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It's always the rain. In his nightmares, there are no monsters or alternate dimensions, just the wet sound of tires on asphalt and a bicycle abandoned on the shoulder of Highway 22.
Seven years have passed since Will Byers disappeared into thin air. Seven years in which Mike Wheeler has tried to convince himself that he's a functional adult, that he's moved on, that the sleeping pills are just for university stress.
But the body doesn't forget what the mind tries to erase. And when a call in the middle of the night brings a ghost back home, Mike will discover that getting back what you lost doesn't mean it stops hurting.
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09 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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07 Jan 2026
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It's hard being casual when everything about Charlie makes Nick love him more.
It's hard being casual when Nick is constantly telling everyone "we're not together" and it kills Charlie a little more each time.
It's hard being casual when it's what neither of them actually want.
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16 Dec 2025
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Started as a series of fics from moments in the show that I wanted to delve into a little deeper, but ended up as a full story following French/Buck throughout all of Part II, adding a little something more for us shippers. Complete.
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04 Dec 2025
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Pope can see his mother study him.
“You two boys look out for each other, don’t you?” she says, and she looks like she’s comforted by the thought. Pope, on the other hand, is not, because this feels like it could head into dangerous territory very quickly.
(or, Pope is pining, JJ is hurt, and they're both kind of stupid).Bookmarked by meanpencil
22 Mar 2025