#i want ''well obviously they're not interested anymore'' angst but eddie is there

[notquiteaghost]

once again i am not watching stranger things s4 i am not writing stranger things fic i am simply putting this idea out into the universe. i am manifesting. what if steve/nancy/jonathan + steve/eddie polycule but it's the steddie that's established

like. as in show, steve & nancy date, steve & nancy break up, nancy & jonathan date, steve is fine it's cool it's not weird he's fine, cue eddie. except,

steve harrington realised he likes boys when jonathan byers clocked him in an alley, repressed that because he Had A Girlfriend, then he didn't have a girlfriend. his girlfriend was, in fact, now dating the boy who punched him into a sexuality crisis. so why bother not admitting to himself he likes guys too when he's busy trying to quit doing something far more pathetic (pining hopelessly for his ex and her new bf)?

meaning, by s4, steve and eddie get together with only 'traumatising near-death experiences' and 'debilitating self worth issues' and 'general teenage boy idiocy' as stumbling blocks. not smooth sailing, but they get there. they're good. they're good!

eddie learns to read steve. eddie hears about the great bi awakening afternoon violence. the byers visit hawkins; eddie sees steve around jonathan&nancy. eddie knows damn well what a lovesick steve harrington looks like

eddie gets steve alone (difficult, when the byers are only visiting, and there is limited jonathan time available) (robin is still nearby, because eddie was already well-aware he does not have sole custody of steve's affections) and says "you know you're not subtle, right?" and steve blanches white and eddie adds "no, sweetheart, i don't mind. or, well, i do, but only 'cause i love you and watching you pine like this is painful. actually, physically painful"

and steve says "alright, no need to rub it in, asshole" and eddie rolls his eyes and says "you dated nancy for over a year, you've got regular phone dates with jonathan, they are absolutely into you"

and that is as far as i can take this concept with my incomplete s4 knowledge. but you get where i'm going, yeah? what if your wingman is your boyfriend, and also he's trying to set you up with your ex, and somehow? this works???

#yelling at clouds #stranger things #i want ''well obviously they're not interested anymore'' angst but eddie is there #i want eddie making friends with nancy & nancy thinks it's just him using the one thing they have in common #but then he's like. Isn't Steve great? Don't you think Steve is so great? Don't you want to date Steve