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   The Figurehead by TolkienGirl

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   19 Feb 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington & The Party
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair's Parents
   • Claudia Henderson
   • Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Carol Perkins
   • Murray Bauman
   • season 5 speculation
   • Stancy-centric
   • Steve Harrington-centric
   • and yet...an ensemble cast
   • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Slow Burn
   • Friendship
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Angst
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Peril of various kinds
   • The Upside Down
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • dark themes
   • including suicidal elements
   • Self Loathing
   • Poetry
   • Steve Harrington Needs a Hug
   • Nancy Wheeler-centric
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   When the first flakes of living ash begin to fall, Steve isn’t ready.

   He’s never ready.

   That’s not what counts.

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   English

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   Bookmarked by Dreamfyr3

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