The Mixed Tapes: Side A/Side B
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Nothing left but the bitterest of recollections by vegheadsunshine3
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Sep 2026
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Before Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson were strangers, they were everything to each other.
They met at seven years old. They grew up together. Eddie knew Steve before King Steve existed, and Steve knew Eddie before Hawkins decided he was a freak.
Friendship became first love with stolen kisses, shared beds, and the private places where neither of them had to pretend.
But Hawkins was watching. And growing up meant learning exactly what happened to boys who loved other boys.
By 1986, Steve and Eddie know how to look at each other like strangers.
Then Chrissy Cunningham is murdered.
We already know how this story ends. This is how it began.
Two endings are provided: one in which Eddie dies, and one in which Eddie survives. Choose your ending.
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- Part 1 of The Mixed Tapes: Side A/Side B
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Won't you kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor) by vegheadsunshine3
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Aug 2026
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Hawkins has always demanded sacrifices.
This time, it wants the truth.
While Will Byers struggles to understand the strange power growing inside him, the search for answers uncovers a forgotten history stretching back decades—and a darkness that has been patiently shaping the lives of everyone it touches. As the line between destiny and choice begins to blur, Mike Wheeler must decide whether protecting the person he loves means finally letting himself be seen.
Because some worlds are saved by heroes.
Others are saved by people brave enough to tell the truth.
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Post-Season 5 Vol. 1 canon divergence fix-it. Heavy Byler focus, alternating POVs. The Stranger Things series finale we all deserved.
A dark fantasy inspired by DnD themes and character-driven rewrites of canon events.
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- Part 2 of The Mixed Tapes: Side A/Side B