18 Works by help_me_no
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Sometimes Steve remembers that living in a town with a pretty obvious cult just outside it isn’t actually normal. But everyone in Hawkins has sort of gotten used to it.
Steve doesn’t think about it all that much. It’s a part of life in Hawkins, and high school’s a bitch, and Steve’s busy juggling his relationship with Nancy Wheeler (and the nagging suspicion it’s all falling apart), and the tightness in his chest when spending time with her these days almost always means spending time with her fellow Hawkins Post intern Jonathan, and keeping his grades up enough to graduate this year and keep his father placated, and the weird tension with Tommy and Carol lately, and also how he’s somehow babysitting almost a half dozen kids nowadays, whose newest obsession is ghost hunting and have been bullying Steve into taking them to every abandoned house in Hawkins.
A prequel to Warm These Bones, but can be read as a standalone
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- Part 2 of The Reason is Yours (Ghost-hunting AU)
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You Know I Wouldn't Hurt You (Unless You Wanted Me To) by help_me_no
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Feb 2025
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Black bandanas and knockoff snack cakes.
Or, discussion about kink as it relates to trauma, internalized kink-shaming, and untangling BDSM from violence.
Steve finally learns about what Eddie's bandana means.
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- Part 5 of Don't Settle for That
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Eddie gets to have Steve in his bed. Steve gets to meet Eddie’s neighbors.
(Or, Eddie grew up as an ‘it takes a village’ kind of kid. Steve very obviously did not.)
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- Part 6 of Don't Settle for That
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Dates and basketball and concerts. Daily life. Figuring out the rhythm of a new relationship, and everything around it.
Assorted scenes post- Aftermath.
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- Part 3 of Don't Settle for That
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Eddie Munson was practically raised by the concept of harsh realities, and he’s learned not to want things that he’ll never have, which isn’t as much as a bummer as it could be, because making the most out of what you’ve got is just as good.
Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a casual flirt and a serial dater, has a bad habit of falling hard and fast and never really recovering. Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a bit oblivious, and a ladies man, figured some stuff out about himself four years ago and promptly squashed all those feelings into a box he never intended to see the light of day.
In which Will coming out forces Steve to be open about some things (because Steve’s issues will always take a backseat to making sure the kids feel safe). And Steve doesn’t mean for Eddie to find out, but he does, and it turns into a bonding experience. (And it’s the best and the worst, because having him as a friend is more than Steve ever could’ve hoped for, but it also feels a little like dying.)
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- Part 1 of Don't Settle for That
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“Are you sure you’re not gonna get murdered?” Tommy says, eyes narrowed as he pinches in on the map on his phone. “This place is like, so far off the grid. And you said there’s no cell reception?”
“He’s gotta get a job somewhere, Tommy,” Carol says, rolling her eyes. “Even if it is playing nanny for some creepy old man and his creepy kids in their creepy old mansion out in the middle of the creepy old countryside.”
“Oh my god,” Steve says, snapping his suitcase shut. “I’m gonna be fine. Edward Munson is a rich bastard who is looking for an ‘au pair’ for his seven kids. He’s just gonna be some rich old asshole who wants someone else to parent his kids for him.”
“You mean like daddy dearest, but with more children?” Carol snickers.
Steve flips her off even though he agrees. “Exactly like daddy dearest,” he says, “Which is why I’ll be great at this."
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- Part 5 of AUs of October
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“As long-time viewers may know,” Dustin says, picking up from Mike, “‘Eddie the Damned’ is the one who inspired us to start Upside Down Ghost Hunting and make videos out of our paranormal investigation hobby. It absolutely kills us to see the end of a legendary era, and we want to wish Eddie all the best with his future endeavors.”
“Which,” Eddie says, leaning into the frame, “Are gonna be right here.”
Dustin, Lucas, and Mike finally break, unable to maintain their serious masks anymore, beaming.
Eddie grins manically at the camera. “Hope none of you freaks, geeks, and ghouls are tired of me just yet, because I’m a permanent fixture now.”
Dustin whoops from behind him.
“Now, let’s go find ourselves some ghosts.”
paranormal/ghost-hunting AU
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- Part 4 of AUs of October
- Part 1 of The Reason is Yours (Ghost-hunting AU)
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I Never Wanted Anything As Little As I Want This Now by help_me_no
Fandoms: Elden Ring (Video Game)
07 Apr 2022
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Conversations held in the aftermath. Things that were, things unknown, things lost.
D after Rogier.
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Theseus and Asterius finally start reuniting with people from their lives. Some reunions go well, others far less so.
A little bit of a comedy, a lot of a tragedy, a little bit of a love story.
[on hiatus]
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Apollo once was so close to Helios he became associated with the sun himself. But he ruined that relationship ages ago. That's an old, separate story. But even centuries later, he still finds ways to keep ruining it, long after it's over.
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- Part 2 of Multiverse of the Sun
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Aethra, daughter of Aegeus, king of Troezen, knows what is expected of her. She knows what she is allowed, and she knows what she can and cannot do, and she knows the kind of world people will try and build around her. She also knows the small ways in which she can dig in her heels and grit her teeth and try to keep her head high.
Or, how Theseus, who eventually becomes King of Athens, is conceived and born, and the women who enable him to rise to that future.
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- Part 3 of Literary Retellings of Myths & Legends
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Pasiphae, Queen of Crete, wife of King Minos, and how she becomes mother of the minotaur. The years spent together. The years after.
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- Part 2 of Literary Retellings of Myths & Legends
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Questions of Guilt and of Obligation (Questions of Love, and of Eternity) by help_me_no
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018)
26 Mar 2021
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How it is that Asterius, bull of Minos, comes to fight alongside Theseus, king of Athens, in the arena of Elysium.
Or, slow steps taken in healthy communication between the champions. The building of a friendship between two people grappling with trauma, and guilt, and poor socialization. Asterius slowly falls a little in love.
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- Part 4 of Kings and Monsters and Men
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Hermes pointedly tries to ignore Charon's feelings, no matter how obvious they are. He also tries to ignore his own.
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A festival in Elysium gets Theseus thinking about family—specifically, Asterius's extended family.
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- Part 6 of The Strength of Minotaurs
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How Asterius comes to call Theseus “king”, and the slow beginning of a friendship.
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- Part 3 of Kings and Monsters and Men
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The ascension of the minotaur to Elysium. A reunion. The careful building of the first threads of trust. The diet of a monster versus the diet of men and bulls.
Or, what happens when Theseus, King of Athens dies, and chooses to bring the minotaur with him to Elysium.
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- Part 2 of Kings and Monsters and Men
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Kings and Monsters and Men by help_me_no
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Hades (Video Game 2018)
22 Jan 2021
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The slaying of the minotaur. Decisions forced upon Theseus, Prince of Athens, decisions he makes of his own will, and the consequences of both. Sacrifices and kings and cruelty in different forms.
A reinterpretation of the original myth. Not super Hades-specific.
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- Part 1 of Kings and Monsters and Men
- Part 1 of Literary Retellings of Myths & Legends