What if Billy took Steve, instead of Heather...?
++ season 3 canon-divergent AU | harringrove-centric | roots back in s2, starts in s3e2, and yeah, it's definitely all downhill from here ++
Steve doesn't really know how to explain how he, his 17-year-old Scoops coworker, and the like ninety middleschoolers that stalk him have all ended up trying to basically exorcise Steve's not-boyfriend at midnight in the pouring rain in his mom's brand new jacuzzi, but here they are.
CONTENT WARNINGS:
The overall content level of this fic is pretty canon-typical of s3/s4 (but gayer. And with a lot more of the word fuck. like a lot. yikes.)
Potentially spoiler-y content warnings below. Peruse as needed & take care of yourself!
Adult language, non-graphic consensual sex (often while both are intoxicated) implied, referenced, and otherwise. General dark and violent imagery in places.
Mention of past child abuse (thanks, Neil Hargrove's A+ Parenting). Drinking (maybe... less underage drinking than in the show, actually??), smoking (legal and less so), and general non-role-model behavior is on display, so I would maybe recommend taking... oh, zero guidance from this fic?? They're pretty dumb, Do Not Recommend, et cetera. (Feel free to ask me if you have a specific concern.)
We're set in the 80's so clearly the internet isn't really a thing yet and Eddie Munson can't figure out why his mind sometimes goes blank and he feels young.
He thinks it's wrong and just another way of god to punish him for being who he is.
But then, a guy he barely knew apart from occasional bullying takes him in, and Eddie finally figures out what being loved feels like.
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or, this writer craves little eddie content and steddie is his OTP so here we have little!eddie and cg!steve
this contains age regression, which is an sfw coping mechanism.
if you don't want to read about it, don't leave hate, just leave the book and me be.
warnings!!
- traumatic events (like, it's still stranger things)
- period typical homophobia
- use of curse words, mature themes (drvgs, mvrder, childhood abvse, etc)
mostly off plot fluff, but events from season 4 still happen