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  1. So Many Foreign Roads (For Emma, Forever Ago) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    13 Jan 2026

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    He reaches for the glass of wine again. He takes another swallow. And then—

    It happens. It’s nothing. It’s a flicker, a second, a feeling at first. The hair at the base of his neck feels like its been grazed, electric and immediate and impossible—so, utterly impossible. Because he hasn’t felt this since—since—

    Mike readjusts in his seat, just a little. Fingers brush his, feather light. And then the world tilts, and he’s swallowed into the darkness. He hardly has the time to breathe before he looks up and sees her. Not a hallucination, not a stranger on the street with the same hair, or the same style. Her.

    El.

    --

    In the Spring of 1993—somewhere in Reykjavík—El finds Mike's published book and builds the courage to take it home with her.

    In the Spring of 1993—somewhere in New York—Mike cannot seem to adjust to life without her.

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