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into the eyes of your creature self (16817 words) by marn_barn
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Eddie Munson, Murray Bauman, Steve Harrington
Additional Tags: Character Study, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Post-Season/Series 04, Fake Character Death, because every show needs a pine barrens episode, Witness Protection, Matchmaker Murray Bauman, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Bisexual Eddie Munson
Summary:

Eddie returns to his laps, shaking his head. He’s halfway across the compound when Murray calls out, “Walk the path.”

What the fuck?

“What’s the path?”

“Everyday life is the path,” Murray says, like it’s obvious, like that makes any fucking sense at all.

“Sure,” Eddie says, rolling his eyes, and continues on his route.

(Eddie and Steve, in the aftermath. Or: Eddie has some strong feelings about salmon.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is Eddie hiding out with Murray for a little while, and Murray in his own weird way being helpful to him and his trauma. Murray kind of helps them out too, although not with a strident matchmaking speech like the ones to Jonathan/Nancy and Joyce/Hopper in canon which are so widely aped in fanfiction. That's funny too, but I liked this better.

Sanctuary (47583 words) by SpicedSage
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, The Party (Stranger Things), Nancy Wheeler, Wayne Munson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, BAMF Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Post-Vecna (Stranger Things), Eventual Happy Ending, Pre-vecna, Minor Body Horror, no beta we die like NO ONE I SWEAR, Excessive References to D&D
Summary:

After Steve Harrington goes missing, Eddie Munson gets exposed to the secret dangers of Hawkins, Indiana in 1985 instead of 1986.

Will a different first meeting lead to a change in his fate?

Bookmarker's Notes:

“So what, you think you’re just gonna walk somewhere like that? Bleeding like you escaped a failed fucking crucifixion? In FIFTY DEGREE weather and in nothing but a fucking tee shirt and jeans?!”

Harrington’s good eye widened with each emphasis. He alternated watching Eddie’s flailing hands and his face. As Eddie got closer, Harrington took a few steps back.

That just made Eddie madder. He shoved a finger under Harrington’s chin and leaned in close.

“You have one fucking shoe on.”

I've seen your face before, my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am (26952 words) by HMSLusitania
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Jonathan Byers, Will Byers, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Lucas Sinclair, Erica Sinclair, Mike Wheeler, Joyce Byers, Jim "Chief" Hopper, Barbara "Barb" Holland, Karen Wheeler, Wayne Munson
Additional Tags: Fix It, technically an everyone lives AU, Post Season 5 (spec), Post canon, post time travel, Underage Drinking, Recreational Drug Use, referenced period typical homophobia, Background slowburn Ronance, Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening, Everyone has so much trauma, Outsider POV (but the outsider is Eddie), in Hawkins the found family finds you
Summary:

At the end of it all, to fix everything, the Hawkins crew had to go back to 1983 and prevent the first gate from ever opening.
After that, they've got a chance to lead normal lives -- from November 1983 onward.

Waking up to find out the government had busted a bunch of experimented-on kids out of Hawkins Lab over the weekend is somehow not the strangest thing that happens in Eddie Munson's junior year.

No, that's a toss up between being reverse-adopted by a party of middle schoolers and the fact Steve Harrington won't stop staring at him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I don't think I've ever read a story about a time-travel fixit that starts AFTER the time travel is accomplished and everything gets fixed from the point of view of someone who wasn't in on it, and that's what this is. The premise is fantastic, and this is a fun exploration of some of the effects.

Cut and Changed and Rearranged (10856 words) by AidaRonan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Steve Harrington-centric, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Mixtape, Angst with a Happy Ending, Love Confessions, The bi experience, Eddie Munson in crop tops, Found Family, Sharing a Bed, Late Night Conversations, Steve Harrington Has Nightmares, Adult language and references to sex, Recreational Drug Use, No Smut, Not Canon Compliant, First Kiss
Summary:

The real reason Steve never really dates anymore is this: the nightmares and the secrets behind them.

In the middle of the night, reeling from bad dreams, Steve properly starts on the mixtape Eddie made for him. Master of Puppets made Eddie feel invincible once. Maybe Steve can borrow that feeling for one night.

Bookmarker's Notes:

“If anyone asks, Eddie Munson played a guitar solo in hell, got half-eaten by demons, and came back like a zombie to, uh…?”

“Bring the world the gift of sick metal riffs, Stevie boy. What else?” He pushes himself off the counter, giving the cassette tape one last tap. “Study hard. Please, if you like even one song, Steve, it will be a victory for me as a father.”

“A what?” Steve chokes. And then he remembers. “Oh, right, you mean the kids and their corruption.”

i see you (now) (3410 words) by apairofglasses
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson
Additional Tags: Soft Steve Harrington, Soft Eddie Munson, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Touch-Starved, Hair Washing, Crying, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sharing a Bed, Sharing Clothes, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Handkerchief Code
Summary:

Eddie makes it out alive and goes to Steve's house to hide out and recuperate. Steve takes care of him because that's what he does.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Conceptually, he understands that the Steve he’s fought alongside, the Steve that’s standing next to him, is not the high school heartthrob, swim captain, goody two-shoes, rich, smug, jerk he thought he knew. He is every bit the neutral good paladin hero that little shit Dustin had sworn he was.

As always, all my Stranger Things bookmarks and recs can be viewed at AO3 here (not all with notes, however). The current total is 62.