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In August of 1993, Mike Wheeler has a chance encounter with an old friend. As if by fate, Will Byers is brought back into his life so that Mike can make up for how he let things end. Finally, he can heal their fractured friendship and himself.
However, as their friendship begins to rekindle, he learns that things are not as they seem.
Post Season 3 AU. Medium-burn. Plot based where the relationship fuels the plot.
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6 months after the beginning of the end, Will Byers cannot sleep without encountering Vecna in his dreams. And he's tired of running.
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One Last Time by ToTryAgain
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order Series - Various Authors
29 May 2020
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The Solo siblings spend one last time together before the Jedi move to Eclipse.
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In a way, none of the Phantom Thieves have a father figure. Sojiro fills in without even trying.
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Alex is tasked with a mission that he can finally enjoy - infiltrating his school's LGBT Club. But where MI6 is involved, a simple mission always turns into life or death - for millions. Post Skeleton Key.
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“Hey, Mike?” Will asked. “Why now?”
Mike was silent for a long time, so long Will thought he wasn’t going to answer at all. “I just… I don’t know. How can I move on if I don’t know for sure? I can’t stop thinking that if she is out there, if I was right, and I don’t even try to find her, then maybe I really didn’t deserve her.”
A year after graduation, Mike decides to start a search for El and asks Will to come with him. Their friendship hasn't been the same since Will came out and Eleven disappeared, so Will agrees, kicking off a complicated journey that brings them back together. Will is in college, trying to move on, and Mike is idling in Hawkins, torn between his past with El and his confusing feelings for Will. As the search brings them closer than either ever imagined, Will and Mike grapple with first loves, moving on, and growing up together.
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29 Jun 2026
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Will doesn’t know how long this lasts for, just that when he finally stops weightlessly crashing into his own memories, it’s because he’s crushed the coffee cup in his hand, and scalding hot water splatters across his chest and lap.
At least, it feels scalding.
Because He likes it cold.
Will can’t do anything but stare at nothing, sweat dripping down his back. The feeling passes – there’s nothing tugging at him anymore. But he remains utterly frozen.
Turns out, there really is nowhere to run. No airplane that can take you high enough.
Stupid. So stupid.
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It’s been 5 years since the Upside Down was destroyed, and with it, the Mind Flayer and his creatures. Will is running from the past; Mike can’t seem to move on from it. Lucas and Max are navigating what it might mean to be in it for life, and Dustin… well, he just misses the action. But it looks like he’s about to get what he wants, because the Mind Flayer wasn’t a singular entity, and some stories don’t end when they’re supposed to.
(THIS WORK IS NOT ABANDONED SHMG)
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05 May 2026
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The Rook by vader_incarnate
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends: Dark Empire (Comics), Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order Series - Various Authors
07 Mar 2026
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He fell, and the galaxy kept turning.
Fifteen years after his fall, Luke Skywalker tends his gardens in a Force-null prison on Myrkr: isolated, monitored, and mostly forgotten by the galaxy he once tried to save.
Then Mara Jade shows up dying from a Vong bioweapon, and suddenly the Republic might have a use for a caged Sith Lord after all.
The question is whether Luke Skywalker can be trusted to save the galaxy – or if letting him out will just give them a different kind of apocalypse.
"When have impossible tasks ever stopped me before?"
Or: I present for your enjoyment: "what if the NR took Dark Empire seriously," combined with "what if the Vong War but you ignore all of the EU after Dark Empire," plus "what if dark-ish! Luke during the NJO." If that sounds fun, you are my people.
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02 May 2026
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“How was I supposed to know that something wasn't right here?”
It's December 1999. The world holds its breath for the new millennium, and the survivors of Hawkins have spent the last twelve years lying to themselves.
Mike hides in fiction. Will hides in art. The rest hide in marriages, careers, and the false security of conformity. But when a mysterious child knocks on Mike's door with a diary and the Hive Mind violently reawakens inside Will, the illusion shatters.
Eleven's sacrifice didn't buy them peace. It only bought Vecna the time he needed.
The miracle of 1987 was remission. Now, the disease is back.
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22 Apr 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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20 Apr 2026