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1. look at me and pretend by rainywritingintherain

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   13 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers & Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers & Joyce Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Joyce Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Vickie Dunne
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Argyle (Stranger Things)
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • Slow Burn
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Steve Harrington is Whipped
   • Jonathan Byers is Bad at Feelings
   • Gay Jonathan Byers
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Everyone is Bad at Feelings
   • Minor Robin Buckley/Vickie Dunne
   • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Minor Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
   • Jealous Steve Harrington
   • Mutual Pining
   • Drug Use
   • Idiots in Love
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • post s3 to after s4
   • Season 4 Rewrite
   • season 5 rewrite
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Not Beta Read

   Summary

   Steve is an idiot. But Jonathan is more of one.

   When Steve asked to be friends, Jonathan said yes. When Steve kissed him, Jonathan didn't do anything to stop it. And now, his life will never be the same.

   Why? Because all he can think about is Stupid Steve Fucking Harrington.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,440

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   42

   Bookmarks:

   3

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