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1. heaven knows i'm miserable now by olliux

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Steve Harrington
   • Eventual Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson - Relationship
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Robin Buckley
   • Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington Has Powers
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Experiment Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington Is a Mess
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Steve harrington and Eleven are siblings
   • Steve Harrington is Seven
   • Hurt Steve Harrington
   • No Beta
   • we die like barb
   • Slow Burn
   • when i say slowburn
   • i mean it's chapter 13 and they're just meeting

   Summary

   What Steve would rather think about was how he had somehow, miraculously, picked up a random kid on the road who just so happened to also be from the Hawkins Lab.

   And El's definitely short for something.

   God-fucking-damnit. Steve's so stupid. How did he not notice? Somehow, he found his little sister, just wandering around Hawkins.

   Or

   Steve with powers from the lab is the older brother that El always needed.

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   English

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