#also general open invitation to recommend more fics to me btw!! including your own work if you have any 🙏

[sleepymrshmllow]

Name your 5 favorite Stranger Things fics you've read in 2022 and the top 5 fics you are looking forward to reading next year (or very soon)

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ooh fun question!! admittedly I haven't read all that many, but I've bookmarked a lot I haven't gotten to yet so I definitely have a lot of fics to look forward to in the new year! also all ship fics oops

top 5 fave fics I've read (no particular order):

1) baby, we're perfect by bookinit

ooohhh my gosh I could say so much about this one!! it's like my favorite byler fic atm it's so so so good. sad, but good and I highly recommend it! the way it's paced is perfect and has a bittersweet ending, very affective twist, and ugh it's just amazing (I'm not even a big angst person but I think its done so perfectly (ha) here that I didn't mind how much it crushed my heart)

2) Gitchi-Gitchi Ya-Ya Da-Da by raedafan

okay I know the title seems silly but this fic is actually so cute and I'm a sucker for the "byler gets murray'd" premise lol also I feel like this one is a bit of a "classic" I see it recommended it a lot

3) im tearing you asunder by smoosnoom

admittedly it's been a bit since I read this one so not much to say but I remember really liking it! plus like all of smoosnoom's work is great imo

4) love my way (a new road) by oneirois

something not byler this time, but steddie!! I read this months ago but I love it a lot and I think its a cute little slow burn ♡ (warning this one is Explicit in the last chapter!)

5) honey-mouthed by smoosnoom

this one is so incredibly sweet and mike's pov is SO fun to read, the author does an amazing job characterizing him (def recommend if you wanna read mike gay panic for like 10k words lmao)

like I said I haven't read many ST fics yet but im hoping to in the new year! speaking of..

5 fics I'm looking forward to reading!:

1) force of gravity by oceanfruit

I KNOW I still haven't read this but seeing all the buzz makes me super curious so it's been in my bookmarks forever oops but I will get to it !! curious to see if it lives up to the hype and I think AUs are super fun so definitely curious to see how this one plays out

2) who am i (to ask for more) by bookinit

the premise interests me and I love this person's work so I'm excited to finally get to this one

3) Are You Flagging? by soidade

another popular fic, but steddie this time and I've heard a lot of good things about this one! also another fic that's been bookmarked since forever

4) mike wheeler's guide to falling in love with a superhero by smoosnoom

spiderman au!!!!! I'm so excited about this one and I can't wait to read it omg omg

5) with honor, we hound by hiscleric

a byler fantasy au!!! this one is very new as well so I'm looking forward to reading along as it updates ♡ (also if anyone has other fantasy/DnD au fics to recommend pls lmk I'd love to read them!)