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1. And The Walls are Closing In by blorboguyever

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   21 Feb 2026

   Tags

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   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Joyce Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Stonathan - Freeform
   • Jonathan Byers Needs a Hug
   • Bisexual Jonathan Byers
   • Depressed Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Slow Burn
   • byler
   • it's a subplot but it's there I promise
   • we're here for stonathan
   • platonic mileven also mentioned

   Summary

   Being alone isn't easy. Jonathan Byers just makes it really look like it. in 1983, Will vanished- leaving Jonathan in a limbo between struggling with the loss and supposed death of his only sibling, his mother who is steadily going crazy, and a certain boy who is driving him mad enough to make him question everything and everyone- at the worst time he possibly can. Steve isn't *chasing* Jonathan- he's lightly padding beside him, occasionally muttering something soft, and it feels like torture. He doesn't know how to cope with his newfound feelings towards new friends, the loss of a family member and his mental health crumbling all at once- the walls are closing in. And he doesn't know how much he can keep pushing them apart.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,121

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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