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1. staring into the fire (and hoping i go blind) by wintermoons

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   07 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Claudia Henderson/Wayne Munson
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington & Wayne Munson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eddie Munson
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Wayne Munson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Claudia Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Eddie Munson as Kas the Betrayer (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Vampire Eddie Munson
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Slow Burn
   • Eddie Munson Lives
   • Eventual Romance
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Dehumanization
   • Human Experimentation
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Stranger Things Book: Flight of Icarus
   • Minor Original Character(s)
   • POV Multiple
   • POV Third Person
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Internalized Biphobia
   • Repressed Bisexuality
   • Minor Steve Harrington/Original Female Character(s)
   • VERY minor they're doomed from the start
   • Dreamwalking
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives

   Summary

   November, 1989: Two years after Vecna’s defeat and the implosion of the Upside Down, and six months after the kid’s graduation, Steve Harrington might finally be settling in. He’s got a great new girlfriend, a place in Forest Hills, and a job he loves coaching a team of middle schoolers in the fine art of baseball.

   He couldn’t ask for much more, not after all the shit he’s been through in the last six years. Really, it’s the life he’s always wanted…

   But then there’s these military spooks showing up at his door, asking way too many questions about the familiar yet impossible voice he’s been hearing in the woods. For the life of him, Steve can’t figure out if it’s bad karma, dumb luck, or fate.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   106,249

   Chapters:

   17/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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