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    Smalltown Queer by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    13 Feb 2026

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    Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.

    Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’

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    16 Feb 2026

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    Just for a second, I remembered myself by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    24 Apr 2026

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    Mike has finally made it as an author. But writing about your own past can get complicated, especially when fans start to draw conclusions that point Mike in the direction of the person he's been writing about all along.

    And living life is hard. Especially when you're doing it all on your own. But grief and love are a lot more similar than you might realise. They both tend to wake us up from the monotony of our lives.

    OR: Mike has a horrible time, which somewhere along the way turns into a wonderful time.

    Podfic version by Sahana: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83941371/chapters/221295601
    Russian translation: https://ficbook.net/readfic/019ce7f9-31da-7933-8df9-83a19fad21d6

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    26 Mar 2026

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    answers you seek will never be found at home by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    19 Jan 2026

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    Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again.

    Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.

    aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.

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    14 Jan 2026