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1. Public Bookmark 25

   happy birthday - what do you want? by sumsflowers

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Established Relationship
   • Missing Moments
   • Slice of Life
   • Romance
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Needs a Hug
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Birthday Fluff
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Reunions
   • Post-Canon
   • But also
   • Canon Compliant
   • kind of???
   • Not beta read we die like papa
   • Happy Ending
   • POV Eleven | Jane Hopper

   Summary

   El Hopper and her birthdays throughout the years.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,285

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   116

   Bookmarks:

   25

   Hits:

   752

   Bookmarked by OJ27

   15 Feb 2026

2. Public Bookmark 32

   caught up in a blissful feeling by sumsflowers

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Missing Scene
   • Romance
   • Fluff
   • throughout the show
   • POV Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • True Love
   • Established Relationship
   • Slice of Life
   • They're in love!!!!
   • Canon Compliant
   • I think?

   Summary

   He is so good to her, no matter what, and it overwhelms El to know she has him in her corner, always.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,279

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   11

   Kudos:

   147

   Bookmarks:

   32

   Hits:

   1,432

   Bookmarked by OJ27

   11 Feb 2026

3. Public Bookmark 56

   i found my heart inside your chest by sumsflowers

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Post-Season/Series Finale
   • Iceland Gate
   • Reunions
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Future Fic
   • Romance
   • Fluff
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Happy Ending
   • True Love
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • Not beta read we die like papa

   Summary

   Wherever she is, that’s where Mike will find home. It’s a truth that has been ingrained in him since the moment they met.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,736

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   27

   Kudos:

   227

   Bookmarks:

   56

   Hits:

   2,160

   Bookmarked by OJ27

   08 Feb 2026

4. Public Bookmark *

   For the Unknown by ArtemisRae, Juxtaposie

   Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)

   • General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences, Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Series

   15 Aug 2019

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Eleven/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven & Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Ted Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & The Party
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane & Dustin Henderson & Maxine Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair (past)
   • Lucas Sinclair/Original Female Character(s)
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler
   • OCs
   • Eleven (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Joyce Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Future Fic
   • featuring a boat load of head canons
   • mike has parental issues
   • people want to take care of El
   • Sorry Not Sorry
   • i don't think this is particularly spoilery?
   • the author assumes that season two is the ending of all terror and strife
   • even though we all know better
   • also its a fic about them moving away
   • SO
   • you know
   • OCs - Freeform
   • its a fic with a plot homg
   • mike wheeler is a stubborn person
   • who ultimately loves his parents
   • karen and ted wheeler have a functioning marriage
   • and really do love their kids
   • i made everything complicated
   • this is my attempts at patching things up
   • Family Dynamics
   • el has insecurities
   • but i try to build her up
   • so does hopper
   • on account of hes a good dad
   • idk - Freeform
   • sick fic i guess
   • but it's also somehow not the point
   • rating is only for swearing
   • sorry kids
   • the kids get hitched
   • It's not a good idea
   • but they do it anyways
   • So Much Dialog
   • the gang's all here
   • waaaay less wedding than one might assume from the premise
   • mike has a temper
   • and frequently makes things harder for himself
   • an indictment of mike wheelers stubbornness
   • Growing Up is Hard
   • but hes making progress
   • look this is what happens when you have lived through the apocalypse twice
   • and your parents still want you to have a curfew
   • wrapping up drama with mike's parents
   • and moving into the next emotion arc of this series
   • El's not in this much
   • but theyre talking about her
   • TW: vague discussion of the awful things that happened to El in the lab
   • And I mean vague
   • nothing graphic
   • they need to talk
   • and find common ground
   • Awkward Conversations
   • hopper just needs some reassurance
   • mike needs to be treated like an adult
   • everyone can have what they want
   • thats really all that happens
   • so much dialogue
   • rated for language
   • looks guys getting married is hard
   • even when you're set up for success
   • Everyone is traumatized
   • No One Is Okay
   • They all need therapy
   • and medication
   • healing is a never-ending journey
   • Worldbuilding
   • drinking instead of feeling emotions
   • teenagers are horrible
   • everybody on this show is traumatized
   • el and max are BFF
   • good dad chief hopper
   • el dealing with PTSD
   • everyone just wants el to be okay
   • it's gonna take some time
   • there's some sexy times
   • non-graphic sexual situations
   • abuse does weird things to your self-image
   • read the notes
   • El least of all
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • brief mentions of sexual situations between minors
   • Child Abuse
   • Medical Trauma
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • brief mention of attempted sexual assault of a minor
   • Very Brief Graphic Violence
   • Established Relationship
   • Underage Drinking
   • Panic Attacks
   • depressive episodes
   • This is a heavy one kids
   • buckle in
   • The Gangs All Here
   • drinking as a coping mechanism

   Summary

   Growing up is hard to do. Mike, El, and the Party through high school and college, coping with what Hawkins Lab left them with.

   Words:

   182,173

   Works:

   9

   Bookmarks:

   149

   Bookmarked by OJ27

   03 Feb 2026

5. Public Bookmark 85

   The Last Picture Show by ArtemisRae

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   13 Dec 2017

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven/Mike Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • teenagers gonna teenage
   • inverting the overprotective hopper trope
   • or actually
   • hopper is overprotective about different things than el might assume
   • but hes a good dad
   • look as long as shes not as bad as he was
   • Hopper is happy
   • waaaay less making out than one might assume from the premise
   • the rating is mostly for swearing
   • sorry kids
   • hopper is going to be an embarrassing dad
   • but hes gonna do it his way
   • el has no real sense of shame anyway
   • The Gangs All Here
   • Shenanigans

   Summary

   One thing I know for sure - a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offerin' him a handkerchief...it's an awful small town for any kinda carryin' on...
   - The Last Picture Show

    

   Hopper catches Mike and El at the local drive in after being led to think that they were at the Hawk with their friends.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,981

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   54

   Kudos:

   460

   Bookmarks:

   85

   Hits:

   4,883

   Bookmarked by OJ27

   03 Feb 2026