Steve and Eddie meet accidentally at the quarry one night in 1984. It's well past midnight, and Steve is sleeping in his Beemer (because his nightmares keep waking his parents) when Munson's van rolls up.
Eddie's bloodied up pretty good, thanks to Tommy and Billy, and Steve, who was recently concussed by a dinner plate and Billy Hargrove, helps clean him up. They talk. And when Eddie decides it's time to go home and face his uncle, they leave on amicable terms. They aren't friends, exactly, but steve feels like they understand one another.
Then it keeps happening. Steve keeps coming to sleep at the quarry, and Eddie keeps finding him there. The first few times, he's got excuses. He got locked out, his uncle had someone over, he wanted some fresh air. But Steve becomes more and more sure that Eddie is there for him.
After a couple weeks, Steve's parents leave again, and Steve starts sleeping at his own house, and he and Eddie still see each other because they are friends now.
By the time New Years 1985 comes around, Eddie is a fixture in Steve's living room.
By graduation, Steve realizes he might actually be a little into Eddie.
He takes it in stride. Weirder things have happened, Steve's attraction to Eddie Munson isn't even top three.
But then Eddie kisses him. And it becomes a problem because Steve never wants to stop kissing him.
Steve's coworker, Robin Buckley, catches them making out in the back at the end of June, but that doesn't matter because Henderson is catching bits of Russian code and Buckley is cracking it and those Russians are right under their feet and then there is a monster trying to bring them all down.
After the "mall fire," Steve drives himself home in his ruined uniform, covered in his own blood and still a little dizzy from what he's sure is a concussion. He pulls into his driveway and begins to cry in relief when he spots Eddie pacing his front porch.
Eddie pulls him gently from the car and wraps Steve up in his arms. He cleans Steve up and doesn't leave his side even as Steve tells him everything, NDAs be damned, and Eddie listens and doesn't run when Steve is finished. He believes him, no questions asked, and Steve realizes he doesn't just love Eddie, he's in love with Eddie.
And so Steve goes into the rest of the year with a boyfriend and a new best friend, and despite everything, a new sense of optimism.
Until, of course, the spring of 1986.
After spring break, Steve finds himself at the quarry, sleeping in the Beemer because his nightmares are waking his parents.
His nightmares in which Eddie dies in front of him, over and over and over and-
2K notes
·
View notes
concept: Wednesday hates the music Enid plays but she can't escape it, and eventually she notices Enid has started playing progressively gayer covers of popular music
84 notes
·
View notes
Should I expand my HC?
I was thinking about expanding on my Seb HC... since SAS’s... birth? SRS then SDS came to life...
It would essentially be an AU (cos obvi, Sebastian is a fraternal twin. This would make him a fraternal quadruplet) and would also expand to Seb.AI...
27 notes
·
View notes
*clears throat* drumroll please...
I am writing something finally and I am writing something ....funny. For Halloween. Just wait for a few hours before I unravel what I am working on. Thank you @special-bc-ur-part-of-it for kickstarting my motivation. I am doing it.
Just to keep you curious, this banner is made by our lovely @special-bc-ur-part-of-it
I hope I don't disappoint anybody.
10 notes
·
View notes
My Steven Universe Cg Headcannons:
Garnet - nervous, Ruby and Sapphire have no clue how to take care of you when you're regressed, constantly freaking out and dropping stuff
Pearl - lots of rules, always really careful around you, follows schedules and doesn't let you watch t.v. for too long
Amethyst - no rules, will let you do whatever you want (within reason), watches from the sidelines mostly (still takes good care of you)
20 notes
·
View notes