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Steve has been in a relationship with Jonathan and Nancy since the week before graduation (though he's not quite sure relationship is the right word; they're something and that's already more than he ever hoped for). With them, his summer was going better than he expected when his dad first cut him off. Then Dustin came back from camp with his secret Russian code. Between the ensuing drugs and interrogation, Steve's missing pieces of his summer—he doesn't remember that he's in a relationship at all.
After Star Court, Nancy and Jonathan notice the distance Steve is putting between them and worry he's realized trying to make the three of them work is too complicated; especially when they see just how comfortable he is around Robin.
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we could call it even (you could call me babe for the weekend) by dharmainitiative
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Sep 2022
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“Do you think it’s weird that you two never, like…I don’t know. Became friends?” Robin asks.
Steve blinks. “Me and Jonathan?”
“Yeah,” Robin says. “I mean, didn’t you guys beat up a Demogorgon with Nance that one time? It feels like that kind of experience would forge a bond, you know? Like, it would transcend all the love triangle drama, or something.”
Or: when Nancy breaks things off with Steve and Jonathan and goes to college, Steve accidentally becomes friends with Jonathan.
Just friends, though. Obviously. Anything other than that would be weird.
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By March or so, the patrols were getting pretty well organized. There was an actual, honest-to-God signup sheet, stuck to Mrs. Byers' fridge with a smiley rainbow magnet and decorated with stickers by the kids.
(Or: Monsters are hunted, and Steve starts figuring some things out.)
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04 Jul 2026
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This was cute and a good introduction of me to this ship.
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why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday by MaryPSue
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Oct 2024
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In his defense, Steve does immediately realise that something’s wrong when he wakes up in Nancy’s pastel-purple bedroom.
He’s just a little foggy on the what.
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or, the one where Nancy, Steve, and Jonathan all swap bodies not long after the Battle of Starcourt, and somehow have to all get along for long enough to figure out how to fix it.Bookmarked by chitanda_82
04 Jul 2026
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BODYSWAP
It read more as a character introspection than building feelings betweeen them. But still good. I would have liked a whole chapter of the aftermath dedicated to sorting out their feelings so it’s more outright and explicit. But whatever.
I also liked the steve/Jonathan bit where their cuddling but it’s technically Nancy and Jonathan.
The getting together is kinda mid, but I do love it when byler (older) comes to Steve like so hey we’ve been talking and ….
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Turn And Face The Strange by asexual-fandom-queen (writeordietrying)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jul 2019
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“So, how did you know?” he asks again. “Unless you, like, don’t wanna talk about it, which is fine, it’s totally your decision. I was just wondering…”
Steve trails off, hands turning over in circles as he contemplates the rest of his sentence.
Robin rolls her eyes and takes pity on him. “How did you know you like girls?”
“Okay,” Steve says with a decisive nod. “That’s fair. That’s fair.”
Robin raises her eyebrows and shrugs with a tight-lipped smile, an it’s a simple as that.
Apparently, for Steve, it’s not. “I guess what I’m actually asking,” he tries again, while Robin sets her pen down on the counter and tilts her head, bracing for whatever the latest dumb question Steve pulls out from under his mop of hair will shape up to be.
“Is how you know you don’t like guys."
Steve and Robin have a heart-to-heart, Jonathan comes back to town, and Nancy makes pie... or possibly cobbler.
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04 Jul 2026
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Say swears they’re addressing bisexuality
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“So let me get this straight,” Steve says, crossing his arms and looking at Jonathan, unimpressed. “Your little brother is acting weird – weirder than usual, I should say – and you want my help spying on him to figure out what’s wrong? Why are you asking me?”
He doesn’t say what he’s really thinking: why aren’t you asking Nancy? But judging by the way Jonathan looks away, Steve thinks Jonathan understands regardless.
Jonathan shrugs, looking embarrassed. “You’re just…good with them. The kids, I mean. And I know that Will trusts you.”
In which: Nancy is dating Jonathan, but she's also dating Steve, and Steve may or may not be developing feelings for his girlfriend's other boyfriend.
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04 Jul 2026
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Who knows at this point.
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It's two weeks after the Snow Ball, Nancy's officially with Jonathan, and Steve is trying to move forward. If only he wasn't on a path that keeps circling back to the both of them.
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04 Jul 2026
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Not too sure
2017!!
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“Oh my God,” Nancy exclaims, softly enough so they won’t attract any nosy people. “You like Jonathan.”
She knows Steve understands her implications, watches as he squirms across from her in his seat. “So? You like him, too,” he shoots back, and it’s less of an accusation than a statement.
“It’s not like that,” she denies instantly, her default response that Steve waves off just as quickly.
“No, it’s totally ‘like that,’” he says, pointing his spoon at her and smirking now.
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04 Jul 2026
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Amusing -> accurate
It’s like stancy becomes stoncy speed run
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"I overheard you. You were talking in your sleep.”
Steve's heart fluttered nervously.
“It was a little funny at first,” Nancy admitted, her tone a mix of teasing and apologetic, “you were moaning my name and I thought it’d be kinda funny if Mike accidentally overheard you having a sex dream about his sister—”
Steve couldn’t control the guffaw that escaped him.
“But then you said Jonathan’s name. Right after mine. All in the same breath.”
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Sounds perfect
And it was, maybe unnecessarily long, but that’s still debatable.
I love how they went into Steve’s fears about being queer. They could have delved into Jonathan’s a bit better but hey it’s Steve POV that’s what you get. Nancy was surprisingly well written as was the rest of the cast. I do with there was more of an emotional confession from all of them, just to have a greater mutual understanding. But for 40k words this was really good. No where near a waste of time (not sarcasm)
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“I think we should pretend to date,” Robin says.
“What?” Steve sputters.
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2022
So little tags for so many words
Ignoring the climax of the story (I wish it was pun intended) it should be entertaining.Ohhh my heart, like it’s long but it’s really well written. Yk when I tell a story with unnecessary details this is that. Like there are unnecessary details but it’s sort of endearing, and there’s so much heart and dedication radiating off this fic.
AND DEAR GOD did Steve and Robin’s friendship fuck me up.
Also poly ships like this do something to me as a bisexual.
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After Vecna's curse is unleashed onto Hawkins, the town has been placed under government lockdown as the contagion continues to spread. Everyone’s been forced to the margins as they try to pick up the pieces. Maybe it's the swirling spores in the atmosphere or the grief that seems to linger everywhere, but it feels like everyone's haunted by something.
Everyone except Mike, that is. He's the heart, right? He's keeping it together.
He's the only one acting normal.
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"When Eleanor makes the offer, she doesn’t expect Tahani to actually take her up on it. A woman like Tahani Al-Jamil is not going to stay at a tourist trap motel with Eleanor Shellstrop, Arizona trashbag."
What happens when Tahani does, in fact, take Eleanor up on her offer to stay with her in her Sydney motel room.
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Send our love to its reward down in hell by hyenateeth for Rachael Sabotini (wickedwords)
Fandoms: The Good Place (TV)
25 Dec 2017
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“Oh my god, you are such a narcissist! And if you think we’re going to do that thing where we’re arguing and then suddenly it’s like, ‘woah, this is hot,’ and we start making out then dream on sister because-“
“Oh will you please shut up!” interrupted Tahani, before grabbing Eleanor and tugging her in for a kiss.
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“You want us to foster a kid?” Mike finally asks, disbelieving. Will is half convinced that El will laugh in their faces, clearing up the misunderstanding with a, “No, silly. I want you to water my plants.”
“It doesn’t have to be forever,” El says. “Just until I can find another home for him. I can’t stand him living in the shelter anymore. Not right now. He needs emotional support. And don’t lie to me— I know you two have been wanting kids. This can be a trial run.”
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Will and Mike are tasked with fostering an emotionally distant, judgmental, sassy twelve-year-old boy from El’s shelter. As hard as they try to win his heart, they seem to be making no progress. After all, how could two strangers earn the trust of a boy who’s been hurt time and time again?
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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Byler god on tt told me to, and they wrote my will is good (i think) so it’s gonna be good.
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“Okay,” Mike said slowly, trying to keep his voice calm, “we’ll figure it out step by step. No pressure. I’ll… I’ll help you practice control, see how far you can go without, you know, frying the house.”
Will peeked up at him, just enough to see the shy smile tugging at Mike’s lips. “I… I don’t even know if that’ll work,” he admitted, voice soft. “What if it doesn’t? What if it just keeps happening?”
Mike shook his head firmly. “It will work. And if it doesn't, we’ll find something else. We always do.”
Will’s lips quirked in the faintest hint of a smile. “You’re right. We always do.”
Mike leaned forward, careful not to crowd him, “First we need to try to find a way to turn the lights back on. Reverse what you did. Do you think you can–” He gestures towards Will’s crotch, a blush crossing his cheeks, “--Go again?”OR: Will finds himself unable to control his new powers when he gets aroused. Every time he gets "excited," strange things happen with the power. He tries to convince himself it's a coincidence, but when he finishes, and the power goes completely out, he begins to panic.
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29 May 2026
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I really don’t know if I’ll like it or what the vibe is. But I’m here anyway:
"Will-"
Will pauses on the top, hand on the door. He turns around, meeting Mike with a gaze he's never seen before.
"Just so you know, Mike," He turns the knob, stepping outside, "Sucking my dick -and liking it- is pretty fucking gay."
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The Bridge, the Sorcerer, and the Beep Beep: A Very Loud Coming Out by cheeerryontop
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2025
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"I haven't told any of you this because I don't want you to see me differently," Will started. His voice was soft, melodic, and Richie felt like he was being hugged by a cloud. "But the truth is... I am different."
Will took a shaky breath. This was it. The big reveal. The moment the music swells.
"I just… I don't like girls."
The silence that followed was heavy. It was the kind of silence that usually preceded a jump-scare. Mike looked like he had been hit with a brick. El looked confused. Dustin looked like he was doing math in his head.
Richie Tozier, however, did not stay silent.
He let out a sound that was somewhere between a pterodactyl scream and a sob of pure relief. He threw his hands into the air, his Hawaiian shirt fluttering.
"I KNEW IT!" Richie screamed, his voice echoing off the concrete walls.
OR Richie Tozier has spent his quarantine pining for Will Byers. When Will finally delivers his dramatic coming-out speech at WSQK headquarters, Richie took his chance.
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When Will Byers Met Richie Tozier by beautiful_blue for Shadowhunter4
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (2017)
24 Jan 2018
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Will's older brother Jonathan is finally getting married to Nancy Wheeler. Mike's cousin Richie is coming down for the wedding, and Mike couldn't dread it more. Richie and Will make an unexpected connection, and Will is certain he will never be the same again.
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18 May 2026
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It’s hard to notice initially, but it’s heteronormative painfully so. Wills character has little agency. And the smut scenes didn’t really care to bring up any trauma, they were both just oh look they’re both good at blowjobs.
I thought it would be cool if they met at the wedding (22/23) and had like a thing or whatever, as a way of like projecting (sort of like spit swear but they’re older). But then it develops into smth more. But nay.
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The sun is deceptive in quarantined Hawkins, where martial law has been enacted following the massive 'earthquake.' While Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Eleven struggle to regroup and sort through salvaged supplies, the tense quiet is annihilated by the arrival of Will’s secret boyfriend. Having been ghosted for three months due to the escalating dimensional crisis, he drives cross-country, bluffs his way past the National Guard blockade, and publicly explodes, cornering Will in front of his stunned friends.
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This was 80% Richie just running his mouth. Which wasn’t bad, but unexpected. It was very amusing and oddly comforting. I like the nonsensical interpretation of the big bad (Vecna). It was good
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"It's for you."
Mike startles, blinking when Will pushes the box even closer to him.
"You got me something?"
Will tries to shrug it off. "Just something small. Early six-month anniversary gift let’s say, or at least part of it. The rest will come later. Now open it."
And he does open it, but it’s not a comic book or action figure like he expects but a collar and a custom one at that. But with how the last few months have gone—pining secretly and determinedly not talking about the puppy thing from Halloween—maybe this is what Mike needs. Maybe what they both need.
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- Part 2 of Puppy Mike
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17 May 2026
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Bated breath waiting for this to complete, I don’t know what to do with myself.