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    “Are you going to leave?” Steve’s back is to him, so Eddie can see the way he tenses up, muscles beneath his plain black shirt bunching up.

    It’s not: are you leaving before I pick up Max?

    He could be difficult, if he wanted. He could ask Steve to clarify, he could ask Steve if he’s ever planning to leave. He could stand up and just do it, putting them both out of their misery. One day they might be better off for it, even if the hurt is too much to stand right now. Even if it feels impossible.

    “Not right now,” Eddie says, which sounds a lot like not without you.

    “Okay,” Steve says, which sounds a lot like thank you.

     

    98% of the population disappears. Hawkins becomes a ghost town.

    Or: three years after, Steve, Eddie and Max try to carve out a life together.

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    19 Nov 2025

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    1973
    Before Eddie Munson was The Freak, he had another name shouted at him by his peers: Crow Boy. New to Hawkins after his mother's death, Eddie struggles to find friendship at the local elementary school. He finds himself being ridiculed for spending recess alone, finding shiny lost treasures on the school yard. An unlikely friend joins his side for a brief while before leaving him all alone again.

    1986
    Steve Harrington doesn't have the best memory. Turns out, getting concussions is pretty damn bad for your brain. He forgets bits and pieces of old memories that return whenever they please. There's something about Eddie Munson that he can't quite place... Until he does. It seems some apologies are in order.

    Time has changed them both, but deep down inside they're still the same boys from thirteen years ago. Though, friendship might not be the only thing to arise from their reunion.

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    13 Nov 2025

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  3. Rec 21

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    “Yeah,” Thomas says, shrugging. “I—they should be here, instead.”

    Newt’s face crumples, just a little. Thomas feels guilt in his stomach until Newt speaks. “No, I hear you. Me too.” The words, as tiny as they are, settle something in Thomas. “But we’re here, and they’d want us to be. May as well be happy—for them, yeah?”

    “Yeah.” Thomas smiles at Newt. His eyes trace Newt’s jawline, the crinkle of his eyes, the bridge of his nose. When he looks at Newt, that’s all he sees—there are no ghosts concealing him. He’s too clear, too real.

    Then Minho and Frypan climb up and join them, and they sit there together, their tight-knit group of Gladers, watching the camp like loyal sentinels. Everything feels right in the world, just for a moment. And Thomas can’t stop his gaze from straying to Newt, the boy in the wind.

    or, thomas (thomas and newt), chronicled in moments over months and years.

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    13 Nov 2025

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    “Well, I’m gonna need you to value your life more,” Newt says brusquely, and Thomas inhales sharply. “What, is that it? You don’t value your bloody life enough?”

    “Newt,” Thomas says weakly. He brings his eyes back up and quickly regrets it, seeing the smolder in Newt’s. “You—I—you guys are more important. The goal. Minho. I—”

    “Oh, shut the fuck up, Thomas,” Newt snaps. Then he shoves Thomas into the wall and kisses him hard.

    or, thomas takes too many risks and newt is Not Happy about it!

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    13 Nov 2025

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    There’s more than one way to give someone your blood.

    Or, what happens if Newt bites Thomas?

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    11 Nov 2025

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