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1. Land of the Living by sass1420

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Robin Buckley/Character Not Listed
   • Others I will Update
   • Steve Harrington & Eleven| Jane Hopper
   • Belinda (Steve's Nail Bat)
   • Robin Buckley & Billy Hargrove
   • Stranger Things Ensemble
   • Everybody Lives
   • Karma is a Bitch
   • Maybe a few die
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • The Party Loves Steve Harrington
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Mr. and Mrs. Harrington suck
   • mama bear joyce byers
   • Child Abuse
   • Child Neglect
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Canon Divergent mostly
   • Lab Experiment Steve
   • Lab Experiment El
   • Steve Harrington Lonely
   • Dyslexia
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Self-Doubt
   • Fluff and Smut
   • possibly
   • References to Canon
   • Original Character(s)
   • Neil Hargrove is a horrible person
   • Susan Mayfield isn't some innocent bystander
   • Billy Hargrove and Max Mayfield are their own family with 2 crappy parents
   • Post-Redemption Billy Hargrove
   • Original Characters - Freeform

   Summary

   Why bother writing characters with potential just to kill them off?

   How would Benny, Barb, Bob, Billy, Chrissy and others living affect events?

   How would that change life in Hawkins? (Hint: A lot of ways, as in canon? What's that?)

   Would anything be the same? Not a chance.

   How big a factor would it be in battling the Upside Down?
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   Most of The Usual Gang are still the stars, but the others? Let's just say life and people are very different.
   We also meet some new people and situations along the way, and sometimes unexpected things arise.
   

   Series

   • Part 1 of Land of the Living

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   59/59

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