"the hoax" • a steddie longfic
« Steve Harrington has no problem pretending to date his musical rockstar rival Eddie Munson for publicity. That is, until the lines blur between real and fake -- and the performance stops feeling like a lie. »
I just pocket dialed my dad and the first thing he asked when I was talking to my friend was “are you in a lesbian relationship?” In the most dead serious voice😭
steve letting his across the hall neighbor eddie crash on his couch most nights because he's constantly forgetting his apartment keys and the locksmith doesn't open until 8 am...only to realize the locksmith is 24/7 and eddie was just looking for an excuse to spend time with him
steve harrington only finding out eddie had feelings for him through listening to corroded coffin’s first hit, a song about eddie being desperately in love with him in high school
gold mentalist olympic figure skater eddie munson wearing his nhl boyfriend steve harrington’s jersey before he goes out on the ice, confirming dating rumors
singlefathers! steve harrington and eddie munson who keep getting called into the principal's office because their kids keep getting into fights, and they see each other so often at that point they start to develop feelings
college roommates!steddie who can't stand each other because steve is constantly kicking eddie out to bring women over and eddie is constantly smoking weed in the dorm and "stinking the place up", but eventually their constant bickering and fighting turns into hate sex
lovesick eddie munson convinced steve harrington will never like him back because he’s popular and every girl wants him
meanwhile steve is convinced eddie will never like HIM back because he so openly hates the popular kids
(idiot for idiot)
steve harrington auditioning for the school musical as a joke but getting the lead because he’s so popular, much to the rageful dismay of eddie who “actually cares about the arts”
(they have a showmance by the end of the production)
senior year eddie munson literally fighting every urge in his body to peek over at steve harrington in the locker room after gym class, literally screaming at himself in his head...
while steve is looking over basically every five seconds
senior year steve harrington tossing and turning in the middle of the night bc he could have anyone at hawkins high, but has now fallen in love with eddie munson, the guy with the worst reputation
eddie telling his friends that scoops ahoy gives free milkshakes out on friday afternoons, which is such a coincidence because that’s the only time he visits
(there are no free milkshakes. steve harrington is violently in love with him and robin is trying not to get them fired)
senior year eddie ranting about how he hates the popular jocks who think they run the school and how it's conformity and how it disgusts him...
only to practically melt any time steve, king of hawkins high, passes him in the hallway because he has the biggest crush on him