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1. Love What's Left of You by Casual_Kas

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   28 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Dustin Henderson & The Party
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Friendship
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Have a Sibling Relationship
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Are Best Friends
   • Steve and Dustin centric
   • post-s5
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Friendship
   • Steve and Dustin are finally communicating
   • Flashbacks
   • HoH Steve Harrington
   • Nightmares
   • Eddie Munson Haunts the Narrative
   • Character Study
   • Dustin Henderson Loves Steve Harrington
   • Platonically Of Course
   • Royalbard
   • Yes I'm bringing the platonic relationship name tag from tumbrl to ao3
   • Moving On
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Dustin loves listening to Steve's heartbeat
   • It's calming

   Summary

   "I thought that was it," he mumbled, voice low, trying his hardest to focus on the steady thumping of his best friend's heart. "On the tower."
   The arms holding him tightened slightly, cheek resting on his head. Familiar. Safe.

   "Yeah, me too. And then in the Abyss-"

   He shuddered at the memory of the claw coming down on him, of the cold certainty that he was about to die. He snuggled more into his brother and Steve responded in kind.

   "I know," he whispered, but even that came out shaky and almost pathetic.

   "We're still here. We're here. I've got you now."

   Dustin nodded in acknowledgement, unable to say anything more. But they didn't really need to. They never had.

   Title from: "What's Left of You" by Chord Overstreet (LITERALLY THEIR SONG GO LISTEN TO IT BEFORE OR WHILE READING PLS)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Are we Out of the Woods Yet?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,108

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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