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Some near forty years after saying good-bye to the only man he’s ever loved, Steve’s still in Hawkins, still working behind a counter when Eddie walks through the door. Both men a distant memory to each other, Eddie is separated from Steve by not only time, but the stories Steve tells himself about the lives they’ve each lead.
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the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jul 2022
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Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.
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It was easy, letting go. At least, that’s what Eddie told himself as he watched Hawkins fade to a tiny smudge on the horizon, his whole life packed into the van and Wayne’s old truck as they fled the Indiana tree line for the high mountain valleys of Idaho. Amidst the hot, dry air and sweet sagebrush, Eddie’s mind wandered, crawling back night after night under a blanket of stars to the golden boy he left behind and the chasm in his chest that used to house his heart — whistling and waiting, a near eternal ache.
Home came together slowly, and then all at once when Steve Harrington showed up on his doorstep a year later — haggard and worn, searching for something among the wildflowers.
A tale of death, birth, and the promise of green.
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A collection of letters from Steve to Eddie in the years after Eddie leaves Hawkins—and Steve doesn’t.
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He gets back just in time for the pizza he ordered to arrive, and enters the apartment feeling kind of like he’s bringing Robin a peace offering.
Hey, Robin! Here’s a pizza. Also, I’m a man now.
(Or, Steve comes to terms with his gender with the help of his friends. He may or may not fall in love along the way.)
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Eddie had started walking to Robin’s house in the mornings to hitch a ride when Steve took her to school on his way to Family Video. It was a neat little route from Steve’s place to Robin’s to the high school to the store, and Robin lived halfway between Eddie’s place and the school, so the ride cut his journey in half. Steve wanted to offer to pick Eddie up from his place but, unlike the rest of the carpool arrangement, it didn’t make sense, spatially, and Eddie said he didn’t mind the walk, and Steve was too embarrassed to insist.
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- Part 1 of 1986 was the year of the Fire Tiger