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The Battle of Starcourt has been won, but its aftershocks are still rippling. Separated from the rest of the Party, Will struggles with feelings of abandonment, while El is trying to find her place with the Byers and come to terms with the loss of her powers - and the closest thing she's ever had to a father. Back in Hawkins, life is slowly returning to normal, or at least as normal as life ever is. The Party are starting to adjust to having two of their members at a distance, though everyone's still missing El and Will, Mike most of all.
But life in Hawkins never stays normal for long. Someone - or something - is following Steve and Robin, and they may not be the only ones under surveillance. A spectre from El's past makes an unexpected - and unwanted - reappearance. And an old enemy may turn out to be much more than meets the eye.
And sometimes, the bad guys are smart, too.
Separated by miles and misunderstandings, with communications failing and their enemies somehow always one step ahead, Hawkins' strange little fellowship find themselves caught between holding on and moving forward. If they want to survive to see another November, they'll have to face the past - and each other.
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18 Oct 2022
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He’s pretty sure that’s when he reaches his breaking point. Everything that’s happened in the past however many days rushed into his brain like a shock of electricity. He feels his breath get shakier as he lowers himself down.
A hand cards through the profoundly greasy hair and pulls him in. He’s a little lost in thought as this happens so he just goes with it. He feels a bit weightless, as though he’s in the bathtub, sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, all slightly out of reach. It’s a freefall.
He’s falling.
God knows when he’ll fucking land.
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or: Witness me toss lab employee/007 Steve precariously into the heart of Hawkins as various townspeople attempt to catch him.
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18 Oct 2022
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If you had asked Steve Harrington five years ago what he would be doing after high school, he would have believed wholeheartedly that he would be following in the path his father laid out before him. At age 20, however, Steve found himself breaking free of the mould he had been raised to fit.
His closest friends were a bunch of nerdy children he babysat, the girl he had thought he was going to marry had broken up with him (and he was glad she did), he had been rejected from every university he applied to, he was working a minimum wage job, and he was fresh off the back of his third near-apocalypse.
With the Spring Break of '86 on the horizon, Steve can't help but let himself feel hopeful. After all, how much worse can things get?or
Stranger Things 4, but Steve is an active protagonist who finds himself falling in love with Eddie Munson, of all people, as the world begins to end yet again.
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The characters of Stranger Things rewritten with (hopefully) realistic emotional responses to their trauma, growth, communication (except for when they're idiots), and agency.
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- 105,424
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- 19/?
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15 Oct 2022
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Steve’s never understood why adults always praise him for being a “people person” as if it’s some great accomplishment.
What, like it’s hard?
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Or: Steve Harrington is your average American teenager, he just had to work harder than most to learn how to ignore the emotions bumping into him.
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- English
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- 218,146
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- 32/?
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15 Oct 2022
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A Collection of Guides (Steve is an empath AU) by Anonymous
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Nov 2022
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Steve Harrington has the number 007 tattooed on his wrist. Somehow, this wasn't a problem.
Until one day he realises that that really isn't as normal as he thinks, and suddenly his life is a lot more complicated.
Oh and, the realisation also tells him that apparently, you're NOT meant to be able to feel other people's emotions!or: Steve is an empath, a series about how he deals with his powers, how the others find out, and various other shenanigans to do with it.
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15 Oct 2022
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Between Jonathan, Billy and the Russians, Steve’s brain has taken enough damage for it to be permanent. He tries to deal with it, but with the Upside Down coming back, he can’t keep doing it alone. So, he confides in Eddie, the most unlikely person, but the only one who doesn’t yet count on him to be strong. The secret gives them a bond that helps them grow closer together as Eddie has Steve’s back and shows him he’s worth something.
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13 Oct 2022
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In 1986, Steve Harrington is doing his best. Trying to rebuild a life for his friends who’ve been to hell and back, and trying to carve out space for himself and his strange growing friendship with Eddie Munson.
At least, until Eddie leaves.
Four years later they meet again, and Eddie comes crashing back into Steve’s life, ready to tear down the walls Steve has painstakingly built around his heart.
Or: a story about holding on, letting go, and opening your heart to the unexpected. Even if the unexpected is a flighty rockstar in skin tight jeans.
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- 10/10
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28 Sep 2022
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1986 was supposed to be his year. He'd already defeated a hoard of bats and helped save the world with none other than Steve freaking Harrington. But now he's pissing his pants while seizing on the floor of the Hawkins High cafeteria, with everyone watching. And if that isn't a mood killer, he isn't sure what is.
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28 Sep 2022
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27 Sep 2022
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Hearing Damage : Thom Yorke
Steve wishes he could remember it.
When he didn't have to concentrate on words so hard that he probably looked constipated.
When he didn't have to train his eyes on peoples lips to catch the words they were saying.
When he didn't have to turn the volume so loud that he could feel it vibrating in his bones.Or, how many angsty headcanons can I fit in one fic?
Anyways- Steve is deaf. Inspired by this post by @weewoooweeeoo on Tumblr.- Language:
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27 Sep 2022
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Robin is so, so stupid.
In a situation where Robin accidentally outs herself to Vickie, she panics and lies, saying she’s not “like that” and that she actually has a boyfriend. Whose the boyfriend, you ask? The first name she could think of that would even slightly go along with her lie.
Eddie fucking Munson.
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- Part 8 of Self-Indulgent
- Language:
- English
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- Chapters:
- 17/17
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16 Sep 2022
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“A demonstration?” Jon asks, and the words come out very level, very careful. He’s still frozen in the same position, like he’s afraid he might spook off a bird that’s miraculously landed on him by moving.
Tim opens his mouth to reply, but only manages it on the second try.
“Yeah,” he says. “Hands on, you know. Let you get to see the thing for yourself.”
“And you would be tying up…” Jon says, trailing off into a silence that begs to be filled, answered.
“You,” Tim confirms, and he thinks he sees Jon shiver as he says it. “I couldn’t-- can’t tie myself up, after all.”
“But I can’t-- I don’t do that,” Jon says, as if remembering himself. He almost sounds disappointed. “I don’t-- I don’t enjoy sex. I’m very certain of that much, I made sure. I can’t--”
“Who said anything about sex?”
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Tim shows Jon the wonders of bondage.
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- English
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06 Sep 2022
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THE LATHE: there are only so many parallel universes that concern us. by palmviolet
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Aug 2022
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'Sure. You can have these worlds.
You can warm them in your hands at night. But know:
by signing, you agree also to be responsible for the universewhere the oceans glow red, the universe where
what we call shadow is pulsing with the muskof hooves, and especially the one in which
humans exist, but only in the nightmaresof small children. Will you hold that one too?'
— from 'Introduction to Quantum Theory' by Franny Choi- Words:
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25 Aug 2022
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for Elias Week 2022, Monday Prompts: Alternate Timeline & Worship
Elias Bouchard takes one look at Tim stoker and immediately sees the potential of Tim to be one of two things: a liability likely to throw a wrench in his plans and cause all sorts of headache, or an ally driven by his deep sense of loyalty. Tim is alone, desperately seeking companionship, so Elias decides the best way to secure his loyalty is to seduce him.
He just doesn't expect to actually like Tim as much as he does.
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- Part 1 of Solo: A Tim/Elias AU
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- English
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- 1/1
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24 Aug 2022
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Eddie Munson has his finger on the self destruct button. He doesn't know how to stop, and doesn't care enough to try. After Steve finds him under Andy's fist with a laugh bouncing off his tongue, he does everything he can to bring him back from the ledge.
He isn't the only one that wants to show Eddie that his life is worth fighting for.
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Eddie stared at the cream tile on the shower wall, “Must’ve followed me from my deal. Pulled me into the alley.”
Steve hummed. He moved the alcohol soaked cotton to Eddie’s lip. A breath pushed from behind his teeth. He closed his eyes against the sharp pain.
“Do I look like I’m buying that?”
Eddie looked at him. Steve moved his eyes from Eddie’s lip, his thumb brushing over it slightly as he continued cleaning. There was a knowing glint. He raised one eyebrow.
Just like that, Eddie realised how close they were standing. Steve had situated himself against the outside of Eddie’s legs, his belt buckle pressed against his thigh and one hand braced on the counter by Eddie’s hip. The proximity made him short of breath. He blamed it on the discomfort, not the brush of Steve’s skin against his bottom lip.
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- 11/11
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09 Aug 2022
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Martin knows that, perhaps, it’s a bit silly to enjoy having a crush as much as he does. Especially when that crush is on his prickly, irritable boss. But he thinks maybe that’s why he likes it so much. There’s no expectation to act on his feelings, no late nights spent wondering when he’ll finally give in and say something.
Martin is perfectly fine with having a harmless crush on Jon, until he starts coughing up flowers. Suddenly, his crush isn't as harmless as he'd hoped.
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- English
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- Chapters:
- 15/15
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09 Aug 2022
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It has been so long since Essek has heard from the Mighty Nein that he is starting to wonder if they have forgotten about him. It's fine, he tells himself, he doesn't need the company.
Until Jester messages him, however, and Essek finds out just how much he is needed.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 31,993
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Comments:
- 237
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09 Aug 2022
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back to the place where we began by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
07 Jul 2020
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No, the Archivist is not sure why he is here. But he remembers this day.
He remembers kicking an old spare lighter across the floor of his flat that morning. He remembers taking deep, steadying breaths, trying to convince himself that being 'head' of anything is something he is cut out for. He remembers the click of the tape recorder when he sat down to record.
He remembers...
No, wait.
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09 Aug 2022
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09 Aug 2022