There's a cruel beauty in suffering, and a comforting pain in healing

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• Do You Think We're Friends In Every Universe? by frog_with_anxiety

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Not Rated
  • Major Character Death
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  15 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
  • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington & The Party
  • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Wayne Munson
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Will Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Billy Hargrove
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Eddie Munson
  • Jeff (Stranger Things)
  • Gareth (Stranger Things)
  • Unnamed Freak (Stranger Things)
  • Robin Buckley
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Steve Harrington
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Freak is named Peter bc I feel bad that he doesn't have a name
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Time Travel Fix-It
  • Time Travel
  • Pre-Season/Series 01
  • Season/Series 01
  • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship
  • they share the braincell
  • Codependent Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
  • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Have a Sibling Relationship
  • Angst
  • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Good Relationship
  • Billy Hargrove Tries to Be a Better Person
  • Don't get me wrong
  • Still An Asshole
  • but a loveable one
  • The Party as Family (Stranger Things)
  • Steve Harrington Loves The Party
  • i'll try to update as i go
  • Steve Harrington Has a Crush on Eddie Munson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper Needs a Hug
  • and Steve and Robin will give her the biggest one
  • Eddie Munson Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
  • Pre-Season/Series 02
  • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
  • And Of Course - Freeform
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Steve Harrington Have a Sibling Relationship
  • Good Parent Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Good Parent Joyce Byers
  • Good Parent Wayne Munson
  • characters watch their show
  • Steve Harrington Has PTSD
  • Season/Series 02
  • Protective Steve Harrington

  Summary

  Of course, darling, I couldn't live without you.

   

  Stranger Things watches a Stranger Things AU

  Series

  • Part 1 of There's a cruel beauty in suffering, and a comforting pain in healing

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