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In 1985, everything falls apart.
In 1986, they have to hold it together on tour.Eddie Munson writes songs about the boy he can’t have and escapes to the arms of his best friend's girlfriend.
Chrissy Cunningham is tired of being told what to do—but has no idea who she is without someone else’s hands on the wheel.
Steve Harrington is trying to outrun his father’s voice in his head and figure out why the person who makes him feel safest is his best friend.Rainbow Grave is on the road with a new album, too many secrets, and a backstage dynamic held together with duct tape and denial. Friendships bend. Relationships blur. No one stays clean.
A Stranger Things rockstar AU told in two timelines: before and after the shit hits the fan.
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Charlotte “Letty” Hopper knows Hawkins isn’t safe—she learned that long before the monsters. Dumped on her uncle’s doorstep by a mother who didn’t want her, Letty clings to the fragments of normal life: late-night shifts at the arcade, banter with friends, and the dangerous pull of boys who make her feel seen in different ways. But Hawkins doesn’t let go. Between whispers of the Upside Down, memories she can’t shake, and the bruises of a past she never asked for, Letty has to find her footing before the town swallows her whole. A story of survival, found family, and the messy intimacy of growing up in a world where darkness is always just beneath the surface.
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Steve Harrington hasn’t taken a day off of work in over three years. When his best friend books him an Airbnb for a little rest and relaxation, it sounds too good to be true. He’s proven right when her good intentions land him at a small cabin in the woods, outside of a little town he’s never heard of. His sour mood quickly turns around when he’s charmed by the friendly locals, welcoming atmosphere, and gorgeous blacksmith who lives across the road.
Will he find love in the most unexpected place, or will his work follow him from the city and threaten to ruin the small town that’s starting to feel like home?
(A Steddie Hallmark Christmas Story)
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The Strange and Sacred Adventures of Church Mouse & The Rebel Knight by imlovemontanaduke
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Reese didn’t come to Hawkins looking for monsters. Or... anything, really. But in a town like this—and a senior year like this—sometimes the strangest things aren't under your bed. They glance at you in the hallway. Or peer at you from behind the Dungeon Master screen.
A quiet story about a cleric and a bard. Moonlight and Shadow. A Church Mouse and a Rebel Knight. A girl and the boy she didn’t expect to understand her, but always hoped would.
Slow burn. Soft moments. Sacred ones. For anyone who’s ever believed in both unicorns and redemption.
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“Well… You know… Fuck it, I’ll take you camping then,” the smile slipped off of his stupid fucking face as he realized what the fuck he had just said. What he had just fucking offered.
By the stunned look on Chrissy’s face, he knew that his stupid fucking mouth went too far this time. What the fuck was he thinking!? Oh yeah, she’d definitely go along with this fucking plan. She had to have been itching for him, the fucking King of the Freaks, to take her, the gorgeous and popular head cheerleader and Queen of Hawkins High, on a fucking camping trip for a fucking week during fucking spring break—
“Okay…”
“Huh?”
Or... Maybe all it takes is one van and one big sleeping bag for two people escape the curse of Hawkins for a week.
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After receiving tickets to the Chicago Cubs game, Eddie Munson is surprised to find that their star catcher Steve Harrington is a fan.
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The Crown Didn’t Survive ‘83 by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Elizabeth Carter was Hawkins High’s golden girl, until the Fall of ’83, when her perfect life collapsed in one week: failed cheer tryouts, a brutal breakup, and a fast drop from popular to invisible. With her crown shattered and her confidence gone, Elizabeth unexpectedly falls into the orbit of Eddie Munson, the school’s loudest, proudest freak.
Eddie doesn’t want the polished version of her. He wants the real one. With his chaotic friendship and a list of rebellious ‘firsts,’ Elizabeth starts breaking the rules she lived by and discovering who she actually is, without the glitter, the pressure, or the crown.
But choosing the freaks over the populars comes with consequences. And Elizabeth must decide whether she’s brave enough to stay broken, honest, and free… even if it means letting her old world burn behind her.
Because in ‘83, the crown didn’t survive.
But Beth did.
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*Prequel to Summer of ‘85. This is not a love story. It’s the story of Eddie and Beth’s friendship. You don’t need to read Summer of ‘85 to understand the story.*
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- Part 2 of Surviving Hawkins
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"It's weird, growing up in someone else's shadow. Because when they're gone, the light shines on your life for the first time and it does not look good."
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Steve Harrington grew up in the shadow of his perfect older brother. When Adam unexpectedly passed away suddenly there was a spotlight on Steve for the first time, and he is decidedly not perfect. Struggling with homophobia, prescription drug abuse, depression, and suicidal ideation Steve just wants to make it through his senior year.
But when his path continues to cross with the school freak, Eddie Munson, Steve isn't sure he'll actually survive.
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Story title from Nauseous by Conan Gray
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ABANDONED/BEING REWORKEDWindsor College was meant to be a fresh start for Steven Prescott and the other two survivors of Ghostface.
Then tragedy strikes and Steven is left reeling after the witnessing and unable to prevent the brutal murder of his platonic soulmate, Randy Meeks.
Joyce Byers hoped that there would never be a reason for her to be called by a hospital on behalf of Steven Prescott. Then a cold night in 1985, she gets that call all parents dread.
Steven only planned to stay in Hawkins until he was healed, then go off the grid like Sidney. Instead he's pulled into conspiracies and the world of the Upside Down. Fighting his own past demons that seemed determined to not stay gone and helping the Party deal with the Upside Down, Steven Prescott finds himself fraying at the seams.
But his complicated relationship with Eddie Munson might just show Steven that Ghostface's lasting effect is more mental than physical.
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can he see (or is he blind?) by what_fools_these_mortals_are
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Dec 2025
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“Here—” Eddie passed a piece of paper down the table, tossing it in front of Steve. “You’ll need a pencil.”
The paper was yellow, thick like cardstock, and crinkled when he held it too tight. It was covered in boxes and fill-in-the-blanks with words Steve didn’t know. What was a patron deity? Or an alignment? Or a weapon of proficiency?
Could he put down nail bat as a weapon of proficiency?
“What do I do with this?” he asked blankly.
Eddie laughed. It was a nice laugh, Steve thought. It didn’t sound like he was laughing at him, more like he was laughing with him. Like they were both in on the joke.
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Dustin drags Steve to a Hellfire session. Eddie is DMing, and Steve has a bit of an awakening.
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For nearly three years, Steve Harrington was Eddie Munson's best friend. He was also the guy Eddie fucked on lonely nights, after stressful exams, and in stolen moments in quiet hours. It was a perfect, no-strings-attached deal for both of them.
Until Eddie comes home after an almost-important concert and finds Steve very attached to someone else's strings.
One disastrous Christmas party is all it takes for their arrangement to come crashing down, forcing them to finally admit what they really want for Christmas.
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Biting his tongue, Ten lets momentary bravery take over, swinging the door open rapidly to face whatever horrors lay on the other side.
He's met with more lifeless, mangled bodies, grimacing at the display. But what quickly draws his attention further is the little figure at the end of the room, standing with her back to him, and somehow he just 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴.
"Eleven?"
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Title from Softcore by The Neighbourhood (previously titled "where is my mind?")
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“What?” Robin eyes him. “How hard did you get hit in the head, dingus?”
Quietly, Steve asks, “Is it okay to like both? You know, girls and guys?”
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Steve Harrington has liked Eddie Munson for quite some time. Eddie Munson thinks "King Steve" is hot...but why tf would he ever admit it? When their paths cross through Dustin Henderson in the fall of 1985, things snowball until they are forced to face their feelings and save the world.
Reimagining of season 4 (and prior) because I miss Eddie. Follows season 4-ish. I take some liberties: first and foremost, Eddie doesn't die because he deserves better.
(no beta, plz forgive me)
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Janis Curran was just a ballerina that has always believed in the light—in goodness, in grace, in the unwavering love of God. But when the darkness beneath Hawkins begins to stir, her faith is tested in ways she never imagined. Saved by a divine creature made of living light and hunted by forces born of shadow, Janis struggles to hold onto her faith as her world unravels. To many, she’s a mystery—too kind for her own good, too pure for the age she lives in. To Jason Carver, she’s everything he’s ever wanted — the perfect traditional Christian girl. But to Eddie Munson, she’s the rarest thing he’s ever known: a believer who doesn’t judge or hate, a girl who sees the good in outcasts like him.
Caught between Eddie’s acceptance and Jason’s condemnation, Janis begins to see that true evil doesn’t only dwell in the Upside Down—it thrives in the Rightside Up, wearing human faces and hiding behind the name of God. And that she is no different...
*DISCLAIMER: Lightforce and Darkforce belong to Marvel, and I was not the first to come up with the idea of an Inside Out! I'm just doing my own interpretation of it! Story may deviate a little from canon!*
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Eddie and Steve can officially tie the knot in Indiana after nearly thirty years.
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It wasn't supposed to go like this.
Matthew Wheeler just wanted to get through high school and get the hell out of Hawkins. Go somewhere he'd be somewhat safer.
Instead he finds himself in a hellish landscape, protecting 12 year old Will Byers as they are hunted by a monster with a petal-like face.
Meanwhile, Steve Harrington finds himself thinking about the Wheeler boy more and more when he should be thinking about his girlfriend and Matthew Wheeler's twin sister, Nancy Wheeler.
But nothing is what it seems and Matthew Wheeler must decide how his story is going to end.
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Steve smiled as he leaned closer, eyes running over the man, “You are really pretty. Like super duper pretty.” The man let out a laugh, and Steve wanted to hear that sound play forever because it was just as pretty as the man. “And you’re really drunk Steve Harrington. Trust me if we met under any other circumstances you wouldn’t be thinking that.” Steve shook his head, he was figuring some things about himself right now, he knew that much was true but somehow this didn’t feel wrong to him. “You should come home with me.” Steve tried to play it off as cool and sly but it sounded like he was struggling to even get the words out. “Yeah, okay you are way too drunk for this.”
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Or after Tina's Halloween Party Steve runs into Eddie instead, and well things happen :3
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December 1975
The sirens are loud and Eddie is terrified. His Uncle Wayne is on his way to pick him up and let him stay with him for a while, or at least that’s what the nice lady in the purple dress said. She’s talking to the cops who put his dad in the back of their car. He can’t really see him from here, but he was yelling and cussin’ a lot.
No one’s paying much attention to him right now.
He runs.
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After a decade avoiding his dearest friends, Eddie finally shows up to their yearly holiday reunion. As he reconnects with those people and sees the adults they've become, he faces his own truths and regains some memories his mind swept under the rug.
And he learns that remembering can change everything.
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- Part 13 of Shelley goes to Corroded Coffin Fest: 2025
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“She slapped the shit out of him, dude,” Gareth tells him.
“No shit? Do you think he saw stars?”
“Man, he probably saw fucking Pluto.”
// Chrissy Cunningham stands up to Jason. A missed connection.
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- Part 3 of just like a friend of mine
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