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    i'll love you (even at the end of the world) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    26 Jan 2026

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    “Mike,” Will had said to him, voice calm despite how hard it was for him to even make a sound. He didn’t try to sit up, but Mike wasn’t sure he could, even if he wanted to. “I need you to kill me.”

    Mike shook his head, holding Will closer to his chest.

    “Mike, please.” Will pleaded, closing his eyes against the light, or perhaps it was too much effort to keep them open. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

    “You won’t,” Mike whispered, surprised at how vulnerable he sounded, at the shake and utter defeat in his voice. “You won’t kill me, Will. Because we’re the same. We can’t hurt each other, even at the end of the world.”

    ;

    It's been three years since the start of the zombie apocalypse and Mike is finally returning home. He discovers that not only is he not the sole survivor of Hawkins, but that his friends and sister are alive, too. As he begins to reconnect with them, the tension between them begins to increase, and Mike doesn't know how long he can stay with them.

    Because while some of the group are more than happy to have him around, others don't like the company he keeps...

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    25 Apr 2026

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    The Apricity Of You: The Boy in the Tower by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    22 Mar 2026

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    Looking over to the open windows of the tower, the view of nothing but crowded trees that hid the taunting glowing city from afar.. the place he truly belonged to, made him let out a low, menacing hum.

    With a flick of his wrist, the dark slimy vines closed the window shut – the darkness enveloping them. Just a fleeting sight of light seeped through the cracks from above, falling down to the little boy's fluttering amber eyes.

    Vecna – or Henry, slowly clasped his hands behind his back, staring down at him.

    "You and I, we are going to do such beautiful things together, William."

    Yet somewhere beyond Vecna's reach, an oathless paladin unawarely moved through The March and searched something he could believe in – a devotion with no name - and it was going to collide paths with him, waiting for him in a tower that was built through shadows no spell could find..

    For his fate was already bound to the blessed cleric that the world once thought they lost.

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    CLERADIN TANGLED AU
    ⚠️ SECOND BOOK IS UP!!

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    24 Apr 2026

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    Stranger To The Skin I'm In by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    16 May 2026

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    "But he didn't act like this last time when..." Max's voice trailed off. Even she couldn't say it out loud.

    Last time when El disappeared. Last time when El sacrificed herself. Last time when El died right in front of them.

    "Last time was different," Lucas cut in.

    "Yeah," Will nodded thoughtfully, "We were younger. And they weren't dating yet, of course Mike reacted differently."

    "No," Lucas snorted, "that's not it. He was just... kind of busy."

    "With what?"

    "You."

     

    Or: After the final battle, Mike starts acting strange and stops being a proper alpha of their small but fucked-up pack, so the Party decides to push him where his instincts have always been sharpest — taking care of Will.

    Or: Will is the first male omega in Hawkins in 20 years, and despite the Upside Down and all the horrors now finally over, he can't find HIS place in this new world where he's kinda taken El's place.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    04 May 2026

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    Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.

    Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.

    Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.

    ~

    The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.

    Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate

    Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will

    Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP

    Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.

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    20 Mar 2026

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    shine a light (so i can wake up) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    25 Mar 2026

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    "I have Ms. Kelly today," Max says, almost bitterly. "You'll be okay at lunch without me?" she says it sarcastically, like a joke, but there's an undercurrent of something else in her voice; for a moment, she almost sounds scared.

    Will releases her hand, even as they walk out of the gym doors together. "Works out for me," he tells her, "I have that project for art I have to finish up anyways." He pauses, hesitates. "Will you be okay without me?"

    Max takes a breath, and then gives him a shaky smile, one that doesn't quite reach her eyes. "I'll have your tape," she says, wiggling the wires of her headphones. "See you after school."

    ~~

    or: a shared tragedy brings max and will together for their first year of high school in hawkins. they stay together, even as their demons rise again. a s4 rewrite, in which joyce is the one who dies at the end of s3 and thus the byers + el never move.

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    17 Feb 2026