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𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨
Disclaimer (controversial) - I have not watched the show and have no real intention to, I just like reading the fics, do what you will with that
𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣
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Stranger Things Fic Recs
This is a list of incredible Stranger Things fanfics I have read either on Tumblr or Ao3 the majority of which are character x reader/oc.
📝 Ongoing/Unfinished
Emma’s Epic Bday Multi-Fandom Rec List: Stranger Things Edition
(yes, there will be many parts because oh my god I read waaaay too much fic)
Since it was my birthday recently (and around the 1-year anniversary of when I started actually using Tumblr again after a years-long break) I figured it was only fitting to do a giant master list of all of the amazing fanfics that I have read (and reread) in the past year.
I do my best to reblog as much as possible but sometimes with work and life I miss it so this is my attempt to make up for that and give all of the amazing creators on here the credit they deserve. Thank you all so much for sharing all of your work with us. This year has been a long and difficult one for me, especially mental health wise, and being able to escape into these stories has been so valuable and important to me.
If you read anything on here that you like, please reblog and/or comment on these fics to show the creators some love!
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: While not everything listed here will include smut, many of these authors have 18+ blogs. Please, please, please respect their boundaries and DO NOT INTERACT WITH THEM/THEIR CONTENT IF YOU ARE A MINOR.
Stories marked with ❤️🔥 contain NSFW content
Okay I'm definitely doing to be late with my Drabble but I wanted to do a birthday rec for the fantastic @legitcookie !!!!!! Jens fics Are alll amazing awesome and my faves but I wanna highlight one of the best!!!!
So everyone as a special birthday gift please go read and leave juicy delicious comments on Tea for Three
If you're a Wayne lover this is one of the best Wayne fics and it has great steddie kids and Wayne interactions plus all of the fluff a guy could ask for. It's amazing and so is Jen so show her and the fic some love!!!!
07/28/2023
Stranger Things
things to come by birthdaycandles
After the events of Season four, Steve struggles with opening up in the event of Eddie and Max’s hospitalization. Surprised me with how much the author did not focus on the romance portion and the dynamics between Steve and adults! Also was incredibly funny at points, which was a welcome brevity from it ripping my heart out.
The Fruity Four Beat 1983 To Death With A Nail Bat by TheKidReadingInTheCorner
Steve, Robin, Nancy and Eddie are sent back to 1983 and proceed to be hypercompetent. Featuring a very cute El, hilarity, and more Barb and Chrissy than I’ve seen in any time travel fic for this fandom yet!
don't imagine you're too familiar by asclepia
After the events of Season 4, Steve is way too focused on Eddie and Max’s recent hospitalization to worry about himself. Love how it portrays the relationship between Steve and adults!
Steve Harrington's Unwilling Time Loop Saga by badpancake
“A series following Steve Harrington as he unknowingly, unwillingly, loops time to save the ones he loves (and maybe realises that he can ask for help, is deserving of love, before, after, and during).” Heartfelt, beautiful writing and by far one of my favorite fics ever. First can be read as a stand-alone but I recommend the whole series.
Kitchen Witch by Carerra_os
Note: Restricted to only AO3 users.
Steve Harrington is pretty sure he doesn’t have magic. However, after an incident with one Billy Hargrove involving cookies and a love potion, people start questioning if Steve’s cooking is really as magic as Dustin keeps claiming it is. A soft and warm story, with a cute twist.
STEVE’S FIRST BRUISE by cairparavels
Spider-Man Steve AU with Steve and Eddie as roommates!! I love Spider-Man so I was super excited when I found this. That, and the “LUSH bath bombs, that’s actually a plot point” tags were too intriguing not to want more. Oh, and was there more. Poetic, long and glorious. To those that enjoyed, I’d recommend the song “I and Love and You” by the Avett Brothers, as it carried the same vibes as the fic.
FNAF
but when i wake up, i see, you with me. by kryswrites
Incredibly cathartic, heartrending fic about Michael Afton meeting his siblings in the afterlife after FNAF6.
Three times Charlie met Michael without him knowing, and the one time he did. by BuckyTheDragon
What it says on the tin. Charlie from the FNAF bookverse and Michael from the games (kind of) meet, and eventually talk. I especially adored the end note.
Slide Into Fun!!! by DeadPuppetBoi
Afton Children go to the Pizzaplex, but a nightmarish version. This particular oneshot focuses on their adventure with Sun and Moon, and oh boy is it horrifying. Not going to spoil it but if you liked the books, or even the horror aspect of FNAF, this is a good one to try! Don’t let the chapter count fool you though- It’s long, and it’ll leave a lasting impression.
You Won’t Die by PrinceJakeFireCake
In which Michael very literally cannot die. A hilarious series that covers everything from birth to the Pizzaplex’s happenstance. One of my personal favorites, and one I highly recommend.
William D’Afton: A Less Terrible Father (Than His Contemporaries) by PrinceJakeFireCake
A young William is visited by Gregory, who warns him about his ultimate fate in an effort to change his ways. Unfortunately, that plan goes awry when it’s revealed that this William has no clue about the child murder. Interesting and funny take on the ghost of future mistakes idea for FNAF!
Supernatural
Worthless!verse by glassedplanets
This is a popular fic in fandom so people who see this post will probably already know it, but. I’ll put it out there anyway. Dean works as a tattoo artist, Castiel is a linguistics teacher. They meet and fall in love- That’s the easiest and hardest part, all in one.
✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩
ATLA
Divergence of Destiny by Fernandidilly_yo
This is his life now, here on this ship, serving tea with Uncle and the crew. Traveling the world and staying far, far away from the ongoing war.
The Jasmine Dragon is Zuko's home.
Meeting the Avatar does not change that.
It changes absolutely nothing.
(Until, inevitably, it does.)
Tea and Cakes by ghosteyes
Zuko is having trouble pretending he doesn't has a problem with food and through a series of field trips with friends, the gaang starts to pick up on that as well.
Wishful Thinking by mindbending
Right after Boiling Rock, Zuko found Sokka sprawled in his tent with a bouquet of red roses, and a ring of romantic candles, and one final rose set between his teeth. With the littlest twinge of envy, Zuko realized the entire display was for Suki.
The point is Sokka's flirting is about as subtle as a buffalo yak. To miss it, you’d have to be a complete and utter airhead.
Stranger Things
Down in a Dead Man's Town by holyfudgemonkeys (erraticallyinspired)
When Steve nearly runs over Will Byers on that fateful night in 1983, he doesn’t expect offering him a ride home would result in both of them being hunted into another dimension. Surviving there is hard. Adapting to normal life again is even harder. His old self settles like an ill-fitting suit, and there’s no room for nightmares and fear and his new bond with Will in it. As he struggles to find a new normal he can live with, Steve finds himself befriending a bunch of kids and maybe (definitely) falling in love with a local weed dealer.
BNHA
Overcome by redrobin1989
When Izuku accepted All Might's quirk, he never expected to feel this helpless again. Sitting in on the interrogation of a serial killer, he realizes that the past can't always be left behind. Sometimes it comes back and brings with it a body count.
One can either overcome the problem or yourself be overcome.
DC (Batfamily)
Conference Room 2B by motleyfam
And okay, fine, Tim can admit it: his parents paying off a school official to circumvent social services just to see him was sketchy at best—probably illegal at worst. They really shouldn’t have done it. Bruce and Alfred would be furious to find out that they had. Not to mention Jason, who would go absolutely apeshit.
But–
But it was also just really fucking sweet of them.
Tim hasn’t felt this loved, this cherished, this fought for and desired by his parents in years.
Doesn’t he at least owe it to them to hear them out?
(Three months into Tim’s foster placement with the Waynes, Jack and Janet Drake decide they want back into their son’s life.)
Another Mirror by byrambles
It’s over remarkably quickly. The winning Batman leaves the losing Batman on the floor, still and broken, and Superman moves quickly to tie that one up as Winning Batman turns away. Turns toward Damian.
His shoulders slump, and Damian feels numb. This is not his Batman.
Anton Syndrome by Anonymous
Tim's parents have been away for six months and counting—the longest he's ever been left alone at one time—and it's starting to have some unpleasant side effects. Luckily, he has a solution.
OR, the one where Tim attempts prostitution to cure his touch starvation. His plan goes wrong pretty much from step one, but it all works out for the better.
DC/Danny Phantom
I Just Wanna Talk by foldingfacets
John Constantine beat the system of life and death until it fully refused to touch him anymore, and when it did, it never went well. It was a fact that the League had come to terms with, or those that knew, anyways. None of Constantine’s past could explain the kid in fuzzy pajamas that was curled up on a chair in the Justice League’s control room asking for the elusive brit.
Danny had barely made it to high school graduation only to be thrust into dealing with the millennia of bullshit waiting ever so patiently for the King of the Infinite Realms to look at. The fact that there was a weird amount of paperwork filed regarding some dude named John Constantine that looked like the weirdest form of tax fraud he’d ever seen was puzzling, and his parents committed that regularly. He has no idea what the hell he’s looking at.
Alternately: Danny is the inter-dimensional personification of the IRS for Death and the Unliving, and he just has a couple questions.
Recently found these two stranger things fics and I’m so obsessed with them it’s not even funny. Please please please pay attention to the tags tho especially the first one:
count to thirty. breathe twice. repeat. by WingedQuill
Billy Hargrove doesn't keep his promise to Max. He doesn't keep it in a pretty spectacular fashion, actually. Instead of staying away from her friends, he murders one of them.
Unfortunately for Billy, Hellfire meets right after basketball practice. And fortunately for Steve, Eddie knows CPR.
(Or: There is a clearly defined set of steps to keep someone's heart beating. There's no guide for the aftermath. Steve, Eddie, and everyone they love write one together.)
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Look Right Through Me by Teaberry
It was really just his luck that a hulking monster lumbered out of the woods and directly onto his driveway. Just his luck that he threw enough parties when his parents were gone that the neighbors had long tuned out any noise that came from his yard. Just a nice cherry on top of the fucking cake that, even if anyone did hear him screaming when claws tangled in his jacket and pulled, Steve honestly wasn’t sure they’d have cared enough to bother anyway.
OR:
Months before El ripped open the gate at Hawkins Lab, the Demogorgon started ripping tears of its own. Months before it found Will Byers, it found Steve Harrington.
I've read that first one, it's great. I'm excited to read the second fic too, thank you xx