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The woman’s eyes widened, and her hand reached out, not quite touching Rumi, but close. “Not that you’re not beautiful, because wow, you-” She stopped, a look of realisation crossed her face “-I mean, no, wait, no, you are beautiful, but I wasn’t hitting on you, I have a girlfriend-”
Rumi ignored her chest squeezing.
“-A stunning girlfriend, Mira. I mentioned her, right? My girlfriend Mira-” The woman stopped abruptly and lowered her head down into her arms. “Jeez, Zoey, stop rambling at the deaf woman.” It was muffled, but Rumi heard it.
Silenced by grief, Rumi’s world is transformed when she crosses paths with Mira and Zoey, who guide her toward a voice she thought was lost forever.
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Mira with Zoey holding her arm in a death grip: Hey, my girlfriend saw you from across the record shop, and we really dig your vibe. Can we buy you a vinyl?
Rumi, with selective mutism: 👁️👄👁️- Language:
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16 Feb 2026
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Something's Going On With Robin... by HerSweetMockingMouth
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Mar 2026
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Nancy can't stop watching Robin: the way she talks, laughs, fidgets, loves. But, more and more, how sad she was too. Nancy’s not sure why she cares so damn much about finally understanding this girl —or about seeing her happy— but she’s accepted the goal all the same. And Nancy was nothing if not goal-oriented.
Robin knows she shouldn’t think this way. That she should “count her blessings”, and “love herself”, and rah-rah-rah. I mean, yes, so much of her life is beautiful, and she knows that! But Hawkins, for all its eldritch horrors, has a way of making her feel like she’s the one that people would call a monster. And after all this time… well, words begin to stick.
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AKA: Robin deals with being gay in the 80s, and Nancy learns that being a hero means more than just killing monsters.
Featuring: curious eyes, a loss of hope, surprising allies, an Indianapolis gay club, summer heat waves (in more ways than one), a rewritten season five, and the origin story of a life-changing love.
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02 Feb 2026
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The Knight, the Zoomer and the 11th Angel - A Lumax Story by girl_with_the_braids
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2026
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Multi-chapter ST5 Pre-epilogue and eventual Post-epilogue. Lumax centered fic picking up right after El’s sacrifice. This story follows Max and Lucas on their journey through grief, love, heartache, physical therapy, coming-of-age and more!
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22 Jan 2026
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The war is over. Henry is a memory, and Hawkins is rebuilding over the cracks of the Earth. But for Max, the silence is the loudest thing in the room.
Eleven is gone—vanished into the fray of the final battle—and the Party is left with a hole that no amount of time can fill. While the others look for answers, Max is just trying to look at the sun without seeing red. Supported by Lucas, who has become her steady hand and her quiet North Star, she begins the 18-month crawl toward graduation. It’s a journey of relearning how to walk, how to breathe, and how to love a life that feels like it was stolen.
Just as they finally learn to let go—just as the grief starts to feel like a scar instead of an open wound—the universe decides to speak back. Because in Hawkins, "gone" doesn't always mean "forever."
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The eighteen months between Vecna’s death and the party’s graduation day.
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20 Jan 2026
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Robin learns Nancy’s happiness by the sounds she makes, and those tiny, everyday moans and sighs become a private language that hits Robin in the body before it reaches her thoughts.
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18 Jan 2026