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“I love you, too.”
Her breath stuttered in her chest. Four years. He’d held those words on his lips and in his heart for four years, refusing to tell her goodbye.
She had feared bitterness from him, or anger, or something, anything, that would come between them, because something always came between them, didn’t it?
But in his first words to her, he had cut through every fear, every obstacle. It was as if he’d stepped through space and time and impossible heartbreak to say, I’m still here. I’ve been waiting. I never stopped loving you.
El and Mike try and fail, over the years, to find peace without each other, until El realizes enough is enough: she will find a way to bring Mike back into her life, no matter the cost.
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10 May 2026
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and through death, i discovered life by arcadesintheneighbourhood
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jul 2026
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As she turns her head to greet Mike, her sincere smile topples faster than a Jenga tower after the yank of the last block.
Mike’s throat shuts itself off from his lips as his eyes meet hers.
Because thirteen years later, El still has the most gorgeous pair of doe eyes Mike has ever encountered, and she’s caressing his new coworker right in front of him.
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Thirteen years after the season 5 finale, Mike and El's life paths have diverged.
El lives with her long-term partner in the UK, working as a producer for a popular children's radio show and forging her own path with a new community.
Mike finds meaning as a palliative care nurse, trading his long time home in Chicago for the stunning scenery of Kent, England.
So what happens when a chance encounter at Mike's work picnic draws Mike and El back together? And what happens when Mike delivers some life-changing news about an important person from El's past, one that has her questioning her current life and relationships?
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29 Apr 2026
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30 Mar 2026
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dry your eyes (i never could bear to see you cry) by Xenodochy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Mar 2026
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Terry Ives has saved her daughter twice now.
The first was when she gave her the strength to banish Henry Creel to another dimension.
And second is when she coaxes her daughter to ask Mike Wheeler to run away with her instead of saying goodbye in the Void.
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24 Mar 2026
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They said the end is coming. I find myself running home to your sweet nothings by making_forts_undercover
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jun 2026
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Mike and El between season 4 and 5.
These are not in chronological order
Chapters 1 to 7 made pre season 5, then post season 5
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24 Mar 2026
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Eleven and Mike - and the moments before season 5 we didn't get to see.
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09 Mar 2026
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There’s that feeling again. An overwhelming feeling of rightness and belonging, simply because he is with her. Her golden-brown eyes are sparkling in the sunlight.
“Being here with you is better than anything I could’ve dreamed of,” she says.Mike and El reunite. Despite the years and the distance, some things haven't really changed at all.
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- Part 1 of We're Not in Indiana Anymore
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05 Mar 2026
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come along, baby, we better make a start by Xenodochy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Apr 2026
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Not many people move to Grundarfjörður. People tend to notice when someone does.
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El and Mike build a life together at the base of three waterfalls. Everyone in town has their own opinions on this.
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04 Mar 2026
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Settling on the stool next to Mike, Johánna remarks, “You have loved her a long time, yes?”
Mike startles, head whipping to look at Johánna, who merely smiles at him in amusement around her sip of beer. He relaxes at the sight of her, clearing his throat as he nods. “Yeah. I’ve loved her since the day we met.”
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24 Feb 2026
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Mileven Smut Series
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22 Feb 2026
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“I’m selfish, El,” Mike blurts, his thumb rubbing circles at the small of her back. “I don’t like other guys looking at you the way I look at you.”
El’s expression softens, a look crossing over her eyes that tightens his throat. He’s relieved that she’s not put off by his selfish, possibly possessive, attitude. “I know,” she says with a light nod. “But I don’t think they look at me the way you look at me.”
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22 Feb 2026
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He is so good to her, no matter what, and it overwhelms El to know she has him in her corner, always.
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16 Feb 2026
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El Hopper and her birthdays throughout the years.
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16 Feb 2026
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While Mike Wheeler's and El Hopper's trips to Europe could not have been any more different, they both found themselves, on their final day, in the very same space: lonely, dejected, and just ready to go home. Yet by a few absolutely ridiculous twists of fate all of those feelings are about to change.
A Mileven Meetcute.
Based on the real life headline: "Airline Mistakenly Books Strangers in Same Room With Single Bed"
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10 Feb 2026
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Wherever she is, that’s where Mike will find home. It’s a truth that has been ingrained in him since the moment they met.
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08 Feb 2026
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Fresh flowers always sat on the center of the small table in the kitchen by the window, colorful cushions on the couch, trinkets she picked up from the bookstore. It wasn’t much, but it was enough. Her things kept her company, even if her heart yearned for more.
Until Mike. Mike, who left everything and everyone behind to be with her. Who slowly started to make this place his own as well—that’s when she started to really notice the changes.
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04 Feb 2026
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Three months after Lenora, Eleven’s hair is growing back uneven—and it’s driving her crazy. When Mike comes to the cabin, she finally tells him why she’s been so quiet.
Mike, of course, knows exactly what to say.
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04 Feb 2026
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“It’s like something’s been on your mind for a while and you’re not—you’re just keeping it to yourself.”
Her throat works. “Am I not allowed to do that?”
She doesn’t mean to sound defensive, but the words come out like that anyway. Mike blinks, a little surprised and she can’t blame him for it, but the gentleness of his voice doesn’t fade. “Of course you are,” he says with a nod. Never one to deny her anything.
It sends an aching pang through her chest. He’s always on her side, puts her above everyone else—including himself. He has shown it to her time and time again, proved to her repeatedly that nothing is more important to him than she is. And that—that worries her.
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02 Feb 2026
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So Many Foreign Roads (For Emma, Forever Ago) by writeyourheart
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2026
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He reaches for the glass of wine again. He takes another swallow. And then—
It happens. It’s nothing. It’s a flicker, a second, a feeling at first. The hair at the base of his neck feels like its been grazed, electric and immediate and impossible—so, utterly impossible. Because he hasn’t felt this since—since—
Mike readjusts in his seat, just a little. Fingers brush his, feather light. And then the world tilts, and he’s swallowed into the darkness. He hardly has the time to breathe before he looks up and sees her. Not a hallucination, not a stranger on the street with the same hair, or the same style. Her.
El.
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In the Spring of 1993—somewhere in Reykjavík—El finds Mike's published book and builds the courage to take it home with her.
In the Spring of 1993—somewhere in New York—Mike cannot seem to adjust to life without her.
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13 Jan 2026
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It couldn’t be. It would have to be a miracle. Not that she would be anywhere, but that she would be here; running the front desk of some random hotel in the middle of basically nowhere; a last-minute stop on his trip around Iceland.
Mike never once thought that the moment his heart started beating again would be like this. But there was lavender in the air, and that’s how he knew. It was always El’s favorite.
In which they find each other again under, possibly, the strangest of circumstances. Or: Mike happens to find El, by chance, in an Icelandic B&B. Post-finale fix-it.
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12 Jan 2026