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1. Pretty Soon, I Will Run by BeansAndBugs

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   25 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington & The Doctor
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Tommy Hagan & Steve Harrington & Carol Perkins
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Steve Harrington & Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • (eventually)
   • Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Eddie Munson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Stranger Things Ensemble
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • The Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • The Doctor's TARDIS
   • Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Rose Tyler
   • Martha Jones
   • Donna Noble
   • Jack Harkness
   • River Song
   • Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)
   • Mickey Smith (Doctor Who)
   • Misc Aliens and OCs for Plot and Stuff
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • Steve Harrington Has Powers
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • The Doctor collects companions like DnD Dice and Steve is one of them
   • Bad Wolf Steve
   • Doctor Who-Typical Shenanigans
   • Billy Hargrove is His Own Warning
   • Steve Harrington is Not Stupid
   • Steve Harrington Is a Mess
   • The Doctor Is Bad At Communicating (Doctor Who)
   • And Steve Inherited it by Bluetooth
   • if canon writers can break and reshape canon for funsies so can I
   • Eddie Munson Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Identity Crisis
   • Doctor Who-Typical Continuity Headaches
   • Found Family
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Martin Brenner is His Own Warning
   • Billy Hargrove Tries to Be a Better Person
   • Other Canon-Typical Warnings
   • Bad Wolf Rose Tyler
   • Do not feed to AI
   • no beta we die like jack harkness
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Eventual Fix-It
   • Everyone Gets A Hug

   Summary

   “Hey, kid, what are you doing here?” the kind blonde woman asked. Steve stared up at her with a frown, crouched down next to a dumpster in New York, 1974.
   “You can’t make me go back to the doctor’s. I don’t like it there.”
   “Not a fan of Doctors, are you?” the man in a leather jacket said, crouching down to the little kid’s eye level. His smile bounded playfully with amusement.
   “No. They don’t let me run!”
   “Well, kid-“ “- I’m Steve, and I’m not a kid - ” “- Steve the Kid, then - I’m The Doctor, and this is Rose Tyler. Do you want to come run with us?”

    

   — In which Steve Harrington ran through space and time, stared into the Heart of the TARDIS, and claimed his name.
   Now, it’s 1983 in Hawkins, and he’s still running.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Pretty Soon, I Will Run

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