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it's leading me on, every time we touch by m4zzyst4r (cinematicghibli)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Nov 2025
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Eddie wears it like a brand.
Steve’s warmth. He touched me, Eddie thinks. He touched me.
It wasn’t cold.
Somebody touched him and it didn’t feel cold. Didn’t hurt.
Fat lot of good it does, other than add yet another memory to- yearn? pine? despair?- over, but still. It’s something. It’s everything, maybe.
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eddie comes out of the upside down with a missing nipple, an inability to warm up, and a beginning-to-get-concerning increase in his adverse reaction to touch. worse, still- steve harrington's magic hands appear to be his own personal cure-all.
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- Part 1 of it's affection (always)
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dying to meet you (but everybody says I'm wrong) by m4zzyst4r (cinematicghibli)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Oct 2025
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“Sorry if you got a lot of shit about it. At school. From- you know.”
Eddie stares at him. “From… your basketball lackeys?”
“Sure. Yeah.”
Is this… is Harrington winding him up?
“Are you winding me up?”
“What? No. No!”
“Pardon my hesitance,” Eddie says, narrowing his eyes, “this is just- kind of unexpected. And by that, I mean- a bit of a mind fuck.”
Steve clears his throat, looks down at his shoes.
Eddie kind of dances from side to side, ducks down to recapture Steve's gaze. “And by that- I mean- cereal shopping with Steve ‘the hair’ Harrington while he apologises on behalf of high school jocks everywhere.”
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Gareth's unintentional matchmaking skills lead Eddie to three new discoveries:
1. Steve Harrington is very bad at math
2. Steve Harrington is very fucking weird
3. Steve Harrington is dangerously easy to fall in love with- Language:
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07 Nov 2025
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There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide
It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)
The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.
There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)
Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.
/)/) /)/) /)/) (..) (..) (..) *( ) *( ) *( )
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- Part 19 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 27,843
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Collections:
- 8
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- 1,240
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13 Sep 2025
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the darkest hour is just before dawn by judasofsuburbia
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2023
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Spicy Six Zombie Apocalypse Au! where they are navigating their sexual and romantic relationships whilst the world is ending
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- 27,385
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- 3
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- 53
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28 May 2025
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How to Mimic Letters, Fliers, and Stationery Without Using Images by La_Temperanza
Fandoms: No Fandom
27 Jul 2017
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic the look of letters, fliers, and stationery (as well as other forms of written media) without using images. For all your epistolary fic needs.
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- Part 17 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,724
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Collections:
- 8
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- 135
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- 1,670
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25 Feb 2024
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Newspaper work skin with responsive columns so it works on desktop AND mobile baby!
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- Part 2 of Works Skins
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- English
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- 537
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by cheatghost
25 Feb 2024
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After four years of studying Linguistics, Robin is in desperate need of a break.
With the money she saved up these last few months, Robin books a plane ticket to Paris and decides to go on a solo-trip through Europe. While Paris and Vienna are amazing, she longs for some peace and quiet, for endless oceans and cloudless skies.
She ends up at the Greek island of Kalokairi, where she meets fellow graduate Nancy and together, they decide that the world is wide and they want to make some memories (and possibly fall in love in the process).
OR: a Mamma Mia! inspired gay Greek summer romance extravaganza
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- English
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- 14,364
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- 1/1
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13 Jan 2024
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everywhere by vivahate
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
31 Jul 2023
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Something in Crowley snaps. He’s hearing what his heart needs, what it’s wanted to hear for ages, yet instead of long-sought relief all he feels is anger so bright and hot, he feels like he might catch on fire. A growl rips from his throat, unbidden and he stalks out of the room, out of the house, out into the raging storm.
It is no match to the storm brewing inside.
He doesn’t bother counting.
It will do nothing.
Lightning passes through him and he roars along. It hits a tree nearby and the emotional release only leaves him all the more empty.
Even now he can feel Aziraphale’s presence, watchful, careful. His angel in despair. But still looking out for him.
-(or; Aziraphale uncovers what Heaven was actually trying to accomplish by appointing him as a leader, grovels and gets his priorities straight. And the world does not end this time around either.)
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31 Jul 2023
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The only reason Steve volunteers to keep a journal to track Eddie Munson’s skim-milk memories, is because of the twerps.
They have school, they can’t commute to the government-protected hospital that’s all the way in the city. That, and they gave Steve this well-rehearsed, tearjerker performance about how grateful they would be.
About how grateful Eddie would be.
Pfft like shit on a stick, he’ll be grateful. The dude doesn’t even remember how old he is, how the hell is supposed to be grateful for Steve Harrington jotting down notes in binder?
But those kids have been through Spielberg-level disaster shit. Steve has too, but they’re just kids.
So he’ll do it. He’ll do it for them and only them.
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- English
- Words:
- 38,523
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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06 Jul 2023
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all that she wants are the stars and the moon (a son with a wife and a big living room) by stellarpoint (pettifogger)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jul 2023
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“It’s a problem because I think I’m in love with him and I’m scared.”
He drops it like a bomb and doesn't look up to see the carnage. He keeps his eyes on the patch of carpet between them, stained with old gum and god knows what else. Robin slumps and her back hits the opposite cabinet.
“Oh.”
Steve takes a deep breath. “I think I’m in love with him and I’m fucking scared, Bobby. He doesn’t deserve it.”
“Deserve what?”
His voice cracks pathetically. “He doesn’t deserve to be in love with me. I-I’m fucked up, Robin. He deserves better than me.”
Or: On the fourth anniversary of Robin’s coming out scene, an interpretation of how it might go for Steve.
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- Part 1 of no place in heaven
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04 Jul 2023
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“Okay, fine. You win.” Which is a direct translation to those three important words, because Eddie hates losing. One of his top ten least favorite things in this world is losing.
He folds Steve’s fingers into a fist, kisses over every knuckle. Looks up to see Steve blinking slowly, half-asleep. Looks happy.
And damn, that makes it all worth it, right? Losing so Steve can win. That makes it tolerable, almost enjoyable, for a soft expression like that.
“I’ll do the non-garage garage sale.”
Steve yawns, nuzzles into his side of the pillow. “I knew you would.”- Language:
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14 May 2023
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wanna be the only one for miles and miles (except for maybe you) by judasofsuburbia
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Mar 2023
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“Aren’t I supposed to be runnin’ from you?” Eddie jokes, half-heartedly. “You are the sheriff after all.”
“I’m not a sheriff to you,” Steve whispers. “Not here.”
Eddie can take Steve’s food, Steve’s bath water, Steve’s bed, Steve’s warmth. He doesn’t think he can take Steve’s love.
or: outlaw!eddie runs to sheriff!steve's house after a fight at the saloon expecting to get chewed out but finds something sweeter instead.
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25 Mar 2023
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the seventh heaven (when i kissed the teacher) by judasofsuburbia
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Feb 2023
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Eddie leans forward a little and squeezes Steve’s shoulder. He whispers, “Or maybe I just want to see you when there is not 20 five-year-olds staring at me.”
From this proximity, Steve can smell his cologne and lingering car oil. He can feel his brain cells dying every second he inhales the intoxicating aroma. Steve breathes shallowly, too aware of the growing blush on his cheeks, and says, “S-sure. I’d like that.”
Eddie smirks and has the audacity to wink before going to each of his kids, ruffling their hair, and kissing them goodbye with a big wet smack on their cheeks. He passes by Steve again and murmurs, “I won’t say goodbye to you like that. Not yet, at least. Good luck with my little gremlins” before walking out the door.
or: kindergarten teacher! steve is ready to give up on dating when single dad! eddie walks into his classroom. now he sees everything in a different light.
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- Part 1 of take a chance on me
- Language:
- English
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- 6,061
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09 Feb 2023
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Eddie misses Tennessee sometimes, though he doesn’t remember much. He misses the warmth of the people and the sunshine, he misses the cornbread his old neighbor Mrs. Carter used to make, but he mostly misses his mom. Misses her laugh and the way she tucked him into bed with a song every night, always with the same Dolly Parton song.
Maybe that’s why he always reaches out to Dolly when he’s feeling down in the dumps.
And all because of Steve motherfuckin’ Harrington.
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21 Jan 2023
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"I-I was worried about them too.”
“I know you were,” Eddie says. “I just wanna know what got you all worked up?”
“Your‒your um,” Steve stammers.
Eddie uses his other hand to lift Steve’s chin up with two fingers. “My what? Gotta speak up for me, sugar.”
“Your accent,” Steve blurts out.
Eddie tilts his head to the side and furrows his brows. “My…accent?” Suddenly, the confusion is gone from his face as his lips stretch back into a smirk. “You like it when I talk all country?”
or: eddie's southern accent comes out when he's stressed, angry, or drunk and steve’s horny brain loves to kickstart at the absolute worst moments.
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- Part 1 of the darkest hour is just before dawn
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21 Jan 2023
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help me (make the most of freedom and of pleasure) by stellarpoint (pettifogger)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Feb 2023
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After a moment, Steve pauses to pull away from Eddie. He reaches up and tucks a stray curl behind Eddie’s ear, and his fingertips trace along Eddie’s cheekbone on the way back down.
Steve drops his head back against the pillow and sighs. “It’s been a long day, and I’m not really up for…”
Chastened, Eddie sits back on his heels as embarrassment colors his cheeks pink. “That’s okay. It’s okay. We can just hang out. Watch TV. Or go to sleep. Whatever.”
“That’s not what I meant.” Steve hooks his fingers in the hem of Eddie’s t-shirt and tugs him closer, until they’re almost nose-to-nose again. His eyes flick down to Eddie’s lips. “I’m just saying, I don’t need anything. What do you need?”
Or: After Steve moves out of his parents' house and into an apartment with Eddie, he goes on medication to treat his depression. It's great, except for the part where it messes with his sex drive. Thankfully, Steve and Eddie are nothing if not resourceful. (Slightly aged-up smut, set in '89.)
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11 Jan 2023
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you are going to die in your best friend’s arms. (but he won’t let you leave like that) by oaseas
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jul 2022
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Dustin sucks in a sharp breath, claps his hands together in his lap, and says as straightforwardly as possible, “I’m going back in time.”
Steve doesn’t say anything. His mouth opens and closes like a goldfish. Then, he says, “What, like, right now?”
Dustin wakes up in Max’s trailer the day of Eddie’s death. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, but three times? Three times is a pattern.
Or: Dustin Henderson is unstuck in time.
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- Part 4 of masterlist of my stranger things works
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- English
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- 22,505
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- 1/1
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03 Nov 2022
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steve harrington's six-step guide to getting the guy. by oaseas for Megendary
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Sep 2022
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“Alright, listen. You want to romance Max? It’s easier said than done.” When Lucas’s face falls, Steve is quick to tack on, “But it is doable. There are steps. Six of them.” He spreads his hands theatrically, bending a little at the waist as if setting the scene.
or: Lucas needs love advice, Dustin & Robin despair, and Steve's a regular Casanova.
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- Part 11 of masterlist of my stranger things works
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 34,792
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Comments:
- 777
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- 8,726
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29 Oct 2022
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Need Brooks no Delay, but Late is Better Than Never by etlabete
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Oct 2022
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The year is 2001. The Fellowship of the Ring is out in theaters, and Steve is being dragged along to the supposed most important day of Dustin's life.
The thing is, Eddie Munson's coming, too, and Steve hasn't spoken to him in nearly six years. Not since misaligned feelings and an ill-timed love confession created a rupture Steve didn't know how to repair.
“We just drifted apart, man. That’s all.”
Dustin sighs dramatically. “Was it because you figured out you liked dudes and freaked out?”
Steve winces. It’s a joke. He can tell by Dustin’s tone, knows he likes to poke fun about Steve’s sexuality after he identified as a self-proclaimed ladies' man for so long, but it’s never come up this way before. Steve could deflect, but something in him shifts and instead he says, “More like because I figured it out too late.”
“Ooooooh,” Dustin breathes, and Steve can all but imagine the lightbulb flashing to life above his head. It makes Steve think of Dustin’s old hat with THINKING CAP on the front. “Oh my god, that makes so much more sense."
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- Part 1 of Need Brooks no Delay
- Language:
- English
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- 20,620
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- 1/1
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- 6
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28 Oct 2022
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eddie’s new roommate sure does get into a lot of fights.
a spider-man!steve story.
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6 bruises of steve’s + 1 of eddie’s.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 47,199
- Chapters:
- 7/7
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- 36
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- 1,046
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21 Oct 2022