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Eleanor Jane Ballard had a hard start to life, but she barely remembers the lab now. It was a distant nightmare that only frustrated her every few months with recurring nightmares. Since the night Mr. Ballard, Henry, or One, as she learned, revealed himself to be her father and got them away from the Doctor’s, Papa, Lab life had greatly improved.
She started school, became friends with the party, and finally got to practice her powers without the danger of punishment if she failed to complete a task. Dad, Henry, had gotten a job at RadioShack, moved them into a nice house on Cherry Lane, and had gotten a pet spider named Dee.
Everything was perfect until November 6, 1983.
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Season 1 of Stranger Things, but 11 and Henry escaped the Lab a year before the massacre, and things went very differently.Series
- Part 1 of We’ve Seen Stranger Things (Probably)
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A Chemical Reaction Called Love (Steve Harrington x Fem!Reader) by Lilpipsqueak
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Nov 2025
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Being the daughter of Hawkins Middle School Science teacher, Scott Clarke, has its perks, constantly having to explain things to 'King' Steve Harrington wasn't necessarily one of them but it was something you had gotten used to, he might not be the brightest guy but at least he tried, and you appreciated that. You had big plans for the future, but they might be forced to change thanks to a phone call...
This fanfic will start from Season 1 of Stranger Things, so all the respective rights go to the Duffer Brothers and other writers, but the character of Y/n, as well as the non-canon storyline change rights, goes to me.
Also English isn't my first language so feel free to let me know if I ever make a spelling or grammar mistake.
-Sensitive topics might be brought up so reader discretion is advised
-Obviously Stranger Things spoilers
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A Chemical Reaction Called Love (Steve Harrington x Masc!Reader) by Lilpipsqueak
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Nov 2025
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Being the son of Hawkins Middle School Science teacher, Scott Clarke, has its perks, constantly having to explain things to 'King' Steve Harrington wasn't necessarily one of them but it was something you had gotten used to, he might not be the brightest guy but at least he tried, and you appreciated that. You had big plans for the future, but they might be forced to change thanks to a phone call...
This fanfic will start from Season 1 of Stranger Things, so all the respective rights go to the Duffer Brothers and other writers, but the character of Y/n, as well as the non-canon storyline change rights, goes to me.
Also English isn't my first language so feel free to let me know if I ever make a spelling or grammar mistake.
-Sensitive topics might be brought up so reader discretion is advised
-Obviously Stranger Things spoilers
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Lisa Henderson didn't like Steve Harrington. Not at all.
They were best friends as kids and now they didn't talk, and Lisa was content in forgetting about his existence. That was until he started dating her best friend, Nancy Wheeler. Trying to adapt to his unwelcome return into her life, as well as trying to stay out of whatever her brother Dustin and his friends were secretly up to was no easy feat, especially when literal monsters were thrown into the mix.
Lisa Henderson didn't like Steve Harrington, but she also couldn't seem to get rid of him.
She'd soon come to realise that maybe, just maybe, he wasn't actually the worst thing in the world.
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When a young boy disappears in the night without a trace and a search is conducted, the events that unfold are not what the residence of Hawkins would have expected, as strange occurrences follow soon after.
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- Part 1 of Can I Get A Witness?
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Jonathan Byers has always known what he is — a freak. Hawkins High made sure he never forgot it. Between a missing brother, a mother unraveling, and the weight of keeping his family from collapsing, Jonathan doesn’t have time to think about himself, much less the way his eyes linger on Steve Harrington.
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Will Byers had always been lonely.
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What was going through Will's mind while he was in the Upside Down.
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His hand burst from the ground first.
Then dirty nails like claws, and scratched up scabby elbows clambering blindly from the soggy soil - breathless, ragged gasps heaving over, sinking into and swallowing whole the soft stillness of the lingering twilight.
Disturbed birds fluttered, fleeting, from the tallest branches of surrounding trees as he ripped through the slimy placenta that cloaked over him thickly like curdled oil, sticky and pulling back at him as he dragged himself bodily out onto the forest floor.
His hair, long and wispy down the back of his neck from overgrowth and isolation, dripped with caustic bloody ooze. He couldn’t find it in himself to care. The taste of normal air, its crisp caress across his face like a cool balm and a welcome home was enough to make him cry.
Fuck that. He couldn't stop crying.
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Steve goes missing instead of Will.
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En Hawkins, Indiana. tienes apenas quince años y ya eres la segunda madre de tu hermano, Dustin, la confidente de tu madre y una experta en pasar desapercibida en la preparatoria.
Has renunciado a ser una adolescente más y has decidido cargar el peso de tu casa en tus hombros, tu único refugio es la cómoda amistad de Jonathan Byers. Pero en otoño de 1983, la desaparición de Will Byers rompe la paz del pueblo, mientras tu hermano vive una aventura que no puedes comprender, Nancy wheeler te lleva a una fiesta en casa de Steve Harrington que te mete en problemas y un monstruo de connotaciones mitológicas amenaza con derrumbar todo lo que te has empeñado en sostener.
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- Part 1 of Holding Out for a Hero
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“Will, what’s wrong? You’re pale.” - He raised an eyebrow.
The brunette hugged himself. - “He’s late.”
Mike hummed. - “Maybe he got stuck in traffic?”
“It’s been an hour.”
“Maybe he forgot.” - Will huffed, giving his friend a disbelieving look. - “What? My dad forgot to pick me up from elementary at least five times.”
“No way. Not Jonathan.” - Will’s leg kept bouncing. - “I’m worried.”
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Or, a role reversal where the kids and teens switch places.
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- Part 1 of Stranger Things Role Reversal AU
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“Adrenaline rushing throughout his lean body. Eleven gazed up at Mike, the tension getting hotter by the second”
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The Horror Lays Within Its Teeth by miss_little_kitten
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Oct 2025
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Steve Harrington just saw a real life monster okay? Monsters are supposed to be people, but he just stared one down and slammed it with a baseball bat. He’s not doing too hot.
Whumptober day 8 dissociation
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- Part 82 of Stranger Things One Shots
- Part 8 of Whumptober 2025
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After Will comes home Mike still feels lost, still feels like Will is missing. Nancy finds him by the quarry and they sit a spell, just like when they were younger.
Aka: the Wheeler siblings need to bond more
Whumptober day 7: pushed beyond a breaking point
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- Part 81 of Stranger Things One Shots
- Part 7 of Whumptober 2025
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When a Hawkins High student stumbles across Will Byers’ abandoned bike — and something far worse hiding in the woods — her quiet life starts to unravel. Between tutoring Steve Harrington, dodging grounded weekends, and a creature no one believes exists, she’s pulled into the mystery consuming Hawkins.
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they'd find us in a week (we lay here for years or for hours) by MaybeASkeleton
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Oct 2025
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Will Byers' body was found at the bottom of Sattler Quarry on November 9th, 1983 after being missing for nearly a week—Mike Wheeler’s body was found November 12th, 1983.
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Kat Byers only wanted one night to breathe. One night without responsibilities, without babysitting, without pretending everything was fine.
Then Will disappeared, and everything cracked.
Now the world's upside down, her head's still pounding from cheap beer, and no one seems to have any answers.
Set during Stranger Things Season 1, this is a retelling through the eyes of the oldest Byers sibling. Kat has a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and is one step from burning Hawkins to the ground. This story is about grief, guilt, found family, and the girl standing at the center in combat boots, clove cigarette in hand, and no idea how to stop holding it all together. To make matters worse, she keeps getting dragged into Steve Harrington's orbit, igniting the slowest possible burn between two people pretending they don't care.
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Threads of Fate and The Veil's Whisper by SAD_ALUCARD_23
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Eddie Munson - Fandom
12 Oct 2025
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After moving to Hawkins Indiana, Milo Atherton meets the town freak, Eddie Munson. The two of them become almost inseparable, and romantic feelings secretly begin to arise. They struggle with the choice of confessing their feelings, and moreover what it would mean for each of them in this tiny conservative town.
On top of the dilemma of their love lives, Milo is plagued with bizarre dreams, and nightmares. Suddenly in November of 1983, Will Byers goes missing, and Milo is certain his dreams have been a warning all along. He teams up with Eddie to find Will, and together they must unravel the mystery behind Milo’s dreams.Please note the story starts with a flashforward prologue.
This is my first fan fiction, so I hope you enjoy it!
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Steve grapples with guilt for the first time
(title is from an incubus song)
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- English
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- 450
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"I just wanted to say thanks," Aria said.
"For what?" Archer asked, arching a brow.
"For saving me back there," Aria said.
"I couldn't just sit back and watch my little brother's best friend get herself killed," Archer said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Is that your way of flirting?" Aria asked.
"Me? Flirt with Miss Perfect? Don't make me laugh, Princess," Archer said, with a blush starting to form.
Aria shakes her head, trying her best not to giggle as she kisses his cheek, causing Archer to go bright red. "You may act like a bad boy, but you're a pretty shit liar, Archer Byers."
In which Archer Byers, the adopted son of Joyce finds himself falling for Miss Perfect Arabella Newby while trying to stop the end of the world.
Season 1: in progress
Season 2: coming soon
Season 3: coming soon
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Eleven has escaped Hawkins Lab and Dr. Brenner reckons with the admittance that the powerful little girl's departure makes him feel not quite whole anymore, while working to turn the town upside down to search for her and get her back in his clutches for good.