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1. Between the Tower and the Star – Close enough to collide by strandhai

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   28 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love
   • Stonathan - Freeform
   • Inspired by Tarot (Divination Cards)
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Jonathan Byers Needs a Hug
   • Orbit Theory
   • Slow Burn
   • Post-Canon
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Stranger Things S1-5
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Written like Tarot cards are watching them
   • Not Beta Read
   • Trauma
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Bisexual Jonathan Byers
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • One Shot Collection
   • Dreams and Blood and Love

   Summary

   Steve Harrington and Jonathan Byers have always existed in the same gravity well: close enough to feel the pull, never close enough to touch.
   Across collapsing worlds, tarot readings, radio towers, road trips, carnival lights, and late-night conversations that circle everything except the truth, they keep missing each other by inches.
   Some stories are about impact.
   Others are about orbit.
   This is a collection of moments — canon, canon-divergent, and quietly inevitable — where the distance narrows, the math changes, and gravity finally wins.
   Additional chapter-specific warnings are provided in author’s notes where applicable.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Stonathan and the Soft Violence of Tarot

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,082

   Chapters:

   2/?

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