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He recognized her idly as a familiar face splashed across front pages and social media, though they had never really interacted before. There was never a reason to. Sure, they shared the same recording studio, but he only knew of her as a vague name and concept. People spoke of her as a natural popstar, as The One to watch, as born for this life.
And truthfully? Mike never quite understood the hype.
Not until now, at least.
💋 or, a showbiz mileven AU about invisible strings, the path to inevitability, and pink handcuffs.
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27 Apr 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 bathala
27 Apr 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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26 Apr 2026
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Neither one of them ever really questions their shared dreams, chalking it up to a combination of El’s powers and their belief that their connection to one another went beyond the physical laws of the universe.
Mike had phrased it that way once, then had laughed, saying, “Although it sounds kind of crazy when I put it like that. It’s easier to just say we’re soulmates.”
El and Mike continue to grow together, sharing dreams of the past and dreams for their future.
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- Part 3 of We're Not in Indiana Anymore
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16 Apr 2026
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After the final battle, El Hopper chooses to live, jumping into a nearby gate, certain it will take her home. Instead, she finds herself stranded in time; forced to scour realities until she can finally find her own. Her Mike. But as her patience thins and her desperation grows, what happens when she drifts too close to a version of him that isn’t hers?
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11 Apr 2026
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Mike Wheeler and Jane 'Eleven' Ives were best friends; best friends who occasionally slept with each other.
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07 Apr 2026
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It's been 15 years since Eleven disappeared after taking down the Demogorgon. Mike is 27 and a successful entrepreneur, and when he travels to Tokyo to negotiate a contract for his gaming company, he meets his interpreter--who looks exactly like Eleven, amongst other coincidences. Funny thing is, she doesn't seem to recognise Mike.
A story told in multiple POVs.
(Warning: British spelling/expression/punctuation conventions, original characters.)
[Chapter 16 and 17 added, have fun]
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28 Mar 2026
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Game night, a few years into the future.
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22 Mar 2026
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In which high school students Mike, Lucas, Max, Dustin, and Will need a new lead singer for their classic-rock garage band. They hold auditions, but only one student tries out: El, the new loner kid from Chicago. What follows? Romance, friendship, drama, Yoko-Onoing, and one hell of a start to Junior year.
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20 Mar 2026
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“Do you usually like putting your customers in awkward spots or am I just lucky?”
This Eleven smiled, almost like she knew a secret he didn’t. “Mmhm, don’t know about lucky. You’re definitely easy, though.”
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In Chicago, Mike crosses paths with a bartender that seems to know him. Unfortunately, he's having a hard time remembering her.
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20 Mar 2026
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"We'll talk to him," Eleven nuzzled the crook of his neck, having to tilt up against her toes for better reach. He was warm and everything familiar. "We'll figure it out."
It was what they did. Back then it was always the simple things; the dancing, everything that occurred beyond the realm of just kissing, the dating, jealousies and insecurities and all the emotional baggage. A lot of firsts had been shared between them, and it didn't matter if they were easy, or awkward, or hard. They always figured it out. Together.
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Old ghosts come back knocking, and growing up was never meant to be easy.
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20 Mar 2026
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Will I see you? (I got lost in foreign lands) by belby
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2025
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He could go home tomorrow and pretend this never happened. Invite Lucas and Max and Dustin over, play cards at the dining table and drink eggnog. None of them even know he's here.
But he’d look at the empty seat beside him, over and over, a tongue poking at the gap where a tooth used to be. But he’d toss and turn all night, not letting her slip from his mind in the hopes that she’d at least appear in his dreams.
But his heart pounds, insistent, as he stumbles around the town, like it knows something.
Four years ago, El vanished with the Upside Down. Now, Mike's heart pulls him to Iceland, desperate to find her.
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20 Mar 2026
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There’s that feeling again. An overwhelming feeling of rightness and belonging, simply because he is with her. Her golden-brown eyes are sparkling in the sunlight.
“Being here with you is better than anything I could’ve dreamed of,” she says.Mike and El reunite. Despite the years and the distance, some things haven't really changed at all.
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- Part 1 of We're Not in Indiana Anymore
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04 Mar 2026
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Stuck in an elevator with Mike wasn't exactly an ideal situation for El
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02 Mar 2026
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Months go by. Years go by. Everybody else remembers her only as a hero, there when they needed her.
(he shakes the core of a dying star)
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28 Feb 2026
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El learns the meaning of the word insatiable first through Hopper, and then through Mike.
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- Part 4 of Words to Love By
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27 Feb 2026
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"She'll find a way to survive. It’s what she always does."
El escapes Hawkins and travels to Iceland, building a new life for herself in the process. She just wishes she didn't have to do it alone.
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- Part 2 of His, Hers, Theirs
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22 Feb 2026
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“I’m selfish, El,” Mike blurts, his thumb rubbing circles at the small of her back. “I don’t like other guys looking at you the way I look at you.”
El’s expression softens, a look crossing over her eyes that tightens his throat. He’s relieved that she’s not put off by his selfish, possibly possessive, attitude. “I know,” she says with a light nod. “But I don’t think they look at me the way you look at me.”
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21 Feb 2026
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Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine) by writeyourheart
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Mar 2022
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Her eyes light up as she speaks somewhat slyly, like she’s saying something that she shouldn’t be. “Are you magic?”
“Magic?” Mama giggles.
“You make things float,” Rory states. “I see. Andrew, and plates.”
A firm look flashes across Mama’s face; something solemn and severe. “I’m not magic, Rory.”Mike and Eleven as parents, set in the perspective of their daughter.
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21 Feb 2026
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The Quarry isn’t much of a beach, but the Party makes it work and Mike makes some promises.
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21 Feb 2026