The Salon de la Rue des Moulins painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)

Ok so, Dustin figures Steve might be gay.

Because, why other reason could there be for him to not date Robin. And it's not only that but his record of failed relationships, dates and flings. As well as the weird chemistry he has had with any other males in his life (tommy, billy even Jonathan). It all makes sense if his friend is into guys.

Dustin is brilliant for a lot of things but social clues is not one of them so yeah, sue him for not seeing it before.

And, while that should make him lay off of Steve's romantic life. It actually only makes him more determined to find Steve a boyfriend.

No, not only a boyfriend, the best boyfriend he can get in all Hawkins. Because Dustin loves Steve, he wants him to be happy and loved, so it's up to him (and because everyone else is to 'morally correct' to intervine) to get Steve the perfect partner.

So Dustin shows up in front of the coolest guy he knows and tells him, demands him, to ask Steve out on a date.

This is not how Eddie Munson thought his last semester in Hawkins high was going to go like at all.

a red string of fate can be a leash. if you're enlightened

Happy New Year, @hellfireloserclub !! I was your secret gifter for the @steddieexchange this year! I saw that soulmate trope and had to run with it: fated lovers stealing a moment in the night, no longer a prince or a peasant under the moon’s gentle glow, but something more. Something real. 🌖

“Slowly, he pulls down Steve's pants and stops, slightly startled when he reveals what Steve is wearing underneath. Blue, checkered boxer shorts. Eddie's blue, checkered boxer shorts.”

You're an angel, I'm a dog

A very special collab with @transmascsteveharrington to bring their fic to life ✨ If you haven’t read it yet, you should absolutely check it out! ✨🖤 It’s absolutely brilliant and I’m obsessed !!!

Mind the tags and have fun!

The Vampire woman by Leanna TenEycke

hold on let me google something

what the fuck

happy Boston Molasses Flood to all who celebrate

I love thinking I'm a hater and then meeting a real hater and going wow that does not look fun actually. Going back to my lukewarm hater ways. Performative haterdom. I couldn't name five hater bands.

they got me in a chokehold for the past two months

Shane is so happy to see Ilya in the hospital that you can actually see the fear in that man's eyes. He walks in the room and sees that Shane has, in his infirmity, allowed the words 'WHERE is the man I FUCK' to be written across his forehead and his eyeballs. Ilya walks in the room and Shane says "Heeeey! :D" and you can see the arithmetic going on in Ilya's terrified gaze as he calculates exactly how many seconds he can be in Shane's presence without him just dissolving into a mess because Ilya won't give him kisses. He backs out of the room whispering "Shhh" because Shane "Heart Eyes" Hollander is liable to tell everyone he encounters for the next six hours how many moles Ilya has on his stomach. He sits in his car afterward and Googles shit like 'Do nurses take Hippocratic oath' and 'What is doctor-patient confidentiality' and 'Shane Hollander thirst trap' but that one is just to calm himself down. He texts Shane the 🤫 emoji every hour on the hour for the next two and a half days. Shane responds with 😚 and Ilya spirals.

I'm so mentally stable you can park a horse in my brain

“We buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.” A quote by Dan Savage that stick with us all and applies to many new fights for justice and equality.

Post s5 steddie au where steve goes into a bit of a crisis a few years down the line, being alone in hawkins and everyone around him getting married and robin and the others having amazing lives so he gets on his truck, hooks up the rv and goes off. He visits the smallest places, meets all kinds of different people.

At one point, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and he hitches a ride to the closest garage.

The place is empty except for the metal music blasting and the pair of legs sticking out from under a car.

Steve calls out.

An impossible face greets him back. One of presumed dead witness protected eddie munson.

some cosy snowed-in steddie art for the fic I did for the @steddieexchange as a gift for @steviewashere!! now completed: are you into me? (like i'm into you)

rating: E/no archive warnings apply

chapters: 3/3

word count: 28,737

pairing: steddie, background buckingham

some additional basic tags: modern au, college au, roommates, mutual pining, flirting, snowed in, power outage, fluff & smut, praise kink

snippet below the cut <3