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run for your children, for your sisters and brothers by birthdaycandles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jun 2022
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He attempts to meld the incoherent thoughts into a statement that he hopes Lucas doesn’t find condescending. “I mean, you’re really young. Being young is about not having to be crushed by responsibilities and shit, you know? I’m not saying you never help out your friends, obviously, but sometimes you just gotta be a kid and let someone older handle some of it.”
“Steve, I’m technically a sophomore in high school now. That’s how old Nancy and Jonathan were when Will went missing, which means I’m only a year younger than you were when you fought the demogorgon.”
Oh, Steve feels nauseous.
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pulling me out of the grave by birthdaycandles for lesbianrobin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 May 2019
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“In an ideal world he wouldn’t be so annoying about it but, you know, it’s Steve. If he wants to be stubborn just let him.”
Nancy isn’t great at just letting things be. Especially when those things are potentially harming one of the members of their very exclusive club of monster fighters who also happen to be Nancy’s favorite people in the world.
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12 Feb 2026
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The weird thing about nights like tonight, though, is that they might be cursed but they’re also the only time Jonathan ever gets to see Steve Harrington without it being unforgivingly awkward. Even if seeing him involves being the one helping him onto a hospital exam table and then standing to the side to provide clumsy emotional support, Jonathan will take it.
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a beautiful day in the neighborhood by birthdaycandles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jul 2019
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Steve hasn’t cried in a really long time. It always made him feel like shit, especially if someone else was there to witness it, but for some reason it feels incredible right now. Even with poor Robin, who seems utterly lost but is still rubbing circles on his back because she’s just that good, there to witness it. It feels amazing and Mister Rogers must be proud of him for allowing it because he’s singing in the background.
(or, steve harrington watches mister rogers and learns to process his emotions)
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09 Feb 2026
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“I just thought, y’know, you looked upset. When you left just now.”
Steve stares blankly. His cigarette is dangling over his bottom lip. “And?”
“And,” Jonathan shifts from one foot to the other and a bit of the old resentment he felt for Steve is dredged back up because he can’t believe this asshole is gonna make him say it, “I thought I should check.”
(a missing scene from after the halloween party in 2x02)
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