Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. Act 2: The Bait by honeylemonmoon

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   04 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Robin Buckley
   • Kali Prasad
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Sam Owens (Stranger Things)
   • Murray Bauman
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Original Steve Harrington Family Characters
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • Situationships
   • First Kiss
   • friends with cuddle benefits?
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Minor Original Character(s)
   • Protective Jonathan Byers
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Break
   • Gay Jonathan Byers
   • Slow Build
   • References to Christian Religion & Lore
   • One-sided Harringrove
   • This is not a fic for harringrove shippers
   • Coming Out
   • Good Parent Joyce Byers
   • Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Blood and Violence
   • Gun Violence
   • Torture
   • Fluff and Angst
   • First Dates
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Needs a Hug
   • Morally Grey Jonathan Byers
   • Canon character deaths
   • Hopper Fake Out Death
   • Morally Grey Descisions
   • Jonathan and Henry Are Both Catty Bitches Somehow?
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
   • Additional Tags in Author's Notes
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • Confessions of love
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Jonathan Byers has Internalized Homophobia
   • Jonathan Byers Regrets Nothing
   • Dustin Henderson Has Daddy Issues
   • Living Together
   • Gay Steve Harrington
   • Stargazing
   • Steve matches Jonathan's freak
   • use of f-slur
   • Domestic Violence
   • Child Abuse
   • Jonathan Byers is a Passenger Princess
   • Found Family

   Summary

   Jonathan Byers has powers, he knows this. He has gotten used to this.

   But after an...eventful night with his "Best Friend" Steve Harrington, Henry informs Jonathan the true potential of his power. No, actually, not power...his magic.
   Jonathan learns what this new magic means, as he battles not just an undead monster controlled by an unforseen foe but also his own internal conflicts about his "best friend".

   The Prophecy of The Chosen will reign true, and Jonathan seems to be right in the middle of it. As new magic is revealed and courses through new individuals. He wrestles with the thought about what this means for him, how powerful is he? And once he reaches his full potential, what does that mean for the world?

   Join Jonathan Byers and Steve Harrington as they travel through love, lost, magic, ice cream, love triangles, undead monsters, and Russians.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Experiment #022

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   79,476

   Chapters:

   20/20

   Comments:

   19

   Kudos:

   26

   Bookmarks:

   5

   Hits:

   530