Breaking and Entering [Your Heart]

Based on the Overworked Nurse Steve headcanon and @matchingbatbites & @cozysweatersteve additions | WC: 9,831 | Rated: T | Warnings: Language | Tags: Overworked Nurse Steve Harrington; Fantasy Author Eddie Munson; Neighbors AU; No Upside Down; Modern Setting; Fluff; Humor; Light Angst; Steve Harrington is a sweetheart. | [AO3]

“I'm telling you, Rob, this place is haunted.”

The only response Steve gets from his best friend is an eye roll as she makes her way to the kitchen, where breakfast awaits them in all its sweet-smelling glory.  

Fine, he admits it sounds crazy when he says it out loud, but he's telling the truth; this apartment is haunted, and if Steve wasn't so fucking broke right now, he'd be looking for a new place already. But with the meager salary the hospital has been paying him, and without the monthly allowance from his parents, Steve can barely afford this haunted apartment; he really doubts he'd find anything better than this even if he tried.

“I’m serious here!” Steve insists.

Robin still doesn’t seem convinced. She takes a look around the tiny kitchen; from the well-loved hardwood flooring to the mismatched tiles over the sink and then the peeling paint on the ceiling.

“Doesn’t look haunted to me, just looks like it needs some serious renovations,” she says, hands on her hips as she considers her surroundings. “What the hell is that weird stain on the ceiling?”

“I don’t know, it was already there when I moved in.”

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