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  1. Rec 68

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    July, 1985. It goes like this: A guy with a black eye walks into a gay bar. Eddie Munson happens to see him.

    Or: Hurt/comfort, post-Battle of Starcourt.

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    07 Apr 2026

  2. Rec 64

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    It took Steve way, way too long to notice that since he'd come back from the Upside Down Eddie was always, always fully covered by his clothes.

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    Something's wrong with Eddie. Steve just wants to help.

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    13 Mar 2026

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    "Ugh, Harrington, you’re really… You’re so horribly straight, aren’t you."

    "What’s that supposed to mean?!"

    "It means…" Eddie drops his hands and takes a deep breath and when he looks at Steve his face looks… different. None of that usual Eddie attitude. In a voice much softer, eyes cast low, he says, "It means, when a guy tells another guy that they’re gay, it’s often because… Jesus fucking Christ." He sighs, rubs his hand over his jeans, swallows. "I’m into you. That’s all."

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    It's the summer after Vecna, everyone is figuring their shit out, and Steve learns that Eddie Munson is apparently into him.

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    12 Mar 2026

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    “I think I’m stuck.”

    Eddie laid his hand over the strings of his guitar to stop the cord, leaning over the edge of the bed to look down at him.

    “Metaphorically,” Steve clarified.

    “I’m gonna need a little more than that, baby.”

    Steve sighed, leaning back against the edge of the bed. “I don’t want to work minimum wage or climb the corporate ladder or whatever, I want… I want something that makes me feel the way you do when you’re on stage. I want to feel like it means something that I’m still kicking.”

    “What do you want to do?”

    “You’re gonna laugh.”

    “You planning on becoming a comedian?”

    “Eds.”

    “Stevie.”

     

    Soulmate AU where soulmarks don't turn until the person actually loves you, rather than upon meeting. Unturned marks are just ink until the person who loves you touches them and turns them into bright, colorful tattoos. Or a character study on Steve, the people he loves, and the people who love him.

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    30 Jan 2026

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    Steve is starting to feel like his life is just one disaster after another. He didn't mean to make friends with Eddie Munson along the way, but for some reason he's always there, and if anyone knows how to get up again after being knocked down then it's him.

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    28 Jan 2026

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