If It Kills You
Fandom: Stranger Things, Steddie (implied romantic but it could be read as just friends)
WC: ~900
A/N: So I finally got a minute to myself and wrote this little thing. It's not my fav but I figure something is better then radio silence lol. I haven't forgotten about the plant prompt from anon, it's coming! But I hope you enjoy this in the meantime.
“I swear to God, Steve, I’m going to raise your self-esteem even if it kills you,” Eddie had said, hands thrown up in the air at Steve’s latest self-deprecating comment.
At this rate, Steve thought, it just might.
Since his dramatic declaration, Eddie had made it his mission to correct Steve’s negative comments about himself in the most Eddie way Steve could imagine: tickling him to death until Steve managed to shout out three nice things about himself instead.
“And they can’t be the same,” Eddie called out over Steve’s laughter as he dug into his underarms the first time. “If I’ve heard them before they don’t count and you keep getting tickled. Got it?”
Somehow, hearing Eddie casually discuss the rules surrounding his demise was even more flustering for Steve.
The first few times it happened, it was easy enough to come up with things he liked about himself. Steve would yelp and giggle his way through a few general comments about his hair, his smile, etc. As time went on, though, it got harder and harder to think of new things. He started getting more creative, snickering that he was a good friend to Robin or that he enjoyed helping Joyce do the dishes, hands not quite enough to hide his red face.
To Eddie’s credit, Steve did find himself making those types of self-deprecating comments less and less. However, there were still days where he slipped up.
The entire Party was gathered in the Wheeler’s basement, squeezed in together and making use of every available bit of floor space. The members of Hellfire were taking a snack break from their campaign, Robin was learning how to braid Max’s hair under Nancy’s watchful eye, and Jonathan and Argyle were in the midst of a heated discussion of whether water would be poisonous to Martians.
Dustin stepped over various legs and arms to get to where Steve was sitting on the couch. “You know, Eddie’s planning a new campaign for when school starts,” he batted his eyes innocently. “It would be the perfect time to introduce some new players to the game.”
Steve groaned, rubbing a hand over his face. “Dust, you know that Dangers and Doorknobs stuff goes straight over my head. I’m just too dumb for any of it to ever stick.”
From across the room, Eddie’s head shot up.
Steve froze.
Eddie slowly stood up from his chair and stalked toward Steve with a smirk on his face that unfroze Steve and made him start babbling.
“Wait, no, wait wait Eddie I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it, please, I promise it was just a force of habit I swear - nononononohohohohohohoho,” Steve immediately started giggling when Eddie wiggled his fingers at him, curling into himself where he sat on the couch. He couldn’t stand up, El was on the floor leaning on his legs, so he resigned himself to his fate, knowing the rest of the Party would never let him live this down.
“You know the rules, Stevie,” Eddie sang as he came to a stop in front of him, towering over Steve as he wrapped his arms around his middle. “Three nice things. Go!”
Eddie’s fingers met both sides of Steve’s neck and he scrunched his shoulders up to his ears, immediately bursting into breathy chuckles. Steve tried to keep as still as possible, he didn’t want to accidentally give anybody a bloody nose, but he couldn’t stop his body from trying to escape the relentless sensation.
“Fuhuhuck! Okahay, Ihihi’m a good drihihiver?” Steve said through his giggles.
Eddie clicked his tongue. “No good, Stevie, you used that one last week. Still owe me three nice things about yourself, sweetheart.”
“Uhuhuhuhum, shit, Ihihihi always mahahake the kids puhuhuhut their seatbelts oN!” Steve started belly laughing as Eddie darted his hands down to his tummy, spidering his fingers rapidly.
“Hm, I’ll allow it. Two more, princess, and you’d better hurry before I go for your thighs.”
“Okayokayokay, shihihihit, I guess I’m, like, gehehehenerous with my tihihime?”
“You guess or you are? You don’t sound so sure, Stevie-boy,” Eddie taunted as he squeezed Steve’s sides.
“FUCK, I ahahahm, Ihihi ahahahaham!”
“Okay, one more, baby. You can do it,” Eddie said, teasing.
Ihihihi’m good at tahahaking cahahare of - EDDIE PLEHEHEASE,” Steve cackled as Eddie suddenly switched tactics and started mercilessly kneading at his thighs.
“What was that, sweetheart? I didn’t quite catch that,” Eddie grinned.
“BAHAHAHASTARD,” Steve threw his head back in mirth, tear tracks on his cheeks.
“So rude,” Eddie said, moving his hands to the muscle right above Steve’s kneecaps.
Steve screeched, folding forward, only succeeding in headbutting Eddie’s shoulder. “Ihihihi’m good ahahat tahahaking CARE OF PEOPLE, SHIHIHIT EDDIE THAHAHAT’S THREE,” Steve shouted.
Eddie stopped his tickling, moving to rub a firm hand up and down Steve’s back soothingly. “Good job, Stevie. I’m sure one of these days the lesson is gonna stick,” he grinned evilly, scuffing up Steve’s hair.
Steve kept hiding his red face in Eddie’s shoulder, willing his blush to go down. The room was quiet.
“Honestly, though, psychologically Eddie’s got the right idea,” Robin broke the silence. Then she tilted her head. “Although, instead of training Steve to be nice to himself, he might just be training him to laugh every time he says something self-deprecating.”
“I am not a dog, Robin,” Steve said into Eddie’s shirt. “Eddie isn’t training me.”
“Oh, aren't I?”
“Shut up, Munson.”
“Careful, Stevie. Next I might start tickling you every time you say something mean to me.”
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Welcome, my sweetest~
hello, I'm himari. I use she/her, and this is basically the rules, who I write for, ect !
• Rules •
I do NOT write for :
Inc3st.
P3d0philia
N3cr0philia
R4p3.
I DO write for :
Fluff !
Nsfw !
Angst !
Slowburn !
Stuff similar!
• WHO DO I WRITE FOR? •
Creepypastas; Eyeless Jack, BEN drowned, Jeff the Killer, Ticci Toby, Masky, Hoodie, [ I am aware Masky and Hoodie belong to marble hornets. ] Nina the Killer [ fluff only ]. Jane the Killer, Slenderman, Laughing Jack, Laughing Jill, Candy-pop, Trenderman, Splendorman !
M.. marble hornets 🥰 ;
Jay, Alex, Tim, Brian, Jess!
Slashers ;;
Jason Voorhes, Micheal Myers, Billy Lenz, Billy Loomis + Stu Marcher, [ seperate and poly ], Chucky, Pyramid Head, Pinhead, Yautja, Hannibal Lector.
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so i’ve seen a few running lists of the surprise songs from each show but i thought it’d be nice to keep one with links to the surprise song audios! all audios come from the lovely @hope-ur-ok everyone say thank you rachel <3
3/17 Glendale, AZ: mirrorball + Tim McGraw
3/18 Glendale, AZ: this is me trying + State of Grace
3/24 Las Vegas, NV: Our Song + Snow on the Beach
3/25 Las Vegas, NV: cowboy like me + White Horse
3/31 Arlington, TX: Sad Beautiful Tragic + Ours
4/1 Arlington, TX: Death By A Thousand Cuts + Clean
4/2 Arlington, TX: Jump Then Fall + The Lucky One
4/13 Tampa, FL: Speak Now + Treacherous
4/14 Tampa, FL: The Great War + You’re On Your Own, Kid
4/15 Tampa, FL: mad woman + Mean
4/21 Houston, TX: Wonderland + You’re Not Sorry
4/22 Houston, TX: A Place In This World + Today Was A Fairytale
4/23 Houston, TX: Begin Again + Cold As You
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