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Because once a week, he had the house entirely to himself from nine am to eight at night while he had his usual day off at the library and Robin was in class all day (and Eddie was on tour). He didn’t need the run of it, of course, because Robin would actually kill him if she found out he was engaging in sex acts in the kitchen — but it was nice to know he could be, like, loud and shift if he needed to.
(That, actually, might have been the only other thing Robin judged him for, but, in his defense, he grew up alone in a big ass house — he never really had to learn to be quiet.)
So he took advantage of it, and put on some pretty clothes and imagined some guy railing him in them.
In which Steve has a fantasy. Couple of 'em, in fact.
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19 Jun 2026
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Steve Harrington only wishes for one thing, to leave his so-called legacy behind and start a new life somewhere unknown. But life gets in the way when his father decides to marry off his step-sister to a complete bastard, William Hargrove, and sends him as some sort of unwilling liaison to make sure everything goes smoothly.
He wants to get this over with, he really does, but the Hargrove heir has caught his scent, but then Steve has fallen into his prey, and then things get out of control pretty quickly. It is all good and fine until he starts to lose himself, starts to doubt if he will make it to the other side without blood on his hand.
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- Part 4 of pretty boy edition
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18 Jun 2026
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"Fuck, is that Steve Harrington on my bed?"
"...looks like it" Eddie gulps, taking in the sight before him, it seems almost like a dream. Or it might as well be, he has a series of dreams based on this exact scenario.
"Shit, he is even prettier than before" Billy groans and Eddie really couldn't disagree.
Or, when Dustin gives him a chance at vacation, Steve reluctantly accepts, knowing well enough the kid has something planned. All he wanted to do was lay back and enjoy some nice beer, sleep in late, and just, just chill. Was that too much to ask? Apparently, yes. Cue meeting old crushes and rekindling of feelings that they all thought had disappeared.
Also, did he mention Max purposely switching his room with particular someone?
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- Part 2 of pretty boy edition
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- English
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- 42,052
- Chapters:
- 10/?
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- 88
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18 Jun 2026
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Munson is grinning like an idiot. Big browns blinking mischievously. God, he’s about to agree to this, isn’t he?
He rubs at his red-rimmed eyes, pats his palms at his cheeks, then groans, “Okay. Fine. Yup. ”
The grin tugs wider at the edge of Doctor Munson’s lips, “Yeah?”
Steve shakes his head. It’s a Hail Mary. He knows that. He’ll probably leave Dr. Munson’s care just the same as all the others, not able to think straight, brain still a pile of goo. But he’s been so tired for so long. And Munson’s so different from the rest of them. So maybe, just maybe…
“Yeah. Sure.” He says with a wave of his hand, “Hypnotize me.”
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Steve Harrington can’t sleep. Dr. Munson might have just the thing.
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- English
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- 20,105
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- 4/4
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18 Jun 2026
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Ever since he learned that the mark on his inner forearm was the first words his soulmate would ever say to him, Eddie Munson has constantly wondered what fate has stored for him in that aspect. Not that he's desperate or anything, but how is he supposed to find his person if his mark is his last name? That’s like, a total jerk move. But it's okay. After all, he has his whole life ahead of him to find them, and if there’s something he knows for sure, it’s that you always find what you’re looking for where you least expect it.
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- English
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- 16,480
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- 1/1
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18 Jun 2026
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Something is wrong with Steve Harrington... hell, if anyone can pinpoint just what though.
Steve Harrington dies with a plate to his head at the age of 18. It’s not the plate that does it, but the plate certainly helps the process along.
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- English
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- 102,402
- Chapters:
- 40/?
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- 416
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17 Jun 2026
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“What the hell are you guys doing?” Eddie asked, unable to help himself.
“Same thing you are,” Red replied with a smirk playing at her lips. He blanched.
“What.”
"Eye candy," she said. It was clear what - or rather who she was referring to.
Bandana groaned softly, the embarrassment on his face deepening. Bowl Cut started giggling again. A fern was tickling Eddie's ear, and he desperately wanted to melt into the floor like the ice cream on a Scoops Ahoy cone.
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It's the summer of 1985 and Eddie Munson isn't the only one who has taken notice of Steve Harrington's new work uniform.
Based on the Tumblr post about Will, Max, and Eddie all thinking that Steve is hot in his Scoops Ahoy outfit.
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17 Jun 2026
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special favors (come in thirty-one flavors) by rabidheart
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jun 2023
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Steve's house is haunted— and not in the cute, knocking-on-walls way. More in the Monster House, murder way.
Enter: Eddie Munson. Head of Paranormal Science Club. Three time senior who only seems to be friends with freshmen. Alpha.
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17 Jun 2026
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"There's something to be said about endurance, Steve."
Steve puts his foot on his professor's chair, Jimmy Choo trainer propped there on the worn armrest. The motion widens his legs, leaves the long line of his thigh, the seam of his jeans available to Munson's gaze, if he so chooses to look.
"And you, sir?" Steve bites his lip. "How much longer can you endure?"
(OR: Steve is a spoiled socialite brat who buys his way into college, and Eddie is the edgy arts professor who makes him work for it.)
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- English
- Words:
- 95,138
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Comments:
- 633
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17 Jun 2026
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People in small towns like Hawkins tended not to like things that were weird. As far as Steve could tell, "weird" included metalheads, gays, and witches. After spending a little time with Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, and Joyce Byers, Steve decided the average Hawkins resident could take a hike. He liked metalheads, gays, and witches. Hell, he might just be a couple of those things.
He's never getting into metal, though. Sorry, Eddie.
And, uh, sorry about some of the witch stuff, too.
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- Part 1 of Magic
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 46,678
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 236
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- 1,302
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- 423
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- 13,518
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16 Jun 2026
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From Vecna to Van Nuys (And Back Again) by EddieSpaghetti (Nikanaiko)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Dec 2023
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Eddie Munson, with no future left for him in Hawkins, grabbed his band, dragged them to California, and gave up everything for a chance at fame.
For the first time in his life, taking a risk paid off. Corroded Coffin shot to the top of the charts in a matter of months. Their concept album may have been inspired by Hawkins, but Eddie never had to think about that awful fucking town again.
Or at least, not for three years.
In 1989, after the last show of Corroded Coffin's "Nails in the Coffin" tour, its frontman finds himself speeding down the highway from Indianapolis back to Hawkins. Back home. To save the people who saved him back in spring of 1986.
He arrives just in time to see Steve Harrington rise into the air.
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- English
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- 214,878
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Comments:
- 1,128
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- 1,456
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- 460
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- 41,267
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16 Jun 2026
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I Like Playing Dumb Until You Figure Me Out by Wormdebut for wynnyfryd
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 May 2023
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Eddie didn't particularly speak to Steve. It's not that he was nervous, no. Steve was just everybody's top fucking priority, or so it seemed. He knew his weed was going to the King, but the hot bastard never bought it himself. Eddie knew this because they would all go on and on and on about how 'someone had to get Harrington's shit for him.'
So, Eddie was quite surprised when the King of Frat Row himself clamored into the Lambda attic. He couldn't stop himself from letting out a low whistle. "Well well well, if it isn't Steve Harrington. I didn't think you did your own bidding these days. To what do you owe this pleasure?"
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OR Frat Boy Steve Fucks Around and Finds Out.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 9,148
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 79
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- 1,462
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- 208
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- 15,360
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16 Jun 2026
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Steve hits things with a bat or gets hit depending on who you ask. He definitely does not have anything to do with the psychic stuff. That is El’s domain. However, when Vecna is defeated, the rules change.
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- English
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- 107,549
- Chapters:
- 46/46
- Comments:
- 483
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- 1,473
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15 Jun 2026
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Eddie wasn’t supposed to be here. He didn’t get invited to these parties.
But just this once, he wanted to see Hawkins finest in their element. Losing their minds and trashing the fool who’d agreed to host's, parent’s house in their drunken, celebratory riot. Part of him had expected to be noticed for what he was; an intruder on this private, small town display of high school popularity and pride.
Just his luck, that the ones likely to kick up the biggest fuss over his being here were all too wasted to remember their own names, let alone to register the fact that there was a freak in their midst.
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Eddie crashes a party and gets more than he bargained for, when Steve takes notice of him.
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- Part 1 of Hairspray Heart
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15 Jun 2026
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In the spring of 1983, Steve Harrington starts seeing and hearing things he shouldn’t.
A nail-studded bat and flashing lights. Children’s high, bickering voices. Lapping blue water, chlorine, and guilt. Moments from a life he hasn’t lived crash into him without warning.
Steve might be losing his mind, but he's certain of one thing: Barbara Holland is going to die. Before the year is out, someone – or something – is going to murder her. So he does the only logical thing – he attempts to befriend her. It's easier to save someone if you're standing next to them, right?
Setting out to save Barb is supposed to make things make sense.
Instead, it causes Steve to question everything he thought he knew. The visions keep coming. And the more Steve tries to fix things, the more uncertain the world around him becomes. Especially when it comes to Eddie Munson – someone who Steve shouldn't have any reason to care about. But no matter what Steve does, every path seems to lead him back to Eddie.
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- Part 1 of Echoes Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 45,193
- Chapters:
- 20/20
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- 682
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15 Jun 2026
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Steve Harrington shook the small town of Hawkins when he presented as an omega at the beginning of senior year. He didn’t wear blockers much to his parent’s dismay, wanted to just be him, be Steve. Somehow the openly confident omega helped others be themselves in the school, making the King gain even more popularity as people worshiped his bravery. Everyone but Eddie Munson, the alpha that everyone avoided, the only alpha in the school that hasn’t tried to court Steve.
Unable to wear blockers due to not being able to afford them, Eddie wore his own scent proudly, patched in on his battle vest like a badge of honor. He didn’t care what others thought of him, in a year he’d be the fuck out of the bumfuck town anyway, might as well piss people off with his strong woodsy scent.
Imagine the town’s shock when yet again Steve Harrington surprised the school while openly courting Eddie ‘The Freak’ Munson.
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Omega Steve gives Eddie a set of courting gifts to get the alpha’s attention.
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15 Jun 2026
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Hellfire is down one member due to a basketball game, so Dustin is looking for replacements. Who better to call than Steve Harrington?
Too bad Steve says no. Even worse, Steve decides to make it his problem to confront Eddie Munson for messing with his rugrats' unbreakable bond because, really, wasn't Eddie the adult here? Shouldn't he be the one making the better call?
(OR: Steve Harrington unwittingly forces himself into Eddie Munson's introduction to the Upside Down)
(OR, OR: Season 4 rewrite where Eddie is both metal and gay, and Steve is a tired babysitter (mom) who makes a comment that leads to the wrong conclusion... but maybe... it's not wrong? Maybe it actually makes a whole lot of sense, now that he thinks about it...)
(OR, OR, OR: Season 4, but Eddie doesn't run and Mike doesn't go to California. And it changes pretty much everything.)
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- English
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- 54,266
- Chapters:
- 17/17
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- 152
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15 Jun 2026
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“You’re my best friend,” she said, voice an angry whisper as she clutched his bruised hands hard enough to hurt. “You are my best friend and you saved my life. Now go the fuck to sleep so we can wake up in an hour and make sure your brain isn’t soup.”
In the dim light of her bedroom, she could just barely see him frown. God, he looked like shit. “What kind of soup?”
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Robin, Steve, and Eddie doing their best at getting better.
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14 Jun 2026
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Eddie hates the library, he hates how quiet it is and how he’s always getting shushed by that librarian hag Muriel. But he hates his idiot roommate and his tendency to hog their dorm room to have loud sex with his girlfriend all night long, even more. And now he has to spend all night in the library cramming for an exam, which would be fine, if not for the fact that some polo-clad douchebag shows up and declares that Eddie’s study spot is actually his.
Or: Steve and Eddie fight over a study spot and accidentally fall in love over coffee, Vivaldi and the horror that is finals week.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 45,904
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Collections:
- 2
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- 373
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- 2,434
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- 628
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- 29,700
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14 Jun 2026
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(if someone asked me at the end) i'd tell them put me back in by Library_of_Gage
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2024
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Steve is a modern boy dealing with modern problems: existential dread, anger at a world he can't fix, and the inescapable feeling that he'll never be able to name what's missing from his life. And then his parents buy him a house, an alternate dimension in desperate need of help yeets him to the 80s to fix things, and he falls in love with a maybe-murderer-but-not-really metalhead along the way.
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- Part 1 of Throwback Thursday
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 110,024
- Chapters:
- 40/40
- Comments:
- 564
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- 1,402
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- 380
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- 31,667
Bookmarked by SoftSalt
13 Jun 2026