Hellcheer
Eddie Munson/Chrissy Cunningham
The metalhead dealer and the head cheerleader shared one gentle scene in the woods before Vecna made her his first kill of the season. Stranger Things fandom built an entire ship from that single spark of unexpected sweetness, mostly in AUs where both live.
What is Hellcheer?
Hellcheer is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Eddie Munson and Chrissy Cunningham from Stranger Things. With over 3,000 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love Hellcheer
Two characters who died within episodes of meeting became fandom's favorite proof that one good scene is enough.
Most Popular Hellcheer Fanfics
The highest-rated Hellcheer stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.
hideaway wild roses
by nnocres
Chrissy Cunningham has no idea what she's doing. Eddie Munson is a freak, a loser, a satanist, and worst of all, he's fat. She should've never spoken to him. It's just too bad he's probably the nicest person she's ever met.
firecrackers & ice pops
Completeby writrsblock
It's an unbearably hot 4th of July and Eddie just wants to cool down. Chrissy offers him an ice pop.
There’s A Rumor Going ‘Round (About Me & You)
by ghostlynimbus
Chrissy’s made some bad decisions and big mistakes in the past, but this… this takes the (forbidden) cake. A teen pregnancy AU featuring found family, misunderstandings, and shenanigans. Set in a timeline where some of the stuff from the show still happened, but the monsters and magic are replaced
Sweetest of the Sunflowers (You’re The Sun To Me)
by ghostlynimbus
Chrissy’s made some bad decisions and big mistakes in the past, but this… this takes the (forbidden) cake. A teen pregnancy AU featuring found family, misunderstandings, and shenanigans. Set in a timeline where some of the stuff from the show still happened, but the monsters and magic are replaced
I bet on losing Wills
by Glug_Glug69
Growing up can be tough. Especially when your dad is a total piece of shit. And especially when you are intersex in the 1980s. And especially when you are harboring secret feelings for your best friend. And especially if you were sexually assaulted at the young age of thirteen by a grown man, not fo
Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day.
Completeby SteveHarringtonnRemuslupin
Set in S4 of stranger things navigating through steve Harringtons secrets.
Upside Down
by mint_bubble_tea606
A rewrite of Stranger Things! This is purely self-indulgent due to the fact that Season 5 let me down so much that I'm scrubbing the series from the very beginning. Some chapters might be similar to other episodes of the show because I might not have any gripes with them. After Mike's best friend, W
Strangest Things (About Us) (ABO)
by AlcidesLeo
(All of Stranger Things rewritten as an AU omegaverse) S1, S2 and S3, for now.S4 in progress... After their differentiation tests, Will presented as an alpha and Mike as an omega. Mike is convinced that it's a mistake. So he takes another test the day after Will's disappearance, and the events of th
You and Me? (Can we be?)
by Byler_forlife
We should clean this up." "We?" Mike says, puts his shirt back, covering the wound."You care for me?" Mike lies down. "Yes, Mike. You're my friend." Will says and gets up, looks for something to clean it.Friend . Mike thinks. He is Will's friend. He smirks a little, not enough to show Will. (The c
The Ballerina
by cellulited_bean
In the back of an antique shop, Tattoo Artist and Part Time Upcycler Eddie Munson finds a jewelry box with a perfectly ordinary ballerina. Absolutely, perfectly, ordinary.
amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding)
by writrsblock
All pretty girls get flowers. -Chrissy uncovers the secret meanings of the flowers she's gifted and falls in love along the way.
The tale of two siblings
by DeemieWrites
After surviving his fight with The Mind Flayer, Billy Hargrove struggles to move on from everything that has happened to him. He strives to help his adopted family get out of poverty, develop a more positive relationship with his little sister, Max, and become a better person. However, moving on fr
Fake it so real
by petrona
Chrissy is Eddie's impossible crush. Eddie has been Chrissy's guilty pleasure since they were kids. For Eden, there's no guilt about it—Eddie's a dime. And Argyle would do anything for Eden. Who better to be cursed with all this knowledge than Dustin Henderson, Matchmaker Extraordinaire?
we all have a hunger (wrap my teeth around the world)
by SaintMarySunshine
Professor Eddie Munson meets Doctor Chrissy Cunningham in the middle of the FBI's hunt for the Chesapeake Ripper, a vicious serial killer who elevates their victims into art. This will not go well for him. They should fuck about it.
Thin Walls
Completeby vqnilladollies
Chrissy tells Jason she has cramps and sneaks over to Eddie’s trailer in the middle of the night. Wayne’s asleep down the hall, the bed squeaks like it’s possessed, and the whole trailer park is right outside. What starts as quiet and careful turns into something a lot less innocent. Filthy, risky,
At The Beach
by NattyFight
Eddie cannot tell you why, except that sometimes his body makes a choice before his brain has caught up. He is at the third teller window before he has even examined the move, and then he looks up and sees her. He gets a handful of seconds where she does not know she is being watched. Something in h
Devil's in the Discipline
by jennylikesicedcoffee
Chrissy Cunningham knows lying is a sin. She was raised Christian, after all. But lying's what got her a hot boyfriend, a star position on the cheer squad, and some (maybe sort of) friends to boot. It's not until Eddie Munson nearly runs her over with his truck that her lies begin to catch up with h
HellCheer Oneshots
Completeby Stancy2016
Miscellaneous HellCheer Oneshots.
The Devil's in the Details
by ArcaneSword
“But I’m not just doing this out of the kindness of my cynical little heart, Cunningham.” Her eyes went wide and his smirk grew into a grin, “I want some reciprocity, Chrissy.” “You do?” she swallowed, eyes still wide, hands now motionless but still gripped together, as she asked breathily, “What di
All Night Long (All Night)
by fairyseacucumber52
"Hello?" His voice sounded the same over the phone as it did in high school, just sleepier. "Hi, um, this is Chrissy Cunningham, we went to school togeth-" "I know who you are, Chrissy. Believe it or not I still remember the queen of Hawkins High. I’m just a little confused as to why she might be ca
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What does Hellcheer mean?
Hellcheer is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Eddie Munson and Chrissy Cunningham. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
How many Hellcheer fics are on AO3?
There are over 3,000 Hellcheer fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.
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