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    Steve Harrington was predictable. He was popular, rich, and people liked him, but that made him boring. He knew, just like everyone else knew, exactly what the rest of his life would look like. He’d graduate, go to some business school, get a job at his Dad’s company (where he would some day take over), settle down with a nice girl, get married, have two and a half kids and a dog, and he’d never amount to anything. This is a tale that has been told over and over again. This is a very old tale.

    This is not the correct tale.

    Upside Down Detected, Game Mode Unlocked!

    Steve's life has suddenly become an RPG. Oh, joy.

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    24 Jul 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 53

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    The gate is closing.

    Dustin lands on the floor of the real-world Munson trailer, managing not to injure anything else this time, but he hardly notices as he sees the rift that has also split the world on this side begin mending itself. The roof and side of the trailer reform, sealing together as the vines and the very crack itself disappears. Looking back up, all Dustin can do is watch as the opening grows smaller and smaller.

    "Steve!" he calls, helpless. "No, no, no, no!"

    "It's okay!" Steve shouts back to him, even though Dustin knows that it isn't. "We'll find another way out! Get to Nancy and Robin!"

    And the vines retreat into the ceiling as the gate seals itself, slicing the last of the hanging sheet in half and leaving almost no trace that a giant portal to another world was ever there at all.

     

    *Or, Steve goes back for Dustin after everything and gets trapped in the Upside Down, alone with Eddie. But that is only the beginning.

    This story is from Robin, Dustin, Steve, and Eddie's POVs, as they all deal with what happens now.

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    16 Jul 2025

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    “Where is he?” The General asked, and Steve almost laughed in his face again.

    “Ohhhh he’s long gone, you big asshole!” He smiled, and he could tell that the General didn’t like that. Good. “He’s probably calling Hopper and Hopper is calling the U.S. Cavalry, they’re going to come in here commando style, guns a-blazing and kick your sorry asses back to Russia, and you’re gonna be two pieces of toast.”

    They laughed, because they knew it. Because there was no other possible future where the Russians won. He imagined the General, blood pooling around his body. Dead. The General would die, and Steve took comfort in that.

    The General nodded at Steve, a smug smile spreading on his face, then turned to the Doctor and spoke some Russian. They talked there for a moment, then they both walked out without another word.

    “That’s bad right?” Steve asked once they were alone again.

    “Uh, yeah. Yeah, that’s pretty bad.”

    They leaned their heads on each others’ shoulders, and they stayed silent for a very long time. He focused on nothing but the connection, and hoped everything would sort itself out. He hoped Henderson was on his way. 

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    14 Jul 2025

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    Hazily, Steve forced his gaze downward to take in his clothes. He was wearing his Scoops uniform, the fabric covered in varying amounts of ash and dirt, the shitty thing paired with his new pair of blue Adidas sneakers—the ones Dustin had insisted he buy because they apparently matched his work uniform.

    Shakily, he brought his hands up to the back of his neck, flinching as he felt a half-formed scar underneath his fingertips.

    "What the hell?" Steve swore, staring down at the blood that now covered his hands.

    A crow squawked somewhere in the distance, the sound reverberating around his skull painfully.

    Or: Steve dies at the end of season 3 and gets transported to the start of season 4 as a ghost.

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    14 Jul 2025

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    The thing about prophetic dreams is that they’re not nearly as cool as they sound. Sure, it’s nice having a bit of forewarning for when shit’s about to go down, but it also gives you, like, twice as much time to stress about it.

    If Nancy was the one dreaming they’d probably have the whole thing fixed in a week and then she’d be on track to being the first female president or something. Unfortunately for everyone, they’re stuck with Steve.

    He’s dealing with it about as well as can be expected.

    (Especially considering he’s juggling his new babysitting duties, the re-emergence of the Upside Down, whatever the fuck’s going on with Billy Hargrove, and his budding bisexual awakening-slash-crisis.)

    (Thank god Robin will be there to help. Eventually.)

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    13 Jul 2025