elsie (the_technorats)
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in for a penny, in for a pounding by elsie (the_technorats)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Sep 2025
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The word slut is in red. It’s all he sees when he sees Nancy again, when she slaps him, when Jonathan inches up behind her to drag her away. When he sees her leave with him, he sees the words he says in red. Queer. Screw-up. Father.
When he gets punched in the face, he feels them in red too. They feel bright, even when he runs, even when his guilt remains like a message in blood at the crime scene, dripping in Tommy’s cruel handwriting. Byers. Perv.
Or, the one where Steve's life was miserable and complicated even before Jonathan Byers was ever a part of it.
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Time to do the things we never had (she's waiting there for you) by elsie (the_technorats) for mysweetgirl2
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jan 2025
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The way you grin at him over your shoulder, humor and warmth caressing you in the light of a home filled with intimate celebration, makes his heart stutter. He couldn’t put up a fight with you now even if he wanted to, which, to be honest, a part of him still does—old habits die hard—but, if he’s fully honest with himself, saying no to you hasn’t been something he’s been able to do in a long, long time. And the last time he did, he spent every moment after with a bitter regret rotting in the back of his mouth. It’s a far cry from the airy flavor of Joyce’s champagne, and Hopper hopes, maybe more than anything he’s ever hoped for, that tonight can be a night worth toasting to.
Or, Hopper wants to start the new year off right. That means finally telling you the truth.
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running from something (running back to you) by elsie (the_technorats)
Fandoms: 5 Seconds of Summer (Band), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
11 Apr 2024
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Luke should have died a long time ago.
He’s had every chance to, and somehow he just keeps evading it. Being in the Hunger Games, though, seems like it should be the final nail in his excruciatingly, meticulously constructed coffin.
Or, the one where Luke is the District Four male tribute for the Hunger Games and he loses everything. But, as it turns out, winning and losing aren't quite like what he'd always thought they were.
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the road not taken looks real good now (it always leads to you in my hometown) by elsie (the_technorats)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Feb 2024
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“Well,” Steve says, dismissively, shrugging, but it doesn’t hide the tight look on his face as he regards the spread with Hopper. “Nothing this informal, but, yeah. Last time it was—uh, yours, actually.”
Hopper, distracted over wondering from where he remembers the name Eddie Munson, refocuses. “My what?”
“Funeral,” Steve says, almost impatiently. “The last funeral I helped at. It was yours.”
Hopper blinks, frowns. Christ, this poor kid. “Oh,” he says unnecessarily.
“Sorry,” Steve says, shaking his head. “That must be weird to hear.”
Or, Hopper catches up with Steve Harrington at Eddie Munson's makeshift funeral.
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You May Be the One Place I'm Sure About by elsie (the_technorats)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Sep 2022
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Life had never really been the kindest to Joyce Byers. She supposes it would feel wrong of it to start now.
But, with something of a smile crossing her face, she thinks that life had never been the kindest to Jim Hopper either. That they would always have, just for themselves, that shared cigarette, that faith in each other. That sometimes she would rather be saving the world instead of having a safe telemarketing job in California. That the Lenora house was of course a house, but Hopper’s arms in Kamchatka and his hands keeping her steady in a helicopter over Alaska and being a detective by his side in Hawkins, the most sleepy, most unassuming town in the world—that felt something like home.
Or, the one where Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper finally have a moment to themselves.
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Upside Down August: a 31-Day Prompt Challenge by elsie (the_technorats)
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Sep 2025
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