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In the 90s, Mike is still picking up pieces of himself after El left. It's not an easy task, when each piece is a shard of glass, multiplying and cutting the skin.
Then one day, he gets met with the news. He doesn't know if they are bad or good.
El escaped, but it didn't last forever. She got caught, by those she tried to outrun, and they were everything but forgiving.
When she gets rescued, Mike still doesn't know if he should celebrate or cry. But then El wakes up, and her hands are cruel and rough on his skin, her tampered mind fixated on one thing; end Michael Wheeler. That's how he knows which of those two he should do.
aka Hijacked El au
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she's the death you chose (i'm the life you chose) by tryingsss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Apr 2026
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Michael Wheeler is a sad pirate who one night meets the mermaid called El. She takes away the pain, makes life seem worth living. But Michael wonders why each time he leaves her, he feels ten times worse, to the point he doesn't want to leave the sea at all.
Pirate x Mermaid Au
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El and Mike's life in the late 90s.
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- Part 2 of It's okay, it's me
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In the 90s, Mike struggles with severe mental illnesses, El struggles with the law. When El comes for Mike and takes him from the place in which he suffers, their runaway adventure begins.
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- Part 1 of It's okay, it's me
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Mike in his late twenties tries to find El. When he does, the game of cat and mouse begins. She leaves clues, he follows, meeting and kissing her in different cities, parts of the world. El is there for a day, a day that heals them and patch up the cracks. Then she’s gone, and he has to find her all over again. Sadness and euphoria mix in both, as they try to save each other, try to stay in one place, next to the one they love.
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LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!
PLEASE DO NOT COPY TO WATTPAD. SERIOUSLY, WHY??
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https://open.spotify.com/user/htl2006/playlist/3z2NbLq2IVGG0NICBqsN2D?si=Liyl_JKJSx2RUqks3p50kg(Compiled by amazing reader, JustAnotherPerson)
DISCLAIMER: I do not support JK Rowling's disgusting transphobic views.
NOTE: I AM NO LONGER READING OR REPLYING TO COMMENTS ON THIS FIC
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- Part 1 of All the Young Dudes
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15 Aug 2026
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“I love you, too.”
Her breath stuttered in her chest. Four years. He’d held those words on his lips and in his heart for four years, refusing to tell her goodbye.
She had feared bitterness from him, or anger, or something, anything, that would come between them, because something always came between them, didn’t it?
But in his first words to her, he had cut through every fear, every obstacle. It was as if he’d stepped through space and time and impossible heartbreak to say, I’m still here. I’ve been waiting. I never stopped loving you.
El and Mike try and fail, over the years, to find peace without each other, until El realizes enough is enough: she will find a way to bring Mike back into her life, no matter the cost.
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- Part 2 of ‘four years’ universe
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17 May 2026
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I’ll be your morning-bright, good-night shadow machine by thiccpecans
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler is, in every sense, a shell of the person he used to be. Days melt into years, success arrives without feeling, and the book deal he once longed for does nothing to fill the space inside him. Only El’s absence still maims him—persistent, potent, impossible to ignore. But then, she appears to him one night, in a vision that feels far too real.
Or El accidentally pulls Mike into the void after years of estrangement and they, slowly but surely, become one again.
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14 May 2026
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Wherever she is, that’s where Mike will find home. It’s a truth that has been ingrained in him since the moment they met.
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09 Feb 2026
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one day we'll meet again (in the light of my love for you) by FateChica
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Sep 2026
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El runs and she keeps running until she's about as far away from home as she figures she can get. And as the years go by, she manages to carve out a peaceful sort of existence. It's not a happy life, but she's content with the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind are safe and happy.
But while Mike's safe, he's not happy, not by a long shot. He's living a half-life, living under the shadow of the love he lost... of the love he knows is still out there, somewhere, waiting for him to find her.
And when Mike finally has enough of surviving without living and embarks on an aimless journey to find her, El knows her days of isolation are behind her. Because the longer Mike tries to search for her, the more attention he brings to himself and the more likely he'll put himself in danger. So she leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to guide him to her, as always willing to do anything to keep him safe.
And when they reunite in the sleepy village El has learned to call home, they'll learn if they can move past the shadow of the history they share... and if they can rediscover the love that once shone brighter than the sun.
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10 Jan 2026