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Hawkins has been torn apart, and chaos reigns in the days after the fourth gate has been opened. Nancy thinks Steve should go to the hospital for the bat bites, and the near drowning, and the strangulation. He thinks he's fine.
He, of course, is not.
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Or, the party rallies in uncertain circumstances to take care of each other after the events of the season four finale.
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05 May 2026
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The engine dies so quickly that at first Jonathan thinks they’ve lost power again. Then he suspects it’s some kind of animal, a stray cat, and that Steve’s just done an emergency stop to avoid hitting it.
Except Steve’s not looking out the front. He’s turned to the side, frozen.
“No,” he says. It’s quiet, almost calm. Like he’s objecting to something that’s just flat out wrong, impossible.
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15 Mar 2026
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“You need to stay calm, buddy.”
Don’t be so dramatic, buddy. Comb your hair, buddy. You can’t wear that, buddy. Speak up, buddy. You’re always crying, buddy. Don’t be a pussy, buddy. Grow some damn balls, buddy. You’re a fucking idiot, buddy.
“I am calm.”
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In which Hopper always knew Steve was his son, but he never did anything about it.
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- Part 3 of that's me and you.
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06 Feb 2026
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“I told him I’m done.”
A pause.
“Did you mean it?”
Steve sighs. “No.”
This is a fic about Steve through the eyes of the people who love him most, and through his own. A love letter to Steve's character, basically.
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06 Feb 2026
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if I'm kindling for a little while by alittleacatalepsy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Apr 2026
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A Crawl goes wrong before November 1987.
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30 Jan 2026