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Hawkins is burning. In the shadow of monsters and the military, something rotten is spreading through the town, leaving its people without a proper home.
While Joyce and Hopper struggle to stay on the same page, they’re also trying to keep a family together on borrowed time. Rationing what’s left of food and hope, chasing ghosts of their past through the radio, pretending the world isn’t on the verge of ending.
But something is still transmitting beneath the static... something still hungry for blood. And the harder they fight to save what’s left of their home, the closer they come to the one truth that will change everything.
Set between Seasons 4 and 5. Canon-divergent. Mature themes.
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Will had accepted never coming home again. But his mom didn’t. It was the reason he was still here. But he constantly wondered if he had been meant to rot in this land of death and decay. Stuck beyond the wall of flesh, he felt he was able to breathe deeply for the first time in years, though the particles in the air should have been an indicator of anything but.
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Or, Will accepts the fate he thinks he deserves. Can he be convinced he deserves love before it's too late?
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In this quiet, cramped corner of the Squawk’s basement, Mike finds Will just out of the shower. But he doesn’t notice how his shirt is half on, or how damp hair clings to his forehead, faintly scented with leftover soap.
Only the redness under his eyes.
Timestamp; Post Stranger Things Season 5, Episode 4 (Sorcerer)
(Part 1 of 3 of a ST S5 Rewrite, POV Mike Wheeler)
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- Part 1 of don't you?
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Natalie Madeira Wilson always felt like an outsider in Hawkins. Maybe it was the way people looked at her mom’s accent, or the fact she was from Bogotá, Colombia. She was three when they moved to Hawkins. Way too young to remember the city, but old enough to feel different.
Unlike most girls her age, Natalie had no interest in boys. Some said it was a phase, or that she just hadn’t met the right one. But not every seventeen-year-old girl dreams about homecoming dates and first kisses. Not every girl secretly watches the one sitting across from her in Mrs. Click’s class, wondering what it would be like to hold her hand.
But crushes had to wait — because people were disappearing, friendships were falling apart, family secrets were being uncovered, and monsters were real. And just when Natalie thought the worst was over… her crush got involved.
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- Part 1 of Stranger Things OC
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In Eddie Munson's humble estimation, Kelly Rose Turner is the most perfect being to ever walk the earth. She's now just as enamored as he is, and together, they won't go down without a fight. The battle for Hawkins, and the world, is on.
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- Part 2 of The Book of Love
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the night is long but you are here - deutsche Übersetzung by Daimn
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Apr 2026
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Die Nacht ist lang, aber du bist hier
„Ich möchte, dass du ihm sagst, warum du so.... aufgewühlt bist", sagt Vecna und Will würde schwören, er sehe ein Lächeln zwischen den Narben in seinem Gesicht. „Ich will zusehen, wie du ihn verlierst.“
(Oder: Will wird von Vecna gezwungen, Mike seine Gefühle zu gestehen, was zu einem langsamen, aber heftigen Konflikt führt – Alternative Staffel 5.) -
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Careful what you wish for. Careful who you are becoming.
[The search for Holly leads back to the beginning.]
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A year ago, the world ripped itself apart, and took him with it. Since then, the cracks in the earth have only grown, splitting streets, poisoning the air, and leaving the last stragglers to rot in the ruins. She's not here to hide. She's not here to hope. She's here to fight. Because the bastard that started this is still out there, and she intends to end him. And when the sky turns black and the ground starts shaking again, she won't run. She'll aim for the heart and make damn sure that monster chokes on what's left of this town. Because some faces haunt you, even when you know you'll never see them again.
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DONT READ THIS YET!! POSTED FOR IT TO NOT GET DELETED.
In which Will the Wise is dead in Sir Micheal Wheeler’s universe and he accidentally shifts to Hawkins, where he spots Will and would do absolutely ANYTHING to have him. Anything. As far as killing his Mike.
Mike Wheeler is jealous and is in trouble.
Will doesn’t know what to do.
(I’m unsure if this is going to be a braveyers or byler endgame, we’ll decide along the way.)
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Months after the Class of 89's graduation, Mike publishes a book that leaves cryptic messages for Will to find. Mike hopes that his messages will reunite Will with Mike, who still resides in their hometown of Hawkins. Will, on the other hand, is a college student who is struggling with his current boyfriend, Carlton, who doesn't have his best interests at heart.
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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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I think we're alone now (there doesn't seem to be anyone around) {UNFINISHED} by sleepingsphinxs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
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Erica butt in, clearly annoyed by Joyce’s slow pacing, “Will did some creepy ass shit with his mind to kill all the demogorgons and now he’s passed out.”
“Erica language!” Joyce chided.
The rest of them stared at Erica dumbfoundedly, even Mike, who had seen it happen was confused by her simplicity of it. What Will had done was heroic, he had saved Mike’s life for Christ’s Sake!
“Wait, wait, wait, wait.” Lucas managed, “Start from the beginning. What happened?”
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Stranger Things Season 5 rewrite starting from Volume 1!
EDIT: I always get annoyed when I start a fic and realize halfway through that it's unfinished so I'm putting this here before you start THIS IS UNFINISHED AND UNLESS I GET MOTIVATION BACK I HAVE NO INTENTION OF FINISHING IT
if anyone would like to take over and finish drop a comment or something cause it would be really nice to see where this goes if anyone else has the motivation :)
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Prequel to the series,
Claudia Henderson and her son, Dustin, moved to Hawkins, Indiana just in time for him to start 4th grade.Series
- Part 1 of The Journey of a Lonely Bard
- Part 4 of Collection of My Stranger Things
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"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires." by Leocantfindusername
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2026
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"Mike, promise me that if he tries to take over, if he gets to me, you'll save yourself. Don't let him get inside your head."
"You know I can't promise you that. We're a team, remember? And if we're both going crazy then we'll" Mike settled his hand on Will's "go crazy together, right?" Mike asked with an almost shy smile which made Will's heart flutter in his chest.
"Yeah, crazy together."
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Following the disastrous events of Vecna's attack, Will tries to act normal and keep everything and everyone together. Meanwhile, Mike is desperately repressing a cyclone of confusing feelings. They were once two kids swinging happily through life, but now they need to fight for each other more than ever before.
The dice are on the table, will it be a seven?
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what would have happened if on january 7th there was actually an episode. (this is just a outline of what might have happened)
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Disconnected by calmb4storm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
07 Jan 2026
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Panic begins to run through his veins, speeding up his pulse and his breathing. “I can’t– why don’t I remember it? I don’t remember any of it.”
Mike blanches. “Any of what, Will?”
Jonathan’s hand is on his knee. Both of them are too close. He can’t breathe.
“The Upside Down. I… I can’t remember any of the Upside Down.”
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OR: A Will Byers-centric/Byler canon version ST5!
(now a post-finale fix-it fic.)Series
- Part 1 of Disconnected Universe
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Following the events of Season 5 Volume 1, the Upside Down gang splits up and Steve and Nancy find themselves taking a wrong turn right down memory lane. But perhaps finally facing their poolside past is exactly what they need to rekindle flames that should never have been snuffed out …
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Or: the only way Stancy can reconcile is if Nancy reconciles feelings she has about Jonathan, Barb, and herself first. This is an attempt at speculating how that might have looked in Volume 2!
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This fic takes place in the VERY beginning of season 5 where the Byers are temporarily moved in with the Wheelers. this is a slow burn so there may not be a TON of Byler in the first couple of Chapters but ENDGAME I SWEAR. in this AU Lucas was also successful at pulling Max out of the like freaky mind world Vecna made- whoops spoilers but yk.
WHITNEY IS A PLOT DEVICE!!! Not a self insert in any way he is just a silly guy who i think would add some more gayness to the fic.
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Will has never felt this at peace in his entire life. He feels the warm air wash over him, revels in the way the wind tumbles through the house. Nothing is too cold, nothing scorching hot. He doesn’t think he’s ever felt this good, in his entire life, not even in the all-encompassing neon happiness of childhood. He thinks this is what it feels like to be free.
The deer lifts its head, turning and meeting Will’s gaze.Will is given a glimpse into what Vecna's goal for Hawkins is, and discovers that he's not all that against it after all. They both just want the town that ruined them gone.
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the little time i have in this world, i want to spend it with you. by mayaries
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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On July 4th, Steve, Robin and Dustin go through hell under Starcourt mall. It changes everything.
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A story that starts with an extended version of the Russian interrogation scene, and explores its consequences and repercussions on the Scoops Troop, in the months that follow, up until the last battle against Vecna.