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1. I would say I love you... but saying it out loud by lonely_gift

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Wayne Munson
   • Erica Sinclair
   • POV Eddie Munson
   • Stranger Things 4
   • Stranger Things 4 Spoilers
   • stranger things 4 rewrite
   • Gay Eddie Munson
   • Eddie Munson Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Eventual POV Steve Harrington
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Not a Fix-It
   • Angst with No Happy Ending
   • Swearing
   • Eddie Munson is Steve Harrington's Bisexual Awakening
   • Flirting
   • Possibly Unrequited Love
   • Battle Scenes
   • Blood and Gore
   • Lesbian Robin Buckley
   • Robin Buckley Has a Crush on Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Eddie Munson Friendship
   • Kissing

   Summary

   "Eddie wasn’t ‘out’ or anything - but he couldn’t exactly wake up each morning and tuck a black bandana into his back pocket and call himself closeted either. He operated it on a need-to-know basis, and Steve Harrington was currently _not_ on that list."

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   After spending my entire S4 re-watch over analysing every interaction Steve and Eddie have together and just wishing they could be the canon couple we deserve, I decided the sane thing to do would be an entire re-write of S4 from Eddie's POV as he slowly falls for Steve 'The Hair' Harrington.

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