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"I thought that was it," he mumbled, voice low, trying his hardest to focus on the steady thumping of his best friend's heart. "On the tower."
The arms holding him tightened slightly, cheek resting on his head. Familiar. Safe."Yeah, me too. And then in the Abyss-"
He shuddered at the memory of the claw coming down on him, of the cold certainty that he was about to die. He snuggled more into his brother and Steve responded in kind.
"I know," he whispered, but even that came out shaky and almost pathetic.
"We're still here. We're here. I've got you now."
Dustin nodded in acknowledgement, unable to say anything more. But they didn't really need to. They never had.
Title from: "What's Left of You" by Chord Overstreet (LITERALLY THEIR SONG GO LISTEN TO IT BEFORE OR WHILE READING PLS)
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- Part 1 of Are we Out of the Woods Yet?
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31 Mar 2026
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you are going to die in your best friend’s arms. (but he won’t let you leave like that) by oaseas
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jul 2022
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Dustin sucks in a sharp breath, claps his hands together in his lap, and says as straightforwardly as possible, “I’m going back in time.”
Steve doesn’t say anything. His mouth opens and closes like a goldfish. Then, he says, “What, like, right now?”
Dustin wakes up in Max’s trailer the day of Eddie’s death. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, but three times? Three times is a pattern.
Or: Dustin Henderson is unstuck in time.
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- Part 4 of masterlist of my stranger things works
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27 Mar 2026
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On Friday, November 26th, 1976, Steve's brother died.
He doesn't remember much about the day itself. It was cold and foggy, he thinks, but so is every day in November in Hawkins. He was in school, and then he wasn't. He was in the car, and then he wasn't. He was at home, and then he was in the car again, and then he was at Grandma's house watching TV on her soft pink carpet.
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04 Mar 2026
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He watched Mrs. Byers meet the young girl's eyes over her son's shoulders and he was suddenly hit with a crystal clear image in his mind.
Hopper. Standing with his back to the gate. Smiling softly, resigned. But filled with so much love.
Joyce. Watching, stretched impossibly thin. Understanding with a sense of grief, too terrible to name.
She turns the keys.
"Steve?" Jonathan is half out of the ambulance, using all of his weakened strength to keep Steve upright. "What's wrong?"
"Hopper. It's Hopper. He's gone." Steve doesn't know how he knows it, but he does.
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After the Battle of Starcourt, Steve struggles with the damages that the Russians left behind. In dealing with the aftermath, with the help of Robin and the Party, he uncovers a larger conspiracy at hand than just re-opening the Gate.
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03 Mar 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.
Bookmarked by butterflyweb
28 Feb 2026