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“Make me,” Steve Harrington says, finally turning to look at him, his eyes dark and blank. He’s too drunk to hold a sneer. He finally gets a good look at Billy, though, and Billy sees it when it happens, when Steve recognizes him. Something in his expression crumples, a little, and then he’s on his feet.
Steve Harrington, Billy learns, as his world stays frozen, as the thunder booms, as he hears Rebecca’s worried little shriek from the other end of the bar, still can’t throw a very good punch.
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This is story where, after everything, Billy Hargrove healed. Steve did not.
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05 Feb 2026
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“Wait,” Steve grabs Eddie's hand before he flies away. “Stay?” His eyes are worn and a hint of fear shimmers underneath.
“This is really scary,” he admits. “I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t know when I’ll suddenly disappear. Maybe I’ll just disappear for good? It’d be nice if there was someone familiar around. Plus,” Steve adds with a weary grin, “you were probably busy before I intruded.”
In 1984, Eddie finds himself in front of a rugged version of the preppy jock he’s only peripherally aware of at school. Compelled by Steve's tale of time travel, Eddie invites him to hide in his trailer until he can return to his proper place and time in 1986.
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29 Jun 2025
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The one with Catherine the neighbor nurse
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31 Jan 2026
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“Hey,” said someone behind him, tapping him firmly on the shoulder. “I used to have a vest just like that.”
Steve turned around and faced Eddie Munson, alive and in the flesh.
Eddie’s smirk faded into slack-jawed shock, then a theatrical but confused grin. He raised his hands and took a step back. “My bad. You look like someone.”
“You’re alive,” Steve said breathlessly. “Holy shit, you’re alive.”
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Steve gets a new job, and reunites with Eddie as he finds himself at the center of a morally questionable plot.
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- Part 1 of No Jean Grey Bullshit
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30 Jan 2026
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When Steve gets trapped in the Upside Down, Vecna offers him a deal: become lieutenant of the monster armies and gain some of Vecna’s power, in exchange for being the bait to lure his friends back to rescue him. Steve takes the deal, believing wholeheartedly in the Party’s ability to save him and finally kill Vecna, but discovers quickly that his power to infiltrate the memories and dreams of people in the real world is very limited; in fact, he can only visit one person in his new monster form.
Thus begins Steve’s haunting of Eddie Munson, who, coincidentally, has been in love with Steve since they started secretly hooking up after a Halloween party in 1984.
Or: Steve is Kas, and also Eddie's secret boyfriend.