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   what if it doesn’t end well? (would you still stay?) by angelica_barnes

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Complete Work

   20 Apr 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Dustin Henderson & Eddie Munson
   • Dustin Henderson/Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Argyle/Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley & Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Eddie Munson
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eddie Munson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Argyle (Stranger Things)
   • wayne munson my beloved i'm sorry you aren't in this
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Self-Doubt
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Panic Attacks
   • Mental Breakdown
   • (Multiple)
   • this story is like a warm hug it's just also got a hell of a backstory
   • I promise it's not actually that sad
   • (i don't think...)
   • Break Up
   • Getting Back Together
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Secret Relationship
   • (sort of you'll see)
   • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson Acting as The Party's Parental Figures
   • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson Acting as Dustin Henderson's Parental Figures
   • (no literally)
   • nancy gets yelled at a lot in this
   • but hey so does everyone else
   • watch as i make dustin yell everything i'm thinking
   • steve harrington validating my asexuality
   • Billy Hargrove Being an Asshole
   • (in the past but seriously guys)
   • Past Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
   • this is a self-indulgent mess guys i hope you enjoy it
   • Please read notes

   Summary

   Mom and Dad break up on a Wednesday.

   Well—Steve and Eddie break up on a Wednesday. It just feels like Dustin’s parents are getting a divorce.

    

   or,

    

   A study in divorce. (Well, sort of.)

    

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