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1. the lathe by palmviolet

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Aug 2022

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington & Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eddie Munson
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Jason Carver
   • Scott Clarke
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Agent Stinson (Stranger Things)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Time Loop
   • Fix-It
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • gratuitous use of chekhov's gun
   • Slow Burn
   • it takes getting stuck in a time loop for steve harrington to Realise Things about himself
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
   • 80's Music
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Eddie Munson Lives (eventually)
   • Eldritch Horror
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Good Babysitter Steve Harrington
   • Dungeons & Dragons References
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • the inherent existential dread of repeating the same day over and over
   • Steve Harrington Has a Bisexual Awakening
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • someone needs to give steve and eddie a break
   • that someone is not me
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

   Summary

   "This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."

   — or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.

   Series

   • Part 1 of THE LATHE: there are only so many parallel universes that concern us.

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