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    Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.

    Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.

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    21 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    “I think,” El tries again, after a long minute, “that it is strange— or that I am somehow wrong— because I spend all day, every day, with kids who need a family. And I want to be there for them, and I think that I am—”

    “You are,” Hopper interrupts.

    “Okay. So I am there for them. Every day,” El continues. “But at the end of the day I am not. I come home to my apartment, alone, and I spend time with myself when I could be with one of them.”

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    With everyone in her life now parents, El struggles with feelings of guilt over not wanting children herself. As her burnout reaches a breaking point, El is forced to untangle her passion from her past, leaving her wondering who she is— and what she wants— when she's not helping others.

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    16 Jul 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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    04 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    It had been more than 13 years since Mike and Will last saw each other. Their worlds weren't the same anymore. Devoid of each other.

    That is until Will's daughter, Maya runs into Mike at her school, who is a teacher there.

    Now Mike and Will's worlds collide again, and the universe is giving them another chance to fix what they broke.

    But Mike and Will are not alone this time. Maya is determined to find a suitable husband for her father.

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    14 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    Jane Hopper likes to think she knows what she's doing. She has an apartment, a cat, a steady job, superpowers. Don't tell anyone about that last bit.

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    08 Apr 2026

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