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Hawkins has changed, and so has Dustin. Bullied, haunted, and pushed to his limits, he’s forced to face the town’s cruelty alone - until Steve shows up.
This story is a speculation on the season 5 trailer hug, exploring what could have led to that moment: fear, grief, and the fierce, messy bond between a protective babysitter and the kid he will never let go.
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After arriving back in Hawkins, Will and his family has been staying at the Wheeler's house. And frankly- he's tired of it. He can't even escape it because of a "buddy system" Hopper has put in place.
After going to the donation center- Will runs into Dustin, who offered Will a ride to the hospital with him and Steve, finally escaping everyone else.
It soon becomes a regular thing, and Will and Steve find out how much they need each other.
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Never break the chain (Steve Harrington x Henderson! oc) by NaushA
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), steve Harrington - Fandom
26 Nov 2025
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Valerie Henderson has her story written out. Go to school, get good grades, prevent the four kids she babysits from getting themselves killed, go to college and maybe get her band famous.
But her life's trajectory complete changes the day she asks her brother to go home by himself, the day Will Byers goes missing.
And somewhere along the way, she finds herself falling in love with Steve Harrington, all over again.- Language:
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1983 - Hawkins, Indiana.
The girl looked terrifying, fresh out of a slasher, and Steve had led her right into his home.
Out of everything that he expected to see in the woods that night - the woods home to old tall tales of monsters who snatched up children that ventured too close - she was the last thing on that list. A teenage girl bloodied and bruised, with a glint of something unnerving behind her eyes. It filled Steve with dread, and he was completely unsure of his next move.
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In which Eleven wasn’t the only child of Hawkins National Laboratory who escaped on that cold November night.
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The Viewing Room (A Stranger Things watch-it fic) by Pythoness, WalkinInHawkins
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Nov 2025
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What happens when an unknown force pulls the Stranger Things character's out of their daily life to react to Hawkins, Summer, 1985?
Disoriented, tired and with no way out, they have no choice to do what the unknown force says.
How will this effect them, will it strengthen relationships, or break them?
Will trauma be a bitch? Will they be forced to face their feelings?
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- Part 1 of Stranger Things watch-it series.
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In Which Orpheus Doesn’t Die (at the end) by hitlikehammers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Nov 2025
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The world shifts with the downward compression on that chest as he counts the rhythm—
Alongside the disappearance of everything. The screaming, the lightning—gone. Only black.
But worse: there’s no body under his hands. His heart chokes him, merciless—then he sees it.
Not the body he’d been saving, but a body. In a hospital gown. Hair shaved. Young.
“Who are you?” He asks, but it’s…pretty obvious.
“I am Seven. Lucky, isn’t it?”
See: obvious.
Fucking maddening, but obvious.
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Wherein Steve makes a bet with a game-obsessed semi-sociopathic test subject who promises to heal Eddie (and reveals he and Steve might be destined to mean everything to each other, which: what the fuck?)—on two conditions.
No one can know Eddie’s alive. And Steve can’t be seen mourning a loss that isn’t real.
Cue all the Party™ drama, gut-wrenching confessions into the ether (?), existential breakdowns, mirror-based
sexingcommunication, deals maybe/maybe-not upheld, and all the undying-star-crossed-hope you’d expect from striking a bargain in the Upside Down for the survival of the quite-possible love of your life. -
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Based on the theory that Eleven opened the shed door for Will: What if she didn’t? What if she stepped into the Upside Down, leaving him behind in Hawkins? Some doors, once opened, can never be closed… and some choices can never be undone.
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Months after Vecna’s defeat, Hawkins limps toward normalcy — but Hawkins still festers with unseen rot. The Upside Down changed them all, it left scars on both flesh and souls.
Steve can’t forgive himself for letting Eddie die, can't let go or move on, unaware that Eddie struggles to survive in desolate dimension. But when a shimmer of light begins haunting the corners of Hawkins, calling out, Steve can’t ignore the impossible. Across the rift, Eddie fights to stay human, clinging to memories of his friends.
Meanwhile, Will can feel something ancient reaching through his art, his paintings begin to reflect the decay beneath their town. It scares him how the things he paints begin coming to pass as prophecies on canvas. The mysterious new student named Alex might be the only one who understands, who can help not just Will but El and the rest of the party too.
Every bond has a price, shadows stir, the truth emerges: some love stories don’t end with death, some ghosts don’t want peace—they want to be found, they want somewhere to belong.
Love and loss, hope and sacrifice are all tangled threads in this gothic tale of monsters, myth, magic, and the things we’d die to protect.
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Steve took a sharp step backwards, shocked. “What…” he breathed out, eyes wide and unblinking. “You’re… you’re dead. You’ve been dead for a whole year.”
Eddie stared back, eyes wide. “Yep, seems like it,” he responded after a moment, flicking his eyes over to the wrecked BMW before looking back at him. “And now, so are you.”
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This is a story about death, grief, and how people we love are never too far from us, even when they're gone.
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The Two Pawns - A Stranger Things 4 Rewrite & Au by Icechill56
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Nov 2025
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What if, instead of Eddie being accused of the murders of Chrissy and the others during Vecna's terror spree, it was Dustin and Mike?
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Dustin definitely doesn’t have that cold Steve caught from Erica. It’s definitely allergies, okay?
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- Part 104 of Stranger Things One Shots
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Steve thinks maybe he can switch the outcome of Max, he’s willing to do whatever it takes.
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- Part 103 of Stranger Things One Shots
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Steve and Eileen were childhood friends, but when Eileen discovers her powers, they're torn away from each other. Little does Steve know, that years after Eileen gets taken, she's returned as Hawkins' very own Eddie Munson.
The title is 'While You Fade Away' by The Happy Fits
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“Hustle, you little shithead! I’ve got a—,” Penelope opened the door and found a boy about her age on the doorstep. His balled-up fist raised in the air as if about to knock again. “—date.”
His brown eyes scanned her from top to bottom, forehead scrunching in confusion. His hand slowly dropped to his side. “Henderson?” he asked, puzzled.
“Yes?” she answered.
“Where’s Henderson?”“Right here,” Penelope said as she pointed at herself.
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When a family emergency calls Dustin Henderson and his mother away from Hawkins they enlist the help of their cousin Penelope to house and pet-sit for them.
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That’s Life (That’s Death) by ARatherUnfortunateAttemptAtACoolUsername
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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On the last day before spring break starts, someone slashes Eddie Munson’s tires and, somehow, that leads to Chrissy Cunningham surviving Vecna’s attack. Now the Party just needs to figure out what exactly Vecna wants, make sure everyone makes it out alive and figure out all the secrets that have been kept between the group.
Like, what happened in the summer Eddie Munson moved to Hawkins? Why were Will and Barb taken to the Upside Down? Why exactly was Will the only one who survived? Besides Eleven, who made it out of the lab? What was wrong with Dustin’s father? Why do clocks keep blowing up? And, most of all, who the fuck were Dennis and Claudia Brenner?
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Dustin's No Good, Very Bad Spring Break
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- 1/?
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Dustin is contentedly sitting on the counter at family video waiting for Steve to finish his shift. He’s steadily making his way through a packet of red vines and complaining about the last terrible movie Mike made him watch when Eddie comes barrelling in. The first abnormal thing Dustin notices is that Eddie barely gives him more than a wave of acknowledgment, clearly a man on a mission. And Dustin doesn’t even have time to be offended before Eddie starts his tirade. Rude.
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crawling forwards (falling back) by Graphiteandhumanity
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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Hospital gowns, white walls, and the aftershocks of fearing for the lives of kids he's come to think of as family - it's a combination that doesn't bode well for Steve.
It seems like his mind can't help but remind him that no matter how far he runs; he'll always come back to the place that haunts his nightmares and person he never wants to be again.
Atleast this time he has the comfort of his family to lean on, and there's no looming doctors or faux father figures that are going to take that away from him.
Not that his sister(s) would let them if they tried.
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- Part 2 of Steve has Powers AU (name TBD)
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When the Dust Settles, We Choose Each Other by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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After Vecna, nothing in Hawkins looks the same.
Joyce returns with Hopper, Steve’s heart shatters a little, and Robin decides she’s done watching him believe he’s unlovable.
They marry—not as a cover, not out of fear, but because they’re each other’s person.
And only after that choice comes the twist that binds their future even tighter.
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- Part 1 of The Harrington-Buckley Family Chronicles
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“Steve!” Dustin hisses. “You’re literally Rapunzel!”
“I am not!”
“Yes, you are!”
“How can I be Rapunzel if I’m standing right here, dipshit?” Steve fires back. “I’ve been driving you shitheads around all week! My Dad’s an asshole, sure, but wouldn’t I be locked up in some-some tower right now if I were Rapunzel!”
“But there are locks,” Hopper interrupts. “On all your windows, your clothes, your door.” Rage claws at his throat, ready to roar and tear into Richard Harrington. “Lucas said there’s no handle on the inside of your room.” Who modifies a door to trap a child?
Steve stares, slack-jawed as if he hit him. The boy closes his eyes, hands running through his hair, and the room falls quiet. “Ok,” he says after a moment. “I know how it looks, but my Dad switches to a regular handle when they leave. I’m not exactly stuck. And he only locks the door when I’m grounded!”
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Steve’s father, while often away, is very controlling. Steve doesn’t see it, and everyone else worries.
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You, of all people, know that 'dead' is just a word. by imsotiredbutigottafinishthisfic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
25 Nov 2025
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“So… your cousin has creepy dreams about dead kids. With… blood and guts everywhere.”
“Yep.”
“And you can hear dead kids over disconnected phones.”
“Hm.”
“And now the ghost of a serial killer wants you dead.”
“Uhuh.”
“What the fuck Steve.”
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What if Steve was Finney Blake?
Or, how Gwen dragged Steve back to Colorado to solve a mystery with her and end this for good.
(Might change the resume honestly)