Steve’s First Arrest Vs. Eddie’s 4th— (we Can All Guess Who’s Fault It Was 😭😭)

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STRANGER THINGS 4 Chapter Eight: Papa

happy pride month 🌈✨️

It's Tuesday night. Physically I am at home, mentally I am at The Hideout being the 6th drunk watching Corroded Coffin.

But mostly, I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close. 

Chapter two is out! You can read it on AO3.

Chrissy and Eddie have been best friends since middle school, ever since that one misguided kiss led to them coming out to each other in a panic. In order to shield themselves from the town’s homophobia, they promised that they’ll help each other find love; and that they won’t date until the other one does. Now, four years later, Robin finds out about their deal and in an attempt to shoot her shot with Chrissy, convinces Steve to take Eddie out on a date. The problem is Steve thinks he’s straight and Eddie hates him.

Or

A fic based on 10 Things I Hate About You, where the last thing that happened with the Upside Down was Starcourt (but Billy was never involved) and Eddie, Chrissy, Robin and Steve are trying to navigate their senior year and maybe, hopefully find love.

Chapter Synopsis

Robin tutors Chrissy in French for the opportunity to grow closer to her, but an intimate moment leaves her flustered and questioning Chrissy's intentions. Eddie is convinced Robin is a lesbian and is on a mission to show Chrissy she has a chance. Robin finds out about their deal and pushes Steve to take a risk that could impact both their love lives.

steve and eddie are high-fiving somewhere

his favorite thing is to tell people “no”

the way those two dinguses aren’t canonically together but they had so much chemistry in the few scenes they shared, that y’all wrote so many amazing stories and drew so many amazing pictures… and for the past 2 1/2 years I’ve thought about them as I fall asleep every single night.

so i just want to say thank you to this fandom for giving me one thing that brings me a lot of joy. 💖

Okay, so let me see if I understand correctly:

Boys wanting to write poetry is a metaphor for boys wanting the freedom to make out in the back of old bookstores and to wear lipstick while reciting Shakespearean sonnets without having to hear the constant disapproval of others

Men running away to become pirates is a metaphor for men running away from the safe, heteronormative lives society forced them into in order to start a more genuine, albeit more dangerous, life for themselves

Nerdy teens fighting monsters together is a metaphor for teens who were once outcasted by their community for being different helping each other to confront their trauma and to become the heroes of their own stories

And women playing baseball is a metaphor for women reclaiming their femininity after spending most of their lives being told they’re “not real girls” because they don’t fit the mold the patriarchy wants them to fit into

But ultimately all of them are just metaphors for a friend group being gayer than the fucking fourth of July

“I ain’t never seen two pretty best friend—“