Steve: Myself and Robin are best friends.

Robin: Platonic soulmates, if you will.

Steve: We share everything.

Robin: Food-

Steve: Clothes-

Robin: Music taste-

Steve: taste in women-

Robin: gender-

Steve: a single brain cell-

Robin: the only thing we don’t share is an interest in men.

Steve: *holding Eddie’s hand* damn my bisexuality for ruining something so perfect.

i love you flamboyant gay steve harrington i love you boring gay steve harrington i love you polo shirt gay steve harrington i love you punk aesthetic gay steve harrington i love you trans man steve harrington i love you trans woman stevie harrington i love you intersex steve harrington i love you genderqueer steve harrington i love you non-binary steve harrington i love you bi-gender steve harrington i love you agender steve harrington i love you any pronouns steve harrington i love you he/she steve harrington i love you they/them steve harrington i love you trans but still he/him steve harrington i love you cis but gnc steve harrington i love you bisexual steve harrington i love you pansexual steve harrington i love you homosexual steve harrington i love you unlabeled steve harrington i love you unmatched gaydar steve harrington i love you clueless about it all steve harrington i love you steve harrington with internalized homophobia who is terrified i love you steve harrington who is immediately kissing boys i love you recovering comphet steve harrington i love you twink steve harrington i love you otter steve harrington i love you bear steve harrington i love you polyamorous steve harrington i love you demisexual and/or demiromantic steve harrington i love you aroace steve harrington

i love you every single variation of queer steve harrington out there you are so so important to me you are what makes the whole world go round <3

steve hummed as he rummaged around the kitchen, brushing the hair out of his eyes. "you're so pretty, stevie."

"hm? oh, thanks robbie."

"no, like. i really mean it. and, yknow if you wanted... i could do your makeup sometime..."

steve's head snapped up, eyes shining. he had only mentioned it in passing, but robin noticed, of course she did. "i, uh. that'd be... nice," he said nervously, smiling at his best friend.

it was quiet after that, as steve continued to do the dishes. "hey, robbie?"

"yeah, steve?"

"do you think, well, maybe-" steve sighed, shaking his head, "never mind."

"what? tell me," robin encouraged, moving closer to him."

"could you call me stevie? not- not just steve? like, all the time?" he whispered, ducking his head.

"of course, stevie," she beamed, "wanna steal your moms make up and do make overs?" she asked, trying to lift the somber mood, silently cheering when stevie looked up with a smiling, "yeah," they said, before running up the stairs to the make up cabinet.

Steddie,Dogbird by Madds Buckley songfic WHEN. It fits them so well. Steve is very much the dog in this situation

Some lyrics for those who don't know the song

" I can’t stand you in my bed

You’re too gentle

I need you to hurt me back instead" rewrote my brain.

"And sorry that I roll over to my folks

It’s not that I’m ashamed

But they keep me on the leash to choke

I’m a hunting breed

And bird is all they eat" Is so Steve

Also this very much fits Jargle as well. In a way I just realized.

THE SONG IN QUESTION

u mean to tell me there are people out there that don’t go to sleep every night thinking about steddie and then wake up to do it all over again ?

I want to write something about steve getting adopted by a bunch of drag queens like a bit after s2 then lowkey becoming a baby queen himself (kinda having an alter ego/ triple life moment where he hides the queen side and the monster fighting side while still almost trying to cling onto his old kind steve persona)

He uses his drag/ queer persona hes created to finally explore this side of himself, slowly feeling more confident in his sexuality and gender expression the more he performs on stage and meets new people!

Only after meeting robin does he really start to except that these are all parts of him and hes allowed to love and be both people (while finally feeling ready to drop king steve)

(Que emotional confessions while high in a bathroom singing bonnie tyler)

Later he finally takes robin to the club he goes to in indy, where the queens who adopted him are so ecstatic to finally meet their little Stevies lesbian best friend and platonic soulmate he lovingly called "birdie" to hide her identity! (Robs absolutely is the first and loudest person to cheer for him while he performs!!!) It slowly becomes tradition at this point for them to go to this club twice a month and enjoy the queer culture around them!!!!

Obviously Steddie becomes a thing after s4 and both max and will openly claim to be their first openly queer children which then leads to robin and stevie taking the kids + eddie to their first drag show, not realising Steve's going to also be performing!!

I’m the biggest supporter of genderqueer pronoun user she/they/he stevie harrington and her stupidly queer transmasc neo user boyfriend Eddie Munson. Fight me I dare you (I bite back)

Winter in Hawkins has been brutal this year, snow was falling heavy, there was not a single soul who should be out in these conditions, which is why when Steve hears a knock  on his front door he’s confused and also a tad panicked. A number of horrible thoughts plague his head as he rushes to open the door.

Swinging the door open the young man takes a shocked step back, “Erica??” 

“Yeah it’s me dipshit, now can I come in or what? People are going to be pretty upset to find an incredibly wholesome child frozen on the Harrington front steps.”

Gathering his senses after a moment, Steve quickly ushers one of his adopted kids into the house. Taking her jacket and stowing her boots with the other shoes, he also grabs a blanket from the storage bench, and leads Erica to the living room. “You know we have to talk about this Sinclair right? What the hell were you doing out in a storm like this? Do your folks know where you are? Also why the hell are you here?” The questions just kept coming pouring out of a very protective and concerned Steve.

Erica avoids eye contact with him and stares out the floor, cheeks flushed with embarrassment. It is a look that makes Steve’s stomach twist. Baby Sinclair was always so confident and sure of herself, there was something clearly bothering her. He finally stops verbally vomiting questions and just waits for her to start talking.

“My parents got stuck in the city due to the weather, and Lucas is bunking with the other dorks who are doing a new campaign that Dustin came up with, they didn’t even invite me to play which is bullshit by the way, I’m the most  strategic player they know. And and I didn’t want to be alone Steve, this was the only place I could think of going to.” She finished her story  going quiet and her eyes started glistening with unshed tears.

“Hey hey it’s okay. Listen Erica first off those little shits suck for not including you and they should know better, secondly I hate being alone too, stresses me the hell out and if you hadn’t shown up tonight I definitely would be hating life right now.” Erica nods slowly, grateful she made the decision to bike here. 

Steve gets a little more information about the situation and decides to make a couple of calls as Erica gets changed into warmer clothes. He’s steeping two mugs of tea while talking to Mrs. Sinclair after he got the number to their hotel room. Steve assures the mom that Erica is safe and very welcome to spend the night. Even fibs saying he picked Erica up so the kid didn’t get an earful when she got home. The next call he makes is to Karen Wheeler’s house. Once he’s on the phone with Mike he makes the kid gather the rest of the party up to the phone, and gives a very intense lecture on including the younger girl, and the responsibility of taking care of our own. Steve takes pleasure in Max yelling at Lucas in the background. He knew there was a reason she was one of his favorites. 

Erica was on the couch now wearing older sweatpants from Steve’s freshman year probably, they were still big on her but a way better option than her half solid jeans she biked in. Also wearing Steve’s swim team sweatshirt. Steve’s eyes crinkled in a smile, it was always nice to be able to spend one on one time with any of the kids, he likes that he gets to see more of their genuine personalities.

Spending time with Erica was easy and funny, she actually reminded Steve a lot of Robin. The way Erica was able to completely dunk on Steve and have it mean she loves him was verrry Robin. They talked about school, her friends, and a long list of embarrassing secrets about Lucas that Steve mentally stores to use next time Erica gets ditched. 

Even though it’s easy to talk to Erica, Steve can see how tired she looks. It’s the same tired he sees in all of them, the same tired he gets after a few nights of nightmare fueled insomnia. Luckily he knows how to help, if it was anyone other than Erica he’d have to think harder, not for her though.

After a long while of talking they decide to put a movie in and just relax while staying as warm as possible. Halfway through The Princess Bride Steve offers her a huge bowl of Rocky Road. “I know it’s stupidly cold out, but if I recall correctly I have a pretty huge ice cream debt that I haven’t able to make a payment on in a long time.” He hands her the bowl and a spoon.

Erica takes the offering, a sad smile creeping on her face. “Y’know ever since Starcourt I thought that was as bad as it was ever going to get for us. Not many 10 year olds get to say they saved their friends, the world, from Russian scientists. And then spring break happened Steve, Max and Eddie almost didn’t make it out, you and Hopper have irreparable brain injuries, and Lucas and I were almost got by racist townies. I’m just so tired, and yet I haven’t been able to really sleep in months. None of us have.” Tears flowing steady now as she lets a heavy weight off her chest.

Steve grabs her small shoulders, “No one should have ever gone what we have all gone through. But here we are still standing, still breathing against every damn odd. All of us nerds, freaks, fallen cool kids, we saved the fucking world. A couple of times actually. But we did it. And honestly Erica I’d go through it another hundred times if it meant I get to have this weird little family. I love you Rick, and I promise one  day we won’t be plagued by shadows, monsters, and alternate dimensions.”

Erica smiled at the nickname solely reserved for Steve. If Erica could pin point the night where sleeping came a tiny bit easier it would surely be this sleepover. In her heart Erica knew that she’d brave any winter storm for her favorite adopted brother.

Give me more of Eddie having a sexuality crisis. I’ve read so many fics where Eddie already knows he likes guys.

Or maybe he’s always known he’s liked guys but Stevie comes out as trans femme, or at least not cis. He has a crisis because he’s absolutely into Stevie, and most definitely doesn’t see her as a guy, and has a crisis over that.

I don’t know, I just need Eddie to have a sexuality crisis too.

We’re all sleeping on one very important Steve trope. Steve knowing he’s gay or bi or any form of queer at all way before the events of season one. I don’t see enough fics for it and I’m starved.

Dustin: Steve definitely isn’t straight Eddie, no straight guy spends that much time on their hair!

Eddie: you can’t just say that! That’s a very hurtful and untrue stereotype! You can’t just tell someones sexuality by the time they spend on their hair!

-meanwhile, Steve to Robin-

Steve: How does he think I’m straight? Does he not know that no straight guy would spend this much time on their hair!?

The Nightmare Before Christmas but make it Steddie/Stranger Things

Eddie Munson the Pumpkin King, a man, well more creature than man; with long snake hair and an old pin stripe suit filled with his rotting flesh and bones.  

Eddie Munson the Pumpkin King, who loves what he does in Halloween Town, really he does! But.. there’s still something missing. 

Eddie Munson the Pumpkin King, who’s always been fascinated by even the smallest hints of something new, anything that speaks of the world outside of the borders of Halloween Town

Steve Harrington; one of the Top Hurler’s of St. Patrick’s Day Town, who was thrown into a series of strange happenings going on in the hinterlands with his friend Dustin Henderson one year and has sense become accustomed to traveling through the different holidays and the forest that surrounds them. 

Steve Harrington, who met his best friend Robin Buckley a girl who always danced in the St. Patrik’s day Parade, after one of his escapades in the hinterlands, who seemed to be fascinated by the Hinterlands and the holiday doors. 

Steve Harrington, who despite his rather unpleasant time spent dealing with  Mike, Max, and El from Halloween Town, still wonders what lies behind the door. Wonders who The Pumpkin King they spoke of is

Pt 2 coming soonish!

So far it’s just going to have info about Chrissy, Robin, Nancy, Jonathan, Argyle and possibly the younger/og party members 

If anyone actually wants to see this written i might do it but for know its just gonna be some silly little word vomiting

steve, trying to set himself up to casually come out: so what’s it like being queer?

robin, not looking up from the tape she’s rewinding: what’s it like being such a dingus?

steve: .. robin

robin, looking up: wait were you trying to actually talk to me?

steve: no, no i see how it is

robin: stEVE PLEASE LET ME START OVER-

Just thinking about Aromantic Steve getting into romantic relationships cause he’s been told his entire life that he should want this and in theory he likes the idea of it, he thinks it sounds lovely but he’s never felt that way about anyone. He knows he’s expected to date and fall in love and settle down and everyone else around him seems so happy and fulfilled in relationships so why can’t he be.

He thinks for the longest time that he must be broken, he liked spending time with the people he’s dated but never felt a romantic connection. So he stops dating but pretends to be looking to keep up appearances because it’s what’s expected of him.

Then he meets Robin and feels a connection with her that he mistakes for romantic interest but later realises that it’s platonic love for her.

It takes him years to realise he doesn’t want to date and that he’ll never have romantic feelings for people but he’s happy with his friendships and feels satisfied with them.

He’s always a little worried that he’s going to be left behind and pushed to the side in favour of his friends' romantic relationships but he doesn’t voice these feelings.

He starts spending more time with Eddie and it’s fun and eventually they start hooking but Steve feels guilty not because Eddies a guy (he came to terms with his bisexuality years ago) but because Eddie starts acting like they’re a couple doing little things that Steve had only ever associated with romance.

He tries putting some space between them but that just makes him feel worse so he makes up his mind to talk to Eddie about it. The conversation is hard because Steve’s never tried to explain these feelings to anyone but Eddie is patient and listens reassuring Steve that he’s not broken. It also helps him realise that the things eddies doing aren’t inherently romantic and he could accept that knifed of affection with out the worry of accidentally leading Eddie on.

After they talk their relationship stays the same except they’re closer now and Steve doesn’t feel like he has to lie to or hide things from Eddie, they continue who hook up and it’s fun and yes Steve does still worry sometimes that one day Eddie will find himself a romantic partner and leave him behind but for the time being he’s happy.

I might write something based around this.

Love the idea of Steve finding out the “family is code for queer” thing and being so into it. Like, he didn’t have much of a relationship with his biological family, his current one was built out of monster-fighting trauma, and now he has the opportunity to have a new connection? Even in name? He would eat it up. He would love it. Someone would ask him if he was family and he’d be trying to nod casually while practically vibrating with joy.

gender queer steve can be something so personal