SayItAintSo
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Someone who leaves on the light for me by sidekick_hero
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jul 2025
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“There was a fire. At the mall. I worked there? At Scoops Ahoy.”
The way he says the last part sounds strange, like it’s really important somehow that Eddie believes him.
“Okay,” he says, then adds, “Is that why you look like that?”
Eddie’s never met a fire with fists, but he wants Steve to tell him what happened—not just assume.
There’s a beat of silence, like Steve’s weighing his options, and Eddie knows a lie’s coming before Steve even opens his mouth.
“Yeah. Building caved in. We made it out—Robin and I. Paramedics checked me over and said I couldn’t drive, so I decided to walk.”
Almost ten miles, Eddie estimates. Sure. Totally normal thing to do in the middle of the night, battered and bruised, after escaping a fire.
But he’s pretty sure that’s all he’s going to get, so he settles on, “Good thing I came along, then.”
“Yeah.”
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Eddie doesn’t expect to find Steve Harrington half-dead on a dark road in the middle of the night — or to be the one he clings to after.
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“Wait,” Steve grabs Eddie's hand before he flies away. “Stay?” His eyes are worn and a hint of fear shimmers underneath.
“This is really scary,” he admits. “I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t know when I’ll suddenly disappear. Maybe I’ll just disappear for good? It’d be nice if there was someone familiar around. Plus,” Steve adds with a weary grin, “you were probably busy before I intruded.”
In 1984, Eddie finds himself in front of a rugged version of the preppy jock he’s only peripherally aware of at school. Compelled by Steve's tale of time travel, Eddie invites him to hide in his trailer until he can return to his proper place and time in 1986.
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“Hey, Eddie?”
“Yeah?”
“Truth or dare?”
Eddie raises an eyebrow at him. “Really?”
Steve shrugs, wrapping his arms around his knees, his legs crossed at the ankles. “Yeah. I mean. We were having fun before the girls ditched us.”
“Fair enough,” Eddie snorts. “Dare, obviously.”
Steve grins in a way that makes Eddie think he was hoping for that to be his answer. Like he already has a dare in mind.
Turns out, he does.
“I dare you to do a body shot off me,” Steve says, casual as ever.
or Eddie’s never done a body shot. Steve dares him to do one off him.
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Eddie Diaz told himself he didn’t care.
But his fingers tightened around the handle of his coffee mug as Tommy shifted closer, stretching an arm behind Buck’s shoulders, fingers playing absently with the hem of Buck’s shirt. It was a mindless touch, casual and easy—one that shouldn’t have bothered Eddie as much as it did.
And yet, it set something off inside him.
"Hey, Earth to Diaz," Chimney’s voice cut through his thoughts. "You good? You’ve been staring at them for, like, a full minute. Starting to think you got a crush on Tommy or something."
Eddie forced a scoff, rolling his shoulders back like the tension wasn’t crawling up his spine. "Yeah, you got me," he muttered. "Can’t resist a guy who wears cologne strong enough to set off the smoke detectors."
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“You tried to kiss me and you expect me to just forget about it?”
Buck lets out a whine and stands up to turn away from Eddie. This is a nightmare and he wishes he could just evaporate into thin air.
“It didn’t mean anything, okay?!” he says as he turns back around. “I don’t know what got into me. So, let’s please just forget this happened, Eddie.”
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Between grueling shifts at work, Buck navigating his failing relationship, Eddie dealing with his catholic guilt, ridiculous Halloween costumes, a raging sexuality crisis, and unforeseen misunderstandings; neither of them expects the disastrous call that puts both of them in a dire situation.