Immediately After & Beyond
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Let's be honest.
Steve Harrington’s parents had left a long time ago.
There was no reason for them to come back, not now Vecna had opened up Hawkins to his own version of hell, countless people and homes lost into the abyss, the Harrington home included.
And Steve does what he does best.
Carries on. Acts like nothing is wrong. Volunteers at the shelter - ignores the fact that he is now homeless, avoids his unprocessed trauma - and folds laundry.
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Or, In the aftermath of Vecna, Steve is having a really bad time and Hopper and Eddie both, individually, and together, pick up the pieces.
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- Part 1 of Immediately After & Beyond
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Immediately After & Beyond: One Shot AU! by Cuppa_Char
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2023
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Steve lets it happen and Eddie sees two things quite clearly; at best, Steve was letting Eddie fold him into a half hug, and at worst, it was an admission that something was very wrong with Steve Harrington.
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An Au! One-shot where Steve's parents did come home, trash talks Steve's found family (and Eddie recognises that Steve might want Eddie, but he needs Hopper.)
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- Part 2 of Immediately After & Beyond
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The Horrible Harringtons And Their Heinous Plans for Hawkins by Cuppa_Char
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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“He’s hurt?” he sharply says, voice pitched tight with concern and anger.
Richard Harrington scoffs.
“You hit him?” Eddie asks, voice cold and coiled.
“It was a slap,” Steve’s father scoffs in response. Eddie curls his hands into a fist, but manages the rest of the stairs, and the half dozen steps to the kitchen without hitting the other man. The blood looks tacky, not quite dried, but not wet either. Enough time to pass to make Eddie realise Steve probably left a little while ago.“Hardly a hit.”
“The boy’s a fool,” Steve’s mother chips in. “He ran out of here,” she gestures towards the kitchen door, which Eddie only now realises is open, a small smudge of blood , smeared fingertips grasping at the edge of the door. “Into the woods, no less,” she curls her mouth into a sneer. “Without even putting his shoes or jacket on.”
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A side (AU) Side Story for the Immediately After & Beyond Series where Steve's parents come home after Hawkins splits apart (and are even worse than usual in a more Machiavellian way)
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- Part 3 of Immediately After & Beyond