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#He’s the big brother she deserved

OH. MY. GOD. I'm in loooove

(fuck it, i’ll do it myself) steve and nancy get married ‘80s style

Always the babysitter. Always the goddamn babysitter!

Yeah, let’s be honest. Many people view Steve through fanon colored glasses. He is always reluctant, and even annoyed, to be dragged into whatever schemes the kids concocted. And yeah sure, he protects the kids when it comes down to it but it’s mostly out of a sense of obligation (being the oldest), not because they’re his uwu children. The only one he has a genuine bond with is Dustin (and maybe Max but even then we can’t be sure since we don’t see Steve visit Max in the hospital). The rest of them are kinda just there lmao. No hate on Steve, but his character has really been warped from how he really is in canon.

Real talk… the babysitter steve narrative is very fanon. Steve within the show never like… actually cares about the kids? Lmfao this is the same man who let a random 10 year old join his Russian conspiracy plot because no one else could fit in a vent like… I think y’all need to start opening your eyes

Sometimes I wish that the Duffers hadn’t managed to cast an amazing group of actors for ST so that it would be easier to see how abysmal at worst and mediocre at best the show really is.

Literally all of the most beloved moments, lines, and changes to characters/storylines are due to the actors’ improvisations and suggestions.

no cause considering that billy didn’t knew shit, the situation at the byers house is really weird. like, a legal adult lying about his underage (basically a kid, not a teen yet) sister not being here, when she’s in fact here with him and three boys is very sketchy. and steve doesn’t have a great reputation with girls, he’s a known womanizer. and it’s the 80’s. and karen probably not the first adult that was interested in billy, he knows how a person older than you can be. he can think only abt one thing and i don’t want to say it so. kinda understand him on this one. also if i’ll see my lil brother in a situation like that i’ll be pulling out a knife not a fist 🏃🏽‍♀️

it’s not that Steve is “the big brother that Max deserves”. it’s that Steve had the opportunity to be there for Max in ways that Billy could not be because he was either unaware of the dangers lurking in Hawkins, was under the control of an inter-dimensional being he had no way of understanding, or was…dead.

Steve stepped up to the plate because he had the knowledge and means to do so. Max relied on him because she knew that he understood her and that she could trust him.

there is no point in Max and Steve’s friendship where either of them seems to be trying to replace or fill in for Billy. rather, Steve is present for Max in her grief. you think he didn’t know exactly what she was doing when she told him to pull into the cemetery? who else would she be visiting? he knows that this girl has been through absolute hell, and as much as he complains about babysitting, you know he would (and has!) put his life on the line for any of those kids. in that moment, he would have done anything for Max. he knows he can’t fill Billy’s shoes. he know he can’t give Max what she really wants. he can’t bring her brother back. but he can do his damnedest to protect her, to shield her from any more hurt. he is there for Max because he can be, because he loves her. he will play big brother for as long as she needs him to, because her big brother can’t physically be there for her anymore. but he can’t replace Billy, and Max clearly doesn’t want him to. she wants her brother. Steve is simply there to support her as she mourns and adjusts to a world without Billy.

“Billy…FULLY redeems himself”- Joe Keery (Steve Harrington)

It warms my heart to see the beloved Joe Keery being Billy’s #1 fan and antis frothing at the mouth for it, that some fucking good food lmao

after the night at the byer’s, billy and steve both sport the same bruises.

and it doesn’t make sense.

steve’s sure he didn’t get that many hits in, and even then, it wasn’t hard enough to give billy a shiner like his.

and the worst part is, he feels bad.

“Hey, man,” He starts, cornering billy after a particularly difficult basketball practice. billy was awful. he kept his shirt on, too, which was weird. steve was benched completely; he can barely see out of one eye, and the other is still swollen shut.

billy’s panting from practice, hunched over as if it hurts to breathe. facing his locker and not replying to steve.

“um,” steve continues. “i…feel bad about what happened this weekend. i was just looking out for the kids, y’know, and i didn’t mean to hit you that h-“

billy turns around, snarling. looking like a battered, cornered wild dog.

“oh fuck right off, harrington,” he spits, and shoulders his way out.

“dude,” steve says, curling his lip. “i’m trying to apologize to you, asshole.”

“i don’t need your apology,” billy replies, and it hurts a little.

“well maybe if you hadn’t been a racist asshole i wouldn’t have had to hit you in the first plac-“

billy seems even angrier.

“i am not a fucking racist, harrington,” he snarls, but it lacks the horror his voice used to hold because of the wounds on his face.

steve grimaces. “yeah, totally, you just attacked lucas because he happened to be the closest.”

billy looks around the locker room as if someone is watching him. nervous.

“it’s not because of that,” he mutters, chewing on his swollen bottom lip.

“then why?” steve presses. “because if i recall, he didn’t do a damn thing to you, billy.”

billy swallows and refuses to make eye contact.

“it’s my fucking dad, harrington. he finds out max is messing around with a black kid and all three of us get a shiner worse than mine. i couldn’t care less about what those little shits are doing, but he does.”

steve’s face softens.

“so you’re…taking the punches for max?”

“that’s a stupid way to put it.”

“i…” steve gapes. “why don’t you go to hopper or something? he could put your dad in j-“

“because, harrington, i’ve got nowhere to go and no one gives a shit anyway if a dad beats his son as discipline. but i can’t let him put a hand on max. she doesn’t deserve it. even if she’s a fucking bitch.”

billy shakes his head like he’s said something awful.

“now you know. congratulations, harrington. i spent all this time stealing your crown and now you know that i’m just a pussy whose dad beats him. have fun spreading that one around.”

billy turns to leave and steve catches him by the arm.

“i’m not going to tell anyone,” he says, and billy scoffs.

“i promise. i’m not like that anymore. like you said…turned bitch.”

billy laughs.

“so, what? you look at me like i’m a kicked puppy every time i come to school with my teeth knocked in? because i’d rather you spread rumors about me instead.”

steve shakes his head.

“i wont do that either. promise. i just…i dunno. can i help in any way?”

billy shrugs him off.

“do what you do, i guess. protect those little shits. i’m not as good with kids as you are, mama bird.”

steve flushed at that and grimaces.

“please do not ever call me that again.”

and they laugh. and it feels nice.

“hey, uh, are you doing anything this friday?” steve asks, and it feels natural.

“probably looking after max. parents like to go out a lot and leave me with her.”

“well, why don’t you and her come with me and we can catch a movie maybe? she can bring lucas and you two can patch things up?”

“are you asking me on a date, harrington?”

steve’s face gets even redder.

“no, i just meant-like y’know, it would be nice, and i could, um-“

“it’s cool. i’ll come by friday. 5:00? you get lucas, i’ll bring max.”

steve nods. “um, yeah. that sounds good.”

billy smiles softly. “good. and don’t pick some girly movie. max and i like slashers.”

“right. got it.”

“see ya, steve.”

billy nudges him before jogging off, undoubtably late to pick up max.

and steve is frozen. what started as an apology for his own moral compass turned into a date. steve’s going on a date? with a boy? no, it was just a joke. maybe. probably.

he hopes it wasn’t, though.

just doing domestic, everyday things with steve :)

like going grocery shopping together, and running for a late-night, impromptu run for ice cream, or driving off somewhere private and just sitting in the car chatting and being lovey dovey, and going with him to get a haircut and he’s always grumpy after bc they cut it too short, and dropping the kids off somewhere and being like “do you wanna go to the drive in?” just randomly, or going for little walks together, or just sitting in each other’s rooms in comfortable silence.

like it’s so easy being with him. there’s no pressure to impress or entertain eachother and it’s casual and all so loving and i feel like you guys don’t say “i love you” so explicitly very often, but the love comes through in almost everything you do. holding the door open for eachother, or steve blocking sharp edges of the table so you don’t bump into them, or you constantly keeping a comb in your glovebox in case he needs it. there’s not a lot of pda when you’re together, but steve always goes for the casual arm around the shoulder and you like to wrap your arm in his to keep him close, maybe a chaste kiss on the temple in the car. just little things that add up and mean so much.

there’s lots of teasing and quippy remarks, but it’s so cute and fun bc you’re never serious. lots of silly bickering over movies or arguing over who gets to drive or who the kids like better (you always let steve win, ya know, so you don’t bruise his ego)

there’s not many pet names you call each other (i think they’re all kind of ironic, funny things- “farrah” or “loverboy” or something so sickeningly sweet like “honey bunches” or “cutie pie” as a joke) but i do think steve let’s “hon” or “honey” slip out every so often, as well as “baby” or “doll” but those in particular always makes you blush. he also has a habit of calling you “pretty girl” when ur alone in bed late at night together:’) i think you call him “honey” too but also “love” and “handsome” and he always gives you a smarmy look and a lovesick smile when you say it. if you say one casually or subconsciously, steve always smiles to himself that it’s like second nature to you. pet names aren’t a big thing for you guys bc you’re never too cheesy unless you’re doing it on purpose, but here and there (especially if one of you are drunk) it becomes a little habit.

Hiiii! Can you do hcs for max and steve being a sibling duo or write a one shot abt them?

Steve and Max As A Sibling Duo

headcanons

summary: steve and max are the best sibling duo we could’ve asked for

pairing: steve harrington x max mayfield (platonic)

warnings: swearing, mentions of canon typical violence, mention of death/grieving

note: why are there no gifs of steve and max?? also there’s no reader insert here this is just my take on steve and max behaving as siblings !!

Steve and Max are absolutely the best sibling duo

Steve is the big brother that Max deserved and having Max around makes Steve feel less lonely

Steve always wanted a little sister !! He would beg his parents for a sibling all the time when he was younger but to not avail

Steve is obviously protective of all the kids but Max would literally kill somebody for Steve. Nobody is gonna ever hurt him while she’s around.

I feel like Max is already super protective over people she cares about but it’s just different with Steve. Like she’s already lost one brother and feels the guilt of that, she’s not gonna lose another.

The entire party is a found family for Max and somehow Steve fits in so perfectly.

They argue and she loves to rile him up, but they have such a strong bond that almost rivals Steve and Dustin’s.

Max isn’t affectionate at all and Steve knows that, so he tries to go about things differently with her. He makes her mixtapes (she absolutely roasts his taste in music but she secretly treasures them so much), he buys her little things that he knows she needs or likes, and he really tries to be there for her in ways Billy wasn’t.

Steve is the only reliable male figure Max has ever had and she still doesn’t really know how to express things to him.

Max’s love language is gift giving. She saves up months in advance to buy Steve something really nice for his birthday or Christmas. That usually means she’s on a budget for everyone else’s gifts but she really wants to show Steve how much she appreciates him, so it doesn’t matter to her.

Max knows that Billy was an awful person and he treated her like shit, but he was also her brother and she had some fucked up idea that she should have protected him. She feels so much guilt over his death. She’s not even really grieving, she just feels so guilty.

Steve knows this and, in one of Max’s moments of vulnerability, he confesses his guilt over Barb’s death. He’s come to terms with the fact that there was nothing he really could have done for her, but he can’t help but feel like he should have done something.

They have a little bonding moment over shared trauma and guilt.

Having a little sister is uncharted territory for Steve. He has Dustin, who is the equivalent of a little brother, but Max is so much different. She’s snarky and unaffectionate and a little mean sometimes. He really has to learn how to be there for her in a way that makes her comfortable.

Steve loves Max and he would voluntarily lay down his life for any of those kids but especially Max, who has been through hell and back for the last year and who he just wants to protect so bad.

Max is used to being the responsible adult and looking out for herself, so letting go of the responsibility and letting Steve Harrington, of all people, make sure she’s safe is really difficult for her at first.

I’m 100% convinced that Max’s letter to Steve is so sappy. It’s full of the things she was never brave enough to say to him.

She thanks him for looking out for her, for being the best big brother in the entire world.

By the time she’s finished writing it, the ink is slightly smudged by the tears rolling off her cheeks and onto the paper.

Then, in delicate handwriting, she signs it: “Your baby sister, Max”

My favorite headcannons in my Stranger Things Fic:

Will hates that El's birthday is celebrated on November 6th (she picked it), but then he forgets that it's the day he goes missing so he moves on. She only picked that date because it's usually seen as bad so she wanted to make him happy

Back in California, Will and El used to split the time they spent with Sean. Will gets Monday and Tuesday, El gets Thursday and Friday, and he hangs out with both on Wednesdays. On the weekends, he spends time with Argyle.

Furthermore, Sean met them because he threw a book at Will's head. He was aiming for Angela, but she dodged it. He got two weeks' detention and met them after Argyle did. Will fell for him the same day he got hit.

Eleven likes to be called Jane more than "El" but she keeps it as a nickname.

Mike spent a whole day at Max's house complaining about how much he dislikes Sean.

Sean's real birth name is Ignacio De La Cruz. His birth mother is white Dominican and his biological dad is Afro-Dominican. His mother was shot four times because she broke into the lab repeatedly to get him back. She's alive, lives in Indianapolis, and is still looking for him.

Angela and Sean used to be friends but that was before he was outed. El and Will know nothing about this story.

Sean knows Spanish but no one knows how. In fact, no one in the adopted family taught him Spanish. He started speaking it one day and they just went along with it.

Dr. Roseanne, their therapist, believes that Sean and El are on the neurodivergent spectrum. They both have varying severities of ADHD, autism, BPD, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. She knows not to diagnose them just yet.

Sean would identify as genderfluid if he grew up in 2024.

Ana Maria was arrested because Sean and Mateo had found a dead body in their backyard and had moved it. She confessed to killing the man and got the charges dropped from her brothers.

The man died form heroin overdose

Eleven gets irregular periods. Jonathan was there when she got her first one. She was terrified.

Eleven and Will were taught how to surf by Argyle. Jonathan would take videos of them while Sean suntanned (he doesn't need to tan at all but he can't swim).

Elliot calls Max daily to complain about Lucas's gentle and unbearable physical affection. She laughs every time.

Erica loves Lucas. And she tells him every night before she goes off to bed. (She's terrified of losing him after Vecna)

Erica and Melanie are very close and do each other's hair.

Will, Eleven, and Mike go to NYU. Sean goes to Cal U School of Arts. Max enters the workforce and become a tattoo apprentice. Dustin and Lucas get into Perdue. Elliot and Melanie join them a year later.

Steve has been in love with Jonathan since he punched him back in S1.

The Guerreros are incredibly rich. Their dad owns the Sufer Boy Pizza Franchise, and Argyle just likes to smoke weed and make pizza.

Their majors are Double Major in Fine Arts & Art History (Will); Double Major in Business & English (Mike); Fashion Design (Eleven); Double Major in Theater Arts & Art History (Sean); Architectural Science (Lucas); Computer Science (Dustin); Sports and Physical Therapy (Elliot); Writing and Journalism (Melanie)

Suzie becomes ex-Mormon

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Parks and Recreation Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington Characters: Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove, Robin Buckley, Jean-Ralphio Saperstein Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, steve has a brother, and it's jean-ralphio from parks and rec Summary:

Steve’s brother from Pawnee visits

Hey so I don’t have a bunch of example writings to show because I’m too self conscious to share them BUT I love writing and I’ll take a crack at any requests (especially Eddie requests rn iykyk) someone wants to send me. I’ve been writing short fics for like 4 years so I promise it won’t be horrible lmao

My art class is really kicking my ass making me have some sleepless nights to do a lot of projects but this one, this one I was happy to do

Stargirl

Steve Harrington x fem!reader

Summary- It’s just some other hick town, but it’s where your father grew up. Albeit returning to his hometown is not for pleasure, even if his half brother resides here, he’s been sent to Hawkins on a mission from work and of course you’re tagging along. You never leave his side, wherever his work sends him no matter how far across the globe he goes you’re with him, it’s for that reason that much of the world is new to you; school, people your age, boys. However, you still want to leave…at first, but Hawkins, as rural as it is compared to the other places you’ve been to, grows on you, the adventure….a guy. But can your father say the same? Will he finally find a home here now that you’ve grown attached, or will his mission be more important?

Season 2

Chapter 1 Who’s that girl?

Chapter 2 For the first time

Chapter 3 Stupid teenagers

Chapter 4 One rule

Chapter 4 coming soon…

This is still my favorite that I’ve done this year

My art class is really kicking my ass making me have some sleepless nights to do a lot of projects but this one, this one I was happy to do

My art class is really kicking my ass making me have some sleepless nights to do a lot of projects but this one, this one I was happy to do

eddie comes back as a vampire and the first thing he does is get a cape. he then used said cape to block Steve as he ‘feeds’ on him, everyone knows he’s just giving him little kisses all over his face when the cape comes down and they are both smiling like idiots. eddie insists it’s because he has mind controlled Steve

steve harrington biggest corroded coffin (eddie) fan

Heavy breathing

thinking about a witcher steddie au

steve and eddie in that one scene:

They’re gay your honor

the fruity four ✨

SPIDER!STEVE 🕸

this is a repost :)

A Short (Unserious) Analysis of Steve and Robin in the Reunion Scene

Robin: Oh hey someone ordered pizza Steve: Thank god, I’m starving Robin: Is it just me or are there a lot of delivery drivers in that van Steve: No there’s definitely a lot of people in that van Robin: Maybe there’s a lot of pizzas

Robin: Nope that’s not pizza Steve: Goddammit. I’m hungry Robin: Oh hey it’s the Byers family I thought they were in California Steve: Ah fuck it’s Mike. As if this week couldn’t get any worse Robin: Dude Nancy thought he was dead c’mon Steve: I wish he was dead

Robin: Shit everyone’s running towards them Steve: Should we walk over too? Yeah we should Robin: Stick with the crowd and all that Steve: Surely there’s someone to say hi to

(offscreen) Steve: Fuckkkk... just remembered nobody gives a fuck about us Robin: Let’s just say hi to that random dude no one is talking to Steve: You're so right. Hi random dude. Argyle: Oh hey dudes Steve: It’s okay nobody missed us either

Steve: Well that was awkward let’s just turn around and walk back to the car. I was kinda hoping Jonathan would say hi but I guess not Robin: You did kinda confess your love to his girlfriend Steve: I would’ve confessed my love to him too if he were here

Robin: Alright buddy let’s get you outta here Steve: Can we get pizza Robin: Sure thing bud

Steve: Why doesn’t Jonathan want to hug me :( Robin: Not the time man Steve: I missed him too :( Robin: Steve please people are dead

webweaving thoughts about steve and robin (robin's pov)

it’s him

James and Marlene are variants of Steve and Robin from stranger things.

I don't make the rules

It’s the smallest gesture. The hand sliding off Steve’s shoulder. The gaze that lingers and quietly asks, “why’d you pull away?”

Sure - there’s all the notable scenes. The boathouse. The walk and talk in the Upsidedown. The “big boy” moment.

But sign me up for all the subtleties.

THEM 🤍

S + E forever