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December 1984, and El still stuck in hiding - until Hopper shows up with doughnuts and a miracle: she’s been cleared to leave the cabin for one night. For the Snow Ball.
There’s just one problem…El has no dress, no clue, and no intention of letting Mike see her panic. So Hopper recruits Nancy Wheeler for a top-secret makeover mission. A borrowed dress, a glittering gym waiting, and one stunned boy who thought she’d never come later, El experiences her one night to feel normal - before the clock runs out.
Or, aka, Nancy Wheeler helps El get ready for the Snow Ball.
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16 Feb 2026
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El Hopper and her birthdays throughout the years.
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15 Feb 2026
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“Ugh, why is it so patchy?”
El quirked an eyebrow. “Patchy?”
“Yeah, see how it’s not a solid line? It looks like I drew it with a crayon, ew.”
She giggled at Mike’s irritated expression and poked his shoulder. “We’ll figure this out.”
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13 Feb 2026
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i'll never want anything for christmas (as long as i'm always with you) by FateChica for freshbloom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Dec 2019
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When El comes back to him after closing the gate in 1984, Mike makes a promise to himself that every Christmas with El is going to be the best one ever.
And that's one promise he'll never, ever break.
- four times Mike makes sure El's Christmas is extra special.
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13 Feb 2026
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I've been afraid of changing (because I built my life around you) by tempestandwhirlwinds
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jan 2026
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It happens almost too fast for her to be afraid.
As soon as El hears the tires popping on Hopper's truck, she knows the military has caught up to them. She unlaces her arm from Mike's, and as soon as the truck jolts with impact, she rolls out of the truck, hitting the ground hard, almost exactly at the border between the Upside Down and the Right Side Up.
She wants to scream at the cruelty of it all. Just as she accepted hope, it gets ripped out from beneath her, dreams shattering like porcelain under her feet.
Kali was right. Happiness isn't how the story goes for someone like her.
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Mikes' theory is wrong, but El survives the collapse of the Upside Down anyway, ending up trapped in the world where they killed Vecna less than an hour ago. Stuck in a foreign world with no way back, El wallows in misery before deciding to get revenge for Papa's program and open up another wormhole for her to come home. Because she was the one who created the Upside Down in the first place, so why can't she do it again to get back home?
And Mike, after accepting his grief for the first time in 18 months, learns there's nothing in the universe strong enough to get between El and her happy ending.
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13 Feb 2026