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you've been in his fist ever since you were a kid by s0ftshr3k
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Sep 2023
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His father reaches for the light switch as he turns to leave, pauses.
“You know I’d never hurt you, right?”
There’s bile in Steve’s throat. “Yeah, dad. ‘Course.”
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(or: Steve-centric vignettes/conversations on fathers and what they do to us)
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“What did they do to you?” she finally asks, her voice a whisper.
Steve shuts his eyes, breathing in slowly. Everybody seems to want to ask him questions he doesn’t have the right answers to lately.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m fine, it’s over.” When he opens his eyes again he can tell she doesn’t believe him, but she doesn’t ask again. Steve thinks he might love her for it.
(or, the immediate aftermath of Starcourt, because Steve and Robin are traumatized and also platonic soulmates)
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“Finn!” she squeals, and he feels as if he’s about to pop with the weight of his name on her lips.
“Hey, Rach”
“I missed you.”
“I missed you more.” The truth of it hurts him.
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This oneshot was written a full 10 years ago but never made it onto AO3 - posting for posterity!
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
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- English
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10 Mar 2023
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read thru chapter 147
last read 03/15/2026 -
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“You need to stay calm, buddy.”
Don’t be so dramatic, buddy. Comb your hair, buddy. You can’t wear that, buddy. Speak up, buddy. You’re always crying, buddy. Don’t be a pussy, buddy. Grow some damn balls, buddy. You’re a fucking idiot, buddy.
“I am calm.”
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In which Hopper always knew Steve was his son, but he never did anything about it.
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- Part 3 of that's me and you.
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It is 1986 in Hawkins, Indiana. Will Byers is coughing up blood. Steve Harrington wakes to nightmares each night. When Mike Wheeler annoys Nancy Wheeler, she throws pillows at his head with her mind. Dustin Henderson has performed at least one ritual by then. Jane Hopper is not human.
Sometimes, Robin Buckley has to clean blood from her carpet.
It is 1986 in Hawkins, Indiana, and a witch moves in to town.
These things are all intrinsically related.
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- Part 2 of Feral Eddie Munson
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When Nancy tells Steve about Eleven, he starts searching the woods every single day to find her. He doesn’t know if she’ll recognize him- it’s been years since he escaped the lab- but the thought that his little sister could still be out there, cold and alone and starving, hurts more than he can say.
He finds the cabin by accident.
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How Hopper ends up adopting two super-powered kids who wind up saving the world at least once every year.
[WRITTEN BY A HUMAN]
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- English
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Bookmarked by s0ftshr3k
13 Mar 2023
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read thru chapter 15
last read 01/02/2026 -
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The Chief of Police is tall, with broad shoulders and a thick moustache. He’s got a gun on his belt and a hat on his head with such a wide brim he could be mistaken for a cowboy.
Steve knows his face from the pictures. Knows his eyes from the mirror.
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In which Steve always knew Hop was his dad.
Series
- Part 2 of that's me and you.