reread stranger things fics that majorly affected the trajectory of my life
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
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Bookmarked by cosmicsapphic
24 Jan 2026
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i don't believe the creator of this is human. there is no way you wrote a million words for fucking stranger things in three years.
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‘Blood?’ Eddie says again.
Eyes black but for the slice of iridescent white in the centre. His teeth are sharp, his hands are weapons and Steve thinks maybe he’s made a mistake doing this without telling Eddie first. Eddie’s focus lowers, it moves to his left hand which is…
Oh fuck.
It’s dripping blood onto the floor.
‘Shit,’ Steve says, takes a single step back, swallows. ‘Eddie, I’m so sorry, fuck.’
Eddie can’t seem to look away, can’t bring his ethereal gaze back up where it belongs. Steve thinks he should run, he should flee. A tiny part of him knows Eddie will chase him. Eddie will catch him, outrun him easily.
It's more than a little fucked up how that thrills him.
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- Part 1 of Little Bits
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- 8/8
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20 Jan 2026
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anddd!! im wet
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In 1985 Steve Harrington the “King”, Eddie Munson the “Freak”, Robin Buckley the “Outcast”, and Chrissy Cunningham the “Cheer Star” were put into a study group that met every Saturday. This changes the course of their lives.
Or the Steddie and Buckingham fic that was based on The Breakfast Club but grew legs and ran away from me.
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- Part 2 of Don't You Forget About Me
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- English
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- 10/10
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Bookmarked by cosmicsapphic
19 Jan 2026
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the breakfast club mentioned
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warnings: swearing, mentions of weed/getting high, mentions of alcohol/getting drunk, sexual jokes/innuendos, high school age party (15-16), intentional lowercase
genre: multi-part fic, high school au, group chat fic, chatfic, fluff, slowburn, long distance
PSA: THERE ARE NO INAPPROPRIATE UNDERAGE RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS. i only put the underage marker because the party is still in high school at this point.hi!! i'm super excited to start writing a stranger things group chat fic!! if i'm being honest i don't have a real great idea of the roadmap of this fic. i really just want this to be a feel-good, coming of age, group chat fic. it's going to be slowburn and flip between a couple different group chats. at this point in the story, will, el, jonathan, argyle, and joyce are still living in california, the binghams are in utah, and the rest of the squad is in hawkins (including hopper). it's not going to be completely off of the plot (el still has her powers, the upside-down still exists), but for the sake of the story, we're going to kinda just assume that the upside-down and all the creatures aren't bothering our kiddos, because god knows they've been traumatized enough. so yeah, that's that. hope you enjoy!
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Bookmarked by cosmicsapphic
19 Jan 2026
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i love group chat fics so much #wet
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When Steve applies for a summer camp per Dustin's request, he doesn’t expect to have the most interesting summer of his life.
Featuring a sulky metalhead who hates Steve for no reason, eight kids set on driving Steve to an early grave, Robin Buckley’s ability to charm any girl she wants, and Steve’s bisexual disaster/dream/nightmare.
But hey, that’s what summer camp is all about. Right?
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- Part 1 of CFCU (Camp Folktale Cinematic Universe)
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- English
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- 47/47
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Bookmarked by cosmicsapphic
19 Jan 2026
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I've said that I'm at "a loss for words" many, many times in my life- but *never* have I actually meant it. Most of the time, I've had many words to say; for good or bad. But, when I say that I'm genuinely loss for words to describe how absolutely poetic and beautiful this fic was; I mean it. I cried.
Twice.