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1. We Could Be Heroes by xochitlpill

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Underage Sex
   • Steve Harrington/Original Female Character(s)
   • Eddie Munson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • Eddie Munson
   • Eddie Munson's Parents
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Lucas Sinclair's Parents
   • Wheeler Family (Stranger Things)
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Benny Hammond
   • Robin Buckley
   • Jason Carver
   • Chrissy Cunningham
   • Calvin Powell
   • Phil Callahan
   • Bob Newby (Stranger Things)
   • Barbara "Barb" Holland
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Character Death Fix
   • 1970s
   • Backstory
   • Friends to Lovers to Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Found Family
   • 1980s
   • 1990s
   • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
   • Pre-Stranger Things 1
   • Underage Drinking
   • Consensual Underage Sex
   • Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Vietnam War
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • it's the 70s through the 90s and I'm taking my family's personal accounts of what it was like in that time period as a Mexican american
   • im also sadly a no sabo kid unfortunately so please bear with me ive been trying to learn for years
   • Sexuality Crisis
   • Rocky Horror Picture Show References
   • References to David Bowie
   • Inspired by Music
   • LOTS OF HEADCANNONS YE BE WARNED
   • 80's Music
   • Bisexuality
   • Multi POV
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • an amalgamation of every hc and canon piece of work
   • Final Girl
   • Mexican Character
   • Hispanic Character
   • Catholic Guilt
   • bisexual catholic guilt

   Summary

   A cheer captain, king of his local high school, and a soon-to-be-banished freak walk into the Creel Murder House when they were six and seven years old...

   Follow Rosie Salazar, Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson as they grow up together in Hawkins, Indiana. What does it mean to be best friends? What does it mean to be Mexican-American in the Midwest? What does it mean to protect the ones you love and how far are you willing to go?

   Inspired heavily by many head cannons, canon and canon-compliant works. Also incredibly inspired by my own family's personal accounts of being Mexican-American in the 1950s-present day.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,854

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Kudos:

   2

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