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I'm a Wreck (Without You Here) by oldfashionedmorphine
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Feb 2026
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Mike has been living 2,200 miles away from his family and hometown for the past fourteen years. He rarely visits, but when he receives heartbreaking news, he’s forced to return home for a funeral. It’s in this unfortunate chapter of life that Mike must come to terms with the consequences of abruptly running away from home and perhaps reconnect with the one person he’s tried his damnedest to forget about.
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Military brat Dustin Henderson is a new transfer student to Hawkins High and finds himself immediately smitten with one of the most popular girls in school; Jane Hopper. But when he considers asking her out on a date, he quickly learns that her father, who also happens to be the Chief of Police, is super strict and has prohibited both Jane and his stepson, Will Byers, from ever dating anyone so long as they live under his roof—until of course, he suddenly changes his rules one day; He’ll finally allow Jane to date, but only after Will starts dating too. Sounds simple enough, however there’s one problem; Will was infamously known at school for having an abrasive and dour personality. Who’d ever want to date him?
or: A retelling of 10 Things I Hate About You (which is a retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew)
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Ever since his best friend Will Byers was murdered back in 1985, Mike Wheeler wanted nothing more than to leave his hometown of Hawkins, Indiana and never look back—only each and every year he’s forced to make an exception when it comes to the holidays. And when Mike visits for Christmas in 1995, his mom asks him to help clear out some junk in his room and down in the basement before he returns home to Indianapolis. But when he comes across an old trunk containing his Supercom walkie-talkie and ham radio, he discovers something strange that has the potential to change everything…
(or an AU inspired by the movie “Frequency” from 2000)
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Roy Kent stopped in front of him. Looked at Jamie, right in his eyes. Time seemed to stop. Jamie opened his mouth, just as he saw Roy Kent open his.
"Absolutely fucking not."
The words hit Jamie like a blow.
No, like a… burn?
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and if you don’t love me now (will you still love me again?) by reseaseo
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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Mike could barely see Will through the tears that burn his eyes. He chokes back a sob. "Why did I forget you?"
Will looks at Mike and smiles. It's so small, and so sad. "It’s because you loved me so much. And you didn’t want to anymore."
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In which Mike and Will erase each other from their memories, only to find each other three years later and fall in love all over again. Inspired by "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
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Eddie can’t move. Like this, Buck is illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the window; dust motes shimmering around his head, his hair haloed in gold. Beautiful, Eddie thinks. And to his surprise, he doesn’t feel any sort of guilt about doing so.
Except — he should. Because Buck is dating Tommy, and he’s happy, and Eddie would rather go to his grave repressed and miserable than ever take away from Buck’s happiness.
Or: Eddie starts to untangle his complicated feelings about himself, and Buck. Mainly Buck.
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burn the straw house down by rarakiplin (gmontys) for catchingpapermoons
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
06 Sep 2022
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“Why the fuck are you even in this loop? This day isn’t about you.”
“Well, I die,” Eddie comments idly, not sounding as offended as he maybe should be. “Haven’t you heard? I’m always dying.”
“That’s not funny.”
Eddie shrugs, not really agreeing or disagreeing. It’s a few seconds before he says, eyes still closed, “Maybe I’m here so you’re not alone.”
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or, buck gets stuck in time, has a break down and then, relatedly, a break through
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01 Sep 2024
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“I’ll do it,” Eddie repeats, looking at Buck in one of those silent conversation ways again, but Buck actually can’t figure out what he’s trying to say this time. It messes with his brain, until Eddie speaks again, “I’ll pretend to only be a little offended none of you have thought to ask me before, but Buck, I’ve fixed a lot of cars. I can look at yours.”
(or, the check engine light comes on in Buck's Jeep, Eddie volunteers to fix it and carpool with him in the meantime, and it all breaks down from there, literally and metaphorically)