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Steve sort of feels like maybe he spent his whole life mourning what his father was and now that he’s dead, maybe it’ll be like Jonathan said. Maybe he’ll need to mourn everything he wasn’t.
Or: Steve's dad dies suddenly and he doesn't know how to process his grief. Jonathan, however, is there to help hold him together.
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05 Jan 2026
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"Isn’t there a better way for you to tell me that you like me and that you’re sorry for what happened in high school? Other than calling out a number at me in public or writing shitty porn featuring your self-insert?” Jonathan snaps.
Silence. Steve looks thoughtful.
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Or: a twenty-something Jonathan gets catcalled walking through his hometown mall in Hawkins, Indiana. What he discovers is a pair of perpetual slackers who he may or may not remember from high school. Bad pick-up lines and burgeoning albeit awkward friendships follow. And coffee. So much coffee. At least Steve's hair is nice to look at.
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05 Jan 2026
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Wake up. Vomit. Try and hide a massive hangover. Avoid Nancy. Put on a suit. Drink water. Drink more water. Give the best damn speech of all time, one that puts Mike's pedantic bullshit one to shame. Clink glasses with Steve, because yeah—his was definitely better. Hug Mrs. Wheeler, offering her his congratulations. Do the same with the groom. Ask how Ted is doing. Share a dance with Robin. Eat cake. Retire to his hotel room. Fall asleep and—
Wake up.
It's Tuesday again. The sort of day where the sun only rises to humiliate you.
Jonathan blinks. Okay. Let's try this again. They've only got eternity, and one of these days something has got to work, right?
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05 Jan 2026
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Steve Harrington has turned out to be a lot like a stray cat―the particular genre of stray cat Lonnie insisted Frog was: The kind that’s not really a stray at all, but looks so cute and sweet and pitiful that you can’t help yourself.
Once Jonathan paid him a little attention, he wouldn’t go the hell away. It was impossible to just ignore him, since he seemed to like being ignored―it must’ve been the thrill of the chase. There was a solid six months where he was almost always on the phone or in Jonathan’s bedroom, flipping his fucking hair around and drawling translate this for me, Byers. What’s our friend Robert Smith saying?
Jonathan has tried throwing rocks at him, metaphorically speaking; he’s been mean and he’s been honest; he’s left the most pessimistic parts of himself in charge.
And somehow, despite it all, Steve is still here.
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- Part 4 of A Catalog of Non-Definitive Acts
Bookmarked by singingorange
04 Jan 2026
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don't be shy, let's cause a scene by sapphirerays for pukner
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Sep 2025
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“It’s Jonathan Byers,” Eddie continues. “I don’t get it! You, Wheeler—What’s the appeal with this guy? What’s the allure? No offence, Byers.”
“None taken,” Jonathan says, unfazed.
“I mean, it’s like being attracted to a piece of paper,” Eddie says.
Jonathan frowns. “Some taken.”
Eddie can't wrap his head around Steve dating Jonathan. Jeff is an involuntary witness to, apparently, every single discussion about it.
Bookmarked by singingorange
04 Jan 2026