I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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You Who Wish to Conquer Pain (You Must Learn to Serve Me Well) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Oct 2022
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“You’re such a brat.” He leans in to press his lips to the swollen skin of Steve’s cheekbone. It’s softer than it should be, tenderized and tantalizing. He chuckles at how the wrongness of it all makes his head swim. “Who would have guessed?”
Steve bucks his hips up to meet Eddie’s, their cocks brushing together just enough to have them both gasping, greedily swallowing up all the air but suffocating all the same.
“You gonna run your mouth all night, or are you gonna do something about it?”
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Or: Eddie and Steve are fucking but they’re not really a thing, or even friends. But, oh boy, are they ever fucking.
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- Part 1 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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“Back again, are you, Harrington?”
And Steve still can’t look at him, because if he says what he needs, what he wants, it could break him all apart, break them all apart. Instead, he settles down on Eddie’s couch, splaying his palms on his knees. “Couldn’t sleep,” he mumbles, eyes on the floor, “figured I’d come here.”
Eddie chuckles, seating himself next to Steve, close enough that their legs are touching. He places a hand to the back of Steve’s neck, like it’s easy for him, like he doesn’t spend every waking hour trying not to be this way, and Steve almost hates him for it.
Then, his hand shifts, moving up to tangle into Steve’s sleep-mussed hair, curling the longer bits around his fingers, and he pulls. It snaps Steve’s head back and sends his head fucking reeling.
“You just figured, huh, babygirl?”
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Or: Steve can’t keep himself away from Eddie. He always goes back to him, eventually.
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- Part 2 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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I Know You Need It Now (To Make You Feel Alive) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Oct 2022
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“You’re serious,” Steve mocks again, narrowing his eyes and pouting. He laughs in this stupid, breathy way that makes his mouth look a little lopsided and all of his teeth show. “What are you gonna do, Eds? Tie me up?”
Eddie cuts his eyes at Steve, eyebrows raising and his lower jaw jutting out just enough to look dangerous, like a predator giving its prey the chance to flee before it delves too far into treacherous territory. Before it’s eaten alive.
“Did you really just say that to me?”
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Or: Eddie is sick of the way Steve acts like they’re together for real when they’re alone, so he teaches Steve a lesson.
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- Part 3 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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Father, Forgive Me (I Tried Not to Do It) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Oct 2022
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“Don’t call me that here?” Steve doesn’t know why it comes out like a question, or why he’s sweating, or why he suddenly feels so fucking angry.
He learned early on, he guesses, that it’s easier to be angry than afraid.
“What?” Eddie shakes his head and now he looks angry, too, clenching his fists around the steering wheel. “You asked me to come here. I offered my place and you asked me to come here.” Squaring his jaw, he thrusts his arm out and slams the heel of his palm on the dash. “Why the fuck are you doing this to me?”
Steve doesn’t understand the question, nor does he know the answer. He wants to answer, tell Eddie he never wants to do anything that isn't making him smile or look fucking proud of him, but he can’t. His eyes go big and wet and all he can muster when he finally looks at Eddie is, “That’s my dad’s car, Eds. He’s home.”
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Or: Steve plans to take Eddie home with him after a group outing, but someone throws a wrench in their plans and they have to improvise.
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- Part 4 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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But of All of the Demons I’ve Known, None Could Compare to You. by orphan_account for ships_to_sail
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Oct 2022
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“If you’re going to spit on someone,” Eddie growls, flattening a palm to Steve’s chest and pushing him back and back until his back hits the side of the house, “you might want to do it right the first time.”
He gathers saliva on his tongue, warm and sour like the shitty beer they’ve been drinking, and crowds into Steve’s space. Removing the cigarette from his mouth, he launches the spit directly at Steve’s face. There’s only the moon and the glowing ember of his smoke to light the space between them, but Eddie can tell it’s landed, the reflection of silver light and burning ash bouncing off the wetness.
Eddie’s mouth curls into a satisfied grin. “Like that.”
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Or: Steve gets really drunk and blames Eddie for his own issues, earning one hell of a lesson.
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- Part 5 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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Would You Let Me Touch Your Soul Forever? by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Oct 2022
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“I— Eds, I wanted to tell you— I wanted to say— I’m— look, I—”
Steve’s voice comes small and broken, his half-assed ideas about what he could get from Eddie, coming here like this, all separated out by awkward pauses and fumbled words.
Eddie clears his throat loudly and studies the bold red check mark at the side of Steve’s sneakers. “You gonna spit it out today or?”
“Am I—” Steve stops his stuttering and glares at Eddie with a look that is probably supposed to be punishing but on Steve it just looks pained. “Don’t be a dick. I’m trying to tell you something important, okay, can you at least hear me out?”
“I haven’t kicked your ass out of my trailer yet, have I?” Eddie asks, leaning his back against the wall and crossing both arms over his chest. “Pretty good sign, all things considered.”
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Or: After the fight, Steve talks to Robin. Then he talks to Eddie.
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- Part 6 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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Someone to Give Me the Things That I Need by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Oct 2022
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Eddie seems to pick up on his hesitancy, because he releases his lower lip from between his teeth and speaks up. “I said you’re going to dance, Harrington. Come on, now. Keep moving your hips. Hands above your head. You know the way I like.”
That last part has Steve’s cheeks burning under the scrutiny as he does his best to comply. He lifts his arms and crosses them above his head at the wrist, the way he knows drives Eddie a little batshit — but that’s when they’re fucking, so he can only hope it has the intended effect. His sweater, just long enough to meet the top of his pants when his arms are resting, rides up far enough to expose the lower line of his abdomen where a path of dark hair leads up to his navel.
“This good? I’m not a great dancer,” he admits, continuing to shift his weight from foot to foot, creating a rhythmic rise and fall of his hips. “I’m not really—”
“You are what I say you are.”
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Or: Eddie makes a confession to Dustin. Steve wants things with Eddie to get kinky again.
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- Part 7 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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With Half-Closed Eyes (Things Looked Even Better than When They Were Opened) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Oct 2022
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“Can you tell what that one is?” Steve asks, sounding more breathless than he should, lost in focus on the fullness of Eddie’s lips.
“Pasta?” Eddie guesses at first, his voice on the hoarse side as well, not faring any better than Steve. He shakes his head and tries again. “Nah, lasagna, right? It’s good.”
Steve giggles, like actually fucking giggles, like a goddamn schoolgirl, and presses his forehead to Eddie’s. “Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!”
“Oh. Is this the game?” Steve can’t see his eyes but he can feel that mischievous glint in them radiating off of Eddie in waves. This must be killing him. Or, at least, driving him crazy, based on the way he tightens his grip on Steve and pulls him down to grind his erection against Steve’s growing one. “Or is this?”
Steve tuts at him and stands, peeling Eddie’s hands from his waist. “I told you, it’s not that kind of game.”
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Or: Steve cooks the “family” a nice dinner, but makes the mistake of teasing Eddie while doing so. Don’t fret, he learns his lesson.
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- Part 8 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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We Will Break Away Together by orphan_account for ships_to_sail
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Oct 2022
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“Fucking beautiful.”
“No,” isn’t the first thing Eddie expects to gasp out, but it happens anyway. His beast quakes in fear, ducking its head between its claws. But Eddie. Eddie wants it. He wants to trust Steve the way Steve trusts him, always. Wants to feel everything, even if it hurts him in the end. He’s never wanted anything so fucking badly. “That’s you, handsome,” he says in a voice too small to be his own, surely.
“Fucking beautiful,” Steve repeats, his voice firm but still full of a grace Eddie had never granted him. “So beautiful like this.” He kisses Eddie’s temple. “Blushing for me. Wanting me. How the fuck did I win the jackpot, huh?” His hand leaves Eddie’s abdomen to grasp at his own cock, using his thumb to slick the head with precome and pressing it to Eddie’s hole. “You want me like this?”
Eddie feels a familiar thrum of panic against his ribcage that flutters up into his throat, that makes him choke. “W—wait.”
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Or: Eddie gives himself to Steve for the first time and they both make a confession.
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- Part 9 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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We’re Building Our Empire (From the Ashes of Old) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Nov 2022
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“Hey, you,” Eddie says with joy behind his eyes, shining like stars in the blackness, gods of mirth and contentment.
Gareth cocks an eyebrow at Eddie and lets go of his blonde companion to gesture at Steve. “You brought the jock again?”
Eddie swivels his head to Gareth and levels him with an eyebrow in return, stepping over the threshold to take Steve’s hand. “Yeah, dude, he’s my boyfriend. Catch up!”
The word flits happily around inside Steve’s head, burrowing and making nests inside all the available spaces, covering some of the old, the bad, the forgotten while breathing new life into the spaces that matter. He watches Eddie clap Gareth on the shoulder and lets Eddie pull him along inside.
As they pass, Gareth shakes his head like he’s trying to shake a hangover, or a bad trip. “Oh, shit, man. My bad.” He turns to Steve and extends his hand. “Steve, welcome!”
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Or: Steve and Eddie give going to a house party together a second shot. In costume!
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- Part 10 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.
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He is the Shining and the Light (Without Whom I Cannot See) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2023
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Sometimes, Eddie still wants to pinch himself to make sure he isn’t dreaming. That their whole goddamned rocky, fucked-up relationship hasn’t been a dream from start to finish because this — this is unreal.
Steve is stretched out on his back, shoulder blades pinched and pressed to the mattress so his chest is open and broad, his back slightly arched off the surface. His knees are bent and feet tucked back under his thighs, causing his legs to spread and display his full, unmistakably rigid erection in a way that makes even Eddie blush. And forget to breathe. Or swallow.
Because Steve’s hands are tied. Bound up in a simple one-handed slip knot, something Eddie had taught him, with a red nylon rope that shines and blends into the sheets below for its matching color.
But that’s not all that matches.
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Or: Steve gives Eddie a special gift for Valentines Day.
Series
- Part 11 of I’ll Be the Shadow, You’ll Be the Light.