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Summary
A five act story about aftermaths, almosts, and the price of waiting too long.
Pairings: Steve Harrington × fem!reader (FWB), Eddie Munson x fem!reader (loose enemies to friends to ???)
Themes/Warnings: blood/injuries, trauma talk, sex as coping, complicated relationships, emotional repression, substance use, slow burn tension, mutual pining, grief, guilt, angst, hurt/comfort, healing, divine timing
Setting: Between S3 and S4 (canon events through S4, but pushed out timeline and finale divergence.)
POV: Told through 20yo fem!reader - a Henderson family friend with a lightly sketched past/defined personality (sarcasm, guardedness, distinct tastes), but little to no physical traits described! Occasional POV shifts to Steve and Eddie.