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• what if it doesn’t end well? (would you still stay?) by angelica_barnes

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Multi
  • Complete Work

  20 Apr 2023

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
  • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson
  • Dustin Henderson & Eddie Munson
  • Dustin Henderson/Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Argyle/Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
  • Robin Buckley & Dustin Henderson
  • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Eddie Munson
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Eddie Munson
  • Robin Buckley
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Erica Sinclair
  • Argyle (Stranger Things)
  • wayne munson my beloved i'm sorry you aren't in this
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Panic Attacks
  • Mental Breakdown
  • (Multiple)
  • this story is like a warm hug it's just also got a hell of a backstory
  • I promise it's not actually that sad
  • (i don't think...)
  • Break Up
  • Getting Back Together
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Secret Relationship
  • (sort of you'll see)
  • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson Acting as The Party's Parental Figures
  • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson Acting as Dustin Henderson's Parental Figures
  • (no literally)
  • nancy gets yelled at a lot in this
  • but hey so does everyone else
  • watch as i make dustin yell everything i'm thinking
  • steve harrington validating my asexuality
  • Billy Hargrove Being an Asshole
  • (in the past but seriously guys)
  • Past Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
  • this is a self-indulgent mess guys i hope you enjoy it
  • Please read notes

  Summary

  Mom and Dad break up on a Wednesday.

  Well—Steve and Eddie break up on a Wednesday. It just feels like Dustin’s parents are getting a divorce.

   

  or,

   

  A study in divorce. (Well, sort of.)

   

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