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A paladin escorting his party north discovers an escaped mage hiding in the woods after violently tearing herself free from the cult that imprisoned her for years.
Starved, traumatized, and carrying terrifying power in her veins, Eleven is exactly the kind of magic Mike was raised to destroy.
Instead, after he insists his party take her in, the road stretches onward and her existence slowly dismantles everything he was taught about magic, corruption, and faith. Somewhere between shared campfires, whispered prayers, and the quiet terror of learning to trust each other, Mike finds himself falling for the very thing his order would condemn.
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searching for something, there you were by upside_meg
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Apr 2026
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After Dart escapes the AV room, Max reluctantly helps the party search for him, still annoyed at being shut out from their talk. However, instead of finding the little monster, Max finds something entirely different. A girl.
She wasn't what Max was looking for, but leaving her suddenly feels impossible.
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What if El had found Max in the gym first instead of Mike?
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Mike doesn’t need much out of life. A job that pays the bills. A place to come home to. Most importantly, El safe and within reach.
That’s it.
So when he has to leave for a week to help his family move out of his childhood home, he tries not to think about it too much. They’ve never been good at being apart... but it’s only seven days.
Until she suddenly stops answering the phone. The longer the silence stretches, the more certain he becomes that something is wrong. By the time he gets home, he’s already bracing for the worst.
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there's a world outside your darkened door by upside_meg
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Apr 2026
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Mike plans the post-grad road trip in secret—maps, routes, marking places he thinks El will like. But once they leave, none of it really matters.
They don’t rush, because for once, they don’t need to. For the first time in her life, El gets to stop, breathe, and see everything she’s been missing.
And Mike? He’d drive forever just to see her smile.
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He loved her at twelve. He loves her at twenty. It was never just a crush.
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Mike has loved his sister Nancy’s best friend, El, since he was a kid. What started as a boyhood crush grew up with him. Despite what everyone said, some feelings don’t fade, they just mature. She was always written into his future.
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“Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you.”
-The Last UnicornMike goes away to college. El goes with him. Within a year she gains a new set of grandparents, a pet, a job, and enforces party rules.
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- Part 1 of For the Unknown
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12 Dec 2025
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Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.
-Die HardMike ends up in the hospital, El has to face her insecurities, and they turn the corner with Mike's parents. Takes places after For Laughs, For Luck, For the Unknown.
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- Part 2 of For the Unknown
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12 Dec 2025
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"The Wheelers had lost their collective temper, Hopper had been visibly unhappy but ultimately supportive, and all of their friends had openly questioned Mike's sanity until he'd lost his temper."
- For Laughs, For Luck, For the Unknown, artemisraeMike and El get married, and no one thinks it's a good idea. They do it anyways.
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- Part 3 of For the Unknown
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15 Dec 2025
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I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
- I Got a Name, Jim CroceMike Wheeler engages in a timeless rite of passage: a beer with his father.
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- Part 4 of For the Unknown
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15 Dec 2025
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I would like to reach out my hand
I may see you, I may tell you to run
(on my way, on my way)
You know what they say about the young(Send Me on My Way - Rusted Root)
El does what she always does when she's overwhelmed - she runs. Max needs a break, and Jonathan's just trying his best.
(Or: How the Wheeler siblings learn to be okay with their loves moving away.)
Bookmarked by upside_meg
17 Jan 2026