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    The makings of a badass by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    14 Jun 2022

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    “A badass?” He laughs, a little too sharply maybe. “Henderson, I hate to break it to you, but being able to bounce a ball around and making out with chicks a badass makes you not.”

    Or: how Eddie Munson changed his mind about Steve Harrington.

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    19 Mar 2026

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    Aftermath by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    21 Jun 2022

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    “Does it get better?” Robin asks. “Dealing with everything…after?”

    Steve pauses. Can it truly get better if it keeps coming up, year after year? But he swallows around the lump in his throat and says, “Yes,” and he thinks he means it. 

    Or: Year after year, Steve deals with the aftermath of fighting inter-dimensional monsters with people who start to feel more and more like family.

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    A Family of Choice by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    09 Feb 2022

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    Her fist curled into the fabric of his uniform before she shoved her head against his chest and eased into cries of a maimed child instead of a teenager ignited like a match of rage. She smoldered like the fire inside the mall; dwindling embers of red hair and wet cheeks.

     

    Steve and Max in the aftermath of Starcourt.

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    Road Looks Rough Ahead (We’ll See It Through) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    26 Jun 2022

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    Now that Steve’s not bathed in the otherworldly light of the Upside Down, he looks fucking awful – nothing at all like when Dustin last saw him on the shore of Lovers’ Lake – and when Dustin grabs him by the shoulders and pushes him back down against the mattress, Steve doesn't put up a fight, which honestly does not make Dustin feel any better.

    Or: It’s strange how fast things started to spiral once Steve began going on dates again, looking for that one perfect girl, and Dustin joined up with the Hellfire Club.

    Or: In which two idiots have a long overdue talk about their feelings (or come as close to talking about their feelings as two idiots can manage).

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    16 Mar 2026

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    Schrödinger’s Steve by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    17 Sep 2019

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    The Mind-Flayer might be gone, but the aftereffects of torture are not.

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    16 Mar 2026