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Hello your friendly neighborhood children’s librarian bringing you the most retired rockstar/dad!Eddie book ever. All images are from My Dad Used to Be So Cool by Keith Negley (which you should check out if you can get your hands on a copy from your library, there are some great illustrations that I didn’t include.)

Anyway post Vecna Eddie and Corroded Coffin get semi-big. Nothing wild, they aren’t the next Metallica but they do well enough to go on a Nationwide (plus Canada) tour, they put out a couple of albums, get some radio play. They aren’t a household name, but they’re beloved by the people in the scene and in the know. It’s a good life, more than a young Eddie could have ever hoped for. It’s the mid-90s and their initial contract is coming to a close, Eddie and the guys have a decision to make: are they going to resign and try to make it even bigger or are they going to finish out their run, do a couple of farewell shows and quietly retire.

Eddie and Steve have been a thing since the first Corroded Coffin EP dropped. Eddie’s heart is in his lyrics and Steve has been their biggest fan since Eddie left Hawkins to make it big. Long distance has been hard. So hard. But Eddie comes home to a tiny apartment in Indianapolis that Steve and Robin share every chance he can. He’s written every album since the first one at the battered wooden kitchen table that Robin saved from the curb. Steve goes to the shows that he can and Eddie comes back to Indianapolis every chance he gets, but as Steve starts his social work job it becomes a lot harder to go to shows more than a couple hours away.

There’s a decision to make. Eddie and the band are in Chicago meeting with their agent for what might be the last time when he gets a page from Steve: SOS. Eddie is panicked when he gets to the phone, calling Steve’s work phone like he was told and expecting the worst. The Upside Down is back, Robin has been hurt, Dustin has been hurt, Steve has been hurt. It’s worse, when Steve answers with a calm, “Steve Harrington speaking.”

“Don’t ‘Steve Harrington speaking’ me, what the hell!”

“Eddie! I’ve got the best news.”

Now he’s got two decisions to make. A coworker of Steve’s has a baby that needs a home, five months old with a dead mom and a deadbeat dad and the story is a little too familiar for Eddie who knows how important stability is for a kid. “Her name is Christina, Eddie, I think it’s meant to be.”

Eddie has become a big believer in fate. He’s got two decisions to make today, they might be the easiest decisions that he’s ever made.

Eight years fly by. Eddie had squirreled away most of his Corroded Coffin money and with Steve’s salary he’s able to stay home with Chris most of the time. He’s mellowed out over the years, Wayne had warned him when they first brought Christina back to the little two bedroom they purchased that fatherhood changed you and he could see it now. His hair is shorter, his sweetheart spends more time hanging on the wall than it does in his hands, he has become a lot more acquainted with the vacuum cleaner then he had in his wild youth.

It’s a Saturday and Stevie has gotten called in to handle an emergency placement leaving Chris and him to have a daddy/daughter day. Chris giggles the way kids do when Steve leaves with a kiss to her forehead and eliciting a promise that she'll keep dad out of trouble. One part pleased at the responsibility, one part disbelief that dad could be cool enough to be trouble at all.

"Alright my knight errant, you've accepted your quest from King Daddy. Now you've got to help me clean the house if you're going to keep me out of trouble."

"Will I get a reward? I think this quest is worth a bajillion gold."

She squeals and giggles, a sound that could break him from Vecna's curse, as Eddie picks her up from her chair at the table and spins her round and round. "I think you should stop listening to Uncle Dustin. How about we go to the park, is that a fitting reward?"

“Those terms are acceptable.”

“And less time with Auntie Erica, jeebus kiddo.”

Christine Harrington-Munson knows that cleaning the house is really code for making sure all her toys are picked up off the floor so Dad can clean the floors. Which they are, she’s a lot more like Daddy in that respect. She likes to have her dolls and ponies lined up in rows where she can see them when they aren’t having adventures; her jewelry from her Aunts is in the jewelry box that they gave her. So she follows Dad around the house while he cleans up his mess. Shoes kicked into the closet with the drumset, little statues from his game he plays with her uncles go back into his office. The one with the posters on the walls that Daddy made Dad frame, that have Dad’s face on him from when he was young before she was born. He’s all screamy and sweaty and he’s got eyeliner on like Aunt Robin wears. She’s pretty sure Dad used to be in a band.

Her friends from school say she’s lucky cause she got a cool dad when she got adopted. She knows which dad they’re talking about; Daddy works more than Dad does, has to help other kids who are waiting to get adopted or who can’t live with their grownups anymore, so Dad is the one who usually picks her up from school when he gets done doing the mid-morning radio show.

She doesn’t really get it.

Dad is kinda lame. He’s cooler than Katie’s dad who always snores on the couch whenever she’s over. He’s definitely cooler than Mikey’s mom who always makes faces when Dad picks her up from school in short sleeves. He’s a billion, million times cooler than Shelby’s dad who said something to Daddy the one time they had a sleepover and now Shelby’s parents are getting divorced. But saying Dad is cooler than them is like saying that Barbie is cooler than Skipper, he always sings his dad music when they’re cleaning the house together and he does silly voices when they’re talking together.

So maybe he used to be cool a hundred years ago when he was the guy in those posters, but now he’s just Dad. Something must have happened ‘cause Uncle Lucas is still really cool and so are Aunt Max and Aunt Robin.

Cleaning the house with Dad always goes a lot faster than it does with Daddy. Once the floors have been vacuumed and the counters are cleared they’re in the van headed to their favorite park.

The other moms and dads hang out by the benches watching their kids run around. Dad reaches the edge where the grass stops and the mulch starts and pauses, he bends down into a bow. “As promised my faithful knight, your reward. We’ve got an hour here before we go see if Daddy can take a break for lunch.”

“Can I give you a quest? Can we find a dragon before we go to Daddy?”

“A noble quest, my lady.” He uses one of his silly voices, one that sounds like a fancy grandpa. She knows he always tries to wrestle with her when he uses that voice, but even then he gets an arm wrapped around her before she can run across the yard. He swings her around and tosses her, “a head start on our quest, m’lady.” She lands with the bent knees and forward roll that Aunt Max taught her.

Dad chases her around the park for the full hour, letting her lead them through bushes and into the playground tunnels. He points out tracks that might belong to their dragon, says he’ll be her wizard if she carries the sword, Dad finds a stick and presents it to her like it’s a weapon. He sweeps her up when it’s time for lunch, “Noble knight, we must not get lost on our quest for the dragon. We must obtain sustenance and we can return later with aid from our King.”

She rides back to the car on his shoulders, times like these she can almost see what her friends mean when they say that he’s cool. “Dad, can we get a dog?”

The music in the car is quiet, but the guitar is sharp and bright. He bobs his head up and down in time with it, catching her eyes in the rear view mirror as he does, “I think that’s a talk Daddy needs to be part of too, Chris. Give him those sad eyes and I bet he says yes.” He turns the radio up a little more, one of those softer songs that he spins Daddy around the kitchen to is on, “We can bring it up at lunch if you want, ladybug, but you gotta take care of it if he says yes. A dog is a big responsibility.”

Yeah, no, she still doesn’t get why anyone would think that her Dad was cool.

#steddie fic #steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #dad eddie munson #rockstar eddie munson #steve harrington #social worker steve harrington #i saw the cover for this book at work and the brain rot hit so hard #and i was immediately right #anyway pick it up if you can there are some really cute equally eddie coded pictures #alternatively they could be punk steve #either way the book is about a little boy but steddie are absolutely girl dads so

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reddieaddict · 6 years

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Superhero!Richie and Supervillain!Eddie HC

Author’s Notes: I came up with this idea for a fic, but I am not good at writing action, so if anyone is willing write this . . . you have my blessing. In fact i would be forever grateful. I was thinking of Eddie and Richie having a dynamic similar to Spiderman/Blackcat and Batman/Catwoman, except with two bros. I didn’t come up with their superhero/villain names cause I couldn’t decide on ones. So feel free to name them whatever you want. This is kinda long. Sorry?

Richie’s power set is pretty similar to spiderman (super strength, durability, agility, and speed) but, instead of having spiderwebs or spider-sense, he can produce a supersonic screech (like Black Canary). I think that would pair well with his trashmouth, so he can yell curse words with his supersonic voice.

He was born with his powers, but they didn’t activate/manifest until he was in his teens and had a traumatic event. For him it was when Wentworth had tried to hit him he screamed and discovered he had abilities.

After that is parents didn’t try to abuse him anymore, but they took it to the other extreme and just ignored him all together.

The day he and Bev graduated High School they packed up their shit and moved to New York together.

Bev was the only person, besides his parents, that knew about his abilities. It was actually her idea that Richie start using his power to fight crime.

Bev is a super tech genius bitch (think Barbra Gordon as Oracle) and makes tech for Richie and helps him while he’s out fighting crime. She can see and hear what Richie sees/hears through some goggles she made for him, so she helps him navigate and guides him.

They have been an active crime fighting team for about two years, but they have been keeping a pretty low profile and only defends their neighborhood. Most people aren’t aware of Richie (he’s kinda like an urban legend in his area.)

Eddie’s power set is similar to Black Cat (Super strength, speed, agility, able to leap to great heights and always lands on his feet.) The only difference is that he has a regenerative ability (like Wolverine) so it’s a play off of his “nine lives” and its ironic cause he’s still very much a hypochondriac.

Eddie got his powers through his mom. She was fucking nuts, and fed him real medication and ran experiments on him his entire life. He lived most of his youth as her guinea pig. One night an experiment goes wrong and he develops abilities. She also still emotionally and mentally abused and manipulated him.

As soon as he developed his powers, he used them to escape and run away with his best friends Ben and Mike to NYC. (Coincidentally to Richie’s neighborhood.)

They had already graduated high school, but still were not prepared when they went on the run. They had to resort to a life a burglary to sustain themselves and afford a place to stay. They have a very strict moral code: never hurt anyone, and never steal from the poor or small businesses.

Ben and Mike (now his roommates) play similar roles as Bev. Ben uses his love of architecture to help Eddie plan his heists and is also in his ear/eyes to help him navigate. Mike makes all of Eddie’s tech and trains him in martial arts.

Their first encounter: Eddie was in the middle of a bank heist and accidentally triggered the silent alarm.

Bev picked up on the signal and immediately sent Richie to investigate. As soon as they meet, Richie has an instant attraction and starts to flirt hard.

Bev is like “Okay, focus!!”

Eddie is like WTF? and they start their signature banter and bickering instead of fighting right away.

Ben is like “Okay, you need to get the fuck out of there now!” so Eddie tries to escape, but they are pretty equally matched in speed.

So they start to fight and are also pretty equally matched in strength, but Eddie has combat training and easily bests Richie.

He uses some wire that Mike created to tie up Richie and its made of some super strong metal, so he can’t get out.

Eddie is like “Okay well, it’s gonna look like I’m leaving, but its only cause I’m leaving. I wish I could say I had a good time, but you’re annoying as fuck.”

Richie “Wait, don’t I get a kiss goodbye?”

Eddie “Sorry, I don’t kiss on the first date!”

Richie “First date? Does that mean there’s gonna be a second date?”

Eddie “I sure as fuck hope not!” and with that he gets away.

Ben and Mike are teasing Eddie through their intercom thing and Eddie is like I do NOT like him. He’s annoying! but they know he’s lying.

After that Richie can’t stop thinking about Eddie and every night he goes out he hopes to run into him again.

He’s more shameless with his crush, but Bev is like “You CANNOT have a crush on him! He’s a criminal!”

Richie is conflicted.

Richie and Eddie, as their alter ego, soon start school and end up having some of the same classes at NYU. They don’t recognize each other without their masks on, obviously.

Eddie notices Richie right away and develops a huge crush!

Richie thinks Eddie is cute too, but his heart is with someone else.

Incase you haven’t caught on, Eddie likes pedestrian!Richie, but Richie likes supervillain!Eddie. OOH DRAMA!!!

Richie still flirts with Eddie in class, but doesn’t intend for it to go anywhere.

Eddie doesn’t know this though.

One night out on campus, Eddie is leaving one of his classes and gets attacked by some homophobe. Because of his moral code he doesn’t use his powers to fight back. He just takes it.

He knows it’s not really gonna do anything with his durability and regenerative powers anyways, but it still hurts him emotionally.

That’s when pedestrian!Richie is walking by and catches sight. He runs over and defends Eddie. The homophobe runs away.

Eddie has never had anyone (besides Ben and Mike) defend him and is super touched. He is officially in love.

Richie fells bad and offers to take Eddie out for dinner to cheer him up after getting attacked.

They hit it off and start to hangout outside of class.

Soon after both groups of friends start to hang out and become really good friends.

This is awkward because Eddie and Richie start to run into each other more as their alter egos.(Eddie keeps getting away though.) So they are all fighting each other at night, but also friends during the day. Its all super confusing cause Richie keeps falling harder for supervillain!Eddie and Eddie is falling harder for pedestrian!Richie.

Obviously Ben and Bev are also quickly hitting it off and start a relationship, which only further complicates things. They struggle with deciding whether or not to tell each other about their double lives.

Meanwhile there is a REAL supervillian who is Henry Bowers, but he goes by the name Pennywise. (During the day he looks like Henry, but at night he dresses up as Hennywise, ya feel me?)

His super powers are mind control and telepathy. He can also project illusions and he uses all those powers to make people worst fears come true.

He feed off of other people’s minds, (like Syler from Heroes).

He starts leaving dead people around the city with their brains missing or whatever...and he gets the attention of Richie.

Eddie, on the other hand, got Pennywise/Henry’s attention because of his regenerative abilities. Eddie was like an all you can eat buffet. He could constantly regenerate and feed Pennywise, so he sets out to kidnap him.

The night that Eddie and Richie discover each other’s secret identities is the night that Pennywise succeeds with his plan.

Richie is flirting with Eddie while they are fighting, and says “How do you pack so much rage into such a small body?”

Eddie is like “Funny that’s what a friend asked me once and he has a trashmouth just like you.”

And they freeze when they realize who they really are. Ben and Bev hear the whole thing and are also shocked and upset. (It’s like the Mistletoe scene in Batman Returns with Selina and Bruce)

Before they can say anything to Each other, Pennywise swoops in and takes Eddie.

Richie is like what the hell!?

Ben and Mike lose contact with Eddie, but still have a tracking device on his suit. They know where he is but the can’t do anything to help him, so they decide to ask Richie and Bev for help.

Bev is pissed though and says she is going to report them to the police and REFUSES to help.

Richie on the other hand is really conflicted. He realizes the person that has been in love with him is the same person he has been in love with this whole time. AND HES A CRIMINAL!

He decides to help and goes to rescue Eddie.

When he finds Eddie, he is a mess. Traumatized! He had been forced to live his biggest fears (his mom) and then had his brain/mind eaten over and over.

Richie’s (totally emotional and heartbroken seeing Eddie like this) cups eddie’s face and is like “Eddie look at me! Look at me Eddie!”

He helps Eddie snap out of it and together they defeat Pennywise.

Everything is a mess after that and they decide to take off their masks so they can see each other but also so Ben, Mike, and Bev can no longer spy on them.

They run off on their own for the night to try and figure things out.

Eddie explains his past and why he was stealing. He never wanted to, but had to. He says he wasn’t planning on doing it forever and was trying to get his life back together. That’s why he was going to school full time, and shit.

After seeing Eddie so scared of his mother under Pennywise’s influence, he believes him. He decides to not take Eddie in.

When they return Ben had already explained everything to Bev and they had come to the same conclusion.

They work everything out and become a huge crime fighting team.

Stan and Bill

Don’t think I forgot about these bitches.

They are a partner cops and are totally used as comedic relief. [Like Seth Rogan and Bill Hader in Superbad.]

They are constantly chasing after both Richie and Eddie, but never catch them.

They are also the ones that always discover the crime scenes that Pennywise leaves behind.

They are investigating the case.

But never get anywhere.

One night Eddie protects them from Pennywise.

Thats how Pennywise meets Eddie and learns about his regenerative ability.

That’s also how Stan and Bill realize Eddie isn’t a bad person.

They witness the huge fight with Pennywise, but don’t help. I mean what can they do?

By the end of it all they profess their love for each other and start dating.

They help Eddie and Richie cover their track and start working with them too.

The End, bitches. It turns out this is going to be the actual plot for Chapter 2. Andy brought me on to write and develop it for him. So when 2019 comes around ya’ll better have your laces glued gown cause we’re coming for your wigs.

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