#rueleigh's thoughts

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Pre s4

Steve: The next song on the radio is going to tell me who I end up with. I can sense it.

Robin: This sounds stupid.

Steve: You don't have to wait and listen, Robin.

Robin: Well, now I'm curious.

They had the radio on at Family Video, waiting for the next song to come on. A minute later, "Eddie, My Love" by the Chordettes started playing.

Steve: Oh, my god.

Robin: Tough luck. Well, Dustin will be pleased.

Steve: *scoffs* I am not going to end up with Eddie Munson.

He disappeared into the back, rolling his eyes. The door opened, and Eddie Munson walked in.

Robin: Oh my god, I can't believe he's not here to witness this. . .also, is Steve slightly psychic?. . .Hey, Munson, you want to go on a date with my best friend?

Eddie: Steve Harrington? *scoffs* There's not enough money in the world. Plus, I'm not into dudes.

Robin: *muttering* A simple no would have sufficed. . .Goddamnit, my fucking gaydar has failed me again. There has to be some sort of interference.

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Steve: *holding up a frisbee* Eddie, why was this frisbee in the dishwasher?

Eddie: That's a plate.

Steve: No, it's a frisbee.

Eddie: If it's a frisbee, then why have I been eating off it for the last few months?

Steve: Because you're weird!

Eddie: Hey! You chose me!

Steve: Eddie, this is a frisbee.

Eddie: *shrieks* Plate!

Robin walked into the kitchen.

Robin: What are you doing with my plate?

Steve and Eddie: Your plate?

Robin: Yeah, I found it in the sports section at the store. I think they use it for camping.

Steve: *sigh* Okay, we might as well just call it a fucking plate. Living with you two is exhausting, but at least it's never boring.

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Jonathan stumbled and fell right into Steve’s arms.

Steve: *smirking* Looks like you fell for me.

Nancy stared at the sight of her boyfriend being cradled in her ex-boyfriend's arms.

Nancy: I'll take both.

Robin: Will that be paper or plastic?

Nancy stared at her.

Robin: Oh, I thought we were doing a bit, but I can see now that you were being serious.

Nancy: Yes, both. Both are good.

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In Eddie's case, he's both. I've seen in some fics where Eddie calls Steve princess, but what about the other way around? Imagine:

Steve: Hey, princess -

Queue Eddie throwing his hair up into Princess Leia buns and throwing his vest at Steve again.

Eddie: If I'm your princess, then you're my scruffy looking nerf herder.

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Steve: Transitive property?

Dustin: The transitive property states that “if two quantities are equal to the third quantity, then we can say that all the quantities are equal to each other”.

Steve: Example.

Dustin: Okay, so you and Nancy slept together, then she slept with Jonathan. It's NOT transitive that you slept with Jonathan. However, if Nancy used moves to get Jonathan into bed that she learned from you, thus taking Jonathan's virginity, by transitive property, you helped Nancy take Jonathan's virginity.

Steve: That's your example?!

Jonathan: Luckily, it's only an example. I mean, Nancy didn't use moves she learned from Steve. She said she learned all her moves with me from romance novels.

Nancy: Weellll. . .not all of them.

Jonathan: Oh my god.

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Oh, I shouldn't, but I should. . .

Jonathan: I just ended a serious relationship.

Joyce: Oh, my god, are you okay?

Jonathan: Oh, I'm fine. It wasn't mine

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Imagine pre-season 3 au, Steve, and Robin are working at Scoops Ahoy. Nancy and Steve are still dating. She comes by when she can get off work, so Robin's not surprised when she walks in on them kissing. She doesn't pay them any mind. Robin is, however, a little surprised when Jonathan Byers pays Steve a visit. She didn't think they were friends. She decided to ignore it except when Robin's having dinner with her mother and she sees Nancy and Jonathan sitting next to each other at a table. . .kissing! Suddenly, Robin is troubled. . .should she tell Steve his girlfriend is cheating on him? A few days later, Robin decides to tell him, and she heads out back into the hallway to find Steve being pressed up against the wall, being kissed by. . . Jonathan Byers?! She freezes for a moment. Does Nancy Wheeler know that her boyfriend is cheating on her with the same guy she's cheating on him with, or are they all aware of the situation?

"You know what," Robin decided as she went back in. "It's none of my business."

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Nancy Wheeler likes romance:

"I went to the library with Barb after school today. I found some new books to check out (no romance this time!), and Barb found some books for her Spanish class. She also eyed a cute boy in the Spanish section, and I couldn't get her to talk to him. She's so shy."

It wasn't serious before, and she hid it from Barb. . .because maybe she was ashamed to admit that she wanted it to be serious with Steve Harrington. She wanted to be wooed by him, but she also seriously wanted to sleep with him, and she didn't want to be like the other girls he slept with:

"OK! So, Steve and I, um. . .made up today. And Barb definitely knows now. But I guess I feel better with her knowing. It's just not really anything serious, and I keep. . ."

Keep what? Hoping? That's my guess, considering she later tells him that she doesn't want to be like all the other girls he slept with. Plus, the idea that Nancy Wheeler reads romance novels is delightful, and also, it's hilarious that she probably stole some of her mother's smutty books. That girl wanted serious, but she always wanted to have sex and she had her eyes set on Steve Harrington. I wish we could see the entire journal entry. . .hell, the entry journal. I need a Nancy Wheeler book ASAP with her friendship with Barb shown and how Steve Harrington caught Nancy's eye in the first place.

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The party, of course, immediately accepted Will and Robin when they came out. Dustin couldn't help but ask the question because he's a nosy little shit.

Dustin: *looking at Robin* If you had to pick a man, though, who would you go for?

Robin: Steve. No contest. Only in a parallel universe, though. And parallel me still has to like women. There's no universe where I'm straight. Not that I have anything against heterosexuality.

Steve: Eddie. *everyone stares at him* Oh, was that question not directed at both of us?

Eddie: It's okay, big boy. If I were gay, I'd go for you, too.

Argyle: *whispering* Oh, man, Steve and Eddie don't know about bisexuality.

Steve: You whispered that to me.

Argyle: Oh, sorry. *turns to Jonathan* Oh, man, Steve and Eddie don't know that bisexuality exists.

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Eddie and Steve were sitting and chatting at Joyce and Hopper's wedding reception when a drunk man came over to them.

Drunk: That young man over there *pointing to Dustin* is a wonderful young man.

Eddie: *whispers to Steve* Are we going to have to fight this guy?

Steve: *smiling awkwardly* Thanks, we like him.

Drunk: My god, you must have been teenagers when you had him.

They watched him stumble away.

Eddie: I wonder what planet that guy thinks he's on.

Steve: If I had to guess, Robin told all the drunks I'm Dustin's mother.

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Mike: *disbelief* You slept with our dungeon master?

It wasn't the fact that they were two dudes that bothered Mike, but the fact that it was Steve Harrington who slept with their dungeon master.

Steve: Keep up that tone, asshole, and I'll get your precious dungeon master pregnant just to piss you off.

Eddie: *leaning towards Mike* There's 50 bucks in it for you if you make your tone worse.

Mike: You can't get -

Eddie: There's another dimension under Hawkins. It's baffling the things that you can't believe in, but you can believe in that. You need to be a little open-minded, Wheeler.

Mike: 🤨

Dustin: I call dibs on godfather! Ha!

Mike: Bullshit! You can't call dibs!

Steve: *watching them argue* This could have gone worse.

Eddie: *grinning* Still could.

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Eddie: Hey, Robin, you know that fae folklore where some fairies have to count salt when it's spilled in front of them?

Robin: Yeesss, where are you going with this, buddy?

Eddie: Well, if Steve trips in front of a fairy, do you think it would have to count his moles?

Robin: I don't know, depends on if his moles taste like salt or not:

Steve: *walking back into the living room* Okay, got the popcorn! I might have - EDDIE!

Eddie had gotten up, grabbed Steve’s face, and licked the moles on his cheek.

Eddie: *gasps* Robin! It tastes like salt. . .AND butter!

Steve: *blushing* Yeah, that's because I ate a couple of pieces. Jesus.

Eddie: *thinking about counting Steve’s moles* I wish I was a fairy.

Steve: Dude! We do NOT like to be called that!

Eddie gaped at him the rest of the night, trying to figure out if he was a mythical creature or not when actually Steve has yet to tell Eddie he's bisexual.

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Steve gets a phone call from Eddie one afternoon. . .

Eddie: So, what are you wearing, big boy?

Steve unfortunately thought Eddie was messing with him, so he decided to mess with him back. Steve rolled his eyes.

Steve: *scoffs* Your vest and nothing else, of course.

There was a long silence and then. . .THUD.

Steve: Eddie?

There was a sound of someone else's feet, and then he heard Wayne's voice in the distance.

Wayne: You damn near broke your new Garfield phone. What are you doing on the floor, and why is your nose bleeding?

Another pause, and Steve heard Eddie speak.

Eddie: Steve. . .vest. . .nothing.

Oops, he accidentally broke Eddie. Steve smirked.

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Gareth: You really think we're going to like Steve Harrington just because he's your boyfriend?

Eddie: Nope!

Steve: *brings homemade devil shaped cupcakes for Hellfire like he's trying to be scout mom* Hi! 😊

Gareth: Goddamnit.

Eddie: That's why you're going to like Steve.

Jeff: It's like someone used magic to turn a golden retriever into a human.

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Robin and Eddie were waiting for Steve in his living room. Well, Robin was stretched out on the other couch watching Eddie dig around in the other couch for the remote.

"Buckley, I know you and Stevie are strictly platonic, but how close are you that you just leave your underwear tucked into his couch?" Eddie asked, standing up and holding said underwear up.

"Does that look like something that I wear? It's frilly, pink, and satin-y," Robin said. "Plus, my ass would not be able to fit in those. . .too loose. But, I think I do know who they belong to."

"Who?" Eddie asked.

"Oh, hey!" Steve exclaimed cheerfully. "There's my underwear! I was folding laundry earlier, and I couldn't find them anywhere. I also have a matching bra."

"You wear women's underwear?" Eddie asked.

"Yeah, it feels great," Steve said. "Does that make you uncomfortable?"

Eddie suddenly had an image in his head of Steve wearing nothing but the pink underwear and bra. . .spread out in Eddie's bed. He collapsed onto the couch, his knees buckling. He pulled the pillow over his lap.

"It's not exactly the word I'd use," Eddie said.

"Eddie?"

"I think that's my que to leave," Robin said and walked out the door.

"Eddie?! Eddie! . . . Your face is totally blank. It's freaking me out. Shit, have you been cursed? Goddamnit! Okay, I have to find that Puppets of Masters tape! Hold on, Eddie!"

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Steve: *hands on hips* The christmas tree has been up for five minutes!

Eddie was currently in bat form, perched on top of the tree with his wings spread like he was the angel.

Robin: I'd hate to be his boyfriend. Thank God, I'm a lesbian.

Steve: You know damn well that I'm Eddie's boyfriend.

Robin: Yes, but I keep setting you up because I know much you love saying it.

Steve: *giggles* Yeah, that's true.

Eddie: *squeaking* Stop being cute, I am trying to be an angle here!

Robin: I think you meant angel, buddy!

Steve: I don't know, he is very. . .acute.

Eddie: *squeaks with acute rage*