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A Glimmer of Light Refusing to Fade by MagicSchoolbusDropout08
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Dec 2025
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When the Byers move to California, Will is lonely, bullied, and struggling with his mental health. When Mike comes to visit, he notices that something is off, but doesn’t know what’s wrong or how to help while his best friend feels so far away even though he's physically there. However, maybe Mike finds the answer after they are brought closer than ever after El is abducted by the government and they end up facing capture, interdimensional monsters, torture, the past, their own feelings, and attempting to prevent the apocalypse. (Post-s3, rewriting s4, and predicting s5).
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- Part 1 of The Glimmer Series
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29 Jan 2026
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All I See Is You | Canon Stranger Things Season 5 Rewrite by InkBySam for Will Byers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
01 Jan 2026
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Since the duffer brothers absolutely queerbaited and bombed byler for season five, I want to rewrite season five with my own narrative so we arent queer baited and get the love story everybody wants.
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Season Five of Stranger Things was supposed to be Hawkins' darkest hour-but what if the story unfolded the way it should have?
Mike Wheeler and Will Byers have always been at the heart of it, their bond deeper than Hawkins can ever understand. Through terror, heartbreak, and mind-bending horrors, they navigate a world that's trying to tear them apart-without ever realizing how much they mean to each other.
Hawkins isn't the same without Will, and Mike's about to realize that the person he's been searching for all along has been right in front of him.
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29 Jan 2026
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The Bloody Snow by Olyaroo
Fandoms: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
15 Aug 2025
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They won. They played everyone: Panem, the Capitol and the rules. They battled death together and came out as victors.
…And actually thought that everything would change. But Lucy Gray, who many years ago believed in Coriolanus’s promises and agreed to tie her life with him, suddenly realized that she is now trapped in a golden cage, where she is nothing but a little songbird for the amusement for the public.
Now, as the Hunger Games carry on, it is the turn of the Snow children to see the Arena in all its glory...
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28 Jan 2026
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Apocalyptic psychological horror/queer romance tragedy rewrite of Stranger Things Season 5.
Written in screenwriting/hybrid-prose.
Hawkins is being torn apart; it does not heal. Loss continues to linger in the air.
As Vecna's plan to corrupt Hawkins reaches its endgame, Will Byers finds himself at the centre of the corruption, both in heart and mind. Bound to the Upside Down and to Vecna himself, Will is forced to confront the severe cost of repression, survival and love, no matter how painful it may be.
Central to this is Mike Wheeler, who is tortured by his own repression, both internally and externally. He refuses to let his fear or silence take control of his and Will's story, even as the dangerous truth threatens to shatter their world.
The Core Four are central to the story; Eleven embraces her emotional maturity and becomes shaped by loss rather then raw power and the Upside Down becomes increasingly invasive as the story progresses.
This is a story about choosing the truth over the safety of lies, sacrifice without the glory and what it means to actually survive.
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27 Jan 2026
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To be soft (like the belly of a fish exposed to a knife) by friendly_neighborhood_ace
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jan 2026
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Will takes a deep breath and steps forward. The polished wood of the firearm is smooth but cold beneath his fingers, and Will cringes at how familiar it feels. Nancy gives his shoulder a brief, encouraging pat as she returns to the group.
Hopper hands him a half-loaded clip, and Will’s muscle memory kicks in as he slides four more bullets into the magazine, locking the cartridge into place. With careful movements, he pulls the hammer back, checking that the first bullet is properly seated.
Breathing steadily, Will swings the rifle up, settling the butt firmly into the soft hollow between his chest and shoulder. The world narrows on the haphazardly painted target. The group behind him falls silent, allowing a quiet bubble of focus that Will welcomes. His head tilts slightly, aligning the scope with the target.
He exhales, steady and natural, and fires.
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Or, a rewrite of ST: Season 5, because I wasn't satisfied with where it went, featuring Byler, more demogorgons, and Mike Wheeler (eventually) putting his two brain cells together.
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27 Jan 2026