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"Children, behave—" The radio sounded, coming through louder than whatever had been playing before. It was the first line of Tiffany's 'I Think We're Alone Now', the first thing to breach the bubble Will and Mike had constructed around themselves, ringing in Will's ears as he let his hands travel down Mike's bare stomach, lingering at the waistband of his black jeans like he was standing on the precipice of a cliff, preparing to leap.
The children weren't behaving.
OR: Will and Mike get high and have sex, but with lots of feelings and a written note of consent, because Mike is corny even when baked out of his mind like the little fruitcake he is.
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Richie liked stamps.
He was a bit of a collector, although he'd deny it if he was ever asked. A habit he'd picked up when he was little was covering his favourite objects in them; a mosaic of serrated edges and prints of painted patterns.
Stamps were sentimental to Richie, as ridiculous as he knew that sounded. He only ever put them on things he never intended to lose, like some sort of ritual ensuring he kept whatever item it was that he'd deemed to be of such great importance.
OR: It's Valentine's day, and Eddie opens his locker to a stamp-covered love letter, signed by an anonymous secret admirer.
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when i see my reflection (i see someone else) by todayisdeadinside
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
12 Feb 2026
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NOTE: I am currently working on revising and reworking this fic. I have a good bit of it written that hasn't been posted here, because I want to do a lot of revisions to better focus my theme. For now, I won't be taking this fic down or posting updates; instead I'll be posting the entire edited, reworked version when it's done.
Eddie Kaspbrak ran away from his abusive father Lonnie at age twelve, catching a series of buses from Derry, Maine to Hawkins, Indiana. The day after he found safety at the Byers house, his newly-introduced half brother Will went missing.
Mike and Richie Wheeler are twins, identical in looks, but polar opposite in personality. Despite insisting that he hated Mike and all of his nerdy friends, Richie still tagged along when the party went searching for Will in the woods, finding far more than they bargained for.
OR: Another ST x IT crossover nobody asked for. Set in Hawkins, third person follows Byler and Reddie, and the plot is heavily rewritten.
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can you keep a secret without telling a lie? by todayisdeadinside
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Feb 2026
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Mike's mind had been made up the second Will had put a hand to his handlebar.
"Shit…" Mike cursed as he kicked up the kickstand of his bike, mounting it and rolling out of the garage. He pointedly ignored the crash of the rain on his head and shoulders, how the cold seeped through his raincoat instantly, permeating his skin and sinking into his bones before he'd even hit the street.
This wasn't a normal summer storm. It was too cold, too heavy.
OR: An alternate ending to the S3 rain fight scene.
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Charlie Calvin's life changed forever the night his father became Santa Claus, but even Charlie didn't know how much it would keep changing.
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05 Jul 2026
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The best Charlie/Bernard fic out there, genuinely. This is my benchmark for anything in this fandom I ever aspire to write.
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with the light rushing in by moichi
Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
22 Feb 2026
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The room is not big, but it's not small either. It doesn't look much like an office except for the crammed in desks and typewriters. The floor is wood, stained dark. Light streams in through a barely-open window, lending all of the brown a forgiving sheen of gold. The rain must have stopped.
Several of the desks are overfilled with knick-knacks and books, definitely not in a suitable state to work at. Behind one of these, a man sits with his feet on top of the table and its contents, ankles crossed. If Eddie had to make a guess he'd say he's around Eddie's own age. White, with dark hair. He's wearing glasses.
Bingo. This is his man.
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August, 1958. Eddie Kaspbrak gets a new job.
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Louis receives a secret admiration letter and punches his locker because he thinks he is being pranked.
Based on a real love story.
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04 May 2026
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The fic one of my friends wrote about two of my other friends in the Larry Stylinson server I run.
Bookmarking because it's iconic behavior all around.
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Take My Hand (Take My Whole Life Too) by DarkShadows_EvilMind
Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Sep 2022
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It/Stranger Things AU. Richie and Mike meet at a comedy club bar where Richie is trying to drink away the memory of his friends who've died and where Mike is hiding from an abusive boyfriend and a heartbroken past.
Being blind drunk doesn't help, but Richie can't quite figure out why the person sitting two seats down from him is the spitting image of himself at eighteen—or why he feels so compelled to talk to him. It's probably the nasty bruise on his cheek... Meanwhile, Mike is looking for a place to lay low after running away from the man who had turned his body into a canvas of bruises and scars. He knows he shouldn't—that it's stupid and reckless and he'll just get hurt worse—but he can't help falling for the comedian with the bright blue eyes and charming laugh. Something about Richie just makes him feel...safe. All he wants is to feel safe.
We've got angst, we've got fluff, we've got idiots in love. We've also got Richie struggling to flirt and that's gotta be a win in someone's book.
Please Regard the Tags which are subject to change. Also, if you're intimidated by the length of this monster, there's an ending in Chapter 31.
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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04 Mar 2026
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THE power outage fic. I'd be remiss to not bookmark it.