Unfit for Society Recs

Stranger Things

I've seen your face before, my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am by HMSLusitania
At the end of it all, to fix everything, the Hawkins crew had to go back to 1983 and prevent the first gate from ever opening. After that, they've got a chance to lead normal lives -- from November 1983 onward.

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Waking up to find out the government had busted a bunch of experimented-on kids out of Hawkins Lab over the weekend is somehow not the strangest thing that happens in Eddie Munson's junior year.

No, that's a toss up between being reverse-adopted by a party of middle schoolers and the fact Steve Harrington won't stop staring at him. I enjoyed this!

so take the wheel and i will take the pedals by pepperfield
Steve has no idea why these kids want to hang out with him so much. Really lovely post-season 2 slice of life story about Steve and his friendship with the kids.

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Avengers

thick and thin 'til our last days by defcontwo
5 times that Steve & Bucky were nothing like how anyone expected them to be + 1 time that someone was absolutely done with their shit. This is adorable.

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Grace and Frankie

wonderland by chainofclovers
"I wanted you to have a good Christmas," she says. "Now that you’re back home. We really didn't have much Christmas stuff in the house, and I thought—well, you love Christmas."

"Sort of," Grace says. Frankie chuckles at that.

"I'm so glad you're home. I don't want you to be disappointed." Frankie tries to give Grace a nice Christmas. This is very sweet.

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Stranger Things

Common Cents by StrangerStars
In which Steve hunts monsters, becomes a deputy, makes a will, and finds a family. Among other things. Melancholy but sweet look at Steve post season 2.

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Star Wars

Killing the Past, Saving the Future by HiLarpItsCat
Anakin Skywalker, back on Tatooine for the first time in a decade and so relieved to see his mother that he is almost shattered. You realize what he must be thinking right now: his dreams always come true but somehow this dream did not come true.

You wonder what the repercussions of this will be: perhaps in three years, when Anakin has his first dream about his wife dying in childbirth, he might decide to put his energy into researching better prenatal care instead of trying to unlock the secrets of life and death. Vader follows Ahsoka into the World Between Worlds and decides to make some changes for the better. <3

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Stranger Things

don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo by firstaudrina
Max and El write to each other. Oh my heart. This is exactly what I wanted after season 3.

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Harry Potter

your story's all wrong by Attila
This is really adorable Hermione/Cho.

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Circe

no holy place existed without us then by AceQueenKing
Circe stays with Penelope and sends the boys on the quest instead. This is the ending I was hoping for from the book, and it captures the language and cadences beautifully.

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Sports Night

down through my ribs by torigates
Dan/Natalie is such a rare pair and this is a great story for them. <333

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Stranger Things

One Thing Leads to Another by scioscribe
Nancy, Jonathan and Steve go on a road trip to track down another instance of the Upside Down and also find each other in the aftermath. Lovely.

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The Good Place

Vid

All Star by maristu
BORTLES! <333 This is a great Jason vid, but be warned: you will end up earwormed. *g*

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Stranger Things

Over the River and Through the Woods by Duck_Life
Will deliberates about bringing his boyfriend to Thanksgiving dinner. Hopper tries to deep-fry the turkey. Jonathan, Nancy and Steve's son won't look up from his Game Boy. Set in 2002. Oh heart.

World Keeps Turning by Sholio
Steve ruminates on this odd family they're becoming in the aftermath. Lovely.

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Stranger Things

count every beautiful thing we can see by hardlygolden
When she comes back the next week, there's a new book waiting for her, and a torch. She mentally congratulates Hopper for balancing sentimentality with practicality. The batteries won't last, not for ever but she uses them to finish the last of the book in the dark.

The note this time says: They miss you too.

Something howls in the distance, and she burrows closer into the tree roots in which she's hiding as she keeps reading about Neverland and Peter, a boy who never wanted to grow up living in a place he never needed to.

The Lost Boys are her favourite. Eleven and Hopper contrive her way back from the Upside Down. Lovely.

objects in the mirror by Snickfic
Jonathan has no fucking idea why Nancy and Steve gave him the Nikon. He doesn't know why they're so insistent on seeing the pictures he takes, either. Lovely.

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Stranger Things

Shadowplay by Nokomis
Eleven stands there, surrounded by friends, and for a moment it's like the light is back inside her, like she remembers how the sunshine felt on her institution-pale skin. Her dress is pink and the hem isn't muddy and the sleeves aren't stiff with drying blood, and she thinks if she flings her arms around them, if she reaches out, she might be able to touch them. Post-s1, El in the Upside Down. Oh honey.

stranger things than polyamory by trepan
Really well done Nancy/Steve/Jonathan.

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