wayne, at a parent teacher meeting, being told they need to talk about "the table incident" and he's gripped with terror at the idea that eddie has *thrown a table* with his mind and they'll need to go on the run.
shows visible relief when his teachers instead talk about how
Something something Steve gets wind of the basketball team plans to go up to the Munson family trailer to “teach the little freak his place”. It’s a Saturday, they’re gonna fuck with him on Sunday.
And it just doesn’t sit right with Steve.
He tells Robin he’s taking his
Eddie recovers, but never fully.
He never regains the full use of his right hand. It’s failing fingers still hold tight to Steve’s hand.
He never runs quite as fast. The bats took the use of most of his leg. His cane is lovingly carved, concealing a sword. A gift for his
Thinking about the moment Steve Harrington realized that Eddie Munson was dangerous by design, but soft by choice.
They thought he was weak for not fighting back. For keeping his head down, letting himself be shoved and lorded over.
It’s a complete accident he sees it. Tommy
Steve’s parents kick him out when he claims Eddie’s daughter as his. It’s somehow unexpected, a new way for them to disappoint him. But Wayne Munson offers him shelter through tears, says they’re family now. Family means protecting each other.
thinkin abt a steddie slowburn where they don't get together for years after the vecna problem is solved. steve's the holdout, because he looks at eddie and he doesn't see someone who wants what he wants. eddie's career is blowing the fuck up and that means he'll be on the road
still thinking abt single dad eddie and steve harrington tripping over himself to impress him. and eddie just looks steve up and down, rests a hand on his hip and the other on top of lily's head.
"harrington, this right here is the judge and jury. if you impress her, we
Eleven.
The word hammers through him. Eddie takes careful steps forward, expanding his powers out as far as he dares. Steve is flat to the wall, wrists pinned to his sides and ankles bound.
“What did you just say?” He asks, those brown eyes wild.
“E-Eleven! We call her El, or
highschool principal steve harrington loving every aspect of his job except the parents. when an influx of complaints roll in about lilith "lily" munson being a bad influence on the rest of her classmates, he's called in to mediate the conflict.
the "conflict" in this case is
anyway, eddie handles steve being overprotective of their home the same way i handle my dog.
treats, reassurance, and 'get away from the door there is absolutely no need to be that loud put down the weapon', 'yes i know you're just protecting me but you're scaring the neighbors'
Two months after the Hawkins earthquake, Dustin asks Steve to help put Eddie's affairs in order.
"It's just Mr. Munson," he'd said, those big brown eyes pleading. "We owe it to Eddie, Steve."
And damn it if he wasn't right. Steve sighs and asks Robin to take his shift, and that
Consider: Omega Eddie whose married to Alpha Steve, whose record company won’t let him talk about being an omega.
And the elaborate fake pregnancy scheme they concoct. In that Eddie’s actually got a bun in the oven but Steve has to pretend like it’s him.
steve stares at eddie's scars in a way that makes him feel self conscious, not realizing that steve finds comfort in them. proof that eddie healed despite sitting at the brink of death, shelving shitty movies at this dead end job with him.
it's bliss.
my unpopular eddie opinion is i do think he'd bully people, but not the cringe. oh no. those are his people. his lil baby sheepies, and he's their livestock guardian.
nah he's bullying the steve harringtons of the world.
For Steve, who had everything but love as a child, love is providing. It’s working long hours and coming home exhausted.
For Eddie, who has nothing but love, love is slow dancing in the kitchen. It’s memorizing the chords of a favorite song. Breakfast in bed. Companionship.
Eddie doesn’t have particularly great idea of what a father should be. Neither does Steve. In truth, He figures that they overcompensate most of the time, trying to give lily all the love and attention they never got.
But he’ll be damned if she goes even one night thinking her
Steve takes Eddie out to dinner as an apology for the whole fiasco. The parents who raised the complaint are warned that if he hears them breathing another toxic little word, there will be consequences.
As satisfying as it would be to nail them for their cruelty, it would first
highschool principal steve harrington loving every aspect of his job except the parents. when an influx of complaints roll in about lilith "lily" munson being a bad influence on the rest of her classmates, he's called in to mediate the conflict.
the "conflict" in this case is
Steve grumbling that he can’t find any of his shirts, only to realize that Eddie has stolen all of them for a nest.
It’s cute and endearing until he tries to steal one back and Eddie starts growling at him. He calls Robin and has to explain Eddie’s holding his modesty hostage.
au where steve has to repeat the 12th grade in s4.
dustin: okay so don't be mad i joined hellfire -
steve: DUSTIN I TOLD YOU hellfire club is social suicide
dustin: did you see the SHIRTS? they made them themselves!
steve: okay dont come crying to me when you get sacrificed
Tbh robin watching Steve get incredibly domestic with single parent Eddie while still going around town searching for “the one” is a hilarious thought
Dustin’s like you gotta tell him and robins like he’ll figure it out
Pauses
If he’s still clueless by June we’ll tell him
In another world, Steve Harrington meets Eddie Munson in the early hours of a Monday morning. Eddie’s been driving around the block for hours and Steve, whose babysitting the kids for the weekend, thinks he’s about to play hero, saving them from a robbery.
My favorite omegaverse concept is still Eddie being an omega,not hiding it in any way, but Steve just ASSUMING he’s an alpha.
Like right up until they’re in the upside down, sopping wet, and Eddie’s thrusting his vest out that Steve clocks that Eddie is like six months along.
Six months into their return to Hawkins, Keith’s looking to sell the store. No one’s buying, and really, Steve isn’t even being paid.
Steve feels like he doesn’t have a real direction in life. Hasn’t since he and Robin worked there. He’s lamenting the death of the VHS,
Steve picks up on the fact that Eddie doesn’t like relying on anyone pretty early on.
Their arrangement is one of convenience. He needs company and Eddie and the kid need a roof over their heads, so they become roommates. Any rent Eddie pays goes right into
The kids poke their head out of the gaming room as Eddie and the howling baby make their way inside. Eddie’s mumbling that she only sleeps in the van, and Steve’s insisting he’s got a sure fire fix as he makes shooing motions. The kids don’t need to be told twice, they slowly
In another world, Steve Harrington meets Eddie Munson in the early hours of a Monday morning. Eddie’s been driving around the block for hours and Steve, whose babysitting the kids for the weekend, thinks he’s about to play hero, saving them from a robbery.
Thinking about single parent omega eddie bringing his daughter to family video one day and Steve Harrington, who has no real memory of eddie from highschool, being so enamoured by this man.
Eddie thinks Steve’s making fun of him. Steve’s flubbing every attempt
To ask him out.
my most out there stranger things theory is that vecna was deliberately targeting eddie. he seems to go after troubled outcasts with a tenuous connection to others. and on the surface, eddie fits the bill.
he wasn't counting on eddie loving other people so fiercely.
The next time he sees them, they’re at the grocery store. Steve’s out to buy supplies to cook dinner for himself and Max, whose in town for the weekend, and he meets the Munson’s at the checkout. Lily’s little arms are loaded up with flowers and Eddie got one or two of his own.
Steve takes Eddie out to dinner as an apology for the whole fiasco. The parents who raised the complaint are warned that if he hears them breathing another toxic little word, there will be consequences.
As satisfying as it would be to nail them for their cruelty, it would first
Staring at that sleeping face, brushing curly locks away from the scarred side of his face. Seeing him run ragged and nearly crushed, becoming a diamond formed under duress
Eddie smiles faintly in his sleep and Steve knows he’d do anything to protect whatever dreams he has left
Eddie masters the art of masking his audhd traits at his boring day job. His coworkers think he’s the kind of guy who goes home, gets a beer, and watches the game.
It takes a minute to adjust their perception when they finally spy a tattoo peeking out of his sleeve.
“Yeah, you’re like - a Jedi, right? And if you beat the shit out of everyone who looked at you funny, you’d be a sith.”
Eddie stares at him.
“I watch movies, okay!” Steve huffs. And that, to his satisfaction, earns a laugh.
thinking about eddie who didn't die, but fell into the same deep dark space that max did because el heard dustin's screaming. el grabbed the spark of this man's life and forced it back into his extinguished body, breathing life into it.
she was fast, but vecna was faster.
Man I wanna draw that Barbie meme with Eddie and Steve but Eddie’s the one scared shitless & Steve’s like IM WEALTHY & ONE OF MY KIDS HAS SUPERPOWERS I HAVE NO FEAR FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS
a fic thought.
hawkins, november 1984. steve harrington and eddie munson are dating.
at least that's one word for it. the wrong word, eddie thinks, because dating means some degree of visibility. it isn't sweet nothings in the back of his van where no one can see.
Okay but a thought I just had and can’t shake.
10!Eddie being really depressed that he’s so different from other kids. His powers make him a “freak”, and Wayne quietly struggles to comfort him.
Then he remembers an ad for a movie he saw.
He heads on over to family video and
Steve realizes fairly early on that Lily’s a weird little kid. Maybe beyond what a Munson spawn should be.
She rips the heads off of Barbie’s but treats those like they’re the most precious things on the planet. She talks to creatures that don’t exist, and most concerning of all
The corroded coffin guys refuse to believe Eddie fucks. They make a show of how It must be a lie. They just really commit to the bit.
When Eddie points out he has a kid they point out they weren’t there for the birth. He could’ve stole that baby.
no but Steve having this 56 step plan to convince Eddie that he’s no longer a fuckboy and is in fact both husband and father material brings me so much joy.
Eddie and lily are already onboard but Eddie’s like listen he has to prove to HIMSELF he’s good enough.
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It was adult swimwear she took into the kids section. No one bothered to fact check because apparently no one taught you basic internet navigation.
If something seems designed to make you mindlessly outraged that’s when you should investigate for yourself.
eventual graduation.
The Upside Down left his lungs scorched. Eddie wheezes when he talks and gets winded easy, but he still shouts the loudest and laughs the loudest.
He aches often, and he’s far from the perfect martyr. Eddie’s pain is complex and layered, but he has
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i get wanting to defend your friend - but when you're going around telling everyone they don't have all the facts, you really should be making sure you have all of them yourself. i hope in the morning you can see where things went wrong and work on it.
Eddie, showing lily off to literally everyone: i rolled a new character
Dustin, quietly screaming into his hands bc it was the first thing he said to Eddie at the hospital and now Eddie’s just tormenting him.
my most unpopular eddie munson take is:
lucas describes him as unwashed and greasy so much throughout the book that i have to imagine eddie's like. sweat and week stank barely covered up with axe body spray 90 percent of the time.
also thinking about an Eddie lives au where Steve puts him in the back of the Beamer and goes on the run. Gets Eddie to a shit hospital in the next state, gets him stable, and then just. Picks a direction.
If bonus chaos points if this is an AU where Eddie’s carrying lily
made the choice to fight on. And, not just that, but to accept the help of those that.
And the surprise and gratitude in Eddie’s eyes when someone’s there, to help without asking, shows a vulnerability Steve wants to protect.
And maybe that’s why he falls in love with him.
Absurd sitcom levels of Steve wearing a fake belly bc Eddie carries high and barely shows. Wayne tells them they’re being stupid and over complicating things and Eddie’s gonna regret this when the company has him performing like that.
wait before I sleep.
10!Eddie approaching Eleven the moment he recognizes her. She’s older, her hair is longer, her eyes livelier and she’s smiling as she sits with Billy’s sister on the steps of the mall.
Eddie’s speechless. He sometimes thinks he sees his siblings in
and then this here was the second one.
i don't know when i pivoted from cute steddie jokes to soul crushing character driven angst but the turn happened real fast.
I do think Eddie purposefully makes himself the biggest target in the room. The loudest. The most aggressively weird. So all eyes are on him and his little flock of freaks is spared the social slaughter.
my eddie is 10 au is like...
wayne was a janitor at the facility on clean-up duty, noticed eddie was still alive (but barely) and Wayne pretended to dispose of him along with his siblings. He Eddie home and raised him as his own, passing him off as his (now deceased)
cw: pregnancy
I can’t do any cute pregnant Eddie posts bc I’m pretty sure he’s the equivalent of a feral barncat. Sometimes he just has too many feelings and bites. He is very excited to be a parent but he’s hormonal and would hide in the cupboard if allowed
contempt but with jubilation of months experiencing the world together. its the image of sitting down on the island in this kitchen, eating some fucking pizza pops because neither of them feel like cooking.
its realizing that this could be the home he's always hoped to have.
It's butt o'clock and I need to repost at a reasonable hour, but...
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reposts this tragedy right here from last year. an au where lily's born pre-upside down and monsterfied eddie spends the next 18 years protecting her from monsters
Steve never got why the kids called these things monsters from their game. Not really. At first he thought it was because there were different kinds.
Now, looking at the ghoulish thing before him, he knew.
He didn’t want to call this thing Eddie Munson.
and eddie slips the time and date of the reservation into his hand, asking him out. steve gives a breathless yes, and eddie grins.
says steve better not take five goddamn years to pop the next question.
there are also benefits such as:
steve basically sitting on max like a disgruntled mother hen whose rowdy baby won't stay in the fucking nest during winter because HE SEES YOU BEING SAD MAX, HE SEES IT, HE'S GOT SOCIAL SKILLS YOURE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM HIM LIKE THE REST OF THEM
Robin coming by later and Steve’s managed to get one of Eddie’s.
She just looks at him like, “you knew he was like this when you decided you wanted six goddamn kids, Steve. Better make a plan for tomorrow because he’ll steal that one too.”
if eddie munson were alive during the internet age, he wouldn't be a streamer. he'd dine on the finest & most obscure memes. his videos are fucking absurd.
he'd make the fucking potion seller video while high
Wayne winces, and Steve hurries to finish the thought.
"A good one. If they got to know him. I was stupid, but that little club of his - Hellfire - those kids all loved him. I bet I can track down some of the alumni, see if they have anything."
"... thank you, Harrington."
Regardless of what the Eddie book says, my interpretation of Eddie is going to always be someone who didn’t have anyone to protect him as a little boy & decided to be a protector for everyone who needed one.
just these horrible, cutting remarks that will haunt the people who hear them well into adulthood.
like, tommy h. definitely wakes up in a cold sweat because eddie asked him how narnia was and if he was ever gonna get the courage to make out with mr tumnus (steve).
eddie watches. "lemme guess, nuclear families got an issue with their kids growing up along an unwed omega's brat."
steve sighs, nodding.
"i was just going to bring you in here to say i talked to you, right before i went after them for discrimination," he manages a grim smile.
Wayne gets him a nameplate for the door two years in to rescuing him from the facility.
Eddie - formly Ten - is toucued. Then terrified.
It’s an irrational terror. One stemming from double digits on an iron door, a small room that was almost his entire world.
Last thought before I sleep.
Steve realizing he barely knew Eddie, and now he has a responsibility to know him to help raise lily.
Steve getting to know Eddie posthumously through his campaign notebooks and journal. Trying to form a whole person out of the fragments left