#its a modern au but steve doesnt use social media

[strangersteddierthings]

Rockstar Life

It might have all been forgiven, if Eddie had called. If Eddie had called and begged forgiveness immediately.

Steve could believe- would be willing to look past one drunken mistake.

But Eddie doesn't call.

Eddie doesn't call. Not in the morning after. Or the following day. Or the next.

Steve doesn't reach out either, because how can be he expected to? Paparazzi caught Eddie shoving a mysterious man against the wall in a dark alley, captured their heated kisses and how they barely separated for long enough to get into the back of an uber, and Steve knows as soon as he sees the pictures that he won't be reaching out.

He's not the one that's done anything wrong.

It takes three days for Steve to hear from Eddie. It's a shock, a genuine surprise, because it's face to face. Steve hears the front door close, and he thinks it's Robin, come to check on him again so he doesn't even turn around from where he's making a quesadilla directly on the stovetop.

He does freeze completely when it's not Robin's voice he hears.

"Steve, I am so sorry. So fucking sorry. I can't even begin to explain how sorry."

Three days ago, Steve might have forgiven him.

Today, he's not feeling so generous. He turns the burner off and scoots the half-cooked quesadilla to the cooler side of the stovetop before turning around.

Eddie looks wrecked. Dark bags under his eyes, made even darker by his paler than normal skin, hair a type of messy Steve hasn't seen since the spring break Eddie was in hiding and unable to take a proper shower. He looks heartbroken, distraught and upset. All things Steve felt up until this exact moment. Now that he's face to face with the love of his life, he feels nothing.

"Am I moving out, or are you?"

The noise Eddie makes is heart wrenching. Steve's not so numb and hateful to not recognize that. "Babe, please-"

"Do not call me that," Steve interrupts, "not when you were probably whispering that to someone else just days ago."

"Ba-Steve. Steve, please. I swear it was a mistake. It- I was way too drunk and high to be thinking clearly-"

"I don't want your excuses, Eddie. I want to know if I'm packing my things, or if you are."

"Steve, can't we talk about this?"

That makes Steve's blood boil. "Talk about it? Talk about it? Now you want to talk about it? You should have wanted to talk about it the second you slunk from that guy's bed. Or did you have to kick him from yours? Or, worse, has it taken three goddman days to hear from you because you were still in bed!?"

"No!" Eddie cries, "no, it didn't- it was just-"

"Stop!" Steve shouts, "I don't want to hear any details! I don't care if that uber only made it a block before you came to your senses and bailed. That doesn't- those pictures- you pinned him to the wall, Eddie!"

Eddie is silent, shrinking in on himself in a way Steve's never seen. Steve pushes down the urge to comfort him.

Steve is the one in need of comfort. He's the hurt party here.

"If I were sober, it never would have happened," is all the reply Eddie finally gives. It's not good enough.

"I can't trust that!" Steve turns away, pressing his hands against his eyes hard enough to see light that isn't there. "How am I supposed to believe you? You didn't even- you didn't even call. It was like- like you didn't even know that I knew. But you must have found out. That's why you're here." Steve drops his hand and turns around. "Who told you I knew?"

Eddie swallows. "Max."

Steve nods because of course it was Max. She was the one who handed him the tabloid with the picture in it, three days ago. "So, if you didn't know I knew, you would have, what, never told me?"

"NO, no, I just- I didn't know what to say. How to say it. But then Max called yesterday and-" Eddie says Max's name with too much bite, like it's a curse. Like Max tattled on Eddie instead of exposed his betrayal.

"Shut. Up," Steve growls, "you don't get to be mad at Max for your fucking mistake! I've know you're a goddamn cheater for three days, and it's not until Max let you know that I knew, that you decided to fix it? Well, it can't be fixed, Eddie!"

"Steve, please," Eddie is crying, and Steve's seen him cry a handful of times before but this one hurts deepest. Steve's the reason for the tears, and because you don't just stop loving someone overnight, that hurts.

"No. No! I can't trust you! How many other times has this happened?-"

"Never, never I swear-"

"- Would you have ever said anything if you hadn't been fucking caught on camera?!"

"Yes, of course I would have!"

"How am I ever going to believe that?" Steve cries, "I had to learn that the love of my life cheated on me at the same time the rest of the goddamn world did! Jesus Christ, Eddie, when you said you wanted that rockstar life, I thought you meant like, big fancy house, grammy's and an invite to the met gala. Not goddamn sex, drugs and rock n' roll!"

For the first time since Steve's known him, Eddie Munson stands before him with nothing to say.

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All this Stancy talk...now I NEED you to tell me some of your platonic stancy HCs

oh man i have literally so many and they vary from canon compliant to modern AUs to everything else like most of my days are spent making up hcs for ronance x steve and how steve would be like just me and the girls 🤞🏽✨💖 we are a trio we walk in formation lol and robin and nancy are like no we dont <3 we just drag u behind us

but like i think about stupid silly shit like them being able to be friends without that forced romance shit and being able to have fun together especially bc of robin like. robin who would introduce a whole new dynamic to steve and nancy that grows into something that is their own.... steve and nancy who fight over who gets the seat next to robin and make fun of the loser and steve and nancy when nancy finds out steve had a crush on robin and drags him SOOO hard bc she thinks its the funniest thing in the world and shes like you literally need to get better at identifying lesbians and hes like YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW YOU WERE ONE SO IT DOESNT COUNT.... and in modern AUs steve and nancy who would watch reality tv together (nancy wont admit to it but she loves the drama and the fights) and then when they watch drag race bc fight me they would they would get into it about who deserved what win and theyre ALWAYS at odds and robin thinks its literally so funny bc they literally will refuse to talk to each other over the stupidest shit until they absolutely have to or until one of them (steve) is like fuck sake yeah u were right can we PLEASE go to mcdonalds now :/ also steve and nancy who would genuinely be like lil mean girls sometimes and if they dont like someone they have lil nicknames so they can talk shit freely ..... steve and nancy when steve likes someone and he shows them to robin and nancy for their opinion and in like a modern au steve would be like so i like this person n nancy would b like okay i'll do intel and its just her stalking their social media to see if its worth it n if they can approve JEMDKSJDKSJS literally i have too many stupid silly goofy HCs for them just bc i like to think abt them being friends and happy and having fun w robin who is the most important person in their lives etc <3 like literally steve and nancy would act like robin's birthday is a national holiday and robin demands shes called king robin all day and they absolutely do it <3