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  1. Rec 93

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    i said to the sun, "tell me about the big bang."
    the sun said, "it hurts to become."

    in 2023, four years before the launch of the hail mary, ryland grace is stuck trying to figure out the mechanics of the mysterious 'space dots' eating the sun. the last thing he expects is for a stranger to saunter into his laboratory—one who has his face.

    colt seavers wasn’t supposed to be part of this. he’s not a scientist, not a hero, and definitely not interested in saving the world. but the moment he finds ryland, running away finally stops being an option.

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    30 Apr 2026

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    An Eridian mining crew find a human welded into a stranded ship on the surface of a moon. They bring him back to Erid, to the only other human they know.

    Something in Grace's chest flickered into life. He had buried it so long ago that he hardly knew what it was anymore, and so he took off his glasses and cleaned them on the edge of his cardigan, as if Rocky's words were a smudge he could clear away before finding the will to hope.

    “Ah…” his words failed halfway out of his mouth. Rocky chittered at him, a little sound of encouragement. “There’s another human? Here. And… alive?”

    ** Work is complete but new chapters may be added if the whimsy takes me,,, latest chapter (7) posted on 18th April! **

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    28 Apr 2026

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    It was simple, really. 49 days until Christmas. 49 days to woo Eddie Munson. It would be easy for a guy like Steve Harrington, right?

    …Right?

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    Eddie Munson had a crush on Steve Harrington, and Steve knew.

    As luck would have it, Steve had a crush on Eddie, too.

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    25 Apr 2026

  4. Rec 22

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    It was foolish of him to assume that with Vecna dead, life would return to normal.
    When a puppet had no hands to guide it, all it could do was fall.
    Thankfully, Steve's hands were already waiting to catch him.
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    Steve tilted his head, expression confused. “For you, of course? Well. For a lot of us. Me, too. But you, mostly.”
    [...] “For me,” Eddie echoed.
    [...] “Yeah. For you,” he agreed. “Focus, Eddie.”
    Eddie did as he bid. They sat there, quiet and tangled, one heart loud between them. Slowly, carefully, Eddie found it did help in a weird way. It reminded him, at the very least, that Steve was alive and safe in front of him. That there existed a person beyond the prison of Eddie’s still cage.

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    25 Apr 2026

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    It is 1986 in Hawkins, Indiana. Will Byers is coughing up blood. Steve Harrington wakes to nightmares each night. When Mike Wheeler annoys Nancy Wheeler, she throws pillows at his head with her mind. Dustin Henderson has performed at least one ritual by then. Jane Hopper is not human.

    Sometimes, Robin Buckley has to clean blood from her carpet.

    It is 1986 in Hawkins, Indiana, and a witch moves in to town.

    These things are all intrinsically related.

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    25 Apr 2026