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Will has been collecting data on everything Mike Wheeler since he was five years old. He has hundreds of file cabinets in his brain, cataloguing all of Mike’s behaviors. His likes and dislikes. His mannerisms and tells. His strengths and his…weaknesses.
If this asshole thought he was going to come in and snatch Mike up without a fight, he is sorely mistaken.
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When his best friend unexpectedly shows up to Spring Break with a boyfriend, Will quickly decides that if he can't have Mike Wheeler, no one can.
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01 Jun 2026
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“You know it’s illegal to paint here, right?”
The painter doesn’t look at Mike. Instead, he hollers back, “what are you, a cop?”
The spray can is still hissing against brick, and it’s still getting under Mike’s skin. “No,” Mike finally settles on. “Just a… concerned citizen. You know. Because of the aerosol.”
“I don’t think you’re supposed to smoke there either. Do you not see the sign?”
"I smoke here every Wednesday and Friday night,” he says, dragging the cigarette from between his teeth. He pauses a moment before exhaling through his nose, smoke dissolving into the biting October air. He stares at the paint. “You know, I don’t think that’s good for the environment.”
“I don’t think aerosol paint is what’s killing New York, dude. Especially not with jackasses like you who smoke like chimneys.”
Or, when native New Yorker Mike Wheeler steps away from his band’s shitty downtown club gig for a smoke, he meets Zombie Boy: the eclipsed twin brother of infamous street artist Lab Rat, haunting the neon walls of Alphabet City.
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01 Jun 2026
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"So after being with her for years, you couldn't even tell her you loved her when she needed it the most?" Will spat back at him.
"I kept looking at her and seeing you. God you look so much alike, whenever I was with her, I kept thinking about you."
"No, don't put this on me. It's not my fault you couldn't tell Jane you loved her," Will replied. "Not even when she was killing herself to save us."
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Will wished it had been him instead of Jane.
So does Mike, but in an entirely different way.Bookmarked by KayAreca
01 Jun 2026
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"No," Will said quickly. "It's okay. He's going to be okay."
Nancy turned, the shock freezing her features into something horrifying. "He doesn't have a pulse."
Will held up his hands as he shook his head. "I know. But it—he—will be fine. You'll see."
Nancy choked on a sob. "He's dead! How is he going to be okay?"
Or: Four years after graduation, they're back in the Abyss, where a failing fight leads to Mike being bitten and losing everything about himself, except his love for Will Byers.
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01 Jun 2026
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"I really like being like this with you. It feels safe. Does it have to be more complicated than that?"
Will chews his lip and looks between Mike’s eyes. “I guess not. I feel safe with you too.” He laces his fingers behind Mike’s neck.
“I want this, and I don’t care that you’re a boy. You’re just Will to me.”
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Will has never been kissed. Mike realizes he wants to be the one to kiss Will. As summer progresses, Mike discovers through a dangerous amount of sun exposure, a bottle of aloe vera, and a silver necklace that he wants more than just kisses, and maybe he always has.
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28 May 2026