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After his split from Tommy and Carol, and his very public fall from grace, Steve reluctantly agreed to go to his senior prom fully expecting humiliation.
And he couldn't have been more right.
Between misunderstanding what the prom committee meant by “costume ball” and playing third wheel to Nancy and Jonathan—a familiar role these days—Steve was ready to go home early and spend the remaining weeks of his high school career with his head down and what little dignity he had left intact.
But everything changed when he spotted someone else who had taken the word costume a little too literally.
He couldn't tell who his mystery date was beneath the wrappings of her mask, but her big brown eyes and wild curly hair were enough to pull him in, and one touch of her hand was all it took for him to fall hard.
They danced. They kissed. Then she was gone, and the only hope he had of finding her again was the chunky silver ring she'd left behind.
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09 Jul 2026
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Every date Steve has gone to lately has been horrible. It’s impossible that there’s something wrong with the entire female population of Hawkins, so surely there must be something wrong with him.
“Why don’t you take me on a date then?”
“Wh— what?”
“Take me on a date, pretend, of course, and then I’ll tell you if there’s something wrong with you or not.”
Or: Eddie proposes a crazy idea to see if there's something wrong with him, Steve finds the fact that it works is even crazier.
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10 Jun 2026
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Sometimes Eddie forgets how much time has passed since he first showed up on the trailer’s doorstep, how much he’s grown since then. But as he takes in Wayne’s features, he finds a reminder in the new lines he discovers on his uncle’s face, little signs of age that make his heart grow and sink at the same time.
It hits him then, out of nowhere, how much of his life Wayne has given up for Eddie. To raise him and help him become the man he is today. How much love he poured into his upbringing, despite all the trouble he put him through. (...)
And it makes him wonder, how a man who has so much love to give never ended up with a family of his own.
"Can I ask you something?”
Wayne looks up from his paper with raised brows, waiting for Eddie to continue.
“Did you ever regret not having kids?"
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07 Jun 2026
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“Steve really needed to get his stupid thing he had with Munson under control. He struggled to find a word for it. It was like an anti-crush or something. The same awareness and panic that a crush brought, but not because he had feelings for the guy. Because of the opposite. Because any time he saw Munson, his heart kicked up in fear, his breathing got shallow, his whole body started to warm. Munson made him want to turn heel and run.”
In which Steve has the opposite of the suspended bridge effect.
(Featuring omega!Steve pretending to be an alpha and alpha!Eddie silently losing his mind.)
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- Part 1 of Bridges
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27 May 2026
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"This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."
— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.
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22 May 2026