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this love came back to me by strawberryspence for hexiewrites, silversfiction
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Jan 2023
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"And you do know that people are curious, right?" Oprah pushes her glasses up, "Everyone is curious as to who and how you can write such heartbreaking songs without anyone ever seeing your date?"
The camera flicks to Steve, and he blinks back at her, "Yes. I am aware."
"Where is this muse?" The camera flickers between Oprah and Steve as they laugh at the question.
"My muse is chilling in the skies, watching me play. He"s probably berating me for stealing his sweetheart."
Or: After Eddie"s death, Steve returns to the Upside Down to retrieve his guitar. He learns how to play it and ends up becoming a famous singer, famous for his heartbreaking songs about longing and yearning for someone. For a while, that"s it. It"s not until sixteen years later, that some secrets are uncovered.
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I ugly cried through about 3/4 of this love lost and then found story. Bonus points for the heart wrenching use of some truly stellar songs… I’ll never hear This Love again without crying thinking about this. My swollen eyes and cleared tear ducts will be a small price to pay tomorrow for such a lovely story.
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You Kept On Driving Straight And Left Our Future To The Right by Kwills91
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2023
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“Eddie? Are you awake?” He hears the shuffle of feet and can feel somebody standing over him. Whoever it is is blocking the light and makes it easier for him to open his eyes.
If it weren’t for the way his body is screaming at him, he’d be convinced he was dead, or at least still asleep. And if he is dead, heaven sure smells like Steve Harrington’s expensive cologne.
“Am I dreaming, or is that you, Harrington?” He croaks.
“Oh god, I’m having the worst deja vu.”OR
15 years after waking up from the events of the upside down to find an unlikely companion at his bedside, Eddie Munson finds himself back in Hawkins to grieve. The now best selling author who has cut ties from most of those he knew and loved in a different time finds himself chasing ghosts and attempting to cure writer’s block. Along the way he unexpectedly stumbles upon familiar faces he couldn’t easily have forgotten.
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From Hawkins to NYC to Ashville NC, love lost and then found again. Bring kleenex!
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In the summer of 1991, Eddie attends Steve"s wedding.
As he wraps his arms around Steve for perhaps the last time, Eddie reminisces about every intimate moment they shared over the last half-decade. Every time their fingers explored parts of their bodies that never see daylight. Every word they spoke that never left the boundaries of a tightly sealed door.
It"s been a cold two years since he and Steve have seen each other—since they"ve even talked. But the flame that Eddie has always felt for Steve has refused to die. And now he"s seconds away from watching the man he wasted his youth loving walk down the aisle.
Each step Steve takes closer to the altar has Eddie wondering if the passion they shared was all in his head, or if maybe—somewhere buried deep—Steve loves him, too. Even if he might never admit it.OR
The chronicals of Steve and Eddie"s lives over the years—the joys, the challenges, and the journey that leads them to a wedding where one is at the altar and the other is in the audience.
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One of the more realistic takes on being gay in the 80s. Rampant homophobia, fear, and intense self loathing paired with genuine love and sex and devastating heartache. My eyes are still swollen from ugly crying my way through Chapters 7, 8, and 9.
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Steve and Eddie were always the perfect goalie tandem. Their friendship on and off the ice made them the best. When Steve suffers a career-ending injury less than a year into their NHL debut, he has to give up more than just his goalie pads.
Nine years later, Steve’s daughter, Rory, wants to be a goalie just like he was. He thought the hardest thing he’d have to face was the practice schedule, or the price tag, or missing work for tournaments.
None of that was nearly as hard as facing Eddie again.
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- Part 1 of bear hugs universe
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We love a single dad Steve fic, but this one is truly next level. A decades long hockey-centered romance that begins and ends with best friends on the ice. Intense and sad a so, so sweet. I loved it.
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A cautionary tale about emotional abuse and the trauma of living life in the critical public eye of social media. LOVED Eddie and company in this, so funny and intensely sweet, wanted to hug poor Steve, and I’ve never hated Tommy Hagan more than I did in this fic. A sad story, but the second half of the series (The Interviews) is a FANTASTIC payoff.
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Let us Dwell in Fair Ithilien and There Make a Garden by materialism, sparklyslug
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Nov 2023
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"I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun," she said; "and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren." And again she looked at Faramir. "No longer do I desire to be a queen," she said.
Then Faramir laughed merrily. "That is well," he said; "for I am not a king. Yet I will wed with the White Lady of Rohan, if it be her will. And if she will, then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden. All things will grow with joy there, if the White Lady comes."
—“The Steward and the King,” The Return of the King Book Six Chapter Five, JRR Tolkien
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HailToTheKing: tell me what you look like
ELMst01: tall, pale af, few tats here and there
Steve lifts his eyes from his phone. He must be wondering why Eddie is smiling like a fucking idiot.
Eddie pretends not to notice Steve sizing him up from head to foot.
Judging bastard.
HailToTheKing: sounds hot
HailToTheKing: just my type
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The only thing worse than Steve Harrington, is the fact that Eddie got paired with him for his college assignment. At least the sexy guy he subscribes to on OnlyFans is a good distraction to keep Eddie"s mind away from Steve, and the annoying crush he hates that he"s starting to develop on his project partner.
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HILARIOUS You’ve Got Mail but make it Pornhub and OnlyFans college romcom that will have you laughing the whole way through. One of my fave versions of Eddie ever.
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Of Paper Stars And Pudding Cups by SameShipDifferentFont
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jul 2024
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“And this is Edward Munson. Our resident rockstar who likes to sniff his way to Heaven, and very nearly got there.”
“Actually I injected. No sniffing involved.” he said, obnoxiously snorting his nose and wiping it with his finger. “And I keep telling you, that was an accident.”
Or...Eddie is sent to New Havens Correctional following a drug related...accident. Whilst trying to recover and get a handle on his addictions, Eddie makes new friends and finds he is not the only one battling demons. He also finds someone he never expected and very quickly cannot live without. Steve helps Eddie navigate his emotions, his recovery and their relationship, while trying to cope with his own struggles.
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Very difficult subject matter surrounding a beautiful yet heartbreaking love story. Think Girl, Interrupted, but make it Steddie. This one will stay with you long after you finish reading it.
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A year ago Eddie Munson fucked up, but he"s still convinced it"s for the best. Does life without Steve suck? Sure. Does Steve deserve better than Eddie? He definitely thinks so.
It"s been a year, but with Robin and Chrissy"s Christmas Eve wedding coming up fast, Eddie will have to face standing across the altar from him. Will he realise what a mistake he made pushing him away?
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Packs quite an emotional punch for a relatively short fic. Beautifully written and very realistic take on the breakup of a loving relationship. Bring kleenex.
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It"s fall 1984 and Eddie starts passing notes with an anonymous classmate. It changes his life
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Started reading thinking it was a sweet lil Steddie meet-cute situation involving passing notes in class. Turns out it’s a beautifully written canon revision spanning 30 years that will make your eyes leak profusely. LOVED it.
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337 days ago, Steve Harrington realized he liked guys.
329 days ago, he learned the word “bisexual” from Robin Buckley.
And 180 days before that there was Eddie Munson.
Eddie was—
Well, Steve learned not to focus so much on Eddie in the year he’d been gone.Eddie leaves Hawkins to pursue a music career and makes annual visits home for the Holidays. Steve has some feelings about it.
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Got about 1/3 of the way in before I realized I’d read it before 😂. But did I stop? Hell no! Did I ugly cry even harder the second time through? Hell yes! This author has a knack for writing beautiful, DEEPLY heartfelt Steddie love stories that consistently evoke copious amounts of tears from my eyeballs. And I’m here for it.
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in the heat of the summer (you know that you should be my boy) by greatunironic for Ready_Steddie_Woe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jun 2024
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THAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
okay real talk guys i’ve tuned into espn2 againTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
i was fully hoping i’d be able to catch my boy on something butTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
i just check the us swimming schedule and i don’t get to lay eyes on my beautiful husband steve harrington until june + the olympic trialsTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
which, for the record: hatecrimeTHAT ED MUNSON YEAH @eddievaninhaler
so instead i’ve got to content myself with (checks notes) usa cycling????????Or: Five times SNL comedian Eddie Munson was horned up on main for Olympic swimmer Steve Harrington, and the one time it was in private.
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I literally never stopped smiling while reading this. I lost count of how many times this made me laugh harder than it should’ve. I DESPERATELY wish this was a continuing saga, because this shit is comedy gold.
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stories set in a world where steve goes with joyce, hopper, and murray to the russian facilities beneath starcourt, and doesn"t return.
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If you ever wondered “How could they have made the end of S3 and all of S4 hurt MORE?” then this is the series for you! This “alternate 1985” take is proof positive that Steve might just be the actual “heart of the Party”. But holy shit, BRING KLEENEX.
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In which Eddie wants nothing more than to give Steve the gentle kindness he deserves.
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Apparently, when given the ability to feel comfortable about it, Steve was clingy as fuck. He was all wandering hands and his cheek on Eddie’s shoulder and hips pressed into hips and lingering looks and those horrible jock hugs with the slap on the back at the end and, and - Eddie felt like dying.
“I feel like I’m dying, Robin,” Eddie whines; rubbing his hands down his face.
“You’re so dramatic,” Robin says with an eye roll so powerful he’s surprised she doesn’t fall over by sheer force.
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Really sweet post-S4 One Shot where Eddie has to nurse an EXTREMELY sick Steve back to health.
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what"s mine is yours (to leave or take) by througheden
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Jan 2024
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Eddie’s eyes flicker from their connected hands to Steve’s face, still looking down, and back again before Steve responds.
“Coming here to hang out with you and eat pie filling is all that got me through the day. Being here helps. You help.”
When Eddie was younger, Wayne used to call him a great little helper when he’d fix something around their trailer, or hold the flashlight just right beneath the hood of a car Wayne was fixing for a neighbor. He’d done something concrete, done a task, and felt helpful. But sitting here in the diner with Steve’s fingers wrapped around his own, nothing he’s done is a tangible help. All he’s done is exist in the same space with Steve and Eddie’s never felt like his presence is soothing. Always too much, too big, too loud.
He doesn’t know what to do with Steve wanting to be with him, or with their hands clasped together, so he just stays the course.
“Well, shit. Good. That’s, yeah. That’s good to know. Ready to test some cherries?”
Or, Eddie"s an amateur baker who desperately needs a healthy dose of hope. He finds it in the bottom of a pie dish and the hands of Steve Harrington.
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Super sweet (pun intended 🥧) Waitress-inspired Steddie holiday one shot. I loved this SO freaking much, I wish it wasn’t a one shot.
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meeting you was coming home. by througheden for Legitcookie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2023
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“I know this is fucking crazy,” Steve’s mouth starts moving before he can stop it once they break apart. “But I can see myself falling in love with you.”
Eddie’s heart thuds as it crawls into his throat. “Me too, Steve. Me too.” The I already am is silent.
Their Ubers are around the corner, moving in opposite directions, when they both have the same crushing realization.
I didn’t get his fucking number.
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Or, the one in which Steve finds, loses, and somehow finds again the love of his life.
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One of my favorite Steddie one shots. Sweet and funny and briefly sad and then stunningly romantic. The only thing wrong with it is that it’s a one shot! I’d love a full fic of this story.
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“Well, they can still win, right? There’s a lot of time left. I think?”
“That’s rule number one, Ed,” Steve nods and stares at the screen, focused and distant— the kind of stare that tells Eddie he’s not talking about just the game. “Always assume the game you’re planning can be won. If you go into it thinking that losing is a possibility, then you’re gonna lose. Even if you’ve gotta rewrite the rules of the game yourself, you gotta convince yourself you can win.”
The commentator seems to respond to Steve directly. “And that’s three strikes for Tommy Hagan for the fourth at-bat in a row. If this Dodgers team has a prayer of making the playoffs, it rests solely on Steve Harrington making it back in time.”
Eddie feels Steve squeeze his hand tighter.
Or, Professional Baseball Shortstop Steve Harrington injures his UCL and returns home to Indiana for treatment. Cue massage therapist Eddie Munson whose tender, practiced touch heals much more than Steve"s elbow.
updates every Saturday!
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Surprisingly beautiful story that made me shed more than a few tears. Injured baseball star Steve and massage therapist Eddie, who ends up healing more than just his busted arm. Same author as Over The Hills And Far Away.
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start by pulling him out of the fire by pricklywhicket
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Dec 2023
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Eddie Munson died on March 27th, 1986.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
No, wait. That’s not right. That’s Hitchhiker"s Guide. Or was it Restaurant at the End of the Universe? Whatever, not important.
Eddie Munson died on March 27th, 1986.
Except…he didn’t. He couldn’t have. Because Eddie Munson is currently arguing with himself in his fucking head about sci-fi quotes, which doesn’t feel especially like something that a dead person would have the capacity to do.
The bats had killed him. There had been pain, and the sick sensation of tearing flesh. He’d had to swallow past a mouthful of his own blood to tell Henderson he loved him. Surely those were symptoms of imminent death.
And yet.
On April 1st, 1986, Eddie Munson opens his eyes in a dim hospital room. There’s a gasp from his left, and he tries to turn his head towards the source.
“Easy there, kid. They’ve got you trussed up pretty good.”
Eddie doesn’t need to see him. He’d know that voice anywhere, in any universe, hell dimension or otherwise.
“Uncle Wayne?”
A story about the families we find and the love that finds us.
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We have a plethora of post S4 “Steve helps Eddie recover” stories to choose from, but this one is special. This time we get to see it all unfold through Wayne’s eyes, and BONUS: we get a deep dive into Eddie’s childhood from Wayne’s POV. This is actually a story about how Eddie and Wayne became a family, and how Steve then becomes a part of it. It’s equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming, and I LOVED it.
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Being dead isn’t like Eddie thought it would be.
For starters, he’s a lot more alive than he expected.
or, the ghost of Eddie Munson’s still hanging around, and he’d really appreciate if someone could notice him, thanks
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Feel like crying then laughing then ugly crying, on an endless cycle, for 14 straight chapters? Then this is the fic for you! Ghost Eddie haunting Steve is just as funny and simultaneously sad as it sounds. The Eddie writing on this one is truly top tier, you hear his voice loud and clear with this dialogue. This is the quintessential definition of a “fix it” fic!
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“You’re stubborn and a hothead. You’re impossible to work with and you’re stuck in the past. Nancy said you’d be hard work but this is fucking ridiculous. I’m here to do a job. You won’t let me change or even suggest anything.”
“Not true. I did change the turmeric for saffron.”
“Yeah and you’re about this close to jumping off a bridge before admitting that it actually does taste better.”
Steve could strangle him.
Because yes. The saffron does taste better. The saffron tastes so much better and the dish now makes Steve’s tastebuds soar and his eyes water and the only thing worse than admitting Eddie is correct right now, is admitting that that dish is miles fucking better since Eddie puts his hands on it.
And Steve finds himself wondering for a split fucking moment in between the rage he’s feeling, if everything is better with Eddie’s hands on it.
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Son of famous, michelin-star chef, Steve Harrington is trying to gain a star of his own after a stint in rehab that left him with a lack of inspiration, until his restaurant manager Nancy has an idea of her own to add a spark back into the kitchen.
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Simply put: this is one of the best fics I’ve ever read. Like, published NYT Best Seller List novel quality. Angsty, spicy, and unbelievably romantic. My favorite Steddie writer proving yet again why they’re the absolute BEST.