Curate, connect, and discover
Eddie keeps it a secret from hellfire incase dustin or Erika try to tap Steve for secrets but Steve actually helps eddie workshop new ideas and characters. And the thing is he gets really into it, he loves figuring out the right ‘voice’ for each character with Eddie, he has his favourite npcs that he always asks Eddie for updates on after each campaign. He takes it personally when the party accidentally kill one of his silly little guys. Eddie dreads telling him, the whole drive home he’s chewing on a hang nail trying to figure out if he can bring Steve’s brainchild back.
Steve doesn’t get misty eyed, he just gets shitty with all of the party and they have no idea why. No context as to why steve is suddenly making comments of ‘well maybe you should just kill me about it’ and pouting. Eventually he gets so wound up he lets slip about it all and it’s absolute chaos. The kids are losing their minds. Steve!!! Backseat playing dnd!!!!! They do not rest until he joins a proper game, going out of their way to kill any npcs they suspect are Steve’s and eventually he folds much to Eddie’s amusement