#yes jonathan also gets hugs and kisses from steve

[kennahjune]

Having thoughts of The Party being touchy as all fuck after everything.

Like you cannot enter nor leave any kind of hang out without a hug, high-five, pat, or anything from everyone you were hanging out with.

And then, suddenly, you aren’t able to leave without a kiss or hug of some kind from Steve.

It started after the bullshit that was the Starcourt Mall. The kids were leaving Steve’s house from a DnD session maybe 2 months before the Byers left for Cali.

Dustin was taking forever to pull his shoes on and get out the house to his moms car and everyone was complaining. It was one of those rare times where Steve wasn’t the one carting them all around— they all had their own rides.

Dustin got his shoes on and Steve handed him his bag and— without thinking— pressed a kiss to the top of his hat before waving him out the door.

The rest of the kids are silent until Mike speaks up bitchily “what about us, asshole?”

Steve has no idea what they mean until El points to her head with a grin. Steve deals out head and forehead kisses for everyone and waves them off to their respective rides.

And then it just— sticks. At first it’s with just the kids whenever he sees them. He’ll usually greet them with a hug or an exasperated sigh and then say goodbye with a kiss to their foreheads.

Not even Mike complains. This is the kind of shit he never got while growing up— might as well make the best of it.

And then it migrates to Robin as well, and the Nancy is joining in on the hugs (they’re still too awkward for the kisses but the hugs are enough for now).

And Steve never holds back, not even in public. Again, no one complains.

And that’s how Hellfire finds out about the kissing arrangement (that might be the title of this if I make it an actual fic). They watch as Steve presses a forehead kiss to Mike, Lucas, and Dustin before waving them off and then presses a kiss to Max’s head and giving her a tight hug.

The guys try to make fun of the kids for it but none of them are embarrassed.

“It’s Steve, dude. He’s like a mom.”

“The kisses are actually really comforting.”

“It’s a Party thing.”

And then the fuckery of 1986 and Vecna happens and suddenly Eddie’s in on the hugs and pats and high-fives.

And then.

And then.

He’s in on the kisses.

Steve doles out the kisses like usual one night after Hellfire and gives one to everyone— including Eddie.

And Eddie panics and gives Steve one right back.

And then the kids are going feral about wanting to give Steve a kiss too.

And Eddie leaves during the chaos.

And then they don’t talk about it.

Until Steve and Eddie do it again.

And the kids accept is as the new normal; you have to give Steve a kiss back.

And then Steve and Eddie have an excuse to kiss each other on the foreheads and cheeks and noses.

One night they’re hanging out, just the two of them at the trailer after Wayne left for work.

Steve had greeted Eddie with a tight hug the moment he’d gotten in the trailer. Eddie had squeezed back just as tight if not tighter.

Steve was getting ready to leave, and on instinct leant in to kiss Eddie, but Eddie was also leaning in to kiss Steve. So they meet in the middle and accidentally kiss on the lips.

And then the new normal for Steve and Eddie is kissing on the lips goodbye.

Idk, just Steve being a very touchy feely person makes me so happy

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Eddie's not sure how to show how grateful he is that Steve carried him out of hell until he noticed that Steve didn't really get hugged a lot, he's more the one to give out the hugs. He brought it up to Dustin.

"Yeah, I don't think his parents hugged him enough, so him getting hugged is just not something he's used to," Dustin said. "He gives them out though when he feels we need it."

Eddie frowned, and he was determined to change that. One day, he arrived at Steve's house, and he held out his arms.

"Steve, can I give you a hug?" Eddie asked.

"Sure," Steve said nervously.

Eddie wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled him in for a hug. He placed a hand on the back of his neck, rubbing it gently to calm him down. Steve placed his hands tentatively on his back.

"It's okay, Steve," Eddie said. "Just relax, I'm not gonna hurt you."

"I know," Steve said and buried his head into his neck, wrapping his arms tightly around his waist. "Can we just stay like this for a while?"

"Oh, so you do like hugs, huh, sweet boy?" Eddie asked.

"Yeah, a little too much. I just don't want to come off as clingy," Steve said.

"Oh, sweet boy, you can be as clingy with me as much as you want. I'm very clingy myself," Eddie said.

"I can?" Steve asked.

"Yeah."

Eddie nuzzled his neck, and Steve laughed. He picked Eddie up and twirled him around, causing Eddie to giggle. After that, Eddie didn't even have to ask after that. He just hugged him. Of course, they always hugged each other for a really long time. Even after Robin had called them out on it.

"What? Are one of you guys going off to war? Are you sniffing each other's necks? What's happening here?" Robin asked.

They, of course, ignored Robin. The hugs escalated to cuddling and leaning against each other. There have been many times when either Steve or Eddie would pick each other up from behind, twirling them around. Sometimes, Steve would come up behind Eddie, slip his arms around his waist, and pull Eddie against him. It also escalated to them sitting in each other's lap. It was starting to get a little colder now, and the older teens were hanging out at Steve's place.

Argyle, Jonathan, and Nancy were out back, enjoying the nice cool air. Eddie, Robin, Vickie, and Eddie came out to join them. Eddie plopped down on one of the lawn chairs while Vickie and Robin shared one.

"Eddie, man, what's with the big jacket?" Argyle asked.

"You'll see," Robin rolled her eyes.

Steve walked over to Eddie and laid his back against Eddie's chest, his head tucked under Eddie's chin. Eddie wrapped the jacket around him and buttoned it to Steve’s chin.

"My sweet boy gets real cold," Eddie said.

"And my gremlin man likes to keep me nice and warm," Steve cooed as Eddie hugged him tightly.

"Aww, man, you guys are fucking cute," Argyle said. "How long have you guys been dating?"

"We're not dating," Eddie and Steve said in unison.

"What?!"

"What do you mean you're not dating?!" Robin asked.

"Babe, why are you surprised?" Vickie asked. "Shouldn't you know?"

"Why the hell aren't you dating?!" Robin exclaimed.

"He doesn't like me like that," Steve and Eddie said. "Wait. . .do you . . . Yes."

Steve unbuttoned the jacket and sat up. Eddie cupped his face.

"Steve Harrington. . .fucking date me?" Eddie asked and Steve kissed him.

"Aww!"

Steve blushed, laid back down, and put his face into Eddie's neck. Eddie wrapped the jacket around him, buttoning it back up.

"My sweet boy. . ."

[captainlunaxmen]

My Safe Space

Eddie Munson x reader x Steve Harrington

This is a repost since the old blog doesn't work anymore. 🥰

Chapter summary: something bad happens after a party, but tou don't want to make your boyfriends worry.

Warnings: mention of rape, slight panic attack.

Having two boyfriends sounds like fun, right?

Yeah... it is. Most of the time.

For example, double the cuddles, double the attention and double the fun too.

But it also mean double the effort in not making them worry.

I've been with Eddie 'the freak' for almost 4 years, then Steve came along too. This three way relationship is still new for them, so they're still trying to figure their 'side' of the relationship out, but it's going well so far.

The most evident thing they have in common is that they both care a lot about me and worry for the smallest thing, which is sweet, but sometimes it makes it hard for me.

Like tonight.

Steve's parents are away for the summer, apparently, so Eddie and I will stay with him as he offered.

I just came back from a party I was with Nancy. She left at some point with Jonathan so I just spent most of the time with some journal friends from school before walking to Steve's.

That's when I run into Jason and his friends...

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I try not to make any noise as I enter Steve's house, hoping both him and Eddie are already asleep.

I try to keep my breath steady, but my body refuses and just keeps shaking.

I take off my torn jacket amd torn thighs and throw them in the garbage.

The lights are out so maybe they really are asleep. So I slowly walk upstairs to check in the bedroom.

I find them laying in the bed, holding hands with a small empty space between them, for me probably. They always insist on me being in the middle so they 'can protect me better' as they always put it.

I sadly smile and just head to the bathroom and lock the door behind me.

I take a deep, shaky breath and just fall on the floor letting out a sob I held back since that.

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I just cry for what felt like an eternity. When I feel like I have no tears left, I stand up and get in front of the sink.

I wash my face and look at myself in the mirror.

Fuck.

It definitely looks like I've been crying.

I take a deep breath and then I heard the doorknob being moved, that makes me jump a little.

"Sweetheart, is that you?"

Steve.

"Yeah" I quickly say, hoping he doesn't notice the tremble in my voice.

"You just got back?" He sounds sleepy.

"Yeah" I say, quickly again.

"You had fun?"

"Yeah"

"Are you okay?" He starts to get worried.

Fuck.

"Yeah" I curse myself for repeating the same thing... with the same tone... not suspicious at all.

"Can I come in, sweetheart?" He asks, trying again to open the door.

I take a deep breath, swallowing down a sob threatening to escape.

"I'll be out in a second, love" I tell him.

"I'll be here" he tells me.

I quickly check myself again in the mirror. It looks like I'm tired now. Which is true. Maybe I can make it believable.

I take another deep breath, once again and unlock the bathroom door and step out. I find Steve leaning on the opposite wall.

Once he looks up to me he immediately opens his arms to hug me.

I unconsciously tense at the contact.

He notices.

"Hey.. you alright?" He lets me go to look at my face.

"Yeah.. uh... I'm just tired" I say with a forced smile.

"Are you su-"

"Yes, Steve. I'm just tired. Danced a lot with Nance" I try to chuckle to make the story more believable.

"Okay... okay" he's not convinced, I can tell. "Come to bed?"

"I'll make myself a tea first." I tell him "you go, don't worry."

"I can keep you company" he offers "Eddie's just completely gone. He won't notice to be alone for a few minutes"

"Oh.. no, no, love. Please you look already asleep" I try to joke "go to bed, I'll be there in a few."

"Are you sure you're okay?" He tries again.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just trying to avoid a headache tomorrow morning"

"Okay.. but if you need anything, anything, call me" he kisses my cheeks and I start to walk downstairs again.

I didn't lie, I'm gonna make some tea, but I have no intention in getting in bed with them.

Not tonight. Not after what happened.

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I slept on the couch. Even if 'slept' is not the correct word to use, it would implie I actually got to sleep.

I get up pretty early and decide to make breakfast for Eddie and Steve.

After a while I hear footsteps coming downstairs.

"Good morning, my darling" Eddie greets me.

"Morning, my love"

He immediately comes to hug me from behind and I, once again, unconsciously tense up.

"What's wrong?" He immediately ask.

"Nothing" I smile to make it more convincing.

"Yeah, she did the same with me when she got back from the party" Steve explains as he comes into view.

"Is something wrong, love?" Eddie asks again.

I open my mouth to answer him, but Steve cuts me off.

"She didn't even sleep in the bed with us tonight"

"I did" I try to convince them.

"No, you did not" Steve says, using a sweet tone. "What happened, sweetheart?"

"Nothing" I say with a nervous laugh. "I mean I'm probably just a little stressed for, you know, the project with that journal course I told you about. It's probably that. Don't worry your pretty little heads"

Eddie goes to take my hand and I instinctively flinch away.

"It's not some stupid project the problem here." He states, concern evident in his voice.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Steve comes closer, but not too much.

"N-nothing... I... I'm just... uh..." my eyes start watering, I blink the tears away as much as possible "I'm just stressed. Nothing bad happened."

I get back at making the pancakes mixture avoiding their eyes.

"Y/n... we... we just want to help" Eddie tells me. I hate hearing his voice breaking like this.

I sigh shaking my head.

"At least tell us what we can do to make you feel better. Anything." Steve too tries.

"We just want to take care of you"

We just wanna take care of you.

Those words...

I uncontrollably start to cry again, falling on the floor hugging myself, Steve and Eddie are quick to kneel next to me. Careful not to touch me.

"Love.."

"Sweetheart, it's okay. We're here"

"Yeah, nothing's gonna happen."

They try to touch me again and I let them this time.

"Is it okay if we hold you, princess?" Eddie asks.

I slightly nod, still avoiding their eyes.

Carefully, Eddie wrap his arms around me, rubbing my arms to calm me down, while gently rubs my knees.

I take a deep breath and reach out to grab their hands, holding then tight.

"I... I was walking back from the party." I start.

"You don't have to tell us if you're not ready yet, my love" Eddie reassures me.

I just nod but I keep speaking.

"I was walking because I let Nancy go home with Jonathan. I stayed at... at the party for a little longer... chatting with some friends... then.." I let out a sob and Eddie and Steve's hands draw circles on mine reassuringly.

"It's okay, Sweetheart. We're here" Steve softly says.

"Then... while I was walking home I... uh... I... I heard a car... stopping not far from where I was... I didn't think much of it at first... then... uh.. then" I take a deep, shaky breath "then I heard Jason's voice. He was calling me. Next thing I know is... is that I.. was.. I was completely surrounded by his friends. They... they were... they uh.. started to calling me names... and then... then...fuck" I cry again, sobbing violently, Eddie holds me closer and Steve kisses my hand.

"Fuck... I just... I can still feel their hands... all over me... I... " I just cry.

"Sshh, my love. You're okay. We won't let it happen again. We promise" Eddie whispers to me.

"We're so sorry, Sweetheart. So sorry. We shouldn't have let you go alone"

I shake my head.

"It wasn't your fault. Please... don't.. don't blame yourself." I ask.

"Help me get her to the couch" Steve asks Eddie who slowly move his arms away from me to help me stand up, on shaky legs.

They lead me to the couch and let me sit, then they kneel in front of me.

"I'm sorry.." I barely whisper.

"What for, my love? You didn't do anything wrong. You hear me? It wasn't your fault" Eddie firmly tells me holding one of my hands as Steve gently stroke the other one.

"I made you worry..."

"So what? We worry all the time for you, sweetheart. It's not a surprise" Steve jokes to enlighten the mood a bit.

"Yeah, I mean, you remember when you were staying with me at Christmas?" Eddie asks and I nod "I woke up and you weren't next to me. I almost freaked out then I heard the shower." He chuckles turning to look at Steve "turned out she was taking a shower"

Steve laughs at that and I do too.

"See? We're always gonna worry about you. We love you" Steve kisses my hand.

I notice I'm not shaking anymore, so I smile at them and bring their hands to my mouth and kiss them.

"How do you feel?" Eddie asks sitting next to me, Steve does the same.

"Better... thank you" I say leaning my head on his shoulder, letting him hug me.

"Good, now... you stay here with her and I" Steve stands up "have to make a little visit"

"What?" I ask alarmed.

"Not a chance, Harrington. You'll only get your ass kicked. I'll go" Eddie stands up too "Where's your bat?"

"What? No! You two are staying here" I firmly say, standing up.

"Why?" They ask at the same time.

"Because..." I say.

"Because...?" Eddie asks.

"There's... there's no need" I say looking down at my feet.

"No need? Love, they hurt you... we... fuck. We can't let them get away with it." Steve comes to me rubbing my arms.

"He's right. At least let us talk to Hopper" Eddie suggests. "Please"

"I... I don't... "I stutter and Steve only holds me.

"We'll be with you the entire time. We promise, my love." Eddie reassures me.

"Can... can we do it... later... not now, please?" I ask, my eye watering up once again.

"Sure, love. Whenever you're ready." Steve kisses my head.

"How about breakfast then?" Eddie gently grabs my hand leading me back to the kitchen.

I move to get back to the pancakes mixture, but Eddie stops me.

"I got it, my darling" he tells me.

"I can still use my hands, Eddie" I tell him rolling my eyes playfully.

"I know. That doesn't mean I can't spoil my girl" he winks.

I feel Steve coming up behind me, hugging me and resting his chin on my shoulder.

"He's right, you know. Plus you can't stop us from spoiling you, sweetheart." He kisses my cheek.

"I love you." I say, slightly embarrassed from their attention.

"Aaww look at her. She still gets all shy with us" Steve jokes.

"Still not use to have two guys at your feet, love?" Eddie sweetly smirks.

"Shut up" I say.

"Yeah stop teasing my girl, Munson" Steve jokingly accuses Eddie.

"Your girl? Man, we're all together here. Key word: share" Eddie replies.

"Okay, okay, while you two fight I'll go change and... yeah.. throw these clothes away." I half smile and the nod checking if I'm actually okay, once they're convinced Steve lets me go and kisses my cheek and so does Eddie.

"Be quick, or Harrington here will eat everything" he jokes.

Steve looks at him in disbelief.

They keep bickering and joking all while Eddie finishes making breakfast and I walk upstairs.

I finally feel safe again.

I feel stupid for not telling them right away, they would probably tell me that no, I'm not stupid, but still.

They're my safe place, always.

[teambyler]

"Byler Endgame, One Episode at a Time" - s5e1

Plot beats and scenes leading to a Byler endgame, one episode at a time, for Season 5 of Stranger Things. (This is just for fun! I have no insider knowledge!)

Also see Part 0, where I explain what I think a Byler Endgame has to address.

s5e1

Since we’re going back to s1 themes, a shadowy U.S. government organization is involved. It wants to contain and study the hellscape in Hawkins. People are ordered out of parts of Hawkins. The Byers don’t have a home in Hawkins. Joyce stays at Hopper’s, with Jonathan too probably (Ted wouldn’t let Nancy’s boyfriend sleep in the house. He’s perfectly fine with “Mike’s friend Will” though!)

When Will arrives, he asks to stay in Mike’s basement. Mike says it’s cold and uncomfortable and he doesn’t have to. Will says he’s fine, he prefers a quiet place to do art, he likes that it’s where they played D&D... “We get to play D&D again, yes?” “Of course!” Mike insists on putting a bed in there, etc. Will is fine with the couch. The whole time Will is trying to be cool, trying to get over loving his straight best friend.

Will walks into Mike’s room, to see that Mike has framed the D&D painting and is hanging it on the wall. Mike: “This is a really nice present you gave.” Will’s in shock… does he know? It becomes clear Mike just thinks Will and El talked about what to put in a gift they were both to give Mike, while things were still good between him and El. “It’s too bad things went south so quickly…” Mike shares that he and El aren’t seeing each other. Will looks at the painting, thoughts racing… Mike says he doesn’t know what’s going on with El because after the pizza shop he thought they were official again, but she’s still being cold toward him.

Will sleeps on the basement couch, remembering their "Crazy together" conversation. He cries quietly.

After coaxing Lucas who’s spending time at the hospital with Max, the Hellfire Club play D&D in Mike’s basement. Dustin is the dungeon master. It’s a very feel-good, “the party is back together” scene. Will’s so happy to be playing D&D with Mike and is sitting next to him. In the game, Will risks his life to cast prismatic spray and save the group. The spell fails. In the game, Mike risks his life to protect Will. Will is blushing and it feels kinda romantic.

“A PLOT” SHENANIGANS. Will is rubbing his neck a lot and this is a Will-focused season. (There’s a million ways the A plot can go down so I won’t even try!)

School was disrupted by the events of s4. Bullies with nothing better to do target the Hellfire Club members, blaming them for recent events. Bully #1 lost a loved one when the hellfire opened. The party has to split up to get away from them. Bully #1 corners Will and says he hopes he gets AIDS. Will is terrified and once he’s alone starts crying.

Jonathan senses Will is really down. He invites Robin over. She arrives and kisses Vickie goodbye in front of Will. Will is shocked. Jonathan leaves the room, and Robin and Will connect. Will asks what it’s like to come out. Robin says some people shunned her, but others like Steve and Jonathan didn’t. She found out who her real friends were: “I got to have friends who love me for being me.” Will cry-smiles and thinks about this. Robin says to tell the people you trust the most.

Joyce and El are at Hopper’s cabin. Will looks like he's ready to tell both of them. But he waits for El to step out. Will sits down next to mom and comes out to her. Will: “Do you still love me?” She goes into Mama Bear mode: “Of course I do!” She hugs him. She's heartbroken to think Will didn't know how she'd answer. “Look at me Will. I’ve GONE TO HELL AND BACK FOR YOU WILL. I’ll do it again! I will always, ALWAYS love you.” They have a big ugly-cry hug.

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Part 0 (what a Byler endgame needs to address) Next episode

(And read my blog! I say a lot about Byler!)

[2btheanswertothequestion]

Steve falls first but Eddie falls harder angst

(possibly with a happy ending)

Steve is crushing on Eddie. It was scary at first, because feelings for another guy, but he's gotten used to it and now that nice, bubbly, new crush feeling overpowers the fear. It also feels good because he's, like, 99% sure Eddie feels the same way. He always finds reasons to hang out with Steve, even in group settings, and he flirts a lot – he obviously likes Steve. And now that Steve has come to terms with his newfound sexuality he's ready to make the move.

Except.

Before he can, he gets in a situation where Eddie's attention is grabbed by someone else, and Steve finds himself with front-row tickets to Eddie flirting like that with someone else. Doing more with someone else. Maybe Eddie kisses someone during a CC gig (idea stolen from @bleedingoptimism's little fic – if you haven't read it yet I think you should, because it's an all pov inclusive, and Steve gets to be friends with the CC boys, and all the parts are bite-sized so you can breeze through it).

Or, if Eddie is gay and can't openly kiss another dude, maybe they're at a club and Steve notices them in a dark corner after they've flirted in front of him. Or he goes to Eddie’s home and finds them the morning after (after they spent the night flirting in front of him).

And he's fucking heartbroken. He was so sure Eddie felt the same. 100% sure, actually, he just said 99% to be modest. But, um. Seems he was wrong. He is wrong a lot.

He should move on.

He does that by putting distance between them. Nothing blatant. Just starts being too busy to hang out one on one, and having Robin be a buffer and a distraction that's permanently glued to his side when they're in a group.

But Eddie of course notices that his favorite guy is being weird around him. Why, though! Steve won't tell him, and neither will Robin (she's been downright icy lately). Wayne is likewise stumped (and as upset as Eddie, because he likes having Steve around). The kids have less of an idea why, because they didn't even realize something was going on. Nancy, Jonathan, and CC boys have noticed, but Steve doesn't talk to them.

It ends up being Argyle (observant king!) who connects the dots for Eddie. And oh! Oooooh! Steve likes him? Steve likes him? That's... That's amazing! Because now that he thinks about it, Eddie likes him too. How couldn't he!

Eddie rushes over to Steve. He's a bag of nerves, since they haven't really been together for some weeks and Steve looks great, but Eddie's got this. They talk it out, which mostly consists of Eddie explaining he finally realized why Steve has pulled away and apologizing for not getting it sooner. An embarrassed-to-have-been-caught Steve says it's fine, and also apologizes for the vanishing act. It's just, he needed it. He needed to get over it.

Eddie forgives him. Now they're on the same page and can be together. Steve frowns a little and says maybe they should keep being friends. This baffles Eddie. Steve likes him and he likes Steve; why not be together? Sure, they'll have to sneak around. Yes, it'll be dangerous. Of course, they-

Steve interrupts him. He folds his arms, but ends up hugging himself. Hunches his shoulders and tucks his chin, as if to hide.

"That's not it," Steve says quietly. "I got over it."

It's like a bucket of ice water on Eddie's head.

What does he mean? 'Over it'? How can he be over it? He likes Eddie.

So Steve explains that he was certain they had something, but seeing Eddie with someone else numbed the feelings a little? And now that he's gotten a few weeks to lick his wounds and deal with it he managed to get rid of them. He's over it.

This upsets Eddie. How the fuck can he just be over it. Eddie just figured this out and now Steve... that's not fair. Why didn't Steve talk to him about it?

Steve snaps back at him, angrily asking forgiveness for letting go of what appeared to be an ill-advised crush. Like, excuse him for trying to protect himself.

Eddie leaves, dejected.

Later, he's bemoaning the situation to Robin, who's finally stopped being cold to him. A good thing, because he likes talking to her and she's got that precious Steve-insight Eddie craves. He asks her if Steve was telling the truth. Because Eddie can't believe it. After all, Steve was hung up on Nancy for ages – how could he get over this so fast?

Robin tilts her head, eyeing him carefully.

"Yeah, but Eddie," she says. "You're not Nancy."

And, shit. He's not. He was never with Steve. They didn't move from infatuation to love. Hell, Steve and Nancy's romantic relationship, shortlived as it was, lasted longer than the time Steve and Eddie have been friends. 'Steve and Eddie' is a tiny blip compared to 'Steve and Nancy'. How the fuck could Eddie compare them?

The boys end up awkward for a while before eventually returning to being friends. They're cool again. Mostly. Because, uuuuuggggghhh, Eddie can't let go of things the way Steve obviously can. He gives himself 100% to his feelings. He buries himself in them. And soon enough he's in love. He's yearning. Nothing will happen, though.

Because he's not Nancy.

And Steve is over it.

Those who like the taste of pain can stop reading now.

Those who, like me, won't accept angst unless it ends happily:

They do get together in the end. Having been told that the feelings are reciprocated after all, and being shown it when Eddie mopes around and stares longingly at him from afar, like a sad pine, kinda reignites Steve's feelings. Or maybe just awakens them from their slumber because he wasn't quite so over it after all.

Because Eddie isn't Nancy. But he also isn't Heidi-Linda-Brenda, a pretty face to smile at for a dinner or two, trying it out before going 'nope, next'.

They're closer than that. They mean more to each other than that. And they're willing to put the effort into it.

So they do.

(Eddie is so fucking possessive at the start. His first real relationship that he almost missed out on? He's never letting go of Steve ever again.)

(Steve, who gives as good as he gets, loves it.)

[girasollake]

back in your arms | s.h. blurb

pairing: steve harrington x henderson!fem!reader

requested: yes

type: fluff

summary: reader reunites with steve after chrissy's murder

warnings: none, i think

word count: 693

(Y/n) parked in front of her house and turned off the engine. She sighed and looked at the building, it felt like she hadn’t been there for ages. She got out of the car and walked towards the door, but before she could put her hand on the handle her mom opened it quickly. She hugged her tightly and let go after (Y/n) started saying she’s squeezing her too hard.

‘Finally! Oh god I missed you so much! Did you get a haircut?’ She laughed and ruffled her hair.

‘Um, yeah, do you like it?’ She smiled.

‘It looks beautiful sweetie!’ She reciprocated the smile. ‘Come on, come inside, I made your favourite meal!’

(Y/n) went inside after her mom and looked around. Nothing had changed through the course of the time she was in college. She ran to her room and placed her bag on her bed. She laid down next to it and sighed. This was a long journey.

‘Where is Dustin, mom?’ She screamed.

‘Oh, I don’t know, he’s somewhere with his friends.’ She yelled back. ‘Come eat!’

She got up and hurried to the kitchen. She missed the smell of her favourite dish, her mom’s cooking, her bed, Hawkins, but most importantly she missed her brother and Steve. Being in a long distance relationship was definitely hard, but it wasn’t the worst. She knew that Jonathan and Nancy also had been in the same situation as her which was giving her some comfort. She missed talking to Steve so much and his smile, jokes, touch, everything seemed so far away that she forgot how it had felt. She was eating her food in peace when her mother turned on the TV. The News was on and they were talking about another crime in Hawkins, suddenly (Y/n) spotted Nancy talking to an officer in the back.

‘Mom, I have to go somewhere, I’ll finish it later.’ She mumbled while chewing her food and quickly ran out of the house.

She drove to the place the reporter was talking about in hopes to find her brother with Nancy, after all she was Mike’s sister and Dustin was his best friend. She spotted a lot of people from the distance, she parked on the roadside and got out of her car. Instead of finding Nancy with her brother, she had found Nancy with the whole group of their friends. She stopped walking when her eyes met Dustin’s. The boy ran towards her and quickly embraced her in a hug.

‘Mom didn’t tell me you were coming!’ He said excited.

‘Yeah, it was supposed to be a surprise Dusty.’ She ruffled his hair and kissed his head. ‘I didn’t know where you could be but a crime scene was a good guess after all.’ She giggled and looked up.

Her eyes met Steve’s. She smiled at him and waved her hand. He was a bit shocked to see her so he came over to them slowly.

‘Am I dreaming Henderson or is that really your sister in front of my eyes?’ He asked.

‘It’s me Steve.’ She said and opened her arms.

After that he didn’t waste a second to ran up to her, pick her up and spin her around. This action caused some people to stare at them but they didn’t care about it at all.

‘God, I’ve missed you so, so much.’ He said, still holding her tightly. ‘Why didn’t you say you were coming back?’

‘Oh, it was a last minute decision and I wanted to surprise you both. I decided to come home after mom told me about the murder of this cheerleader. Do they know who did it?’

‘Um, yeah, you have a lot to catch up on.’ He laughed. ‘But right now it’s not that important. What’s important is that I haven’t seen you for ages.’ He whispered the last part and kissed her passionately.

‘Ew, gross.’ He heard Dustin say.

Steve just shoved his head away with his hand and resumed kissing the boy’s older sister.

‘New haircut?’ He asked when he broke the kiss.

She just nodded and placed her lips on his again.

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[kmhya]

‘86, baby || E. Munson

♡a/n~. a fix it fic if you will. also i didn’t proof read this so possibly riddled w mistakes

you could feel tears coming to your eyes as you heard eddie’s name being called from the stage. maybe it’s silly that you were getting so worked up about your boyfriend’s graduation but after two years of waiting, it didn’t feel real that this was actually happening.

you saw him stand up from his seat on the other side of the stage, a big grin on his face and his waved to the clapping crowd. yes there were as many jeers as there were cheers but did that faze him in the slightest? no. not when he could see his friends and the love of his life in the crowd.

eddie climbed the stairs up to the stage, approaching principal higgins with a shit eating grin on his face. the principal begrudgingly handed his diploma over and shook his hand. eddie gripped the man’s hand tight in response before ripping it out of his grip and turned to the crowd, his hands up in the air as he yelled, ‘86, baby!! it’s finally my year!!’. the crowd erupted in a series of applause and laughter as eddie bounded down the other side of the stage to join the other graduates.

after the ceremony had finished, you raced out of your seats along with the rest of the ‘gang’ to congratulate eddie. he didn’t see you coming until you yelled, ‘EDDIE!!’ at the top of your lungs. you charged into him like a bull and brought the two of you down with the momentum. grabbing his face, you smothered him in kisses and praise as he melted beneath you. ‘i’m so proud of you, ed, so so proud of you!’ you whispered to him. you meant every word of what you said. it wasn’t just the case of eddie overcoming the regular old school system, but being thrust into the world of the upside down, a bald girl with superpowers, and strange meat covered men with an affinity for destroying the world , and getting back up (albeit with a few new scars) and continuing on to get his diploma.

‘can you stop squashing him now and let us congratulate him?’ dustin asked, evidently over this over the top pda he was witnessing before him.

‘can it kid. just because your girlfriend is hundred of miles away doesn’t mean you have to shit on any happy relationship you set your little eyes on’ eddie joked, although there was no malice behind it at all. he stood up, bringing you with him, and took dustin under him arm.

the juniors of the hellfire club all surrounded eddie with slight sadness, saying the hellfire won’t be the same without them. being the drama king he was, eddie made a mini speech about passing the torch to the younger generation and to not miss him too much when he was gone, and after making them all feel worse, he gathered them all into a big hug and said that he’d make time for them play together outside of school.

‘he isn’t the only one who graduated y’know’. robin said flatly as she and robin approaches the group. everyone let out small cheers and claps making the two girls smile bashfully. more hugs and congratulations were exchanged before everyone decided to split up before meeting again later in the evening for a celebratory after party; just their group. the wheelers along with will, jonathan, el, left with their parents. dustin made a move to go with you and eddie but steve just grabbed him by the scruff and hauled his ass over to his car with robin. as they got further away, you could hear dustin’s confused complaints get quieter and quieter before it was just you and eddie left alone in the schools parking lot.

‘where to handsome? wanna head home so you can get changed?’ you asked as you wrapped your arms around his neck, gently combing your hands through the hair that rested there.

‘yeah, heading home sounds-’ he sighed dramatically, using his arms that were resting on your waist draw you in even closer so you were standing nose to nose, ‘-extremely tempting right now. but…not just because i want to get changed to got out. again.’ you grinned at his implication and nudged his nose with yours,

‘oh yeah? what ‘cha got in mind, big boy?’ you murmured. you two were unbearably close now, close enough that parents on the street would scoff and cover their children’s eyes as the passed.

‘wouldn’t you like to know, doll face. wouldn’t you like to know’ eddie laughed. he put an end to the teasing by meeting you in the middle for a kiss. you lips came together like waves colliding in the ocean, seamlessly.

you were so happy that you had eddie. so much could’ve gone wrong in only the past week or so but you both survived it, not without your fair share of permanent reminders, but it was ok, you had each other and all of your friends around you. whatever happened next, you reckoned you could handle it.

[harringtonstilinski]

Yeah? Yeah. - Steve Harrington

Author: @stilinskiparker Characters: Steve Harrington x Reader Word Count: 2,352 Warnings: angst, fluff, confessions, fix-if type fic,  Tropes/AU’s: Best Friends to Lovers | Fake Dating | Soulmate AU | Established Relationship | Break Up ; Back Together | if you can think of any more, let me know! Smut: no | yes;  Requested: Yes! I hope it meets your expectations! @dargoww​ A/N: Hi, friends! This is set after the events of S4. i don’t really care about the ending of s4 ‘cause vecna can fuck right off.  I also wrote this in second person, (using you instead of i)BUT, I hope you like this! If you do, please do not hesitate to reblog and give some feedback, whether it be in the reblogs, comments, or my inbox. As always, read at your own risk and enjoy 😊

Steve Harrington. The boy you loved… for four years. The boy you would’ve done anything for, like watch five or six kids with. The boy who made your heart skip a beat with every glance, every touch, the sound of his voice.

Steve was your everything, as you were his. He would’ve done anything for you, as well. He would’ve moved mountains for you. Even fight off demogorgons, demodogs, Russians and Mind Flayers.

You and Steve began your relationship way back in the eighth grade, after he confessed to having feelings for you. You both were paired up for an English project at the start of the year, becoming friends fast before he… well, confessed his feelings near Christmas break. Seeing past all the differences in middle school, you both decided to give it a shot.

You both came from different lifestyles; Steve came from the rich lifestyle with his big two story home and drove a 1981 BMW, and you came from the middle class lifestyle with a normal two story home and drove a 1981 Ford Escort. 

The both of you talked about the future after you graduated from high school. Like, how you wanted to rent a small apartment, while he wanted to just stay at his house since his parents were gone more often than not.

Steve wanted a big family with like five or six kids, while you were perfectly content with having two. He wanted a big house to fit his family in, and you wanted a smaller house.

Slowly but surely, you started to realize that the two of you didn’t seem to have that much in common when it came to your future. You wanted the simplest things whereas Steve wanted the more lavish lifestyle.

That’s where things started to take a small turn for worse. As you were packing some of your things from his drawers, Steve had come home early from his shift at Family Video, noticing the box sitting at the foot of the stairs.

He’d asked you what the box was for, and so you explained it to him; that you were moving back in with your parents until you found a small apartment for yourself.

You both held each other and cried, not wanting the relationship to end, but you both mutually decided that that was probably for the best before you kissed his lips one last time before getting up with the box in hand to walk out of the door. You swore that day that you didn’t want to see Steve again because it would hurt too much to see him.

Your wish wasn’t granted, as Dustin Henderson called you and asked if you would help plan a birthday party for Steve. Not wanting to at first, you gave in, hearing the desperation in the young teenager's voice.

So, about a month later with lots of planning on yours and Dustin’s end, Steve’s party was on. The whole party was there; Dustin - obviously -, Mike, Lucas, Will, Max and El. Robin invited herself, as did Nancy and Jonathan. 

Steve expected to see everyone when he walked in his front door, everyone’s cars parked outside. He didn’t expect to see you, though. 

As he walked up to you, he gave you a shy smile. “Hey, Y/N.”

You reciprocated the smile, heart beating a little faster than was previously due to a small spike in your anxiety. “Hey, Steve.”

An awkward hug was shared between you both, you almost melting into his touch, but stopped yourself before you could. Steve felt you tense up slightly, letting you go.

He cleared his throat, ready to ask you a question before two hands pressed into the tops of his shoulders.

“Harrington! Happy Birthday, man!”

Steve chuckled, turning halfway to face the other older teen. “Munson, hey! I didn’t expect to see you here.”

“And miss out on a Harrington birthday? Never,” Eddie said. With his signature smile, his eyes turned to you, saying, “Y/N/N! How’s it going? Haven’t seen you around in a while.”

“Yeah, where have you been? We miss seeing you!” Robin said.

“That’s what I said!” Dustin added.

You looked at Steve, tears threatening to line your waterline. “You didn’t tell them?”

At the shake of his head, you turned yours back to the group, sighing. “We broke up.” At everyone’s groans, shocked gasps and immediate yelling, you yelled over them, “It was a mutual decision!” Once they calmed down, you finished. “We realized that we didn’t see eye to eye on some things, so we both agreed to call things off. Now, before it gets cold, everyone go eat. Pizza, cake, I don’t care.”

Before anyone could say anything, you walked to the front door to open it. Closing it behind you, you let out the sob you were holding before going to sit on the hood of your car.

Steve watched you and wanted to follow, but didn’t in fear of you screaming in his face. You never did, but he just didn’t want to take that chance. He swore that he saw the look in your eyes once when you two were arguing about something that didn’t even matter now, but he still just didn’t want to take that chance.

“Did she leave?” Max asked after about ten minutes of you being outside.

“I don’t know,” Steve muttered. “But I’m going to find out.” He set his drink down, starting his walk towards the door before a hand landed on his shoulder.

“What are you doing?” 

Looking back at Nancy Wheeler, Steve sighed and looked back towards the door. “I’m going to see if she’s okay.”

“If I know anything about that girl, it’s that she needs a little time to herself to think everything over,” Nancy said. “And to also cry.”

He thought about it for a moment before sighing. He’d been wondering what you were doing in your car for all this time.

You were sad that you were missing the party. Thing is, though, is that you’ve been thinking about Steve off and on for the past three to four weeks. You thought you’d be ready to move on and focus on yourself, but you weren’t. You wanted Steve.

You both tried to fake it like you were perfectly fine without the other, but in reality, you both wanted each other badly, and you both have been feeling pretty shitty about the whole breakup.

While crying in your car, you thought about all the good times you’d spent with Steve, seeing his smile when you walked into a room or his house. How you’d both cuddle on the couch watching a movie, laughing at the latest episode of Family Ties. How before Starcourt was attacked by a gigantic Mind Flayer, you and Steve would walk around on his lunch break, looking at stuff for yourselves, each other, your future home.

You smiled to yourself, wiping your tears away before reaching into your backseat to grab the pen and notebook you kept in there for writing grocery lists and reminders.

You hadn’t even noticed Steve looking at you from outside the door. You giggled to yourself as you wrote before wiping away the tears again.

Steve was wondering what you were doing, laughing to yourself, wiping at your face. He knew that you’d been crying, but to see you laugh? He didn’t expect it. When you looked up, eyes dancing around to think of what to write next, Steve took a few steps forward. 

You were in your own little world, not caring about the real world around you. You were just focused on writing this little letter. When you were done, you folded the paper up like how you used to, writing on the front of it.

Putting the pen and notebook into the passenger seat, you checked your makeup in the rearview mirror, noticing smudges of mascara next to your eyes. After fixing yourself up, you exited the car and started walking back towards the house, stopping when you noticed Steve. “What the hell, Steve?! You almost gave me a heart attack.”

Chuckling, Steve replied, “Sorry.” He straightened up some before continuing, “I, uhm, I got worried about you, so I came out here to see what you were doing.”

Smirking, you took a couple steps closer. “Or to see if I was under Vecna’s trance?” “That, too,” he nodded. You both chuckled before you looked down at your hands. 

“Oh, uhm,” you said. “This–this is for you.”

Taking the folded paper from your hand, Steve raised a brow, asking in a deadpan tone, “A letter?”

Mocking hurt, you said, “Yes, a letter. What do you take me for? A twelve year old?” “Well, you did write a lot of letters at twelve.”

Shoving him lightly, you chuckled, “Shut up.” 

Steve laughed, you joined for a moment. When you both calmed down, you decided to speak on your thoughts. “I, uhm…” you started. “Life’s been kinda shit here lately.”

“What do you mean,” Steve asked, brows furrowed.

“Just that. Life’s been shit.” Gesturing to the letter, you said, “The letter explains it better. You know I’m better at writing my thoughts than I am expressing them through actual speaking words.”

“Guys, get back in here!” Dustin said. “We’re gonna do the cake!”

“Guess we better go back inside,” you said, walking past Steve.

After he followed you back inside the house, you all sang Happy Birthday to the man, watching him blow his candles out. Everyone basically cut their own piece, grabbing some ice cream if desired, before Eleven exclaimed that it was time for presents.

Once the gifts were opened, Steve thanked everyone before they left, as it was already getting super late.

Since you were taking Dustin home, the two of you left after cleaning up from the party, you reminding Steve that he could read the letter once he heard or saw your car take off down the road.

Steve watched as you drove away with Dustin in the passenger seat, the young teen asking, “What did you write him?”

As you looked in the rearview mirror, seeing Steve looking down, you replied, “The truth.”

Steve walked back into the house once your tail lights were nothing but little squares. He toed off his shoes at the bottom of the staircase after locking the front door, and walked up to his room.

Sitting on his bed, he sighed, nervous about what you put in the letter. With slightly shaking hands, he opened the letter, seeing your beautiful handwriting, chuckling and laughing when it was appropriate.

Dear Steve,

I can’t believe I’m actually writing you a letter like I used to. Feels very nostalgic. Don’t you miss those days when we were teenagers? We didn’t have a care in the world until it almost ended.

I guess I should go ahead and get to the point of this letter before I drag it out too long and have to write on at least three different pages, front only.

Those four years we were together for were amazing. The love we had for each other topped the other boys I thought I loved, and I’m sure it was the same for you… but with girls. You showed me things I thought I’d never get to experience. When I was nervous for our first time, you showed me in that way that I didn’t need to be scared or nervous. You had me, and it showed.

I loved our life together, and when I think about it…  I still do. Even though we had our differences with how we saw our future together, I still pictured myself growing old with you, no matter where we lived, no matter how many kids we had, just… no matter what in general.

Truth is, I’ve been pretty shitty without you. Life’s been shitty. I’ve cried almost every day since the breakup, and the only thing I want to do is run back into your arms. I wanna kiss you so fucking passionately that ends with us rolling in the sheets.

Not being with you is making me feel so depressed that sometimes I wish Vecna would take me, but then I think about you. How you would feel. Devastated. So, then I fight. I get up and push those thoughts away because…

You’re it for me, Steve. You always have been and you always will be.

I understand if you want to try some new things, experience new things, be with someone else. If that’s your decision, I’ll respect it. But, if I’m it for you… you know how to get to my bedroom.

I love you,

           Y/N

Steve wasted no time in running back down the steps to put his shoes back on. He grabbed his keys and unlocked the front door, closing it behind him and running to his car, where he almost slipped and fell round the vehicle.

Racing to get to your house, he made it by the time you were standing at your front door, getting ready to unlock it, but you ended up turning around at hearing a car pull into your driveway.

Walking a couple feet towards the vehicles that were parked in your driveway, you noticed Steve’s car, watching him get out. “Steve?” As he got closer, you started to ask what he was doing at your house before he crashed his lips onto yours.

Without hesitation, you kissed him back, putting your hands on his elbows, as his hands had cupped your cheeks upon him kissing you.

Before things could heat up too much, you pulled away, taking in a deep breath. “What are you doing here?”

“I love you, too,” he whispered. “I always have. I’ve also been doing pretty shitty since we broke up, and I can’t imagine my life without you. Be mine again. You’re it for me. We’ll compromise, bring our lifestyles together.”

“What about the kid thing?” you smiled.

“We’ll talk about it.”

You held your smile, looking deep into Steve’s eyes. “Okay.”

“Yeah?” he asked.

“Yeah.”

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[biggestsimponhere]

#7 wrapping presents with Nancy as your s/o?

Presents - Nancy wheeler x reader, Pet names used: Love (used on Nancy), Sweetheart, Honey (used on nance) , Sunshine, F!reader, Steve and the reader are meant to have a brother and sister vibe.

“Love, can you pass me the ribbon?” You asked sitting in front of the fireplace. “Yes” She said passing you the ribbon. “Why’d we buy this many presents” She said laughing. “Because we happen to love our friends very much” You said adding the ribbon to Dustin’s present. You didn’t add a lot knowing he was not the best at taking ribbons off presents. Meaning he made you take them off for the last few years

“I mean yes we love our friends, but do we really love them this much?” She said looking around at the multiple bags from stores. “Yes we do, we love them very much and the kids haven’t gotten a lot of presents the last few years and my job is well paying so I’ll be dammed if I don’t spoil them” You said grabbing more wrapping paper. “You know what, fair enough” She said wrapping another present. “You put Robin and the rest of the groups presents away right, cause they said they would be over in a little to wrap” You said tying off another ribbon.

“Yes they are away, sweetheart” She said smiling at how serious you’re taking this. “Good, they should be here any minute, what are we having for dinner again?” You said taping up another present. “I think we decided on Chinese right? And are we gonna get this many presents next year too?” She said standing up and walking towards the kitchen. “Oh right, yes, Chinese is for dinner and yes we are getting this many presents, I think Steve said he was paying for dinner” you said following her into the kitchen.

Walking over to Nancy you wrapped your arms around her and rested your head on her shoulder. She turned and kissed your cheek before continuing to frost the cookies she was making. You moved to help her and then the door rang. “I should go make sure that’s not the kids” you said kissing her cheek and walking over to the door. Looking through the peep hole it was your friends. Opening the door you let them all in. Robin leaned in and gave you a hug. “Hi, Sunshine” She smiled at you as she pulled away.

Sunshine was the nickname the group gave you after you bought a bright yellow sundress last summer. They also just thought it fit your personality so it stuck. Steve gave you a hug next followed by Jonathan and then Eddie. “Woah y/n/n, do they need this many presents?” Jonathan said looking around the living room. “Yes they do need this many presents Jon” You said glaring at him. “That’s exactly what I said y/n/n” Nance said from the other room. “Okay Honey, I know what you said and I still disagree” you yelled back.

“Are you guys gonna get to wrapping or not?” You said glaring at your friends. “Yeah sunshine we’re going” Steve said picking up some wrapping paper. “If these aren’t good I’m gonna be deeply upset with you guys, I have to go help nance bake cookies so they don’t come out bad” You said leaving them to wrap. Walking back into the kitchen you found that Nancy was doing a pretty solid job decorating the sugar cookies. “These look so good” You said looking at the reindeer shaped cookies. “Are you gonna make the other cookies now?” She said as you wrapped an apron around your waist.

“Yes I am making them now” You said pulling out the stuff for the peanut butter blossoms. “Oooh yay” Eddie said walking into the kitchen. “Aren’t you supposed to be wrapping?” You said turning to him. “Yes I am, except Steve told me I was doing it wrong and forced me to leave” he said frowning at you. “Okay well go turn on a movie or something” you reached over and swatted his hand as he reached for a cookie. “Not yet, those are for the party” You said glaring at him. “Fine, fine” He said walking back to the living room.

It was about half an hour later and you had made four more batches of cookies. Two chocolate chip, one peanut butter and one peanut butter blossoms. Taking off your apron and walking back into the living room you realized all the gifts had been wrapped. To your friends credit they did actually look very good. “I’m just gonna assume that they only look this good because Steve did most of them, so thank you Steve” you said walking over and kissing his forehead. “Can we have dinner now?” Robin asked getting out of the blanket.

“Yeah who’s gonna order it?” You asked dragging Nancy toward the couch. Nobody answered till Steve just decided he’d do it, walking over to the fridge he pulled the Chinese list off the side of it. He ordered quickly before moving back to the couch. “No one go in our room, your gifts are in there” You said as Nancy shifted in your lap. “You know that just makes me want to go back there?” Robin said moving to get up before nance yanked her back. “No, no going back there” Nance said as Robin fell back on the couch.

“Alright, Chinese food is ordered, let’s finish the movie” Steve said walking back into the room. Nancy settled back into your lap leaning her head on your shoulder. “Are you gonna unpause the movie?” Jonathan said turning to Eddie. “I may have lost the remote” Eddie said looking around. “Eddie” you all sighed. “Someone else is looking for it this time cause I’m not doing it” you said leaning your head against Nancy’s. Steve looked around the couch for a few minutes and then found it. Unpausing the movie everyone turned their attention back to it until the doorbell rang.

Steve went and paid and then brought all the food into the house. You all ate dinner and then finished up the movie. “Thank you Steve for paying and wrapping” You said giving him another hug. “You’re welcome sunshine” He said kissing you head. The rest of your friends got up and hugged you before leaving. “Come on sweetheart, let’s go to bed” Nancy said pulling you back towards your bedroom. “Alright, I’m coming but we have to wrap their presents tomorrow, I’m serious” You said letting her drag you to bed.

[strangerthingssimps-blog]

Steve harrington x female!reader byres/hopper

It had been 3 months since you and steve had started dating. First, it had started as a secret because you didn't want your brothers and step-father finding out. However,that was ruined when Dustin told the party about your relationship that ment your brother will and your step-sister Jane found out.

That was why Steve was in his bestest suit and was waiting for the flowers he ordered for him to meet your family. He knew this was going to be an awkward dinner since Jonathan and Nancy were going to be there since Jonathan was your twin brother. He was more worried about hopper's reaction. He remembers what he was like, Mike and Jane. He's worried he's going to be the exact same with him and you.

Meanwhile you were in your bedroom getting change into a black dress that you brought when you went shopping with robin earlier that day, you had your hair down like steve liked it, You then had finished your make up and went downstairs to see your mom and step-father making dinner while your two brothers and sister where setting the table up, you started to get nervous because you knew this could go well or go bad.

You then heard the doorbell go, and you looked to see it was just Nancy, and you let her in.

"Jonathan, your girlfriends here," you yell, and Jonathan waves at her, and Nancy then walks to him, and they start to talk.

All you were waiting for was for Steve to arrive….

5 minutes later, you hear a knock on the door and you go to open, you then see steve all dressed up in a suit holding a bouquet of your favourite flowers.

“Hey babe, i brought these for you” Steve says as gives you the boquet, you give him a kiss on the cheek as thank you..

You then let steve inside, as soon as he gets inside he is welcomed by your mother who gives steve a hug,

“Steve, I'm so glad you could make it, how about you go hangout with the kids until dinner? They are upstairs playing on the atari '' Joyce says to him while she leads you both upstairs so hopper doesn't see steve has arrived yet.

You and Steve firstly go into your bedroom so you can put the bouquet of flowers in some water, you then go and join your siblings. When you get into the room you see Jane and Will on the new atari, while Jonathan and nancy are on the sofa cuddling. You and Steve go and sit on the sofa and Nancy sees you.

“Hello Steve, Y/n” Nancy says to you both while looking at how grown up steve looks and how happy he looks with you,

“Hello Nance, Jonathan, how are you guys doing?” Steve asks them, trying to start a conversation.

“We’re good, so you and my sister, when did you get together?” Jonathan asks Steve wanting to know when his twin sister started dating his girlfriend's ex.

“We got together 3 months ago, we kind of clicked when we were both in the upside down. I saved her and she helped me with my wounds” Steve explains to Jonathan, glad that Jonathan actually wants to know what's going on and not judging him.

20 minutes later, Joyce calls up to all of you that dinner is ready. You then get off the sofa and follow your siblings down stairs to the table where hopper and Joyce were sitting at the table. Steve sat next to you and Hopper, which wasn't good on his behalf.

“The meal looks really nice Mr Hopper and Miss Byres, Thank you for inviting me” Steve says before taking a bite of the food.

“So Steven,what are your intentions with my eldest daughter?” Hopper asks Steve after taking a sip of his drink.

“My intentions!?” Steve says after choking on some water From hopper saying he’s real name.

“Yes Steve, what are your plans for you and my sister in the future?” Jonathan says after Steve stops choking.

“Well, I would like to someday marry your daughter and have a wonderful life together. I would spoil her with all the riches and would treat her like a queen. I would also like to have kids with her, she's always wanted to have kids of her own” Steve Starts to say when he gets words together.

“You may date my daughter but if you hurt her in any way I will kill you,” Hopper says in a serious tone to Steve. Steve then shakes his head and says “of course sir”.

Later after dinner You and Steve go into your bedroom for some alone time.

“Babe, why is the door open?” Steve asks as sits on the bed.

“My dad has this rule of the door being open after he walked in on Mike and Jane kissing one day when they were meant to be studying” You Explain to him the whole story of hoppers rules and why they are a thing.

“How old were Jane and Mike, When this happened?” Steve asks after he finds out about the story.

“They were only 13” You tell him and he was completely in shock at this news.

“13,13 Relationships weren't even a thought at that age. NO wonder Hopper reacted like that. I would have too” Steve says in a loud voice with disbelief and he couldn't believe this could happen without him knowing since he was the parent of the group.

Then suddenly all you could hear was Hopper and Jonathan saying “Look even Steve Agrees”

“Yes Jane you were too young to kiss boys, especially Mike what did you even see in him” Steve says loud enough for Jane to hear, Jonathan, hopper both nodded while Joyce just sighed at the men's behaviour.

You just started laughing at this …

“What are you in the ‘No Mike squad’” I say before continuing to laugh.

“Don’t Blame them it’s Mike we're talking about here” Nancy says butting into the conversation.

“What’s Wrong with Mike?” Will says in the conversation and You and Joanthan look at him like ‘Really’.

[jonathanssweatercollection]

stranger things s4 volume 2 thoughts. profanity warning lol

* i’m sick to fuckin death of yuri. when is he dying

* steve talking about having a big family is like. obviously fan service but i love it and also i’ll be using it for stoncy fuel bc fuck you

* i need nancy to break jason’s nose

* i also need el to brutally eviscerate brenner in ever horrific way she can manage

* argyle nolastname is my best fucking friend. like what IF nina was a small woman. let’s hear him out

* why the fuck wasn’t jonathan included in the byers-hopper sibs hug. i’m mad. i’m gonna fucking bite someone

* why the fuck are the duffers so against jonathan being hugged by his family. i’m gonna kill

* MAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA RUN BRENNER OVER. MISSED OPPORTUNITY (though at least the cunt is dead)

* robin didn’t have to go out of her way to get that fruity little beret but i’m so glad that she did

* i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. max mayfield i would kill for you

* “take your hands off me, potatohead” okay i still want him dead but that was funny as fuck of yuri

* I THOUGHT THAT I SAW HOPPER’S ASS. POINTED AT THE SCREEN AND YELLED “BUM”

* TWAS HIS FUCKING ARMPIT

* yay hopper kiss <3 good for them :)

* robin helping nancy up the rope <33 that’s so cute

* omg omg theyre playing the score from previous seasons

* god i feel so fucking unwell. i’m so anxious and jittery what the fuck

* EL’S LITTLE DRAWING OF MAX ON THE VAN WINDOW 😭 I’M GONNA COMBUST THAT’S SO FUCKING CUTE 😭 THE LITTLE CURLS AND THE LITTLE SMILE

* argyle voice: my dude is a gender neutral term of endearment

* JONATHAN SAID MY DUDE. HE’S BRIBING PEOPLE WITH WEED. HE’S HOLDING A BLUNT IN A WAY THAT NO ONE HAS EVER SMOKED WEED HAS EVER HELD A BLUNT. THIS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

* robin rly runs like a weirdo i love her

* st@ncybaitgate: *happening ig* // my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t” // my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t do do it” my mother: “don’t” // me: “don’t i’m begging you” like a fucking greek chorus

* ugh my family are so fucking mean about the characters’ looks. it’s even worse when theyre making fun of the kids’ appearances

* lumax are making me so emotional i’m gonna throw up

* el being a pineapple on pizza truther. makes so much sense

* her and argyle teaming up to feed mike pizza nd chanting “try before you deny” <33

* BYERS BROS BYERS BROS BYERS BROS BYERS BROS

* MY BOYS. MY BOYS ARE SO GOOD

* i love el’s socks

* oh man she’s gonna have wet jeans. has she not had a bad enough day already

* max praying for bad things to happen to b*lly and him dying. so true same bestie like me too exactly

* max and el being foils particularly in regards to the abuse theyve suffered and in turn the deaths of their abusers. so fucking true

* sadie is giving an award worthy performance to a light. she is one of the greatest young actresses of our generation i mean this wholeheartedly

* ELMAX RIGHT ELMAX RIGHTS LET’S FUCKING GO ELMAX RIGHTS HELL YEAH

* omg are we finally gonna learn why max had to move to hawkins. pls i wanna know

* FUCKING HELL THAT PIECE OF SHIT IN JASON’S GANG FUCKING TACKLED ERICA. THAT’S AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD YOU CUNT. SHE BETTER SUE HIS ASS

* omg the snowball my beloved <3

* i can’t tell if theyre doing an aliens homage. if so fuck yea

* steve’s little dancing jumps 🥹 hopscotch king

* ROBIN HOLDING NANCY’S HAND BC SHE’S NERVOUS AWW

* “a memory inside a memory” my guy argyle is gonna fucking love inception

* “i’m not having another funeral” yes this is a kinda funny line on surface level but also my fucking god that’s such a tragic thing to say. joyce byers you deserve the world

* the hawkins group spent like at LEAST over a hundred dollars on all of their ammo and shit and dustin nd eddie are fighting for their lives with sticks, little bitch knives and bin lids

* steve handing nancy her gun. yes bitchman that is true malewife behaviour <3

* i’m surprised by the restrained amount of swearing this season. like this is all very s2 in the way that nobody has said fuck but everybody has said asshole at least thrice

* basically i want max to call vecna a cunt

* i fucking knew eddie was gonna sacrifice himself. this fucking himbo

* oh fuck the sound design is so moody and cool i love it

* SINCLAIR SIBLINGS BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF PPL IN QUICK CUTS. YES

* MAX VOICE: MY GIRLFRIEND’S BACK AND YOURE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE HEY YAAAAA HEY YAAAAAAAA MY GIRLFRIEND’S BACK

* the steve and lucas parallel of getting their heads smashed with cutlery. kings

* “I PIGGYBACKED FROM A PIZZA DOUGH FREEZER” “what” POTENTIALLY A CONTENDER FOR THE BEST EXCHANGE OF THE SEASON

* “IF YOU TOUCH HER AGAIN I WILL KILL YOU. AGAIN” EL I WILL FUCKING DIE FOR YOU SHE’S SUCH A GOOD GF

* ELMAX AS FOILS IN REGARDS TO THE ABUSIVE BROTHER FIGURES AND DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR PROTECTION IN THE PPL THEY LOVE BUT RUNNING AWAY AND CLOSING THEMSELVES OFF BC THEYRE AFRAID OF FEELING VULNERABLE AND GETTING HURT AGAIN

* YES this mindflayer shit is lovecraftian. this greatly appeals to the horror fanatic in me

* mike’s proclamation of love literally sounds like wedding vows this is so fuckign precious i love them so much

* MAX’S ARMS

* NO NO NO NO THEURE NOT DOING THISGHEYRE NOT

* THANK FUCKING GOD MAX IS ALIVE

* murray saving hopper parallels steve saving jancy in 1x08. bc i say so

* everything is about polyamory. fuck you

* why the FUCK is there a sword. so conveniently placed next to hopper. like i know why but. i’m???

* i mean i’m not complaining bc it’s cool tbh

* YES RUNNING UP THAT HILL SYNTHWAVE STRANGER THINGS REMIX LETS GO

* nancy shooting the living fuck out of vecna is the hottest thing i’ve ever seen. i’m proposing

* the jopper hug im so fucking emotional

* omg is vecna michael myers-ing them

* “I THINK ITS MY YEAR HENDERSON. FINALLY MY YEAR. I LOVE YOU” FUCKING GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME

* THE RETURN OF THE MOBY SONG

* MAX BETTER BE OKAY

* I’LL KILL KUSELF OLEASE FONT DONT DIE PLEASE MAC PLEASE LELADE MAX LLADEAD PLEASE MAC OLEASE PLEASE I’lL LILL MUSELF PLEASE I’M GONNA FUCKING FIR PLEASE PLEASE I’m GONNA DIE PLEASE MAX NO PLEASE PLEASE GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

* the gate opening up through jason made me fucking laugh tho

* OH FUCK THIS IS EPIC

* fucking elmax rights yet again

* BRING HER BACK BRING HER BACK OKEASE BRING HER BACK

* TWO DAYS FUCKING LATER ???????????

* omg the leaving hawkins sign my beloved

* none of the cali gang have changed their clothes in like a week. that van will reek

* “quaint town of hawkins” bitch how many murders have happened here over the past four years

* THE FUCKING LIBRARY NO. THAT’S MY HOUSE

* NANCY’S MR RABBIT. I LOVE WHEN SHE HAS STUFFED ANIMALS

* IT PARALLELS JONATHAN BEIBG FORCED TO HUNT A RABBIT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD BY HIS DAD. BC RABBITS ARE CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HOW THEY REMEMBER THEIR CHILDHOODS. FUCK I HAVE TO MAKE A GIFSET

* STONCY STINCY STINCY OLEAEE I STONCY STIBCY OLEASE STONCY STONCY PEASE STIVFY stONCY OLEPASE

* FUCKING YES MAX ISALIVE

* YES HE’S READING HER STEPHEN KING FUCK UEAH FUCK YEAH

* el’s little ET hoodie bless

* love all the little parallels of calling things miracles this season

* let’s give a hoot and a hurray for neurotic lesbian representation

* EDDIE’S UNCLE IS GONNA MAKE ME CRY. WHAT THE FUCK

* they need don’t mess around with jim playing the background of them cleaning up the cabin

* jonathan still looks at nancy with these shy lovestruck puppy eyes after all these years. someone kill me

* “OTHERWISE WHO WOULD BE IN CHATGE??? STEVE??” STONATHAN CRUMBS LETS GO

* okay fuck its the coca cola bottle el and max played with in s3. im sad

* max better fucking be okay. i’m so fucking worried for her even now

* JESUS GOD THE EL AND HOPPER REUNION IS MAKING ME FUCKING CRY

* “what do you think?” // “bitchin” I’M GONNA KERPLODE

* YES YES HUGS ALL AROUND FOR EVERYONE YES EVERYONE HUG

* argyle is still hunting for mushrooms while dimensions are colliding isn’t he

* can dustin please have a cane. please my poor guy just give him a cane to help him out please

* the fucking score RULES

* my mother after watching this episode “so the upside down is in the downside up”

* hell FUCKING yea siouxsie and the banshees to close up the season this rules

* seeing the monkey massacre logo always fills me with joy. god fucking bless and goodnight

[thequeenofshebasays]

are you able to say what the jancy spoilers are??? very worried

Yes I’ll put them below this:

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Okay the spoiler so far are only two, I believe they both take place in the 9th episode, there’s obviously going to be more scenes and etc but these are the two:

Jonathan and Nancy reunite, they hug and he kisses her forehead, they’re super close and happy to see each other. Steve apparently watches it happen and realizes that’s it.

They’re together in the final moments of S4, they’re in hoppers house cleaning it up with I think three of the kids. (It seems the groups are all split up by the finale) and Jancy are together when whatever cliff hanger happens that leads into S5.

So from the looks of it, they’re fine. Jonathan and Nancy are going to be fine and stay together and she won’t get with Steve.

Also if she breaks up with Jonathan just to date Steve, the three can never be friends. Ever.

If she stays with Jonathan then Steve will get over his weirdness and they can be friends.

It’s science.

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Stuck Between a Jock and a Metalhead

Summary: Nancy, on a whim, decides to visit Steve at Scoops Ahoy, which leads to her overhearing confessions from Steve that leads her to think about the decisions she's made. A few days later, she decides to come back. She finds him being hit on by the town freak. What's a girl to do? Oh, get stuck in a freezer with the both of them.

Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Nancy waited for her sister patiently at the bottom of the stairs, but she was taking longer than she should have for someone who knows now how to get dressed herself. She was just about to go up there when Holly came bounding down the stairs, her blond hair loose around her shoulders.

"I'm ready for the mall, Nancy!" Holly exclaimed. "I put on makeup just like you would."

Nancy put her hand over her mouth, trying to stifle the laughter. Holly was wearing bright blue eyeshadow that was spread across her eyelids and well over her eyebrows. It made her look permanently surprised. She had lipstick spread across her lips and around them.

"Did you look in the mirror yet, Holly?" Nancy asked.

"No, does it look bad?" Holly asked.

She couldn't help it, she burst into laughter. It caused her mother to come in from the living room.

"What is going - Oh my goodness," Karen snorted.

"Apparently, she put on makeup just like I would," Nancy giggled.

Karen picked up the polaroid from the hallway table and snapped a picture.

"Can I see, Mommy?" Holly asked, and she showed her. "Oh! I look so silly. I look like a clown."

Holly giggled and honked her nose. Nancy swooped her up in a hug and pressed a hard kiss to her cheek. Karen had snapped another picture. Nancy settled her on her hip.

"Come on, let's get you cleaned up, and then I'll braid your hair," Nancy chuckled as she bounded up the stairs.

Karen dropped them off at the mall, announcing as they got out of the car that she would be running errands and that she would be back soon. Nancy scoffed as she watched her mother drive away. She knew exactly what kind of errands she would be doing. Ally told her what she saw her mother doing at the mall. . .checking out Billy like most women. Not only was it disgusting because he was an evil asshole but he was also the same age as Nancy. Honestly, his personality was too ugly for her to find him attractive. That was the difference between him and Jonathan. . .intent. It was also the fact that Jonathan actually gave a shit about his brother. Maybe that was attracted her to Jonathan in the first place. Before Nancy could venture further into her darkening thoughts, she felt a tug on her dress.

"Come on, Nancy!" Holly said.

She smiled at her sister and took her hand, deciding to enjoy the outing. Nancy and Holly went to the bookstore first, where she had to pull Holly away. She was really happy that Holly was interested in reading but she also needed to buy her shoes before lunch. The kid was outgrowing the shoes faster than she could wear them out. Of course, with the new shoes, Holly also wanted a dress to go with them. She ended up finding a purple one with flowers on it and one that's similar to hers for Nancy. They twirled in front of the mirror.

"What do you think? Should we pay for them and wear them out of the store?" Nancy asked.

"Yes!" Holly grinned.

Once they paid for them and got bags for their other clothes, they started heading towards the food court. Nancy made sure they chose a place that served chicken nuggets. While Holly loved all food, chicken nuggets were always a must with her. She was looking for a place to sit down when she spotted Eddie sitting with a couple of his friends. He spotted her, and his face brightened up at the sight of her.

"Nancy!" Eddie exclaimed, waving her over.

He had forgotten that his legs had been wrapped around the chair, and in his hurry to jump up, he stumbled to the ground. His friends burst into laughter. Nancy giggled.

"You want to meet my friend Eddie?" Nancy asked Holly.

"Yeah, he looks funny!"

Carrying their baskets and their bags, they wandered over to the table. Eddie dusted himself off and stood up. He smiled when they arrived at the table.

"Nice face plant, Eddie," Nancy said.

"I meant to do that," Eddie said.

"If your purpose was to kiss the floor," Nancy said, and his friends laughed. "Then yeah, you succeeded."

"Nancy Wheeler, these are my friends Gareth and Jeff," Eddie introduced. "They're also in Hellfire and in my band, Corroded Coffin."

"Oh. You didn't tell me you were in a band," Nancy said.

"You didn't tell her you were in a band?" Gareth asked him mockingly.

"Our band?" Jeff asked, and Eddie rolled his eyes.

"And who's this little lady?" He asked.

"My sister, Holly," Nancy introduced.

"Hi, Mr. Eddie, we got matching dresses!" Holly said.

"I see that. You guys look like a couple of pretty princesses," Eddie said.

"Who also fights dragons!" Holly exclaimed.

"Well, would a couple of princesses who fight dragons want to sit with us?" Eddie asked.

"Yeah, you aren't scary," Holly said as she plopped down in the seat next to him while Nancy sat on Holly's other side.

"I'm not? Well, that's a first," Eddie said.

"You're fluffy like a teddy bear," Holly said. "Eddie! Teddy!"

"I think that name is sticking, man," Jeff said with a snicker.

"Am I scary?" Holly asked.

"Oh, yeah, very," Eddie said with a gasp and clutched his chest, causing her to giggle. "So, what else you get?"

"The Hobbit. Nancy said I would like it," Holly said. "Our bubba, Mike, won't let us use his book."

"Oh, you're going to love it," Eddie grinned. "Why won't this Mike let you use his book?"

"Mike is an asshole," Holly said seriously, and the boys struggled not to laugh.

"Holly!" Nancy exclaimed. "You shouldn't call him that!"

"What if he is being one?" Holly asked.

"Yeah, Nancy, what if he is being one?" Eddie asked, and she glared at him.

"You still shouldn't," Nancy said.

"You call him that all the time, Nancy!" Holly exclaimed.

"Eat your chicken nuggets, Holly," Nancy said, trying to hide her amusement.

"You ladies doing more shopping after this?" Eddie asked.

"No, Nancy's going to take to me Scoops Ahoy to get ice cream, and she's got a surprise for me," Holly said.

Nancy mouthed Steve’s name over Holly's head, and Eddie grinned.

"That sounds like fun," Eddie said.

"Well, look at that. . .we've got to go," Jeff said, nudging Gareth.

"Oh, yes, we just remembered we've got that thing," Gareth said.

"We were supposed to browse the new music store after lunch," Eddie frowned.

"Well, like we said, we've got that thing," Jeff grinned.

"Teddy! Do you want to come with us?" Holly asked. "Do you know Steve? He works there."

"Oh. I know Steve. I like Steve," Eddie said.

Jeff and Gareth shared a knowing look. Nancy grinned. It looked like they suspected the same thing that she did.

"I like Steve too," Holly grinned.

"Holly, who told you that Steve works there?" Nancy asked.

"Mike," she replied.

Nancy rolled her eyes. Of course, that asshole would ruin the surprise.

"You just called him that word in your head, didn't you?" Eddie grinned and winked at her.

Nancy blushed and rolled her eyes.

"Well, we've got to go," Jeff grinned. "Have fun with Eddie."

"Teddy, you mean," Gareth said as they stood up.

"Bye, Mr. Gareth! Bye, Mr. Jeff!" Holly exclaimed.

"Farewell, Princess Holly," Gareth bowed.

"Oh, fiercest warrior and slayer of dragons," Jeff bowed. "Farewell."

Holly giggled and waved at them until she couldn't see them anymore. She sat back in her seat.

"I like them," Holly said.

"Eh, they're okay," Eddie shrugged with a grin.

"I like Jeff. He's cute, but he's too old, though," Holly said.

"You hear that, Nance? He's cute, but he's old," Eddie grinned.

"Oh God," Nancy laughed.

"Kids say the darndest things," Eddie said.

Once they were finished with their food, they started walking towards Scoops Ahoy. Holly took Nancy's hand and then Eddie's.

"So, you don't get lost," Holly said.

"Smart," Eddie said. "Metalheads like me are very well known for getting lost in malls."

"I didn't know that," Holly gasped. "Nancy, we can't let him get lost."

Nancy's heart fluttered in her chest as she watched Eddie converse happily with her little sister. He was great with her, too. His grin was so wide as he talked animatedly with Holly that he was flashing his dimples. They were very cute and suited him well. Eddie noticed her staring, and he winked at her. Nancy felt her cheeks warm.

"There it is!" Holly exclaimed. "That's it, isn't it?"

"Yes, but - " Nancy started to say.

Holly slipped from their grasps and ran ahead of them. They started running after her, but she was quick to dive between people's legs.

"Jesus! This kid is fast!" Eddie exclaimed.

"Holly!" Nancy yelled.

Suddenly, they heard her scream and they were running faster than ever. They found her lying on the floor, a large stony faced man glaring down at her. Holly's bottom lip was trembling. Nancy realized that it was the delivery guy who had dropped off the ice cream. He growled at Holly, and crocodile tears started welling up in Holly's eyes.

"I'm sorry I ran into you. I didn't mean to," Holly whimpered.

"Hey! The kid said she was sorry! Do you have anything better to do than to scare the shit out of her?!" Eddie snapped, and the man was growling at him now. "Do you understand me? Fuck off, man!"

Nancy knelt down next to Holly and pulled her to her side. The man stepped into Eddie's face menacingly. There was a flash of fear in Eddie's eyes, but he stood his ground, clenched his jaw, and stared at the man right back. When the man realized he was drawing attention from other people, he snorted and walked off. Holly pulled herself out of Nancy's arms and threw her arms around Eddie's legs.

"Are you okay, Teddy?" Holly asked. "I thought he was going to hurt you."

"I'm okay, sweetheart," Eddie said and scooped her up. "Are you okay?"

"I think I scraped my elbow," Holly said.

"Well, let's get that fixed up, shall we?" Eddie said and pulled out his first aid kit. "We can use Princess Nigel. Steve gave him to me, and I named him."

They went to the nearest bench where Nancy pulled Holly into her lap. Eddie knelt in front of her and started patching up her elbow. He stuck his tongue out while he worked.

"I'm sorry for running away, I just got excited," Holly sniffed.

"Well, you scared the crap out of me and your sister, but I think you scared Nancy the most," Eddie said softly.

She didn't realize how close to crying she had been until Eddie had said something or that she was shaking.

"I'm sorry, sissy," Holly said.

"You're okay now. That's the important thing. Always hold hands, though, okay? Promise?" Nancy asked.

"Promise," Holly sniffed. "I'm sorry too, Teddy."

"It's alright. You know, I get into accidents all the time. I'm a huge klutz which is why Steve gave me this," Eddie said as he slipped it into pocket. "I gotta say, though. You're a lot braver than I would have been. I would have shit my pants."

"Then Nancy would have to change you just like she did when I was a baby," Holly giggled.

Eddie and Nancy laughed.

"You know, since you got injured in the line of duty, I think this little warrior deserves a piggyback ride," Eddie said and turned around.

Holly cheered as she wrapped her arms and legs around him. He snorted like a pig and started walking with Nancy, who was gazing at him fondly.

"Teddy! Always hold hands, remember?" Holly asked.

Eddie grinned and held out his hand towards Nancy, wiggling his fingers at her. Nancy blushed and took his hand. Somewhere along the way, their fingers slid together. When they entered the parlor, Holly immediately jumped down from Eddie's back and started running towards the counter. Steve ran out and met her halfway, scooping her up.

"There's my girl!" Steve exclaimed.

"I missed you!" Holly squealed and pressed a kiss to his cheek.

"I missed you too, pumpkin," Steve said.

"I like your outfit," Holly said.

"I like yours," he replied.

"It matches Nancy's outfit," Holly stated proudly.

"I see that," Steve laughed. "But you know what it needs?"

He took off his hat and plopped it down on her head. She giggled madly.

"How do I look?" She asked.

"Better than I do in the hat," he said. "What have you been up to? Catch me up."

"Me and Teddy almost got eaten by a troll!" Holly exclaimed.

"Okay, I'm a little lost," Steve said.

Nancy watched with a smile on her face as Eddie and Holly both recounted the story in their own adorable way. She loved the way that Holly lit up with both of them. Looking at Steve with Holly, she knew without a doubt that she was still in love with Steve, but there was also something else stirring for Eddie as well. As she looked at both of them, she knew she couldn't put them through what she put Steve through, especially since she could recognize that Steve and Eddie were starting to like one another. She couldn't come between that, and she couldn't mess it up for Holly. If only there was a way for her to be with both of them. Her eyes slid to Robin's, who was now looking at her with wide eyes. It looks like she figured it out, too. Robin slowly raised her hands and gave her two thumbs up. Nancy didn't know what that was supposed to mean. She ignored it and sat down to enjoy some ice cream with the three of them, pushing aside the warm feelings of affection in her stomach.

Chapter Six

[carol-effing-danvers]

(i see you) as you really are

(Yes we are doing the body swap AU bitches - the rest of this will only be updated to AO3)

The moon was full and lush as Jonathan said his goodbye to her, shining down into her big blue eyes. Even despite the weird week they'd had together, he felt his heart squeeze and leaned forward to wrap his arms around her.

Nancy seemed to melt into him, more pliable and soft than ever before and it had his brows drawing together in concern. "Are we okay?"

She tightened her grip around him, face hidden against his shoulder. Her voice was barely audible but she said "Yeah."

Jonathan didn't wear cologne but had this strange kind of ozone-like smell that lingered around him and he wasn't who Billy would've picked, but his arms held him, tight and warm and safe. He told himself that the tears he felt building in the corners of his eyes were the fault of this stupid girl body and, not for the first time, thought: God, I fucking hate this bitch.

***

Karen Wheeler was a little bit worried about her daughter. She’d been acting a little…different during the whole week, and Saturday morning certainly wasn’t showing any charges. On the one hand-

"Morning, Mom!" Nancy chirped, with a glowing smile that Karen couldn't help but return, pleasantly surprised and warmed by the large hug she received from her daughter.

She gave her a little extra squeeze, just because. "Morning, sweetie. Any plans today? Going out with Jonathan?"

She shrugged, her expression still that oddly beatific and angelic smile. "Maybe. Do you wanna go for a walk? Or we could bring Holly to the park?"

"Sure!" Karen melted. She really did have the sweetest kids. On the other hand-

Ted came into the kitchen and absently kissed her cheek, morning paper already in hand as he headed for the breakfast table. Although Nancy hadn't been speaking before he came into the room, her entire being seemed to go quiet. Subdued.

She hesitated. All of this behavior had been unusual enough. "Honey…is there something wrong?" Tentatively, Karen reached out to brush tenderly at Nancy's cheek. "You know whatever it is, you can talk to me."

She doesn't think that she hallucinated the wobble in her smile, but Nancy said "No, Mom. I'm good."

Internally, Karen sighed. She just wished her kids would try to confide in her.

She waited until Nancy went upstairs to get dressed before interrogating Mike on the matter. "Have you noticed anything different about your sister?"

Mike frowned into his cereal, chewing through his Lucky Charms. She'd called him a crawling little worm on Wednesday but- "Not really. Why?"

Karen sighed. She really hoped her teenage daughter wasn't pregnant or something. "Oh, nothing. Just a feeling. Finish your breakfast, honey."

***

Jonathan heard the car coming up the driveway before he ever saw it and while he didn't know who it was for sure, he was also not surprised to look out the window and see Steve Harrington’s red BMW pulling in. Heaving an inaudible but deeply felt sigh, he went to unlock the door, grateful that Mom was at work and Will had already been dropped off at Mike's.

Steve was filled with an anxious, furious energy from the moment he got out of the car and Jonathan held the door open for him. "You ate breakfast yet or just coffee?"

A tiny part of him is amused at Steve's expression - startled at his ire being sidetracked. “Really? You’re gonna offer to cook me breakfast?”

He shrugged. “If you’re going to chew me out, you might as well be full and comfortable while you do it.”

“I’m-I’m not gonna-” Steve cut himself off and sighed impatiently, running a hand through his hair that somehow managed not to push a hair out of place. Placidly, Jonathan continued to pull out a mixing bowl for pancakes. “Man, I’m not gonna yell at you - I just-wait, is your mom and Will home?"

Jonathan shook his head and Steve apparently felt free to continue his rant, pacing from the uneasy energy radiating out of him. “Look, couples fight and shit, I get that, I do-” He scoffed then rolled his eyes. “I mean, we didn’t but that was because we saved everything up for the end. I mean I know it’s normal and I understand but - Jesus Christ, keep me out of it!”

This last part was uttered with a bewildered sort of yowl and an equally discombobulated wave of Steve’s arms. Jonathan tilted his pan so that the butter was evenly melted across it.

“We aren’t-weren’t having a fight,” he said, with remarkable calm, all things considered - because if Steve heard Nancy make that level of sex joke at Jonathan when they were still together, he had no problem admitting that his head would’ve literally exploded. Actually, he kind of wishes Jonathan could teach this miraculous ability to remain calm about this shit.

Confused, Steve squinted at him, feeling a bit sorry although that was maybe not normal for the dude your ex-girlfriend basically left you for? Whatever, he still did. “Did you break up?”

“No.” Okay that whole serenity thing was becoming less admirable and more terrifying in that ‘calm before the storm’ kind of way. If Jonathan Byers was about to murder him, Steve thought he was at least owed like, a ten second warning, at least.

He doesn’t bother asking him to elaborate - in their year of truce-slash-friendship, Steve came to understand one very crucial fact about Jonathan: when he felt it, he would talk and when he didn’t, he wouldn’t. Mostly, he didn’t. Trying to poke and prod him into conversation would only make him grouchy and even more closed lipped than ever.

Sure enough, his patience was eventually rewarded - with both a large stack of fluffy flapjacks and Jonathan flopping into the chair across with him, mug of coffee in hand. Steve ate with gusto, pouring syrup over the entire stack and hoped that this meant he was ready to spill.

“If I ask you something, can you promise not to punch me?” he said quietly.

Steve’s brows bounced upward, cheeks bulging like a squirrel. He swallowed before he answered: “Oh, I don’t know if I like where this is going. One. One question, complete freebie. Choose wisely.”

“Was Nancy-” He figitated with the mug’s handle, looking awkward and probably more uncomfortable than Steve’s ever seen him. “How-”

“Come on, Byers, get it out.” He tried to inject some humor in his tone to ease the tension.

Jonathan finally gritted out: “Was Nancy scared of sex?”

Steve choked, coughed, and managed to wheeze “Are you seriously asking about our sex life right now?”

“No!” he barked, half covering his ears as if to demonstrate how very much he Did Not desire that. More stubbornly, he repeated himself. “Was Nancy ever afraid of having sex?”

He squinted, still trying to judge how serious Jonathan was and tapping his fork on the plate - both out of nerves but also kind of just to be annoying at the same time. “I mean, yeah - when you’re a virgin everything is new and weird and scary,” he said finally. “At first. Then you get over that, and you relax and enjoy it more. Growing pains, Byers?”

Again, he said it with a humorous lilt, hoping against all hope that Jonathan wouldn’t seriously ask him for sex advice because Steve Harrington was only a mere man and he had limits, for fuck’s sake. Jonathan’s expression was not embarrassed, but unhappy. Slowly, he said “I think something…happened.”

“You ‘think’,” Steve repeated, a bit incredulously. “You don’t know?”

“I mean, if it did, it didn’t happen with ME,” Jonathan corrected, impatient. “Because this actually started just before she made the dick joke to you. She’s…I dunno…scared, I guess?”

“Maybe she-y’know…” Steve went red and gestured vaguely while Jonathan continued to stare owl-eyed. “Period?”

“She’s never been this weird about it before!” he snapped.

Oh, he was starting to get a bad feeling here. “So you think…what? What do you think?”

“I don’t-I don’t know, Steve,” he muttered, face buried in his hands. “She got this - god, this fucking terrified look when I tried to kiss her hello on Monday morning, but she’s- she likes when I give her a hug. She was really…sweet about it, when I said goodnight yesterday.”

Steve eyed him. ‘Sweet’ was not necessarily the first word he’d used for Nancy. She was bright and kind and fierce, but he wasn’t sure if ‘sweet’ was an accurate descriptor.

“Dude…did you knock her up?” Steve asked, both horrified and maybe a little morbidly fascinated.

“NO!” Jonathan repeated, this time with almost hysterical insistence.

“Are you sure?” he said skeptically, “Because there is so much bad advice about that shit and it really only does take one time-”

“Mrs Wheeler has been pregnant three times, Steve,” he pointed out. “If she was, I don’t think that’s something she could hide for very long. And I don’t think she’d hide it from me.” He sighed, sad and miserable. Softer, he continued “We went over the French homework together last night and I just kind of…petted her hair a little? Scratched her scalp and stuff? She practically curled up in my lap and purred. She nearly fell asleep on me. But whenever I actually try to kiss her or…anything-”

“Spook city,” Steve murmured, guessing from Jonathan’s expression. “Huh. That is…pretty weird.”

“You’re telling me.” He squinted at Steve. “You never uh…introduced Nancy to Tommy’s dealer, did you?”

***

“Why did you do that?!” Max said, almost hysterical as Billy stumbled out the front door and began going toward the Camaro. “Why did you hit him-Billy, stop-stop! Come back in, I’ll-I’ll talk to him, Mom can get him to calm down - stop! Don’t leave, it’ll only get worse when you come back!”

Her stepbrother ignored her, Billy’s gait an oddly tight almost military-like march forward, He was…a lot cooler in the past week or so. Calmer. But in a weird way that Max found very unsettling. Like an alien had taken over Billy’s body.

So she still flinched when he reached behind him and grabbed her, shoving Max in front of himself and also toward the car. “We’re leaving, Max,” he said, his voice quieter and flatter than he normally spoke. That has been happening a lot lately, too. “Let’s go.”

Max faltered, inexplicably uneasy. “Where are we going?”

Billy was a safer presence than Neil even when her stepfather wasn’t furiously enraged, no question about it, but that didn’t mean he was safe.

“I’ve got to talk to someone, and you’re coming with me. Come on,” he repeated, this time in a tone that told her ‘no’ was not only not an answer, he required no answer from her, period.

Feeling wrongfooted and spooked, Max got into the passenger’s side of the car, darting occasional glances at him. She couldn’t seem to read his expressions anymore. It was normally very hard to read them anyway - his face was a hardened mask that Max often wasn't able to decode, but now his face seemed to do things it hadn't done before and it left her even less able to gage his reactions than usual.

Billy had looked at Neil with an almost detached curiosity, as though he were a movie goer seeing his dad on a screen, just moments before walloping Neil square in the jaw.

It was now up there with Steve fighting Demodogs in the junkyard as one of the most awesomely badass things she'd ever seen and Max was genuinely worried that Billy was gonna end up in a body bag tomorrow morning because of it.

Getting into the driver's seat of the Camaro, Nancy felt herself grin, unaware of how manic and crazed it naturally looked on these features, and Max shrank back into the seat beside her, clutching the door handle for dear life in terror at that expression.

This body felt so fucking strong.

[gayshipsandanxiety]

volume 2 thoughts

ok so. byler never had to become canon in season 4. yes it would have been nice and probably would have been the better choice if they do ever end up going canon but it’s not queerbait just because they didn’t go canon in season 4.

but the way they handled will’s storyline in volume 2 makes me fucking sick. even if byler never went canon and will was another robin, is that seriously how they’re going to treat their queer characters? will giving mike pep talks about el and taking a backseat whenever mike and el are onscreen? if they make that whole-ass “you can tell me anything” scene and then don’t have will ever come out i’m quitting the show.

they’ve built up byler sooooo much over the past years, not only in the show but also in interviews and on social media. the fact that we’re still dealing with this in 2022 is fucking sickening and i’ve honestly lost all confidence that byler will become canon because of the fucking finale. “will and mike have a moment of mutual understanding and acceptance” WHERE??? WHERRRRRE IS THAT MOMENT? when will says “el will love you” and then cries? when el and mike kiss and will stares sadly at them from the kitchen??

and then they make that ONE SINGULAR robin/vickie scene at the end like “ohhhh look at us we support gay people! there are lesbians, look at them! one of them doesn’t even impact the plot but they’re there!”

fuck you fuck you fuck you

mike’s entire storyline this season culminating in him saying “ily” to el makes me want to throw up and also why did they lowkey make his love confession scene parallel his “you said yes” scene? like there was literally no reason to do that.

and eddie??? why did they kill eddie off Like That? it was so predictable and they literally showed it in the fucking trailer? they’re obviously trying to pull some “oh look he didn’t run away! he actually WAS a hero! but so sad he didn’t get to graduate!! this was supposed to be his year :(((” but that’s literally what all the eddie fans were saying this past month so why did they give him this cookie-cutter ass death? if they were gonna kill him off they could have had him sacrifice himself to save an actual person, instead of just dying alone covered in bats. and why were dustin and wayne the only ones to react to eddie’s death? steve nancy robin mike and erica all knew eddie really well. even max and lucas were on good terms with him. i get that they couldn’t show a funeral or anything because hawkins fuckin hates eddie, but they could have had a dustin-and-wayne scene for the entire group.

fuck stancy. it doesn’t matter if you think they’re cute or not all this “will they won’t they” is dumb as shit and it’s not fair to jonathan, nancy, or steve. either get them together or have them stay just friends but what they are now is fucking annoying.

russia gang was cute i liked the jopper scenes. but it feels like they took up so much unnecessary screentime?

oh and another byler thing why tf did they do that with the painting?? it didn’t have to be will and mike making out or anything but the fact that will’s gesture of love to mike ended up propping up milkvan is just cruel.

max and lucas were neat is was fun to finally see jason get his ass handed to him but wtf is up with max? it’s kinda repetitive to make her almost die twice like that. again, just kill her and get it over with or keep her alive. i truly don’t have the energy to “wait and see” if she’ll live.

all in all i LOVED volume 1. it was fun, it was scary, it was everything i wanted in a tv show and made me excited for volume 2. but volume 2 was a HUGE letdown. there were some good moments like the gang stealing the camper, the will/el hug, and hopper reuiniting with el, but other than that i kinda hated it. it felt heavy on useless running around and fighting but lacked any real character depth, and the way they handled will’s storyline was fucking cruel. i kept sitting there thinking “okay they’ve just laid the groundwork for an amazing scene, i just have to be patient enough and wait for the show to get good.” and then it never did.

i commented in the tags of somebody else’s post a few days ago that whenever we get queer representation, it’s either a stereotyped queer in a show for cishets or a well-written queer in a show for queer people. stranger things had the chance to do both, to write a story about 2 gay childhood best friends falling in love. and they fucking didn’t. i was naive for expecting good representation, and i guess from now on i’ll only watch shows if i know how the queer characters end up because i’m telling you right now i CANNOT deal with another 2 years of will’s sexuality being “left up to interpretation” and then getting a season where he kinda just hangs out and cries and never confirms anything. i fucking hate it here.

fuck netflix, fuck the duffers, fuck every single one of the cast members who teased byler in season 4, and fuck all of the social-media managers posting about byler. i fucking hate all of you.

[graceanne19822]

I was wondering if I could request a Jonathan x female reader fic set in season 1.

Something where all the kids love her because she is their actual babysitter and they all see her as an older sister. She has liked Jonathan since they were kids but doesn’t think he really notices her because she’s seen him looking at Nancy a couple of times at school. But really he’s in love with the reader and he falls even more in love with her when she helps him look for will after will is taken.

Since will and the other kids were at mikes house that night she wasn’t asked to watch them specifically will. Maybe instead of Nancy helping Jonathan look for the monster it’s just the reader?

It doesn’t have to be exactly like this you can always just pick and choose which parts you like or don’t. Also if this doesn’t interest you obviously feel free to ignore or delete!

Yes! I love this, Jonathan doesn't get enough love and honestly when Steve was being a whole ass dick in S1 I obsessed over Jonathan! Now we have a smorgasbord of boys, but Jonathan will always be number one to me <3 I hope this does what you asked justice!(: I changed some of it to you guys looking for Will rather than the monster, otherwise this would have to be stretched into two parts lol

"Y/N!!" Will screamed for you as he came out of his dream, gasping for air. You immediately ran to him, giving him a hug and rubbing his back. Jonathan quickly ran in behind you, helping you hold a nearly inconsolable little brother.

After what felt like forever, your alarms started going off.

"Do you think you can make it to school today?" you asked as he finally calmed down.

"Y-yeah we have D&D tonight. And you know what mom says, no school, no D&D," he answered softly. "I'm gonna go shower and get ready for school," he sighed as he got out of bed, leaving you and Jonathan there to take a minute to breathe.

"Jesus, they're getting worse. What are we gonna do?" You broke down in tears as Jonathan pulled you into a hug, kissing the top of your head.

"We'll just deal with it until it goes away, I guess," he spoke softly. "I'll go make breakfast," he stood up fast as he pulled away from you, glancing your way before going into his bedroom to change. You stood up and wiped your face before going to get your overnight bag, something that seemed to be a permanent fixture in the Byers' living room since you started babysitting Will when Jonathan started working. The three of you (and even Joyce) had gotten very close over the years, and they became like a second family to you.

Though, if you were honest with yourself, your relationship with Jonathan often felt different than the rest. Sure, you'd watched each other grow from awkward teens to now up-and-coming young adults. You'd just turned eighteen eight months ago, Jonathan just two weeks behind you. He'd been...weird lately. You weren't sure why, or if you'd done something. Or worse, what if he could tell you had feelings for him? He was so obviously infatuated with Nancy. Nothing against her, she was a great person, and you'd talked to her a lot when you'd go pick up Will from D&D from Mike's.

The rest of the morning went off without a hitch, you relishing in the accidental touch of Jonathan's hand as he handed you your plate of eggs. The eye contact in the bathroom mirror when you were perfecting your makeup as Jonathan brushed his hair made you blush furiously.

"You umm...you look really nice today," he said softly before he walked out of the room to get his backpack and keys, all piling into the car as he drove you all to school.

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The next morning when you got up for school, you realized you'd left your overnight bag at the Byers'. It wouldn't have been an issue, but it had your only hairbrush and your history paper that was due Monday in it.

Sighing, you hopped in your car and headed towards the Byers', hoping you could just come in and snag it using your spare key, hoping to not wake anybody.

You opened the door, and Joyce was immediately on you, giving you a huge bear hug.

"Is Will with you?" Your heart dropped.

"N-no. Why? Is he not here?" You asked softly, worried you were right about the answer being no. Joyce just sniffled and shook her head.

"I'm going down to the sheriff's department, Jonathan was getting ready for work, but he went to his room. Could you please check on him for me?"

"Of course," you nodded and hugged her as she rushed out the door. Sighing, you walked to Jonathan's bedroom, softly knocking.

"Come in," he sighed heavily, getting up and pulling you into a hug when he saw it was you. "I called in. Can you help me look for him today?"

"Of course, give me ten minutes to get ready and I'm coming with you," you pulled back from the hug, going to the living room to retrieve your overnight bag. You grabbed your hairbrush, toothbrush, and a change of clothes, then headed to the bathroom to get ready.

You were halfway through getting changed when you realized you didn't have a clean shirt. You only had two shirts, one had a spaghetti stain, and the other was definitely a pajama top, not suitable for public. You poked your head out of the bathroom door.

"Hey Jonathan, could you please bring me a shirt I could borrow for the day?" you called out to him.

"Umm, yeah," he digs through his closet quickly, grabbing a shirt for you before appearing at the bathroom door, knocking softly. "Here", he says as you crack open the door, reaching your hand out and taking it from him.

"Thanks," you whisper as you quickly shut the door, slipping on the shirt. Great. Now you were surrounded by his scent. You inhaled deeply, getting one second of bliss, before fixing your hair and exiting the bathroom.

"You ready?" He asked, you nodded in response, heading towards the door. He grabbed you in a big hug, burying his face in your neck before he started crying, and all you could do was hold him tightly.

"We're gonna find him," you rubbed his back a bit, trying to comfort him.

He pulled back, sniffling, and wiped his cheeks. "I know, I know, I just...I'm so worried about him," he shook his head before grabbing his keys with one hand, and your hand with the other. You blushed at the small contact as you pulled the door to the house closed behind you.

The drive out to the woods was pretty short, and his hand never left yours. He would send you small squeezes through the drive, trying to comfort you, and if he was being honest with himself, to comfort himself.

The two of you hopped out of the car as he pulled in, readjusting the shirt that didn't quite fit. He grabbed flashlights out of the back seat, then closing and locking the doors. You mumbled a small thanks before you started your trek through the small brush of woods, hoping to find something.

Obviously, you couldn't just walk around in an awkward silence, so you just said the first thing you thought of.

"So how are things going with Nancy?" You didn't even realize your brain had picked those words until you heard yourself say them.

"Nancy?" He seemed a little taken aback. "I mean, she's a good friend, but she's dating "The Hair"," he made quotes with his fingers. "Plus, I don't like her that way."

"Oh, sorry. I just assumed...you've been hanging out together a lot lately."

"Yeah, I needed girl advice," he said before kicking his foot through a large pile of leaves.

"Oh," was all you could say. Why hadn't he come to you? Who was this other girl that he was interested in? Why-

"Hello?" your train of thought was derailed when you felt your chest hit Jonathan's. "Earth to Y/n," he smiled before fixing one of your loose strands of hair. You shivered at the touch.

"Sorry, guess I was lost in thought," you bit your lip softly as you looked up into his eyes, and he nodded at you, prodding you to continue. "Why didn't you ask me about girls?"

He sighed in response, softly pulling you into a hug.

"Because you're the girl," he said quietly. Almost too quietly, if you hadn't been listening so intently you wouldn't have heard him.

"M-me?" you pull back and look up at him. "Why me?"

Jonathan groans, pure embarrassment on his face.

"Because, my brother loves you, my mom loves you, all of Will's friends love you...and I love you. You're the most amazing, kind-hearted person I've ever met in my entire life, and I'm sorry I didn't come to you first, I just wanted to-" you cut him off with a kiss.

"I love you too, I have for years," you lean in to kiss him again as he places a finger under your chin.

"We should probably get back to finding Will," he grins at you. "You're gonna need a brother-in-law someday, you know, since you're my girlfriend now," he kissed your cheek sweetly, earning a nod from you as the two of you spent the rest of the day looking for Will, not having any clue just how much danger he was actually in.