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    “And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”

    Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”

    What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?

    “Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”

    The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.

    “Maybe something here wanted you back.”

    Or, a fix-it fic modern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .

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    At the very top, in the attic rooms, a silhouette can be made out through the translucent curtains.

    All night Wylan's been keyed up, unable to sit still or focus. But the sight of his old friend, exactly where he’s meant to be, gives him a sense of clarity he hasn’t felt since he heard the news of his father’s release.

    This is where he wants to be. The only place he can fathom being.

    OR: wylan's father is released from prison a few weeks early. although they've been politically opposed as of late, he seeks out kaz for something approaching comfort.

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    She leans into the pain, gasping, till it centers her, till her mind clears, till the ghosts of her childhood - as brief and tempestuous as it was - are shuttered away.

    Still though, their words echo dimly in the far corners of her mind. This is what happens when you get close to people, they say. This is what happens when you let your guard down.

    She shudders, pushes off of the wall. The thermos tumbles from its perch and falls the long way to the ground, banging tinnily against a rock or a tree root or something. Ellie curses and wipes her hair out of her eyes, leans over to see where it landed-

    -and freezes, her breath suddenly cold in her chest.

    At the edge of the woods, cloaked in the sage lace dripping from the boughs of the sheltering cottonwoods, something is watching her, its eyes gleaming luridly in the electric light of the coming storm.

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    There is something in the woods outside of Jackson.

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    for the prompt "non-human whumper"

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    On July 19th, 2017, you drive to Louisiana with nothing but a suspicious email and revived hopes of bringing your missing fiancé home. But upon your arrival nothing feels right, between the ominous town of Dulvey, the dilapidated mansion you were summoned to, and the hardheaded stranger who insists on breaking and entering.

    Cue the longest summer of your life.

    (Alternatively: The AU where Ethan goes to the police first and chaos still ensues.)

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    Joel sighs, runs his hand wearily over his face. “Baby,” he says, and despite herself, Ellie feels her shoulders relax at the nickname. “This - it’s a threat against all of us. It’s not something we can let lie.”

    “I’m not telling you to just let it lie,” Ellie retorts. “Just- why does it have to be you?”

    Joel looks away, shifts on his feet. “Ellie,” he says, and the timbre of his voice rakes a claw down her spine. “You know why.”

    She does, and that’s the thing- she’s not sure she’s worth it, this kind of love that goes blind with rage in the face of threats, the kind of love that drives people out of their homes and into the night and away from their families. The kind of love that demands sacrifice. It sits uneasily beneath her skin, like an electric current.

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    Jackson is threatened - and Ellie steps up.

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    18 Jun 2024