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Chapter 4
Post from tumblr user dicktoe’s account:
dicktoe
Munrington fans are eating good tonight
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kkitten
wait is this real? wait he accidentally kissed him? or he meant to kiss him but it was accidentally on live? Link????? eddie munson?????????? of all people???
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Munring’s son
It’s real.
He definitely kissed Eddie on purpose, but didn’t mean to film it.
To be honest, there has been a lot of speculation about the two before now. Both have mentioned their ‘roommate’ a lot, and the context of what they’ve said makes it pretty likely that the two are currently living together, like
look at these things Steve Harrington says: [x], [x], [x], [x], [x], [x], [x], and this picture of his roommate’s room (SANS BED) and tell me it’s not Eddie Munson-coded.
Then we see Eddie’s roommate mentions (admittedly much less frequent), [x] [x], which reveal his roommate is rich, likes to cook, and based on the reactions from the hellfire guys he seems to be pretty attracted to the guy, too.
They met when Steve sent a message to Eddie, and Eddie assumed he was being catfished. Which―as we know, catfishing is often related to a romantic relationship. Afterwards, the two had a really public friendship, but some of the moments seemed really flirty.
(honestly there’s too many to count and send individually, so have this edit)
Obviously we know Eddie has always been in love with Steve Harrington, too.
So, while it is surprising that it was revealed in this way, it’s also kinda not surprising it happened? Like they were pretty obviously into each other for awhile.
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fleshisweak
the fact the compilation of Eddie thirsting over Steve is literally 19 minutes long 💀
Excerpt from Conan O'Brien “Steve Harrington on Coming Out as Bisexual”
“So you kind of broke the internet this week, didn’t you?” Conan asks, and there’s loud cheering from the crowd. Steve Harrington offers a bashful laugh.
“Kind of by accident, yeah.” He answers. “I know you probably want to roll the tape, so you can. If you want.”
Conan does, and the crowd cheers when they see Steve and Eddie making out. The audience laughs on cue when they see the two see the phone, still on Live.
“So that was really a total accident? You didn’t plan that at all?” Conan confirms with Steve, eyes wide with disbelief.
“Not at all.” The answer comes without hesitation, and Steve shakes his head for extra emphasis. “I’m the type of person who gets distracted easily so I honestly forgot about it pretty much from the moment I started looking at the fridge. I was thinking about what I should make for dinner when Eddie arrived, and I just totally forgot the phone was there!”
“Really. Wow.” There’s a moment for the crowd to catch their breath and the mood to get a little more serious. “So what’s that been like? Suddenly being out without really intending to be?”
Steve thinks about it. “Good, I think. It’s been…kind of a whirlwind, actually. It feels like every magazine wants a piece of the ‘Steve Harrington is Bisexual’ headline, and I can understand why, but my relationship with Eddie is something I haven’t really wanted the public to be involved in. I got burned with Nancy.”
“And if you could explain that to our watchers…”
“Oh, yeah. I just…a couple years ago I dated a girl who was like…one-hundred-percent not famous at all. And as much as we loved each other, the press coverage on our relationship and the public’s reaction to it was a huge reason we started falling out. Then our breakup happened around the same time the band broke up, and she got labeled as the girl who broke up Fifth Dimension. She got a ton of hate, and I felt really guilty towards her because of that. So, um. Sometimes I get scared that something similar will happen to Eddie.”
“Has it, so far?”
“No, mostly everyone’s been really nice about it so far. I think it helps that people feel like if they criticize my choice in boyfriend they’re being homophobic. And it helps that Eddie’s, you know, a little bit famous himself, so he’s got some fans on his side.”
“Now, tell me what he does, because I can honestly say I’ve never heard of him until now.”
“He was part of a popular comedy channel on YouTube for a while, but recently he’s branched out and is more into running a Dungeons and Dragons podcast, which is pretty popular.” There’s some more cheering from the crowd, and Conan gives them a shocked look.
“Wow, lots of Dungeons and Dragons fans here tonight. I never would’ve guessed.” He jokes.
Individual text conversations between Steve Harrington and the members of the former band, Fifth Dimension
October 6th, 7:12 pm
(Billy, Jason, Tommy, Steve)
Billy: [Link to Vice! News Headline announcing Steve as bisexual]
Billy: you know this is gonna make people start talking about our old relationship, right?
Billy: couldn’t have warned me at all?
Jason: Congratulations on coming out Steve.
Jason: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” ―1 John 4: 7-8
Jason: I just want you to know that God still loves you. If you ever would like to come to church with me, please let me know.
Tommy: Eyyyyyyyyyyyy bisexual team 😏
Tommy: HMU if you ever wanna do a three-way with me and Carol
Text conversation between Steve Harrington and Billy Hargrove
October 6th, 10:51 pm
Billy: Also fuck you very much for choosing HIM. Like, you total self-important charity-loving prick. Acting like you’re all straight and perfect and too good to hook up and then turns out you’re fucking that string-bean ass nerd. Like what the fuck is that. If it was someone hot I wouldn’t even be mad but it’s a fucking f-list internet celeb?? what the fuck??? Hope you like his nerdy unwashed chode
Steve: i do very much
Steve: bigger than urs
Tiktok by user Kat Harrington, dated 8-6-23:
[The video shows her tearful face shaking her head ‘no’ over and over again. The words say: “killing myself bc steve harrington is not only gay but dating the ugliest man alive, and the sound playing is one of a man crying loudly with sad music playing in the background]
The comments on Kat Harrington’s video:
steveharrington1
excuse you eddie munson is not ugly
Rae Rae
GUYS ITS THE REAL STEVE HARRIGNTON IM SCREAMMINGGG
Monica Lorey
the only true thing you said here was the word ‘dating’
felix castaneda
???
franhattan > felix castaneda
as in, she’s not actually gonna kill herself, SH is bi, and Eddie’s not ugly
trini > felix castaneda
Eddie munson isn’t ugly (look him up), and Steve is bi
Brittani
LITERALLY I SAID THE SAME THING LIKE WHYYY
joe zero
girls when a celebrity they were never gonna get with anyways starts a relationship 💀
Excerpt from the Hellfire and Homies Podcast
“I think I’m going to look for the captain of the guard, right?” Gareth says, turning to the rest of the table for guidance. “Maybe try to sweet-talk him? Seduce him?”
“Gareth, you’re a three-foot-tall goblin with a charisma of 8. Stop trying to seduce people.” Dan says, and you can hear even through the podcast format that he’s rolling his eyes.
“Who else is gonna seduce him? Jeff? Through the cloud of stench he’s giving off?” Gareth shoots back.
“Hey, Hagar resents that remark. He’d like to have it on record that he bathed just last month. He thinks that is an appropriate amount of time to go without a bath.” Jeff laughs.
“Maybe I could give it a shot.” Chrissy says in the voice she uses for her character, something that makes her nose sound like it’s constantly stuffed. “Hit him with the one-two-punch.”
“Okay, Melvin.” Gareth uses the name for her character. “Show us what you got.”
“Ummmm…why, uh, hello there, madame?” Chrissy tries in the most awkward tone she can muster. “Do you know what a dog is?”
The table erupts into laughter.
“Do you know what a dog is?!” Dan repeats in a high-pitched wheeze.
“Ok, no, you have to do it, now. Go up to the captain of the guard and say exactly that. ‘Hello, madame. Do you know what a dog is’. No variations.”
Chrissy, giggling, composes herself just enough to say (in character), “Gosh, do you really think it’ll work?”
“That’s what you guys are doing?” Eddie confirms through his own laughter. “Just―okay, alright. So you―what do you do?”
“I ask around for the captain of the guard. See where he is.”
“Do you ask about any facts about him?” Eddie clarifies.
Chrissy thinks about it. “No.”
There’s more laughter from the table, but Eddie eventually composes himself enough to give her a general description of how to get to the captain of the guard.
“Okay, so you eventually come to the place everyone has marked off, and you see that it’s a giant tent decorated in ornate colors and symbols. Lining the entrance are various statues of different figures. Each holds a different instrument―”
Gareth immediately catches on. “Oh, you sonofabitch!”
“The first holds a keyboard. The second, a guitar. The third? a triangle. The fourth holds no instrument, but is caught in a dynamic pose that looks almost like it’s dancing. The final one is larger than the rest, with hair made of gold, but it has been largely destroyed. Half its face is missing, and its limbs have crumbled. The giant phallus, once prominent, has been knocked off.”
“Oh my god you fucking―” Jeff says through his laughter.
“I thought he died!” Dan argues, and Eddie cackles maniacally.
“You thought you could kill the King?!”
“Um…should I know who this is?” Chrissy asks, obviously confused.
Jeff explains, “It’s a character from our last campaign. It’s―actually, you know what? Just go inside. It’ll all make sense in a second.”
Chrissy still seems confused, but she agrees to enter the tent.
“When you go into the tent, you can see on a glance that the decor inside is very ornate and beautiful. Part of you wants to look around at the lovely art and sculptures filling the space. But for some reason, you can’t. You find your eyes locked onto the glowing, luscious locks of―”
Another voice cuts in, and before it can even say what it wants to say, the table erupts into screams.
“YOU BASTARD! YOU ABSOLUTE BASTARD!”
“ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING YOU FUCKING―”
“Um, hi.” The voice cuts through the noise like a knife. “It’s me. Steve Harrington.”
Excerpt from FlunkieTV’s Hellfire and Homies: Just the Homies Youtube Series
“Okay, okay, but we have to give the backstory for that moment, because there’s a lot of fans who don’t understand how truly insane of a move that was.” Gareth says, waving his hands wildly. Eddie laughs in the background from where he sits on the floor, next to a large hearth.
The space has clearly been upgraded in the last couple of months. The bear rug on the ground is now real, and the furniture has been re-upholstered to give it a more authentic medieval look. “I was so happy we pulled it off.”
“For the listeners at home,” Jeff explains, “Steve Harrington was this recurring character in our last campaign. He was a captain of the guard people often called ‘King Steve’, an obvious nod to the real singer. When we met him, Gareth made a joke of something to the effect of ‘imagine if it’s just Steve Harrington. Like, the real Steve Harrington. No variations’, and the character was born. It was mainly used for comedic effect. But there were some really big moments with him―especially when he turned out to be evil and there was that emotional showdown between him and Marcus (Gareth’s character).”
“He literally betrayed me! In the exact worst moment!”
“Anyways, so putting him back on the show―and then having him be played by the real Steve Harrington―was an act of genius.”
“It was great,” Eddie agrees. “I’ve been honestly kind fo wanting him to be on the show, but he hasn’t wanted to do it because he gets nervous about knowing all the rules for DnD. So I was like―okay. You can act, though. How about I just give you a character and there’s no combat, I just tell you what the character is like and you roll with it? And he was so down.”
“He got really into it, too, it was really fun.”
“He’s literally the best person alive.” Eddie preens. “Like, the absolute best, I am in awe every day that I’m with him.”
“Okay, turn it down a notch, loverboy.” Dan throws a piece of candy at him. “Not all of us get to have superstar love interests.”
Text conversation between Steve Harrington and Jonathan Byers:
October 10th, 3:32 am
XXX-XXX-XXXX
Jonathan: Hi, it’s Jonathan. I just wanted to say I saw the news about you and your new relationship. I’m really happy for you. I’m glad you found someone that makes you happy. Will watches his podcast all the time, and he said you introduced them, too, which was so huge. Thank you so much. He talks about it all the time.
Jonathan: I also wanted to say how sorry I am about the way things ended with the band. I know it’s been a few years now, but I was thinking about it and I don’t think I ever really properly apologized to you about what happened. In the moment I was so caught up in how everything was affecting Nancy, I didn’t think properly about how it affected you.
I’ve been thinking a lot now, and I wanted to apologize for everything. Not just the physical violence aspect―I’ve always felt bad about that. I’m so sorry. I never should have hit you. But also the cheating. There were so many things I said to myself to justify it at the time, but they were all just lies either I told myself or that I heard from other people.
More than anything I think I was jealous of you, and because of that, I allowed myself to believe the worst in you. And because of that, I did some awful things that really broke our trust and any kind of friendship we might’ve had. I am so sorry for that.
I know what I did was unforgivable, and I honestly don’t fully expect you to forgive me. But I just wanted to get it off my chest.
October 11th, 5:48 pm
Jonathan
Steve: thanks man, i appreciate you reaching out.
Steve: you did actually apologize before this, but i really apprecaite you saying this it feels like it’s coming from a…different place? idk if that makes sense
Steve: i do forgive you, i forgave you the first time you apologized
Steve: what really hurt me the most tho was how you cut me out after. like i get you had to kinda choose between me and nancy but i did really miss our friendship and it sucked to be put in last place there.
Jonathan: Yeah, that was really not cool of me. I never should have treated you like that. I really did cut you out.
Jonathan: It was really a matter of having to choose at the time. Nancy was really upset about all the hate she was getting and she did very much say that it was one or the other.
Jonathan: but―this might be weird to bring up now, but we actually broke up this past month.
Jonathan: and it’s just made me rethink a lot of things.
Jonathan: I really did put her first and I’m sorry. I don’t want to ask it of you, but I do miss our friendship. I’d love to treat you to a meal some time or something to do some small thing to make it up to you a bit.
Steve: id like that.
Steve: as long as I can bring eddie along.
Jonathan: I’d like that, too.
Jonathan: I’m excited to meet him.
Text conversation between Eddie Munson and Steve Harrington:
October 12th, 1:32 pm
Stevie <3 <3
Steve: so i told him youd be there too
Eddie: you want me to fight him? Cause I totally will.
Eddie: I’m actually a black belt in karate, did you know that?
Steve: no ur not
Eddie: I AM! I’m literally still friends with some of the people in my group
Eddie: I’ve never told you any of my Murray stories?
Steve: no you have
Steve: i literally met murray we had dinner with him last month
Steve: hes the one who told us we needed to stop pining after eachother when we were literally dating already right
Steve: i love him hahahaha
Eddie: yeah i met him in karate
Steve: you met him in KARATE
Text conversation between the members of Fifth Dimension, sans Jonathan Byers:
October 18th, 11:26 am
(Billy, Steve, Tommy, Jason)
Tommy: I just heard Johnny boy and the bitch broke up
Tommy: wouldn’t it be hilarious if we got the band back together
Jason: lol as if you don’t mention getting the band back together every couple months anyways
Jason: also please don’t refer to a woman as a “bi*ch” that is a daughter of god
Jason: ironically this is kinda good timing for me, though. People have been really anti-family-vlogging recently so Kate and I have been taking a social media break. So I do have some free time, and I wouldn’t mind the extra $$
Billy: are u fucking kidding me
Billy: no
Steve: actually i was talking with jon the other day
Steve: we were gonna have lunch together & talk
Steve: i could bring it up to him if yall want me to
Billy: fucking no
Billy: I wanted out of this gay ass band for a reason
Text conversation between the members of Fifth Dimension, sans Jonathan Byers and Billy Hargrove:
October 18th, 12:03 pm
(Jason, Steve, Tommy)
Jason: tbh i was kind of hoping he’d say that. He’s been getting so much bad press lately
Tommy: ARE WE REALLY FUCKING DOING THIS
Steve: no promises
Steve: let u know after i talk with jonathan
Tommy: LETS GOOOOOO
Article on TMZ, dated October 30th, 2023, titled: “Is Fifth Dimension Getting Back Together?”
The Band, Fifth Dimension, was seen meeting at a popular cafe in LA. In attendance were Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Jason Carver, and Tommy Hagan. Billy Hargrove was notably missing. The group seemed to be in good spirits, and nearby patrons of the cafe reported overhearing talks of an upcoming album release and concert tour.
Furthermore, Tommy Hagan is reported to have posted onto his twitter: “BIG NEWS coming soon!! Can’t wait to tell you about it!”
Fans erupted in speculation. Many users tweeted “🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛”, the sign that members of the fandom use to signify a prediction about the band is coming true. Another said “This is why Jonathan and Steve had dinner together! It’s coming back y’all!”
Others seemed more hesitant. “It seems unlikely. They’ve all gone in such different directions. I wouldn’t see them getting back together for another 10 years or so.”
Picture posted on Eddie Munson’s instagram account:
The picture shows Steve Harrington, with his hair dyed gray. He wears a woven straw hat on his head, and a sensible green button-up shirt, gray trousers, and a set of suspenders. Eddie, in contrast, has gone all out. He wears a black wig and has feathers and dark face-paint around the edges of his face. He wears a set of large black wings, and an ornate cloak that seems to flutter in the wind.
The caption reads: Steve with gray hair ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Text conversation between Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson:
November 5th, 4:36 pm
Stevie <3 <3
Eddie: I mean the really good news is that since the rumors started, any hate comments about me fully evaporated
Eddie: Not that there were actually that many? But it’s at 0% now
Stevie: Is there anyone in the fandom mad Billy won’t be in it anymore?
Eddie: Ehhhhh not on my side of the fandom
Eddie: he’s pretty much been canceled like a million times so people are really good to keep him far away
Eddie: even the people who still like him are kinda in the camp that he wouldn’t be able to come back in the band.
Eddie: the real contentious thing is that there are some people who want me to join in his place
Eddie: and obviously others are like ‘i dont want that dollar store billy hargrove on my screen’
Stevie: 😦
Stevie: i dont like how they talk about u
Stevie: do u want to be in the reunion concert tho? i didnt even think of that but it could be cool esp since u have musical talent
Eddie: not in ten million years
Eddie: just give me concert tickets that’s all I need
Eddie: and…a backstage pass?
Eddie: WAIT
Eddie: how do you feel about roleplay?
Eddie: like the cliche “I’m going to a concert for a band I hate because I’m too good to like things like boy bands but somehow my friend wasted a $300 ticket on me to go with her. But then our eyes meet in the crowd and it’s love at first sight and I get invited backstage to fuck you/be fucked by you”
Steve: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Steve: yes im down
TMZ article dated November 10th, 2023, titled: Fifth Dimension Returns! Concert Dates, Details, and More!”
That’s right, it looks like the band is officially getting back together! Fans of the iconic boy band which formed in 2009 will note the absence of Billy Hargrove from the lineup…
Text conversation between the members of Fifth Dimension
November 10th, 8:30 pm
(Jonathan, Tommy, Billy, Steve, Jason)
Billy: what the fuck
Tiktok from the user steveharrington1, dated 11-12-23:
[Steve is in his livingroom, lounging on his couch. In the background, someone is making something in the kitchen, but they are largely out of the frame.]
“Hi guys! I know I rarely post on here, but I just wanted to remind you that my new EP comes out today, it’s called ‘The War’s End’. It’s out on all streaming services. It’s a really personal album for me, and focuses a lot on the mental health struggles I’ve had in the last couple of years, along with the hope I’ve felt within this last year which has really left me feeling so healed and peaceful. It feels sometimes like my life’s been an uphill battle these last couple of years, but it’s finally coming to an end. I hope you check it out.
Also―the band is getting together! We’ll be touring in a lot of major cities in the US and abroad, and it looks like tickets will start to go on sale next month, just in time for Christmas. It could be the perfect gift for someone you love who’s a fifth dimension fan. In preparation for the concert, we’ll be doing a lot more promos, so please feel free to subscribe for more content. Love you all. Bye.”
Comments on the video:
billygirl12
Is Billy really not going to be in the tour?
steveharrington1 (creator)
No, we decided ultimately that his recent behavior was not in line with the values of our band, so he won’t be joining us. We hope you still like us enough to check it out!
Tiktok on user steveharrington1’s account, dated 12-1-23:
Michael Buble’s “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” plays in the background as Steve shows off the way his house is absolutely littered with Christmas decorations. The whole house is full of them, and there’s a coziness to the space that wasn’t there before. Where his home was once modern and sterile, there is now a lot more color in the furniture, rugs, bookshelves, and other decor.
The decorations themselves reflect an eclectic, traditional style, and it’s clear there are quite a few homemade touches. Some cardboard gingerbread houses hang in a garland over the fireplace. Homemade ornaments cover the tree. There are some real gingerbread houses melted and sagging on the table, but still proudly displayed.
The final room in the house is Eddie’s, and the music changes to a haunting version of the Carol of the Bells as it shows off how Eddie’s room has a dark, gothic Christmas aesthetic.
The caption says “he wanted to decorate the whole house like this. I love him but it was a hard no.”
Post from Tumblr user walderflower on 12/26/23:
Walderflower
my heart is just SO FULL this Christmas. In between all the amazing Christmas art of these 2 doofuses, the holiday fic exchange, and the ship reaching 18,000 fics on ao3, the 5D reunion tour, SH’s new EP which is SO GOOD, Eddie’s guitar covers he did of SH’s songs―this is truly the best fandom to be in I’m so grateful for you all.
#munrington #and also im obviously grateful for them #and how theyve both been so pro fanfic and stuff #i love it #theyre so cute
Excerpt from a TMZ article dated 3/23/24, Titled “Fifth Dimension Reunion Concert Starts Out With a Bang! Billy Hargrove in the Hospital”
…Of course, Billy Hargrove wasn’t about to take that sitting down. In the last song of the concert, he appeared on stage, successfully circumventing security. As the clip below shows, the band was initially shocked. However, member Tommy Hagan eventually greeted him with a hug and welcomed Hargrove on the stage, where they performed the final song together.
After the performance, however, sparks flew backstage. Hargrove allegedly had some harsh words for Harrington and his new beau, Eddie Munson. In the clip below, we see that he calls Harrington a ‘desperate slut’ before landing a punch on Harrington’s jaw. It must be noted that he seems notably intoxicated in the video.
What happened next shocked everybody…
Excerpt from the Hellfire and Homies Youtube series:
“And I’m Eddie Munson, the fearless DM. My fun fact from this week is that I went to Vegas, which was pretty cool. That’s actually why we’re doing this via zoom.”
“No! Don’t give us that bullshit.” Gareth complains. “We all heard what happened at the concert the other week. Tell us the story. Tell us the story! Tell us the story!” He tries to start a chant, but it peters off a bit pathetically.
Eddie just looks at him blankly. “Wait, what happened?”
“With Billy Hargrove.” Jeff elaborates.
“Ohhh.” Eddie answers. “It really wasn’t a big deal. He came, started shit. I took him down.”
“Yeah, that’s what the headline says. But it’s kind of hard to believe, right?” Jeff answers. “Like…you? Took him down?”
Dan scoffs. “He did not. Obviously he threw like one punch, security took down Billy, and Eddie got credit for it because it made an interesting story.”
Eddie’s mouth drops open with an audible clack. “I actually beat him!”
“I refuse to believe it.”
“Bro, what did you even do? How the hell did someone like you (does nerd stuff for a living), win in a fight against someone like Billy Hargrove? (Has literally been to prison for assault). It’s impossible!”
“It’s not!”
“So how did you do it! Tell me!”
“I used my karate!”
The table erupts into shouts, laughter, and cackling protests. Eddie is the loudest of all, demanding to know what’s so funny. “IT’S TRUE”
“YOU FUCKING DID NOT!”
“I FUCKING DID! WHAT THE HELL?!”
“THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY―”
Eddie dives for his computer, typing away determinedly as the entire group roasts him. As soon as he finds what he wants, his eyes light up. He turns his screen around, playing the video. On the scene, we see a drunk Billy Hargrove punch Steve Harrington in the face. Steve tumbles backwards and Eddie jumps into the fray.
The room erupts into even more chaos than before. Above it all, Gareth crows, “HE REALLY FUCKING USED HIS FUCKING LAME ASS KARATE I’M DEAD! I’M DEADDD!!”
Text conversation between Robin Buckley and Steve Harrington:
March 24th, 2:30 pm
Robin
Steve: it was actually so hot
Steve: and romantic
Steve: i felt like a whole damsel in distress
Steve: he was defending my honor
Steve: like how is he so cool
Steve: im in love with him
Robin: I was AMAZED
Robin: like he was actually SO COOL?!
Robin: I wasn’t expecting it at all
Steve: hey
Steve: hes always been cool
Robin: but not badass “I can take down this guy like karate kid” type of cool!
Robin: also before I forget i need to ask you something
Steve: hes always been ‘karate kid’ cool i will accept no slander
Steve: yeah whats up
Robin: Eddie’s friends with Chrissy, right? My co-star?
Steve: ? yeah. they’re like best friends
Robin: could you tell him to tell her I’m not actually an asshole?
Steve: ??????
Robin: ok it’s not my fault!
Robin: You know how I get!
Robin: We just started filming season 2 and I’m in it as Faith
Robin: obvs
Robin: so we’re reading lines or whatever
Robin: and I’m not exactly method acting because I do maintain that it’s an asshole move to method act as an asshole. But I do get really into my role and Faith is kind of an asshole. and I see Chrissy and YOU KNOW HOW I GET
Steve: i actually don’t? You don’t get like an asshole to anyone
Steve: oh i guess around
Robin: Around pretty girls!!!
Steve: pretty girls.
Steve: oh
Steve: OH 👀
Text Conversation between Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson:
March 24th, 3:12 pm
My Soulmate
Steve: double date. me u rob chris
Steve: u in or are u dead
Eddie: huh???
Steve: 🔫holdin u at gunpoint
Eddie: does Robin even want to go on a date with Chrissy?
Eddie: I’m pretty sure she doesn’t even really like her
Steve: no she does
Eddie: idk
Eddie: Don’t tell Robin but Chrissy like REALLY likes her
Eddie: She’s kind of admired her from afar for a little while. And she was kinda heartbroken when Robin was kinda aloof with her the other day.
Eddie: I think she got all this excited ideas in her head about what it would be like to work together. And it kinda crushed her.
Eddie: NO HATE to Robin. I just don’t want to put Chrissy in the position to get hurt even more ya know
Steve: nah we good
Steve: just set it up
Steve: trust me when i say robin does NOT hate her
Steve: quite the opposite 😏
Eddie: !!!!
Eddie: done
Text conversation between Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley:
April 2nd 2024
Robin
Steve: HAHAHAHA ur welcome
Tiktok on user steveharrington1’s account, dated 4-12-24:
“Okay! Today we’ll be recreating fan edits people have done of us.” Steve smiles into the camera. He and Eddie sit together on a comfy looking couch, covered in pillows. “Eddie’s done us the honors and found the edits.”
Eddie nods excitedly. “I figure we’ll go easiest to hardest.”
The first one is a pretty basic one mainly mashing up footage that already exists. There’s a manipulation of footage at the end that makes them kiss in more of a close-up shot than the one make out session that was caught on camera. At this point, Eddie pauses the video and looks at Steve expectantly.
Steve grins. “Easiest to hardest, eh?”
Eddie: “Don’t you want to kiss me?”
Steve slides into his arms. “Of course I do.” They meet in the middle and share a tender kiss between them. It lingers, but is a couple shades more tame than the one they were accidentally caught doing.
“Good enough?” Steve asks with a private, indulgent grin, and Eddie nods.
The next one is, sure enough, much more difficult. It’s a fake movie trailer of Eddie joining the band. It starts with Eddie getting out of a car and looking up at a building (a clip from a sketch he did on Flunkie TV). Then there’s a clip of the 5D band members arguing about something as a group. Billy dramatically walks out.
“Here’s a story about how my life changed forever.” ‘Eddie’s’ voice narrates the clips.
What follows is a heartwarming trailer about Eddie joining Fifth Dimension, being initially rejected, and then eventually being accepted and finding love. The clips are rather expertly rendered, and the way it’s edited it seems almost like it could be a real trailer.
When it finishes, Steve is dumbfounded. “Wait, that’s what you want us to remake? How are we―we’d need a whole production crew for that!”
Eddie just shrugs. “I thought it would be fun.”
Steve shakes his head. “What’s the next one?”
Eddie salutes, turning something else on the screen. This time, the camera doesn’t show what he’s playing, but there’s an audible moaning that can be heard.
Steve looks at him. Eddie looks back.
“Okay. Let’s do that one. No filming.”
One week later, a new video showing the Fifth Dimension official recreation of the fake trailer is posted on steveharrington1’s tiktok account. Robin Buckley steps in to play the role of Billy Hargrove.
Tiktok on user steveharrington1’s account, dated 5-5-24:
Steve’s music from his most recent EP plays in the background. The song is called, Found my Soul in You, and is unapologetically romantic.
Clip after clip plays of Eddie, making it very clear who it’s about. When it talks about cooking together, there’s a clip of Eddie dancing and holding a spatula as a microphone. When the song talks about having crazy hair, there’s a video of Eddie waking up with his bedhead making a huge cloud around his face. When it talks about being lost in their smile, there is a video of Eddie smiling brilliantly in front of a beach sunset.
More clips play. Eddie yelling at his friends at what seems to be an unofficial DnD night. Eddie watching a movie, completely enraptured by the scene, biting his nails as he watches. Eddie dramatically jumping onto a park bench to do a monologue.
Then, Eddie pulling a hair out of Steve’s face. Eddie putting a bandaid on Steve’s finger. Eddie making Steve breakfast in bed.
Finally, the music fades out, and you see a clip of Eddie on the couch, pulling headphones off his ears. “Wait, who is this about? Billy? Is this from―”
“Eddie.” Steve’s voice snits, clearly exasperated.
“Me?!”
The caption reads: so happy i found my soul in you.
Steve’s voice laughs brightly behind the camera. “Dumbass.”
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