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i can't carry it for you, but i can carry you by pettypace
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Feb 2026
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“Where are you taking him?” Dustin calls desperately before feeling a boot press hard into his back.
“Shut the hell up, or you’ll get it worse,” a voice snarls above him.
Blind fear chokes Dustin’s heart. They were supposed to have won. They had killed Vecna, saved the children, and destroyed the Upside Down once and for all. They were heroes.
And yet, they had fled from one hell straight into another.
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After the events of the finale, Dr. Kay doesn't let the party go so easily. And she believes she's found the perfect leverage to make Dustin Henderson, boy genius, talk-- Steve Harrington.
AKA the one where Steve and Dustin are interrogated by the military. Hurt followed by copious amounts of comfort and trauma recovery. This is a love story.
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07 Feb 2026
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Dustin didn't need Steve to worry about him, couldn't cope with the idea of someone else doing something stupid and drastic and life-ending to protect him.
He wouldn’t allow it.
Even after he has the shit kicked out of him. Even as Steve promises Dustin won't lose him. Because Dustin knows it’s a promise he might not be able to keep, though he knows he'll keep the one of his own. Words spoken so long ago yet truer now than ever.
'If you die, I die.'
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14 Jan 2026
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When Steve pulls to a stop five minutes later, the teen realizes they’re parked in front of Dustin’s house. He whips his head around to look at Steve. He can’t walk into his own house right now and leave Steve behind him in the truck, cannot let him drive away out of his sight. Steve is already looking at him, some kind of internal battle warring on his features. Dustin’s throat closes up. He can’t speak, can only shake his head and look imploringly at Steve. Relief floods Steve’s face, and it unlocks Dustin’s tongue.
“Take me home,” Dustin says.
Steve breathes out a shaky, “yeah, okay,” as he puts the truck in drive and takes the familiar route to Steve’s house.
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Or, in the aftermath of the battle with Vecna, Dustin and Steve refuse to part from each other, choosing to recover from the wounds of battle together. Unspoken communication, adrenaline, the rapid changes in their relationship over the last few days, and final apologies pull down the last barrier between them.Bookmarked by sleepymuppet
08 Jan 2026
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Steve struggles as everyone leaves Hawkins while he settles in, especially when it comes to saying goodbye to Dustin.
Dustin makes a promise, and keeps coming home.Bookmarked by sleepymuppet
06 Jan 2026
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You are such a Rollercoaster (some killer king you are) by AlexaSeastar
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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"What about Nancy?" Dustin asks softly against his lips, and Steve knows he's not asking out of jealousy or resentment, but out of curiosity and a good dose of logic.
It's a logical question, considering how hard Steve was trying to get closer to Nancy, to win back the heart of someone who was never meant to be his... and whom Steve doesn't want to be his, because the person he wants is right in front of him, waiting for something Steve should have given him long ago.
He exhales softly with a small, sly smile, feeling a tenderness that almost makes his chest ache. He breathes against Dustin's lips, barely touching them, not yet kissing them, and as if his voice were touching something sacred, he murmurs:
"Turns out she was just my Tammy."
Or: As they prepare to return to the Upside Down, Steve and Dustin confess their feelings.
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30 Dec 2025