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I Look Just Like You In All My Dreams (What Does It Mean?) by PainterOfWords
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler isn't a religious person. He's been through too much to actually believe.
But then he looks in the mirror. And he sees his frog face, and twig arms, and his stupid continent-sized birthmark, and he knows.
Someday, this knowledge won't hurt as much. For now though, it's a vice to the heart; a cage to the soul; a prison to the mind.
It’s a labyrinth, twisting and turning, every new passage a lie, every corner a dead-end, every slope a trap.
And Mike is never going to escape.
OR: It's the summer before senior year. Mike Wheeler has a gender identity crisis, Willow Byers almost has a sexuality crisis (she's a lesbian), Max Mayfield is tired of these idiots.
!! this isn't a straight byler fic okay M just doesn't know she's trans yet !!
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“You get it,” Lucas said. Mike peered at him, and Lucas said, “The others, they love Max and Will. They do. But not the same way I love her, and not the same way you. . . ?”
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Lucas and Mike have a quiet moment together.
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The battle has long since ended. That much he is sure of; survivors - if even there were any - have gone to regroup and recharge.
Survivors survivors survivors
As Anharion stands with his back to Sarcean (who’s still knelt behind him, eyes clear yet unseeing as they stare at the S forever burned into the ground in front of them), protecting him (always protecting because if not Anharion than who else), he can’t help but begin to tremble.
Because what’s in front of him….
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My Power Screams Eternally, "You're Free" by PainterOfWords
Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat
13 May 2025
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"Will we never see the sun again?"
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If Anharion could, he would bring Sarcean all of the light in the universe
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Try to run. I will always find you.OR: A small, soft evening between our favorite darkbinder and light champion.
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Die Young (Now I Gotta Wait For You) by PainterOfWords
Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat
08 Jan 2025
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Sarcean’s eyes glitter, and he smiles down at him. It is like the sun, but- no. It is softer; Sarcean’s light could never burn. It’s the moon shone on waves of the sea; it is his warmest shawl worn in the coldest of winters, thawing him from the inside out. He’s only just realizing how desperately he’s needed to be thawed- how frozen over his heart has been, how blind his sight has been.
Anharion’s chest convulses, lungs quaking as he tries to gather a full breath in one final, desperate attempt to keep his emotions at bay. But then Sarcean kisses him, softly, on his temple, and his eyes betray him.
He cries for a long time.
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OR: James remembers everything.
What really happened in the ancient world?
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aperture by birdbyrne (beezlebubz)
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 Jul 2026
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Ryland doesn't know where he is, what he's doing, or why he's doing it. All he knows is that he's in a universe with no stars and that an organization called the COI found the Hail Mary spinning out into deep space. He knows that Rocky may be injured somewhere, and he knows that the man that currently lays in a hospital bed in front of him should be dead as dirt but has miraculously survived.
He knows he has been given an ultimatum. Find out what brought Simon back to life or never see Rocky again.
The task proves more complicated than he thought.
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brother, i'm right here by Fish_With_A_Pen
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, The Fall Guy (2024), The Gray Man (2022)
15 Jul 2026
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"Don't try to get up," Colt says. His voice is very even. "Stay right there, Ry. Just stay."
The man between them looks almost bored, which is somehow the worst thing about him. He checks his watch. He looks at the door.
Come on, Colt thinks. At no one. At the door. At the empty idea of rescue. Come on. Come on.
He doesn't let himself think the name.
He thinks it anyway.
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17 Jul 2026
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At the very top of his feed, already having garnered almost a million likes despite being up for less than 20 minutes, is a post.
A joint post.
A joint post between NeilJos10 and A.Minyard_3.
There is so much wrong, because Andrew doesn’t post, Andrew doesn’t take selfies, Andrew doesn’t go to parties, and Andrew certainly doesn’t race for Ferrari.
But there it is, the evidence right there on his own phone. It’s a selfie, Josten’s wild curls and perfect smile, Andrew’s signature deadpan face and brooding stare. Sitting atop Andrew’s golden blonde hair is a bright red Ferrari hat. The caption is simple: guess who lost a bet.
Kevin stares, dumbfounded. Andrew went to the party, Andrew repped another team's merch. It's a total breach of his contract, and while he won’t be fired -- no team is stupid enough to lose Andrew Minyard -- he will be fined heavily and probably subjected to a long and torturous meeting berating him for his actions. He probably doesn’t even care.
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A 5+1 feat F1 drivers, World Champion Andrew (who is also whipped), Rookie Neil, and Kevin having an existential crisis over getting older
Bookmarked by PainterOfWords
14 Jul 2026
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Jean leans in on his elbows. Jeremy would have expected for his expression to stiffen up even more, become more stern, but instead he sees a curious glint in his eyes. A slight twitch to his lips. Blink, and you miss it.
Jeremy sucks in a breath. “Jean,” is the only thing he manages to squeeze out.
“I have never been to a wedding.” Jean ignores him. “Take me to a wedding, Jeremy.”
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Jeremy is invited to a wedding but ends up getting a date out of it.Bookmarked by PainterOfWords
13 Jul 2026
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Roll The Windows Down (Shoot At The Change) by sleepergent
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Borrowers Series - Mary Norton, The Borrowers (TV 1992)
18 Jul 2026
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Will never planned on getting himself kidnapped for the second time in only four years. So sue him for panicking and trying to throw himself off the next best tall place he could find.
After miraculously surviving the entire ordeal with a severely bruised ego and a definitely broken leg, the only thing left to break was the one rule he was sure would get him killed.And maybe death didn't sound so bad. If it wasn't for the annoyingly kind human boy Will had made a habit of exchanging notes with.
If Mike wasn't going to kill him, Will's nerves definitely would.
(THE BORROWER AU NOBODY ASKED FOR. Nobody but me, anyway. There‘s fanart for some chapters;))