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There’s a bottle on his neck and a boy pressed against him.
Steve should be terrified. He’s shoved higher up the wall he’s pinned to, the boy’s eyes wild beneath his tangled mess of hair, his breath all rasp and spit and fear.
The bottle presses closer, harder, almost enough to break skin.
Steve knows it won’t, though, because this isn’t the first time he’s been here.
Or, Steve keeps finding himself back in the boathouse where everything started, wrapped up in the arms of a boy who can’t stop dying. Saving him means ending his torment, and it also means falling in love.
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22 Apr 2026
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“The universe didn’t tell me to love you,” Steve says finally, passing a hand over the scars on his torso, as he often does. “It told me to save you. They’re– they’re two different things.”
— a coda to the lathe
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20 Apr 2026
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"This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."
— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.
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20 Apr 2026
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Rumors of Steve’s pending engagement threaten to splinter the post-Vecna bliss with a harsh dose of reality:
1. Steve Harrington is nothing more than a bargaining chip to his parents.
2. His friends can’t relate, or worse, don’t understand.
3. The most unlikely of people can show up in your corner.- Language:
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19 Apr 2026
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Phil Callahan never meant to play the role of responsible adult, but when he of all people clocks that Steve Harrington needs one, he begrudgingly steps up.
Too bad the gig comes bundled with local chaos gremlin and suspected lawn flamingo thief, Eddie Munson.
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19 Apr 2026