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Eddie squints into the bright sunlight flooding the kitchen. He’s eating a bowl of lucky charms that taste like chemicals and fake sugar and he’s not even sure he’s going to make it to the end of the first mouthful. The texture is grainy and artificially chewy and Eddie is sure he used to like these.
Steve, the guy in Eddie’s house, sits himself opposite with neat little piles of scrambled eggs and cut fruit on his plate. He looks at Eddie, gets up again, pulls the blind just far enough that Eddie’s eyes are shaded, and then comes back to his breakfast.
“Can I get you anything?”
“You can get the fuck out of my house,” Eddie replies. But there’s no bite. No meaning. No energy. No anything behind the words. He’s so fucking tired and so done with it all.
Steve carries on like Eddie hasn’t spoken, and eats his breakfast.
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Steve feels awkward. He knows there's a device on him somewhere; Hopper had taken his phone for ten minutes, and brought it back with a different suit jacket for him to wear.
That had been at half five this morning, standing on Steve's back porch. And as he pulls into the ranch, he has the air con on full blast because fucking hell, he's sweaty when he's nervous.
Hopper had made this sound easy; the ranch is pretty safe. Only a couple of armed guards. Plus, he's Steve Harrington; you can't just disappear a guy like Steve.
Hopper had sounded so certain, the cherry of his cigarette bright in the pre-dawn mist. He'd even slapped Steve's shoulder, told him he was saving lives. Steve had felt like a fucking super hero for about twenty minutes, until reality and fucking nerves had swamped him.
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10 Jan 2026
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User Error by smugrobotics
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
07 Jan 2026
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The ritual is simple: morning skate, home for a protein shake, then Shane strips to his briefs, lies in bed, and starts scrolling.
Or, a Grindr AU
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09 Jan 2026
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Shane pictures himself briefly in stripper heels, pushing him up tall enough to sit in Ilya’s lap with room to thrust his hips, Ilya groping at his chest, blunt nails not quite enough to leave marks. His ears turn redder than they already were, if possible. Without thinking, he says:
“Fine, let’s do heels.”or
Shane gets a few dancing classes as a White Elephant gift. He learns some things about himself (and about Ilya).
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02 Jan 2026
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Weeks after Starcourt, Billy wakes up in the hospital with a new heart beating in his chest - and a sudden, crushing realization that he has to face the aftermath of what's happened.
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29 Dec 2025
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Shipwrecked in the '80s (Still Adrift in the '90s) by thisapplepielife
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Nov 2025
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In 1998, 72.5 million passengers passed through Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
One of them was Steve Harrington. In fact, a lot of them were Steve Harrington. Every Friday, just like clockwork, he strides off flight 303 from JFK to ORD, in his suit and tie, phone plastered to his ear.
Somewhere else in Chicago, Eddie Munson's life is pretty good. He lives with his best friend. He works nights at a bar he loves. No, it's not what he'd imagined his life was gonna be like at thirty-two, because Steve isn't here, and there was a time he couldn't ever imagine living his life without him.
But he has, and it's fine, everything's fine. Honest.
He's accepted it. Fortunately, the universe, and Gareth, have not.
After a chance sighting in that busy airport, Eddie has the chance to try and reconnect with Steve after nearly a decade apart.
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13 Nov 2025
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Steve pulled the flier out of his back pocket and slid it over to her. It isn’t a band that he has seen before, but he has seen all the flyers all around town lately. It had scratchy handwriting and looked like it had been photocopied one too many times, but it was for a band called Corroded Coffin. Robin read the flyer, looked at him, made a mohawk with her hand, and moved it across her head from front to back.
“Punk?”
Steve shrugged and signed “Maybe metal?”
or, the story of Steve coming to terms with his hearing loss and making an unlikely but welcome friend.
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13 Nov 2025
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Rumors of Steve’s pending engagement threaten to splinter the post-Vecna bliss with a harsh dose of reality:
1. Steve Harrington is nothing more than a bargaining chip to his parents.
2. His friends can’t relate, or worse, don’t understand.
3. The most unlikely of people can show up in your corner.- Language:
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03 Nov 2025
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Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson set out to promote Steve's new documentary film. These are those interviews.
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- Part 2 of Slither
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02 Nov 2025
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Billy was used to comments.
After all, his job was somewhat unusual, and he was not always what people expected when they heard the words “omega interior designer.”
But he was damn good at his job, with plenty of projects under his belt and a solid list of contracting contacts to carry out people’s dreams.
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05 Oct 2025
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Harry and Ron left the Aurors years ago to travel the world and make up for lost time. When they finally decide to settle roots back in England, together, building a tiny home in the Lake District by hand seems like the perfect plan. What they don't realise is that Draco Malfoy already lives on the plot of land that they choose to build on.
A story about years of feelings, about weaving lives in and around each other, and about finding a place safe enough to call home.
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30 Sep 2025
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in the heat of the summer (you know that you should be my boy) by greatunironic for Ready_Steddie_Woe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jun 2024
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THAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
okay real talk guys i’ve tuned into espn2 againTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
i was fully hoping i’d be able to catch my boy on something butTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
i just check the us swimming schedule and i don’t get to lay eyes on my beautiful husband steve harrington until june + the olympic trialsTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
which, for the record: hatecrimeTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
so instead i’ve got to content myself with (checks notes) usa cycling????????Or: Five times SNL comedian Eddie Munson was horned up on main for Olympic swimmer Steve Harrington, and the one time it was in private.
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03 Sep 2025
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“Bills, I promised you three years ago now that I’d take you home one day, I’m sorry it took me so long and I’m sorry it’s just a vacation.” Steve pauses to sniffle and dash away a few tears of his own. “I-um.”
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01 Sep 2025
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Steve Harrington doesn’t know how to love right. He knows he loves his parents, but their soul marks have turned to scars on his skin. He doesn’t know what he’s doing wrong. With some help, he figures out it's not his fault.
Inspired by a kink meme prompt where your soul mark appears when you realise you love someone.
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31 Aug 2025
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26 Aug 2025
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All the fanarts I created starting in December 2022 - recent
Ratings of the pictures can be found in the chapter titles.
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17 Aug 2025
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Phil Callahan never meant to play the role of responsible adult, but when he of all people clocks that Steve Harrington needs one, he begrudgingly steps up.
Too bad the gig comes bundled with local chaos gremlin and suspected lawn flamingo thief, Eddie Munson.
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15 Aug 2025
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“Alright kid, you know the drill. Who’re you calling?”
“Jason.”
The quiet that ensues feels unbearably heavy. ‘Why the hell did he just say that?’ is not a question he even asks himself anymore. Because, why does he always say it— he just can’t help himself.
Hopper glances at him from the rearview, only a half-second of a thing, and it’s still full of far too much fatigue. “Are you sure that’s a good idea, kid?”
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15 Aug 2025
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Eddie keeps running into Phil Callahan, and every single interaction leaves him completely thrown off. He can't say the guy exactly has it out for Steve Harrington, but sometimes it feels like it. Either way, it's totally bizarre.
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5 times Eddie has the weirdest interaction with Phil Callahan always due to Steve. And 1 time there's some context to it all.
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- Part 1 of Brother Bear
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13 Aug 2025
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it's the next best thing by theheartofthekoko for eyesofshinigami
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2024
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“What are you wearing, big boy?” Eddie asks before dissolving into peals of elated laughter, mixing perfectly with Robin’s own hiccuping giggles.
Steve straightens up. He catches sight of his own face reflected back at him from the dark windows and for the first time that night, he’s glad no one else is here. It’d be hard to explain the force of his grin and the way his cheeks have turned splotchy and pink even in the cold air.
Steve dutifully waits for a break in the laughter to answer Eddie’s question. “White sweater, green vest, blue jeans, white sneakers,” he lists out, the corners of his mouth twitching as he fights against himself to maintain that same droll tone.
“That’s so cute, baby."
OR: It starts as a joke, but Eddie just keeps calling.
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03 Aug 2025