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  1. Public Bookmark 33

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    "What about Nancy?" Dustin asks softly against his lips, and Steve knows he's not asking out of jealousy or resentment, but out of curiosity and a good dose of logic.

    It's a logical question, considering how hard Steve was trying to get closer to Nancy, to win back the heart of someone who was never meant to be his... and whom Steve doesn't want to be his, because the person he wants is right in front of him, waiting for something Steve should have given him long ago.

    He exhales softly with a small, sly smile, feeling a tenderness that almost makes his chest ache. He breathes against Dustin's lips, barely touching them, not yet kissing them, and as if his voice were touching something sacred, he murmurs:

    "Turns out she was just my Tammy."

     

    Or: As they prepare to return to the Upside Down, Steve and Dustin confess their feelings.

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    17 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    In the middle of a haunted garage - real or imagined - Dom and Brian are reminded exactly how much they mean to each other.

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    12 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    Steve Harrington thought that failing physics was bad enough. Turns out, being stuck with insufferably annoying nerd Dustin Henderson as his tutor was so much worse.

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    12 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 67

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    “I ever tell you ‘bout the time Mike jumped off this cliff to save me?”

    “What?” Steve breathes, his footsteps stopping short. Just out of arm’s reach.

    “It was that week Will was missing… Troy Walsh and James Dante came after us. Chased us through the woods. We’d just reached the quarry when Troy grabbed me and put a knife to my neck.”

    Behind him, Steve inhales sharply, but stays silent.

    “Said if Mike didn’t jump he’d cut me. And I begged him not to.”

    Dustin palms at his eyes, trying to stave off the tears that threaten to spill over like waterfalls into the drained quarry.

    “Asshole didn’t listen."

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    06 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 49

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    This is essentially my take on what Steve was thinking at the end of the fight with Dustin and the ladder scene. The ladder scene hit me so hard so I wrote what might have been going on in Steve's head as well as expanded on it, because we were absolutely DEPRIVED of more Steve and Dustin angst.

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    05 Jan 2026