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on the surface of the moon by stellarpoint (pettifogger)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jan 2026
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“You should come back with me.”
“Whaddaya mean?” Steve says, around a mouthful of pizza.
“To New York.”
There isn’t music playing, but if there were, this is when the record would scratch and everyone would freeze. Steve lowers his slice of pizza and rubs self-consciously at the red sauce at the corner of his mouth.
“Huh?”
“You should come back with me to New York,” Eddie repeats.
“To visit? Or, like… to live there?”
In which Eddie has feelings about Steve's baseball coach khakis, dating long-distance, and what the future holds for their definitely-alive, definitely not doomed-by-canon relationship.
(Basically the Steddie version of the Hollanov cottage conversation, wherein Eddie is Shane and plans their future for an oblivious Steve.)
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02 Jan 2026
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He looks around the room, immediately picking up a candlestick holder as a weapon, before walking slowly toward the noise.
The knocking intensifies as he rounds the corner, and—
“Hell no,” Steve says and begins to turn around. It’s over. It’s supposed to be over.
The banging gets louder, more frantic, and now that Steve knows, he can hear his voice, too. “Steve Harrington, don’t leave me outside like this.”
“Nope,” Steve shakes his head. “Absolutely not. This is not real.”
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01 Jan 2026
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Six years had passed since the last Dungeons and Dragons campaign in Mike Wheeler’s basement. Six years since the dice stopped rolling, since the world almost ended, and since too many important things were never said.
Mike became a writer almost by accident, building stories to keep the past at a safe distance. But over time the words thinned out. Without Hawkins, without the people who shaped him, inspiration faded. His agent suggested New York, told him to walk the city and let something new find him.
What Mike did not expect was Will.
Seeing him again, older and real, cracked something open. Everything Mike had carefully put together to hide, to forget, to move on began to fall apart.
New York was meant to give him a new story. Instead, it returned the one he left unfinished.
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01 Jan 2026
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feel the tide shifting (and wait for the spark) by literaldisneyprincess
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2024
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Steve's daughter is his entire world. He doesn't really have time for anything - or anyone - else. But when they take a trip to see the dolphins at the Indianapolis Zoo for her ninth birthday, Steve gets a blast from the past that could change his whole future.
or: the 90s-era, single-dad-steve, no-upside-down, background-buckingham aquarium au 🐬
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01 Jan 2026
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Letter to Santa by steddiehands86 (Steddiehands86) for Beccichu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2023
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Steve is a lonely single dad whose daughter writes a letter to Santa that goes missing. Eddie just so happens to find it and reading it, he and Chrissy vow to make her Christmas wish come true.
Or Secret Santa fic 2023!
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- Part 1 of Letters and post-its
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01 Jan 2026
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for the holidays, you can't beat home sweet home by plan_ace
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Dec 2025
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Getting dumped two weeks before Christmas wasn’t exactly on Steve’s wishlist, but such is life. Now he’s joining Robin on her return to Hawkins. It's not exactly ideal, but maybe he’ll get to live out the plot of one of those sappy Christmas romcoms now.
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“You’re all happy. Did you already meet a hot widow with two kids?”
“I don’t think he’s a widow.” Steve says, eyes trained on the road. “And I don’t think he’s got any kids either.”
Robin shrieks beside him. “But there is a him?”
“I– sorta, yeah. I went to get coffee before I came here and the barista was like, crazy hot and I gave him my number.”
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30 Dec 2025
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naming the stars in the sky after you by rogersharringtons
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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It's 1987 when Steve Harrington realizes he's probably in love with Eddie Munson. When he realizes he wants to live in the stars he sees in his eyes. When he realizes his once quiet house could potentially become a home.
He doesn't expect it when Eddie leaves, when he up and vanishes into thin air with no sign pointing Steve to where he's gone. He talks to the stars that they once loved together like they're a map that could lead him to Eddie and when they don't answer his pleas, he tries his hardest to move on. To heal.
It's 1997 when Steve Harrington sees Eddie Munson again, a ghost on his doorstep with a shy smile and an eyebrow ring. Except this time, Steve has divorce papers and a daughter and a shoddily pieced together heart that won't fall so easily a second time for the galaxies Eddie still holds inside of him.
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29 Dec 2025
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we've been haunted since we both could know by Atalia_Gold
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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“But we’re gonna come and visit you anyway, big guy,” Eddie adds.
“Sure. Just, ah…don’t expect much in the way of entertainment,” Steve grumbles.
“You can just sit there and look pretty, how’s that? Won’t be hard for you,” Eddie replies, smooth.
Steve’s cheeks heat up again.
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A traumatic brain injury leads to a downward spiral for Steve. He's dropped from the Blackhawks, his recovery is slow and rocky, and he's got no idea what to do with his life.
Enter his old friends, Eddie and Dustin, who spend their time poking around decrepit haunted locations filming for their YouTube channel. Steve doesn't really believe in all this ghost stuff, but he's got nothing better to do than join them.
Besides, he might just be ever-so-slightly head-over-heels for Eddie Munson.
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29 Dec 2025
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The Green Light was Never the Point by Death_Before_Decaf
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2025
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Eddie Munson has always kept his private life private.
Steve Harrington has always taught that stories belong to the people living them.
A Rolling Stone interview, a podcast anniversary, and a high school English class might start to mix whats private and publicBookmarked by earthly_delights
29 Dec 2025
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“And with Buckley away…are you on your own for Christmas?”
“Yeah.”
“No.” Eddie shakes his head. “Nope, you’re coming with me.”
“Eddie – ” Steve argues as the alpha pushes himself to his feet.
“C’mon, let’s pack some stuff for you. Where’s your bag?”
“I can’t just crash your Christmas!” Steve protests.
“Sure you can,” Eddie retorts.
*****
Alone on Christmas Eve, Steve suffers from isolation sickness.
Eddie's the cure.
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27 Dec 2025
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Steve Hopper, Monster Hunter (Stranger Things AU) by prettyweeperhop
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2025
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27 Dec 2025
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Where you go when you can't go home by MatildaVespasian
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2025
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His parents had told him they had given him too many good things in life, spent their money – their valuable time, just to have their only son end up working at a video store.
So, he's told it's time to make his own way in the world, if he's not going to follow theirs. He didn't realise where he had been driving when he finally pulled up to the small cabin in the forest.
Steve Harrington gets kicked out and finds himself crashing on Jim Hopper's couch, striking up a surprising friendship with Eddie Munson that changes his life and gains a family he never expected to have.
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27 Dec 2025
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He realised he was never, ever going to like girls. He remembers the realisation hitting him so hard he laughed, laughed so hard he began choking on sobs.
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27 Dec 2025
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almost (who the hell is tammy?) by you_get_to_exhale_now_cyrus
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Dec 2025
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“Hey Will?”
Will glanced up at him, swallowing down the rest of the candy. “Yeah?”
“Can I ask you something…kind of personal?”
In any other universe, Will would probably have sputtered and started panicking like a child that’s lost their parents in a grocery store. "Can I ask you something kind of personal" is the question every queer kid dreads hearing from others, even people that they know and trust with their whole heart. Truth be told, Will didn’t feel completely at ease with the question, but considering today’s events, he tried to push his fear down. He felt like he’s been almost stripped bare of all his secrets after his confession. Almost.
“Yeah, of…of course, what’s up?”
Mike hesitated a moment, looking down at the carpet. He tapped his toes inside of his shoes. “Who the hell is Tammy?”
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or, a different ending of season 5 episode 7 where will and mike have a heart to heart about his coming out speech.Bookmarked by earthly_delights
27 Dec 2025
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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26 Dec 2025
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Mistletoe Can Be Deadly If You Eat It ( But A Kiss Can Be Even Deadlier If You Mean It ) by Saereth
Fandoms: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
24 Dec 2023
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(Set one year after the events of the movie)
The Grinch plucks up the courage to ask Martha May the BIG QUESTION! But one Who in Whoville is not happy when she says yes. chaos ensues.
(Mature warning for final chapter only. Can be read without it if you want to keep things PG and not ruin your childhood)Bookmarked by earthly_delights
26 Dec 2025
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The Squawk had become their cover, their communication hub, their war room. Robin did the actual broadcasts mostly playing music and reading pre-written community updates approved by the military presence in town, but the real purpose was the coded messages. Steve had helped her set up the whole system, spending hours figuring out how to get all the sound effects she wanted, taping things to walls and attempting to MacGyver random things around the station. That was just who Steve was, but looking around the room now, Robin wondered more and more if anyone else actually saw that.
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- Part 1 of Under Pressure
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23 Dec 2025
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Washed Up Best Selling Author Rushes To Escape Post Messy Divorce?
Steve Hopper, also known as S.M. Harrington and the polarizing author of the Love Runs Wild series, was spotted early yesterday morning in the Boston International Airport following the settlement of his divorce from high school sweetheart and actress Kelly Olan, as well as claiming custody of their son, Dustin.
The divorce came as a shock to the public, as Hopper and Olan’s relationship seemed nothing but idyllic from an outside view. Growing in fame side by side and raising a family, it was a surprise to learn how harsh of a preceding the two had.
Steve closes the tab on his phone. He was there, no need to relive the last few months of his life from the outside.
He switched back to his text thread with Dustin, typing a quick 'thank you for the update 👎' back. Steve really thought he could outrun the press, but he should know better by now.
AKA,
Steve is an author who runs away to Hawkins, Scotland after a messy divorce to reconnect with his roots and find inspiration again. What happens when he finds out that the castle, and the town, where his dad grew up is in financial trouble?Bookmarked by earthly_delights
20 Dec 2025
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Steve snorts and shakes his head, but he does seem satisfied with Eddie’s assumption. Eddie doesn’t tell him all the other things that Steve’s choice revealed to him. That he’s a romantic at heart, longing for something, something to fill that emptiness in his heart.
It makes Eddie’s hands tingle with the desire to reach out. To soothe some of the ache.
Not that he has any illusion that he could.
Instead, he turns up the radio and watches the brown leaves pass them by, imagining Steve happy and full of sunshine in California. Wonders who would be by his side when he’s not lonely anymore.
OR Eddie needs a ride to Indy for a concert. Steve just wants somebody to spend the day with him, so he won't feel so lonely.- Language:
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20 Dec 2025
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“The simplest explanation is often the right one,” Dustin says. “Do you know your mom’s birthday?”
“Duh,” Steve says. “What, do you think I’m a bad son or something?”
“No, not her,” Dustin says. “I’m talking about your bio mom. Your dad’s sister.”
“Oh.” Steve’s quiet for a moment, but—well. Yes, he does know her birthday, too. “Her birthday—it was, um. March nineteenth, I think. That’s what my dad said.”
Dustin puts his hand on the handle. Steve stands up from the desk and Robin gets up, too.
He presses down. There’s no air in the room as the safe opens.
“Honestly? I can’t believe that worked,” Dustin says, and Steve can’t help the desperate giggle that bubbles up inside of him, even as Dustin pulls out the first folder—a manila green file tab, with the neat label on the side reading out “HAWKINS NATIONAL LABORATORY."
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20 Dec 2025