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1. Holding Out for a Hero by villainxapologist

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   23 Sep 2022

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Steve Harrington/Reader
   • Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove/Reader
   • Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington/Reader
   • Eddie Munson/Reader
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson/Reader
   • Jonathan Byers & Reader
   • Will Byers & Reader
   • Barbara "Barb" Holland & Reader
   • Will Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Joyce Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Eddie Munson
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Barbara "Barb" Holland
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Martin Brenner
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • Jason Carver
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Good Babysitter Steve Harrington
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Steve starts the story dating Nancy
   • Female Reader
   • Reader is a Byers
   • Semi-Canon Compliant
   • Follows the plot of the show but is not a direct retelling
   • New perspectives than what we see in the show
   • Some things play out differently
   • Jason Carver Being an Asshole
   • Billy doesn't join the story until season 2
   • Eddie is mentioned early in but will not be a main character until after Billy
   • Love triangle resolved with poly
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Neglect
   • Childhood Friends
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Polyamory
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Drugs
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Partying
   • Reader is 17 at first but only in season 1
   • there is no smut with any underage characters
   • Religious Cults
   • Slow Burn
   • Billy Hargrove Redemption
   • Billy Hargrove is not racist in this universe
   • Billy Hargrove Tries to Be a Better Person
   • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Good Relationship
   • POV Second Person

   Summary

   In which -
   - You fall in love with your childhood best friend, Steve Harrington, who is currently infatuated with Nancy Wheeler.
   - While searching for your missing baby brother, Will Byers, you uncover the truth of your own disappearance as a child.
   - Polyamory, cult shit, supernatural powers, eldritch monsters from another dimension, and 80s hijinx ensue.

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   Language:

   English

   Words:

   25,372

   Chapters:

   10/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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