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1. The Company You Keep by Ink_Vault

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Oct 2022

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Beards (Relationships)
   • robin and steve pretend to date
   • wlw and mlm solidarity
   • Canon Lesbian Character
   • Bisexual Steve Harrington
   • Gay Eddie Munson
   • more relationships will be added
   • Insecure Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • Dustin Henderson is the Best
   • Brotherly Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Good Babysitter Steve Harrington
   • Oblivious Steve Harrington
   • this boy is dumb
   • Himbo Steve Harrington
   • Good Friend Robin Buckley
   • Autistic Robin Buckley
   • Like implied - Freeform
   • Wingman Robin Buckley
   • Work In Progress
   • Slow Burn
   • author is gay
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Lesbian Disaster Robin Buckley
   • BAMF Nancy Wheeler
   • Slow Build
   • volume 2 doesn’t exist
   • fuck vol2
   • Eddie Munson Lives
   • eddie is alive
   • I make the rules
   • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Sibling Relationship
   • eddie and max are best buds
   • Protective Older Brothers
   • Disabled Max Mayfield
   • that should be a tag
   • BAMF Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eddie Munson Has ADHD
   • Mentions of drugs
   • cause Eddie
   • Southern Eddie Munson
   • you can pry southern eddie from my cold dead hands
   • hes a mississippi boy
   • Light Angst
   • Mostly fluff though
   • Steve's Abandonment Issues
   • Drug Dealing
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction
   • Healthy Relationships
   • that's new for them
   • Steve Harrington Learns to Say No
   • Consent

   Summary

   Another Steve/Robin fake relationship fic! Even after their "Platonic with a capital P" conversation, I don't think Nancy or the rest of the party will just accept that Steve and Robin can be so close without dating. Love the '80s and heteronormativity!
   But Steve and Robin use this to their advantage, because they're shady little shits.

   Steve and Robin's friendship is vaguely inspired by "it's a risk, it's a gamble" which is a Jonathan/Nancy/Steve fic! I'm not usually a Steve/Nancy or a Steve/Nancy/Jonathan shipper, but the portrayal of Steve and Robin's friendship, and Steve's view of the kids, is legitimately perfect.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Company You Keep

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