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1. Oh, Adrian, come out and play by LeviWhumpEnthusiast

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   26 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Steve Harrington & Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Steve Harrington's Parents
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Bob Newby (Stranger Things)
   • Steve Harrington Has Head Trauma
   • Steve Harrington Has PTSD
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Steve Harrington Needs Therapy
   • Parental Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper Acting as Steve Harrington's Parental Figure
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Billy Hargrove Being an Asshole
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Hard of Hearing Steve Harrington
   • Brain Damage
   • Steve Harrington has a traumatic brain injury
   • Honestly brain injuries are underrated things in angst and whump
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Whump
   • emotions are hard
   • Found Family
   • no beta we die like bob newby
   • Good Babysitter Steve Harrington
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • author projects very specific emotions onto Steve Harrington
   • author's excuse to discuss favorite angsty headcanons
   • Canon Compliant

   Summary

   The moment he sees the ceramic plate rush towards his head, he knows Billy Hargrove is going to kill him. Not his dad, not a Demogorgon or a Demodog, not even that freaky Mind Flayer thing the kids said is controlling Will but Billy fucking Hargrove. He would laugh but he doesn’t have time before the plate shatters on the left side of his head.

   Steve Harrington is just a guy with a heart of gold and awesome hair. And a lot of times, that heart of gold gets him into trouble. This time, he gets rewarded for his good deeds with some head trauma that changes everything for him.

   Made by a human, author does not own the characters

   Series

   • Part 1 of Things just haven't been the same around here— Steve Harrington's Head Trauma-Centric Series

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