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El Hopper was dead.
Every version of her she had been, who she had become, who she never would have the chance to be if it hadn't been for them, was gone. She was dead. Or at least, that is what she needed them to believe.
El lost everything that night in November. Her family, her friends, and the love of her life. The future that should have theirs, that she had always known they would never get the chance to have. This is the story of the years that follow, a story of how she survives. How they both survive. A story of love lost, of a love enduring. And a love that will help them find their way back to each other.
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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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Here's the thing: Mike didn't always believe. Not all the time, not every day.
When he awoke at the hospital, hooked to a host of chirping machines, there was a nurse at his bedside. She said that he had suffered complications from severe shock and his heart had stopped for two and a half minutes. If his sister hadn't performed textbook-perfect CPR on him at the scene, he'd probably be dead.
Mike closed his eyes. His last thought before drifting into unconsciousness again had been: You should have let me go with her, Nancy.
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Everyone believes Eleven died saving the world.
Everyone except Mike.
Five years later, hope is the one thing he no longer trusts. He saw her fall. He learned to live with her absence. And yet, some part of him refuses to let her go completely, even as he writes her death into fiction, page after page. When the publishing house demands a happier ending for his novel, Mike realizes how little hope he truly has left. He cannot rewrite the story. He cannot imagine Eleven alive, not in his book, not in real life. To him, changing the ending would mean lying to himself.
As punishment -or salvation-, his editor sends him to Iceland, to the place where Mike once promised Eleven they would meet again, where waterfalls crash against stone and the world feels far from Hawkins and everything that broke them.
What Mike does not know is that destiny is not done with him yet. And sometimes, the place where hope seems most impossible is exactly where it waits. Truth is some promises, no matter how impossible they seem, are not meant to remain broken.
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A Thistle in the Shadows by MercuryFire
Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman, Wicked (Movie 2024), The Wicked Years Series - Gregory Maguire
26 May 2026
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To Her Eminence, Miss Elphaba Thropp,
You are hereby commanded to return home without delay. Negotiations with the Vinkus have concluded, and your engagement to the King of the Arjiki is deemed essential for the preservation of Munchkinland and the Eastern Province. You are to depart Shiz immediately. Transport has been secured, and Madame Morrible has authorized your release. Your school officials have been notified, and a carriage will be waiting at dawn on the 18th of May. Noncompliance with this directive will be regarded as an act of defiance against both family and crown.
Governor Frexspar Thropp
Regent of Munchkinland, Eastern Province of Oz
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Fiyero Tigelaar never wanted the throne. Pulled from the freedom of Shiz after his father’s death, he is thrust into a world of duty and sacrifice. With Oz on the brink of war, tradition binds him to an unexpected bride: Elphaba Thropp, struggling to control her growing powers and navigate the harsh Vinkus court. Their union was meant to be political, but as enemies close in, they have only one choice: grow together or lose everyone and everything they love.Or: What happens when Elphaba can't read the Grimmerie.