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Steve made a promise to himself then, sitting there in Carol Perkins’ spare room in a hellish version of Hawkins, that he was going to stop at nothing to find a way to get them both out of here. He felt the words settle into his bones, an undeniable truth that he had put out into the universe, unable to take back. An oath that nothing could force him to willingly break - He was going to get Will back home. He was going to keep him safe.
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Instead of Barbra Holland being taken by the Demogorgon, Steve Harrington is grabbed instead. This is a fact that changes everything.
Now he must survive alongside a missing kid, all while being hunted by a monster. Neither Steve nor Will realise the effect this will have on more than just themselves, or on the world.
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Will and Steve’s journey through the Upside Down.
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- Part 2 of Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
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Season 2: It's No Stranger to You or Me (I Can Feel It) by justlleena
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Sep 2025
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It's October of 1984, and Steve Harrington's life is completely normal.
A new sort of normal, but still...completely normal. It doesn't matter that there are still gaping holes in his memory or that Will is having more and more episodes because Steve has everything under control...right?
(A continuation of my 'What If Steve Got Taken by the Demogorgon instead of Barb' re-write fic series)
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- Part 3 of Flipped, Turned Upside Down
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Are you man enough, to take the blame for this? by A_randomsom1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Sep 2025
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Season five of stranger things if it was written by a Will Byers Stan that likes to see him in pain for whatever reason.
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The Winner Takes it All (The Loser's Standing Small) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Aug 2025
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The Gate is closed, Eleven is back, Will is un-possesed, and the Mindflayer is gone.
But something is wrong with Steve.
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All the things I wish I said, but I promise it ends with me by multi_fandom_help_me
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jun 2025
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When Steve's phone rings at 2am, he doesn't expect Jonathan to be the one on the other end, and he especially doesn't expect to hear Jonathan begging for him to help them. But here he was, not even putting shoes on as he raced to the Byers house to reach Will in time, because Jonathan was still twenty minutes away and Lonnie was back. Steve didn't ask, but the pure terror in Jonathan's voice told him all he needed to know. Will was in serious trouble, and Steve wouldn't let what happen to him as a kid happen to Will Byers.
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Lonnie comes back and tries to take Will from Joyce, Steve is the one who gets to save the day, and in return, he gets to say things to Lonnie he wished someone would've said to his father. A series of POVs of The Night It All Happened, and the healing of Steve Harrington.
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Will doesn’t know when Mike would willingly choose Eleven seconds of pleasure over 10 years of heaven.
Apparently, Mike has always been a little bit hedonistic.
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- Part 1 of stranger things
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Spring 1984: Always Something There to Remind Me by justlleena
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Mar 2025
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Spring was here, but Steve Harrington still felt stuck in November.
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- Part 2 of Flipped, Turned Upside Down
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If you told Steve Harrington on November 7th, 1983, that there was an alternate dimension beneath Hawkins, he would've laughed in your face and called you a freak.
It's November 8th, 1983, and Steve Harrington gets pulled into this alternate dimension through his pool.
(A 'What If Steve Got Taken by the Demogorgon instead of Barb' re-write fic)
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- Part 1 of Flipped, Turned Upside Down
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After accidentally bumping into Steve "The Hair" Harrington at make-out central Skull Rock, Will Byers avoids his suspicions before jeopardizing a secret rendezvous while accidentally exposing one of Steve's not-so-well-kept secrets.
aka "With a kiss, Steve helps Will get over his unrequited crush."
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Jonathan Byers sees straight through Steve Harrington. Sees the way he glances at Eddie. Sees the way he stares when he thinks no one is watching.
Steve was so sure that he had kept whatever this... thing was under wraps. But he's happy to be able to talk to Jonathan about it. Even if their friendship is so new, it's nice to have someone who knows.
Eddie doesn't know when exactly Jon and Steve became such good friends, but he's not a fan.
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The Lover of Life's Not a Sinner by writersagainstwritersblock
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Sep 2024
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“Come to ask for an autograph?” Eddie asked.
“Was it an original?”
“You don’t recognize Sabbath? Black Sabbath? Ozzy Osbourne?”
Altar boy tilted his head to one side like a confused puppy.
“That’s devastating, altar boy.”
“Steve.”
“Huh?”
“My name’s Steve, incase you feel like serenading some more, and, uh, I’m not an altar boy.”
“No?” Eddie’s eyes flicked over him. “You look like one.”
“I’m surprised you’d know, I doubt you’ve ever stepped foot inside a church.”
“And what? You’re gonna change that for me?”
Steve let out an amused exhale. “I suppose no one’s past saving, but you might be a close call.”
“Lucky for you, I didn’t ask for saving. Long live the devil, baby.”
Busker Eddie Munson meets his match in doomsday crier Steve Harrington occupying opposite sides of the street in 1986 Indianapolis.
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Let's Try Again (And Hopefully End This Once and For All) by 1Edge_Lord1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 May 2024
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He’s falling fast and he doesn’t know when he’s going to hit the ground, but he knows he’s going to hit the ground hard. And it’s going to hurt. But when he opens his eyes, he has stopped falling. And he hasn’t hit the ground. Because he’s standing. He’s standing in front of a worried Hopper. Dustin and Robin at his sides, holding onto him like a vice. He looks down and sees his Scoops Ahoy outfit. He looks around and sees everyone looking at him.
He looks around and recognizes the mall. The mall before the ‘fire’.
“Holy Shit.”
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Steve gets Vecna'd and time travels to the ending of Season 3. He's made it his mission to save everyone.
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- Part 8 of Stranger Things Oneshots/Stories
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just give me trust and watch what'll happen by ghxst_of_you
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Nov 2023
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4 years of fighting with the unknown. Will was tired, lost, and feeling lonely. Moving back to Hawkins was hard. Adjusting back to a life of normalcy was hard. Having the former chief of police live with your family was hard. Moving into the Harrington household until they have a place to live was hard. But, realizing you have feelings for that cute, slightly older boy in the Hellfire club was the hardest part.
Enter Gareth. The emotional whiplash of losing your best friend only to hear he’s alive and well, living at Steve Harrington’s house is enough to confuse him. Then he meets quiet but traumatized Will Byers. He wants to protect the boy who has seen too much. He wants to be the one Will can put all his trust in. He just has to accept the feelings he’s been pushing down all his life to do so. -
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That night in Season 2, Will inevitably has a nightmare. What he wasn't expecting, though, was someone to talk to after.
His name is Steve Harrington.
Or, Will the Wise brings some wisdom over Steve.
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- Part 5 of The Luck of Steve Harrington
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El, Will, and Max meet Eddie. It's cute.
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- Part 8 of Of Monsters and Small-Town Assholes
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The feeling of being watched is a constant, and grows stronger with the passing days.
It grows stronger as Steve's and Will's surroundings flicker. Rain or shine, inside their homes or out in the forest, their world grows cold, dark, empty. The feeling, they learn, isn't plain paranoia, but cold, sharp instinct.
The hulking mass of the Shadow Monster treads nearer, and they can only wait for it to strike.
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- Part 4 of Of Monsters and Small-Town Assholes
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It was like a classic horror movie.
It began with the lights by the pool flickering, followed by a jump scare, and the next thing Steve knew he was being dragged by his leg into the pool. He tried yanking his leg away, but whatever had a hold of him was unrelenting. He should have drowned. He hadn’t taken a deep enough breath until he was underwater, inhaling chlorine instead of air.***
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Steve gets dragged into the Upside Down in Season One instead of Barb -
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Max isn’t the only one that walks into that final battle with Vecna’s curse waiting to strike. Steve has been having nose bleeds and splitting migraines for a week now, that’s nothing new though, his brain’s been cooked since Billy Hargrove decided to rearrange his face in ‘84.
It’s not until the first bone snaps that he realises what’s happening.OR:
Steve ends up taking Max’s place as Vecna’s final victim and the gang concoct a plan. They’ll open a new portal in the Upside Down, use that connection to travel back to 1983, grab their babysitter and finish the fight before it can start.
Live out their lives as the children and teenagers they never got to be.
Only they get it wrong.
El overshoots by a year, dropping them back into 1982 and Steve Harrington has no idea who any of them are. -
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"I… I was hoping to talk to you. I need some… older brother advice."
Steve cocked an eyebrow, "You realize you have an actual older brother, yeah?"
"He can't really help me with the specific type of advice I need," Will spoke slowly, deliberately, as he finally looked Steve in the face.
It took a second or two before the meaning behind Will's words clicked into place. Steve's lips formed a silent 'O' shape as he nodded his head in understanding. This wasn't just brotherly advice.
This was boy talk.
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- Part 8 of It Was The Summer of 85
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“I spy Will Byers with Mike Wheeler!” by prettycoffee
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Apr 2023
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El tells The Party how Will has been sneaking out late at night, and Dustin and Lucas come up with the plan to spy on Will. What will they find out about Will tonight?