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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU. eddie munson.

summary: the four times eddie knew he was a goner and the one time he told you.

warnings: no spoilers! don’t worry, you’re safe here. profanities. gif credits to @his-name-is-ed <3

word count: 5.1k

i. the first time eddie knew he was a goner was when… he found out that you love mötley crüe.

eddie knows his presence is hard to miss. aside from his wild hair and clothing choices, which apparently do not fit the social standards, he makes it exceptionally difficult for people to ignore him.

and yet, on a particular, normal, chilly friday in the school field, you effortlessly grab his attention. you didn’t need crazy hair or seeking clothes or loud eccentric speeches on top of a cafeteria table. you’re just… sitting there with a frown on your face and eddie thinks…

eddie can’t think. his mind draws blank as he continues to stare at you.

so like dominoes, his abrupt stop results in the rest of the hellfire club bumping into him, which causes a streak of groans and complaints, but eddie pays them no mind because as if his legs have a mind of their own, they bring him right to you. “carry on without me, my little sheep, destiny awaits!”

you groan in annoyance, slamming your hand onto your malfunctioning walkman. “stupid, stupid, little shi-”

“y’know, i don’t think mauling the poor thing will make it work.”

you look up at the voice with a glare, your face softens just a bit after seeing it was eddie, but the glare prevails nevertheless, still frustrated with your walkman.

“i mean, sure, i guess that could make it work, too,” eddie shrugs, hopping on top of the picnic table instead of sitting on the benches like a normal person.

“it will work,” you grit your teeth, hitting the side of the device as it did nothing to fix the distorted voice of vince neil. “it just needs a bit of tough love.”

after watching you for a few more minutes with an amused smile, eddie snatches it out of your hands, convinced that you would break it if it doesn’t revive the next second. he ignores your objections as he opens his black metal lunchbox.

“it’s not a lunchbox,” he absentmindedly retorts to your murmur as he goes through his things, silently muttering a quiet no, not this, nope, what the hell is this? and finally, aha!

he raises a mini screwdriver before you as if it will magically take your problems away. “this, my lady, will magically take your problems away.”

huh.

you hesitantly watch as eddie pops open your walkman, taking out the mixtape to find the tape itself burst out of its case. he tinkers and meddles with it carefully, doing wonders as he manually rewinds it.

you use his current distraction to take a good look at him. you’ve seen him around the school; in class, in the hallways, at the cafeteria, but you’ve never crossed the borders of his personal bubble or actually spoken to him until now.

he isn’t a bad sight to see.

his hair, although gone rogue, looks so soft that you physically have to restrain yourself from touching it. he has tattoos inked on his skin, slightly covered by his hellfire shirt as if teasing you and leaving you wanting to see more. beautiful silver rings graced his fingers making you want to study each intricate detail that embellished the jewelry.

his tongue is poking out of his lips, brows furrowed in concentration. his nose is slightly crooked as if it’s been broken before. he has dimples piercing his cheeks and the lightest of freckles sprinkled over his face, only noticeable if kissed under the sun.

all things considered, eddie munson is a sight for sore eyes.

“are you done staring, sweetheart?” eddie teases, wiggling his eyebrows at you. “if you’d like, i can pose for you on this table.”

you were too deep in your reveries that you didn’t notice he was done. you blink up at him and scoff. “shut up, i wasn’t staring.”

“it’s fine, y’know, it’s normal to stare at pretty things.” he encourages you, satirically playing with his hair. “especially if you’re one of those connoisseurs of art.”

“wow, someone learned a new word today.” you praise him sarcastically.

“now, now, y/n, is that a way to treat someone who just fixed your lil walkman?” eddie chastises, grabbing your headphones from your neck and putting it on his ears. “what were you listening to anyway?”

he gives it a few seconds before the familiar music comes in. he whips his head towards you with a slack jaw. he winces, his hand coming in contact with his neck, massaging the pain from snapping his head towards you too fast.

… i've been a poet always tongue in cheek,

i've seen some scenes man you'd never believe,

and like a supercharged rocket ride,

you know they'd have gasoline if they had the time.

“you- you listen to mötley crüe!” eddie blurts out, standing on the picnic table and pointing an accusatory finger at you. “you’re one of us!”

“shut up!” you pull him back down with a yank. you can still hear angela blasting through your headphones. you look at him with a sigh before muttering. “i love mötley crüe.”

eddie lets out a choked laugh, jumping off the table and squishing your cheeks with his hands. “you’re a cute little metal freak!”

“shut up, munson! you better get your hands off my face or so help me god.”

it came out as gibberish but the point came across.

“you say ‘shut up’ too much, is that your favorite word?” eddie calls into question, leaning closer to you with a roguish grin. his gaze flickers down to your pouting lips before staring straight into your eyes. “i can teach you more ways to shut me up, y’know?”

“scout’s honor that it’s even more efficacious than the words itself.” he winks at you before grabbing his lunchbox, leaving you bewildered and baffled beyond belief. mötley crüe did not do anything to blur the forming thoughts in your head.

that was strike one for eddie munson.

ii. the second time eddie knew he was a goner was when… you knocked someone out cold with a box of frozen waffles.

you shouldn’t have been out at an ungodly hour, quite frankly, but you really, really, wanted some eggos. so clad in sweats and an oversized shirt, you walk out of bradley’s big buy with three boxes of mini waffles in hand.

and as if the universe wasn’t satisfied with only one interaction, you hear eddie munson’s voice. “hey, come on, man. you’ve been my client for over a year now and you’re only doubting me now?”

“we talked about fifteen grams, munson, so i’m expecting fifteen grams.”

eddie sighs, rubbing his tired face with his hand. they’ve been going back and forth and he was starting to get annoyed. he wasn’t even supposed to be dealing right now, but when money calls, you answer it.

“look, man. it’s fifteen. if you don’t believe me, give me the money, go find a weighing scale, and weigh your shit. it’s fifteen grams.” he says, grabbing his lunchbox, but just as he wrapped his fingers on the handle, he gets shoved to the ground, his things crashing with him, skin scratched from catching himself on the rough pavement.

motherfucker.

“hey!” you didn’t want to. you really didn’t want to, but before you can think twice, you get in between eddie and the ridiculously tall buff guy.

you should really start thinking twice.

said guy, although high as a kite, looks at the box of eggos on the floor and back at you. you had thrown a box of waffles at his head.

“take your fifteen grams and leave,” you order calmly, ignoring the whispers of objections of eddie, who immediately stands up at lightspeed, startled by your sudden presence.

“i don’t know who the fuck you think you are, but this is between me and your little druggy friend, a’ight?” he sneers, pushing you aside to grab eddie by his shirt. “besides, the fuck do you know about packing shit right?”

“i know how to pack a punch, for starters.”

you didn’t give him or eddie to process your words before, CRACK! your fist comes in contact with his nose — a sickening crunch and a cry had them both freezing, well, except for the junkie clutching his nose.

“you bitch!”

with the throbbing pain of your knuckles, you could only whack him across his face with the box of waffles in your hand as he leaped to get you.

eddie, still frozen in his spot, can only watch in both horror and amazement as the guy gets knocked out cold, face kissing the sidewalk.

“holy shit…”

“how much did he owe you?” you huff, clutching your victimized hand as you stand over the guy.

“twenty.” he blinks.

you shrug, digging a hand in the jean pocket of the junkie and placing the crumpled bills in eddie’s hand. “twenty-five for being a shithead.”

eddie took you out for some ice cream treat after that.

“remind me to never get on your nerves, you scare me,” he said, but there was no real fear behind his words, just a twinge of wonder in his voice and a sparkle in his eyes.

you didn’t say anything. you didn’t need to, so you just grinned at him before taking a scoop out of his ice cream.

and at that moment, under the moonlight with frozen waffles aiding your knuckles and discarded ice cream cups on top of his van, eddie just knew that you would stick around.

and the rest was history.

that was strike two for eddie munson.

iii. the third time eddie knew he was a goner was when… traces of you were slowly starting to bleed into his life, and he didn’t mind.

“is this… MADONNA?”

eddie snaps his head towards the curly-headed boy in his passenger seat, eyes widening at the sight of the manifold of mixtapes that sits on dustin’s lap.

he splutters incoherent excuses as he chucks them back into his glovebox, a hand still on the wheel as he tries to keep the van steady.

dustin watches in amusement as eddie fumbles with the mixtape that fell from his grasp. he snatches it out of his mentor’s hand and snickers, “wow, abba, too? didn’t know you were such a pioneer of music, eddie.”

eddie thwacks him with the d&d gazette before turning his eyes back on the road. “those aren’t mine.”

it was his. you left it for him.

dustin squints his eyes at his friend as if staring at him like that will force him to tell the truth, and it almost did, but thankfully, he chooses to go through the mixtape-filled glovebox again instead.

you brought half of your mixtapes with you when eddie had asked you to accompany him on a spontaneous road trip out of town one day. he always looks back to that moment.

you were passionately talking about the songs that graced your diverse music taste, hands animatedly moving around as words spew out of your mouth every millisecond. he understood every single thing you said, though.

just because you love mötley crüe doesn’t mean you don’t love starship. you love kiss but you also love the beatles. you love metallica but you also love bee gees, and maybe he was starting to like it, too.

if you ask eddie, he’ll choose cyndi lauper’s time after time as his slow dance song. absolutely irrelevant yet very relevant.

“why the hell are you smiling like a crazy man?” dustin pokes his cheeks, effectively snapping him out of his daydream.

eddie slaps his hands away from his face.

aside from mixtapes in his glovebox, eddie also has a special drawer with the clothes you often leave at his house, and with the best detergent he has – a discounted brand from a dollar store – he voluntarily washes it for you to wear next time.

“did… did you wash my clothes?” he remembers you asking the first time.

he turns away from his notebook to look at you. “uh, yeah. you left some of your stuff here and i decided to include it with mine last wash day.”

“oh,” you beam, pulling the material to your nose and breathing it in. “thanks, babe.”

eddie ignores the warmth of his cheeks and goes back to doodling in his notebook. “‘course, would you like me to wear a maid outfit while i’m at it next time?”

you laugh. “i’d like that very much.”

you bring the soft fabric back to your nose, it smells just like him.

you start leaving more clothes in his room after that.

that was strike three for eddie munson.

iv. the fourth time eddie knew he was a goner was when… he wanted to be the best version of himself whenever you’re around.

“okay, so i have a bag of those honeycomb cereal you like, some pringles, juice boxes, pints of ice cream…”

as you continue to list off the snacks you brought for the d&d campaign with the boys, eddie leans forward to buckle your seatbelt, letting you catch a whiff of his cologne. he tugs it twice to make sure it’s fastened properly. “safety first.”

you pause. “you literally never wear your seatbelt.”

“that’s because i sold my soul to the devil for immortality,” eddie pats your thigh before backing out of your driveway. “and because it will cause a decline in my precious reputation!”

“what, common road safety?” you snort. “do tell, kind sir, what would the great eddie munson be known for?”

“you don’t know?” he scoffs in mock disbelief. “i’m an evil self-proclaimed attention whore – i’m known for a lot of things, sweetheart.”

“speaking of being an attention whore,” you gravitate towards him to sniff him again. “are you wearing a new perfume, munson?”

“sit back down, dumbass! and it’s cologne, not perfume.”

“same shit. are you trying to impress someone?” you tease, settling down back in your seat before letting out an overdramatic gasp. “is it dustin? is it because he’s been hanging out with steve the past week?”

“what? no!” he wavers for a moment before sniffing himself. “why? does it smell bad?”

you laugh. “no, no. i actually like it better than your old one.”

“good, i bought it especially for you.” he winks, turning the volume of the music up before you can even reply.

“i can’t believe erica rolled a d20!” eddie exclaims, packing up the boards.

“and twice,” you agree.

as usual, you and eddie stayed back after the campaign, ushering the kids — and gareth and the group — out of the room as soon as you heard the distant rumble of the sky. you knew they’d be biking home, so you asked them to leave early, much to your best friend’s displeasure.

you pick up the empty chip bags and discarded juice boxes, prolonging the chat you’re having with eddie.

mid-conversation, you lean against his throne, garbage bag in your hands. he was talking animatedly and you’re not quite sure what he’s even talking about anymore.

the lights of the room give him a glow that makes your heart beam. the perfect combination of green, orange, and blue; it makes him look like a fallen angel. a devil in disguise. the right fusion of both.

his eyes are soft, it’s kind. his smile is, too. everything about him is. he doesn’t show anyone, but you always get the opportunity to see a part of him that makes you fall in love with him even more.

“…and then just as i was about to dream of rubbing their loss in their puny little faces — she slaps me with a crit hit! that’s twice!”

“yeah,” you whisper, a gentle smile on your lips. you push yourself off the chair and start helping him around the room. “maybe it’s a sign that you’re getting a bit rusty, buzz.”

“drop it with the nickname! it’s been years and i was only forced to have it shaved after stupid anthony chopped my hair nasty in history.”

you double down in laughter. “and wayne has been so gracious enough to show me the pictures.”

eddie glares at you before running towards you. you only advance two steps away from him before he catches you from behind and pulls you against him.

“salvage yourself, you insolent little minx.”

“no! i shan’t yield!”

giggles escape both of your lips, sounds slowly getting muffled by the drops of rain starting to patter one by one, making you and eddie stop in your tracks.

you exchange wide-eyed glances before hurrying with the packing.

you run out of the building, shoes splashing over the formed puddles, you didn’t even notice eddie shrug his jacket off to shield both of you from the rain.

a few meters from his van, you pull away from him and let the water hit you, dampening your clothes all within a second.

“what the hell are you doing?” eddie shouts over the loud pour.

“come on!” you pull him towards you, cold hands grasping his warm ones, you dance in the rain.

eddie watches you in disbelief, though there’s a smile on his face. “fuck it,” he mutters. “wait here.”

he runs to his van, almost slipping on the wet ground. “i’m okay!”

“idiot.” you snort.

eddie opens the door to the passenger seat and opens the glovebox. he grabs a random mixtape and fumbles to put it in the player, only then realizing that he didn’t even start the van.

a minute or two later of waiting, you hear a bees gees song blast from eddie’s van.

“come on, baby,” he whoops, grabbing your hands as he starts shimmying. “let’s dance!”

you let out a blissful laugh as he twirls you around. you jump around in the puddles, soaked clothes slightly weighing you down from being drenched. you attempt to twirl eddie around, too, which was a struggle due to his height.

he sings along to the song and you gasp in surprise. “you know this song?”

“do i- do i know this song?” he repeats in incredulity. “of course, i do! i’m in-”

adrenaline getting to his head, eddie realizes what he was about to say so he rectifies it. “you only sing it every second of the day. that damn song is engraved in my head!”

he pulls you back against him with a grin, a hand intertwined with yours and another supporting your back. he dips you, and you yelp in surprise.

the both of you are panting from all the dancing, but the smiles never left your face. you stare at his face, he stares at yours. you tuck a wet strand of his hair behind his ear, letting your hand rest on his jaw. he has a light stubble.

his eyes flicker to your lips, you do the same.

should i kiss him? should i not kiss him?

the loud boom of the thunder makes the decision for the two of you. the sound startles both of you, resulting in jumping away from each other faster than the next flash of lightning.

“we should head home if we still want to have this movie marathon,”

“yeah.”

eddie goes over his thoughts for a moment as you adjust the heater of the van. he recollects the resolution he made earlier, pondering over the idea of being the best version of himself though he already feels like he became it the first time he met you. how can one become the best-est best version of themselves?

that was strike four for eddie munson.

but for you… you lost count of how many it’s been because every day with eddie adds a tally to your strikes.

v. the time eddie tells you how he’s a goner for you.

“harrington? fucking harrington?”

“it’s a friendly date, buzz,” you point out, hand steady as you do your eyeliner in his bedroom mirror.

“with harrington?” he stresses, his own hands tugging at his brown locks.

“yes, eddie.” you sigh, it’s been a repetitive back and forth. “it’s not a date date. it’s friendly, as i said. robin will be there.”

he sits up against the wall, lips moving before his brain can process his words. “well, if buckley’s gonna be there then what else does he want with you?”

you pause, dropping your hand to look at him. “okay, ouch.”

“no, i-” he groans dramatically into his hands. “i didn’t mean it like that. i just- i don’t understand why you have to spend a perfectly great night with harrington-”

“and robin.”

“-and robin, when you can just spend it with me.” eddie pouts. he sounds pathetic, he knows, but he’s jealous. what if you decide to leave him for steve? – and although he understands; it’s steve harrington, for god’s sake. he would, too, if he can – life would have no other purpose for him if you do.

“aww,” you mimic his pout, walking over to him to pat his cheeks. “don’t worry, hotshot, you’re still my favorite boy.”

“whatever,” he swats your hands away, though the grin tugging at the corner of his lips persists. he takes his time admiring you properly. you looked gorgeous, as always.

“c’mon, you big baby,” you protested. “robin will be there! plus, you can always come wi-”

“well, why didn’t you say so?” he exclaims, leaping towards the door clad in his hellfire shirt and boxers. “let’s go! we better get goi-”

you throw his jeans at him. “for your modesty.”

eddie was glad he came along. he looks at you with clear fondness, watching as your eyes light up like a child on christmas day. you jump in excitement, dragging him into the fair.

“hey, you made it!” steve jogs towards you, but then his eyes flicker to your company. “…and munson.”

“harrington,” eddie grins, a hint of mischief in the glint of his smile as he bows to him.

you roll your eyes at them. “where’s robin?”

“right here, lovebug,” she smiles, offering you a pink cotton candy as she takes a bite off the blue one. steve’s mouth slowly falls slack in bewilderment.

“aww, my favorite,” you pout your lips as you clink your sweets like glasses of wine.

“that’s mine!”

“buy your own cotton candy, dingus,”

“you paid for those with my money.”

eddie pays them no mind as they continue to bicker. he snatches a piece of cotton candy as he wiggles his eyebrows at you. “i see a kissing booth we can go to… the marriage booth, too, maybe?”

“stop,” you smack his arm. “let’s start with the basketball — eddie, they’ve got those big teddy bears!”

“well, the night is young, sweetheart,”

the night is young, indeed. you go around the fair with the group, steve has the giant teddy bear propped on his shoulders as if it was his child — “he is!” he argued. “his name is harry harrington.”

“harry harrington?” you had asked in incredulity. “that’s a shit name, steve!”

he gasped in mock offense, bringing the bear down to cover its ears. “don’t listen to her, harry, she’s just jealous you aren’t hers.”

eddie’s jealous he isn’t yours, too, but he wasn’t going to say that.

you felt as if you’ve managed to go through every single booth but according to the map robin had somehow snatched, there were more than half of it you have yet to explore.

“c’mon, there’s a ball toss over there,” eddie says, grabbing your arm to drag you away from steve. “gonna win you that giant fucking elephant.”

although as soon as you stop by before it, eddie does a double-take. “six dollars?”

“six dollars.” the merchant confirms.

he looks at you and whispers in disbelief. “six dollars?”

you shrug at him, letting out a chuckle at his expression. “capitalism, baby,”

eddie sighs. he’s glad he brought his wallet with him. he’s willing to spend all of his income if it meant getting you that elephant — and he will.

“we don’t have to, you know,” you reassure him, eyeing him as he reaches out for the dollars. “there’s still a lot of booths we can go to.”

“nah, i’m getting you that elephant.” he slams the money on the counter. the merchant smirks. three balls.

eddie grabs one and exhales. “wish me luck.”

he throws the ball, and again, and then again. and then he slams more money onto the counter, and then again, and again.

his aim’s good, but not enough to knock all the cans down. steve and robin managed to do a round before returning to the both of you with corndogs in hand.

with his promise of a last round, he sighs at the sight of what’s left of the standing cans. he gives you the last ball.

“are you sure?” you hesitate.

“do the honors, my lady,” eddie smiles, eyes so soft that subtle crinkles show at the corners.

and with a swift throw, you somehow manage to knock down all of the cans. you and eddie whoop in excitement, jumping up and down as the merchant sighs exasperatedly, grabbing your oversized prize.

“oh my god,” you whisper, hugging the elephant to your chest. “it’s so fluffy!”

eddie looks at you with a dopey lovesick smile. maybe it was the sparkling fairy lights overhead, or the distant music playing, or maybe it was because you’re practically bouncing off the balls of your feet, a giddy smile adorning your lips… or maybe it was because eddie cannot take it any longer so he says, “i’m in love with you.”

you falter for a bit, uncertain if you heard him correctly. “what?”

and steve, who had initially asked you on a date — although as friendly as he claims — leans against the wooden pillar, face contorting in realization, lips forming into an unmistakable o as he grasps what is happening.

robin grins, a quiet finally! unleashing from her lips. to give you two some privacy, well, as private as a conversation in a public place can be, she drags steve to a very friendly competition of high strikers. steve lets her, sending eddie an encouraging thumbs up.

“i-i’m in love with you,” eddie repeats, voice wavering at your blank expression. he couldn’t read you and it’s making him anxious. “i’m so terribly and undeniably in love with you – i knew i did the moment you said you love mötley crüe.”

you let yourself feel all the emotions bursting in all at once. he likes you. eddie munson likes you, so you ask stupidly, “are you sure?”

eddie scoffs a laugh. “am i- am i sure? are you asking me if i’m sure about my own feelings?”

you shrug.

he looks at you before breaking into a run without another word.

“eddie, where are you going?” you call out frantically.

eddie eyes the haystacks in the center of the park and clumsily mounts on them and nearly falls. he catches himself before he can tumble down. his eyes flicker to yours as he cups his hands over his mouth. “fair people of hawkins, i have an announcement to make!”

“what is he doing?” steve asks as he and robin appear from beside you.

“i have no idea.”

some people stop by to watch, some go on with whatever it is they were doing, and you just stand where you’re planted, unsure of what he’s about to do and what you’re supposed to do.

“i, eddie munson, a self-proclaimed attention whore, have something very important to say.” he starts – “well, get on with it now!” a guy exclaims. eddie ignores him – “i am in love with y/n l/n. i’ve been in love with her since i found out she loves metal, i’ve fallen for her since she knocked a guy out cold with frozen waffles–”

“frozen waffles?” robin questions.

“– i fell for her even harder when she introduced me to madonna – that’s right, i love madonna! but most importantly, i knew i was a goner when i wanted to become the best version of myself for her. i wanted to become the person she deserves because i am in love with you, y/n, always have.”

you soften and the world disappears around you; it was just you and him. there is an ache in your chest, but not because of heartbreak, it’s because it feels as if it will burst out of your chest out of love.

“we can’t help who we fall for,” eddie breathes out, walking down the stack. “but honestly, i’m glad it’s you because there’s no one else in this world whom i would love to love if it’s not you.”

you shove the elephant in steve’s hold and walk straight to eddie.

he sends you a small smile, arms extended. when you’re a step closer, he whispers. “i’m sorry, i just had to-”

“shut up,” you command, pulling him in for a heated kiss, fingers getting lost and tangled in his hair, his arms snake around your waist to pull you impossibly closer, no gap left unfilled.

your lips dance a fast-paced song, it’s all but intense and passionate – a hint of eagerness and the satisfaction of longing. you forget that it wasn’t just the two of you, that there was a crowd watching you both kiss. you can hear the faint coos of the moms by the corner.

“get a room!” a guy barks out. simultaneously, you and eddie flipped him off but the kiss decelerates into soft and sensual, a contrast to the shared feverish one, now easing up to the feeling of content and delicate love.

you pull away a second later, forehead touching his as you don’t dare to open your eyes yet. “i’m in love with you, too, if it’s not obvious yet.”

“well, i should hope so,” eddie laughs. he gives you a quick peck on the lips before fixing you with a teasing grin. “how about that marriage booth now, sweetheart?”

“take me out on a date first, loverboy.” you interlace your hand with his as you walk away from the spotlight.

“how about a kiss on top of the ferris wheel?” he proposes instead.

“sap,” you scrunch your nose up with a smile. “but i’m not opposed to the idea.”

that was strike ??? for you and eddie.

“just to let you all know, i am not going to sit next to steve on the ferris wheel.”

“what do you mean? i’m an amazing ferris wheel companion.”

“would you like to get shoved off the seat once we’re on top?”

“... how about the bumper cars?”

“deal.”

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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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yall i rewatched IT and IT chapter 2 today and i’m heartbroken once again

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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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STRANGER THINGS NATION, BYLER NATION, WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS VERY CAREFULLY.. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO PLEASE SPREAD

this is one of my favourite details in stranger things and i love how it connects the different relationships in the show. i’ve thought this melody had a lot of narrative significance ever since season 3, but now that all of season 4 is out, i’m even more amazed by how this soundtrack ties everything together—especially with byler.

my nerd brain picked up on the similarities between these three songs—The First Lie, The First I love You, and Being Different, from seasons 2, 3, and 4 respectively.

The First Lie is played during the scene where Jonathan and Nancy hook up in season 2 following Murray’s encouragement. It’s a reference to Nancy not being truthful about her feelings towards Steve and could have a few double meanings, including the LIE literally being Nancy and Jonathan sleeping together (hence, LYING together), as well as Jonathan’s trust issues that Murray talks about.

The First I love you plays during Robin’s coming out and also El saying I love you to Mike (that Mike appears confused by in season 3). My favourite detail here is that the word “love” in the song is not capitalized. This may seem insignificant, but when you look at the ENTIRE stranger things soundtrack pre season 4, no other words have been in lowercase. This was intentional, both for Mike/El’s awkward kiss, and Steve/Robin’s love for each other, which is not romantic, since Robin is a lesbian. It starts out as one-sided for Steve and then we obviously see their amazing friendship.

Here’s where the symbolism gets super interesting. There’s no way this is not intentional. In season 4 vol 2 when Will gives Mike the painting, he confesses to Mike but covers it up with El’s name. He then turns away from Mike and cries, muffling the sound with his hand. It’s been emphasized throughout the show that Will is unable to lie to Mike. Literally season 1, episode 1: “it was a seven. The demogorgon, it got me.” Lucas encourages Will to not say anything to Mike since he didn’t see the roll, but Will physically cannot lie to him. This theme is seen with byler again and again throughout the show. Will never lies to Mike. EXCEPT, in this scene in season 4.

Will covers up his feelings. It’s a weird halfway point. He lies to Mike for the first time, and he can’t bear it, combined with all his other feelings for him. THE SONG THAT PLAYS DURING THIS SCENE, BEING DIFFERENT, has the exact same melody as BOTH THE FIRST LIE AND THE FIRST I LOVE YOU.

Are you guys hearing this??

It’s both the first time Will lies to Mike in the show AND the first time he somewhat confesses the truth, that he loves Mike. The melody of First Lie/First I love You ONLY STARTS once Will finishes up his monologue and turns away to cry, realizing what’s just happened.

This is literally insane musical symbolism.

I compiled a video with Will’s scene at the end for you guys to see how similar the songs are.

Let me know what you think of this!

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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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ok guys i literally lost my motivation to continue the one shots in my drafts after watching vol 2

#stranger things #stranger things 4 #st4 #stranger things volume 2

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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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YALL THE WAY I MADE THIS HOW MUCH DAYS B4 VOLUME 2 CAME OUT AND THE TITLE IS SMTH STEVE SAID TO NANCY IN VOLUME 2 IM ACTUALLY CRYINGGGG

Hii, I heard you wrote for Stranger things, and your request were open! I was wondering if you could write some cuddling fluff with Steve Harrington???

i gotchu :)

I’m Right Here - Steve Harrington x Reader

You frantically write in the tiny journal of yours, given to by your mother. You tap your pencil a few times on the black lined page, filled with words. Stupid diary entry, you think to yourself, ripping the page out of the journal and crumpling it up. You throw it into the trash can, right when you hear a noise coming from outside of your window.

Attempting to ignore it, you distract yourself by playing with your fingers. You lift your head up, looking around your pink room, when something shiny catches your eye. You pick up the necklace that lay on the nightstand on your right side, which Steve had given to you for your birthday. As you rub your finger on the necklace, you hear more noises coming from outside.

Finally, you decide to check it out. You slowly walk toward the window, your heart beating faster and faster.

“Psst! Y/N!” a familiar voices cries out, and a cheerful smile creeps up on your face.

“Yeah, one second!” you whisper, hoping you were loud enough for the voice to hear you. You run your fingers through your hair and turn around to face the mirror right next to your closet. Okay, this is it Y/N, don’t fuck it up, more thoughts flood your brain. If your parents find out that there’s a boy in your room, you are dead meat.

“That’s it Y/N, I’m climbing up.” the voice calls out. You look out the window to find a ladder leaning on the side of your house, accompanied by a man.

“Steve, quiet… QUIET!” you try to acknowledge that your parents are only a few rooms next to yours, so they could possibly hear what’s happening in your room.

Steve excitedly climbs up the ladder, although it starts to creak. He pauses every time it makes noise and stares right into your beady (E/C) eyes. Once he finally he makes it to the top, he ducks and rolls into your room.

“See, I’m sneaky, like a ninja.” Steve exclaims, hopping onto your bed. You sit right next to him, as he puts his arm around your shoulder.

You lay your head on his chest, feeling his slow heartbeat against the side of your head. After a while, he wraps both of his arms around you, and you scooch in closer. The warmth from his body shields you like armor. He plants a kiss on top of your forehead, and you look up at him.

You take your head off of his chest and lean on his arm instead. You could tell from an angle he was looking around your room, specifically at the Star Wars poster right next to your mirror.

“Is that… Harrison Ford?” Steve chuckles, staring straight at the poster.

“Oh yeah, it was from years ago,” You say, feeling blush crawl onto your face. “Do you want to watch a movie, maybe?”

“I’d love to.” Steve says, smiling down at you.

You get up from the bed to turn on your TV. Right under the TV had a tiny port where you could put disks in. You quietly take out the “Return of the Jedi” disk out of its case and push it into the port.

You excitedly hop back into your bed, sliding under Steve’s arm. Around half way through the movie, you realize your eyes close and attempt to snap them back open every now and then.

“Hey, it’s okay Y/N, you can sleep,” Steve notices your sleepy eyes and wraps both of his warm arms around you again. “I’ll be right here.”

You smile at him, leaning on his shoulder and closing your eyes.

“I love you, Steve Harrington.”

“I love you too, Y/N.”

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ST4 SPOILERS

guys i can talk abt the stranger things finale all fucking day. literally kill me rn, there was no solution at all. vecna isn’t even dead, max is in a coma, and eddie is DEAD. no one knows what he died for, who he actually was, and that he was a hero. i hate that SO MUCH. AND HOW IT ENDED ON A CLIFFHANGER BROOOOO. and i feel like this season there was too much going on just for it to end like that, if you know what i mean. it’s 1am rn and i spent an hour and a half finishing the rly messy finale. i honestly have no clue what else i’m supposed to say cuz my thoughts are like mixed in a way.

#stranger things 4 #stranger things #st4 #stranger things spoilers #steve harrington #eddie munson #max mayfield #vecna

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lqvelyknights · 2 years

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just finished umbrella academy season 3… so confused what the actual fuck

#the umbrella academy season 3 #tua #tua s3 #five hargreeves #diego hargreeves #umbrella academy #the umbrella academy

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Could you do a Steve fic with the classic argument between him and the reader because he gets mad at her for putting herself in danger and she says why and he says because I can’t lose you damn it!

Steve Harrington x Reader

i am so sorry this took so long i've had exams and then no wifi for a week.

summary: what the request says basically, and it covers all seasons of the show :)

word count: 1.6k

warnings: st4 spoilers (idk if that's still a warning but just incase), swearing, not proof read, bad writing

Hawkins is a dangerous town. Disappearances, deaths and, known only to few, a dark alternate dimension with annual threats to the town.

You were a part of this few, having fought a demogorgon with the likes of Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers in the first year, with a surprise appearance from Steve Harrington. Due to his unexpected addition to the plan, the three of you had to adapt and try to not get him killed. You even went as far as jumping in front of him to shoot at the Demogorgon before it could swing at him.

“What the hell was that?” Steve yelled, once it was dead, waving his hands around at the burnt carpet. “You guys have such a high level of stupidity going after that.”

“You can’t talk about high levels, Harrington. Not with that hair.” You smirked at him, earning a playful flick to the forehead and a huff.

The next year you wound up once again fighting interdimensional creatures with Steve, only this time with a bunch of children, who you learned were sassy, rude and, quite frankly, a bit mean. Their attitude didn’t matter when you were underground surrounded by toxic air and slithering vines. You were the first to Dustin’s side when something sprayed at him, insisting from then on you lead the way, yelling at Steve when he tried to protest.

After doing your part in saving Will and closing the gate, you helped the other kids back through the whole, using your leg as a step. Steve insisted you go before him, placing his hands on your waist to help you up. You paused to look at him and found his eyes already on you, but before you could thank him the ground began to shake. Immediately grabbing your gun, you stood in front of him prepared to shoot the demodogs but felt him pull you backwards against his chest, holding you tight so you don’t fall.

“Thanks,” you whispered as you turned around, hands on his chest.

“No problem. You okay?”

“Yeah fine. Don’t worry about m-”

“Hey! Let’s get going before they decide to turn back and have you guys for dinner!” Dustin’s beady face popped into view, eyebrows high and eyes wide.

“Jeez, okay, Henderson,” Steve murmured as he helped you climb the rope, steading you as you rose. He didn’t miss the way Dustin’s eyebrows rose impossibly higher.

“GO!” You found yourself screaming eight months later with Steve and your new friend Robin Buckley. The door thumped against your bodies as you held it off, just long enough for the kids to escape. The floor was cool as you were thrown onto it face first.

Being tied to a chair in a Russian underground lair was not your ideal way to spend the 4th of July, but you wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else. And you told them as such, the drugs acting as a truth serum.

One of the guards strutted over, emphasising every word, “This one like to talk. Tell me. Who do you work for?”

“Who do you work for?” You mocked, giggling with a squeal. The guard grabbed your chin forcefully, eyes dark with rage as your own widened. Before you could think, you spat in his face. As he stumbled backwards you murmured lowly, Russian accent still strong, “Don’t touch me.”

Beside you, you felt Steve shifting around in attempt to see what’s going on. He mumbled a “be careful” as his fingers reached yours, trying to intertwine them. Gently, he tapped the tips of your fingers three times. A soft smile grazed both of your faces.

Later, once sober and free, you were in the driver’s seat of the expensive white car aggressively starting the ignition. You slammed your foot on the gas and sped to the direction of Billy’s car.

“Hey, HEY! What are you doing? You’re gonna get yourself killed!” Steve frantically waved his arms about, smashing backwards into the passenger seat as you crashed into Billy.

“You were saying?” You asked breathlessly. You turned to look at Steve who was looking back at you, an unreadable expression on his face.

“You said three!” Dustin sighed as Steve climbed on the boat behind you.

“Sorry,” he shrugged. He shifted to face you and saw you shiver. “You okay?”

“Just a bit cold, don’t worry.” You leant forward to him, “Do you think we’ll ever get out of this mess? I mean, year after year it’s the same. I just want a normal life. And the kids, oh those poor kids.”

Steve grabbed your hands, “We’re going to catch this Vecna, free Max from his curse and it’s all going to be over. Don’t know if you’ll ever be normal though,” he said with a wink, earning a kick to his shin.

“You wanna stop flirting, lovebirds? We’re above the gate,” Eddie said, eyebrows raised.

You snatched your hands back from Steve and joined the argument of who should swim down there. Steve argued as he removed his clothes, but you were faster, diving in before anyone could stop you. The bottom of Lover’s Lake was luminated by the red glow of the gate, enticing you in. Once you felt your breath run short, you swam back up.

“What the fuck was that? Do you have any idea have stupid that was?” Steve spat at you, hand raking through his hair.

You ignored him, rolling your eyes. “The gate’s down there. It’s not as big as the mother gate but it’s by no means small.”

A tug on your ankle stopped any conversation while you hastily grabbed onto the side of the boat. In seconds you were submerged once more. Trashing in the water, you tried to escape what was attached to you, but it only gained speed as it pulled you through to the Upside Down.

The toxic air was familiar but stronger, sharply entering your lungs. Your back was instantly scratched by the ground as you were dragged along the floor, until you hit the remains of a boat, the vine pulling you falling off. No longer than you were released by a vine, another wrapped itself around your neck as demobats dived down into your sides. Screams ripped through your body as you attempted to fight them off.

Just as you felt your air supply was too short, your friends appeared fighting off the creatures. You joined them, slamming them away with an oar Nancy gave you, trying to ignore the agonising pain in your sides.

Once they were dead, Steve slammed into you, arms wrapped around your shoulders.

“Don’t do that again,” Steve firmly said into your ear.

“Wasn’t planning on it,” you joked, pulling back to smile at him. Your smile dropped when you saw his frown. “What?”

“It’s not funny. You don’t realise how serious this is!” He let go of you, hand going back through his hair.

“Don’t I? Why did you think I jumped in? I didn’t want any of you facing whatever the fuck this was!”

“Exactly! You don’t get it. You’re always putting yourself in danger, you’re going to die one day!”

“SO? At least it’ll being doing something useful, helping stop whatever this is!” Your arms waved aimlessly around, dragging your hands down your face. “You know, Steve, I don’t think you understand. All I wanted to do was help and you’re just yelling at me. How do you think I feel?”

“You are useful! I just can’t stand watching you hurl yourself towards unknown dangers and possibly certain death!” Steve’s eyes bore into yours, his chest heaving with his breath.

“Why? Huh? Why do you care so much? It’s not like I’m Dustin or Robin or even Nancy. Save your breath for someone who deserves it!”

“You do deserve it!” Steve was almost shouting now, trying to match your volume.

“Why?” You cried, eyes desperately scanning his face, chasing his avoiding gaze.

“Because I can’t lose you, dammit!” He screamed. A silence washed over the shadow dimension, the only sound your heavy breathing. His watery eyes drifted up to yours as he whispered, “I love you.”

“Steve,” you whispered back, stepping slightly towards him. “I-” A deafening screech cut you off. You all turned to face the hoard of bats swarming towards you. “Run.”

You all made it to Skull Rock before you stopped, believing you had outrun them. As you moved to catch your breath, a shooting pain ran through your sides causing you to fall. Steve caught you just before you hit the ground. He helped patch up your wounds with the remains of your shirt and Nancy’s makeshift bandage, not once catching your eye.

“Steve,” you breathed, “look at me, please.” His eyes slowly met yours, fearful yet shy. You took a deep breath in, wincing at the pain it caused. You brushed off his attempt to help and placed your hand on his cheek. “I love you, too.”

A large smile took over his face and he surged forward, capturing your lips in his. The kiss was soft and tender yet full of passion. Your hand slid from his cheek into his hair to pull him closer before pulling away and resting your foreheads together. When you opened your eyes you saw him smiling softly at you. He opened his mouth as so to speak.

“Hey, as lovely as that was we need to get a move on or else we’re going to be stuck in this shithole forever,” Robin called to you. You looked at her and she winked, causing heat to flood to your cheeks.

Steve grabbed your hand and you started walking towards the Wheelers’ house. You tugged his hand and he turned to you with soft eyes. You gave him one more kiss before going to save the world.

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