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Casita has been rebuilt. The Madrigals have been united. Finally, they can sit down and enjoy a peaceful meal together. What could possibly go wrong?
(In which Bruno and Agustín turn the family dinner into a snack-tacular punishment.)
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Before there was anything, there was Siblings.
(A short drabble about the world's cutest post-apocalyptic cat family and the siblings that got left behind.)
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Monster by LoveTheBadGuy
Fandoms: Princess Bride (1987), The Princess Bride - William Goldman, The Princess Bride - Simon Morgenstern
19 Jul 2014
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"…there was all kinds of stuff, some of it wonderful, I got rid off… Example: How the King and Queen went to Miracle Max because they had somehow given birth to a monster..." - William Goldman
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"I stay with him and hope that when the nightmares come… It will be my name he calls. It never is." AU Corpse Bride in which Victor and Emily never renew their vows in the land of the living.
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The One in Which a Time Loop is Fucking Exhausting. by badpancake
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Jul 2022
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It’s the first time in a while that he doesn’t know what comes next. He’s dove into the water hundreds of times. Screamed as his flesh was torn apart, heard Master of Puppets in the distance and held back tears. Felt Max’s cold, small hand in his as she laid in the hospital bed. There are things that always happen, no matter how hard he tries: El doesn’t arrive in time. Eddie dies. Max is put in a coma.
Steve fails. They lose.
“Steve, how many loops have you been through?”
His head is nodding, and his eyes are watery, and Eddie has approached him like a spooked animal.
“I lost count.”
AKA: The one where Steve Harrington is stuck in a time loop, and Eddie Munson is really fucking hard to save, or: fuck Volume 2, these bitches are in love.
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Bookmarked by LoveTheBadGuy
30 Jan 2026
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Another brilliant time-loop fic. I found this one particularly interesting because it didn't follow the traditional one-day-only time-loop tradition, but rather was linked exclusively to Steve's death. Which means on some Loops, Steve sticks around for weeks, bonding with various characters, grieving, making plans... it was a unique take, filled with lots of angst and comfort. The sequels are equally as good.
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stories set in a world where steve goes with joyce, hopper, and murray to the russian facilities beneath starcourt, and doesn't return.
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Bookmarked by LoveTheBadGuy
09 Jan 2026
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One of the best Stranger Things series I've read. The stories are written from many different characters' perspectives, and the author nails every single one.
Unsurprisingly, the stories from Steve and Hopper's POVs are my favourite, but I also adore Wayne Munson in story 3. The way the author uses the characters and changes the Canon story is very well thought out.
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the end is here (and we do it a hundred times over) by placebythering
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Oct 2022
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Steve jolts awake, staring up into the dull beige of the camper’s ceiling. There’s a distinct brown stain, likely from a leak. The cushion of the back seat is hard against his back, and if he strains he could hear yelling and laughing from the outside.
He wonders if he’s finally lost his fucking mind.
--or, Steve relives the day of the end over and over again.
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Bookmarked by LoveTheBadGuy
05 Jan 2026
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I love me a good time-loop story, and this one is a DAMN GOOD time-loop story. Steve relives the day of S4 finale over and over again, trying to save Eddie's and Max's lives.
Well-written characters with slow-building Steddie, but equal importance given to Steve's relationship with everyone else in the Party.
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The mall is destroyed. El’s lost her powers. Billy’s dead. So is Hopper. Steve is probably fucked up mentally for life, but what else is new? Steve has a pretty good thing going. He has kids to take care of, an awkward lesbian to advise. Max needs a big brother. Hawkins is his home, and Steve can’t just leave. Not while he’s still needed. He knows one day he won’t be. But for now, it’s enough.
Or: the Harringtons sell their house before the real estate market goes belly-up. Hawkins has been going downhill for years, anyway. His parents give Steve a choice: move with them and finally take that job at his dad’s company or get left behind. For Steve, it wasn’t much of a choice at all. He may not have a house anymore, but his BMW’s backseat has served as a bed plenty of times already. No one has to know. The party has enough problems to worry about.
Or: Eddie Munson worms his way into Steve’s sorry little life months before Vecna rears his ugly head.
Or: Steve Harrington, a character study.
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Bookmarked by LoveTheBadGuy
03 Jan 2026
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An absolutely wonderful Steddie story. Steve becomes homeless, hides it from the party, meets Eddie just prior to S4, slowly falls in love, becomes Vecna's victim instead of Max.... and somehow they all live happily ever after.
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Pre-canon/canon-divergent AU. How Hopper and Steve’s personal tragedies lead to them crossing paths, and the relationship that is forged as a result.
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Bookmarked by LoveTheBadGuy
22 Dec 2025
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A very sweet Hopper-adopts-Steve series with lots of hurt/comfort and feel-good found-family fuzzies. Takes places pre-canon.