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#### Project fit In this saga, Henry enters in part 2 with Emma and Regina at age 11. The fic ages him gradually across the parts. His architectural role survives the move to apocalypse: - He is the reason Emma and Regina arrive together - He is the kid who shows the group survival without structure for children won't
### 16. Swan Queen sources --- [SQ1] Once Upon a Time Wiki, Emma Swan page, accessed 18 Apr 2026. [SQ2] Once Upon a Time Wiki, Regina Mills page, accessed 18 Apr 2026. [SQ3] Fanlore, Emma Swan/Regina Mills page, accessed 18 Apr 2026. [SQ4] Fanlore, Once Upon a Time (TV series) page, accessed 18 Apr 2026. [SQ5] Once Up
# Section: MAIN OTHER CHARACTERS Working version, ready for writing Updated 18.04.2026 Important note: this file is built around single-character case files, not couples. It currently contains:
### 1. Steve Harrington, Stranger Things
### 2. Raven Reyes, The 100 Each case file uses the three-layer distinction (screen canon / extended canon / fandom). ---
## CASE FILE 1 — Steve Harrington, Stranger Things --- Character research, Steve Harrington, Stranger Things Working version for the story, ready for writing Updated 17.04.2026 Important note: this section includes canon spoilers through the end of Stranger Things 5.
### 1. One-sentence summary --- If we need one sentence on Steve: Steve Harrington starts as the beautiful, ostensibly shallow high-school king, but becomes across the show one of the most protective, brave, and emotionally effective characters in the Stranger Things world. He learns to leave the image of "the popular
### 2. Who Steve is, in canon and in vibe --- At his core, Steve is a character of transformation. He starts built like a very recognizable archetype — the popular kid, the high-school king, beautiful, self-confident, dating Nancy, hanging out with shallower friends, receiving from the world the treatment of someone d
### 3. His arc across the seasons — how the character is built --- Season 1: Steve enters as a character who looks like a classic romantic antagonist — Nancy's popular boyfriend, with shallow friends, ego, and jealousy. But when the story becomes real, he doesn't stay in the "high-school king" position. He returns, ap
### 4. How his character sounds and behaves --- In terms of voice: Steve doesn't talk like Robin, doesn't talk like Nancy, and doesn't talk like Dustin. He has a more "simple" voice on the surface, but he is very sharp in moments of danger. He uses humor, sarcasm, and light flirting, both to charm and to not fully exp
### 5. Friends, exes, enemies, and the people who define him --- Nancy Wheeler: His first great romantic relationship. Nancy isn't just an ex — she's also a symbol of everything Steve was sure he wanted when he was "King Steve," and of everything he failed to keep. Between them there is real affection, historical attr
### 6. What the fandom loves about Steve --- The Stranger Things fandom attached to Steve strongly, and rightly so. Fanlore notes that Steve became one of the most beloved characters in the fandom, with a particularly sharp jump after season 2, including very high popularity on Tumblr and strong presence on AO3 alread
### 1. Redemption arc — a character who starts relatively bad, and then really changes.
### 2. Babysitter Steve — the meme that became emotional truth. Protector, guard, caregiver, absorber.
### 3. Steve with the kids — every connection of his with kids, mainly Dustin, activates the fandom immediately.
### 4. Himbo with a brain — he is handsome, sometimes clumsy, sometimes funny, but also very capable.
### 5. Emotional hinge — Steve is a character easy to "connect" to many other characters, romantically or platonically, because he gives warmth, holds pain, and creates chemistry.
### 6. Family longing — his dream of home, kids, future, very much belongs to the fandom reading of the character. The most important fandom side for writing: Steve is a character you can write in gen, het, slash, OT3, and AU of almost any kind, and still feel it's him — as long as you leave him the three foundational
### 7. Short iconic quotes --- Very short quotes that help land his vibe: - "I'm stealthy. Like a ninja." [2] - "You're beautiful, Nancy Wheeler." [2] - "Always the goddamn babysitter." [5] - "pretty damn good babysitter" [2] What they say about the character: The first shows his showy-slightly-embarrassing side. The
### 8. How to write Steve correctly in fanfic --- What to do: - Remember he is not stupid. - Let him read rooms fast. - Let him move before he speaks. - Let him break through guilt, not through long self-pity. - Show that he protects others almost instinctively. - Give him humor, but the kind that sits on tension, not