Promises Oceans Deep (But Never to Keep) by Elizbethan_Witch
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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“Eddie Munson, did you go to school with him?”
Steve had to take a moment to breathe because yeah he did go to school with Eddie, in fact Eddie was the other contributor of his children’s dna. Children he didn’t know about because he just disappeared one day. And now he was going to be talking to their class. Steve was so screwed.
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07 Feb 2026
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Ch 3 MAMA STEVE IS REAL EDDIE NEEDS TO GET HIS SHIT TOGETHER AND QUICK
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As the crown prince, Eddie has everything, a loving father, a band full of idiots, public popularity, but the one thing he wants the most, is the one person he cannot find. Steve Harrington's name appeared on his right wrist when he was five years old, but all his father's horses and all his father's men could not find this boy. This soul-mate.
Steve Henderson, has been hiding since he was a baby. The ever present bracelet wrapped tightly around his right wrist protecting him, protecting his little brother, Dustin. Steve struggles with raising his little brother and running his late mother's bakery, the bracelet and the secret getting heavier with each passing day.
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07 Feb 2026
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SOULMATE ROYALTY MODERN DAY BAKERY MEETCUTE AU ITS LIKE SO MANY THINGS BUT IT FUCKING WORKS
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[podfic] steve’s secret munson mixtape by BeaKindRewind for everythingwasragtime
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2026
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Steve could play it cool during his shifts and hell, he'd even manage to distract himself whenever him and Robin were frolicking around town, getting Slurpees and talking about her love life. When he was alone was where the trouble started. He would hang his keys up on the hook next to the front door and the silence would immediately bombard him with echoes of "don't ya, big boy?", the very words that made his brain short circuit.
(In which Steve Harrington unknowingly begins to make a mixtape for whenever he finds himself thinking about a certain metalhead)
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The woman laughed quietly to herself and shook her head, before saying, “Thank you,” as she took the tape and turned to leave. He made his way quickly through checking movies out to the three people who’d been behind her in line, grateful for the distraction. But the second there was no longer a line, there was the damned thought again. The pants. Well, it wasn’t really all about the pants. It was about Munson, and what little- well, no, and that was part of it, he thought– he left to the imagination with the pants.
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Steve Harrington's Greatest Hits in Falsetto by thistledome
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Oct 2022
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Five times Eddie hears the song his soulmate has stuck in their head and one time he plays a song (or a bunch of them, loudly) for his soulmate instead.
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
06 Feb 2026
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LOL NO MUSIC SNOB EDDIE HES SO SILLY AND SO VERY SMITTEN
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“Eddie fully understands that he just found his soulmate and the only reason he is so composed is that he's had thirty years of life to practice staying collected.”
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Eddie’s a cynical alpha who doesn’t believe in soulmates until he runs into his at the coffee shop in the town he just moved to.
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“I’m really scared my soulmate isn't going to want me,” Steve said and it was like showing Robin his soulmark all over again. That same rush of adrenaline and feeling like he was going to throw up, but maybe also like he was flying.
“What? Why?” Eddie said, sitting up halfway to look at him.
“Cause I’m a really shitty guy. Even Nancy said so and she’s like the smartest person I know,” Steve mumbled, his eyes meeting Eddie’s dark ones. They were all crinkled up with confusion.
“You’re not a shitty person, Steve. At least, you’re not now,” he said and flopped back down next to him.
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Bookmarked by ImNotOkay
05 Feb 2026
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Hehehe my boys r both a little cowardly but tbh I would b too lolol this is adorable
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Eddie's soulmate was quiet. No lullabies, no radio, no records. It broke Eddie's heart a little, because either his soulmate hated music, or they didn't have access to it and he couldn't figure out which was worse. Then something changed.
Steve's soulmate was noisy. It wasn't something he was used to at all, in fact, he remembered hating it as a kid. Then something changed.
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Eddie and Steve are soulmates, the question is, how long will it take them to figure it out?