#fruity four as bisexual awakening

[infinite-orangepeel]

it’s actually really, really easy to find out if ur potentially bisexual, i swear ! no sexuality crisis necessary ! just watch this gif a couple times and if u become hopelessly, mind-numbingly, ferally attracted to at least 2/4 of them then congrats !! ur bi 💥🥳

(note: this is all in good fun & coming from someone who is stupidly attracted to 4/4 of them and speaking from solely her own experience)

[steviesbicrisis]

Living with Steve is an absolute nightmare, Robin would say. it's not about regular roommates' stuff: Steve is tidy, cleans up after himself, and is a great cook. She could only complain about him taking too much time in the bathroom for his hair routine, but it could be worse.

No, Robin's problem with living with Steve is dating. As if being a lesbian in the late 80s isn’t hard enough, every time she manages to get a date and brings her home, Steve ruins it. Most of her dates would be put off by his presence, accusing her of being a straight girl having a "fun adventure", a few thought they were in an open relationship, and once one of them even flirted with him in front of her.

The only one having fun in this situation is Eddie, their neighbor: he lives next door with his bandmates in a two-bedroom with one tiny bathroom like Steve and Robin's apartment -probably the reason why he spends so much time at their place- and never loses a chance to make fun of Robin's disaster love life.

«Robin you have to forgive him, he's just too charming, aren't you pretty boy?» he had said after Robin's latest date had been kicked out for flirting with Steve. Steve had a smug smile on his face and Robin had daydreamed of punching them both in the face.

That's why when Robin miraculously snatches a date with Nancy, one of the smartest and most beautiful girls in her class, she has no intention to ruin it.

They decide to go to her place after class, drink something, and then go out, and Robin panics after she remembers Steve had switched work shifts and he would be home.

Once they get to her building, she makes a terrible excuse about tidying the place up and enters before her. Steve is in the kitchen.

«Steve! you're gay, gay! be gay Steve! Be. Gay.» she whisper-screams at her best friend.

«What? be gay...?» he doesn't have the time to ask but once Robin welcomes Nancy into their apartment, he understands. He wants to punch Robin for making up such a terrible plan.

«Hi, you must be Steve, Robin's roommate» Nancy greets him with a smile.

«Yeah, friends call me Gay Steve!» he immediately cringes and sees Robin's shocked expression behind Nancy.

This is going to be a train wreck.

----

No matter how hard he tried, he wasn't selling it.

Nancy looked confused and really unconvinced by Steve's attempts at "being gay", especially since Robin left them alone to go change. Nancy was trying to get to know him, and he kept giving her terrible answers like "oh I like every pink drink you know, pretty gay" or "you love Madonna? me too, well all of us gays love her" and even "Robin is great, I love her! but not like love, love her, you know? I totally never flirted with her before finding out she's a lesbian, why would I? I'm too gay for that".

He's desperate when Eddie enters the apartment.

«I got us some booze, baby!» he shows the six-pack of beer as a greeting, failing to notice Nancy's presence from the entrance. Eddie had always called him pet names without any particular meaning, but Nancy doesn't know that. Steve decided to take the opportunity he is given so, without thinking too much about it, he reaches out to Eddie, puts an arm around his middle, and kisses him.

Eddie is shocked, his eyes wide open comically.

«Uhm, thanks for bringing the drinks, Eds» Steve is a little shocked as well, not expecting to like the brief kiss as much as he did.

«Oh- well, uhm- you're welcome I guess...? yeah» Steve grins at Eddie's reaction, not expecting to like that as well.

Robin emerges from her room at that moment, Eddie still in Steve's arms. She exchanges a few glances and a very meaningful silent discussion with Steve before her brain can conceive anything to say in front of that absurd scene.

«Oh, hi Steve's boyfriend!» she should really work on her improv skills with Steve «we're just going out! you can have the place all for yourselves!» she takes Nancy by her hand, who waves them goodbye «so yeah, be gay, do crimes!»

The apartment is silent. Steve hasn't moved his arm away.

«So, was that Robin's date?»

Steve nods, Eddie whistles.

«Did she ask you to pretend to be gay?»

«Oh yeah, and I was doing a terrible job before you arrived» Steve chuckles, making Eddie laugh. Steve tells him about all the terrible things he came up with -"Gay Steve" included- making them cry with laughter.

When their laughter dies, Steve's arm is still in the same position, keeping Eddie close.

«Okay, Gay Steve, I think you can drop the act now. For sure they aren't coming back up.»

«What if this isn't an act anymore?»

Eddie's eyes widen once again «what?»

Steve frowns «would that be okay?» he suddenly feels nervous.

Eddie stares at him silently, looking for any signs that would tell him that Steve's actually joking. He finds none.

«It would be more than okay,» he says, his tone trembling.

Their lips meet halfway.

---

Both Nancy and Robin are surprised to find them curled up on the couch, Steve with no shirt on, and Eddie sprawled on top of him.

Nancy chuckles and rests her head on Robin's shoulder «I feel so stupid, I thought he was pretending to be gay for some reason!»

Robin smiles at her, nervously «well, about that...»

Loosely based on New girl, episode 4x7 - Goldmine

[steddiealltheway]

Will comes out to the fruity four and asks if they’re all okay with him being gay.

Steve says, “Of course! Watch this!” And he leans over and kisses Eddie. When he pulls away he says, “And look, I even enjoyed it.”

Everyone just gapes at him as Will asks, “Are you gay, too?”

Steve is like, “What? No. I’m straight.”

Robin slowly asks, “You said you enjoyed kissing Eddie, right?”

“Yeah because I’m not homophobic,” Steve replies.

Nancy puts her head in her hands.

Will carefully asks, “Steve, do you like hanging out with Eddie?”

“Of course I do.”

Will continues, “Would you like hanging out with Eddie and kissing him sometimes?”

“I mean, yeah, everyone likes kissing,” Steve says.

Will cross his arms, unsure of how to breach the subject.

Luckily, Nancy comes to the rescue asking Steve, “Would you like to hang out with Jonathan?”

Steve nods his head.

“Would you like to hang out with Jonathan and kiss him occasionally?” Nancy asks.

“Woah! No way. That’s weird,” Steve says. “You guys can see why that would be weird, right?”

Robin asks, “And why would that be weird?”

Steve puts his hands on his hips and attempts to stutter out some kind of reply. “It- I mean. It would. Because- you know. He and I. We just. He uh… you know!” He looks at everyone for help, his eyes finally landing on Eddie.

Then, he finally notices it. The crush he’s been harboring for weeks now. Not knowing how to explain how he felt although it’s been right in front of him the whole time.

“Holy shit,” Steve says.

“Yeah, holy shit,” Robin replies with a laugh. “Who knew, Steve Harrington is bisexual.”

“Bisexual?” Steve asks.

“When a person likes boys and girls,” Will supplies.

“That’s an option?! Robin, why didn’t you tell me that was an option?”

“Why didn’t you tell me you had a crush on Eddie?!” Robin argues back.

“Because I just found out!” Steve yells back and suddenly realizes Eddie is still in the room. He turns awkwardly to him and nods. “Hey, Eddie.”

“Hey, Steve,” Eddie says, voice higher than usual.

“So… what do you think?” Steve asks as if they don’t have three other pairs of eyes all staring between him and Eddie.

Eddie replies, “Well, I’ve never been anyone’s gay awakening before, so that’s cool.”

Steve rolls his eyes and huffs, “No, I meant…” he walks closer to Eddie and asks, “What do you think about me having a crush on you?”

“I’d say you have poor taste.”

“Eddie!” Will, Robin, and Nancy groan.

Eddie continues, “And I’d also say that… maybe I have a crush on you, too.”

Steve beams at Eddie but suddenly turns around and says, “Will, I’m so sorry to ruin your coming out moment by coming out, too.”

Will laughs and says, “You didn’t ruin anything. You just made it… memorable.”

“Memorable,” the fruity four all agree laughing.

[tboybuck]

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80's Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley's Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn't Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship, Additional Tags To Be Added

Chapter Summary: Eddie has a conversation with Nancy, and things are weird with Steve. Until they’re not.

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[someforeignband]

a fic w ‘Fruity four found family dynamic, combined with slice of life and a dash Steve’s bisexual awakening; background jargyle’

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[tboybuck]

greatest hits

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80's Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley's Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn't Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship

Summary: If Eddie could compile a collection of all of Steve’s worst ideas, this would be among his Greatest Hits (or) The one where Steve learns that jerking off with your friends isn't usually platonic, actually

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[tboybuck]

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80's Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley's Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn't Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship, Watching Porn Together, Exhibitionism, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Poor Communication Skills, Spit Kink, Snowballing, Additional Tags To Be Added

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Chapter 3 Summary: A collection of conversations as Eddie attempts to have a normal week for once

Chapter 4 Summary: Corroded Coffin goes back to the Hideout, Steve and Eddie enjoy a skin flick together, and Robin is exhausted

Yes, this is a double chapter day, because it's Steve's birthday and he deserves it

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[tboybuck]

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80's Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley's Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn't Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship, Watching Porn Together, Exhibitionism, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Poor Communication Skills, Spit Kink, Snowballing, Gay Chicken, Additional Tags To Be Added

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Bonus Chapter 4.5 Summary: Robin wishes she could have seen this coming

Chapter 5 Summary: A real conversation, another terrible idea, and a game of gay chicken

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[tboybuck]

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80's Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley's Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn't Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship, Watching Porn Together, Exhibitionism, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Poor Communication Skills, Spit Kink, Snowballing, Gay Chicken, Guided Masturbation, Anal Fingering, Frotting, Showering Together, Love Confessions, Stoplight System, Dom/Sub Undertones, Additional Tags To Be Added

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Chapter 6 Summary: Things go too far, the inevitable freak-out, the fight

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[tboybuck]

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, The Party (Stranger Things), Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things)

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Fix-It of Sorts, Eddie Munson Lives, Emotional Slow Burn, Mutual Masturbation, Accidental Voyeurism, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Copious 80’s Pop Culture References, Sharing a Bed, Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley’s Twin Telepathy, Eddie Munson Overthinks Everything, Steve Harrington Doesn’t Think At All, Period-Typical Homophobia, Casual Use of the Word Queer, Fruity Four Friendship, Watching Porn Together, Exhibitionism, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Poor Communication Skills, Spit Kink, Snowballing, Gay Chicken, Guided Masturbation, Anal Fingering, Frotting, Showering Together, Love Confessions, Stoplight System, Dom/Sub Undertones, Alternating POV (for this chapter only), Angst, Additional Tags To Be Added

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Chapter 7 Summary: Snippets of a week apart

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