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1. you're the only one who knows, you slow it down by alwayscominghome28

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

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   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Robin Buckley's Mother
   • Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Are Best Friends
   • Codependent Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Post-Stranger Things 3
   • Pre-Stranger Things 4
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Platonic Cuddling
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Self-Hatred
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Non-Graphic Violence
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Depression
   • Movie Night
   • Identity Crisis
   • Prom
   • Winter
   • Russians trauma is there if you squint
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Hurt Robin Buckley
   • Robin Buckley is a Mess
   • Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart
   • Robin Buckley Needs a Hug
   • Non-Consensual Kissing
   • Non-Consensual Touching
   • nothing too graphic
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Dissociation
   • fyi the non-consensual kiss tag does NOT involve Steve
   • nor do any similar tags

   Summary

   "For what it’s worth… I think… I think she wasn’t trying to be mean–"

   "Yeah, no, she never means to," Robin butted in, now unmistakably indignant. 

   "She, uh, found that prom leaflet. In your room. And I think– she just thought maybe you would like to go and–"

   "I don’t." Her tone was resolute, the way her chest curled in on itself wasn’t. "I really don’t."

   "Okay," Steve said slowly. "But I mean… we could. As friends."

   Robin’s gaze snapped to him, her eyes taken up by a rare blaze. "I just said I don’t want to."

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   or: Robin and Steve go to prom together. But that's not really the point of this story. Set in December 1985.

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