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the tug that's between us, that long string by m4zzyst4r (cinematicghibli)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Apr 2026
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Despite all of the insanity around him, Steve can feel only one thing.
The sensation of something - someone - behind him, on the ground, where they’re huddled together.
There’s something under the truck, he thinks. Oh god, there’s something here. I was right, and I didn’t check.
Something followed us out.—
Life after Vecna's death is everything that Steve expected it would be: new job, new house, new beginnings.
He’s fine, honestly.
Everything is fine - other than the fact that his new home in Forest Hills feels under constant watch from something in the shadows, he keeps finding animal corpses drained of blood around town, he can’t hold a relationship down to save himself, Dustin keeps leaving him increasingly concerning cryptic phone messages… and there’s some sort of sinister entity occupying the woods near the Creel House.
So, fine. Totally.Series
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05 May 2026
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Whiskey, Cigarettes, and Other Things That Burn by day842
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 May 2026
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Eddie likes to self destruct.
Sex.
Alcohol.
Drugs.
Especially the drugs.
Screw anyone who judges--his brain is all fucky after the Upside Down. He just wants to feel good again.
And so what if a habit has formed? Not like there's anyone around who cares that he's withering away.Steve wants nothing to do with Eddie. He's exhausting. Draining. Toxic as shit. He's not sure why Robin cares to look after his addict ass all the time.
He kind of resents that she expects him to pick up the babysitting when she leaves the state.
Really shows that nothing has changed in the last year.
Always the goddamn babysitter.Bookmarked by The_Underground
04 May 2026
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Under his breath, Eddie giggles. He hears the noise crest behind them as they walk, like a cloud of angry bees after their hive has been shaken up. It’s a fact, now, that Eddie Munson, resident freak drug-dealing alpha, is very publicly hanging around newly presented omega Steve Harrington. Alpha and omega, the perfect cookie-cutter combo the normies love to call a perfect match.
“Munson,” Harrington mutters, barely moving his lips. “What the fuck do you think you are doing?”
Or: Eddie is the king of bad ideas. Fake-courting Steve Harrington for the hell of it might take the crown.
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04 May 2026
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found a home (where I am whole again) by Spinteresting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Apr 2026
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How Steve and Dustin go from friends to lovers over a two year slow burn of Friday night sleepovers, comforting each other through nightmares, camping trips, parties with friends, new jobs, and moving away for school.
Begins in November 1987 right after the bomb goes off destroying the Upside Down and taking El with it.
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04 May 2026
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“Yeah,” Steve sighs. “I’m gonna miss you, too, Dustin. Hey, promise you won’t forget about good old Steve Harrington when you make a bunch of new, smart friends?”
Steve brings his hand to grip the base of Dustin’s neck. He knows he sounds pathetic, but it covers what he really wants to say, which is “don’t leave me behind.”
Dustin catches Steve’s gaze and holds it. “You’re my best friend. You know that nothing could ever change that.”
Steve can’t seem to tear his eyes away from Dustin’s. The weight of everything they went through in the last five years hangs in the air. There’s too much to say and nothing to say that they don’t already know.
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Set in the year after Dustin graduates high school and heads to college, Steve and Dustin struggle to navigate their relationship as it changes in ways that neither of them anticipated, especially now that the threat of the Upside Down is no longer an excuse to keep them together.
It’s a story told through phone calls, postcards, holidays at home, road trips, and Lord of the Rings references. It’s a story of learning what to let go of, what to hold onto and how to find a path forward. Mostly, it’s a story about love.
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03 May 2026