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1. This can’t be The End by Cherrypie55

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Steve Harrington/Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Robin Buckley
   • Joyce Byers
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Not Canon Compliant - Stranger Things 5
   • Time Travel Fix-It
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Blood and Injury
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Age Difference
   • Dubious Science

   Summary

   Steve’s world was ending.
   Reality crashing down around him.
   That stairwell – that damn stairwell — collapsing beneath them as Dustin shoved him backwards.
   This couldn’t be the end, it just couldn’t.
   Steve would do anything, give anything, just to fix it.
   Because a world without Dustin Henderson, wasn't a world worth living in.

   Language:

   English

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