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1. a place beyond the quarry by greatunironic

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   12 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Wayne Munson
   • Sam Owens (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Canon
   • Canon Compliant
   • (in that you can't prove that this isn't what happens)
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Referenced Compulsory Heterosexuality
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Promiscuity
   • Dreams and Nightmares
   • Buddy Comedy By Way Of Horror Story
   • Monsterfucking | Teratophilia
   • Additional Tags May Be Added

   Summary

   If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

   Or: The year is 1992; and Steve Harrington meets a monster, has a breakdown, fistfights a government official in a Wendy’s parking lot, and gets an unmarked post-card — not necessarily in that order.

   Or: a buddy comedy that’s also a nightmare that’s also a love story.

   Language:

   English

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   13,658

   Chapters:

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