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1. a million little times (that's the thing about illicit affairs) by blurringoutmyperiphery

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Steve Harrington/Reader
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Robin Buckley
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Kristen (Stranger Things)
   • Age Difference
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Secret Relationship
   • Angst
   • Unrequited Crush
   • Unrequited Love
   • Smut
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Best Friend's Brother (kinda)
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship
   • Best Friend Dustin Henderson
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Underage Drinking (in one scene)
   • Inspired by Taylor Swift
   • Song: illicit affairs (Taylor Swift)
   • Weddings (Jancy)
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • Reader Insert Has Bad Parents
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives
   • Siblings Jonathan Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Post-Canon
   • set in 1993
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • miscommunication?
   • Steve Harrington Has Abandonment Issues
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   you’ve had a crush on steve harrington ever since you were 13 and he had protected you and your friends from the demo-dogs. you told him so when you were 18 and he was driving you and your drunk friends home from a graduation party. now you’re 22 and back in hawkins, and you can’t deny the fact you still have feelings for him. and he doesn’t know how to feel when he realizes he’s beginning to see you differently than he used to.

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   English

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