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1. "Please don't let it happen again." by Pinksikhewei

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   29 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Mentioned Nancy Wheeler - Freeform
   • Mentioned Jonathan Byers - Freeform
   • a lot thats why im putting them here
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Protective Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • Autistic Steve Harrington
   • Hard of Hearing Steve Harrington
   • Hurt Dustin Henderson
   • Dustin Henderson Needs a Hug
   • Dustin Henderson Gets a Hug
   • How Do I Tag
   • Canon Compliant
   • Grief/Mourning
   • They're everything to me

   Summary

   What had gone wrong? How did they both go so far in the wrong direction?
   It had to be his own fault, surely. Maybe it was the way he couldn’t process death, and moved on like nothing happened the best he could, shoving mismatched items into that d20 shaped hole in his life that was Eddie Munson. Maybe, it was because Dustin could tell he’d just been plain jealous of all Eddie’s time spent in Steve’s shoes, being so wanted and cherished and needed by the younger. That was Steve’s job, didn’t Dustin know that?

   OR (I couldn't pick just one moment)
   The flight of stairs before him turned to goo, falling down, down, down and forcing Steve’s mental mission to halt. He stepped back, his mouth agape and eyes wide, looking up to realize that the flights above them had also melted. His heart raced as he matched its pace, scrambling around to find a way up— any way up.
   He couldn’t do this again, not them.

   OR
   Steve’s aftermath of his fight with Dustin, and a deep look inside his brain all the way through to the ladder scene. He deserved some more depth- again- so i gave it to him c: and then for bonus points I made him hard of hearing and lowkey autistic bcs I said so, but its not the main focus of the fic obv

   Series

   • Part 2 of Pink's Stranger Things stuff 🎀

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