14 Works by strangethetimes
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It's been six months since everything with Vecna went down, and against all odds, Eddie survived. Sure, he has some permanent reminders of the battle, but he's alive. That's all that matters, right?
The problem is, Eddie isn’t himself anymore. He’s depressed and jumpy, he’s withdrawn and tired all the time. Everyone (including himself) just figured that it’d take some time for him to bounce back, but now it’s worse than ever.
Unbeknownst to him, his uncle teamed up with none other than Steve Harrington to help get him back on his feet. The plan? Get Eddie a dog, of course.
AKA: Eddie adopts a dog, gets his groove back, and falls in love.
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“He couldn’t deny the resemblance either. Not in the shape of her nose or her mouth just yet — she actually looked a bit like a wrinkly alien at the moment — but she favored him in other ways. She had his dark hair and two little moles on her left cheekbone and a bit under her right eye. The most damning of evidence.”
AKA: Someone leaves a baby on Steve’s doorstep. -
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When a string of homicides once again begins in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, FBI-agent-in-training Steve Harrington is sent to interview the man who inspired them — infamous serial killer Eddie Munson.
But, the more that Steve talks to Eddie, and the more clues that emerge, he starts to wonder if the police got the right guy…or if they put an innocent man in jail.AKA: a Silence of the Lambs AU (sort of)
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"It was comforting, in a way. Besides the simple act of curling up in a nest of blankets and pillows in his bed, it was kind of like being on a video chat with a friend."
AKA: the streamer!Eddie AU
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in which Eddie's dad gets out of prison and Steve is there in the aftermath.
AKA: the Steddie version of this scene from Shameless.
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in which Steve is the new lighthouse keeper for a small archipelago and Eddie is the siren that lurks in its waters.
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in which Wayne and Benny’s relationship comes to a tragic end.
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in the heat of the summer (you're so different from the rest) by strangethetimes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Mar 2025
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Around the third time the trailer got vandalized, Eddie had something of a meltdown. Over a year had gone by since his name was cleared, but the people of Hawkins still hated him and the thought of leaving was just that. A thought. It was getting to be a bit too much — suffocating, actually — and he told Steve that he had to escape. Even if only temporarily.
And that was the thing about Steve, he made things happen. More than that, he had a good track record for blowing Eddie’s expectations out of the water. He snagged the key to his family’s lake house in upstate Michigan and told Eddie that it was theirs for all of August.
It probably wasn’t the smartest thing to agree to. Spending an entire month with the guy he had a huge crush on? In a beautiful waterfront cottage, no less? It was a recipe for disaster as much as it was an alluring siren’s song, but Eddie wasn’t really known for his sense of self-preservation.
So, for the next four weeks, he had to try and keep his wayward heart on a tight leash (or risk ruining his friendship with Steve forever). But, through bonfires and bed sharing, through county fairs and karaoke, through sunbathing and skinny dipping, it wasn’t going to be easy.
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in which Steve's mom is there in the aftermath of the earthquake
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in which Eddie is on the cross country team and Steve is the Freak
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time makes you bolder (even children get older) by strangethetimes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2023
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Steve left Hawkins with Eddie a few months after they survived Vecna and his mother has been searching for him ever since.
AKA: Steve's mother has seen the error of her ways and gives Steve the apology he deserves.
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Six years later, Steve and Eddie are still together.
AKA: a sequel to i can always be found
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“Whatever the reason, he liked brown eyes, and his brain registered the fact that Eddie’s were no exception. Even then, eyelids heavy and dark circles beneath his waterline, they were nothing short of gorgeous. But, again, it was passive. It didn’t linger, didn’t present itself as some grand epiphany, it was just there for a few moments and then it was gone.
Except it wasn’t, not really, because Steve kept noticing it.”AKA: all the little ways that Steve Harrington fell in love with Eddie Munson before he finally caught on.
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"He's never understood the ‘struck by lightning’ cliché before, but he thinks he’s starting to get it. He’s zeroed in on Eddie, like they’re the only two people in the world, and if anybody were paying attention to him, they would see the adoration in his eyes clear as day. He wants to kiss him. He wants it convey somehow that, for most of his life, he hasn’t had a goddamn clue about what he wanted, but that he knows now, and what he wants is Eddie."
AKA: Steve has felt lost for most of his life, but the cute guy next door might just be what he’s looking for.
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