#writer: tinkerbclla

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Fic Rec Friday 11/3/23

Title: Another Version Of Me

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington

Characters: Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Erica Sinclair

Additional Tags: Genderfluid Steve Harrington, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Post-Season/Series 04, Fluff, Minor Angst, not very much, Genderfluid Character, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, girls night, Author is genderfluid, if this doesn't match your experience just know it matches mine

Summary: In which Steve discovers that he's genderfluid and he only has a little bit of a crisis about it.

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Two of my favorite things in the world: Steve Harrington and gender fuckery. Any story that manages to include both is a special kind of amazing to me. And this one is no exception.

It’s beautiful. The emotions, the love, ugh. It’s palpable. And not just the Steddie side of things (more on that later). No, all of Steve’s relationships in this are great. With Robin, who’s so gentle and understanding, but not without teasing him of course. And the other girls, for a small section. His convo with Max is so sweet, makes my teeth hurt, lol. And all of his introspection, his feelings about his gender… it hurts, but in a good way? Somehow? As someone who has dealt with (still dealing with, honestly) the concept of being neither one thing nor the other, I feel that pain in my bones. And I already project onto Steve a ridiculous amount, lol. I’m glad he has such a support system while he works through this thing. It is kind of a struggle, even today, let alone for a twenty-something guy in Indiana in the 80s.

And Eddie. Oh man, Eddie. I’ve said this before, but every time Eddie is endlessly proud and supportive of a non-cisgendered Steve, I just… melt. He just loves them so much. So much it makes my heart sing. I wish every person out there who feels similar to Steve had a person in their life like Eddie. Like Robin too, let’s be real. Steve’s had a hard life, and he deserves the love and peace of his friends, his platonic soulmate, and his boyfriend. He deserves all the good things.

A truly beautiful story.

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Next week: Narumitsu! But only incidentally. Oh sure, Miles and Phoenix are 100% together, but Phoenix isn’t in this story. In fact, outside of a text (and one or two mentions of him from Miles), he doesn’t even appear at all. No, the draw of this fic is Miles and his friendship with another character. One you might not necessarily expect, but which makes an insane amount of sense if you think about it. Who is it though? Hmmmmm.

See you next time!

#fic rec friday #steddie #writer: tinkerbclla #gender fluid Steve Harrington #they’re just so *clenches fist* #you know? #ugh #Stevie Harrington gives me every feeling ever #lol #I love them so much #❤️❤️❤️

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Tagged by @a-little-unsteddie! Thank you <3

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your wip folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!

1. Just a Lost Boy (Not Ready to Be Found)

2. If I Fall For You, I'll Never Recover

3. The World Ends With You

4. The Only Exception

5. I Need More Time (But Time Can't Be Borrowed)

6. Untitled Rockstar Eddie Munson's DMs AU

7. Hate That I Loved You

8. The Matchmaker

9. Untitled Actor Steve/Fanfic Writer Eddie

10. Party Planner Steve/Rockstar Eddie

Looking at all of them and knowing there are at least 10 more concepts that I haven't turned into a full on outline (yet) makes me feel like I'm a little crazy lol BUT ASK AWAY!

Also, feel free to do it or not <3 @bleedingoptimism @tinkerbclla @paradimeshifts7 @transmascsteveharrington @its-steddie-time @infinite-orangepeel @toburnup @mojowitchcraft @ohliooh @sereinpetrichor

#steddie #WIP #fanfic

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Tag 9 people you want to get to know better, tagged by @callmenewbie

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3 ships: Steddie, Destiel, Gallavich

First ship ever: I’m pretty sure it would be MamoUsa from Sailor Moon. Definitely the first ship I read fic for anyway, some of which I was way too young for looking back…

Last movie: Rewatched Pirated of the Caribbean

Last song: The Night We Met - Lord Huron

Currently reading: I couldn’t tell you the last book I’ve read. I’m too absorbed in fic. So currently reading The Unloved Ones by tinkerbclla on ao3 (opened it and about to start it).

Currently watching: Finding Saban Moon, The Western World of Sailor Moon Part 2 on YouTube. I haven’t being in the SM fandom in ages but it came up in my recommended and I was curious, I’d never heard of the never to be made Americanized Sailor Moon series.

Currently consuming: Sour cream and onion Cheez-It Snap’d

Currently craving: Chinese food

I’m tagging: @withacapitalp @conversationswithamillennial @sillysparrow @stevesbipanic @steddiealltheway @writer-in-theory @stevebabey @wheatnoodle @unclewaynemunson

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