CrypticBagel
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Tommy said Steve was probably crazy, and that no parents wanted a crazy kid.
Steve didn’t feel crazy.
But maybe he was the only one who thought that.
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Steve’s really tired and kinda just wants to take a nap, but inter-dimensional flower face monsters and evil scientists just won’t leave him alone.
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In the aftermath of Spring Break, while Hawkins tries to piece itself back together and Eddie recovers from his near death stupidity, a federal agent turns up in Hawkins to solve a fifteen year old missing persons case and Steve learns about family.
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14 Jun 2026
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“You need to stay calm, buddy.”
Don’t be so dramatic, buddy. Comb your hair, buddy. You can’t wear that, buddy. Speak up, buddy. You’re always crying, buddy. Don’t be a pussy, buddy. Grow some damn balls, buddy. You’re a fucking idiot, buddy.
“I am calm.”
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In which Hopper always knew Steve was his son, but he never did anything about it.
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- Part 3 of that's me and you.
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14 Jun 2026
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5 Times Robin's Parents Don't Understand by blitzerro
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jun 2025
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+ 1 time they do...
or, after the events of season 3, robins parents notice a new addition to the family they weren't prepared for. it takes some getting used to, but they realize steve may not be as bad as they initially thought.
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06 Mar 2026
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The Squawk had become their cover, their communication hub, their war room. Robin did the actual broadcasts mostly playing music and reading pre-written community updates approved by the military presence in town, but the real purpose was the coded messages. Steve had helped her set up the whole system, spending hours figuring out how to get all the sound effects she wanted, taping things to walls and attempting to MacGyver random things around the station.
That was just who Steve was, but looking around the room now, Robin wondered more and more if anyone else actually saw that.
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- Part 8 of Under Pressure
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24 Feb 2026
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kissed by lady luck by lesbianrobin for birthdaycandles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 May 2019
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Ok, so he's no Will Byers, but Steve thinks he can pretty definitively say at this point that he's got shit luck. Sure, he was born with a silver spoon and whatever, and he was loved by the smartest, strongest, bravest girl in the world (however briefly), and he's got a gaggle of preteens who look at him like he's Clark Kent and sometimes act like he's transformed into Superman, but still. Shit luck.
It happens on a Wednesday. His third day back at school since Billy kicked his shit in so badly that Chief Hopper was willing to leave his adopted super-child at the Byers' for three hours to drive him to the ER.
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01 Feb 2026