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The Once and Future King (Steve) by poisonapplecat
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Merlin (TV)
19 Oct 2025
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"I think... I think they're all wrong. I think Merlin-- uh, wizard-Merlin was Arthur's advisor, sure, but... they must have been friends, too. I mean, Merlin would need to actually like Arthur to stick around a bunch of meathead knights, shitty love triangles, and deadly quests. More than just believing in the king, they’d need to be friends. So, yeah. I think they probably got on.”
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The new year has just rolled over into 1985 and closet-Arthurian-legend-nerd Steve Harrington is already so overwhelmed by the new gaggle of children hanging off of him and wheedling him into being their personal chauffeur that he’s entirely unprepared for the chaos the new student would bring into his life.
Merlin just wants to know why this guy feels so familiar. And why his magic drew him to Hawkins, Indiana of all places.
(Post-Season 2 AU for ST, modern reincarnation style for Merlin)
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20 May 2026
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can't get your body by rabidheart
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Jennifer's Body (2009)
07 Apr 2025
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Sure, Steve will admit his friendship with Eddie "The Freak" Munson is... unusual. Even before the fire, and the subsequent murders that follow.
But sandbox love never dies.
(A Jennifer's Body AU)
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19 May 2026
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Pretty Soon, I Will Run by BeansAndBugs
Fandom Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Apr 2026
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19 May 2026
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Three days after the Byers kid goes missing, Steve Harrington wakes up to find a dead girl in his pool.
Two phone calls later, someone knocks on his door to clean up the mess.
Sometimes one morning can change everything that comes after it.(Or: the lightly-omegaverse flavored, monsterfucker, dark romance, full canon rewrite.)
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15 May 2026
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Hawkins looks normal again, and that's the cruellest part of all. Lawns are trimmed, storefront windows replaced, asphalt poured thick over ruptures that run deeper than anyone admits. The air smells like cut grass and hot pavement instead of sulphur and ash, the sky an unbroken blue that feels almost mocking. Hawkins pretends it wasn’t almost swallowed whole, and sometimes it feels like pretending is the only reason it’s still standing.
But for the ones who remember, nothing's as settled as it looks. In the space between surviving and leaving, something begins to shift. Steve retreats into the familiar roles, distancing himself for the reasons he can’t openly explain. Dustin, standing on the edge of a future that feels both inevitable and fragile, can't stop noticing the change, and what used to be easy turns uncertain in ways neither of them knows how to name.
As summer stretches toward goodbye, they’re left circling something unspoken, something that might change everything if either of them dares to face it.
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15 May 2026