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   Loser. by jayisnotafeather

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   25 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington/Reader
   • Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Reader
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Slow… burn??
   • not a slow burn
   • Sort Of
   • youll see honestly
   • Stranger Things s1
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • at some point
   • but he’s lowkey a douche rn
   • Nerd Reader-Insert
   • you (and me) are introverts
   • extrovert x introvert
   • lovers to exs to enemies to acquaintances to friends to lovers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Inspired by Music
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • stranger things rewrite
   • Slight changes to story
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • reader has bad parents
   • very light suicidal implications (so far)
   • adding tags as I go
   • Slow To Update
   • sometimes

   Summary

   Steve Harrington finds himself infatuated with the introverted kid from school.. For approximately a week. Things start out sweet, devolve quickly and he’s moving onto the next partner. The person he just happens to think is the love of his life, Nancy Wheeler.

   This follows before season 1 to hopefully s5.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   70,700

   Chapters:

   12/?

   Comments:

   29

   Kudos:

   133

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