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for @steddiesportsau inspired by 'the cutting edge' which is a very stereotypical figure skater/hockey romance from the early 90s and it raised me

rated t | 2,089 words | no cw | tags: modern au, figure skater eddie, ex-hockey player turned figure skater steve harrington, enemies to lovers, robin is the coach, idiots in love, getting together, first kiss

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Eddie is so sick of hockey players.

Especially the one that’s been forced upon him as a partner.

“He’s the only one willing to work with you,” Robin explains. “You’ll do it or no gold. And then I have no job. I have no job, I have no money. I have no money-“

“You’d never be homeless,” Eddie shakes his head, familiar with the way this always goes. She panics. She’s the best coach he’ll ever have, but her anxiety needs to be medicated. Or maybe not. He’s a bit amused by it. “I have a guest room.”

“And you have a cat who is lovely, but makes my throat close up.” She sighs. “It was one bad first impression. He might be the answer to your prayers.”

“Was I supposed to be praying?” Eddie finishes lacing up his skates as he smirks up at her.

“It couldn’t hurt,” she sighs. She checks her watch. “He’s late.”

“Not late!” Steve Harrington runs to the bench and shoves off his shoes. “Grabbed the wrong skates when I left.”

Eddie rolls his eyes. “Great. Lace them up and let’s go. You’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Robin sighs again, but she doesn’t try to make Eddie be nicer. She wouldn’t be able to anyway.

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did i tell u guys i got into an argument on twitter bc i said foxes are dogs and someone tried to bring up their actual fuckin. classification or whatever and i just said “foxes are dogs cause they are fluffye” and they kept arguing with me. the entire time i was like “you will not survive the immigration to tumblr you are lucky we are not there right now”

This is especially funny because they aren’t even right. Foxes *ARE* dogs.

No they aren’t.

yes they are. because they are fluffye.

OK yes they are.

Dog

Dog

Different family, but same order as @pictures-of-dogs

No, they are the same family. They are the same kingdom, phylum, order and family. They separate at the genus.

They’re a dog.

yeah they’re fluffye

theyre literally not dogs theyre not even fluffy. can we get science tumblr over hear or what!?

checkmate athiests

fluffye

okay but they literally are dogs, for those who are confused

If foxes are dogs, then so are wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, and several other extant and extinct species.

Behold! A dog.

of course it’s a dog you buffoon. it’s fluffye.

Why on earth would someone think “BUT IF THEY’RE DOGS SO AR -”

Like yes of course wolves are dogs, where have you been. Jackals are excellent doggies! So are coyotes. Why is this confusing.

I love that this is literally two completely different arguments running simultaneously.

That guy up there who said they’re not even fluffy was thinking of sharks

sharks are also dogs. ravenous water dogs, but still dogs

Sharks can NOT be dogs they are SMOOTH

Tags via @jenroses

sharks are smooth dogs

BEHOLD, a SHARK

17 clown car pileup 84 injured 193 dead

Actually that no punctuation plot hole ooc wattpad fanfic written by that 12 year old will ALWAYS be better than character ai. And I love that 12 year old btw

what an odd thing to say 🤨

bestie come off anon i'm begging

My coworker, whom I’ve known for all of TWO DAYS, looked at me today and asked, “Do you have ADHD?”

my parents not even questioning any of my neurodivergent traits my entire life and then people who've known me for like thirty minutes going "are you sure you're not autistic or something??"

Baby's first Steddie fic

The @st-loveconfessions blog's motto for this month is New Beginnings, which made me think back on the first Steddie fic I ever read. I only got my current AO3 account a bit later, so I couldn't consult my history about it, but the first fic I ever remember reading was Superfreak by MagdaTheMagpie - a vampire!Eddie fix it fic. I actually get a bit nostalgig thinking about it right now! I rremember that I really loved the dynamic between El and Eddie in it! I ought to do a long overdue re-read at some point! ❤️

Wanna start a reblog chain and tell me what your first-ever fic in this fandom was (Steddie or ST in general)?

Tagging a few moots to get things going:

@steddieas-shegoes @wynnyfryd @frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe @matchingbatbites @thisapplepielife

ohhhhhhkay well i’m deeply concerned for my long-term memory after this exercise because i just went to my very first bookmarked steddie fics on ao3 and i don’t remember most of them despite one of them having a bookmark that reads “you have now read this fic twice and you thought it was cute” lmfao, BUT

i think stereobone was the first author i got really into, i just love how they lean into eddie’s music lover trait and the banter in their fics is always top tier

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39749292

tagging @vecnuthy @griefabyss69 @steddie-island @thoroughlycollected @pennyplainknits if y’all want to play 🩷

Okay so my first bookmarked Steddie fic is Doing it for science (not really by @corrodedbisexual (which is so funny and so cute OMG) but I know I had been reading fic further back than reading that one, and I think I just wasn't bookmarking shit for some reason?

The fic that really got me hooked on these two dumbasses (affectionate) was Dustin Henderson and the Lovebirds by @pukner. I immediately sent it to my spouse, got jealous when they kept cackling because I wasn't reading it, too, then remembered that we could read it at the same time so I went and re-read. It's one I've reread a few times because it still gives me the warm fuzzies.

No pressure tagging @braincell-pingpong @puppy-steve @spectrum-spectre @runninriot @pearynice

@mugloversonly @augustjustice @hellion-child ♥️

Thanks for the tag! My first read and bookmarked fic is Looks Like You're Hungry, Looks Like You're Drowning by @capriciouslyterminal 💛🖤 Such a fantastic, funny series, and absolutely visionary for giving us encounters between lifeguard Steve and Eddie, which is a dynamic I remain obsessed with!

I'm no pressure tagging @klausinamarink @sidekick-hero @tinytalkingtina @formosusiniquis @eriquin @mojowitchcraft @little-annie @starryeyedjanai

thanks for the tag! My first read and bookmarked fic is STEVES FIRST BRUISE by @eddielore (cairparavels on ao3), which is a spider-man!Steve 6+1 where Eddie falls for both spider-man and Steve and he's a stressed boi about it. it's adorable and so stinking sweet and I might just have to go read it again.

no pressure tags

@vthx @stellarspecter @devondespresso @hbyrde36

Thanks for the tag! The fic that inspired me to finally take the plunge and make an Ao3 account was however wild by Ayes and itskleo! Delightful fairy tale/beauty and the beast vibes featuring fae Eddie and human Steve

Tagging a few folks without pressure: @queenie-ofthe-void @onirislanding @helpimstuckposting @adverbally @steddiecameraroll

Thanks for tagging me!! 🖤 My first bookmarked fic AND my first Steddie fic was You're Divine by Oonionchiver which is such a classic for the fandom.

The fic that motivated me to start writing on my own is-- of course-- A Litany for Survival by @carolperkinsexgirlfriend. Absolutely shameless plug for my friend but not any less true.

No pressure tags!

@scoops-aboy86 @steviewashere @estrellami-1 @ataliagold @thewickedkat

Thanks for the tag, friend! My first bookmarked ST fic is nothing but the dead and dying by loveinhawkins

Tagging @gloomysoup @after-the-end-times @stevieschrodinger @madigoround ❤️

okay i don't know if this is actually the first fic i read or not, but the first stranger things fic i have written down in my fic log (which has all of the fics i've read since being more active on ao3) is i was made for lovin' you by @bluehydrangeabush :)

no pressure tags: @acowardinmordor @braincell-pingpong @mugloversonly @nburkhardt @steviewashere @wheneverfeasible

i think i got the major ones

i realize this is probably not the most exciting poll i've ever done

It sounds like a joke but the "Comic Sans Hack" of "writing your drafts in Comic Sans makes brain flow better" actually works.

Dude it is SO FUN and EXCITING to see a reoccurring reader. If you've commented a handful of times on an author's work, I guarantee that they recognize you. You can't imagine how many times I've excitedly informed my friends "the person with the funny cat image commented!" "- anon is back!!!!" and the friends've recognized who I was talking about because I talk about my commenters so often LOL. We love you all!!!

if you love me right, then who knows?

for @steddiesongfics inspired by the song Juno by Sabrina Carpenter

also on ao3

rated e, 18+, minors dni | 1,782 words | cw: unprotected sex | tags: friends with benefits, dom/sub implications, dom eddie, sub steve, top eddie, bottom steve, breeding kink, rimming, anal fingering, anal sex, love confessions, idiots in love

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Steve knows better than to be seen with Eddie in public. Word will get back to his parents and he’ll be shipped off to a cousin’s house or some university states away that he wouldn’t have gotten into without bribery involved.

He only sees him late at night, at his trailer or in the woods, and he makes sure his car is hidden or parked a good distance away.

He gets fucked good.

Eddie knows every button to push, every word to say, every name that gets under his skin.

Well, except for one thing. One thing Steve would never tell him about.

March Mating Madness

Day 4: Bitching/Studding

Pretty Damn Good

Ao3 Link

Nearly called this fic “The Bitchification of Steve Harrington” because I think I’m hilarious.

Eddie never thought his big mouth would get him into situations like this.

This being, of course, Steve Harrington asking Eddie to-

No. There’s no way.

“Please?”

Eddie’s ears ring. His vision goes wobbly. “Uh,” he says dumbly. “I, uh. Think you should come in?”

Steve does, and now Steve’s standing in Eddie’s trailer. What the fuck.

“Okay,” he says, trying to pretend like this isn’t blowing his brain. “Um. My room, come on, this way.” He waves Steve further in, then stops so suddenly Steve runs into him. “Shit, sorry, just- water? Can I get- do you-”

“I’m fine,” Steve says. His voice is small, unsure, and when Eddie looks at him, his shoulders are drawn up and tense. Eddie scents the air, but Steve must be wearing blockers because he only smells his own manic confusion and Wayne’s comforting lemon scent, lingering from a few hours ago when he left for work.

“Okay,” Eddie says uncertainly, and continues on into his room, where he flops on the bed and pats an open space next to him. “Now, I’m gonna need you to tell me everything again, because I’m pretty sure I just hallucinated my biggest fantasy.”

The corner of Steve’s lips quirks up in a smile. “Your biggest fantasy?”

“Have you seen you?” Eddie rebuts. “Yeah, man.”

Silly phone, you're not detecting an analog audio accessory, you're detecting soup, from the bowl of soup I dropped you in.

TIL soup isn't compatible with Android

@gloomysoup good thing you have an iPhone

babe 😭😭