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“Whatever they killed you with, Eddie,” Owens said gently. “It’s what brought you back.”
“I can…” Eddie swallowed the spit building in his mouth. “I can hear the fucking bulbs buzzing, man.”
OR: Eddie lives. Just about.
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“Well, Nancy dated him,” Jonathan says, “and we’re both omegas. Probably the only male omegas in this town.”
Eddie blinks. Then blinks again. “Huh?”
“You do know guys can be omegas, right?” Jonathan says.
“Yeah, man,” Eddie says. “I have seen porn.”
So, Steve Harrington isn't the alpha male he acted like in high school, but Eddie's got a lot of other things going on right now. He doesn't care, really. It's got nothing to do with him.
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- Part 2 of Ain't No Mountain High Enough
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Steve is a witch and Eddie's an eldritch horror and Henderson's attitude is getting out of line.
Or: the mortifying ordeal of growing up.
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01 Feb 2026
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Eddie doesn’t like showing it when he’s scared. Wayne always knows, though. He knew every time Eddie appeared on his doorstep with no warning, small and trembling with a dirty, oversized backpack packed with snacks and worn stuffed animals. He knew when Eddie was taller, a little bit too skinny and too tough for his age, when his dad finally ended up in prison and the government finally let Wayne's kid be his kid. He knew when Eddie was in middle school, friendless and angry and paranoid, when Wayne stumbled upon a stash of porno mags while he was looking for drugs.
So he knows now.
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{in which Wayne doesn't meet Steve until quite a while after he and Eddie start dating}
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“The promoter wants you to hang out after the show tonight,” Steve tells Eddie from his spot at the edge of the bed. They’re in one room together, Gareth and Jeff are in another, and Freak’s on the foldout in the basement. “He said you can have all the beer and tits you want.”
Eddie grins over from where he’s elbow deep in his bag. “Harrington, you know I already have all the beer and tits I want.”
“Yeah well, you can’t sign these behind the bar at Kitty’s,” Steve tells him.
Eddie looks at Steve sitting there with his legs crossed at the end of the bed, grey slacks and a t-shirt, apple of his eye, light of his life, best rack in the midwest, and laughs. “Steve Harrington,” he sighs, tilting his chin up, grin still on his face. “Don’t threaten me with a good time.”
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Eddie goes on tour with Corroded Coffin, and Steve tags along to sell merch.
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31 Jan 2026
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“Steve is dating someone,” Dustin mutters, as though saying it out loud might break him.
Eddie laughs mirthlessly. “Of course he is,” he says, aiming for casual and missing by a mile. “It’s Steve fucking Harrington.”
Dustin swallows nervously, and Eddie really wishes he would just spit it out. There’s no point trying to spare his heart; it broke a long time ago, and he’s not sure it can be fixed. “It’s… It’s a guy.”
Oh, he thinks. Would you look at that? There were still some pieces left to break after all.
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Or: Steve and Eddie used to date, but broke up after Steve confessed to not being ready to tell their friends. Years later, Steve is dating a man and everyone knows, and isn't that unfair, Eddie thinks.
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31 Jan 2026