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Sometimes the universe speaks so loudly that you cannot possibly ignore it. Buck wasn't sure he believed in fate until he came to Los Angeles, but sometimes your life falls into place in ways you could never expect or explain.
or the one where complete strangers, Chris and Buck, trauma bond to an unhealthy level after the tsunami, and suddenly a grieving widower has the equivalent of a fallen angel living in his guest room helping him raise his traumatized son.
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20 May 2026
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“You really think this is a good idea?” Buck asks.
His blue eyes sparkle in the dim light of the kitchen, and Eddie can’t quite tell if it’s a reflection creating the illusion or if they’re simply brimming with tears. Either way, he looks vulnerable. Beautiful—but vulnerable.
Like a child who misses his father.
“I think it couldn’t hurt any more than it already does to try,” Eddie tells him honestly. “And, hey, if you’re in need of some company, I’ll come with you.”
Buck blinks up at him. “You’d really want to do that with me?”
“It could be fun.” Eddie shrugs. “Well, as fun as visiting a cemetery can be.”
OR: A visit to Bobby’s grave in Minnesota takes an unforeseen turn when Buck, Eddie, May, and Harry encounter an unexpected yet painfully familiar face.
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16 May 2026
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“This isn’t my life!” Buck exclaims. “This is not how it’s supposed to be. Abby is supposed to be gone. She’s supposed to have left. As in, left Los Angeles, not left me to marry Bobby. Bobby’s supposed to marry Athena.”
“Cap and Athena? But she’s—”
“Married. Yeah,” Buck huffs. “Like I said, that doesn’t work out.”
“Because Real Michael is gay?” Eddie asks skeptically.
“Real Michael is gay,” Buck confirms.
OR: After his break up with Tommy, Buck falls asleep on Eddie’s couch and wakes up in a world where Bobby is married to Abby, Hen and Karen are divorced, Athena and Michael are faking a happy marriage, Chim has a daughter that is not Buck's niece, and—just to really, personally fuck with him—Eddie and Maddie are engaged to be married.
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12 May 2026
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Three months after losing Bobby, two months after Eddie leaving for Texas, and one month after giving up on repairing what grief has already hollowed out, Buck signs the resignation letter before anyone can stop him.
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Another amnesia fic no one asked for
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02 May 2026
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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28 Feb 2026
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Steve Harrington has turned out to be a lot like a stray cat―the particular genre of stray cat Lonnie insisted Frog was: The kind that’s not really a stray at all, but looks so cute and sweet and pitiful that you can’t help yourself.
Once Jonathan paid him a little attention, he wouldn’t go the hell away. It was impossible to just ignore him, since he seemed to like being ignored―it must’ve been the thrill of the chase. There was a solid six months where he was almost always on the phone or in Jonathan’s bedroom, flipping his fucking hair around and drawling translate this for me, Byers. What’s our friend Robert Smith saying?
Jonathan has tried throwing rocks at him, metaphorically speaking; he’s been mean and he’s been honest; he’s left the most pessimistic parts of himself in charge.
And somehow, despite it all, Steve is still here.
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- Part 4 of A Catalog of Non-Definitive Acts
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06 Feb 2026
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
Or, a
fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .Series
- Part 1 of @burntsepia's fics collection
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05 Feb 2026
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"What are you doing here?" Mike's face dropped as his eyes slid from El, past Max, and over to Will, "And what are you doing with them?"
"Shopping," El said with a blank expression on her face.
Max smirked, "This is their new look, what do you think?"
"You know she's not allowed to be here. And Will, how could you just run off like that, we were worried!" Mike glared straight at Max despite the fact part of what he said was directed at Will.
"What are they, your little pets? El can't leave the cabin, and god forbid Will strays more than three feet from your shadow, despite the fact you were completely ignoring him!" Max snapped right back.
━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━
Or... A rewrite of Stranger Things season 3 where Will leaves the mall with El and Max and helps them investigate while growing closer to both girls and becoming more confident in himself. Meanwhile, Mike considers what it might mean for him that he's more upset that his best friend ditched him to hang out with someone else than he is about his girlfriend breaking up with him.
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- Part 1 of We could be heroes
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31 Jan 2026
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i am dying here (i am yours) by anakinskywalkerswifey
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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“don’t touch him,” max says immediately.
“i’m not—i’m just—he’s hurt. he looks hurt.”
dustin drops to his knees in the sand, hands up, palms out, like he’s approaching a wild animal. “okay. okay, hey. hey, it’s fine. you’re fine. nobody’s dead. i mean— you’re not dead dude whoever you are. which is good. great, actually.”
the boy’s good eye snaps to him.
dustin’s stomach flips.
“holy shit,” he whispers. “holy shit, it’s you.”
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- Part 1 of will was never found
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26 Jan 2026
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23 Jan 2026
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His Mom smiles at him with a knowing look, and Jonathan has an arch to his brow like he wants to ask more – but before either can, there’s the sound of a thud.
Will’s smile falls into his stomach. It wrenches with fear, with horror.
All three look to the entrance of the lounge, the direction of the thud.
“Shit,” says someone out of sight, just beyond the entrance, almost too soft to catch.
Will’s blood runs cold, because he knows that voice, knows the specific lilt of it.
“Mike?"
Or, Will comes out on his own terms, to the two people who truly matter - and is overheard by the one other person who means the most. In wake of the revelation, they decide to split off and take the final battle with Vecna into their own hands, all while navigating the undeniable pull that grows between them.
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23 Jan 2026
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Will's a true sorcerer. Right after the truth comes to light in the middle of a battlefield, Mike Wheeler finds himself more amazed and enamored with Will than he'd like to admit. However, they don't have time to celebrate the peace, because not much after that, Vecna comes back, determined to take what Will loves the most if he isn't by his side in this war. The Demos try to take Mike, but right before he enters the Upside Down, Will jumps and goes with him.
They're together now. In the Upside Down. But they're alone too, with a long journey ahead of them. Mike knows nothing can go wrong. After all, the only thing Will has accepted is that now he has powers, right?
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Mike and Will end up alone in the Upside Down, and Vecna targets both of them.
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23 Jan 2026
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College was supposed to be a fresh start. The Party is scattered across nearby campuses, close enough to pretend nothing has changed. Will is finally happy or at least trying to be with his new boyfriend, Carlton. Mike tells himself he doesn’t care. He tells himself a lot of things.
Between shared houses, crowded college parties, and a friend group that never really learned how to separate, they keep falling into familiar patterns: late nights, quiet check-ins, and Mike noticing things he probably shouldn’t anymore. Everything Mike thought he understood about himself starts to unravel. Some realizations come too late. Some feelings refuse to stay buried.
And some feelings don’t fade just because you pretend they have.
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23 Jan 2026
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There I Saw You Standing (must've been a holy light) by olivewritesthings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jan 2026
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“Where are you going?” Hopper asked.
“My base? Are you guys coming or do you want the flower dogs to eat you?”
“Flower do- oh, demos.”
“What the hell is a demo?”
“Demogorgon? From that game your friends like, ‘Dungeons and Dragons’?”
“I don’t have ‘friends.’” Will said, wrinkling his nose and almost recoiling at the idea. “At least, none I remember.” He whispered, looking away before shaking his head and continuing on the tracks. “And what’s Dungeons and Dragons? It sounds like a fantasy book.”
OR: Will Byers was never rescued from the Upside Down
A/N: Do not repost without permission. DM for translations. Fuck generative AI. I have never and will never use it to write my fics in any capacity, I just update quickly because I have no life. I do not support Noah Schnapp, but unfortunately I have a habit of fixating on things with problematic people involved. Free Palestine
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- Part 1 of Psammalah
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19 Jan 2026
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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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18 Jan 2026
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“Do you know what you’re painting?” Mike asks. Maybe if they can figure out what Will is painting, they can unlock his memories.
Will pauses, considering the painting, then his eyes light up and he smiles.
“That’s the boy I love,” Will says, looking at the painting. Then he turns to Mike. “Thank you. I couldn’t remember.”
“Do you know his name?”
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Soon after they enter the Abyss, Mike realizes that Will is possessed, and he's forced to confront the Mind Flayer. Then, Vecna dies, and so does Will—and Mike will do anything to get him back, even if that means going into a trance and entering a new mindscape, where he finds a Will who has lost all of his memories.
An alternate ending to the series finale, starting at the 42:18 mark.
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18 Jan 2026
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I Grieve In Stereo (The Stereo Sounds Strange) by absent_loss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Feb 2026
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Six years after his death, Will Byers emerges out of the Hawkins Quarry.
he's wet! and covered in blood?! he's missing an eye? why is his hair is long?? and NO Mike Wheeler is NOT okay.
SERIES UNFINISHED.
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- Part 1 of My Little Dark Age
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16 Jan 2026
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“Can I get a sip of that?” He nodded to the drink.
Will nodded yes in return. Holding his gaze, he took a deep sip from the solo cup before offering it towards Mike. Will watched him intensely. Mike never broke eye contact. After he swallowed, Will blinked and took a half step back.“Come on, I wanna get some air.” He grabbed Mike by the forearm and started towards the sliding door that led to the backyard. Mike wondered absently if the blush he felt forming was a result of the alcohol.
tldr: Mike goes through a series of realizations in going to college parties with Will.
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10 Jan 2026
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you took my heart (i was sleeping..well not really) by monachopsis_22
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore, despite living under the same roof. Will is avoidant and spends most days in the basement, and Mike has never felt so alone.
Then the power goes out, and Mike desperately wants to understand what went wrong, and to know what that damn painting means.
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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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05 Jan 2026
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Will knew something was wrong back in Lenora. He just didn't know how to confront everyone. How do you even begin telling your mom, brother, and estranged best friend that they had missed your birthday?
A story in which Will is being forgotten by those he loves.
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01 Dec 2025