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“Don’t laugh, man,” Steve warns from behind the relative safety of the open closet door. On its other side, sprawled out over the entirety of the bed like it’s not two people usually sleeping in there, Eddie snorts.
“You have to know that’s basically begging me to make fun of you, right?”
Written for the Steddie Bingo Mini Event "A Splash of Summer"
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Steve’s sprawled on the cushioned floor opposite Robin, feet hanging out the back of the van when guitars start playing. It’s almost dreamy, though the guitars are soon joined by something deeper, a cello maybe, and they morph into a slow and sad melody. Steve throws Eddie a look where he’s next to Robin, perched over his rickety lunch box, expertly rolling a joint. He has ditched his jacket; the bats tattooed close to his elbow dancing in the gloomy light.
“Wait for it,” he says without looking up.
Steve waits for it.
Until the melancholic vibe shifts into something a bit faster and decidedly more rhythmical with drums and a bass setting the pace.
Something perfect to get high.
Steve’s head starts bobbing on its own accord and he pretends not to notice Eddie’s satisfied grin.
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Steve's future is— Yeah, fuck if he knew. Because he's stuck working in a shitty video rental store and soon he won't even have his best friend with him anymore, and he lives in a silent empty house and he's gonna be very fucking lonely.
Except, well, there's also Eddie. And they might actually be becoming friends. Or maybe they already are.
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Steddie Microfic Challenge, January 2026 prompt: first
It's handcuffs, everyone.
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Whiskey, Cigarettes, and Other Things That Burn by day842
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 May 2026
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Eddie likes to self destruct.
Sex.
Alcohol.
Drugs.
Especially the drugs.
Screw anyone who judges--his brain is all fucky after the Upside Down. He just wants to feel good again.
And so what if a habit has formed? Not like there's anyone around who cares that he's withering away.Steve wants nothing to do with Eddie. He's exhausting. Draining. Toxic as shit. He's not sure why Robin cares to look after his addict ass all the time.
He kind of resents that she expects him to pick up the babysitting when she leaves the state.
Really shows that nothing has changed in the last year.
Always the goddamn babysitter.Bookmarked by callousedreams
05 Jul 2026
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Physical heartbreak (and maybe reconstruction?), anyone?
This is ugly. And so, so beautiful.
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"It doesn’t matter. Right after Indy gets on the plane, Eddie stretches up those few inches and softly kisses Steve on the cheek.
Steve turns to look at him in shock.
Eddie’s face is cast in the soft blues and greens from the television screen. It makes him look soft, makes his big eyes shine and gives them depth, makes the smile on his face seem sweeter.
“What-” Steve starts to ask, but he doesn’t get to finish.
Not when Eddie kisses him, soft and sweet on his lips, and not when he abandons his question to kiss him back."
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Steve and Eddie, from the end to the beginning.
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11 Jun 2026
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“I can’t believe they ditched us for girls,” Steve exclaims. “I can’t believe they have girls. We don’t have girls!”
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- Part 1 of Spare time
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17 Jan 2026
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Vecna dies. So does Eddie. The world doesn't split open. In the aftermath, Steve goes home to an empty house.
Well. Almost empty.
Steve sighs, hanging his head. One more thing. Then he can go to bed.
The dirty towel can wait until later. He tosses it towards the bathtub without looking and turns to the sink, grabbing his toothbrush and toothpaste. When he looks in the mirror, Eddie’s staring back at him.
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26 Jun 2025
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Steve and Alice. Sort of :)
Or, how to make me wanna set up camp in Steve’s upstairs bathroom like a total weirdo so I can watch two wonderful people fall in love.
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a broken heart the world forgot by green_idylls for reeby10
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Sep 2023
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"So, okay, who does that?" Eddie says, leaning in like he's on Scooby Doo. "Who kills the local metalhead freak? And why like this, because, seriously, this is overkill," he adds, holding out his gashed-up arms.
Or: Steve's sick of seeing ghosts, Eddie's got some regrets, and death isn't fair.
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24 Jun 2025
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Time to hurt and sob and be just a little happy until this story rips you apart and you can’t even blame it because it never lied to you about what it was and was always going to be.