❁ this headcanon's been brought up before, but i want to make it even better!
❁ so let's just imagine that eddie is about 19 years old and learning how to be a mechanic (mostly with cars)
❁ eddie is MUSCLY as all hell
❁ and he shows it off proudly (i would too, let's not judge)
❁ he's a frickin sexy GREASE MONKEY and he knows it
❁ richard tozier is a frequent customer (which confuses eddie; how could a person need that much work on their car?)
❁ "what seems to be the problem?" "my engine broke" "your engine broke last week"
❁ the truth is, richie often purposefully causes a problem with his car just to see eddie with an excuse
❁ eventually, a new customer starts showing up; stanley uris
❁ stan also notices how hot eddie is (who wouldn't) and also frequently visits the shop
❁ he strikes up conversations with eddie about birds
❁ "did you know that birds and cars have a lot in common?" "no"
❁ stan and richie both started to run out of car excuses and instead started buying random things from the shop to make it seem less suspicious
❁ eddie notices their shenanigans and decides to mess with them a bit
❁ the next time they show up to the shop, eddie isn't wearing a tank top, he's SHIRTLESS
❁ he got baby abs and everythang ☺️✊
❁ richie nearly faints, stan nearly hides under a car
❁ so obviously, richie and stan catch on that they both have feelings for eddie (and each other, but they don't know that yet)
❁ and eddie catches on to the fact that he likes both richie and stan
❁ so stan and richie hatch a scheme to ask the cute mechanic out on a date
❁ they are both chaotic, so it's no surprise that they do this:
❁ richie pretends to slip on some oil in the shop and pretends to be injured, which causes eddie to ask if he's alright
❁ stan comes rushing over and says "we won't sue if you go on a date with us"
❁ so eddie says "you could've just asked me out, was this your best idea?"
❁ anyway, they all end up going on a date anyway and learn more about each other
❁ wow this really just turned into a streddie headcanon (i'll do another one anyway)
❁ it turns out that richie is a film major and stan is a teaching major
❁ they go on a few more dates and decide to make it official: stan, richie, and eddie all decide to become boyfriends
❁ now stan and richie can come watch eddie at work even without an excuse!