Something Woke Dustin In The Middle Of The Night.

Something woke Dustin in the middle of the night.

He was at Steve’s house since his mom was out of town and Steve had- because he followed Dustin’s mom’s rules to the letter- made Dustin go to bed at a reasonable hour because it was a school night.

It must have been some time because he had been asleep for long enough to have a lengthy dream about Lucas and Will dueling with swords made of dragon tails.

Dustin made his way downstairs without turning any light on to look for the source of the sound. He was familiar enough with Steve’s house to navigate it by moonlight alone.

He stopped before he made it to the kitchen.

The floor creaked underfoot and something in the kitchen crashed. “Shit!” Steve said. “Dustin?”

“Um, no?”

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Ok so like I’m exhausted- and I just really need to get this idea off my chest.

But a streamer au. Obviously modern, where Steve can’t hear anything because he accidentally dropped his hearing aids in the toilet. (Something real goofy and stupid) and he’s friends with popular streamer Dustin Henderson (who plays all sorts of games) not only is Steve friends with him but he’s friends with a few other streamers. Though they all want to include Steve in on their Minecraft server, because they know that when he has his hearing back he’ll be on there all the time talking to them. That and he also enjoys building things with Robin and just wander around the world. So they all get this server set up and start streaming. Some newer streamers join as well that Steve doesn’t know but the others know, and Steve has quickly become a fan favorite.

They are roleplaying a DnD campaign in Minecraft, when Steve’s character just pops out of no where doing the randomest things, at this point he even has lore. He’s a mute character who can only talk through messages. Everyone just loves Steve. He’s made numerous friends, and has helped build a lot of things. And no one in chat as ever seen or heard him. Though he is always in Eddie Munson’s streams constantly. Eddie is a older streamer, but wasn’t in on the fact that Steve can hear he just needs hearing aids. So when Steve explains he’s mostly deaf he just goes on about his day like normal. Though now typing book length messages to Steve. (Every streamer can see these messages, Eddie enjoys talking there so his chat can see what Steve’s saying and it’s easier to read off the same screen instead of having to constantly switch to discord) at this point Steve and Eddie are thick as thief’s.

Eddie’s the chaotic one and Steve is the tame one, and their videos together are hilarious. Though when Steve finally gets his hearing aids he’s excited to finally be able to talk to his new friend. He clicks in and joins the voice chat where you can only hear each other when you are actually close to each other in game. (Proximity) so when Eddie comes on and finds Steve he’s talking to his chat, not really caring about muting his mic because Steve can’t hear it. And he doesn’t stream.

And Steve his beaming and happy because he can finally hear Eddie’s voice. His hearing aids are a lot better then the last ones and he isn’t as muffled anymore. He stays silent, because he’s shy. And he tags along with Eddie. Who’s now changing his skin back and forth and talking to chat still. Steve hasn’t said anything. He’s waiting.

“Alright fine fine, I’ll ask Steve if he likes the maid out fit or the bunny suit.” Is heard right before aggressive typing begins.

Steve answers without thinking, and sounds really soft. “Maid Outfit.”

And his first words spoken to Eddie are maid outfit. And the timing is hilarious because he’s pretty sure Eddie has flat lined.

“Also, meant to ask why are our beds pushed together?” Steve asks.

Just I want a really cute au like this. And not weird.

Or instead of the maid outfit, chat is telling Eddie to give Steve his daily kiss. (It’s not he just moves forward and hits Steve’s Minecraft character) which has always confused steve until he hears. “Fine daily smooch for the Stevie boo” (Eddie has given him nicknames?) and just smacks Steve’s character making him loose a heart.

“Ow. That’s why you keep hitting me? For kisses? Eddie I gave you cake, we share a house together and you decided smacking my character upside the head was the equivalent to kissing? You could have just given me flowers dude!”

(Like all of the possibilities are endless)

Just… hard of hearing omega steve being sad because he’s figured that he’s never going to be able to find his soul mate because he can’t hear them laugh. In a universe where you know who your soul mate is by the sound of their laugh, the sound of their voice, etc. Any noise the person makes you’ll just know. Of course he can faintly hear his dates talking, but it’s commonly only a slight buzz. He hasn’t been able to find good hearing aids that don’t agitate his ears, and if he can’t find his soul mate then he’s going to find someone for true love. And if he wears his aids most commonly said person doesn’t put a whole lot of effort into making sure he understands them.

The problem isn’t that he can’t hear them talk. He’s okay with that. He’s used to that, he was mostly born like this and then a few to many concussions messed his hearing up more. The problem is when he makes the date laugh they make it soft. To soft for him to hear. Like they are trying to not be themselves around him. Betas are shyer then the Alphas. Which means they laugh softly, afraid to mess up the opportunity of making it with a omega. Then most of the Alphas were to busy trying to make him laugh so he doesn’t catch what they are saying. So he’s given up on the thought of mates.

Then he meets Eddie. Dustin’s DnD dm. Whatever that means. He doesn’t have his hearing aids on, knowing that the loud noise of the kids would overstimulate him. The smell of Alpha filling his nose, a scent like fresh cut wood, coffee and nutmeg. It’s a relaxing scent and he beams as he finally meets the “other guy” to Dustin. It’s no secret that Steve is a omega, everyone knows it. Though he doesn’t give a shit and will talk to every one the same. Instead of being shy or reserved with a alpha like most omegas he’s open and sincere. Part of the reason why he has so many people around him to begin with.

Dustin does something, causing Steve to retort a soft joke. Feeling the words leave his mouth, probably with a slight slur to them from not hearing them fully. Which no one cared about. Though what startled him is Eddie. Who tosses his head back and laughs. Actually laughs and it goes back to his brain. He can hear it through the buzz. Eyes wide and a soft flush to his face and just like that he knows. That this Alpha was his. Who doesn’t know it yet.

“You have a nice laugh.” He hums gently. Watching the small blush on Eddie’s face, confusion showing next. Obvious to ask how he could hear him considering he hasn’t been able to hear anything else. Steve turns his head catching something Dustin does and laughs himself. Not realizing Eddie was having the same realization as him.

What they both don’t know is that Dustin set this whole thing up.

Robin: Bet you can't eat 15 crayons!

Eddie: Bet you I can!

Steve: *sips tea, checks to make sure 911 is still on speed dial, and goes back to reading the paper*

I swear, mom, I am going to work on my WIP.

Eddie: Hunt the freak, right?

Steve: Sorry, I left my hearing aide at home. Did you say 'fuck the freak?'

Robin: *under her breath* Oh my God, you deaf slut.

Eddie: . . .Yes, yes, I did.

Steve: Can I be first in line?

Robin: 🤦‍♀️

Eddie: *slapping his thighs* I've decided that I would be much safer at Harrington's house. Let's go!

Steve: *texting Robin* Hey, I just walked into this party and someone yelled dibs lol

*meanwhile*

Eddie: *texting Robin* ROBIN HELP I FUCKED UP. SOME HOT GUY WALKED INTO THE PARTY AND I YELLED DIBS