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Everyone thinks Bonnie Mills is unshakeable.
She works the worst shift in the worst trauma ward in Pittsburgh, holding lives together while quietly falling apart herself.
Jack Abbot isn’t trying to fix her. He’s just the only one who sees the cracks, and knows what it means to live with ghosts you never invited.
When the truth finally breaks through in the form of bruises no one can ignore, Bonnie disappears. And when she returns months later, healing on her own terms, Jack finds himself pulled into something careful, quiet, and devastatingly real.
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Summer of ‘85 by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB), OptimisticPLB
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Beth had this bad habit of wanting to save every sad stray that came her way. So when she found out that the once King of Hawkins High was now a dorky man in a sailor suit who didn't know who he was, she couldn't help herself but to take him under her wing and show him that you have to love yourself before you can find true happiness.
*As of December 3, 2025 this story has been rewritten and edited.*
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- Part 1 of Surviving Hawkins
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The Crown Didn’t Survive ‘83 by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Dec 2025
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Elizabeth Carter was Hawkins High’s golden girl, until the Fall of ’83, when her perfect life collapsed in one week: failed cheer tryouts, a brutal breakup, and a fast drop from popular to invisible. With her crown shattered and her confidence gone, Elizabeth unexpectedly falls into the orbit of Eddie Munson, the school’s loudest, proudest freak.
Eddie doesn’t want the polished version of her. He wants the real one. With his chaotic friendship and a list of rebellious ‘firsts,’ Elizabeth starts breaking the rules she lived by and discovering who she actually is, without the glitter, the pressure, or the crown.
But choosing the freaks over the populars comes with consequences. And Elizabeth must decide whether she’s brave enough to stay broken, honest, and free… even if it means letting her old world burn behind her.
Because in ‘83, the crown didn’t survive.
But Beth did.
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*Prequel to Summer of ‘85. This is not a love story. It’s the story of Eddie and Beth’s friendship. You don’t need to read Summer of ‘85 to understand the story.*
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- Part 2 of Surviving Hawkins
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Dirty Hands by IsolatedPLB (OptimisticPLB)
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
28 Jan 2024
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Levi knew his hands were dirty.
He knew they were cold and dangerous. They were rough and brutal. They were filthy and covered in blood that would forever stain them. He knew there was no way they would ever be clean again.
But her hands…
Her hands, they were warm and comforting. They were soft and gentle. They were kind and clean.
While his hands were meant to hurt and kill, her hands were meant to heal and give life.
Levi would do anything to make sure her hands stayed clean. But it was hard to do when Erwin was the one washing her hands with blood and convincing her they were still spotless and pure.
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Surviving Hawkins by ImaginationPLB (OptimisticPLB), OptimisticPLB
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Oceanside is supposed to be a fresh start—if a fresh start exists when you’re raising an autistic four-year-old, still legally tethered to an almost-ex who won’t sign the divorce papers, and sinking under debt that makes 'doing better' feel impossible.
So you keep your world small. Routines. Safety. Just you and your son. No distractions, no attachments, no chances for things to go wrong.
You came to Oceanside to begin again.
Andrew Cody is the one thing you didn’t account for. -
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You and Robby approach healthcare from two different sides; him as a Chief Attending in the Pitt, and you as the new Director of Hospital Administration. Initial conflict leads to budding romance, but can Robby keep his trauma at bay long enough to allow himself to be happy?Note: No use of y/n!
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23 Feb 2026
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A newly transferred trauma resident in Pittsburgh finds herself irresistibly drawn to her sharp-tongued, charismatic night-shift chief, Dr. Jack Abbot — a widower with a reputation for emotional unavailability. After months of flirtation, they finally give in to their chemistry, only for the night to end in heartbreak when he whispers another woman’s name in his sleep. Determined to stay professional, she’s blindsided when she’s promoted to work directly under him — just as the woman from his past arrives at the hospital. Now she must navigate ambition, jealousy, and lingering feelings while deciding if Jack is worth the risk.
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23 Feb 2026
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Olivia “Robby” Robinavitch has two settings:
1. running on caffeine,
2. running toward an operating room.She’s six months into her surgical internship at Pittsburgh Grace, best friends with Cristina Yang, tolerated by Meredith Grey, and frequently threatened by Alex Karev (who may or may not be flirting - she refuses to check).
Her father - Dr. Robinavitch of Pittsburgh Trauma Centre - does not want her in medicine.
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Elizabeth Morgan is a child life specialist at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center—someone whose job is to step into the aftermath of fear and make it survivable. She’s learned how to stay steady when emotions run high, how to offer comfort without promising things she can’t control.
Dr. Jack Abbot doesn’t do comfort. He does efficiency, triage, and hard decisions made fast. In the ER, he’s blunt to the point of rudeness, allergic to small talk, and relentless about outcomes. What he doesn’t advertise—but what the people who work with him know—is that he notices everything, carries every loss, and never forgets a patient.
A late-night electrical accident puts Elizabeth and Jack on the same case, and then on the same stretch of nights. Their interactions are practical at first: clipped conversations, shared updates, parallel work in crowded hallways. But over time, something shifts. Jack begins to linger when he doesn’t have to. Elizabeth learns to read what he means when he doesn’t say much at all.
There’s no grand declaration, no dramatic turning point—just two people shaped by the same relentless environment, finding relief in being understood by someone who doesn’t need things softened.
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16 Feb 2026