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1. Eating Heartache by shakingandcrying_and_shittingandpissing

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Joyce Byers
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • Post-Season 2
   • Canon Compliant
   • Season 3 is the end of main plot
   • Fuck you Vecna
   • Hopper dies and stays dead
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Steve Harrington Has Head Trauma
   • cte moment
   • Slow Burn
   • Justice for Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • mileven bones
   • Jancy Bones
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • we always hear about how good Steve is with the kids but jesus we never see it
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • nonlobotomized Joyce Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Bonding
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • byler if you squint hard enough
   • no beta we die like men

   Summary

   Steve learns it's time to grow up.
   Jonathan learns he isn't as grown as he thinks he is.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,006

   Chapters:

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