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In the Jar of Fireflies by Boris Pavlikovsky (Monty_Green)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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The day Mike flew back to Hawkins, the sky was a pale, empty blue.
It was a stark contrast to the concrete and asphalt of the airport parking lot. Will tried not to look at the spot on the curb Mike had occupied minutes ago. He’d stood next to El, one hand holding hers, the other clumsily hoisting his backpack over his shoulder. He’d only managed a quick wave to Will before disappearing through the automatic doors.
Will pressed his forehead against the cool glass. Seven days. Mike had been there for seven whole days.
He told himself it had just been awkward. That was all. Mike had never been good at goodbyes.
Timeline divergence following the S4 Vol. 1 airport scene. After an entire week of being ignored by Mike, Will decides to make the most of his new life in Lenora Hills. Joining the track team dulls the Mike-shaped ache in his heart, but when Mike returns that summer, a party trick brings old feelings back to the surface.
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23 Jun 2026
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It's been three years, and everyone seems to have moved on except Mike Wheeler. Stuck in the same routine, days blending together over and over. He's opted to accept his fate, but some feelings can't stay repressed forever.
As he grapples with his demons, he realizes escape is an option, leading him down a twisted road of memories past. Reliving each trauma reminds him, however, exactly why he was choosing to conform all along. If Mike can escape Vecna's curse, he just might rewrite a love story we've heard before.
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22 May 2026
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It's September 1986 and the gang have been at it for nearly six months now, desperately trying to find Vecna in the Upside Down.
On the night of Crawl #12, something finally happens: and it's not what any of them expect it to be.
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Two unlikely visitors stumble into the world of our Hawkin's heroes, shaking up their lives for a temporary period of time.
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16 Apr 2026
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The Wheeler’s lakehouse was a two-story wooden building with white siding and blue shutters on each of the little windows. It sat on the edge of a large blue-green lake, a long backyard full of tall tufted grass that ended in a wooden dock extending out over the water. Will had been to the Wheeler’s lakehouse twice as a child, once when he was eight and again when he was sixteen. Now, he was twenty-nine and pulling up to the long driveway of the house in his beaten-up Ford Escort, his stomach in nervous knots that he was trying to calm with a half-full can of ginger ale.
or, four months after one byers/wheeler couple breaks up, another gets married. and, of course, will and mike are both the best men. and, of course, there is a plot to get them back together. nothing goes to plan.
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24 Mar 2026
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Public Bookmark 375
Mystery Work
Part of gootbai miek
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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22 Mar 2026