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holding me back, gravity's holding me back by lvl69bard (freshiewrites)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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He made an agreement with Robin that he would tell everyone, or at least, anyone that mattered. That he'd, y'know, gone deaf. This oughta be fun.
(5 times Steve told someone he's gone deaf, and 1 time he didn't have to.)
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- Part 2 of as it was
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02 Jan 2026
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Eddie believes three core things about the art of performance. 1. all the world's a stage. 2. performance is both a weapon and a shield, he wields it as both. And 3. you can’t act death.
To quote Stoppard: “It’s not gasps and blood and falling about—that isn’t what makes it death. It’s just a man failing to reappear, that’s all…”
And Eddie had gasped and bled and fell about, and was foolish enough in that moment to believe that was death. But he forgot a crucial step: he reappeared.
Or: Steve is taking it day by day, flitting between the high school and the hospital and Hopper’s cabin, locking any thoughts of Eddie Munson away at the back of his mind. Meanwhile, Eddie is just trying to get out of the Upside Down, with nothing but a nail-shield and the world's worst company.
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02 Jan 2026
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On a bet with Gareth, Eddie sets out to prove that Straight Boy Steve is actually a pretty bang-up guy by worming his way in close enough to ask him out on a date.
Gareth bets that Eddie's gonna end up with a shiner. Eddie bets that Steve'll let him down easy, like a gentleman.
Neither of them bets that Steve has been taking all of Eddie's flirting seriously, and is planning to ask Eddie out first. It’s gonna get worse before it gets better.
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Featuring favorites like… Steve’s family being lovey and protective, Steve heartbroken but trying to take care of himself this time, and a redemption arc for our favorite metalhead that involves cooking classes and falling in love with the babysitter really fucking hard.
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02 Jan 2026
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After his season two altercation with Steve, Billy Hargrove tells everyone Steve's a queer. Steve, unaware of the rumors, is suddenly being bullied and preyed upon. Luckily for him, everyone is afraid of Eddie Munson, a boy who isn't afraid to bring a knife to a fist fight.
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01 Jan 2026
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Steve and Dustin get split up by the others and the military has found them. They are not sure what they are going to do with them, but Dustin overhears a conversation two of the guards have. Something about a creature that attacks and kills. Something that has a bat army.
After hearing that small conversation, the demo-bats start surround the area that they are in. Before Dustin and Steve even realize it, the creature is someone they never thought they would see again.
But this time, he was no longer the same.
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- Part 2 of ⛧ ₊ ⊹Experiments On Bats˖ ♱ . ⛧
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01 Jan 2026