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Summer of ‘85 by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB), OptimisticPLB
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Beth had this bad habit of wanting to save every sad stray that came her way. So when she found out that the once King of Hawkins High was now a dorky man in a sailor suit who didn't know who he was, she couldn't help herself but to take him under her wing and show him that you have to love yourself before you can find true happiness.
*As of December 3, 2025 this story has been rewritten and edited.*
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- Part 1 of Surviving Hawkins
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The Crown Didn’t Survive ‘83 by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Elizabeth Carter was Hawkins High’s golden girl, until the Fall of ’83, when her perfect life collapsed in one week: failed cheer tryouts, a brutal breakup, and a fast drop from popular to invisible. With her crown shattered and her confidence gone, Elizabeth unexpectedly falls into the orbit of Eddie Munson, the school’s loudest, proudest freak.
Eddie doesn’t want the polished version of her. He wants the real one. With his chaotic friendship and a list of rebellious ‘firsts,’ Elizabeth starts breaking the rules she lived by and discovering who she actually is, without the glitter, the pressure, or the crown.
But choosing the freaks over the populars comes with consequences. And Elizabeth must decide whether she’s brave enough to stay broken, honest, and free… even if it means letting her old world burn behind her.
Because in ‘83, the crown didn’t survive.
But Beth did.
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*Prequel to Summer of ‘85. This is not a love story. It’s the story of Eddie and Beth’s friendship. You don’t need to read Summer of ‘85 to understand the story.*
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- Part 2 of Surviving Hawkins
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,071
- Chapters:
- 1/8
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Dirty Hands by IsolatedPLB (OptimisticPLB)
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
28 Jan 2024
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Levi knew his hands were dirty.
He knew they were cold and dangerous. They were rough and brutal. They were filthy and covered in blood that would forever stain them. He knew there was no way they would ever be clean again.
But her hands…
Her hands, they were warm and comforting. They were soft and gentle. They were kind and clean.
While his hands were meant to hurt and kill, her hands were meant to heal and give life.
Levi would do anything to make sure her hands stayed clean. But it was hard to do when Erwin was the one washing her hands with blood and convincing her they were still spotless and pure.
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Surviving Hawkins by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB), OptimisticPLB
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Hawkins, Indiana wasn't a place where bad things happened. It was a quaint little town where everyone knew everyone; where secrets were an oddity, and the probability of them staying secret even rarer.
That's not to say there aren't the few exceptions. One of which being the giant, undercover, government operation experimenting on kids, and opening portals to other dimensions; the absurdity of the situation playing to its advantage.
The whole spiel would have stayed a secret too, had the program not let lose a monster from another world that took Halley Byer's younger brother. But, since it had, Halley would do anything to get him back. Even if she had to tear the whole things to shreds. Piece, by goddamn piece.
Season 1: complete
Season 2: complete
Season 3: in progress
Season 4: coming soon*All Rights Reserved*
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"You didn't tell me your sister was hot, Henderson."
"And he didn't tell me that he was friends with a murderer."
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In which Dustin's estranger sister gets shipped back to her mother's for the year and turns out to be much, much useful that anyone would've thought.
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“Hustle, you little shithead! I’ve got a—,” Penelope opened the door and found a boy about her age on the doorstep. His balled-up fist raised in the air as if about to knock again. “—date.”
His brown eyes scanned her from top to bottom, forehead scrunching in confusion. His hand slowly dropped to his side. “Henderson?” he asked, puzzled.
“Yes?” she answered.
“Where’s Henderson?”“Right here,” Penelope said as she pointed at herself.
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When a family emergency calls Dustin Henderson and his mother away from Hawkins they enlist the help of their cousin Penelope to house and pet-sit for them.
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Jessica Clarke seems to have it all.
Steve Harrington seems to have lost his way.Their paths have crossed before, but this time, something is different.
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Mallory Henderson had always felt like there was some secret to life that everyone knew but her. It felt like everyone around her was in on something that she couldn't quite crack, even her little brother. The last thing she had expected was that this secret was an alternate dimension filled with terrifying creatures that had somehow infiltrated her small town. Mallory is now forced to put her college applications on the back burner and help her younger brother and his friends fight this evil, all while trying to keep her cool in front of her childhood crush.
Begins in Season 2.
*I DO NOT OWN STRANGER THINGS OR THEIR CHARACTERS. ALL RIGHTS TO NETFLIX AND THE DUFFER BROTHERS*