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Sirius spits the entire mouthful of curry out so dramatically that it scatters across the table and lands right in front of James’s bowl.
Remus almost chokes on his wine and his glass hits the table with force; Regulus would scold him if he weren’t preparing for mortification and death. “Padfoot!” Remus scolds. “What in the—”
Sirius hacks out a cough. “The f’ck—!” He’s scraping rapidly at his tongue with a napkin. Then spits in his bowl. Regulus is offended. “What the fuck is this?”
Regulus slams his fork on the table. “Okay—”
[Or, Regulus tries to cook dinner for himself, James, Sirius, and Remus. He makes a mistake—but he's trying, okay!]
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Regulus pulls his cape closer around his shoulders, pinching it tighter under his chin and peering out from beneath the low hood. Dark fabric and concealing shadows; this is where Regulus finds his solace. And he follows muddy boots and a tall silhouette on instinct, past labourers and farmers and vagabonds, and smoke that leaves the mouths of those who glance with dead and barely curious eyes.
There’s vague murmurings that disappear into the wind—Regulus is used to this—yet one sharp, bitter comment stands out amongst the rest: “Is that a Black? Disgustin’. Foul creature—”
Regulus falters in his step. His heart skips a beat of panic. A heavy arm slips around his shoulders.
“C’mon,” James murmurs. Regulus’s knight. “Not far now.” He doesn't stray from Regulus's side.
One step. Two steps. Breathe. Don’t look up. Another step. A fourth. Stay together. Safety. With him.
[Or, The kingdom of Grimmauld is dreary and crumbling, rotting from the inside out, and kept barely functioning by the ruling House of Black. It is a responsibility and heartache that Regulus Black never wants to inherit.]
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“What’s going on in that head of yours, Buckley?” Eddie’s voice, coupled with a teasing glower and eyes lit with amusement, pulls Buck out of his daze.
“Uh—huh? Oh, nothing—yeah. It’s nothing.”
Eddie scoffs. He buckles his belt, brushes down his trousers, and wanders back over to Buck’s side of the bed. He sits down, tucking one socked foot beneath him, and chuckles. He’s bathed in the afternoon sun and—he’s fucking dazzling.
“You,” Eddie says, taking Buck’s chin in hand and nudging it up just slightly, “are a terrible liar.” He ducks down and meets Buck’s lips in a kiss; one that’s soft in comparison to those they shared the night before.
[Or, Buck and Eddie bask in a moment of sweet domesticity, and Eddie is overcome by an emotional realisation of 'finally' that comes alongside one's gay awakening.
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“You deserve to live, you know,” Richie said.
His palm was a warm promise against Eddie’s skin. Eddie shifted closer so that their noses touched, and his gaze flicked to Richie’s lips—soft and tinted. Richie’s other hand moved to rest on Eddie’s waist.
“You can have anything you want,” Richie whispered. “Just let go.”
Eddie's gaze flicked up to Richie’s eyes. “I want this."
[Or, The Age of Adaline AU. Edward Kaspbrak stopped ageing at 30 years old, in 1955, and was clueless as to why. Thus, he stopped living and spent his decades running. At a New Year's party in 2020 he met Richard Tozier, and what ensued after was a string of events that one might call a love song.]
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honey i know, i know, i know, times are changin' by Atalia_Gold
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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The song washes over him, and Steve blinks back tears.
He drives back through quiet streets, sees ghosts everywhere he looks.
Robin waving from the doorway of Family Video. Dustin flipping the bird outside the school gates. Nancy smiling shyly under the Hawk sign. The party piling out of his old beemer into Palace Arcade, Steve’s yelled warning at them to be back out at nine pm sharp if they wanted a ride home echoing through near-empty streets.
He turns away. Focuses on the road ahead, the road to home, to Forest Hills.
*****
Some nights, Steve can't fight the urge to drive laps of Hawkins and make sure there's no Upside Down stirrings, has to check. Some nights, he misses his old friends like crazy.
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kiss me under the moonlight, won't you steve? by Atalia_Gold
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jan 2026
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Eddie steps forward. Wants to grab, to hold, to tuck Steve under his arm and pull him close.
But Steve’s just as shirtless as he is shoeless. In fact, all he’s wearing are some sweatpants, and Eddie’s shivering even in his hoody and Steve really shouldn’t be out in the woods like this. All the same, Eddie can’t just go…touching. As much as he’d like to soothe his hands over soft, mole-spattered skin, he can’t.
It’d be dangerous.
For their friendship, and for Eddie’s stupid aching heart.
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Steve's sleepwalking in the woods again. Eddie finds him.
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28 Jan 2026
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Eddie tapped his pencil against the journal, checking the clock above the phone in the kitchen for the hundredth time in the last 30 minutes.
Steve was late.
Steve was never late.
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start by pulling him out of the fire by pricklywhicket
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Dec 2023
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Eddie Munson died on March 27th, 1986.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
No, wait. That’s not right. That’s Hitchhiker's Guide. Or was it Restaurant at the End of the Universe? Whatever, not important.
Eddie Munson died on March 27th, 1986.
Except…he didn’t. He couldn’t have. Because Eddie Munson is currently arguing with himself in his fucking head about sci-fi quotes, which doesn’t feel especially like something that a dead person would have the capacity to do.
The bats had killed him. There had been pain, and the sick sensation of tearing flesh. He’d had to swallow past a mouthful of his own blood to tell Henderson he loved him. Surely those were symptoms of imminent death.
And yet.
On April 1st, 1986, Eddie Munson opens his eyes in a dim hospital room. There’s a gasp from his left, and he tries to turn his head towards the source.
“Easy there, kid. They’ve got you trussed up pretty good.”
Eddie doesn’t need to see him. He’d know that voice anywhere, in any universe, hell dimension or otherwise.
“Uncle Wayne?”
A story about the families we find and the love that finds us.
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Steve Harrington's Unwilling Time Loop Saga by badpancake
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2023
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A series following Steve Harrington as he unknowingly, unwillingly, loops time to save the ones he loves (and maybe realises that he can ask for help, is deserving of love, before, after, and during).
The One in Which a Time Loop is Fucking Exhausting. [COMPLETE, CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE]
When anything and everything goes wrong in 1986, Steve realises that he can fix things, and maybe falls in love, along the way.Steve Harrington's Deaths (And The Times He Maybe Saved The World). [COMPLETE]
After the events of '86, after everything has settled down, and everything is calm, people start to remember. The pieces start to slot together, and nobody likes the picture it creates.There’s Something In The Woods, And We’re No Longer Children. [COMPLETE]
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