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More Hawkins Stuck in 1986
Sep. 21st, 2023 07:15 amUgh I can't get this out of my head.
An everybody lives AU(ish) where Eddie has left Hawkins to be a famous musician and Steve, disappointed by his life choices and wanting more and wondering about what might have been if he just worked up the courage to ask, leaves Hawkins to find Eddie.
He's so fucking confused by the world outside Hawkins. Like almost Tarzan-in-Manhattan-level confused. He's lost and bewildered but he can't give up and go back now.
Especially when he sees a big billboard announcing the tour dates for Corroded Coffin and Eddie looks even better than Steve remembered.
Steve can't get into the venue because everything was so expensive that he's blown all his cash just getting there.
He goes around to the back before the concert, hoping Eddie's there getting ready, but it's just roadies. He asks a few if Eddie's around, but they assume he's a fanboy and tell him to leave.
As he's walking away, he hears a familiar voice. Eddie's thrilled to see him. He hugs him so hard Steve can barely breathe.
Steve closes his eyes and holds Eddie not only because he missed him so fucking badly, but the world outside Hawkins has freaked him the fuck out and he doesn't know what's going on.
Eddie invites him back to his bus, and Steve doesn't think twice about it. Nobody else is on the bus. Eddie Gives him a bottled water.
Before Steve can even ask, Eddie tells him it's okay. That Eddie had been through it all -- the overwhelming shock of stepping out of Hawkins and into a world that seemed to have left them behind.
Hawkins never moved beyond the 1980s, and Eddie thinks it has something to do with the Upside Down or the lab, but he's never been able to explain why it's 2023 for the rest of the world and Hawkins still doesn't have cell phones or flat screen TVs and for Eddie and Steve three years ago was 1986.
He's felt like an outside even though he's learned to live with it, and seeing Steve again has felt like going home.
They just talk and reminisce, and Steve feels like everything might be okay.
Eddie lets him come backstage for the concert, and Steve can't believe how fucking hot Eddie is when he's on stage, doing what he loves.
They fall asleep on the bus after eating messy burgers and drinking too much soda.
Steve wakes with the sunrise feeling more content than he has over the last couple years. Eddie's next to him, watching him sleep. He smiles and says good morning, and Steve thinks his heart is going to explode.
Their first kiss is moments later.
Hours later when it's time to get on the road, they're still in the back, sweaty and too tired to get it up anymore, and the rest of the band members are sick of waiting, so they just pack everything up, yell at Eddie to take a fucking shower dude it stinks in here seriously?! and then they're on the road.
Steve doesn't regret it. The world is so much different than he could've imagined, but it doesn't matter because he has Eddie.
An everybody lives AU(ish) where Eddie has left Hawkins to be a famous musician and Steve, disappointed by his life choices and wanting more and wondering about what might have been if he just worked up the courage to ask, leaves Hawkins to find Eddie.
He's so fucking confused by the world outside Hawkins. Like almost Tarzan-in-Manhattan-level confused. He's lost and bewildered but he can't give up and go back now.
Especially when he sees a big billboard announcing the tour dates for Corroded Coffin and Eddie looks even better than Steve remembered.
Steve can't get into the venue because everything was so expensive that he's blown all his cash just getting there.
He goes around to the back before the concert, hoping Eddie's there getting ready, but it's just roadies. He asks a few if Eddie's around, but they assume he's a fanboy and tell him to leave.
As he's walking away, he hears a familiar voice. Eddie's thrilled to see him. He hugs him so hard Steve can barely breathe.
Steve closes his eyes and holds Eddie not only because he missed him so fucking badly, but the world outside Hawkins has freaked him the fuck out and he doesn't know what's going on.
Eddie invites him back to his bus, and Steve doesn't think twice about it. Nobody else is on the bus. Eddie Gives him a bottled water.
Before Steve can even ask, Eddie tells him it's okay. That Eddie had been through it all -- the overwhelming shock of stepping out of Hawkins and into a world that seemed to have left them behind.
Hawkins never moved beyond the 1980s, and Eddie thinks it has something to do with the Upside Down or the lab, but he's never been able to explain why it's 2023 for the rest of the world and Hawkins still doesn't have cell phones or flat screen TVs and for Eddie and Steve three years ago was 1986.
He's felt like an outside even though he's learned to live with it, and seeing Steve again has felt like going home.
They just talk and reminisce, and Steve feels like everything might be okay.
Eddie lets him come backstage for the concert, and Steve can't believe how fucking hot Eddie is when he's on stage, doing what he loves.
They fall asleep on the bus after eating messy burgers and drinking too much soda.
Steve wakes with the sunrise feeling more content than he has over the last couple years. Eddie's next to him, watching him sleep. He smiles and says good morning, and Steve thinks his heart is going to explode.
Their first kiss is moments later.
Hours later when it's time to get on the road, they're still in the back, sweaty and too tired to get it up anymore, and the rest of the band members are sick of waiting, so they just pack everything up, yell at Eddie to take a fucking shower dude it stinks in here seriously?! and then they're on the road.
Steve doesn't regret it. The world is so much different than he could've imagined, but it doesn't matter because he has Eddie.
