a litany of secrets
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the things we invent (when we are scared) by monkkeyslut
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Nov 2024
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Steve Harrington is his thousandth secret; his longest secret; the one that matters both too much and not enough. Sometimes, Eddie wants to put it all down on paper, tease out the threads until they lay flat and he can see the beginning, the middle, the end, understand how they got here and there, how it both started and ended with the sharp press of a beer bottle to the stubbled skin of Steve’s throat.
It might make him feel better. Might make everything fucking worse.
Regardless, Steve is a secret, and Eddie keeps him.
For whatever that’s worth.
In 1983, a battered Steve Harrington sits at Eddie's table in the library.
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- Part 1 of a litany of secrets
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The days stretch on, golden and hot as May burns away into June and Steve, for whatever reason, is still hanging around Eddie.
In summer of 1984, Eddie learns five secrets about Steve.
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- Part 2 of a litany of secrets
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The first lie Steve tells him is this: “Nothing is going to change.”
Autumn, 1984; Eddie is angry with wanting, and Steve is just angry.
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- Part 3 of a litany of secrets
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Steve thinks about canceling.
Thinks about it only, because he can’t actually cancel on Eddie. That would require telling him, somehow, and Steve is pretty limited when it comes to methods of communication with Eddie Munson.
Or, Steve is seriously concussed and needs to cancel his weekly hookup.
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- Part 1 of steddie week 2024
- Part 4 of a litany of secrets
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the gold room (where we get what we want) by monkkeyslut
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Apr 2025
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If not noticing Steve was a class, Eddie’d be failing that too.
It's a new year, 1985, and Eddie faces his grief.
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- Part 5 of a litany of secrets
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There’s something almost poetic in spending another summer kissing Steve Harrington.
In June, 1985, Eddie sets sail on an ocean of flavours.
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- Part 6 of a litany of secrets
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In Eddie's mind, it happens like this.
Eddie learns how to share in July, 1985.
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- Part 7 of a litany of secrets
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Steve says, offhand and with an air of someone too cool to care about it, “Oh, I’m not doing anything for Christmas.”
It's Christmas, 1985, and Eddie refuses to let his boyfriend spend it alone.
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- Part 8 of a litany of secrets
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A series of phone conversations between autumn 1985, and spring 1986.
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- Part 9 of a litany of secrets
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During Spring Break, 1986, Eddie opens his eyes.
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- Part 10 of a litany of secrets