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1. Not Living Anyway by sunlight_ice

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   13 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington/Original Character(s)
   • Steve Harrington/Original Female Character(s)
   • Steve Harrington & Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Character(s)/Original Character(s)
   • Steve Harrington
   • Original Characters
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Addiction
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst
   • Love Triangles
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Mental Institutions
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Eventual Smut
   • Self-Destruction
   • Drug Addiction
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Therapy
   • Hospitalization
   • Recovery
   • Trauma
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Rehabilitation
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Emotionally Hurt Steve Harrington
   • Original Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
   • Dark Romance
   • Anger

   Summary

   Peyton survives an overdose.
   The doors lock behind her anyway.

   Seventy-two hours on an involuntary psychiatric hold with nowhere to go and nothing to lose.

   But Peyton doesn't break in front of anybody.

   Steve Harrington is already there.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,668

   Chapters:

   7/?

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   4

   Hits:

   221