These Boys and Their Self-Worth Issues
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oh, golden boy (don’t act like you were kind) by hitlikehammers for kultiras
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Dec 2024
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Probably the sharpest knife in his chest about this whole shitshow? Eddie thought they were doing good.
Like: so fucking good.
Eddie thought they were building something.
He’s such an idiot. Such a…
A heartsick fucking idiot.
But if he steps back, is as logical as he's capable of being: there hadn’t been any signs that they weren’t laying the foundations of something lasting; that they weren’t in this deep and rooted and committed, serious in a real, tangible way and, just…
Forever. Eddie was…he was playing for keeps, here. He thought, he just—
He really thought he wasn’t alone in all this.
Again: idiot.
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Or: Eddie never thought Steve would stop wanting him. He maybe went in reticent at first, but Steve had loved hard out the gate—so as soon as he knew he was allowed, and welcome? Eddie didn't hesitate to meet that love beat for beat.
He just never imagined his love would ever be unwelcome; that that's how his heart would break.
But that's just one side of the story, isn't it?