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‘You must've been lookin' for me
Sendin' smoke signals
Pelicans circling.’- Words:
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
05 Jun 2026
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Being dead isn’t like Eddie thought it would be.
For starters, he’s a lot more alive than he expected.
or, the ghost of Eddie Munson’s still hanging around, and he’d really appreciate if someone could notice him, thanks
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
04 Jun 2026
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“I was ten,” Steve starts, because that’s how it always starts. That’s how the story of his life is told.
I was ten, begin a dozen unfinished, unsent college essays. I was ten, I was ten, I was ten.
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When Steve is ten, he's kidnapped by a serial killer alongside another boy, a stranger named Ed. When Steve is nineteen, he finds himself walking through the Upside Down with a man named Eddie. These events are more linked than he thinks.
(Or: Steve and Eddie find each other in hell. Twice.)- Language:
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04 Jun 2026
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How Steve Harrington fell in love with Eddie Munson.
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04 Jun 2026
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04 Jun 2026
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Merlin can't understand those stupid complicated hand signs Arthur uses on a hunt, but they figure out another way to communicate.
or: 5 times people were confused by Arthur and Merlin's secret language, and 1 time everyone understood.- Language:
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
01 Jun 2026
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"You can take Daisy out to fetch the cloak-"
"How do you know that?"
Arthur closed his eyes, expression riddled with irritation before turning to look at Merlin expectantly.
"Know what?"
“The mare I use. You know I call her Daisy? I never told you that." Merlin explained. Arthur stared for a few moments. He could see the flicker of emotions pass easily over him. Anger, annoyance, exasperation, indignance, and finally acceptance...AKA the Five Stages of Grief (Pendragon Edition).
"You talk to the horse.” He pointed out. Merlin narrowed his eyes.
“I whisper to the horse."
"...am I supposed to not hear it?” Arthur asked. Merlin wondered how likely it would be that he also heard him whispering magical spells if he heard him murmuring to the bloody horse. “Also, only you would choose such a ridiculous name.” He muttered. Merlin swallowed. This wasn't a problem at all, right? Right.
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Merlin knows Arthur well. Better than he knew himself apparently. What he hadn't expected was for Arthur to know his servant just as well... This causes problems. (also known as "The Time Merlin Had a Mental Breakdown Over Arthur Being a Normal Human")
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
01 Jun 2026
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“What did you do now Merlin?”
“Got cursed.”
Merlin slumped into the room and fell onto the bench of the table across from Gaius, laying his head dramatically on a book of something or other Arthur didn’t bother to look too closely at.
“Cursed.” Gaius echoed, unimpressed.
“Cursed.” Merlin sighed back, like some kind of weepy maiden.
“He can’t lie,” Arthur supplied, walking further into the room and standing behind Merlin, pushing his head off the book roughly. Merlin squawked and glared at him before shaking his head and turning back to Gaius.
"It gets worse."
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
01 Jun 2026
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After ten years, Arthur thinks he has Merlin all figured out. But as he watches Merlin, he finds out that he has more questions than answers. The longer he thinks about it, the more uneasy he feels. So he pushes it aside. Except, he can no longer ignore the questions he has about Merlin.
Not your everyday reveal!fic.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
01 Jun 2026
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Merlin accidentally makes everybody in Camelot fall in love with him. Everybody except Arthur, that is.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
01 Jun 2026
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Arthur could see his father glaring down - face red and eyes narrowed as he looked at Merlin with clear distaste.
"Once this over, sorcerer...I’ll burn you."
"You’ve already tried that," Merlin’s voice answered and Arthur had to bite his fist to keep from making any noise. “You need to accept you can’t kill me… Hand me that blanket, please.”
“I’m sure there must be some method… Beheading?”
“No, we tried that.”
“Hanging?”
“I just sort of... Swung there, remember?”
There was another pause.
“I should have made you keep that dragon below the castle so I could feed you to it.”
“Kilgharrah? He won’t eat me, but if you want to torture me than making me listen to his nonsense for an hour might do it.” Merlin said and there was a soft sigh from the other end of the room. “I’m glad you agreed to help me though. Usually I have to do the grunt work of saving Arthur myself.”
“I can’t wait to kill you.”
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Uther finds out about Merlin’s magic, but can’t seem to kill him. Merlin is just trying to protect Arthur. They become a begrudgingly effective duo. Arthur doesn't understand why they think he isn't noticing this.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
31 May 2026
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Arthur is cursed to obey Merlin’s orders.
Obviously this has very little impact on their lives, since no servant would ever dare give orders to a prince.
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31 May 2026
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Steve Harrington: Accidental Dominant by Stevieschrodinger
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jun 2024
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“Oh, nah, I’ve known for ages.”
Eddie’s mouth flaps like a fish, clearly shocked, which Steve is deeply satisfied by, “you’ve known for...you know? You knew? You already know? How do you know?” Eddie’s surprise is genuinely comical, and nice to see since it’s almost over done and that’s more like usual Eddie.
Steve sighs, “it really, really wasn’t hard to work out. You are not a subtle guy Eddie-”
“And what the hell does that mean?” Eddie snaps back, clearly affronted.
Steve stands straight, and without missing a beat lifts his shirt up to his armpits. Eddie’s eyes immediately, hungrily, rake over the newly exposed skin. Steve waves a hand in front of his own torso like a magician revealing the trick, and Eddie turns bright pink and starts sputtering, “that’s not- I mean- you can’t-” but he’s glaring at the floor, chagrined and caught out, and he knows it.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
31 May 2026
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He hacked out a few more harsh sounding noises, before he spat into his open palm, taking a relieved breath as whatever was lodged in his throat came out. Eddie would’ve been relieved too, confused, but okay now that Steve was safe.
And then he saw what was in Steve’s hand.
A daisy. Steve had just coughed up a fucking daisy. And, judging by the completely blasé expression he had on his face as he looked down at it, this wasn’t the first time.
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When Steve wakes up choking on flowers, Eddie thinks that it might be the end.It turns out to be just the beginning.
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Eddie is suffering in the heat, and Steve's wardrobe choices feel like a cruel and unusual punishment.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
31 May 2026
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Eddie comes back after a while, but he's not quite the same. He recognizes all the people that visit him in the hospital, but he doesn't know them, like they're songs he's heard before but can't sing along to. He's paler, and colder, and he has extra teeth now.
And Steve can't stop falling in love with him, especially when Eddie won't stop staring at him, all wide-eyed and full of wonder and curiosity.
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
30 May 2026
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Mistakes Were Made; We're Ending Retrograde by SalamanderGoo
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Dec 2023
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In November of 1983, Steve is forced to confront a few realities. One being that monsters are real. They steal people from their homes and from pools and come out of ceilings. The other reality being that he’s an asshole. And well, he can only change one of those, so it’s time to ditch the friends that make him the worst version of himself and find some new ones.
After a mishap at school, freshman Gareth Emerson ushers Steve into a world he'd only been partially aware of, full of fantasy and laughter. He's unsure about senior Eddie Munson, who doesn't seem to believe he's changed. He hopes to change his mind and avoid more monsters, and maybe along the way he'll learn to love himself too.
Steddie Big Bang Fic #101; Updates Daily; Title from Roddy by DJO
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- Part 1 of Ending Retrograde
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
30 May 2026
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Steve is too much, and it’s not fair, and now they might die and Steve might hate him forever if they both even make it out of this, but Eddie can’t bring himself to care. They’re already in hell, so why not?
“Yeah?” Steve’s still staring at him, expectant. His mouth is turned down in concern and Eddie doesn’t feel like resisting anymore. “Hey, man, you alr—”
He strides forward, determined, and grabs a stunned Steve by his cheeks before pressing their lips together.
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- Part 1 of steddie prompts
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
30 May 2026
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They find him in the boathouse. There’s glass at his throat and a fear thick enough to choke, but Steve doesn’t take it personally. These things happen.
Eddie’s shaking apart and Steve doesn’t know him but he knows the look in his eye.
They leave him with promises and a hope that he’s not crazy. Still, they leave him.
There’s a story Steve remembers about looking back, a punishment in salt. He’s got his key in the ignition and there’s something brackish in his mouth when he turns to see the shadow in the window.
“We can’t…he’s alone,” he says and no one answers because they know he’s right but they don’t know what comes next.
It’s Dustin who finally breaks the silence, a quiet, “where can he go where no one would look?”
Eddie hides at Steve's house. There are consequences.
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- Part 2 of Stranger Things Fics
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Bookmarked by DecayedAsh
30 May 2026