steve reading their kid a bedtime story :( and doing all the silly voices :( and eddie just secretly watches from the doorway :( and after steve’s tucked them in, he turns and finds eddie there, quietly crying.
and they both realize as they head to bed, that they’re doing an okay job at this whole parenting thing. that they aren’t their worst fears—that they really aren’t like their own parents :(
So I'm trying to write a hate sex fic (Steddie ofc, with fem Steve) but because I am a squishy marshmallow, Stevie and Eddie keep trying to develop feelings, especially near the end (after the sex). Question is:
Soulmates au with hopeless romantic Steve who is so overjoyed to have finally found his other half, his perfect match, the person he's meant to be with, and Eddie who doesn't believe Steve could ever really change from his old ways and rejects him.
i love eddie’s “steve” face
he just
all dimples and fondness
boy who got you smiling like that
in conclusion, eddie is weak in the knees for steve
a fic where steve and eddie both start having sexy dreams about the other, not realizing that the other is having that same dream at the exact same time
the Stevie Harrington artists who draw Stevie tall and chubby and then give her scrawny metal head bf/gf Eddie are like, the reason I'm still alive.
Eddie goes as a vampire for Halloween and when he says he just has to put his fangs in before he's ready Steve is expecting the shitty fake fangs but Eddie actually has the ones that mold onto certain teeth
Steve has a bit of a crisis about how hot Eddie looks and how much he wants Eddie to bite him to say the leaste
Eddie goes from aloof to all up in Steve's face right after the guy bites a demobat' head off.
Guess that awakened something in him, huh?
THAT PART!
it’s comforting knowing anything can happen in season 5 and the steddie fandom will remain the same lol like half the ship is canonically dead and we continue to vibe no matter what
I love how we start au posts out with stuff like, “librarian Steve and witch Eddie,” like we’re pitching commercials for new career Steve and Eddie dolls.
Take home your very own Carpenter Steve and Local Rockband Legend Eddie! Carpenter Steve comes with his own tool belt and removable scuffed denim jeans! Local Rockband Legend Eddie comes with guitar and van with airbrushed busty Viking woman riding a unicorn! Eddie needs some home repairs, and Steve is just the strapping young man for the job! Steve’s a big fan, and Eddie plays guitar for Steve, then they make out in the back of his van! You know what they say about a rocking van!
(Carpenter Steve shirt not included. Platonic Soulmate Lawyer Robin sold separately.)
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Listen, Steve hadn’t meant to see it.
He hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary; going over to Eddie’s place unannounced was normal at this point, something to be expected really. Especially since Robin is out of town this week, gone with her parents to visit family out of state. It's become commonplace for Steve to come over after his shift, late enough that Wayne had already left for his own job.
Steve lets himself into the new trailer like he usually does, and smiles at the sound of Eddie’s music coming from behind his bedroom door. Toeing off his shoes is practically second nature, even though he knows the Munsons don’t care, and he drops his keys on the kitchen counter as he passes it on his way to Eddie’s room.
The music isn’t as loud as Eddie usually plays it, and there’s a comment about it already brewing in his mouth as he opens the door. Instead Steve freezes in the archway, is thoroughly held in place by the sight before him.
Eddie is laying on his stomach, his cheek pressed to the plush pillow held tight in his arms, as his hips steadily grind into another slotted between his legs. Steve’s eyes are locked on the way he rubs against the pillow, the motion steady but with a desperate edge that makes Steve feel hot all over.
Firefighter Steve Harrington and certified hoodlum Eddie Munson. Another thing I really really want to write but I won't have time but, specifically, the scene I want to write goes thusly.
Eddie's high on his own supply and his clumsy stoned ass sets light to his own trailer. He's rescued from the, admittedly, minor fire, bridal style, by a 'shining angel'. It's not exactly a raging inferno but it's enough that Eddie's just inhaled a substantial amount of illicit materials all at once.
He's suffering with smoke inhalation but will only let the 'glowing adonis' put the oxygen mask on him and slappy fights off everyone else.
Steve ends up sitting with him because Eddie keeps trying to take the mask off and Steve keeps putting it back on, all the while Eddie's insisting that Steve is a 'constellation of perfection' and 'his angel wings glow like a rainbow' and Eddie 'didn't even know he was gay until now' which amuses Steve so thoroughly he Sharpies his number onto Eddie's forearm.
The next day Eddie wakes up in a hospital bed with no real memories of what happened, but he knows in his bones that the number on his arm belongs to his future husband.
Steve playing dnd
Eddie starts describing the caster theyre going to fight start casting the spell and asks what they do
Steve has his character stick their fingers in the casters mouth because they need to talk to cast a spell and they can't talk if they have fingers in their mouth
The logic is sound but Eddie has to take a solid minute to reboot because a) the thought of Steve's fingers in his mouth and b) no one has ever made a move like this before and he has to figure out how to move on
I can’t fit this all in tags so you’re getting some unhinged thoughts here.
I love a competent dom Eddie. I do. I tend to write him mostly like that. But stop for a moment and think about what a freaking loser he is. He’s a nerd who only has a handful of friends and is a giant goofus. C’mon. What experience is he supposed to have?
And then you have Steve. Minus when he strikes out at his loser jobs, he’s still capable of getting chicks. He refers to himself as “daddy” in S3 with the car. He is a loser but also still Steve Harrington. He kind of just does what he wants now that he’s not shackled by high school. He’s a goofus too, but he’s also fairly popular and definitely experienced.
Eddie calls himself the dungeon master, or simply master, and makes a big show of what a big bad badass he is. But Steve knows the truth.
I like to imagine, after their relationship is established, Steve and Eddie are having sex and Steve is definitely in control. Maybe even has Eddie laid out on the table they’d just been playing DnD a few hours before. Some of the stuff is still out because things got heated after everyone else left.
Steve has his fingers in Eddie’s mouth while he’s rocking into him and then he leans in and whispers “who’s your master now” and Eddie comes harder than he ever has in his life.
Eddie “master in the streets, puppet in the sheets” Munson, y’all.
Eddie gets legitimately upset as the years and decades pass and Steve just keeps getting hotter to him.
Steve at 25 getting fitted with his first pair of glasses causes 26 year old Eddie to miss the bottom step of the stairs in their first apartment.
Steve in his early 30s whose body is starting to show evidence that his metabolism is no longer that of a 20 year old in their prime. He has a soft middle covered in hair and a slightly softer jawline. The image of Steve coming out of the shower to join him in bed makes him want to chew on his own fingers.
Steve at 40 with grey hairs showing up along his temples that unlock an affinity for the Older Man look Eddie had never given much thought before the love of his life was suddenly a DILF.
Steve in his mid 50s with full salt and pepper and wrinkles carving paths around his eyes and in the valleys of his hands. Eddie thinks Steve looks like a damn model, still with that famous Steve Harrington volume to his hair, while Eddie is starting to thin a little at his hairline. (Steve tells him every day how handsome he finds him, but Eddie doesn't think the unfairly attractive get to try and hype him up. He'll take his opinions from the brutally honest, like Erica Sinclair, thank you very much.)
Steve and Eddie getting close to their 70s, their skin is soft and fragile now. Steve has a smattering of age spots that situate themselves happily between his smatterings of moles and freckles and some of Eddie's earliest stick-and-pokes have faded away into distant memory. Eddie loves to kiss every new spot he finds on Steve even when his back protests the reach, and if he forgets which ones he's kissed already from time to time, well, he doesn't mind doing it again. Better safe than sorry.
Steve and Eddie at the end of their lives. They look so different than they did when they started their lives together, both barely over the threshold of their 20s. Some of the details they forget, but luckily they have several scrapbooks chock-full of the best moments of their best years together, so Eddie will never forget how annoyingly beautiful his husband has remained through a lifetime of love.
I’m really truly trying to not become a steddie fan account but I just finished my rewatch and my dash is full of them
Steve ‘I was neglected as a child so I don’t think anyone truly Wants to go through the Chore of loving me’ Harrington vs Eddie ‘overdramatic wears his heart on his sleeve’ Munson.
Steve’s only experience with love is the ex-girlfriend who faked it until she called him bullshit, the girls he only went out with bc he wanted to keep up the image (which usually meant he put in all the effort like complementing them and getting them flowers) and a lesbian his 15 year old best friend tricked him into liking
But Eddie’s over here performing medieval courting rituals because he’s a gay nerd and calls Steve every pet name under the sun. I’m not saying he’s smooth about it, he’s anything but smooth but it makes Steve blush either way so he keeps doing it, Steve almost cried when he showed up with flowers and had to take a minute to process when Eddie opened the car door for him because no one’s ever put in the same amount (if not more) effort into a relationship with him.
He’s never had anyone obsessed with him (the people at high school don’t count cause they liked with King Steve) but Eddie practically worships the ground he stands on, he’ll go to Family Video with the intention of seeing Steve and then nearly pass out from having too much love when he sees Steve because he’s physically incapable of not showering him in affection
basically ‘doesn’t think they’re worthy of love x loves them like it’s breathing’ but they’re a emotionally repressed ex-jock and a nerd who plays dnd religiously
I think Steve just isn't aware that to a lot of people, Eddie is intimidating and unsettling. Like, he's shown to be easily agitated and highly defensive when they first introduce him in the show and he's kind of a dick to the kids (especially Lucas) and has a lot of strong opinions he's not afraid to voice. Mix it up with the chain, the leather, the tattoos, and the purposefully flippant attitude and I can see why a lot of people would be scared and/or put off by Eddie.
Of course, we know, and Steve knows, that Eddie would never actually hurt a fly. He's got a big heart and yes, big feelings, and the biggest doe eyes and once he warms up to Steve in the upsidedown he's like an excitable little dog. He wants to go on walks with Steve and sit in Steve's lap and adorn him with kisses and yes, ok, he does bite from time to time but it's always with love. Eddie can be bitchy, but then so can Steve and he thinks it's funny and it almost never crosses the line from funny to cruel, especially not if it's about Steve directly. When he crosses the line, Eddie is quick to apologize once he realizes.
Little does Steve realize that that kind of behavior is almost exclusively relegated to Steve. When Eddie is with others he's just as territorial and aggressive as he was in high school. The kids still get put through the absolute ringer during their sessions, the band still has to listen to his frustrated rants when things don't go how Eddie envisioned them in his mind, and god help anyone who looks at Steve or SteveandEddie wrong on the street. Eddie is ready to verbally eviscerate (or more likely, commit their face to memory and put peanut butter under the windshield wipers) anyone who makes Steve upset.
Boyfriend Lapdog for Steve and Feral Guard Dog Terrier for Everyone Else
1. You cannot indulge him when he's in Renaissance Mode but ignoring it is actually worse. Give him a bow or an imaginary hat tip and he'll be satisfied.
2. He loves to pretend to have a bug in his hand to scare the girls but if he actually sees a spider he will make a noise only dogs can hear.
3. Insists Heavy Metal is the only genre worth listening to and yet knows every word to Queen, Bowie, and ABBA respectively.
4. Will stop whatever he's doing to pet a stray animal, even if the thing he's doing is driving.
5. Consistently leaves DnD notes lying around where anyone could happen by and read 'Mr Edward Harrington' scribbled in the margins. With little black hearts.
6. Does not understand when someone is flirting with him. Has fallen for the 'I'm not sure how Shotgunning works' gag six times with zero results.
7. Doesn't like fish sticks.
