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honey, pick your poison (can i pick you?) by tofallatlastbutfair
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
26 Jun 2025
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Todd Anderson is a recent transfer to Columbia University, destined to live in the shadow of his older brother. A college party is the last place he wants to be. It's loud, filled with Jeff's friends, and a reminder of everything he hates about Columbia. But when he meets a handsome stranger behind the bar, Todd has a chance for one last night of freedom, of rebellion, of fun. One problem: he's never drank before.
A songfic inspired by Pick Your Poison by Knox
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25 Jun 2026
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I’m in love with you, do you think it shows? by apateangle (dm3rv)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jun 2026
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An accident leaves Mike without four years of memories. He wakes up convinced that it's 1989, that Bush is the new President, and that his time at college in Boston has only just begun.
But it's 1994. There's a new President. He lives in New York.
And somehow, he shares an apartment with Will Byers.
Or: An Amnesia AU.
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- Part 1 of I'm in love with you
- Language:
- English
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- 105,443
- Chapters:
- 15/15
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- 1,724
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- 3,991
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10 Jun 2026
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The poets attend an intimate Christmas Party. Hijinks, romance, hard drugs, famous stew, reader's theatre, and deus ex machina abound. Cozy and fluffy and silly. Genuinely no angst (I PROMISE)!
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- Part 2 of Dog Days are Over
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18 May 2026
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Just for a second, I remembered myself by Romanoff_mylove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Apr 2026
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Mike has finally made it as an author. But writing about your own past can get complicated, especially when fans start to draw conclusions that point Mike in the direction of the person he's been writing about all along.
And living life is hard. Especially when you're doing it all on your own. But grief and love are a lot more similar than you might realise. They both tend to wake us up from the monotony of our lives.
OR: Mike has a horrible time, which somewhere along the way turns into a wonderful time.
Podfic version by Sahana: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83941371/chapters/221295601
Russian translation: https://ficbook.net/readfic/019ce7f9-31da-7933-8df9-83a19fad21d6Series
- Part 1 of Just for a second, I remembered myself
- Language:
- English
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- 100,889
- Chapters:
- 36/36
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- 1,811
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25 Apr 2026
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Mike grins so widely that he displays each one of his baby teeth. "Open it," he says. "It's a card. I made it for you."
When Will gingerly peels the birthday card open, Mike’s uneven handwriting is displayed across the page.
The p’s in happy are backwards, the y wobbly and curled at the end, and the k in Mike is also flipped the wrong way. The word birthday is etched in their kindergarten teacher’s steady print, and it seems like she'd also added the punctuation for him.
Happy birthday, Will!
Love,
Mike WOr: Will Byers' birthdays from age six to adulthood, told through cards from Mike.
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23 Mar 2026
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“That’s not my favorite.”
“Oh.” Will blinks. “What is?”
Mike’s tongue darts out to wet his lower lip. “O negative.” Will feels a flush move across his entire body. His magic hums inside of him, excited. His fingers twitch against the carton. Maybe Will was wrong, maybe this is different than having a favorite kind of pizza. More personal. O negative sits differently in Will’s head than double black olives with extra cheese does. More intimate.
“Oh.” Will blinks again. And maybe O negative sits differently in Will’s head, because it also flows through his veins. He feels obligated to tell Mike. “I’m O negative.”
Mike’s pupils widen again. “I know.” His voice is low, gravelly.
Will’s breath hitches again. “You know?” He flinches when Mike’s fingers graze his, peeling the carton out of Will’s hand.
Mike takes a deep breath. “I can smell it.”
Or, five times that Will offered Mike his blood and the one time that Mike accepted.
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- Part 1 of take me as you please | vampwise
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- English
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- 16,845
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 225
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06 Mar 2026
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r/DnD
u/MWpaladin commented on “Can’t tell the difference between sorcerers and…” posted by u/LionsandTigers7 on r/DnDu/MWpaladin: Are you an actual idiot? Sorcerers and wizards are hardly even comparable. It’s not ‘the same thing’ in the slightest. A sorcerer’s magic doesn’t even come from a book of spells, their powers are INNATE. Maybe go back to third fucking grade before you ever try and DM a campaign of your own. Jesus Christ. Another important differentiation to note is… [expand]
Or: a long, very long, retrospective of Mike’s reddit history.
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- English
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- 15,577
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 889
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- 6,453
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- 43,166
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04 Mar 2026
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The summer after graduation, Will learns how to move on, and Mike learns how to live with change.
- Language:
- English
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- 54,286
- Chapters:
- 4/7
- Comments:
- 585
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- 1,554
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- 562
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09 Feb 2026
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we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) by papenathy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jun 2025
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“Looks like I bit you.” Will tilts his head to get a better look. All Mike can do is stare at him. His fluffy hair at the front, clumped pieces at the back where he’d slid his fingers in a mere few minutes before. His pretty green eyes that look hazel or even brown in this light, the dark circles he gets when he drinks framing them like intricate paintings. A satisfied, bloody smile.
Mike isn’t satisfied. He swallows thickly, choking down the words 'don’t you want more?'
Or: Will dresses as a vampire for a college halloween party, but Mike thinks his costume isn’t bloody enough. Will lets him fix it. Mike goes into a crisis.
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- Part 1 of we all have a hunger
- Language:
- English
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- 34,403
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 1,354
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- 35,312
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- 7,798
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08 Feb 2026
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“Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.”
Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?”
“If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mike explains. “But if we shotgunned, we’d both get two.” God, this is the best idea he’s had in ages. He should’ve stolen Will’s weed, like, months ago. “That’s like, bang for your buck. This is simple math, Will Byers. Keep up.”
In which it’s well past midnight in New York, Will can’t sleep, and Mike feels like they barely know each other anymore.
So, they get a little high. Mike is very normal about all of it.
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- English
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- 23,570
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- 1/1
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- 903
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- 14,179
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26 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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- English
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- 52,631
- Chapters:
- 8/8
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- 14,294
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- 199,613
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24 Jan 2026
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“I’ve read your poetry, you know,” Neil admits casually after a few beats of silence, as if he’s discussing the weather and not revealing earth-shattering information, while his eyes remain trained on the football game playing on the TV in the corner of the bar.
Did he know? Could he see right through all of Todd’s poetry, see all of the desperate clinging onto his glory days which were limited to five brief months because of his disappearance? Todd almost wants to lunge at him, wants to throttle this boy-turned-man for getting to know all of the agonies which traced his mind while he was stuck in this dingy bar still not even being able to tell if a smirk or frown was pulling at Neil’s lips.
Of course he doesn’t lunge, – when has Todd lunged for anything in his life? – just struggles to not choke on his spit while he rasps out a simple “yeah?” as if it’s a full question. This will be the death of him, he’s decided.
Or in which it’s 1981, New York Times bestselling poet Todd Anderson has run out of words to say, and he just so happens to run into the only boy who always knew how to speak up for him.
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29 Oct 2025
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In which a famous young actor falls madly for the soft spoken screenwriter hired to work for his TV show (featuring frigid city nights, raging parties, wool coats, spilled coffee, long drives, controlling fathers, fake girlfriends, chosen family, taxi rides, loft apartments, secret schemes, film sets, and a love that might just last forever).
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- Part 1 of Dog Days are Over
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 235,661
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 526
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- 943
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- 279
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- 30,639
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14 Oct 2025
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What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor? by angelofcreativity
Fandoms: Julie and The Phantoms (TV 2020)
27 Nov 2023
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The beautiful stranger grinned, but it had twisted. This wasn't the smile of a genteel courtier trying to flirt with the daughter of a Duke at a masquerade ball. This smile glinted like the light of a candle in the edge of a blade - beautiful, but if you were careless the results could be fatal.
Julie had the sinking feeling that she'd been careless.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 86,886
- Chapters:
- 30/30
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 524
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- 410
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- 51
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- 10,935
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13 Sep 2024
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Jumanji AU. On the night of their groundbreaking Orpheum performance, Luke, Alex and Reggie decide to play a video game they find to ward off their nerves...only this is no ordinary game and they get sucked into the world of Jumanji. Twenty five years later, Julie Molina is still struggling with her grief from her mom's death. In an attempt to take her mind off her pain, she starts playing an old video game she finds in her garage. The twist? Julie alone can come and go in the game. She devotes all her time to helping the boys escape, an unspoken question hovering between them the entire time: what happens when they finally escape?
- Language:
- English
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- 136,783
- Chapters:
- 39/40
- Comments:
- 301
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- 443
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20 Jul 2023
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Julie Molina and Luke Patterson, two incredibly talented people. Singers, songwriters, and just overall fantastic musicians.
Oh and also they are world-ranked ice dancers.
After Caleb Covington placed the 6-year-old Julie and 8-year-old Luke together as an Ice Dancing pair, the two have been dominating the competitions, rising in the ranks, and gaining fans based on their on-ice chemistry all over the world.
Making their international senior debut at age 15 and 17, the two dancers face career highs, lows, injuries, loss, heartbreak, and betrayal over the next ten years of their careers.
And maybe their on-ice chemistry is becoming an off-ice problem.