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  • don't be a stranger by rubyxxlla

    Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
    • Teen And Up Audiences
    • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    • F/M
    • Series in Progress

    05 Jan 2026

    • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    • Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
    • Steve Harrington & The Party
    • Steve Harrington & Jim "Chief" Hopper
    • Joyce Byers & Steve Harrington
    • Steve Harrington
    • Nancy Wheeler
    • Mike Wheeler
    • Will Byers
    • Joyce Byers
    • Lucas Sinclair
    • Dustin Henderson
    • Eleven | Jane Hopper
    • Jonathan Byers
    • Jim "Chief" Hopper
    • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
    • and yes this is the first tag
    • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
    • Recurring Nightmares
    • Steve Harrington in the Upside Down
    • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
    • abuse of parentheses bear with me
    • abuse of italics but for the story
    • mike actually tolerates steve
    • reviving the wheeler sibling relationship
    • steve knows morse code
    • abuse of the word "strange"
    • stancy works out in this au FIGHT ME
    • steve is italian btw
    • pairing steve with his nail bat early
    • Stranger Things 1
    Summary

    Steve Harrington's week of captivity in the Upside Down defines the trajectory of his maladjusted life in 1980s Hawkins.

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