CANON DIVERGENT AT THE END OF STRANGER THINGS 4 VOL 2. FOLLOWS CANON UNTIL THE ENDING OF EP 9 Eddie Munson often wishes he could leave Hawkins, Indiana for somewhere better. He certainly isn't exactly what he looks like but something is keeping him from grabbing all his pocket money and booking it out of there for somewhere much more accepting of his identity. That something is Steve Harrington. Steve Harrington, who has avoided Eddie as if he had some sort of plague. Steve Harrington, the guy that Eddie is secretly madly in love with. Steve Harrington isn't exactly what everyone thinks he is and Robin is the only one to know. Somehow, his parents don't and its better that way. Steve has been avoiding Eddie for months after the Upside-Down, but not for the reasons anyone thinks. Steve is avoiding Eddie because he doesn't trust himself not to screw up their relationship. After a graduation party full of drunk and semi drunk people, both find out they share a lot more in common than they previously thought.