#gareth xreader

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

Hey!

😂 What’s the funniest comment someone has left on a fic of yours?

🙅‍♀️ What is one trope you refuse to ever write?

😂 - I had posted a chapter that ended with Gareth getting a tattoo of a phoenix on his wrist and Eddie giggling about what a simp he was, and someone left me a HILARIOUS comment about how Eddie has no right to make fun of anyone else’s tattoos because he’s a walking Chrissy billboard. Like he went in to get a scene from the Hobbit and just ended up with I LOVE CHRISSY CUNNINGHAM in huge letters across his chest. I still laugh every time I think about it.

🙅‍♀️ - I absolutely refuse to ever write anything that’s Character x Reader. I can NOT get down with that Y/N stuff. Do people actually fill in their own names? In the very few xReader fics I’ve read, I tend to see it not as “me” but as a separate character named Why-Enn (and Why-Enn is usually a hell of a lot hornier than I am haha).

Thank you so much for the ask, my friend! ��

Ask me anything 🌺

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Modern!Gareth Emerson

Gareth has been on my mind lately <3 

tw: drug use mentioned 

Big gamer

Definitely plays Minecraft religiously

Loves wearing flannels

He has a favorite it's his red one

Post tiktoks of him playing the drums to every song that trends on there

100% had a job at GameStop

Total adhd

Always has to be moving around

Golden retriever boyfriend (when he does get a gf) 

Let’s his gf sit on his lap while he holds her hands with drum sticks and teaches her how to play

doesn't matter how long he’s in a relationship he gets flustered 

Parents love him

he can’t cook a lot of fancy stuff but he still makes nice dinners

Dude loves horror movies

Halloween, nightmare on elm street, scream, chucky

I could see him being slightly scared of chucky because of him being a doll

Like if someone brought a chucky doll around him he might punch it

Paints his nails

Black of course

Might spice it up with a red nail

probably got yelled at for bringing home a random cat he fount 

Totally got a perm once

Refused to do it again because of the smell

has his ears pierced 

Loves vans

Tried learning to skate

Turns everything into a fidget toy

Back to playing the drums he goes through drum sticks crazy fast because he uses everything as a drum set

Gets in trouble by everyone because he bangs on everything

Obviously he’s obsessed with the 80’s and 90’s

Lives for rock music

Definitely gets a couple tattoos

Maybe even a stick n poke from Eddie when they're drunk

I don't see him smoking like he doesn't care if other people do it but he doesn't participate in it 

really good at school

hellfire club exist 

omg he orders custom dice from an etsy seller

he also gets everyone in hell fire a custom dice set for their birthdays 

its also where he gets cool pins for his bag 

favorite cartoon was gravity falls

fuck team Jacob and team Edward he was team Alice 

not a ‘swifty fan’ but happens to know almost every one of her songs

totally love the idea of him as a big her

best big brother ever

he has a little sister

she worships him

if their parents cant make it to anything for her involving school he’s there

not like he isn't already there

he also takes them to school before he goes to school

i feel like he would have a nut allergy

has to carry an epi pen

his friends definitely joke about getting peanuts when with him and he slightly freaks out

but his friends are the first ones to make sure everything is nut free

total loveable dude  

Part 2 Here 

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Could you write a Gareth x cheerleader!reader where the reader asks Gareth out and is proud to walk down the halls with Gareth's arm around her?

Going Steady 

Gareth Emerson x Fem!Reader

A/n: I hope you like it I kinda got carrieed away ended up longer than intended 

Warning: Fluff, Touchy Reader, She/Her pronouns 

Word Count: 1.2k

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The truth at this point was that you and Gareth had been going out for a good minute sneaking around your friends, going on dates you both wanted to figure out things between the both of you before telling your friends on the off chance something went wrong. Due to you being the captain of the cheer team and Gareth being in Hellfire club both groups hate each other. It had been 2 months since the two of you started sneaking off during lunch to see each other share kisses in his car after everyone's left the school. And finally, those 2 months led up to something. You hear the doorbell ring your father and mother are in the kitchen cooking together. You were having a date with Gareth tonight he hadn't told you where you were going. You had finished getting ready and were coming down the stairs putting your shoes on and opening the door almost tripping over your converse. “Mom! Dad! I'm going out!” you said “Okay be back by 11” your dad yelled followed by a have fun from your mom in the kitchen as you closed the door. You turned to see Gareth with some flowers. and his bright smile “Hey Gare,” you said pecking his lips. “I got you these,” he said handing you the flowers. You smile taking them from his hands. “Aw, thanks Gare,” you say looking at them your heart flutters and made you feel warm all. A guys’ never bought you flowers. You and Gareth walk down your driveway. Gareth rushes over to your side of the car to hold the door open. You smile at him. “Such a gentleman,” you say somewhat jokingly leading Gareth to roll his eyes. “Just get in,” he says with a smirk. he leads you to get in the car with your flowers. The drive was peaceful he bought you out to the forest. “So you brought me out here to recreate something from a horror movie,” you say raising your brow. “Yes, absolutely everything in the trunk” you guys stare at each other for a second before the both of you both busted out laughing. You go to get out of the car. Gareth to get the basket out the trunk. Gareth and you start walking into the woods following Gareth's lead till you get to a hill set up with a blanket and a cassette player. “Wow!” you said surprised' “Do you like it?” he asked cautiously unable to read your tone “Like it Gare, I love it no ones ever done something like this for me,” you said eyes filling up with tears. “Oh thank goodness I was worried I messed up somehow,” he says as he grabs your hand leading you to the blanket. The sun was setting and there were lanterns set up around you guys that set a nice atmosphere. You ate the food Gareth brought being surprised that the boy was such a good cook. “I didn't know you could cook?” you said putting the pasta he managed to keep warm in your mouth. “oh yeah, my mom taught me I like baking as a past time,” “I see,” you say looking at the lemon bars and scones he bought as the night got darker you both found yourselves laying back and looking at the stars. “I wanted to ask you something important today” you turn yourself to look at him eyes filled with curiosity. “Will you be my girlfriend?” Gareth said sitting up and fiddling with his hands. Your eyes went big taking in things, “Gareth of course I would,” you say launching yourself at him and attaching your lips to his. Which led you to the next day rushing down the hall almost slipping in your white socks and putting on the white shoes to go with your cheer uniform. You hear the honk from outside. You grab your backpack clumsily and leave the house locking the door. You run to the car seeing Gareth leaning up against his car waiting, the red flannel standing out against the Hellfire teeshirt. Gareth pushes himself off the car seeing you run down the driveway to the car slowing down a bit not to crash into your boyfriend. “Hi Gare thanks for picking me up,” you say after pecking his lips “I think it's a crime if I made you walk to school as my girlfriend,” he said opening the door for you to get in the car. You guys chat in the car on your way to school the sound of Van Halen playing on the speakers in his car the as the both of you talked. “Yeah there's a basketball game I don't know when it’ll be out but I can wait for you if we end up out before you finished with hellfire” ”yeah that works, If I don't die tonight ill be surprised,” Gareth chuckles “Oh, Gareth the great scared he's gonna meet his demise,” you say with a teasing tone ”Gareth the great never goes down,” Gareth says giving you a raised eyebrow as you laugh and nudge his shoulder. You both get to school grab your bags out of the back seat and walk into school Gareth opts to hold your hand. as you walk into the doors of Hawkins high making heads turn as you guys make your way to your locker first. Gareth walked with his head held high. No one had really been able to win your heart the same way he did to come he was a bit rough around the edges, hot-headed in some cases. but they did deter you away from him and he was a pretty nice guy. But his entire group of a friend got a bad rap and so when you passed Eddie and his friend you could see the surprise on their faces. As the shorter boy had managed to bag the current cheer team captain. Their mouths hung open and Gareth's face adorned a smirk. You heard the voice of a freshman he knew going “Gareth when the hell did you manage to get a girlfriend,” Gareth was more than happy to be dating you officially and that was evident by how he walked the halls of Hawkins with you. When you got to your locker he leaned against your locker next to you. soaking in the looks of amazement. A little before the bell rang you and Gareth were walking to class together, seeing Chrissy in the hall as she smiled at you happy that you guys had finally ended up together. Jason and his goonies glared as Gareth returned the look pulling you closer to his body. Finally getting to your class. "I can walk you to your second period if your want" Gareth said as you guys talked outside the class for your first-period class "You don't have to do that Gareth," you say kissing his cheek "I appreciate it tho,". Leaving him standing in the doorway as you walk in without another word. He turns to go to his next class and sees Jeff, Eddie, and Pat waiting for him. Boy does he have some explaining to do.

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Modern!Gareth Emerson Pt. 2

Part 2 of lover boy thoughts 

He absolutely knows Sophia the first theme song thanks to his little sister 

he hums it all the time and doesn’t even realize it 

weakness is head scratches 

and cheek kisses 

he loves when his girl kisses him on the cheek

Since this is modern-day he's not an outcast 

Like I would say he's not quite popular but a lot of people know him in high school

He lives in an arcade

has a ridiculously amount of tickets saved up  

Has an interest in hockey 

He plays it for fun with his cousins because pretty boy can’t be getting injured 

Loves harry potter, star wars, the hobbit, Lord of the Rings, hunger games, maze runner

He's a movie guy 

But he watches them on his phone so he can move around

Oh he lets his sister paint and customize one of his dnd characters  

His family gets so happy when gets a gf 

I see him as being straight 

But he probably questioned it and kissed a guy and realized it wasn't for him

Big ally supporter 

Big supporter in general 

But back to the gf 

His family gets so happy and instantly opens up their home with open arms

His little sister makes them both have tea parties with her 

Gareth has heart eyes for her whenever he sees her interacting with his family 

Like her helping his mom with dinner yeah he's ready to propose

His little sister loves doing his hair and putting butterfly clips in his hair

He totally forgets about them 

His friends wouldn't even mention them tell they were leaving wherever they were 

I mentioned before that he tried skating

Because of that he has the tools

Now with those tools he may or may not have stolen a street sign 

Or two 

When he's in a relationship he's not big on PDA 

However when he's home he's the biggest baby 

He just wants to either be wrapped up in their arms or have his arms wrapped around them 

This dude lives for kisses 

Neck kisses and he's done for 

I also mentioned he plays Minecraft 

Hellfire and him would have their own server and their builds are inspired by their campaigns 

He 100% found a cat by a dumpster 

That cat lives in luxury now 

Hes the boyfriend that does everything perfectly 

Like obviously everyone has flaws

But he is such a good boyfriend 

If he was to mess up he’s instantly try to fix it 

His love language is quality time 

It's why he's always with his family, friends, gf 

He loves being around the ones he loves

Oh he loves blaring music and man has he gone through a serious amount of headphones

Definitely broke a few by stepping on them

Without even thinking about it he got into the shower wearing them

His garbage cat chewed up a pair 

He eventually found a pair that has kept up with him 

Hellfire Club has its own TikTok to 

Which people love 

Lots of thirst comments 

Gareth has gotten many comments talking about him being beautiful 

Oh man the way this boy's face lit up when he was going through his grandparent's stuff and found a Walkman 

The way he freaked out finding metal tapes 

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Ten minutes

Gareth Emerson x Gn!Reader

A/n: this is purely self indulgent, I'm telling you now

Summary: Dustin, Mike, and Lucas are invited to watch Corroded coffin practice rather than waiting to see if anyone is at the hideout they goes snooping.

Warnings: suggestive content, strong language, Established relationship, Mike being odd, mentions of getting caught making out, 

Word Count: 760

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Your hand was on Gareth's neck as you kissed him, your other hand on his thigh as you sat in his bed with him more he was leaning back slightly and you were between his legs making out with him. This wasn't something new you guys found yourself like this on more than one occasion, your pg kisses would snowball, which in knowing this and due to the multiple embarrassing moments from the past led Gareth to lock the door the moment he steps into his room to avoid the embarrassment of being caught again. it was embarrassing the first 3 times it happened after that changes were made.

 He smiled against your lips.

“what time is it,” he said against your lips.

You pulled away the two of you panting to look at the clock on his bedside table “3:40,” you say

He thinks for a second “ten more minutes then I have to go open the garage okay,” he says leaning back in to connect your guy's lips giving a comforting squeeze to his thigh. at 4 o’clock corroded coffin was having practice and of course, the rest of hellfire was invited. but this was the first time the freshmen in hellfire had been invited to the practice. they didn't want to be late so they arrived about 15 mins early at 3:45 the house looked empty and the garage was closed the three teen boys didn't know if Gareth was there or not ”what should we do no one here” Lucas

“maybe someone inside, we could look threw the window,” Mike says.

“Mike that sounds like a really dumb idea,” Dustin responds to the boy's stupid idea

“do you have any other ideas,” Mike says.

“I don't know Maybe, Wait for Anyone to get out here!” Dustin yells throwing his hands up

Mike already making his way to the smaller window a bit higher up on the wall on the side of the house leaving the other two boys to follow him begrudgingly. mike jumps on the crates on the side of the house and peers threw the window along with the 2 other boys too curious to see what eve Mike had found.

there behind the gap in the curtain, they could see Gareth with his arms wrapped around someone's neck as he kissed them the group of boys gasped and ducked

“We at least now we know someone home,” Lucas says

“do you think we were supposed to see that,” Dustin says

“Who is that,” Mike asks

“I'm not sure maybe we should ask,” Lucas says the next thing they hear is the garage opening and voices

“your sisters at work right,” you ask

“yeah and Lillian and Ellie at the after-school care thing at their school,” Gareth says hands in his jean pockets 

“well let me know if you need anything alright, oh, and also give me back my note tomorrow before Mr. burners class,” you say walking back to your car Gareth joins you in walking to your car.

“yeah yeah I’ll return your notes,” he says teasingly

 saying goodbye to each other and your car pulls off leaving Gareth standing there the group of boys walks up to the curly-haired boy who turns around to walk back to his garage. The three boys near the side of his house not knowing what to do, confront Gareth or just let Gareth say something on his own about dating someone?

 Pat Jeff and Eddie arrive as Lucas, Dustin, and Mike wait to not show up till everyone else is there not wanting to let everyone know they were there very early.

the older boys take a small break an hour into practice and Mike decides he's going to bring up what they saw.

“so Gareth who was that in your room earlier” Gareth almost chokes on the dr. pepper he's drinking.

“Were you guys looking threw my window!” Gareth's face scrunches up mike starts to scramble to explain “w-well we thought no one was home so we kinda just look threw the window” Dustin and Lucas facepalm at Mike's terrible excuse.

Eddie Pat and Jeff laugh at Gareth's red face, “one, don't look threw my windows like some fucking peeping toms you weirdos, and two that's my partner I thought you three knew” he said trying to drink the rest of the drink,

“wait why don't they ever sit with us at lunch” ”they tend to do homework in the library during lunch” Gareth shrugs.

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eddie x reader x gareth !!! i beg !!! i need them

Crashed Dnd Nights

Eddie Munson x Gn!Reader x Gareth Emerson

Summary: A late night of dnd before a day of movies

A/n: this might be bad I'm apologizing right now I'm still getting used to writing both Gareth and Eddie, this is also a semi-fix if fic and happens a year after Vecna where Gareth is senior and 18 the reader is a year older than him at 19 and Eddie is 22.

Warnings: strong language, fluff, Mentions of Vecna, they/ them pronouns 

Word Count: 1K

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You were finally off work for the Friday night leaving your job to go to the 7/11 you browse the aisles for m&m’s for Eddie and gummy worms for Gareth. While in the almost empty convenient store you decide that you might as well get a Slurpee grabbing a cup and filling it up mixing the flavors and heading to the front grabbing a case of Dr. Pepper.

Getting to the register you talked to Ms. Darner the nice old lady who worked there on Friday nights.

“Hello Y/n late night,” she said cheerily.

“yeah finally got this Saturday off,” you say as she scans your items.

“That's good dear bringing this to your boyfriend?” she always assumed you had one which you don't blame her most people had thought you were with Eddie and you don't blame her while Gareth was at school finishing his senior year you and Eddie would be seen together. 

“Yeah we’re having a movie night tomorrow,” you say grabbing your wallet.

“Ah well I hope you have a good day off,” she replies smiling at you.

“Thank you,” you grabbed the bag and started leaving the 7/11.

The quick shopping run left you to think about what would have happened if Eddie hadn't survived the events of senior year and what would you be doing now. The dark thinking causes you to shake your head preferring not to think about what could have happened if Steve Nancy and Robin hadn't killed Vecna.

you arrive after 20 mins of driving from the convenience store. getting out of your truck with the paper bags making your way threw the door struggling with the bags in your arms

“With your current findings, the body of the mysterious magic user you had talked to earlier. You can either mention it to the rest of the party or allow them to continue,” Eddie's voice with an eerie tone fills your ears.

“Do I gain anything from telling them,” Erica said ”I don't know! us knowing about a dead body” Gareth said from the front of the table.

Eddie’s eyes follow you threw the door. the convo between the senior and middle schooler

“Hi Y/n,” they both said

“hey, guys don't mind me continuing with your session,” you say smiling at the group trying to juggle bags and a Slurpee and putting the cans in the fridge.

 Grabbing the last can of Dr. Pepper you go over to the table set up in the living room of the trailer. you grab the mountain dew sat in front of Gareth and replace it with Dr. Pepper. making him look up and smile and look at you. You give him a quick peck and move over to Eddie and place the can of mountain dew over in front of him while also grabbing the empty cans you go to walk away before Eddie grabs your arm leaning up to press his lips to yours softly it was quick but still filled with passion.

Gareth continued arguing about the morality of leading the group to possible death.

“Technically you don't know shit cause I'm not gonna tell the group we’ll probably be fine anyway,” leaving Gareth to glare at the girl from across the table.

You threw the cans away and looked for the Oreos you left at Eddies hoping that they would still be there looking in the hiding spot you left them finding them to be gone. you were surely going to bring it up to Eddie later. Your sure he probably ate them while high and having the munchies? You sat on the moved couch watching the session go on for about another hour before some of the younger kids had to be taken home.

“Do you guys need a ride,” you said with a yawn. getting up and stretching.

“No we biked here well just bike home,” Mike said 

The idea of that happening didn't sit well with you knowing how weird Hawkins could be at night people tending to go missing even tho Vecna was dead the anxiety did sit well in your stomach “why don't you put them in the back truck I can drive you home.” you said your voice laced with exhaustion.

“I can make sure they get some” Jeff offered probably able to tell you were tired from work.

Your willing to agree with that everyone leaving you saying bye to them as you close and lock the door as Eddie cleans the table and puts it away helping you move the couch. 

“So how was work,” he asked looking over at you as you move across the room to him.

 Leaving you to let out an exhausted grown into his shoulder as you wrap your arms around his waist 

“It was interesting got some orders for some cakes with like peoples odd ass names or sayings” you mumbled into his shoulder from behind. Gareth was changing into some pj’s

“If I see another Karen I'm going to scream,” you said leaving Eddie to laugh.

“I mean like half the moms here are named Karen,” Eddie said

“Trust me I know,” as you were talking to Eddie, Gareth came out of the bathroom in some red plaid PJ bottoms and a grey shirt.

“Gar did you pick up the movies for tomorrow” 

“Sure did, all ready for tomorrow ” you let go of Eddie to wrap your arms around Gareth kissing him sweetly fingers grazing his sides

“Well see what you picked out tomorrow… you didn't choose only horror movies right?” you say after pulling away

“….”

“Right?” the shorter brown haired didn't answer simply looking at you with his lips pressed to a thin line not looking you in the eye

you let out a sigh “it's fine I kinda expected that would happen” you give a light chuckle kissing his cheek

“Okay I'm honestly exhausted and unless you two want me to drop dead right here then, let's head to be” Eddie made sure to lock the doors and turn the lights off as you and Gareth head to his bedroom. you laid down arms wrapped around Gareth and in his hair messaging his scalp as Eddie came in tried to quickly change and lay down and wrapping his arms around you and burying his face in your shoulder, the feeling of closeness between the 3 of you was comforting

“I love you both” left your mouth before falling asleep.

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Stranger Things

*request  Omegaverse 

Eddie Munson:

Stolen players 

Love On a Wire | 2 |

Crashed DND Nights 

Billy Hargrove:

Ruined Dates 

Movies on ice

Water Fights

2,229 Miles

dad!billy:

Family Fun

Father Son Day

A MILF

Gareth Emerson

Ten Minutes 

Metal and Flowers

Crashed DND NIghts 

New Kids

First headcannon

Popular Kisses

Shy Meetings 

Steve Harrington 

First Tries 

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If you don't mind, could you please write a Gareth x gn!reader where the reader is popular and has a massive crush on Gareth and is too shy to talk to him and the reader saw one of the jocks making fun of him so they get in a physical fight with the jock in the middle of the crowded hallway.

Popular Kisses

Gareth Emerson x GN!Reader

A/N:  this took me a second to get done sorry about that. you can truly tell how much I hate Andy in these Gareth fics.

Warnings: Mention of Anxiety,Crude language, Sexual comment, Viloence, Fluff,  They/Them pronouns

Word Count: 1.1k

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You were in very different worlds, you were popular and tended to run with some of the kids on the basketball team. Even the pain in the ass Jason Carver who you couldn't stand but he was a frequent at parties and in the popular group of people. You were listening to Patrick talk about a party that happened last week that you had both been at. He was talking about some girl on the cheer team and you honestly weren't listening. Your mind had been on Gareth Emerson he was walking with his friends. “-Yeah and she ended up not really wanting a relationship,” that's when you tuned back in. “Yeah man that sounds like it sucks she shouldn't have been like that dude you deserve an actual relationship,” you said he hung his head “Thanks, ” you nod as Patrick pats your shoulder on his way past. Your eyes were still on Gareth as he and Jeff were pushing each other jokingly, while their third friend Linus you think his name was waving his hands trying to make a point about something as Eddie's hands clasped on Gareths and Linus's shoulders the group laughing the halls. You watched gripping the strap of your bag tighter making eye contact with Gareth giving an almost unnoticeable wave. Gareth without a doubt was the hallway crush you loved his energy and you ran into him a couple of times at games with him doing marching band his freshmen and sophomore year. but he dropped it junior year and you had seen less of him. You missed what little interaction you had with him you had a hard time talking to him but you enjoyed what little interactions you had. Your eyes met even if just for a sec from across the hall. and he stopped at his locker the rest of his friends going to their next class. You looked back to your locker “Look at this loser,” Andy and some of his friends walked up to Gareth and rip his backpack out of his hands and throw it across the hall “What's your deal!” Gareth yelled trying to grab his bag, being pushed into the locker next to his. Andy’s fist grasped the collar of his tee layered on top of a long sleeve. “What gonna call you dorky friends back to come to save your ass” andy and his friends laugh. you could see some of the fear in his eye “Let me go, Andy!” Gareth let out. Andy laughed tauntingly “This is for getting in my face this morning,” Andy said reeling his fist back, before you could think about what you were doing, you were across the hall it was like everything happened in slow motion. You dragged him by the back of his jacket, and throw him to the floor. “He said to let him go,” you sneered at Andy. “God what did they initiate you into their cult, L/n?” you tried to walk away “Sucking the Freaks dick are you l/n?” “God Andy shut the fuck up and leave him alone Andy,” you said standing your ground. “Oh everyone knows about your fat crush on that freak,” having that information was beyond embarrassing your face felt very warm. It didn't even process in your mind that you had tackled the brunette with everyone in the hallway having turned their attention to you. Fist from both parties your face was bruised and your face bleeding your knuckles the same as your face was bloodied but covered also in Andy’s. Once it seems like you two don't have any plans to separate till a sickening crack that echoed threw Andy’s face. “Jesus?!” he tried to push you off of him cradling his nose and his friends try to help him up scrambling away with a definitely broken nose. Everyone looking right at you leads you to feel embarrassed and your body moves to run off in the opposite direction. “Y/n wait!” You barely heard behind you as Gareth grabbed his bag and ran after you. You got to a small niche in the hall no one was there and it was hidden away. “Didn't even give me a chance to say anything” Gareth chuckles panting and sitting down next to you. ”Pathetic isn't it,” you say not making eye contact “Pathetic- you just stopped Andy probably from punching my face in” he chuckles “And then I found out that the person I've had the huggest crush on since like 8th grade likes me back,” Gareth said looking at the side of your face. “Wait you like me back?” you said surprised still not looking at him with your busted-up face. The blood under your nose was dried and smeared and the swelling happening over your left eye and there was bruising on your cheek and bridge of your nose. “Yeah you've always been so nice to me and your so cool and I've always just wished id have a chance with you” “You've always had a chance,” you said quietly. He looked a bit shocked not realizing that you've liked him almost as long. “I really appreciate what you did for me back there,” he said a bit flustered looking at his hand “Well I wasn't gonna let him mess with you like that,” you said sounding angry “He was being a total douche wagon,” “Still thank you,” you finally looked at him picking your eyes up from the floor as he said that. The eye contact you guys held felt intimate as you both leaned in Gareth's hand slips to your cheek, noses almost touching Gareths half-lidded eyes on your lips. “Do you mind if I kiss you” he whispered not wanting to overstep. “Nope,” you say barely reaching a whisper as you closed what little space was between you. Your lips moving against each other all the pent-up feelings pouring into the kiss your hand also come up to his face, angling yourselves to deepen the kiss you were interrupted but the bell ringing. The loud ringing caused the two of you to jump. “Oh uh I guess we go,” Gareth said the both of you get up both going to leave “Oh uh do you wanna maybe get dinner tomorrow night or something,” you said a little worried he would say no. “Oh yeah,” Gareth reached into his backpack for a piece of paper he quickly writes something down and hands the ripped piece of paper to you. “That's my number if you ever wanna call me,” he says and walks away giving you a wave. you were felt more excitement than in pain from the injuries on your face.

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Metal and Flowers

Gareth Emerson x Gn!Reader

Summary: Singer of Cards Read Dead find themself back in Hawkins to finish high school off the road much to their dismay, maybe Gareth didn’t expect them to recognize him from the past.

A/n: depending on if people like this i might write another part 

Warnings: strong language, fluff, Gareth collects every magazine the reader has been in, they/ them pronouns 

Word Count: 1.5K

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The news that the lead singer of the Cards Read Death was going to be going on a hiatus spread very quickly threw the music world and it defiantly hit Hawkins where word quickly spread that the “satanic” music that the devil-worshiping lead singer Lunar would be in town. Having to drop your stage name for a while would be something oud have to get used to again.

You had more expected to go to class without a hitch but it seemed the guidance counselor had other plans in hoping to not have you cause trouble around school like simply on your way to class. your Rockstar image of you that led you to get in trouble occasionally seemed to follow you back to town.

the short older lady also felt the need to comment on the metal in your nose lips and eyebrows.

“You know hun all those pretty little piercings aren't a part of the dress code we only permit one piercing in the ear just for future reference”

you didn't care nor did you plan to take your piercings out.

 “Anyway dear let's get you your schedule and maps and let's get you to class.”

she walked you to your first class which was history and the teacher started talking to the short chubby lady

“This is one of your new students I recommend putting them in a spot you can keep your eye on them,” she attempted to whisper. 

You were told to sit behind this curly-haired boy in a red flannel cutoff decorated with pins.

The teacher was already 20 mins into whatever lesson they were doing, which led you to tap on the brown-haired boy in front of you. He looked back and at that moment you froze, and it seemed so did he. you had recognized him from a concert a year ago in Indianapolis. he was close to the stage and had managed to hand you a flower. It had warmed your heart. So of course, you remembered it. He was also frozen cause you had been sitting right behind him something he could never dream of, you the lead singer lunar was behind him tapping his shoulder asking him for something.

you were defiantly quicker to snap yourself out of your train of thought than him. 

“Uh hi I'm new do you think I could use your notes like after class or something,” you tried to ask.

The blue-eyed boy stared at you with a blank face. Making you wave your hand in front of his face slightly.

“Hello, you there? Earth to pretty boy,”

“Oh uh yeah defiantl-, you can uh definitely use my notes,” the words flew out his mouth in a jumble making you chuckle

“Thanks I guess we can talk after class right,” he nodded in response and turned forward Gareth's face was as bright as his cut-off as he tried to sort out what just happened in his head

‘Lunar aka Y/n just asked to use my notes and sits behind me in history class.’

 The thought echoed in his mind endlessly. When the end of history came you stood in front of his desk.

“Okay so I kinda have to go do stuff during lunch so maybe I can come to your place or you can come to mine and I can copy your notes then,” you said hands on your messenger bag covered in pins and patches.

“Oh uh yeah uh we could maybe drive to my place later if you don't have a problem with that, o-f, of course, you can say no I wouldn't wanna like be pressuring-”

“no no it's fine I'm y/n and your” you drag the end of your on waiting for a response 

 “G-Gareth my names Gareth,” he stumbled over his words.

You smiled “Gareth nice, well see you around pretty boy” 

And with that, you left the room Gareth could barely process what happened. the number of butterflies in his stomach almost made him throw up.

He noticed you in his math class as well.

Lunch came around and you weren't lying he didn't see you during lunch but he got to his normal spot next to Eddie 

“So Lunar is in my class, well technically their name is Y/n” Gareth whisper yells to the group of nerds at the table 

Eddie almost chokes on the pretzel in his mouth ”What!?”

“Yes they're in my history class and I may or may not have agreed to swap notes after school,” Gareth said.

“Dude you've gotta introduce us,” Jeff said still in slight shock that you were in fact in Hawkins high school.

“You guys can introduce your selves I barely survived them asking for notes,” he said pointing at the group sitting down.

“So you're telling us you managed to invite them to your house after school- just like that” Pat says 

 ”Yeah more or less what you mad I got more game than you Eddie,” Gareth said feeling a bit too confident in his abilities. despite the fact, that he almost became a puddle when you called him pretty boy.

By the end of the day, the both of you were walking out of the school having shared ceramics together and having a little bit of time to talk about things between the two of you. Then the conversation came up as you were walking to Gareth's car his hands shaved in his pockets,

 ”So what brought you to Hawkins”

“Oh I'm in a band but I was doing homeschooling but my mom wanted me to finish school in an actual school but we were about to go on tour and everything so it just feels like the most important thing in my life has been put on hold,” you say grasping the strap of your shoulder bag letting out a sigh

 “But I grew up here and started performing you when a label picked up Cards Read Death so my mom still lived here while I was doing concerts and so I came back to Hawkins to finish high school,” you finish. 

Gareth nods understanding “I’m a part of a small band called corroded coffin we play at this bar on the weekends,” 

”Really? that cool I’d like to hear you guys play at some point,” you say finally getting to Gareth’s car

both of you get in and he starts to back out of the parking lot making his way to his house “I'm gonna apologize now I have 3 sisters and they can be a bit.. much,”

You slowly nod your head in response soon enough he pulls into his driveway. He turns his keys in his car to turn it off walking inside.

“Mom I'm home!” he yelled from in front of you “Me and my friend will be in my room!” he tries to get you to his room without running into his little sisters who would probably say way to much and expose his small celebrity crush on you.

“Hi, I'm  Lillian,” the little brown-haired girl said walking up to you as Gareth tried to pull you to his room.

“Hi Lillian I’m Y/n” you say crouching down to meet the girl's height 

“I’m 6!” the girl said excitedly. 

“That's so cool,” you say in an excited tone 

“Oh you in all the books GarGar Has,” the 6-year-old says

“Okay, time to go,” Gareth says pulling you up and to his room.

“GarGar that's cute,” you say chuckling as you poke his red cheek. 

Your both sitting on the floor of his surprisingly clean room. He hands you his notes looking for his history textbook.

“sorry they're not the best I'm not exactly an A+ student,” he says with a chuckle

“no, no it’s fine somethings better than nothing I just rather not fail,”

he nodded.

“so you were homeschooled what was that like,” he says legs crossed on the floor 

”Well my mom taught me when I wasn't doing concerts, and then my mom was like what about prom what about your senior year your graduation, but I guess if I hadn't been forced back to public school I probably wouldn’t have met you again”

“oh you remember that” he winced ”of course, I remember it was sweet I remember when my fans do sweet things I actually pressed the flower in a book somewhere in my room”

“Really?” his face was burning

“Yes really plus I thought you were cute and that certainly hasn't changed,” you said still copying the notes not looking up.

Gareth was a bit thankful for you not looking up it allowed him to hide his burning face better. You guys went over the history lesson from class along with just talking. Gareth was more curious about what Rockstar life was like.

“I enjoyed it my band was cool I miss Ash she's like the older sister of the band and always looked out for me, but gigs were fun. Ooo festivals were one of my favorites,”

“That sounds so fun,” he said smiling. 

you looked at the time 7:40 

“oh shit, I gotta go” you started rushing to put your stuff in your bag.

 you decided to make the first and kiss Gareth on the cheek ”see you around pretty boy,” you say as he raised his hand to the spot you kissed on his freckled cheek.

suddenly you were out the door skateboard in hand.

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Can I get a fic/headcannon friends to lovers with gareth and a chubby!reader that's super confident and they wear punk/grunge who's new to the school? :>

Gareth x Chubby!Gn!Reader

A/n: thank you so much for this request they help a lot with writers block and i really love Gareth so it's like a winwin.

Warnings: slight angst, bad talking about reader, violence, blood, They/Them pronouns

Word Count: 1.4K

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You had moved towns your family wanted a fresh start in the ‘cute’ little suburbs that would be considered Hawkins Indian. It was quiet and not much happened there aside from a false death of some kid and some freak accident at some mall in town but despite all that, your parents still moved to Hawkins. You had spent time and effort into your outfit your favorite boots with black skinny jeans adorned with patches and paint that hugged your thick thighs nicely. and your top hugged you nicely the arms had been cut off. Word around the school had been that there was a new kid. Dressed in dark denim you were a sight to behold confidence was obvious in the way you walked, you really didn't care how other people felt about how you looked you were comfortable with yourself. That's all that mattered. Eyes were on you as you tried to make your way to your locker leather jacket in your hands. A blonde boy in a green Letterman jacket was blocking your locker, leaning against it. You were determined to get to your first class on time. “Excuse me that's my locker,” you said trying to at least be nice and not start anything on the first day. the blonde looked you up and down a frown adorning his face, “look what we have here another freak, what have eddies cult already got to you” he says one of the other boys he was talking to also starting to laugh at his comment. you look at your watch then back up at the blonde with eyebrows raised “What's your Name?” “Jason C-” “Right Jason I really don't care about your name. But whatever little bullshit your talking about I don’t care I just wanna get to my locker,” you say with a hand on his chest pushing him back. “You don't kin who your messing with” Jason tries to say menacingly “You don't know who you're messing with now run along,” you say making a shoo motion as he leaves slightly embarrassed by some of the people snickering at him. You finally get your stuff and leave to find your first class going in and talking to the teacher about where you can sit in the classroom while you're sitting at the lab station in your science class. You see a brown head of curls sit down in front of you with a flannel cut-off adorned with pins out of the corner of your eye. You can feel his eyes on you. You look up and wave at him “hi I'm Y/n L/n,” you say with a smile. “Oh uh I'm Gareth Emerson,” he says back kinda nervous. “Gareth cool I like your shirt” he was wearing an Iron Maiden tee. “Oh thanks, I saw what happened in the hall,” he says pulling out his notebook “Oh with Jason! what's his deal anyway?” You say also pulling out your stuff for class “He's got this thing against like Eddie and our group thinks we're in some type of cult cause we play like DND and listen to metal, you know the typical stuff,” you nod with understanding as the teacher started. Halfway through the class, you see a paper slipped next to you. ‘wanna sit with me and my friends during lunch’ You read the paper and think about it, really his offer sounds better than sitting alone in the library or some other spot alone in the school. When lunch comes around Gareth finds you at your locker and waits for you to finish switching books out. “so what got you to Hawkin's, “ he says gripping the strap of his backpack” “My parents wanted a change so they packed up everything and went they were moving to Indiana,” he nods in understanding. “Anyway, I'm not mad it seems like not everything here is bad,” you say smiling at him Gareth's face felt warm as he looked away quickly hoping you didn't notice. As you guys entered the cafeteria, Gareth went threw the lunch line with you and grabbed a Dr.Pepper, and walked you to the table with his friends. “Hellfire This is Y/n,” Give a wave and find a spot to sit at the table the spot next to Gareth had already taken, the longer-haired brunette at the top of the table looked at you narrowing his eyes a bit. “Your the one who told Carver off this morning,” Eddie says a smile stretching across his face he reaches his hand enthusiastically across the table to shake yours, “Eddie Munson” “oh so you're the cultist,” you say “yes welcome to the cult,” Eddie says jokingly You eventually get to learn everyone's names maybe your junior year wouldn't be too bad. A few months later close to winter break you were walking to your locker to meet Gareth before lunch this was typically the routine it was a small moment between the two of you. As you get closer to the locker you hear shouting and you push closer threw the crowd to see Gareth and one of Jason's lackies Andy trying to take swings at each other. You weren't expecting Gareth to knee Andy and for him to get on top of him and start getting hits on Andy. It gets to the point where Andy is starting to bruise up pretty bad sporting a black eye. It takes you a minute to snap out of the initial shock, Gareth was hot-headed that was a surprise to no one but he typically could get it under control but you’re unsure what happened as you rush over to try and pull Gareth off the basketball player “Gareth! What the Fuck!” you say grabbing Gareth as Andy’s friends help him up you could tell Gareth's face was wet with tears. “Don't fucking talk about them again!” Gareth yells struggling in your grasp. You pulled the curly-haired boy into a hallway with barely any people in it Gareth wasn't too bruised up with a slight bruise on his cheek and a busted lip you sat him down in the hallway away from everyone “hey what was that back there” Gareth wasn't making eye contact with you avoiding it looking down at his ringed hands. you grab his face gently turning his face to see if it was any worse than what you had seen pulling him away. It thankfully wasn't but it forced him to look at you. he let out a sigh “he was talking shit about you okay?” “Gareth you know I don't give a shit what other people have to say about me, right? I don't let it bother me” “I wasn't gonna just let him talk about you like that okay” Gareth said frustrated “What did he say,” you say softly “He said stuff about you being how easy you were and how you were a quick fuck and-” “Gareth you don't have to defend me from that douche I can fight my own battles-” you say interrupting him ”I'm in love with you okay?! I'm not just gonna let them say all that shit and let them treat you any worse than they already do, I care too much and I don't even know if you feel the-” he raises his voice running a hand threw his hair tears still running down his face. “You're in love with me?” you say shocked. He pauses for a second. “I mean yeah,” he says looking down at his fidgeting hands slightly embarrassed by his outburst. You had liked Gareth for a long time the crush you had developed and the close friendship you guys had created in the past 2 months had made you fall in love with him. “Gareth can you look at me” he hesitates but does and you put your hand on his cheek and kiss his lips. Gareth's eyes fluttering closed and too soon for him, you pull away to look at him. “To think I was waiting for the right time to say something” you chuckle “thank you,” you breathe face still close to his. Gareth starts to laugh at your comment “Jesus, this is embarrassing,” “what about it is embarrassing,” you say joining in in his laughter “The fact that you probably got my blood in your mouth,” he said “Yeah I'm trying not to think too much about it” you get up reaching a hand out for him to take. “let go fix you up”

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a gareth request here!! what about gareth with a shy reader? and maybe him introducing her(or them) to hellfire? that was all, thank you!!🫣🫣🥰🥰

Shy Meetings 

Gareth Emerson x Fem!Reader

A/N: I hope you like it its a little short sorry.

Warnings: Mention of Anxiety, fluff  She/Her pronouns

Word Count: 950

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You and Gareth had been dating for a good month and the outcome would be Gareth would hang with you at the beginning of lunch leave to go get his food from the cafeteria and go hang out with hellfire. It wasn't like he was keeping you a secret from his friends the truth was you didn't like the loudness and amount of people in the cafeteria it was overwhelming and you only tolerates it when you had to. The thing about the rest of Hellfire not having seen you yet and Gareth having been talking about you for the past month was that they were starting to think Gareth was making up this girl whos suppose to be so cool and pretty and who it seemed he was absolutely whipped for.

“Gareth the more you talk about her the more I'm beginning to think this ‘girlfriend’ of yours is made up,” Mike says

“yeah like you talk about her but no one seen her does she even go to this school,” Dustin said

“Wha- guys I swear, Y/n’s real,” the entire table just exchanges looks not convinced

So as Gareth laid his head in your lap as you guys were in his room your fingers carded threw his hair. he thought about introducing you to hellfire during lunch.

“So, how would you feel about meeting Hellfire,” Gareth said calmness lacing his voice sitting the book down on his chest.

“I don't know, Gareth would if they don't like me,” hesitance sits heavy in your voice.

“I'm sure they love you, they’d be insane not to, plus mike saying something about being a repeat of Suzie, and all of them think I'm making you up,” he says chuckling leaning up to give press his lips to yours. ”Fine I’ll meet them,” you say letting out a soft laugh against his lips.

“Thank you” your fingers continue to go threw his curls.

You kept thinking about it throughout the day, the anxious thoughts wouldn't leave you're head.

‘What if they hate me’, and ‘what if Gareth leaves me cause they hate me’ that idea was very unlikely ‘what if they find me annoying’ all these things kept running threw your head while you tried to take your notes in history. You could feel Gareth's gaze on you from across the room. You look up to see his mouth move wordlessly

‘Are you okay’

You give him a small nod he was two tables down from you.

You looked back down and continued your notes when you felt a piece of paper hit your forehead causing you to pause out of the shock that a piece of paper hit you in the first place you looked up at your boyfriend slowly slightly offended he points to the paper and mouthed sorry

“Mr. Emerson please keep your attention to the board” the teacher let out making Gareth look back at the board.

‘Are you sure your okay with this, you don't have to if you really don't want to I won't be upset

You read looking back over at Gareth before you quickly write and wait for the teacher to turn back around. Throwing it aiming for Gareth's forehead as he was looking down at his paper the wadded-up paper ball bounced off his curls.

‘No it's fine really I have to meet them at some point, just a little nervous that all :)’ Gareth nods at the paper putting it in his pocket. When the bell rings for lunch and Gareth is at your table.

“you ready,” He asked grabbing your bag.

You nod and get up taking Gareth's hand in yours and walking to the cafeteria. You enter the cafeteria, and the sound of the other kids in the cafeteria fills your ears. The distinct laughs coming from the hellfire table are what catch your ears. You walk slightly behind Gareth and the group sees you two and gets quiet. ”Guys I would like you to meet my girlfriend, Y/n,” Gareth said holding your hand in one and your bag in the other.

You wave shyly ”Hh hi,” you say with a small smile.

“How much is Gareth paying,” Mike says.

“Shut up wheeler,” Gareth says.

Gareth starts introducing everyone. “You know Eddie that's jeff, Pat tho he likes to go by freak Dustin Mike, Lucas use to sit with us but we lost him the Carver and his lackeys,”

“Oh that sucks,” you say quietly

“Yeah anyway, I'm gonna grab some lunch you okay to just sit here for a little,” Gareth says you nod as he sits down your bags and leaves.

“So y/n know anything about DND,”

“Uh yeah a little,” you say from the end of the table still standing you hadn't found it in you to sit down your arms kinda wrapped around your body nervously.

“Oh really,” Dustin said with a smile adorned by braces

“Uh yeah I use to play a little but then like the group I played with stopped playing,” you said shifting on your feet.

“How did Gareth even manage to date someone like you,” Mike asked

Dustin smacked him in the back of the head.

“What! she's pretty she seems smart and sweet and Gareth is Gareth,” Mike says motioning to you.

“Hey?!” was heard in response.

Earning himself another smack to the back of the head this time from Gareth who had come back from the lunch line. With Gareth back, you felt more comfortable sitting with his friends as lunch went on you got to know about the group more it went better than planned and the group was hoping to see more of you in the future.

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Gareth x male reader washing and brushing his hair while talking about random things

Gareth Emerson x Male!Reader

A/n: I'm so sorry I've been on a short hiatus I'm moving threw all of my requests. I've been busy with life and have really just got back into the swing of things. Also, I'm sorry this is short I hope you still like it again sorry it's so late.

Warnings: Fluff , He/Him pronouns

Word Count: 553

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Gareth was supposed to be showing up at your house to watch a movie in your basement. You jumped up hearing the doorbell ring running the front door opening it, seeing Gareth with a bag of snacks for the two of you. “Sorry I'm late had to make sure my sisters got ready for bed before my mom got home,” he said holding a bag. “You're good, let me take that,” you say grabbing the bag from your boyfriend. your parents were out for the week and with it being the summer. Gareth looked at your movie collection, the one you've been building over the past few years. “you know you need more horror movies, right?” he said looking threw the bookcase “you, gonna buy me a larger horror movie collection?” You questioned plopping down on the old couch. You raise an eyebrow at your boyfriend still being met with silence “Exactly,” you say rolling your eyes with a smirk. You were sprawled out on your couch arms open for Gareth to come to cuddle with you. he eventually came and laid his head in your lap. ”good enough,” you say to your short boyfriend laughing at your slight disappointment that he didn't come to snuggle into you. As you start to play with his hair you realize its was kinda hard, and very brittle feeling. “Uh Gareth did you wash your hair after you got out the pool,” “uh no I didn't really have time I didn't wanna be any later” he shrugged “We can wash your hair if you want it's not good to leave chlorine in it,” you say looking down at him ”yeah why not, might as well” he sat up getting off the couch and going towards the bathroom you had in the basement. The shower head came off the holder and made it easy to wash hair in there you grabbed Gareth a new shirt in case as he sat on the floor back to the bath waiting for you to get back with shampoo and conditioner and searching around for a brush and grabbing a wide tooth comb not entirely sure what your boyfriend would prefer. you ran to your room grabbing one of your own old shirts. “ok I should have everything,” you say placing everything on the counter and sitting on the toilet seat next to the bath. you turn the tub on, waiting for it to get warm you look at your cute boyfriend's face admiring it from your spot next to him. His pretty blue eyes and although currently dry curls, still cute nonetheless. “so has corroded coffin started any new songs,” you ask guiding his head back against the towel you set on the edge of the tub to soften the edge “uh yeah - were working on a new song” ”oh that's good” Your hands run threw his hair massaging the shampoo threw his hair massaging his scalp. grabbing the shower hair you run more water against his scalp as your fingers continue to move threw his hair the two of you sit in comfortable silence as you wash and condition his hair. “Thank you for doing this for me,” he said eyes still closed “of course what type of boyfriend would I be if I didn't, “ you chuckle grabbing the towel. You sit the towel on his hair the towel soaking up the water. You dry his hair as your boyfriend still sits in front of you on the bathroom floor. You kiss his lips softly.