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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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04 Mar 2026
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the devil's water, it ain't so sweet by hesjustlikemefr
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Apr 2024
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“Rob, oh my god, look. He actually matched with me,” Steve said, shoving his phone at Robin.
“Uh, Steve. He did more than match with you, babe,” Robin said with eyes wide. Steve balked and looked at the messages tab, scrolling past the old men, and paused when he saw that Eddie had sent him a message.
“Oh my god?” Steve shot up from the table and ran to his room, the message feeling too private to even share with Robin. He collapsed on his bed and rolled over onto his tummy, kicking his feet as he looked at the message from Eddie. He read it over three times before he believed it was real and as he looked at the timestamp of the message, he realized Eddie had messaged him almost immediately after they matched.
Eddie was a younger daddy, hot as fuck, and interested in Steve. He squealed as he typed his message back.
_After Steve's parents cut him off financially, Robin comes up with a brilliant plan for Steve to be able to pay his bills. SweetShoppe, the most professional sugaring app on the market. Steve is skeptical, until he comes across the profile of Eddie Munson, a music producer and the hottest guy Steve has ever seen. Maybe this wasn't the worst idea after all...
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02 Mar 2026
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Steve Harrington just wanted to go for a drive the night of November 6, 1983.
Just a drive.
He didn't expect to stumble across Will Byers running alone in the woods, let alone an inter-dimensional flower faced monster out for blood.
He definitely didn't expect to be dragged into something so much bigger than him that would flip his life upside down forever.
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23 Feb 2026
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we've been haunted since we both could know by Atalia_Gold
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Feb 2026
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“But we’re gonna come and visit you anyway, big guy,” Eddie adds.
“Sure. Just, ah…don’t expect much in the way of entertainment,” Steve grumbles.
“You can just sit there and look pretty, how’s that? Won’t be hard for you,” Eddie replies, smooth.
Steve’s cheeks heat up again.
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A traumatic brain injury leads to a downward spiral for Steve. He's dropped from the Blackhawks, his recovery is slow and rocky, and he's got no idea what to do with his life.
Enter his old friends, Eddie and Dustin, who spend their time poking around decrepit haunted locations filming for their YouTube channel. Steve doesn't really believe in all this ghost stuff, but he's got nothing better to do than join them.
Besides, he might just be ever-so-slightly head-over-heels for Eddie Munson.
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- Part 1 of like a ghost like a light
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A series of connected, chronological oneshots set in a firefighter AU.
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23 Feb 2026