stargayzingidiot
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friends have a way of finding you, even in the darkest of places by stargayzingidiot
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jun 2026
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During preparations for the final battle, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Hopper fall into a trance. Vecna traps them in his mind, in a world where he has changed their lives in drastic ways. It's up to Will, Max, Steve, and El to rescue them from this world so they can finally defeat Vecna. But first they have to convince their friends that the life they're living is fake. The rescue mission proves more difficult than first thought and they discover that Vecna has meddled quite a lot in at least one of their friends' lives.
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Dustin had always loved his birthday. It was more than just the gifts, it was the celebration and spending time with his loved ones. It was impossible to be sad on such a day.
That’s what he used to think anyway.
Then Eddie died.
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A look into how grief affected Dustin’s desire to celebrate his birthday through the years.
(a lil fic I wrote in honor of Dustin's birthday)
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Dustin hadn’t known how his grief looked to the others until he wasn’t the only one grieving. Until he saw that same grief mirrored in his friends.
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Dustin realizes that he has been hiding behind masks when the rest of the party starts doing the same thing.
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- Part 2 of Dustin's guide to grieving
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Dustin has a flashback of Eddie’s death and Steve helps him calm down.
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Dustin listens to Steve’s heartbeat.
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Dustin was only there in fragments. Pieces of himself that he played up in an attempt to shove aside his real feelings. They called those fragments his masks, and they never knew which mask he would hide behind on any given day.
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Dustin refuses to talk about how utterly broken he feels, and hides behind six different masks. The Party is worried about him and wishes he would just talk to them.
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- Part 1 of Dustin's guide to grieving
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Dustin copes with Eddie's death by hiding behind masks.
All the ways to hide yourself: an introduction to all of Dustin’s masks and the way they affect his friends
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Just a collection of scenes I think should have been part of the show
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