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domestic steddie who agreed to not adopt a pet because they’re just KIDS!! how are they supposed to take care of another living being? (minus the actual kids they take care of every other day bc dustin is at their place like every day)

but then eddie is on his way home from corroded coffin practice and hears a tiny meow from a bush, so obviously he goes to investigate

he finds the tiniest kitten with scars on its abdomen (just like he and steve have from the demobats) and cries at the thought of leaving here there

steve rolls his eyes when eddie walks in with the kitten but immediately melts when he sees her and the way eddie holds her ever so gently, making sure not to hurt her more than she already is

they name her marshmallow

this was supposed to be a super short draft but i got carried away and now it’s 2k words and cross posted on ao3

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au where vecna didn’t happen and steve and eddie became buddies purely through association with dustin

eventually steve has enough of the kids™️ always talking about dnd without knowing what’s going on, so he joins them just to watch. eddie doesn’t like gawkers at his dnd sessions so he invites steve to hang after the session to come up with a character so he can join the next session and steve happily(?) obliges

he feels weird about steve the hair harrington being in his trailer at night but hey if dustin likes this guy then he must be at least a little bit cool

one night they get together to work on steve’s character and decide to have a few beers. those turn into a lot of beers and before he knows it, steve is passed out on the couch in the trailer, spilling the rest of his beer over his shirt in the process. eddie is asleep right next to him, their legs tangled together

they wake up the next morning to eddie’s alarms, he actually makes an effort to get to school on time now. this is his year after all! both boys jump at the sound of the alarm clock and steve scrambles to grab his stuff, noticing how sticky and gross his shirt is from the beer he spilled

eddie offers him one of his shirts, goes to look for a clean one (he hasn’t done laundry in a while, don’t tell his uncle) and the only clean shirt he finds is one of his 3 hellfire club shirts. because of course he has 3 of those. he throws steve the shirt and picks a semi-clean one off the floor for himself.

steve pulls off his sticky shirt and goes to put on the hellfire club shirt “thanks…does that mean i’m officially in the club?”

eddie’s breath hitches in his throat, as THE steve Harrington is shirtless in his trailer. he’s seen him shirtless before (steve used to love pulling off his shirts after winning games) but never this close up, and he doesn’t know why his stomach feels like that right now. all crazy and excited. oh no, he can’t even reply to steve’s dumb question so he just shrugs and turns away, before changing his own shirt

they take steve’s car to school, eddie doesn’t know how he’s gonna get back home later but that’s not a problem for right now. people very obviously stare at him when he gets out of steve’s car. Harrington and then freak hung out? no one wants to believe it. and then steve steps out of the car. the flannel he’s wearing unbuttoned. showing off the hellfire club shirt that’s obviously not his size. it’s just a little too small for him

people start whispering right away, coming up with all sorts of wild theories because no one wants to believe those two could be friends

they part ways to get to their respective classes, but when steve sits down at the hellfire table at lunch, the whole cafeteria goes silent. no one dares to say anything, not even eddie who usually can’t shut up. steve doesn’t seem to notice though, he sat right next to eddie and after eating a few bites, turns to him and starts talking about his dnd character creation again

this continues for a few weeks. they hang out after school to teach steve dnd, get drinks together sometimes, steve actually starts coming to hellfire weekly and joins the campaign, although not without protest from mike, which is promptly shut down by eddie and will

Eddie’s hellfire club shirt is still sitting in steve’s closet. he wore it a few more times since he got it from eddie. doesn’t mind that it doesn’t really fit him. slowly he notices how nervous he gets around eddie, when he tells robin she slaps the back of his head and calls him an idiot, she was probably the first one to notice the massive crushes the two guys have on each other. but steve refuses to admit it. he can’t.

once wayne comes back from his business trip, they start hanging out at steve’s house instead. they sit in steve’s room just chatting. about movies, dnd, school.. anything really. they both enjoy how comfortable they are in each other’s presence, but neither of them has the balls to admit it. one thing leads to another and eddie decides to sleep over at steve’s house. steve tells him to grab anything from his closet as pajamas if he wants to.

he doesn’t know what he expected to find in steve’s closet, but it sure wasn’t a bunch of shirts just shoved in there and then… the hellfire club shirt, folded carefully and placed on the top shelf. his hellfire club shirt. he should probably take that back and get steve his own shirt that actually fits. but he can’t bring himself to take it. he’s seen steve’s face when he wears it to school. so he just picks a random shirt from the messy pile on the middle shelf

the shirt is too big on him when he puts it on. not awkwardly big, just a little oversized. he doesn’t mind. he also doesn’t mind the way the heat creeps up his neck when he notices steve’s scent on the shirt. at this point he’s admitted his crush on steve to wayne , who encouraged him to go for it. wayne has seen the way the two boys look at each other when the other isn’t looking. he’s not stupid. but eddie is afraid, doesn’t know how to even start a conversation like that or if steve will hate him and kick him out and never speak to him again. he doesn’t want to ruin the friendship they have formed

steve’s bed is huge, his couch isn’t. so they decide to just share the bed. eddie gets his own blanket and pillow and they build a small wall of pillows between them, neither of them know why they did that but they just did. as they both lay there, staring at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep, eddie says something. so quietly that steve can hardly make it out.

“i’m gay”

steve thinks he must be imagining it, his half asleep brain conjuring up wild dreams of his crush also being into men, “cool. me too”

Eddie freezes. did steve just say he’s gay too? his heart is racing in his chest and he doesn’t dare to move a muscle, scared that he’s asleep and if he moves he’ll wake up. but both boys are awake and just admitted their biggest secrets to each other. steve slowly turns to eddie, they didn’t put a pillow up between their heads, and looks at him. “did you just say something or did i dream that?”

eddie still doesn’t dare to move, he breathes out a quiet “yeah” and closes his eyes tightly, scared steve will kick him out now. but steve turns back, looks up at the ceiling again “cool cool…”

neither of them speak about this conversation after that moment. eddie stops asking steve to hang out after school, says something about having to help wayne with some work.

the next hellfire meeting is weirdly awkward. everyone in the room can tell but no one knows why.

eddie doesn’t even know why he’s avoiding steve. maybe because he doesn’t want the chance of rejection by his crush feel real. maybe he’s avoiding confronting his feelings about steve.

after their dnd session steve drives the kids home, he offers to take eddie back home too and the other boy shyly accepts. steve drops the kids off first. the trailer park is closer to his house so this makes the most sense. when it’s just the two of them in the car, an awkward silence settles in. neither of them dare to speak, until steve parks infront of eddie’s trailer. they can see the lights on inside, wayne is home. but eddie doesn’t leave the car. he sits in silence and stares out the window.

“i’m gay” he says, playing with his rings, “i just..: want you to know in case you wanna like… stop being friends”

steve nods, “i know… i heard you when you slept over. and it’d be kinda weird for me to be homophobic, considering i’m like.. super gay too. i didn’t really know until recently though. robin helped me figure that out, i guess that’s why i never really dated a girl for more than a week. well except nancy. but now nancy is like family so maybe that’s weird too” he keeps rambling on, until he hears eddie chuckle. he hasn’t heard that sound in too long, and only now realizes how much he missed it. eddie invites him into the trailer, they watch a shitty movie together and have a beer. at the end of the night steve goes home.

they go kind of back to normal after that. except for one thing. there’s so much tension between them. they still hang out and drink, just like before. but now they both know. the chance of something happening between them isn’t zero. even robin notices when eddie comes to pick up steve from family video one night.

it takes them a few more weeks to address the tension. they’re sat on eddie’s couch, closer than they used to sit, their legs barely touching, each with a beer in their hands, when steve turns to eddie. he didn’t expect the following words to come out his mouth but they do, with no warning and no filter.

“i like you. kiss me”

and eddie stares at him, jaw almost hitting the floor. he slowly puts his beer down on the coffee table, steve copies him. both still staring at each other. “what are you saying harrington?” eddie leans in close. very close. steve can smell the beer on his breath but he doesn’t back off. he leans in closer, looking eddie in the eyes.

“i like you. kiss me” he repeats, still staring.

and so eddie does. he gently places his hand on steve’s cheek, pulling him closer before connecting their lips. steve kisses back with no hesitation, his arms finding their way around eddies neck to pull him closer, if they could they would fuse together into one being, that’s how close they are now.

eddie uses his free hand to hold steve’s hip, gently pulling him onto his lap, where steve’s legs instinctively wraps around eddie.

they don’t take it any further. they just sit like this and kiss for a good 20 minutes, only pulling away a few seconds at a time to catch their breaths, before diving right back. Once eddie finally pulls away and looks at steve, he sees how red the other’s lips are, his face is flushed, hair messy and he’s staring right back at him. they sit like this and just stare at each other for another 5 minutes before eddie speaks up.

“so this is how king steve kisses? i get all those girls now” steve chuckles and lighty hits his shoulder, before burying his face in the crook of eddie’s neck. eventually they fall asleep like this, without speaking another word.

eddie wakes up first the next morning, he carefully lifts steve off himself and gets up, trying to throw together something that resembles breakfast with the limited supplies the tiny kitchen has. he finally find some probably stale cereal and prepares 2 bowls for them, turning around to the couch, where he sees steve. He’s now awake and carefully watching eddie, biting his lips and fiddling with his hands.

“Mornin’ Big boy” eddie smirks and hands steve the bowl, sitting back down next to him.

they sit and eat in silence for a while, spoons clinking against the bowls. eventually steve looks at eddie, the same adoring look in his eyes as he had the night before. and then steve takes all the courage he has and kisses eddie again and within moments they’re entangled, the same was as the first time they kissed.

they spend the rest of the day together. between kissing and whispering sweet nonsense to each other, they figure out that they’ve been crushing on each other for months now. since before steve came to watch hellfire. steve has been crushing on eddie since the day he snuck into a bar and happened to catch a corroded coffin set. eddie has been crushing on steve since steve nonchalantly picked up a pen for him in the hallway 2 years ago.

it still takes them a few days to officially start dating but when they do, they don’t hide it. they don’t openly tell anyone, except their friends and uncle wayne. but they also don’t shy away from hanging out in the school courtyard, at family video every day and wherever else they manage to find time together

before they start dating steve already calls eddie short stuff (the same way eddie calls him big boy) but one time he slips up and calls him hot stuff instead. eddie won’t let him live it down until their wedding day

robin teaches steve how to braid hair so he can impress eddie by braiding his. eventually he just starts doing it secretly when eddie passes out on the couch while they cuddle, bc he thinks eddie looks extra adorable with braided hair

Eddie: Do you have any kinks?

Steve: Peace and quiet

modern day steddie who are really into kpop, eddie fell victim to the pop-punk to kpop streamline and steve started being obsessed after he found eddie’s spotify and saw him listen to itzy at 3am,

and eddie asks steve out with exo-cbx blooming day bc he’s a sappy romantic

(the line i mean is “so baby can u be your boyfriend, can i?”)

Snow Day

The first snow in Hawkins in years, Steve and Eddie decide to make the best of it.

Word Count: 1316

AO3

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It was a cold January morning, Steve and Eddie were cuddled up together in Eddie's bed, a tangled mess of limbs and hair. If anyone walked in right now they wouldn't be able to discern where Steve ended and Eddie started. With no plans for the day, no kids to pick up, no campaigns to plan, no shifts at family video, they had decided to sleep in for once.

Eddie woke up first, stretching gently so as to not wake his sleeping boyfriend, peeling the others arms off of himself, before trotting to the bathroom. He took a quick piss and made his way back to the bedroom, rubbing his eyes in an attempt to rub the sleep from his eyes. He was about to lay back down, get comfortable again with his boyfriend, when something caught his eye outside. Hawkins hadn’t seen snow in a few years, the weather in the small town was all kinds of messed up since Eleven had closed all gates to the Upside Down. But when Eddie looked outside, the whole trailer park was covered in a soft white blanket. He saw a few of his neighbor kids already playing in the snow, throwing snowballs at each other and building snowmen. 

Before he could stop himself, Eddie had jumped onto the bed in an attempt to wake Steve. “Stevie, wake up! Stevie, it’s snowing! Let’s go build a snowman!” he was laughing as he was jumping around his boyfriend. Eddie knelt down on the bed and placed wet kiss after wet kiss on Steve's cheek, in a last attempt to get him to wake up. 

Steve woke up groaning, wiping his boyfriends saliva off his cheek, “What the fuck, Munson?” He slowly sat up, and looked at his boyfriend.

“Stevie, it’s snowing outside!” Steve rubbed his eyes and looked over towards the window, eyes lighting up as he saw the snow outside. 

Both men quickly jumped out of their bed, grabbing whatever clothes they could find and getting dressed with lightning speed. Eddie grabbed Steve’s hand and dragged him to the door of the trailer. They grabbed their winter hats and coats, struggling to put on their boots at the same time and stumbling over each other while doing so. Eddie was through the door first, dragging Steve along by his hand. However it wasn't long before he let go and sprinted off into the snow, leaning down to grab a handful of snow and catapulting it into his boyfriend's face. Steve ducked out of the way quickly, the snowball grazing the top of his hat. He gathered up some snow and retaliated with a snowball that hit Eddie square in the chest. Eddie pouted and Steve quickly made his way over, planting a small peck on the pout. 

“Come on, let’s build a snowman! That’s why you woke me, isn’t it?” Steve knelt down and started gathering the snow into a ball, which he started rolling around to increase its size. “I’ll make the base, you can make the middle and then we can work on the head together!” 

Eddie nodded, “We can use sticks for the arms and some stones for the face! I don’t think we’re adult enough to keep a carrot in the fridge though.” He turned around and started forming the body of the snowman, making sure it was just a little smaller than the base Steve was forming. They rolled their snowballs until they were both satisfied with the sizes, carefully lifting the middle onto the base. They shared a short kiss before working on the head together. Eddie was tasked with rolling the snow into a head size, while Steve gathered up some sticks and stones to decorate. 

They placed the last snowball on top of the stack together and started adding the stones to its face. Steve took his time, carefully placing each stone on the face. He added eyes and eyebrows, a big smile and then used a small twig as the nose, humming christmas songs as he was working. Meanwhile Eddie looked around and picked out a few bigger sticks, matching them for size, before carefully adding them to the sides of the snowman as arms. 

When Steve was done with the face, he pulled off his hat and placed it on top of the snowman's head. 

Eddie watched his boyfriend, humming along to the Christmas songs. “Don’t make his face too cute or I might leave you for him.” He wrapped his arms around Steve, nuzzling his nose into the other man's neck. This earned him a chuckle from Steve, who leaned against him and sighed contently. 

“I missed snow, I kinda wish we always had snow here.” They stood entangled like this for a few more minutes, observing the artwork that was their snowman.

“We should name him Steddie, you know, like Steve and Eddie together. Because he’s like our son.” Steve nodded in agreement.

“Because we’re not taking care of enough kids already? Good thing we don’t have to feed this one too.” Steve was shivering a little bit, taking his hat off was definitely a mistake but it was too late to go back now. “Can we go back inside and have breakfast now? I’m getting hungry.”

Eddie took his hand and they made their way back into the trailer, shedding off their coats and settling down at the little kitchen table. They quickly agreed on pancakes and hot chocolate, to warm up after the freezing cold outside. Eddie took care of the pancakes, while Steve warmed up some milk to make hot chocolate. They cuddled up together on the couch to eat their breakfast, already making plans to head back out after they were done. They shared a few soft chocolate flavored kisses, before getting dressed for the cold again. They hopped into Steve’s BMW, and drove to Dustin’s house, evil grins on both of their faces. 

Steve parked the car in front of the Henderson’s driveway, making his way up to the door, while Eddie hid behind a bush and prepared a small stack of snowballs. The door opened quickly after Steve rang the doorbell, and he was greeted by Dustins smiling face. 

“Steve! My man! I was just about to call you! Wanna go sledding together?”

“Funnily enough, that's what I was here to ask you.” Steve grinned as he pointed to his car. “Eddie wasn’t feeling too well and kicked me out, so he wouldn’t get me sick too.”

They chatted for a few minutes about the snow and how nice it was to finally get snow again, about picking up the rest of the kids and having a snow day together. 

“Eddie, NOW!” Steve yelled and quickly ducked out of the way, signaling Eddie to peek out from his hiding place. He held two snowballs in his hands and catapulted them at the boy standing in the doorway, hitting him right in the face and chest. Eddie ducked back down behind the bush, before throwing more snowballs in the general direction of the Henderson House. Steve joined him behind the bush and together they were giggling as they kept attacking Dustin, who didn’t take long to jump off the porch and retaliate the throwing. 

A full blown snowball fight quickly broke out, which only got crazier when El, Mike and Will pulled up on their bikes in front of the house, followed by Max, Lucas and Erica, who had all been contacted by Dustin earlier about his sledding plans. 

An hour later they were all laughing together on the floor of Dustin's living room, mugs of hot chocolate in their hands, exchanging stories of past snow days and making plans for future ones. Steve and Eddie exchanged a few knowing glances, both knowing it probably couldn’t get any better than this. The warmth in their hearts replacing the cold from outside. 

Steve: Eddie and I don't have petnames for each other.

Robin: Uh huh. Hey, you know what bees make, right?

Steve: Honey?

Eddie, from the next room: Yes, dear?

Robin: Don't lie to my face again

eddie: hey steve, is there anything on my butt?

steve, checking: no..?

eddie: why not? you have 2 hands, don’t you?

Eddie: Steve and I share household chores. For example I fold the towels and he re-folds them the right way

Eddie: falling in love hits different when you know they’re a  paid actor sent by the CIA to distract you from dedicating your life to dismantling the government

Steve: Babe, wtf

Steve: WHO ATE MY YOGURT!?

Steve: I'M GOING TO FUCKING K-

Eddie: I did?

Steve: kiss you and buy some more, you honestly haven't been eating enough today Eds *walks away*

Eddie: he's gone Robs

Robin, coming out of the closet with yogurt stuffed in her mouth: twankh uh

Eddie, flirting: If you were my husband, I'd pour poison in your coffee.

Steve, also flirting: If you were my husband, I'd drink it.

Everyone else at Hellfire:

Eddie: your hair looks good today

Steve: my hair looks good everyday

Eddie: you make it very hard to flirt with you

Steve: well you make me hard

Eddie: ..

Steve: see, that's how you flirt

Steve: who else thought Eddie was my boyfriend

Steve: Eddie put your hand down

Steve, propping legs on the table: Heard you liked bad boys

Eddie: No I do not ???

Steve, immediately putting his legs down: oh thank God, that felt horrible !

Steve: Can I say something?

Eddie: Sure.

Steve: Your smile is the prettiest smile I have ever seen.

Eddie: Can I say something as well?

Steve: Sure.

Eddie: This smile only exists when I'm with you.

Robin, disgusted: I think I'm gonna throw up what the fuck

Eddie: I've been dropping them the most insanely obvious hints for like a year now, no response

Steve: wow, they sound pretty stupid

Eddie: they're not though! they're actually really smart, just maybe a little dense

Steve: maybe you need to be more obvious? like, I don't know... "Hey! I love you!"

Eddie: I guess you're right

Eddie: hey Steve, I love you

Steve: yeah! Just like that!

Eddie: holy fucking shit

Steve: if that flies over their head, I'm sorry Eddie, but they're just too dumb for you

Eddie: ...Steve

Steve: is something burning?

Eddie: just my love for you<3

Steve: Eddie, the toaster is on fire

Eddie, to Steve, after he stepped on his headphones: hey watch it! don't make me do something you'll hate.

Steve, scoffing: oh yeah, Eds? like what?

Eddie: i think you're sweet and handsome.

Steve: what-

Eddie: you deserve to be cared for.

Steve, backing up: n-no-

Eddie: your feelings are valid and deserve to be heard. i'm here for you.

Steve: STOP IT I'M SORRY