14 Bookmarks by tinalforque
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When Mike and El break up at the end of the summer before leaving for separate colleges, it’s Mike’s idea. He doesn’t want to hold her back with long distance. He wants her to experience college freely, even if it means letting her go.
Unfortunately, nobody warned him that watching his ex thrive on Instagram while pretending not to stalk her profile would be its own special kind of torture.
Now Mike’s finding increasingly pathetic excuses to text her every time she posts, and El (much to his frustration and relief) always texts him back.
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14 Jul 2026
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Operation You | Mileven AU by yasl_mileven
Fandoms: mileven - Fandom, Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jul 2026
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The pages to my life story all consist of you and losing you tore a big piece of my life into shreds that will forever be unfixable unless you come back to me.
In which Mike Wheeler stumbled into an alternative universe, where El was not his and he refused to accept that reality. His story began with venturing a whole new universe, rediscovering El in a different light where there was no suffering, pain and sadness glooming her, all the while his life mission was to bring her back into his life as the only ending he intended to write.
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14 Jul 2026
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Eight years have passed since El disappeared, but Mike never recovered. Living as a writer, he is still stuck in the past, isolating himself and seeking comfort in alcohol. Far from Hawkins, El carries secrets, guilt, and the hope that there’s still a place for her.
Or Mike never forgot Eleven, and she's desperately trying to get back to him.
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29 Jun 2026
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Starting a new job was never supposed to feel like this.
El Hopper navigates her new job at an independent New York magazine, carrying a past she rarely names and a profession built on observation. A chance encounter in the lobby introduces her to Mike Wheeler, a writer who feels unexpectedly familiar. Sometimes connection happens quietly, in pauses that linger too long.
Modern Mileven AU.
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20 Jun 2026
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mike wheeler is a struggling, stoner musician who barely scrapes by and spends most of his money on cigarettes and weed to keep himself sane.
el hopper is a famous actress and a star of hollywood blockbusters, but is haunted by the demons of the industry and her face everywhere.
a drunken encounter on a cold night in hawkins while mike goes to get gas for his car after a six hour drive turns their world upside down.Bookmarked by tinalforque
20 Jun 2026
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In November 1997, a purple book with a familiar title and an even more recognizable author’s name drops on El’s head (or rather, almost knocks her out) as she’s hunting for reads in Iceland’s largest library.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Mike receives a suspicious fan e-mail.
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17 Jun 2026
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Mike Wheeler wasn't going to spend his life accepting El's choice to sacrifice herself, not when he could do something about it. But like all things in the lives of these two, nothing would ever be simple. She had faked her death to free him, he had joined the military to free her. But when Mike almost dies in the pursuit to bring her a better life, he finds himself being brought to Iceland by a certain young woman's demand.
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16 Jun 2026
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Mike Wheeler and Eleanor Hopper in an alternate universe.
Eleanor Hopper is a 10th grade girl who tries to live a normal life hiding the powers she was born with. Mike Wheeler has been drawn to her since the day he laid eyes on her.
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15 Jun 2026
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Sixteen Years have past since Eleven disappeared from Mike's life. Now in his early thirties, Mike navigates his life living in New York City as a successful author.
El travels to the bustling city to visit a friend she met in Iceland. It's only a two week trip but also a test for herself. Was it safe to be back?
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The Mage and The Storyteller by FangirlingStrangerThings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jun 2026
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Because to me, their story is not over. The Storyteller has one beautiful story he needs to write and his Mage to find.
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30 Apr 2026
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I’ll be your morning-bright, good-night shadow machine by thiccpecans
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Mar 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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30 Apr 2026
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and through death, i discovered life by arcadesintheneighbourhood
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jul 2026
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As she turns her head to greet Mike, her sincere smile topples faster than a Jenga tower after the yank of the last block.
Mike’s throat shuts itself off from his lips as his eyes meet hers.
Because thirteen years later, El still has the most gorgeous pair of doe eyes Mike has ever encountered, and she’s caressing his new coworker right in front of him.
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Thirteen years after the season 5 finale, Mike and El's life paths have diverged.
El lives with her long-term partner in the UK, working as a producer for a popular children's radio show and forging her own path with a new community.
Mike finds meaning as a palliative care nurse, trading his long time home in Chicago for the stunning scenery of Kent, England.
So what happens when a chance encounter at Mike's work picnic draws Mike and El back together? And what happens when Mike delivers some life-changing news about an important person from El's past, one that has her questioning her current life and relationships?
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30 Apr 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)
07 Jul 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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30 Apr 2026
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Mike prides himself on being the number one student in the junior class - that is, until a new girl comes to town. Luckily, he has his friends Dustin and Lucas to distract him from his failures.
Public high school is a breeze for El, whose adoptive father, Jim Hopper, sacrificed everything to raise her and her sister, Kali. But what's the point of being successful when she's so lonely?
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Or, the 2010s academic rivals-to-friends-to-lovers AU.
Title from: Hold Me Like a Grudge by Fall Out Boy
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30 Apr 2026