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I know the chances are pretty slim buuuut… did anyone else in this fandom have like a weird obsession with Dogfight, either the musical or the 90s movie (rip River Phoenix, you will always be famous)??? Because, lemme tell you… I did *embarrassed chuckle*

Anyways, you can read more about the plot here. But I was just thinking how I could possibly Steddie-fy this, so here’s the deal.

Instead of Marines about to go to war, we have Steve and his asshole friends about to go off to college. So, as a kind of last hurrah, they decide to throw a party, but instead competing to bring the ugliest date, they hold a competition to see who can bring the biggest loser as their date. Steve puts it off until the last minute because he doesn’t really wanna do it and kinda panics, which is how he ends up inviting Eddie after randomly running into him. Eddie, that poor baby, is actually down bad and accepts immediately. Btw, Tommy couldn’t find any ‘losers’ that would wanna go with him so he totally had to find one he could pay off and that’s how Robin ends up there. So Steve and Eddie actually kinda hit it off and Steve is kinda smitten because Eddie keeps flashing him the big doe eyes, and he feels incredibly guilty about the whole situation, starts thinking about getting Eddie out of there before he finds out about the competition. Unfortunately for him, Eddie and Robin run into each other on the way to the bathroom, and since they’re kinda friends from band, she tells him about the bets and the competition. Eddie, of course, is heartbroken and furious and storms out, prompting Steve to chase after him. He apologizes profusely and much to his surprise, Eddie accepts. They spend Steve’s last night in Hawkins actually getting to know each other. After running all over town and doing all kinds of crazy shit, they end up at Eddie’s trailer, Eddie plays Steve one of his songs and it’s sooo beautiful and Steve can’t help himself anymore, so he kisses him and some other stuff happens (obviously) but that’s a story for another day. They fall asleep on the roof of Eddie’s trailer while making out and looking at the stars because why not.

Still working out the ending for this one, but I just think it’d be super cute if they became pen pals or something, while Steve’s at college studying whatever his dad wanted him to, but then they also kinda fall out of touch after a while, and Steve returns to Hawkins after a few years completely broken and runs straight into Eddie’s arms.

What do we think? I have a plan to write this whole thing out eventually, but I’m usually not very good at following through with my projects, so uuh… yeah. I think the narrative is so cute and fits Steddie so well and I just really wanted to share it with y’all!

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For this Wip Wednesday: A sweet comm of Steve and Eddie having a lazy moment in bed 🌸 (full art on my patreon)

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Little goblin man

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when you see your highschool crush in the magazine

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More crop tops x

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Steddie summer ideas I have:

Steve sneaking Eddie into a drive-in movie (he hides in the trunk)

Eddie annoying Steve at Family Video by coming in and eating candy of the sales rack and then not paying. "You have to pay for that, Munson." "Make me, big boy." (cut to Steve stealing a kiss for payment. "Dinner at mine, Munson. Bring me flowers." "Yes, sir.")

Shotgunning smoke. Lazing by the pool. Steve showing Eddie his shotgunning beer technique (he ends up failing and spilling all the sticky beer onto Eddie's naked torso) - they "clean up" in the shower.

Hot tub.

Skinny dipping in a lake (Lover's Lake perhaps)

Classic old Steve shows up to pick up one of the Party members, but he's wearing a Metallica t-shirt that he for sure didn't buy

Going camping at Steve's parents' lake house and sharing sticky s'mores by a fire, rubbing sunscreen on each other's backs, moon gazing and giving each other hickies as they lay out on a picnic blanket

Fishing with Pa (Wayne)

Homoerotic wound care

Eddie watching Steve deepthroat a popsicle (and other sexual crises)

Eddie coming over to Steve's, not getting an answer at the front door and instead going to the back porch where he sees Steve tanning naked in the sun; squeaks and tries to cover it up, but Steve hears him, acknowledges with, "See something you like, Munson?" "Dick." "Christ, you're more of a disaster than me—and that's saying a lot, just ask Robin."

Scoops Ahoy! (ice cream on melted fingers and stupid sailor hats and ordering the flavor with nuts even though you're allergic to nuts—aka Eddie being a gay disaster)

Water balloon fight with Steve and Eddie on opposing teams. Steve likes the way Eddie's white t-shirt goes sheer

Steve in a crop top mowing his lawn and Eddie being a literal Looney Toons character (awooga eyes, drooling tongue, heart beating out of his chest)

Pool sex.

Lastly: Eddie finds out Steve sleeps naked through the summer heat (they'd been sharing a bed in a "platonic" way, but Steve still wants to share a bed. "It's not that weird, Eddie. I used to be around naked guys all the time in the locker room." "I used to skip gym, Steve." "Oh...well...who cares? Dudes being bros." It was, in fact, not dudes being bros.)

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Concerned (& possibly horny) background Eddie

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Eddie: What happened to 'hello'?

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*looking into the camera like i'm on the office*

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Cursed Steve and Kas Eddie for @psychotic-nonsense as part of the @steddiebbang art exchange - ref x

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I had the funny thought of a soulmate au in which you can hear your soulmate’s thoughts specifically when they think about you, so you what their thoughts regarding you and whatnot, very cute could be very funny.

But I imagine Steddie still in high school. Steve not really thinking about Eddie in particular besides the occasional passing “what is he doing on that table”, “I wonder if he is selling after school today” and once a “that’s a cool jacket” which leaves Eddie on a high for the rest of the week.

Steve in the other hand keeps hearing the most raunchiest, horny, things imaginable sitting in class like “this girl wants to do what to my ass???”

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Home boy's really gonna risk it all for those tits and ass 🤲

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this pose feels familiar 🤔

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steddie who have explosive fights in public that are super dramatic and Eddie always storms off bc they know someone always comes up to Steve, trying to comfort him and that's when Eddie swoops in with a "hands off my boyfriend/husband!" and then they fuck it's their foreplay there's scripts and everything

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"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Fuck you!"

"If you gave me half a chance," Steve retorts, the muscles of his biceps bulging at his placidly folded arms in the face of Eddie's incredulity.

"You have not been flirting with me," Eddie continues to fruitlessly argue. Steve quirks an eyebrow and Eddie refuses to dwell on how attractive it is.

"Ever since I stripped half naked and threw my yellow sweater at you."

Eddie's still stuttering in disbelief as Steve drops his defense, instead extending a gentle finger to close Eddie's open mouth and slide his hand to gently cup his jaw. "Can I keep flirting with you?"

The world stops. Everything Eddie ever thought he knew flies out the trailer window and he stares at Steve. He stares at him so hard that surely, he thinks, a hole should be burned through the unfairly hot and kind and sweet guy in front of him.

The world stops only to stare back at Eddie and he suddenly understands the terrible loss that he will have if he allows his stupid insecurities to take the lead.

"Absolutely," he says. He promises. He vows with his very breath that Eddie Munson will always hold his arms wide open for Steve Harrington to turn his attention his way.

Any time.

Any day.

Always.

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