#noodle stage is about the only atage i accomplish

[unsteddie]

A little thing I was noodling earlier.

Steve becomes a cop because Hopper basically saw a lost party boy and made him a personal project. El was the chosen one of a cult they busted together and Hopper adopted her.

Steve leaves the force to become a PI because he can't stomach the system, he's so close to convincing Hopper to join him.

Remnants of the cult hire a gang to get her back. Eddie, a low level dealer for the gang, is their in after she's taken. It's a hard sell but between a kid being in danger and Steves pretty face he agrees.

Eddie's a classic bad decision but Steve is so gone on him. Insert that please please please song.

Idk the plan yet but it goes awry, and Eddie ends up beat to hell, but he's the one who got El out.

Hopper and Steve think they failed and possibly lost them both forever. They go back to the safe house to lick their wounds and probably make some suicidal plan for vengeance, but Eddie's there, with El playing the GameCube in their shitty little hide out. They're both beat up and dirty, but there's pizza, one completely demolished and one untouched.

Eddie doesn't even give them the chance to adjust he just taps El excitedly and says “do the thing!”

She turns to them and solemnly says “fuck the police” and Eddie fucking loses it.