#hunter!eddie au

[911-on-abc]

Hunter!Eddie AU Snippet #2

(this hasn't been edited so pls forgive me for any spelling/grammar mistakes. let me know what you think!)

Eddie’s boots are wet, he is breathing fast, and he doesn’t know if he is chasing something or being chased, but his instincts are yelling at him to run run run. He is in a forest, but he is clueless as to why or where. He could be in Voyageurs National Park, the Idaho Panhandle, or the Apache-Sitgreaves – all of the forests of his childhood and none of them at all. 

The full moon above lights the ground and the surrounding trees, helping him move between them and keeping him from tripping over the undergrowth. A rock formation appears in front of him and he ducks underneath the overhang it offers, taking advantage of its shadow.

The forest is preternaturally quiet. There are no owls hooting, or rustling of leaves, just his own breaths and his own thoughts.

Then he hears of the snap of a branch. He isn’t alone. Eddie stretches his neck around each side of the rock formation, trying to catch a glimpse of whatever made the sound. There is nothing in front of him nor to either side of him, which leads to one other option. Eddie crouches his body low and keeps his back to the rock as he inches his way around it. 

On the other side is a clearing. Where did it come from? Was it always there? He must have run through it to get here, but he doesn't remember. He doesn’t remember anything. 

There in the middle of the clearing stands a wolf. It is tall. Taller than any wolf has the right to be. It looks at Eddie and Eddie looks right back at it. Neither of them moves. Then he hears the fire of a gun. He feels the recoil reverberate through his body. He looks down to find a rifle in his own hands. Then he looks up to see the wolf stumble back and collapse to the ground. 

Within a blink, Eddie is in front of the wolf. It is still alive, but its breaths are labored and wheezing. It doesn’t have much strength left. It won’t be long until its lungs rise and fall for the last time. Slowly the fur of its body recedes and Eddie hears the crack of bones rearranging and muscles shifting. Laying in front of him is no longer a wolf, but a human. 

Not just a human but a boy. A boy he knows, because he held him in his arms when he was born. A boy whose face he knows better than his own. It's Christopher. His son is bleeding and the blood keeps spilling out of him and no no no. 

Then he blinks. 

It isn’t a boy. It is a man. It is Buck. It is Buck looking up at him. It is Buck dying in front of him. Again. He is dying again and it is his fault this time.

Then he blinks.

It is him. His own face, his own eyes staring back at him. Eddie watches his own mouth open. Hears his own voice speak, just one word, a whispered: “Why?”

Then he blinks.

He is in his room. In his bed. His chest is rising up and down fast, so fast, and his skin is tacky with sweat. Eddie makes it to the bathroom just in time to throw up the contents of his stomach into the toilet. 

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[raspberrysmoon]

ghost hunters au golden treasure moodboard !

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[krasytoonz]

Finally done with all of them! I’ll explain the lore and everything later bahaa

Update: check my pinned post! The summary’s up!

Update 28 June 2023:

(Hello there, Sunny!) *side character, won’t appear much in royal au (NOT an oc)

Update 10 august 2023:

Eddie out of his Armor!

[sp0o0kylights]

Eddie had done this often enough that the last person he expected to see at the door was a well-built dude with some sports jersey on. 

“Oh hey.” Sports Guy said, not looking remotely surprised to see them (nor was he hysterical, panicking, nervous, rushing Eddie inside or doing anything people normally did when it came to a home haunting.) “Eddie right? With Hellfire?” 

“That’s me.” Eddie said, giving a dorky little tug at his shirt, right over the Hellfire Hunters emblem, and regretted it immediately. 

“Come in.” Sports Guy said, stepping aside with a wave. 

His house wasn’t quite a mansion, but it was enormous, and Eddie could barely listen as Sports Guy began giving a run through of the layout of his home. 

“It mostly stays outside, but we’ve caught it in the house a few times.” He was saying as he went, pointing out various things that sounded an awful lot more like Eddie was here to catch a racoon than a ghost. 

Halfway through his spiel a literal herd of children, led by a curly headed kid who shrieked “Steve! Don’t catch it without me!” before shooting down some stairs, and Eddie become concerned some wires had been crossed.

“You understand you hired ghost hunters, right? We’re here to…” Eddie paused, because for the first time in his life, it felt so stupid to say what he did for a living. “Hunt ghosts?” 

“I know. Dustin--that’s the curly haired kid that just ran by--brought it home by accident. The kids named it Dart but it keeps ruining my rhododendrons. 

“Your--rhododendrons?” 

Steve nodded, face serious. “I’m in line for winning the county's best garden prize at the fair this year. Check in is in a month. If I replace any more flowers with store bought ones they’re gonna disqualify me.” 

Steve the Sports Guy lived in a giant fricken house, with a buttload of children, and was worried about a ghost haunting his flowers. 

Eddie wasn’t sure what the hell he’d just fallen into, but he was desperate to learn more. 

Not just because Steve was the hottest man he had ever seen in his life. 

(...Maybe because Steve was the hottest man Eddie had seen in his life but who could blame him? Those biceps, god!)

[hatteymcstache]

UGH KEEP FORGETTING TO POST but anyway, here's movie night with the boys 👌

What horror movie do yall think they're watching?

Bonus sketch:

[steddieunderdogfics]

Warm These Bones by help_me_no

@help-me-nah

Rating: Teen and Up

19,850 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Ghost Hunters, Pre-Relationship, Supernatural Elements, Paranormal Investigators, Ghost Hunters, Found Family

Summary:

“As long-time viewers may know,” Dustin says, picking up from Mike, “‘Eddie the Damned’ is the one who inspired us to start Upside Down Ghost Hunting and make videos out of our paranormal investigation hobby. It absolutely kills us to see the end of a legendary era, and we want to wish Eddie all the best with his future endeavors.” “Which,” Eddie says, leaning into the frame, “Are gonna be right here.” Dustin, Lucas, and Mike finally break, unable to maintain their serious masks anymore, beaming. Eddie grins manically at the camera. “Hope none of you freaks, geeks, and ghouls are tired of me just yet, because I’m a permanent fixture now.” Dustin whoops from behind him. “Now, let’s go find ourselves some ghosts.”

paranormal/ghost-hunting AU

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[trashpocket]

this is how i see steve and eddie from my grave is mine to dig (monster hunter steve fic)  like, LOOK AT EM BOIS 

[illusbyliz]

vampire hunter eddie, au of eddie still fighting in the upside down but returned as a vampire and hunter. i've been stocking up shop with new releases~! thank you so much for the support and love i have been receiving :) i am blessed and always forever thankful.

get ya eddie sticker here today: https://etsy.me/3yHiMGC

[kkpwnall]

love is like ghosts (rated m | 7.7k) a spooky little ghost hunters fic featuring: skeptic eddie, believer steve, and a whole library full of ghosts!

it's officially the start of spooky season (TO ME) and i was struck by the urge to craft an actual cover for my beloved ghosthunters steddie fic. they are dork ass losers, the pining is mutual, and steve wears glasses in this one.

[snippet below the cut, read on ao3]

divider by @saradika

They stand at the base of a short flight of stairs leading up to the old university library. From everything Steve’s read, it’s one of the most haunted places in Indiana… within a tank of gas’ drive… that would let them in after hours.

“It’s the witching hour,” Eddie says spookily. He’s come up behind Steve, pressing close and wiggling his fingers on Steve’s shoulders.

Steve huffs a laugh and starts double checking his pockets for his share of the gear. Something to focus on that’s not the way Eddie’s breath ruffles his hair and skims over his cheek, raising goosebumps in its wake.

It’s not like he doesn’t like the attention, the closeness, the physicality of Eddie. He does. Probably too much. Especially since they’re just friends. Steve knows he’s not special to be on the receiving end, it’s how Eddie is with everyone.

[keep reading on ao3]

[bathtub4rats]

More cryptid scarecrow :) and because I cant resist inserting Eddie into everything, he's now in the cryptid hunting business

[911-on-abc]

hunter!eddie AU snippet

Eddie Diaz killed his first werewolf one month before his twelfth birthday and knew that it was wrong. It was too soon. It was customary that a Diaz would make their first kill at 15, but his father sat him down and told him that he needed to be a man now. So he did it.

What he didn't know was that his mother was pregnant with his sister. What he didn't know was that his father would be home less and less. What he didn't know was that the tension between the werewolves and the hunters was getting worse and worse. Or maybe he did and just didn't want to.

What did know was that he needed to be a man, so he shoved a wooden stake into a woman's heart, saw the life drain out of her eyes, and he knew that it was wrong.

tagging: @loserdiaz @thewolvesof1998 @watchyourbuck @jesuisici33 @exhuastedpigeon @wildlife4life @wikiangela @rainbow-nerdss @pirrusstuff @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove @steadfastsaturnsrings @housewifebuck @your-catfish-friend @tsunamibuckley @elgascreamslikehell @cal-daisies-and-briars -- I am most definitely missing mutuals/people who have tagged me over the past couple of weeks so please forgive me for that. If you want to be tagged when I post of this AU please let me know!! No pressure to write anything at all of course -- this isn't a tag game lol although I appreciate everyone who has tagged me in them -- okay I'm shutting up now <3

[krasytoonz]

Welcome Home Royal AU plot in summary:

(Keep reading for more info + Gangster AU)

The King is a corrupted son of a bitch.

The Anarchist gains popularity and plans to overthrow him, although that can’t happen because the Castle’s gate is unbreakable!

He asks the Bounty Hunter and her trustworthy sidekick friend to help him. To do that, they need to break into the Castle and figure out how to open the gate so that Howdy can lead his army of peasants angry civilians to (quite literally) overthrow the King.

The two sneaked into the Castle the day that the Jester, the Advisor and the King walked around town.

Unfortunately, Sally and Julie gets stuck in the castle, and asks the Castle’s Maid where is the Castle’s End. She only responded in fear, which cause the Castle’s (greatest) Knight to appear, and have them locked up in the Dungeon!

Annnd more plots will be uncovered by animatics!!

Questions for the characters are open!! Just click the ✉️ on my page!

Update (25May2023):

Apparently I also made a Gangster AU! I made it 100% as a joke at first back around May 9 (well the AU itself is still a joke lol) but I suppose the characters for Gangster AU is open for questions too!

[stilesgrace159]

IT RP Idea: Vampire Richie, Werewolf Stan, & Ghost Eddie all in one house together trying to live life and figure shit out. Basically, a being human AU. And also Bill is a monster hunter. SOMEONE PLEASE RP THIS WITH ME!! (My discord is Olliegee21)

[steddilly]

When Wayne moved to Hawkins fifteen years ago to case the town, he hadn’t expected to end up staying. What kind of hunter purposefully cocked up an assignment? A bad one apparently, but he was fine with that. He’d been sent to the small town in rural Indiana after a strange rise in creature sightings, that sort of thing didn’t take much time getting back to the kind of hunters led by his younger brother, Al.

He quickly found out that Hawkins was acting as some sort of beacon to supernatural beings, attracting them to seek out and settle down in the town surrounded by thick wooded areas. Weres of every kind. Vamps of every kind. Witches, shapeshifters, banshees, and just about every other kind of creature you could think of.

What started out as a task to infiltrate the town to get a better idea of the severity of the infestation quickly turned into something more, because then he got to know the residents as more than just what they were and began seeing them as neighbours and friends. They trusted him and welcomed him into their communities, even the supernaturals grew to trust him and he even watched some of them grow up. He couldn’t hurt these people, they weren’t doing anything wrong.

Wayne never heard much from his younger brother or the other hunters, he occasionally sent Al letters downplaying what was actually going on in Hawkins, it was a low level threat that almost wasn’t worth dealing with. He should have known better, almost two decades of peace sounded like long overdue trouble for a semi-retired hunter, and word travelled fast to him that there were two men asking about him. He knew his brother would eventually show up to track him down, but he never expected his nephew to be dragged out with him.

Albert Munson was a ruthless hunter, more of a shoot first and ask questions later kind of guy. Eddie though... The boy he’d left behind was more sort hearted than his old man, he wouldn’t want to hurt innocent people. Wayne would learn that Eddie didn’t agree with the majority of what his father believed, and refused to be brainwashed with his ideologies towards supernatural beings.

The real trouble begins when Al (unbeknownst to Wayne) set up a few traps in the woods and actually ends up catching a Werecub, who lets out the most heartbreaking cries Wayne has ever heard - but he knew what kind of cry that was, it was a cry for help and not just of fear.

“You’ve been slacking, Wayne. Barely a few hours here and we’ve already caught us a baby monster.” Al was so pleased with himself, standing proudly below the strung up cub with his arms crossed. It made Wayne sick to think that he had once been exactly the same as his brother, conflicted at the time or not, he had participated in the same things.

“Dad, there’s no us. I don't want anything to do with this. You’re hurting him, he’s probably just a kid.” Eddie denied, keeping himself well back from the situation, wanting no part in it.

It wasn’t long before the trio heard an answering howl to the cries, high and haunting and designed to travel - it sounded like a very pissed off mama, and suddenly they felt very unprepared for this expedition. They were expecting a Werewolf (the most common type of Were) or a Werebear (because of the cub), but what came crashing through the undergrowth was a monstrous coyote-looking creature, and she was livid. Her fur was shiny and well maintained, dark rusty shades of brown mottled with grey and blonde streaks. She chased the three of them through the woods until they were far enough away for the Werecoyote to double back and rescue her pup.

“Wooah boy, that was a close one!” Al chuckled after they stopped running to catch their breaths, as if they’d just been out for a jog in the woods and not chased by something that could have easily caught up with them.

The worst part was that Wayne definitely thought he recognised the Werecoyote, and if he recognised the Were then he definitely recognised him. Steve Harrington, resident Were and local babysitter to some of the younger supernatural beings in Hawkins, which meant the cub was most likely one of the kids he took care of and considered his pack. He absolutely knew who Wayne was, and now he knew what Wayne was.

“Relax, Wayne, it was just a ‘yote.” Al clapped him on the shoulder, something he bet his brother thought would be assuring and friendly, but it absolutely wasn’t. “Could’ve been worse. Would’a been a whole other story if we’d attracted a wolf.” - Wayne didn’t think so, but he was the one who was going to be suffering the consequences. - “C’mon, take your brother and nephew home for some grub, all that running’s worked up an appetite.”

[steddieunderdogfics]

For the alternative universes weekend, one of my absolute favorites is an AU called “love is like ghosts” by kkpwnall. It’s an AU where the boys are ghost hunters, it’s short and sweet and very very fun, highly recommend ☺️

love is like ghosts by kkpwnall

@kkpwnall

Rating: Mature

7,780 words, 1/1 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe - Ghost Hunters, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, POV Steve Harrington, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Ghosts, Ghost Hunters, Former Catholic Steve Harrington, Former Theatre Kid Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Wears Glasses, banter as a love language, First Kiss, Getting Together, Rough Kissing, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Paranormal Investigators

Summary:

They stand at the base of a short flight of stairs leading up to the old university library. From everything Steve’s read, it’s one of the most haunted places in Indiana… within a tank of gas’ drive… that would let them in after hours. “It’s the witching hour,” Eddie says spookily. He’s come up behind Steve, pressing close and wiggling his fingers on Steve’s shoulders. Steve huffs a laugh and starts double checking his pockets for his share of the gear. Something to focus on that’s not the way Eddie’s breath ruffles his hair and skims over his cheek, raising goosebumps in its wake. It’s not like he doesn’t like the attention, the closeness, the physicality of Eddie. He does. Probably too much. Especially since they’re just friends. Steve knows he’s not special to be on the receiving end, it’s how Eddie is with everyone.

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[3minsover]

we’re gonna be staying on the older steve train for a little while longer… here’s a little hint of the next multi-chaptered steddie fic i’m cooking up!!