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  1. Rec *

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    In which high school students Mike, Lucas, Max, Dustin, and Will need a new lead singer for their classic-rock garage band. They hold auditions, but only one student tries out: El, the new loner kid from Chicago. What follows? Romance, friendship, drama, Yoko-Onoing, and one hell of a start to Junior year.

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    20 Mar 2026

  2. Rec 64

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    “Do you usually like putting your customers in awkward spots or am I just lucky?”

    This Eleven smiled, almost like she knew a secret he didn’t. “Mmhm, don’t know about lucky. You’re definitely easy, though.”

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    In Chicago, Mike crosses paths with a bartender that seems to know him. Unfortunately, he's having a hard time remembering her.

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    20 Mar 2026

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    "We'll talk to him," Eleven nuzzled the crook of his neck, having to tilt up against her toes for better reach. He was warm and everything familiar. "We'll figure it out."

    It was what they did. Back then it was always the simple things; the dancing, everything that occurred beyond the realm of just kissing, the dating, jealousies and insecurities and all the emotional baggage. A lot of firsts had been shared between them, and it didn't matter if they were easy, or awkward, or hard. They always figured it out. Together.

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    Old ghosts come back knocking, and growing up was never meant to be easy.

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    20 Mar 2026

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    He could go home tomorrow and pretend this never happened. Invite Lucas and Max and Dustin over, play cards at the dining table and drink eggnog. None of them even know he's here.

    But he’d look at the empty seat beside him, over and over, a tongue poking at the gap where a tooth used to be. But he’d toss and turn all night, not letting her slip from his mind in the hopes that she’d at least appear in his dreams.

    But his heart pounds, insistent, as he stumbles around the town, like it knows something.

    Four years ago, El vanished with the Upside Down. Now, Mike's heart pulls him to Iceland, desperate to find her.

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    20 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    Summer 1986. Up until this point, El and Max hadn't met the Party. But a chance encounter at Benny's changes all that. What do you get when the Party discovers El's powers, townsfolk begin disappearing rapidly, and a mysterious man returns to Hawkins? One hell of a summer.

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    15 Feb 2026