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For the time travel/time loop fic recs: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54162271/chapters/137139502

It’s a WIP so hopefully that’s okay, but it is a universe/time jumping AU that is SOOOO good. @thisapplepielife never misses!

All Across The Universe by thisapplepielife

@thisapplepielifeepielife

Rating: Explicit

77,898 words, 8/16 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Tags: Post-Season/Series 04, Post-Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2, Canon Divergence, Steve Harrington-centric, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Eddie Munson Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Tripping through history, Using real History but fictitiously, Tripping Through Time, Temporary Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Wishes, Time Travel Fix-It, Time Travel, Time slip, Blundering Through History, Time Keeps On Slipping Slipping Slipping Into The Future, Or Into The Past, Time Isn't Picky, Historical References, Historical Inaccuracy, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Gareth & Eddie Munson Are Best Friends, Minor Canonical Character(s), Revolving Door of Characters, Mixed Media

Summary:

Steve Harrington knows this world isn't permanent. They never are. He blinks into existence, brand new and disoriented. He might not know where he is, or when, but he knows he's searching for something, for someone, as he's called on and on, all across the universe. He always finds him. Eddie.

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This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Time Loops & Time Travel.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #theme weekend #time travel #canon divergence #hurt/comfort #fix it

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steddieunderdogfics · 11 hours

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For the Time Loops & Travel weekend: Getting it Right by pterawaters

Getting it Right by pterawaters

@pterawaters

Rating: Teen and Up

2,776 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Time Loop, Season/Series 04

Summary:

Ash falls on Hawkins and Steve wakes up a week earlier, knowing he has to change things.

Thanks for the rec!

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Time Loops & Time Travel.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #theme weekend #time loop #rated t #steddissy

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steddieunderdogfics · 15 hours

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For time loop and travel weekend, I'd like to rec two of my favorites:

Right Where You Belong by WabiSabiPapi, a thoughtful and extremely well plotted Time Traveler's Wife AU with a tender love story and great humor

and

Echo by CaptainHoney. Thrilling, engrossing and sometimes brutal, this is a wild ride of a fic, as Eddie is trapped in a time loop on his last day on earth. The rare story where jumps in character perspective totally work as we jump from loop to loop.

Right Where You Belong by WabiSabiPapi

@arimakes

Rating: Explicit

32,826 words, 4/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Car Accident, Family Member Death, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Drug Use, A small helping of selfcest, Time Travel, Inspired by The Time Traveler's Wife, Happy Ending, Gay Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Librarian Eddie Munson, First Meetings, like there's a couple first meetings, Getting Together, Alternate Universe - The Time Traveler's Wife Fusion, Self-Worth Issues, HAPPY ENDING I REPEAT HAPPY ENDING

Summary:

“...Eddie?” the guy chokes out. Huh. Interesting. He maintains a strict no name policy out in the wild. Sharing it is bad practice with the crime and trying to cover his tracks and all. “Uh, that’s me,” he offers an uncertain smile and a slow nod. “Anything I can help you find?” “You look so young. Your hair. I—” The guy shakes his head. Seemingly astonished. “I can’t believe you’re really here.” Eddie and Steve find one another at different stages of their lives. At very different points in time. A story about discovering and rediscovering, falling in love, and healing childhood wounds.

echo by CaptainHoney

@grandmastattoo

Rating: Explicit

30,342 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of ViolenceMajor Character Death

Tags: Time Loop, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, character study through a funhouse mirror, content warnings for pretty much everything, Violence, Blood, Suicide, Murder, Murder-Suicide, Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, non-graphic drug overdose, implied eating disorder, Henry Creel | One | Vecna is His Own Warning, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, time loops should count as their own warning, eddie is trapped in a time loop, Multiple Perspectives, Non-Linear Narrative, he may be trapped in a timeloop but he's still horny, hitting the ground running with this one, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, a really rank blowjob, Gore, overuse of the word 'viscera', the return of steve's strawberry scented lube, death death so much death, Bisexual Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, apologies in advance

Summary:

Loop 6 - Steve Eddie bleeds out in his arms. Loop 27 - Steve Eddie bleeds out in his arms. Loop 304 - Steve Eddie bleeds out in his arms. Loop 368 - Steve Eddie bleeds out in his arms.

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These recs are a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Time Loops & Time Travel.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #theme weekend #time travel #time loop #rated e #major character death #angst #angst with a happy ending #no upside down au #movie au #fix it

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steddieunderdogfics · 19 hours

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hi :) i wanted to message to submit a fic for the time loops & travel weekend: Whatever It Takes by monochromevelyn, it's a time travel fix-it

Whatever It Takes by monochromevelyn

Rating: Mature

38,646 words, 7/7 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Canon Compliant, but only in the first chapter lol, post season 4 vol 2, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Brotherly Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Fluff, Gay Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, No bisexual crisis here, Steve Harrington Loves The Party, The Party Loves Steve Harrington, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Eventual Happy Ending, Platonic Stobin, Mild Hurt/Comfort, I'm Rewriting The Entire Season 4 At This Point, Steve Harrington-centric, Feral Steve Harrington, Steve's Nail Bat My Beloved, vivid fight scenes

Summary:

But he can’t seem to let go of Eddie’s death. To Steve, it’s unfair that he gets to survive demobats attack, while Eddie dies due to it. It’s unfair that Steve and all of his mindless bravery of charging ahead in every situation are still standing today, while Eddie…Eddie who hid behind his fearless bravado but twitched at a slight sound and shivered with his whole body, who promised Steve to not be a hero but made a bait out of himself to distract enemies away for their plan to work is gone. It’s unfair how unfortunate Eddie was, to die on his first encounter against the upside down, while Steve manages to escape it time and time again. OR: Steve time travels to save Eddie. He falls in love.

Thanks for the rec!

This rec is a part of Theme Weekend. The theme this weekend is Time Loops & Time Travel.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #theme weekend #time travel #rated m #fix it

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steddieunderdogfics · 23 hours

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For general recs:

Finding My Home In You by Milothefish47b

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41985543/chapters/105405315

It's an ongoing fic and I think it's flying under people's radar or they don't give it a proper chance due to a few minor spelling mistakes but the story is super cute. We've vampire Eddie who lives as a recluse meeting a nightmare troubled Steve who goes out at the woods late at night.

The author put a lot of effort into it and I'd love to see more people finding their way over to this story 🥰

Finding My Home In You by Milothefish47b

Rating: Explicit

words, 26/30 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags: Slow Burn, Post Season 3, preseason 4, Vampire Eddie, steve needs glasses, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Steve gets migraines, Autistic Steve Harrington, Autistic Eddie Munson, they all have PTSD, Steve Harrington Has Panic Attacks, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Blood and Injury, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Good Parent Wayne Munson, Accidental overdose, Suicidal Thoughts, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Gay Eddie Munson, Blood Drinking, Anxiety Attacks, POV Alternating, Found Family, Dyslexic Steve Harrington, Spicy times ahead, Hand Jobs, First Time Blow Jobs, Sub Top Eddie Munson, Soft sex, Dry Humping

Summary:

After the events of Starcourt, it's hard for Steve to go back to normal, if there ever was a normal. Nightmares plague him, keeping him from falling asleep and just making his life miserable. His friends help of course, but sometimes it just isn't enough. He needs to escape somewhere... Eddie lives alone in the forest of Hawkins, he likes it that way even if his uncle presses him to get out more. He does want to go out, he does. There's just one problem that his uncle seems to ignore. They're vampires. ---- Or: Steve meets a lonely vampire and they become friends, maybe more :)

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #steve harrington #canon divergent #tw graphic violence #tw suicide ideation #tw panic attack #tw overdose #hurt/comfort #angst with a happy ending #slow burn #vampire eddie munson #explicit #found family #smut

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Reccing "Restrained" by GriefAbyss! archiveofourown (.) org/works/52651054

This is a sequel, but you don't have to read the first one to get it. It's a very hot, emotionally complex fic about Eddie's reward for agreeing not to jerk off for a month, in which the two of them are essentially strangers who are negotiating the boundaries of this new sexual/BDSM relationship in real time. This author also always includes such great details that make the sex seem realistic and grounded. I can't believe this fic has less than 100 kudos! It deserves ten times that!

Restrained by GriefAbyss

@griefabyss69

Rating: Explicit

22,011 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Multiple Orgasms, Rope Bondage, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Fingering, Cum Play, Spit Kink, pain play, Mild CBT, showering together, Begging, Slapping, Teasing, Biting, Clamps - Freeform, fantasies, Porn Magazines, Dirty Talk, Butt Plugs, Realistic Unrealistic Sex, Getting to Know Each Other, The Porn Is the Plot, They inspire each other <3

Summary:

Eddie makes it to midnight on December 01st without having an orgasm, and Steve makes it so worth it he never wants to leave his bed again. --- He shivers and then Steve's gently guiding him back to the bed, getting him to sit down, and Eddie's about to comment on how kind he's being when Steve pulls out a bright red hank of rope. Oh. Eddie thinks he's going to ejaculate his soul right out of his dick at the sight of it, his fingers digging into his bare thighs so hard he jumps from the unexpected pain. His spine might be melting down into liquid gold. "What do you think?" Steve asks, and Eddie's mouth drops open like he's got the ability to speak or something.

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#steddie #steve harrington #steddie fic recs #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #steddieunderdogfics #explicit #smut #sequel #can be read as a stand alone #getting to know one another

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steddieunderdogfics · 2 days

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For the "fix it" theme weekend, I rec "let the fire breathe me back to life" by sourw0lfs (https://archiveofourown.org/works/46060018) - OR: The one where Eddie's a phoenix and can't actually die. It just got completed a few days ago. 🥰

let the fire breathe me back to life by sourw0lfs

@sourw0lfs

Rating: Mature

25,350 words, 9/9 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warning

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Temporary Character Death, Protective Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson Lives, Phoenixes, accidental arson, Eddie Munson is a Phoenix, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Protective Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Needs a Hug, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Medical Inaccuracies, Blood and Injury, Protective Wayne Munson, POV Eddie Munson, Good Uncle Wayne Munson, Getting Together, Eddie Munson Has ADHD

Summary:

Waking up shouldn’t be weird, but it is. Mostly because Eddie is fairly certain he’s supposed to be dead. Like super dead. Like bled out in a freshman’s arms dead. OR: The one where Eddie's a phoenix and can't actually die.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #canon divergent #temporary character death #rated m #getting together #phoenix #wayne munson

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steddieunderdogfics · 2 days

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STEDDIE UNDERDOG MAY CALENDAR

A new month is here!! Time for more challenges, themes, and writer's spotlights!!

Upcoming Challenge Mondays:

5/6 -- Fics with five chapters (complete)

5/13 -- Fics that have playlists

5/20 -- Fics with 20 comments

5/27 -- Fics with ~300 hits

Upcoming Writer's Wednesdays:

5/1 -- @punkslovepoints

5/8 -- @wynnyfryd

5/15 -- @capriciouslyterminal

5/22 -- @sidekick-hero

5/29 -- @penny00dreadful

Upcoming Theme Weekends:

5/11 - 5/12 -- Kid Fic

5/25 - 5/26 -- Friends to Lovers

The Last Friday of every month will have a new calendar release!

CHECK OUT OUR LINKS BELOW TO PARTICIPATE!

Nominate an author for WRITER'S SPOTLIGHT here!

Vote on our next THEME WEEEK here!

Suggest a CHALLENGE for Challenge Mondays here!

Submit a fic through our ASK!

You can see our previously recommended fics here!

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The next CHALLENGE MONDAY assignment is:

FIND FICS WITH PROMINENT PETS!

This should be stories with pets that are almost main characters! Service dogs, pet POVs, rescued cats, unusual pets -- send them all! (But not pet play fics... this time.)

When you submit your fic recommendations, make you sure you add a note saying it's for Challenge Monday!

Monday's recs will only be for the challenge! Any that are not used will be recommended as per usual.

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Know a fic that deserves extra love? Submit through our asks or the submission box! Suggest challenges, nominate an author for the writer's spotlight, and vote on our next theme here.

#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #steddieunderdogfics #challenge monday #pets

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steddieunderdogfics · 2 days

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i want to rec Emotional Motion Sickness by sidekick_hero because it is such a good fic! 💕💕💕

Emotional Motion Sickness by sidekick_hero

@sidekick-hero

Rating: Explicit

16,464 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Meet-Cute, (sort of), Porn with Feelings, Kink Discovery, Steve Harrington Has a Praise Kink, Soft Dom Eddie Munson, Sub Steve Harrington, Getting Together, Dom Eddie Munson, Body Worship, 90s Steddie, mention of platonic stobin

Summary:

"This is actually my first time in a gay bar and I had no idea it was a theme night, that people would be here looking for... for... leather and chains and whatnot. If I knew that, I wouldn't have come." It comes out in a rush, the words stumbling over each other in his haste to get them out as quickly as possible. Steve fights the urge to bury his head in his hands again, but part of him is glad he got it all out. Now he can only hope that Eddie still wants to talk to him, because he likes Eddie, and he may not be into the same things as him, but maybe... Steve doesn't know what he's hoping for, only that he doesn't want his night to end without at least getting Eddie's number. Maybe they can at least be friends. Steve really needs more gay friends, ones who don't send him to a bar without telling him they have theme nights. OR: Steve goes to his first gay bar after moving to New York with Robin and gets more than he was hoping for.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #steve x eddie #dom/sub #no upside down #meet cute

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steddieunderdogfics · 2 days

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Visions Of the Things to Be by findafight

Rating: General

2,866 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Are Best Friends, Eddie Munson Lives, Eddie Munson Has a Crush on Steve Harrington, Pre-Season/Series 04, Post-Season/Series 04, EMT Steve Harrington, Implied/Referenced Underage Drinking, Crack Treated Seriously, Developing Relationship, References to MASH (TV), 5+1 Things, sorta?, Background Steve and Claudia Henderson bonding, the inescapable nature of north america's most popular scripted show of all time, Floor Rum Cake, and the inherent romanticism and dedication implied therein, Steve Harrington Loves MASH

Summary:

The one thing Eddie loved that was, for all intents and purposes, mainstream (eugh) was M*A*S*H. Of course it was. Hawkeye Pierce was a…formative experience for a young Eddie, and he wasn't ashamed of that. The chaos Hawkeye formulated and controlled in his persona was a goal Eddie truly aspired to. His swagger and confidence and easy charm whilst also being a snarky asshole was everything Eddie wanted to embody. So. It was…frustrating when Henderson swanned into hellfire complaining about Steve goddamn Harrington having a fucking wine night (wine!! Night!!) with his mother. OR Eddie loves M*A*S*H almost as much as Steve does, and fancies himself a bit of a Hawkeye Pierce character, only to find out he is...incorrect. About a lot of things. OR OR 5 times Eddie was annoyed at Steve Harrington's apparent equal love of the war doctor show, and a few times he wasn't really annoyed at all.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #crack treated seriously #general #5+1 things #platonic stobin #paramedic steve harrington #m*a*s*h

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steddieunderdogfics · 2 days

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I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On A Strange Journey by StitchedFox is a gorgeous long one shot with brilliant pacing. The boys having fun in Chicago.

I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On A Strange Journey by StitchedFox

Rating: Explicit

31,107 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Chose Not to Use

Tags: Chicago (City), Road Trips, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Mixtape, First Time, First Time Bottoming, Rocky Horror Picture Show References, Scars, Trauma, Falling In Love, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Kissing, Smoking, Marijuana, First Kiss, Making Out, Eddie Munson Driving, Comic Book Science, Nerding out over The Terminator, Coming Out, Eddie Bunson, Little bit of Robin Buckley

Summary:

Eddie wants to take Steve to Chicago to show him Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Music Box Theater. Sounds like a weekend away is just what they need.

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#steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #rocky horror picture show #falling in love #explicit #smut #getting together #road trip

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change is good as the rest by spacenarwhal

Rating: Explicit

5,880 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Chose Not to Use

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Eddie Munson Lives, Established Relationship, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, First Time, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Masturbation, Internalized Homophobia

Summary:

Robin makes a sound, soft, questioning. “I thought you and Eddie were already. You know.” She makes a crude gesture, looks so ridiculous that Steve can’t help but laugh. “We are, but we haven’t—” Banged? Boned? All the stupid words he would have used with Tommy feel crude now. Steve’s hands are sweating. He licks at the corner of his mouth, settles on a neutral. “We haven’t done that. Yet.” Robin makes a pensive noise. “And you want to do that. With Eddie.”

This is a MOD rec as a part of our Fic Fridays.

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steddieunderdogfics · 3 days

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For the regular fic recs, I just read the most delightful fic and the world building is so interesting, I have to share: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43074855

Chase by LuckyPanda13

Rating: Explicit

11,269 words, 2/2 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: POV Eddie Munson, Animal Instincts, Boarding School, Eddie Munson is a Mess, Soccer Mom Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, Bottom Steve Harrington, Top Eddie Munson, Feral Behavior, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Anal Sex, Rough Sex, Mating Bites, How Do I Tag, Not Canon Compliant, Idiots in Love, Feral Eddie Munson, Feral Steve Harrington, They destroy a classroom because they're horny, Happy Ending, Eddie Munson Calls Steve Harrington "Princess", Dom/sub Undertones, Desk Sex, Floor Sex, No beta we die like Barb, Hair-pulling

Summary:

Eddie doesn't want his beast to hurt anyone. All he has to do is keep his head down and avoid anything that will trigger it, like... literally anyone else. Herbivores make him want to chase, carnivores make him want to be chased, omnivores make him want to defend his territory, and Steve... Steve is altogether a different problem. So, Eddie keeps his head down, breathes through his mouth to avoid smelling anything, and prays to everything holy and unholy he does not run into Steve.

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pretty girls never light their own cigarettes by ghosttotheparty

This fic has a Podfic read by Amanita_Fierce!

@ghosttotheparty

Rating: Mature

5,163 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Genderqueer Steve Harrington, Gender Identity, Communication, Pet Names, Queer Themes, Intimacy, Kissing, Body Worship, Babygirl Steve Harrington, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Soft Eddie Munson, they’re in love your honor, Love Confessions

Summary:

“Hey.” Eddie tugs his hand. “No rules.“ He tugs again, prompting Steve to look up at him before he speaks again, softer. “This is just us, Stevie.” Steve looks back at him, and Eddie can practically see the moment it sets in. That he’s safe here. That he’s free.

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Baby, You Were Meant To Follow Me by MuseumGiftShopEraser

@museumgiftshoperaser

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

5,918 words, 2/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: background robin buckley/nancy wheeler, POV Alternating, attempts at flirting, Weed, Alcohol, Steve and Nancy are really close friends, Eddie survives, Happy Ending, they're really going through it but at least they have each other, nancy and steve help each other with their respective sexuality crisis

Summary:

“You’re doing it again,” Steve whispers. “Huh?” Steve smiles and hands him the joint. “You’re distracted tonight, man,” he says and there it is again. The hand on his knee. “You good?” More than good. Great. No. Freaking out actually. Please stop touching me. Please lean in closer. “Just distracted, like I said.” He takes a long drag to calm his nerves. “Watch the movie, Stevie.” *** When Steve keeps flirting with him, Eddie can't help but get his hopes up. Maybe he's gonna get his happy ending after all. But then Steve gets inexplicably closer with Nancy after she ends things with Jonathan. Has he really been reading this situation all wrong?

Thanks for the rec! This recommendation is apart of our Writer's Wednesday! All of the recs today are written by @museumgiftshoperaser . Want to nominate an author? Fill out this form!

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This week’s writer spotlight feature is: MuseumGiftShopEraser! They have 9 works on AO3 in the Stranger Things Fandom, and 6 of those are in the Steddie tag!

Our anonymous nominator recommends the following works by @museumgiftshoperaser:

Paint the Devil on the Wall

Conversations About Love

Now I'm A Stranger

An Exercise In Denial

Baby, You Were Meant To Follow Me

Her fics are BEAUTIFUL. When I first read Paint the Devil on the Wall I was so obsessed I immediately recced the fic to everyone I knew who would be vaguely interested in a steddie fic. -- anonymous

Below the cut, @museumgiftshoperaser answered some questions about their writing process and some of their recommended work!

Why do you write Steddie?

I stumbled into it immediately after season 4 came out. I’ve felt very attached to Steve as a character from the beginning of the show and I think I was subconsciously waiting for someone to pair him up with. I think they’re both such great characters to explore themes of dealing with expectation (either by conforming, or fighting against it) and that’s something I always love to write about.

What’s your favorite trope to READ?

Absolute sucker for fake dating. Can’t get enough of it.

What’s your favorite trope to WRITE?

Enemies to lovers! Though now that I’m looking through my AO3 I haven’t actually written that much of it. It doesn’t have to be very intense enemies, though. I just like it when characters don’t immediately get along.

What’s your favorite Steddie fic?

My brain has been forever rewired by took you for a working boy by pukner. It’s such a gentle, nuanced queer story. It feels vulnerable to me in a way that really only fanfiction can be. Can I sneak in another one?? Because everyone should also absolutely read the shame is on the other side by scoops_ahoy. It taps into this very specific kind of queer compartmentalizing, that I’ve never seen written this well. It broke my heart and patched it right back up.

Is there a trope you’re excited to explore in a future work but haven’t yet?

I’ve been stupidly busy with my masters lately so there’s probably not a lot of writing on my horizon. I do have a wip called Doll that I’m slowly chipping away at. It’s a little darker than stuff I’ve written before. I know ‘dark’ isn’t really a trope, but I’m excited to see if I can push these characters a little further.

What is your writing process like?

Absolute chaos. I write non-chronologically, without an outline, all in the same document. I keep writing snippets and scenes until the whole thing slowly comes together.

Do you have any writing quirks?

Italicizing words for emphasis. I love it so much, you can rip it from my cold dead hands. It accidentally makes its way into my academic writing for my degree sometimes which is a little embarrassing, but I just love the flair of it.

Do you prefer posting when you’ve finished writing or on a schedule?

I don’t really do schedules, it doesn’t work for me at all. I try to make sure I have a decent amount of the story written before I start posting to give me a bit of a head start, but forcing myself to finish something by a certain date is a surefire way to kill my motivation.

Which fic are you most proud of?

Probably Paint the Devil on the Wall. It was the first time I’d written the entire story before I started posting so it went through way more rounds of editing than normal. I think you can really tell. It’s also the longest story I’ve ever written (in general, even outside of fanfic). The whole project gave me a lot of confidence as a writer.

How did you get the idea for Paint the Devil on the Wall?

I knew I wanted to participate in the Bigbang and the deadline was coming up, but I still didn’t have an idea. I decided to work backwards and try to think of something that would be fun for the artist(s) to draw. I had a vision of Eddie wearing dungarees without a shirt, absolutely covered in paint and I knew I had to write something to make it happen. I set the story in 80s New York because neo expressionism is really the only kind of art I could see Eddie making. I think it suits him very well. I do actually have a background in art, though! I’m currently getting my MFA, but I’ve worked full time as an artist for several years before that. I had a lot of fun working my passion for art (and all those art history classes I had to take) into the fic.

When writing Paint the Devil on the Wall, what was something you didn’t expect?

All of Steve’s character, to be honest. The fic is written from Eddie’s POV and for a large part of it he has a very hard time figuring out what Steve’s deal is. Right alongside him, I also had an incredibly hard time figuring out his character. It wasn’t until I was working on the final chapter that he finally clicked for me. I realized very late, just like Eddie, that Steve liked him from the very beginning. Most of the enemies to lovers premise was all in Eddie’s head.

What inspired Now I'm a Stranger?

Oh boy, that was forever ago! I remember I started writing it while I was camping with friends because I liked having something to do after everyone went to bed at night. I think I had the idea for that very first scene where Steve doesn’t remember Eddie and it all sort of spiraled from there.

What was your favorite part to write from An Exercise in Denial?

That was the very first fic I wrote, right after season 4 came out! I’ve never written something that fast, I think the whole thing took me less than a week. My favorite part was probably Robin being completely exasperated with both of them. They’re such complete idiots in that fic.

How do/did you feel writing Baby, You Were Meant To Follow Me?

Ahhh… I never got around to finishing that one. I probably never will, to be honest. I wrote the first two parts quite quickly and then the idea I had for the plot spiraled out of control and I realized I didn’t actually feel like writing the rest of it. There were going to be a lot of misunderstandings and I learned that I find that an incredibly frustrating trope to write (when done for drama at least. For comedy, I’m a sucker for misunderstandings.) So I guess I felt a little in over my head.

What was the most difficult part of writing Conversations About Love?

The ending! That fic is so incredibly personal to me and I knew from the beginning that I wanted it to have a very sappy, happy ending. It was important to me to write an aromantic character getting everything they wanted, but I realized as I was writing it that I don’t actually fully know what that means. So it took a bit more soul searching than fics typically do, but it was very much worth it.

Do you have a favorite scene and/or line from any of your fics?

I still think the short little prologue for Paint the Devil on the Wall is the best thing I’ve written. “You don’t draw on things that aren’t yours, baby” is probably the best summary I have for that story.

Do you have any upcoming projects or fics you’d like to share/promote?

Not really!

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