My Comfort Steddie fics ♥
I fell into a Steddie hole since Stranger Things S4 came out & still haven't figured out how to get out (and I don't want to). So here are some of the fics I got lost to and kind of became my comfort place.
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Cause all you've ever done is been a noose to hang onto by Winter_Oswin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2024
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Eddie had never been normal. Not by the current definition of it at least. That was fine with him, though. Why try to be something he wasn't? Why force himself to conform, when he'd never be the right kind of guy anyways?
Steve Harrington was that guy. Rich, popular, good with the ladies, and a total douche. At least that's what Eddie had assumed about him. Turns out that he'd been wrong. About everything, the world he was living in, the rules of physics, the existence of magic and on top of that, Steve Harrington's character.
Because Steve's apparently a total badass, and an amazing babysitter, and a total lunatic. Who else would have such a disregard for his own safety? Who else would be completely fine with the idea of sacrificing himself? And who else would truly believe that nobody would really care if he died?
Or: Eddie has a crush on Steve and while he gets to know him he realizes how fucked up the last few years have been for Steve and how protecting a bunch of kids has seriously deteriorated his sense of self-preservation. Angst and fluff ensue. Including: Steve realising that he's not straight, Eddie yearning, and someone finally putting Steve first!
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It’s 1988 baby! Two years have passed since the defeat of Vecna, and all seems to be well (finally) in the town of Hawkins. However, not everyone is over the events of two years prior. Steve Harrington is in a bit of a funk. He's having panic attacks and depressive episodes. After Nancy offers him a job he can't refuse, Steve finds himself working in a summer camp alongside some familiar faces. Six weeks of sexuality crisis, sexual frustration, weed, and a new enemy is on the way... but will Steve be able to handle it for the sake of the person he loves?
Or: Steve is depressed and becomes a camp counsellor, soon he realises he's bisexual and in love with Eddie Munson. Fluff, Smut, Angst and heart-to-heart discussions ensue.
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You Know My Ways (I Know Your Fears) by Selective_attention
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Feb 2023
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Moments like this made him feel normal. He was making dinner for the person he loved after work. He wasn't someone who fought monsters from another dimension. He didn't have nightmares, or panic attacks, or migraines. He certainly hadn't ever been beaten nearly to death in a Russian bunker.
He was just Steve. And he loved Eddie.
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This is the sequel to There's No Mystery to This Man.
A slight AU where Steve and Eddie have been together since the previous summer. Leading into season 4.
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- Part 7 of It Was The Summer of 85
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“Hey newbie. Ever worked in a bar before?” the guy asks with an easy smile. Steve snaps his eyes up to meet his, and shit they’re pretty. The greeting would be charming from anyone else, perhaps even from the guy himself if he’d not overheard the exchange moments before, but Steve’s insides curl at the condescension.
“Yeah. For about five years. Thanks. And my name’s Steve,” he responds, voice clipped. He yanks at the ties of his apron, knotting the bow just a little tighter than is comfortable. He’ll have to adjust it later, but the man’s dark eyes are roaming over him like he’s something edible, and there’s no way Steve’s going to give any indication whatsoever that he’s prey.
“Nice to meet you, Steve. I’m Eddie.”
Steve can’t prevent the way his face scrunches in confusion, because surely not. There’s no way that this is the Eddie. Sure, he’s not exactly hard on the eyes, but from the little Steve’s experienced of him so far, he seems like a major ass. The way Bridget had hyped him up, anyone would think fucking Jon Bon Jovi worked here.
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when the upmarket cocktail bar Steve's working at goes out of business, he finds himself in desperate need of a job.
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- Part 1 of Soda Burn
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done looking for signs (in the gaps and the silence) by Lihhelsing for k0uk0
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2023
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“You should leave,” he adds, for good measure. There’s silence on the other side for a moment but Steve knows it’s not that easy.
“Please. Can I come up?”
Steve should say no. If he had an ounce of self-love, he would. The problem is the way that voice shifts his world, it’s like the floor is swept from under his feet, it’s like he was frozen upside down for years and is just realizing it now.
He should say no. And yet, Steve presses the red button on his intercom, opening the front gate so that Eddie fucking Munson can waltz right back into his life.
- Or, Eddie and Steve crashed and burned. But maybe, there's still a chance at something for them.
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we can love each other (i've been told it's okay) by deadratz
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2023
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Eddie has wondered for a while if Steve knows what kind of signals he sends. He’s wondered if Steve realizes what kinds of things he implies while talking about his failed dates. Eddie ignores it because that’s safer than addressing it.
Until it’s clear ignoring it isn’t doing anyone any favors.
(Alternatively: Is it gay to sit in your boy best friend's lap while you talk about how bored you are with heterosexual sex? Depends on who you ask.)
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They all froze as Eddie and Steve locked eyes.
This is the part about break ups nobody talks about.
The aftermath.
But hey, they’ve saved the world more than trice, so getting their friends back together shouldn’t be that hard, right?
Or: Steve and Eddie broke up a month ago. The kids, tired of this weird thing between their friends and convinced they still want each other, do what they do best; Stick their noses right where they don’t belong.
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“What the fuck is going on?” Steve shouts to himself, spinning around, looking for anything that could possibly explain how he ended up in Eddie Munson’s bedroom, in Eddie Munson’s fucking body.
There’s a soft rap on the door followed by a man’s concerned voice, “you alright, Ed? Why’re you yelling?”
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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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I know I've kissed you before (Can I try again) by ChristinMKay for speckpflaume
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Apr 2023
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“Still not graduated, Harrington?”
It’s something Eddie would have said teasingly when they were teens. Steve would have smacked him on the shoulder, affectionately calling him an asshole before being pulled into an apologetic kiss. But they are not teenagers anymore and Eddie’s voice lacks any of the warmth that used to be reserved for Steve. Now, it’s just loaded with resentment, which, yeah, is a fair reaction.
“I…eh…work here now,” Steve says lamely and points at his office door. “Guidance counselor.”
or: 14 years after his first big heartbreak, Steve's life is relatively stable. It's been two years since the tragic incident that led to him becoming Dustin's guardian, both of them slowly healing. He is doing amazing at his job and his social life is great. Of course, that's when a person from Steve's past has to come and shake everything up.Series
- Part 1 of Pink in the night