astralparade
Recent bookmarks
-
The Line Is Still On by Iyearnorthephone (Samiam16)
Fandoms: The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 May 2026
Tags
Summary
Steve Harrington learned how to survive long before Hawkins ever needed him to.
When Will Byers disappears, the town treats it like a misunderstanding. Kids run away. Parents panic. Everything will sort itself out.
Steve tells himself the same thing. He is good at pretending things are normal. He learned that skill the hard way.
But Will’s disappearance brings something with it, static where there should be silence, a pressure that does not fade, the sense that Steve is not as alone as he should be. And it is only the beginning.
Hawkins is full of ghosts.
Some of them have been with Steve for years.
A Stranger Things rewrite where Steve Harrington has a past, the dead do not stay quiet, and survival leaves marks long after you escape.Aka
Steve Harrington is Finney Blake and the ghosts did not get the memo to stay in the past.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 20,429
- Chapters:
- 26/?
- Comments:
- 172
- Kudos:
- 1,001
- Bookmarks:
- 229
- Hits:
- 21,301
Bookmarked by astralparade
14 Jun 2026
-
Between the Slides by spiderbats
Fandoms: The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2025
Tags
Summary
“Okay.” Steve buries his head in his arms face down on the coffee table in his basement. “Okay. A major lab incident I can get behind. Shit, the kid going missing I can understand. But what the hell do you mean there are monsters now?!”
“He didn’t say monsters,” Paperboy rolls his eyes, which looks really funny since he is doing a headstand against the wall. “Don’t be dramatic, Finney.”
“Griffin said the words ‘slimy tentacle vines of unimaginable cosmic horrors’” Steve deadpans, still face down.
“That doesn’t immediately mean monster.”
-
Steve Harrington has heard the phone ringing ever since he got out of the basement. Moving to Hawkins, Indiana didn't do much to change that.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 23,202
- Chapters:
- 7/?
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 200
- Kudos:
- 2,711
- Bookmarks:
- 803
- Hits:
- 34,360
Bookmarked by astralparade
13 Jun 2026
-
When the past comes calling by Erosonice
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
23 May 2026
Tags
Summary
What if all the boys were in the basement at the same time? What if they escaped while the grabber was out and he got away? What if they were split up into witness protection and the world is told that they died? What if Steve is Finney Blake? What if he was friends with Hellfire and started babysitting earlier? What if he and Robin kept in touch and were together? What if his Hawkins friends knew nothing about his life in Denver? What if Vecna was thought to have been defeated but isn't as dead as The Party thought?
Bookmarked by astralparade
13 Jun 2026
-
Rewind, Relive, and Rebound by LittleGreenGremlin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Black Phone (2022), The Black Phone - Joe Hill, The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
02 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
In the wake of the intense battle, Hopper’s post-Russian resurrection, the Byers' move back to Hawkins, and the group’s gradual recovery, the party decided to have bi-weekly movie nights at either the Byers or the Harrington residence. After the first month of the kids and Eddie arguing over what movie to watch, Steve had decided he had enough, and they started to rotate whose choice of movie they would watch.
On May 31st 1986, it just so happens to be one Dustin Henderson's turn to pick. The day of, Dusin spends his morning looking through his own tapes and in the process, discovers a banged up and unlabeled black tape. His natural curiosity moves him to pick this as his movie selection as neither he nor his mother can remember what exactly is on this tape.Little does he know, this decision will lead to hidden truths being revealed and a complete destruction of how he views one of the most important people in his life.
⎯⎯
Or in other words, the party watches The Black Phone and Steve Harrington must confront his true self and his past. Includes integration of the tape into the overall world of Stranger Things.
I do not consent to any of my work being fed to AI.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 64,373
- Chapters:
- 10/?
- Comments:
- 229
- Kudos:
- 2,226
- Bookmarks:
- 553
- Hits:
- 39,986
Bookmarked by astralparade
12 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“What the fuck?” Steve blurts. Again. He's starting to lose count of how often it's been. “Who do you even think you are, you fucking weirdo?”
The guy cocks his head in confusion, but only for a second. Then, that infuriating grin slips back on. He's handsome, in a dangerous and rugged way, with his wild hair and bruised lip.
“Apologies, he rumbles. “Where are my manners?”
And then, without getting up off the ground, he reaches out and takes Steve’s hand in his. Steve watches, heart in his throat and eyes wide with confusion, how the guy bends into a dramatic bow and reverently kisses his own blood off his raw knuckles.
“The name is Edward. King Edward of the Woodland Mountains. Also oh-so-aptly known as Edward the Banished, though my friends just call me Eddie. And you, my dear …”
He looks up, all glinting eyes under dark lashes and Steve needs to swallow against the lump clogging his throat.
“You're going to be the one who saves me.”
—--
Or: A story about a reluctant hero, a cursed king, and a love that transcends space, time, and maybe even death itself.
Bookmarked by astralparade
09 Jun 2026