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    She burst out laughing, pale blue eyes shining in the low light, and his breath caught in his throat.

    In which Vinh disastrously tries his best to plan a date that Max will like, getting unsolicited advice from all their friends, and finds that not trying this hard is maybe the best plan after all.
    (Also, he’d underestimated just how many shovel talks he’d be getting, considering his sort-of-maybe girlfriend has literal superpowers.)

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    17 Dec 2024

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    Wayne Munson observes Steve at Eddie's bedside during his coma. When Eddie awakes, he's extremely confused.

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    "Contrary to popular belief, Wayne Munson wasn’t a judgmental man.

    His philosophy coined long ago as “The Munson Doctrine” started first and foremost with minding your business. Someone’s got an issue with you? Avoid them. Someone’s queer? And that someone is your nephew? Cool. Not your life. Let him do whatever he wants."

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    22 Oct 2024

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    Ten year old Steve Harrington asks what he thinks is a perfectly normal question. Over the next several years, he tries to figure out what was so bad about it.

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    22 Oct 2024

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    Let's be honest.

    Steve Harrington’s parents had left a long time ago.

    There was no reason for them to come back, not now Vecna had opened up Hawkins to his own version of hell, countless people and homes lost into the abyss, the Harrington home included.

    And Steve does what he does best.

    Carries on. Acts like nothing is wrong. Volunteers at the shelter - ignores the fact that he is now homeless, avoids his unprocessed trauma - and folds laundry.

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    Or, In the aftermath of Vecna, Steve is having a really bad time and Hopper and Eddie both, individually, and together, pick up the pieces.

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    22 Oct 2024

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    “Because what, Steve?”

    Oh, he’s dropped the Harrington now, and Steve knows he’s fucked, knows Hopper’s not going to back off.

    “Because I can’t fucking sleep, ok?” Steve whispers, his voice hoarse and broken. “When I do, I dream about…about the fucking Upside Down, about my friends dying, about me being too slow to save them, and I wake up screaming. And I can hardly get to sleep anyway because these,” Steve yanks his three layers up, reveals the marred skin on his sides, “keep me awake.”

    Hopper’s face is stony, unreadable.

    For a moment, Steve feels some sick kind of gratification that he’s managed to render the man speechless. That he’s made somebody care.

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    Until now, nobody's worked out that Steve's essentially homeless, living in his car. But one night, when Steve's cold and alone and in pain, Hopper chances across him.

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    21 Oct 2024