#staymagical

[occasionaloverboy]

I cannot believe I am actually holding this in my hands. @staymagical is so incredibly kind and generous and talented. This hand-bound book of "we know where we're going" is the best gift I've ever received. Is it SO beautiful, so thoughtfully laid-out, and I will genuinely treasure it forever.

I had to try and take enough pictures to show how gorgeous it looks in every light and angle. The gold and green is completely lovely. They also added more flowers to the chapter titles as the story went on, which is so brilliant and cool.

I seriously cannot thank you enough, friend!!

🖤🖤🖤

[janieprints]

Check out this awesome 'Stay magical - positive quote about valuing yourself!' design on @TeePublic!

[racemetohell]

Working on designs for the company and forgot that I have tumblr where nothing is as offensive as it is anywhere else. It’s practiced

[doomcheese]

A Teen Wolf phase turns to a Steddie phase turns to an asdflkjhwerewolfsteve phase.. and here we are. My second pic for the @strangerthingsreversebigbang ✨

The absolutely lovely @staymagical joined forces with me to make the wonderful Latent - please come along for a witchy and magical ride 🥰

[the-gabardine-fox]

Result of an ongoing collaboration with my dear friend Mags! :) We’re starting to compile our work into items we hope to table with at cons!

In the meantime check out her amazing shop:

[staymagical]

Created for the @strangerthingsreversebigbang

Title: Latent

Word Count: 10k

Archive Warnings: None

Rating:  Mature

Pairing: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Character: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, The Party

Tags:  Alternate Universe - No Upside Down, Semi-Modern Setting, Werewolves, Werewolves Turn Into Actual Wolves, Witches, Werewolf Steve Harrington, Witch Eddie Munson, Car Accidents, Magic, Sort of, They are both still learning

Summary: The first time Steve shifts, he's alone and scared and has no idea what the fuck is happening to him.

The first time Steve shifts, he meets Eddie Munson.

Art: art by doomcheese

Fic: Latent by staymagical A/N: This fic was a blast to write and doomcheese made it soooooo easy. The inspiration was on point! And this whole event was so fun, so much great art and fic, just go check everyone out!

[strangerthingsreversebigbang]

In case you missed them, here are the next ten works posted from the Stranger Things Reverse Big Bang!

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One Last Hawkins Summer by @sparklyslug | Art by @janie-bean

Rating: Explicit

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler, Wayne Munson, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things), The Party (Stranger Things)

Relationship(s):Eddie Munson/Nancy Wheeler

Summary:

“Uh,” Eddie says. “Hey Wheeler.”

“I’m leaving Hawkins at the end of the summer,” she says fiercely. “And I’m not coming back.”

“Oh,” Eddie clears his throat. “Good for you.” It’s a very popular sentiment around town these days, personally Eddie thinks it should be put into practice across the board.

“You’re coming with me,” Nancy says, in a tone that doesn’t really invite discussion or argument.

“Um. Okay?”

Seriously? That’s all you got, man? But before Eddie can get through fully kicking his own ass for that weak response, Wheeler’s giving him a tight nod and a flash of a satisfied smile, before getting back in the car and onto the road without so much as another word or glance at him.

The Things She Does For Her Kids by @marsetta | Art by @anaccidentwaitingtohappen

Rating: General

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Chrissy Cunningham, Hellfire Club, The Party, Robin Buckley

Pairing(s): Steddie, hints Robin/Chrissy, hints Robin/Chrissy/Jason

Summary: Stevie Harrington decides to confront Eddie Munson about the kids she babysits and what his intentions are with them. That changes a few things for everyone.

We Made Quite A Mess, Babe by @sourwolfs | Art by @inflomora-art

Rating: Explicit

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham, Gareth (Stranger Things), Jeff (Stranger Things), Unnamed Freak (Stranger Things), Heather Holloway (mentioned), Benny Hammond (mentioned)

Relationship(s): Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Summary:

Starting with a new client should have stopped being so nerve-wracking five years ago, but Steve can’t help the anxious butterflies fluttering around his stomach as he hits the end call button. It’s his first job since… well, everything, and he can’t help but be a little anxious. There’s something scary about just being him now instead of them. Even if they never really were them in the first place. Not when it came to work.

OR: The one where Steve is a traveling personal chef working for Corroded Coffin

Long Live by @paceprompting | Art by @staymagical

Rating: Explicit

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson

Relationship(s): Eddie Munson/Steve Harrington

Summary:

Steve Harrington was a pitiful excuse for a crown prince, and he would be an even worse disappointment as a king. Only worthy enough to sire the next heirs and hope they lived up the expectations of the throne.

Until one little thing comes along in the middle of the night and upends everything Steve has ever known--leaving him on the run, with no one to trust. Then comes along a man, with chaos in his blood and enrapturing eyes that Steve finds himself following first as an ally...and then something much more.

Steve Harrington was never meant to be a crown prince, but instead, perhaps he could be a man of his own making.

Find What Was Lost by ChaosDweller | Art by @peachypurr

Rating: Teen

Warning(s): Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings

Character(s): Max Mayfield, Eleven | Jane Hopper

Relationship(s): Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Will Byers/Dustin Henderson, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper

Summary:

A year ago El disappeared into thin air and max hasn’t seen her since not until one night when she gets lost in the woods and comes across a monsterpus sight.

Will they be able to return her to who she once was or is she forever stuck a monster.

Fuck. I Think I Love You by @oh-stars | Art by @imfinereallyy

Rating: Mature

Warning(s): Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, Original Male Character(s), Nancy Wheeler, Corroded Coffin (Stranger Things), Chrissy Cunningham, The Party (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers

Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington/Original Male Character(s)

Summary:

Steve's happy! He's exploring who he is now that he's sort of out and dating a man for the first time with his newfound freedom. He's having fun and he's in love!!

Or so he thought. Turns out, love doesn't always give as much as it gets?

It's a good thing Eddie Munson is ready to help get him through this break up. He's just being a good friend to his new, totally straight, friend Steve while he gets over his last relationship. Totally has nothing to do with his crush on the guy or the devastating smile Steve gives him across the table at study group. It's not like he has a chance.

Or does he?

Jurassic Disaster by @it-gets-worse-at-night | Art by @alicetallula

Rating: Mature

Warning(s): Graphic Depictions of Violence

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Martin Brenner, Sam Owens, Connie Frazier, Billy Hargrove, Dustin Henderson, Max Mayfield, Will Byers, Eleven "Jane" Hopper

Relationship(s): Steve harrington/ edide munson, Steve harrington & robin buckley

Summary:

With the EPA breathing down Dr. Brenner's neck about the safety and legitimacy of his island, Ted Wheeler, Brenner's lawyer, thinks it would be best to bring some experts on board to evaluate the efficacy of the island, as well as it's safety. Despite having worked for Brenner for several years and knowing what was going on, Ted had yet to visit the island himself, and figured that this was as good a time as any. Dr. Brenner makes the call to Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley, pulling them out of their Montana dig site with the promise of enough money to finance several more digs. Meanwhile, Ted invites Eddie Munson, someone consulted early on in the project. Having sentenced the island to doom from the outset, Eddie rejoices in his chance to prove to Brenner that he is not the smartest person in the room. With money and his reputation on the line, Henry Creel will go to great lengths to steal Brenner's science, but in doing so, will he doom everyone on the island to gruesome deaths?

To Fall to Such A Little Thing by @kallisto-k | Art by @alicetallula

Rating: Explicit

Warning(s): Graphic Depictions of Violence

Character(s): Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Tommy Hagan, Heather Holloway, Nancy Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Chrissy Cunningham, Jason Carver

Relationship(s): past billy hargrove/chrissy cunningham, Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Tommy Hagan/Steve Harrington, background Eddie Munson/Jason Carver

Summary: Louisiana wasn’t Billy’s first choice but after everything that had happened back in California, he needed to get away. He thought the more rural state would be quieter, but when a body is found staged in a tree, Billy and his partner Steve get dragged all around Louisiana on a hunt he couldn’t put out of his mind no matter how much he wanted to.

Driving Princess Daisy by @marsetta | Art by @hereforanepilogue

Rating: General

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Wayne Munson

Relationship(s): Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson & Wayne Munson

Summary: Steve Harrington just got kicked out of college, again, and decides to visit his horse. Eddie Munson is not ready to hand over the reins of the horse he'd taken under his care. They fall in love.

The Ballad of Eddie Munson's Vest by @hawkinsleather | Art by @artbean

Rating: Teen

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Character(s): Eddie Munson, Wayne Munson, Ronnie Ecker (Stranger Things), Al Munson

Relationship(s): Eddie Munson & Wayne Munson, Ronnie Ecker & Eddie Munson, Al Munson & Eddie Munson

Summary:

"Thought you'd like to make one of those cut off vests I've seen your heavy metal heroes wear. I need a new jacket, so I thought you could use my old one. You just need to cut the sleeves off," he lifts the jacket up by the shoulders. "An' Benny donated his old shirt for the back."

Eddie knows Wayne likes to make do and mend, find new use for old things, never throw away anything that's still functional in some way, and he does not mind a second hand present that's a work in progress. He likes to do things with his hands. There's just one big problem with this one.

"Thank you, Wayne," he hugs the older man. "But I don't know how to sew," he continues as he lets go of his uncle and looks at him with his big sad puppy dog eyes.

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It’s Eddie’s 13th birthday and his Uncle Wayne has a special present for him with some assembly required, and he’s going to teach him how to do it. But first Eddie has some plans with his best friend Ronnie.

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[llamalpaca]

my @steddiebang piece for the amazing In Over My Head by @staymagical

also check out the wonderful art done by keeryclouds

[isanarte]



I can finally upload my pieces for @kl-scifi-zine !

This first one is a collab with @staymagical! We couldn't help ourselves to make a Star Wars au and it was so fun!

If you're interested in the zine, feel free to check it out here, it's free!

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[steddieunderdogfics]

I'd like to recommend 1,512 Days by staymagical. It's a lovely pocket-sized zombie apocalypse au that's tense with action and brings the boys together in a heartfelt reunion that I just keep coming back to.

1,512 Days by staymagical

Rating: Teens and Up

3,527 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Violence

Tags: Post-Canon, Zombie Apocalypse, Blood and Violence, Gun Violence, They're fighting zombies, So violence is inevitable, Mild Gore, Minor Character Death, No beta we die like the corrupted in the backroom of an abandoned Subway

Summary:

Over a year after Vecna's defeat, the apocalypse still happened. Only not in the way any of them ever expected. Eddie is nearly 2,000 miles away from Hawkins when the world comes crashing down. But he's determined to make it back home, even if it kills him. Which, is looking very likely with each day that passes.

Thanks for the rec!

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[ataliagold]

Last Sentence Tag Game

Tagged by @steviewashere, thank you :)

Rules: share the last sentence you wrote, then tag as many ppl as there are words(or as many ppl as you want)

This is from next week's summer prompt event, and I'll post a few sentences because I want to...

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If Steve wanted to play, Eddie was game.

He took a long sip from his beer bottle. Let the rim linger at his lips for a little longer than necessary, let the pink of his tongue slip between his teeth for a moment.

He returned Steve’s smirk when he saw his boyfriend’s expression heat up a little, cockiness fading as he watched Eddie’s mouth with hooded eyes, blinking slowly.

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Tagging a few people to participate if you feel like it! @riderofrohan777 @staymagical @slowandsteddie @wynnyfryd

[hexiewrites]

I was gone in the summer so I missed this milestone but: I've officially been in the steddie fandom a year (plus, uh, three months), and wow, what a fucking amazing year it's been

(i do want to shout out to my spouse for BEGGING me to watch this show for multiple years until i finally caved when they were away last summer, and to whoever made a steddie fanvid on tiktok, and the algorithm gods who went 'this bitch likes gay shit' and served it to me, causing my total descent into absolutely madness)

in that time (since august of 2022, and actually almost all between aug 2022-april 2023), I've:

written 16 (!!!) fics

totalling 307,294 words (holy fuck)

my three most popular fics are, by no small margin:

same as it ever was (which was only my 3rd ever steddie fic) (and which is currently being podficc'd by the amazing @n0connections!)

carve your name into my chest (my magnum opus, the steddie hockey fic, which I am still to this day absolutely blown away by the reception to. it's baby brother prequel, clean ice cold hearts can't lose, is much less popular but one of my absolute faves. can be read as a standalone, if you're into that!)

&, there'll be a riot cause i know you (proving that you're all really just here for the smut ;))

I've had other podfics made (thank you, @amanita-fierce, for the amazing pod of when they raise the landing gear (will your heart stay here)

I've gone absolutely crazy with a @thefreakandthehair prompt and accidentally wrote a hallmark movie fic that's the second longest thing I've ever done (make this inn our own), which the incredible @staymagical BOUND INTO A BOOK for me (the craziest and coolest thing that's ever happened in my fandom life, I'm not even gonna lie!) (and then my amazing beta blue bound carve into a book, but they don't have tumblr so they don't get a fun tag, but I also cried very hard about that as well)

I've gotten more fanart than I could even hope to tag, but special shoutout to @oriarts for being the first and for never failing to make me lose my mind over the way you make my fuzzy brain images come to life, and also for letting me brain spaghetti at them literally all the time, many of my fics would not exist without ori (psst if you make fanart PLEASE tag me so i can see it and cry!!!)

and I've made more friends than I ever expected, and have felt so loved and supported by this whole community. I've been part of fandom for the better part of two decades now (yikes) and have never felt so welcome, and appreciated, and I have to thank all of you for that.

I'm so excited to be back, and I'm sorry I don't have a pithy way to end this post. <3

ps. no promises, but hopefully there will be some new stuff coming down the pipeline in the next few months. hope to see you there!

[xirayn]

Stranger Music Anthology vol1 now has an album cover

by @vesperalhemlock

Read the anthology here

Featuring fics by @starryeyedjanai @xirayn @silentsyren @rindecision @atmilliways @aibhlynn @staymagical

vol2 coming in May!

[doomcheese]

Title: Latent

Word Count: 20,586

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Steddie

Character(s): Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, The Party, Wayne Munson

Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down, Semi-Modern Setting, Werewolves, Werewolves Turn Into Actual Wolves, Witches, Werewolf Steve Harrington, Witch Eddie Munson, Car Accidents, Magic, Sort Of, They are both learning, Familiars

Summary: The first time Steve shifts, he's alone and scared and has no idea what the fuck is happening to him.

The first time Steve shifts, he meets Eddie Munson.

Art link and credit: @doomcheese | art

Fic link and credit: @staymagical | fic

[steddie-fanfic-recs]

1,512 Days

by staymagical

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson, Gareth (Stranger Things) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Zombie Apocalypse, Blood and Violence, Gun Violence, They're fighting zombies, So violence is inevitable, Mild Gore, Minor Character Death, No beta we die like the corrupted in the backroom of an abandoned Subway Words: 3,527 Chapters: 1/1

Summary

Over a year after Vecna's defeat, the apocalypse still happened. Only not in the way any of them ever expected. Eddie is nearly 2,000 miles away from Hawkins when the world comes crashing down. But he's determined to make it back home, even if it kills him. Which, is looking very likely with each day that passes.

[earlgreyinpajamas]

merthur fic recs: modern royalty pt 5

1. Magicae, Fides, Fidelitas by maarzanna

After an assassination attempt, Prince Arthur is saved by the most unlikely  member of his staff, Merlin, his cook, leaving his biggest secret exposed to the eyes of the prince.

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magic reveal but make it modern!!!

2. All I Want Is All I Need by staymagical

Modern royalty AU. After breaking it off with Merlin two years ago, Arthur thought he would never see him again. Fate has other plans

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ahhh this is so cute

3. The Once and Future King by Clea2011                

Arthur Pendragon glowered at the smarmy little man sitting in front of him. "What do you mean, there's been a mistake?"

Or what happens when you think you're king and then, suddenly, you're not?

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djkhfdsl my fav crack fic