A parallel I haven't seen much is Steve Harrington and the Flashlights.
At the Creel House, everyone is holding flashlights and Steve asks 'Where'd everyone get those?' and Dustin's reply is 'Do you need to be told everything? You're not a child.' Before he hands him his backpack and tells him there's one in the pocket.
No one thought beforehand to check Steve had a flashlight or ask him, he's the one that has to ask, and even then he only asks where they got them (which is honestly a fair question because they were all at the wheeler house before this and apparently the wheelers had 4-6 flashlights sitting around?) and the response he gets is a sarcastic insult. He isn't even given a flashlight, just told where to get one himself.
Cut to the boat scene and Steve preparing to swim to the gate. Eddie immediately begins pulling out a plastic bag he can empty and wrap the flashlight for Steve to use. And just gives it to him.
Eddie doesn't ask if he needs one, he just sees what Steve is about to do and supports him, no questions asked. He knows he's going into a dark lake so he finds a way Steve can use a flashlight underwater and gives it to him. There's no sarcastic comments, no condescending explanation, no disagreeing with him, he just hands him the flashlight with a 'Good Luck'
It is such a big example of the difference in the way Steve gets treated by Eddie compared to the others. And Eddie continues to treat him that way. Supports him no questions asked. Sees he's vulnerable in a hostile environment, here's my vest, no questions asked. Steve doesn't ask about Dustin but Eddie tells him 'Kid worships you', Steve doesn't talk about Nancy but Eddie tells him she loves him. He never questions Steve's ability or treats him like a dumb jock, instead 'Harrington's got her' and 'Make him pay'. Just support and trust.
scoops stobin my beloveds <3
Modern steddie au concept:
Steve is a baseball player and he goes viral on social media for some shenanigans a la this post (I'm thinking the guy catching a stray baseball with his bare hand without looking)
Eddie is famous-ish with CC and also, unrelated, a very good shitposter (think lil nas x) plus he does let his nerd flag fly and post about d&d and shit.
So he sees gifs of Steve doing something upsettingly cool and quote tweets it saying "Sorry for putting Sportsball on your timeline, folks, but I need to formally apologize to my man Gareth. You were right, a real human being COULD have caught that amulet, I should've let you roll.
Again, apologies to Gareth AND Sir Garthrix the Indomitable, may he Rest In Pieces"
Which of course Dustin sees, and he bullies Steve into DMing Eddie in hopes that he could at some point get Eddie to DM for Dustin & friends but ends in Steve getting laid instead. Can't win them all, Dustybuns.
Chapter three is up, 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
Steve tries to ask out Eddie but his usual flirting doesn’t seem to have any of the wanted effects. Eddie is proving to be more difficult to woo than anticipated, so Robin tries to come up with a plan. Chrissy (besides drooling over Robin) is desperately trying to make Eddie be nice to Steve.
Steve: *applying chapstick*
Eddie: what flavor is that
Steve: oh, it's strawberry
Eddie: can I try it?
Steve: *hands chapstick over* sure
Eddie: *kisses Steve*
Eddie: holy shit, it does
Steve: *has stopped functioning*
Supernatural and Tracker parallels (or Jensen never letting go of Dean and SPN)
Steve & Dustin XD
available in my Society6 shop. ^-^ ko-fi
his favorite thing is to tell people “no”
The amount of times Dean Winchester has to convince Sam and everyone else that he knows how to read. Babygirl you are so much more than a GED and a can do attitude, I’m so sorry everyone makes you feel like this
#these mean girls were fated to be each others other half
Stranger Things – Upside Down Crew 😉 Nancy, Robin, Steve & Eddie
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