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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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[Podfic] a song for a perfect storm by pricklywhicket for topcatnikki
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 May 2023
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There was one stand out of the bunch when it came to Hawkins High Royalty.
Steve Harrington.
Eddie really didn't get it. Objectively the guy was hot, of course. He had all of the right proportions to make every eligible single with a pulse in the area take a second look, the eyes, the ass, the smile, the charm, the ass, and the hair. But there was something about the way he glided through the halls that put Eddie on high alert.
Or, there's just something about Steve Harrington...
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it's supposed to be fun (turning twenty-one) by pricklywhicket for wynnyfryd
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 May 2023
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“So what you’re telling me is that you’ve never had a birthday party that was for you? No nerdy superhero themes, no dinosaur balloons, nothing?”
“Nope,” Steve replies, popping the ‘p’ in a way that Eddie just knows he’s picked up from Robin. “The last couple I’ve been too busy to even remember. So, like I said. Not a big deal, don’t make a thing out of it.”
“Oh Steve. Stevie. Babe.” Eddie’s voice has taken on a manic quality that almost always means trouble.
“I am going to make so many things out of it.”
And…yeah. Steve supposes he should have seen that one coming.
Or, Steve Harrington's Super Soft Birthday Party
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so let's sneak in from the cheap seats, honey by pricklywhicket for topcatnikki
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Apr 2023
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The Hawkins Public Pool is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 8AM to 8PM, seven days a week. It employs three lifeguards, two of whom work each day: one from 8 to 2, and one from 2 to 8.
Objectively, Eddie knows that it’s weird for him to know this. Why should a guy who Does Not Swim concern himself with the work roster of a public pool he Does Not Swim at?
Or: Lifeguard Steve and Eddie meet up at the pool after hours.
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Make Do and Mend by pricklywhicket
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
11 Aug 2014
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Sometimes, Leo thinks that Jim has a sixth sense. It’s the only explanation for his special ability to (1) detect the behaviors that will most annoy his CMO and then (2) exhibit them as often as possible.
It’s as a result of this particular ‘gift’ of Jim’s that Leonard was currently standing on the bridge, red-faced and shouting in front of the whole damn gamma-shift.
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I Can't Block You Out by Wormdebut
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Jan 2026
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"What do I want from you, my love?" Ilya growled out, in English, low, demanding-- "I want you to come here, now."
Shane looked at him with wide eyes, "Ilya, no. I need to do better, I need figure out how the hell I fucked that up so bad." He was clawing at his wrist again and Ilya had enough. He usually avoided touch when Shane was like this. He didn't want to overstimulate him more than he already was, but Shane wouldn't slow down. He wouldn't stop.
Ilya was off the couch and across the room in seconds. He grabbed at Shane's reddened wrist, and runs his finger over the scratch marks, before reaching up to grab at Shane's chin.
"Shane, do you want to listen or do you want to be a brat?" He's asking, but the question is all for show and they both know it. He steels his eyes, looking into gorgeous brown, and watches the shift in his love.
Got him.
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Or, Shane is stressed. Ilya knows what he has to do.
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free treasure by endymions
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
30 Nov 2025
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Shane stares down at his phone screen in utter, abject horror.
He doesn’t know what happened. How his thumb managed to slip and hit send. He was backspacing—he’s absolutely positive he was backpacking—because no way in hell would he have actually sent a message to Rozanov whining about the fact that they didn’t kiss. There’s no reality in which that makes sense and doesn’t make him look like an idiotic, obsessive, overly attached freak.
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14 Jan 2026
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It was two rings and then his thick accent and smooth voice washed over Shane like a slow molasses. “Hollander,” Rozanov sighed. “It is late. I thought you had date, no?”
“I fucked up,” Shane whispered biting back a sob.
Shane drops after he sleeps with someone that's not Ilya, so naturally he calls Ilya to take care of him.
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Shane pulls back, carefully cradling Ilya’s face. “Maybe we shouldn’t.”
“You don’t want to?” Ilya’s eyes are bottomless; swimming with grief. He says it like he really means, You don’t want me?
“That isn’t what I mean,” Shane says gently, brushing his thumb over Ilya’s cheekbone. Ilya’s eyes flutter shut, as if being treated so tenderly causes him physical pain. Like he isn’t used to it. “You’re hurting. I don’t want you to regret it in the morning.”
Ilya’s eyes open. “I have never regretted a moment with you.”
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Or: the missing hotel room scene in Florida after Shane comforts Ilya.
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it’s so hard to believe (but it’s all coming back to me now) by placebythering
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
14 Dec 2025
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“My apartment,” he says, keeping his tone deliberately even. Casual. “I mean… it’s close by, right? You could stay there instead of dealing with the hotel nonsense.”
The words hang in the air between them, fragile and irrevocable. Rozanov goes very still.
Shane feels a flash of panic—wonders if he’s misjudged, if he’s pushed too hard and too fast. He rushes to fill the silence, almost tripping over the words, trying to frame it the way he rehearsed in his head.
“It’s more practical, right?” He adds. “Less media. No teammates. You’d have your own space. And it’s only until flights start up again. You can leave first thing when they resume.”
--- After Rose, after Florida, but having barely reconciled since, Shane and Ilya are stuck in Montreal during a snow storm. Shane offers for Ilya to stay in his apartment, and offers up the rest of his heart with it. Or, an alternate take on what happens after Episode 4.
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