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When The Lights Go Down In The City by iivyconfessional
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jan 2026
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It's 7 years after the Upside Down closed, 7 years since The Party had to endure so much and still almost lost. Dustin is graduating from college, and Steve decides to take a trip. He needs to be in New York by the end of May, but Steve decides to leave Hawkins behind early and takes off when spring break starts. He needs this trip to clear his head and do some healing, alone in the silence of his RV. That's the plan, and his trip is going well until an unexpected flat tire leaves him stranded in San Francisco. Alone on a Friday night, Steve needs a drink, and as if the fates were listening, he finds a bar across the street from his motel. Enjoying a drink and a smoke, he hears a laugh like the ghost from his past. He knows it can't be Him-- knows there's no way in hell because he's 7 years gone and Steve isn't stupid enough to believe it could be him. But what if it is?
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What if they left Eddie's ending open like they did for El's? What if Eddie lived and moved across the country and started fresh? What if Steve runs into him, and everything he thought he knew comes crashing down on him when he sees Eddie Munson alive?
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
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Eddie Munson’s seen enough of Steve Harrington to last a lifetime. He’s rich, popular, mean for sport, and somehow manages to turn every house party into his own personal ego parade. Between that and the fact that Steve and his jock buddies have made Eddie’s life miserable since freshman year, Eddie’s got plenty of reasons to hate him. Then one night, Eddie finds Steve somewhere he never thought he’d be, and suddenly “King Steve” doesn’t look quite so untouchable.
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A year before Will Byers disappears, when Steve is 16 years old, he dreams of the Upside Down. The dream, a warning, means that high school plays out differently. Steve learns ahead of time who he actually wants to be, what to care about, and that he can be brave about a lot of things he wouldn’t expect--including Eddie Munson.
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This is my excuse to rewrite Steve Harrington at Hawkins High, who deserves to feel true friendship and to play Dungeons and Dragons. And, of course, a nice love story with Hawkins’ hottest.- Language:
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25 Jan 2026
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If You're Gonna Break My Heart (Smash it to Pieces) by 3MinsOver
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2024
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After defeating Vecna, Eddie settles into life surrounded by suspicion and judgement. The government agents who covered up the Vecna Event, even intimated that they'll be able to give the Munson some compensation for their troubles. But that doesn't mean that life is easy when everyone in town still thinks Eddie killed Chrissy Cunningham. The only solace Eddie finds is in the new, blossoming friendship he's found with Steve Harrington. But as the pair get closer over the summer of '86, Eddie can't shake the knowledge that one day, maybe soon, that call is going to come, and he and Wayne will be given an impossible choice - stay and try to get by, or leave and start anew.