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Eddie lost his hearing to a childhood illness. Steve is in the process of losing his. Eddie’s been Deaf for as long as Steve has been hearing. They meet at a coffee shop in Chicago for the first time. This is the story of their separate pasts and the future they might build together.
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The AU that no one asked for in which they’re born in the late ‘70’s, not ‘60’s, Steve’s a stoner, Eddie’s in college, and Hellfire and The Party are scrambled.
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Steve has nightmares like this. Eddie hurt. Eddie pale. Eddie with blood around his mouth. Still like a dead body in hospital sheets. He has nightmares like this, but this isn’t a nightmare. It’s December 1992 and the person on the phone said critical condition.
Steve hasn’t spoken to Eddie since 1986, but the nurse on the phone called him, said come.
So he drove. Said he was his brother, of course, definitely. He signed some sort of form and put down his credit card because Eddie’s got no insurance and the man at the desk had suggested he wasn’t letting Steve back there without one. He’s not sure that’s legal. He’s going to look into it, but not now. Not when he has nightmares like this.
or: four days after Eddie’s been hurt and one day when he’s recovered.
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11 Jul 2026
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It was easy, letting go. At least, that’s what Eddie told himself as he watched Hawkins fade to a tiny smudge on the horizon, his whole life packed into the van and Wayne’s old truck as they fled the Indiana tree line for the high mountain valleys of Idaho. Amidst the hot, dry air and sweet sagebrush, Eddie’s mind wandered, crawling back night after night under a blanket of stars to the golden boy he left behind and the chasm in his chest that used to house his heart — whistling and waiting, a near eternal ache.
Home came together slowly, and then all at once when Steve Harrington showed up on his doorstep a year later — haggard and worn, searching for something among the wildflowers.
A tale of death, birth, and the promise of green.
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So tender I’m ended, surrendered to you by Sadstateofaffairs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2023
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“Ground rules,” Steve says as he pushes the door open and turns to face him, walking backwards into his hallway. The dealer is prowling him, stalking towards him, biting his bottom lip.
“One, do not fucking kiss me,” Steve says, clicking on a lamp. The guy nods, taking off his jacket, throwing it on the floor as he stares at his mouth while he talks. “Two, this is a one time thing.”
The guy laughs, grabs onto Steve’s wrists, “that’s not going to be a problem.” “Because once you have me, you’ll want me again,” Steve oozes confidence, all babygirl and bratty. It’s so easy for him to be like this.
He scoffs, “oh please. Who do you think you are? Really?”
He tightens his grip on his wrists and pushes him against the wall. Fuck, okay, it’s going to happen right here.
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Steve sleeps around with low expectations and zero intentions for it ever meaning more. Until he meets a guy who makes him want to break all his own rules.
*Now with an epilogue*
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05 Jul 2026
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Steve and Eddie are under the misconception that they dislike each other.
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04 Jul 2026
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forwards beckon rebound by m4zzyst4r (cinematicghibli)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Nov 2025
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“Harrington,” he croaks - god why, why do I have to sound like that in front of him - he clears his throat, continuing, “you couldn’t have done me a favour and let me die in that shithole, spare me from Dustin?”
Steve finally turns to look at him, grinning madly. Fuck, Eddie thinks, fuck this is so unfair. You’re just standing there looking at me like that, smiling, all broad and pretty and scarred up, fuuuck.
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Alternatively titled: the Steve Harrington bisexual crashout of 1986. Because vecna might be dead- but repressing your feelings (and trying therapeutic D&D with the direct cause of your identity crisis)- is quite enough to be getting on with.