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Childhood best friends to college roommates, Mike and Will have been inseparable for as long as they could remember.
When Will’s attempt to move on from his unrequited crush turns into a first date wrong, Mike would be there to pick up the pieces.
In the silence, in the dark, in the space that's existed between them: it’s always been there. They just couldn't name it, not yet.
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"He refused to remember anything, to remember a world after Will. He didn't want there to be a world after Will.
Apparently, his subconscious decided that the best way to avoid that was to surround himself with Will.
He assumed that's why he was now in his basement."Or: Will "dies" and Mike has the biggest crashout the world has ever seen.
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15 bucks says we know by the end of junemy stalker
Whoa someone’s confidentdustin
you guys are not seriously betting on thisdustin
how bored are you????el
Verydustin
fine 10 bucks says nothing’s going on between them and you’re all insanemy stalker
Are we bad people for betting on thisdustin
probablyOr: The party (and some special guests) place bets on whether or not Will and Mike are together.
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29 Apr 2026
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Despite its emptiness, the Upside Down was not completely silent. It was full of strange echoes, rustling sounds and faint footsteps that never materialized. The effect was eerie and unnerving, and something instinctual inside of Mike screamed for him to get out now, warning him that he was prey in a place like this. But he couldn’t leave.
Not without Will.
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When Vecna takes Will from Mike’s bedroom, Mike will stop at nothing to get him back, no matter the personal cost.
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18 Apr 2026
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no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin by bridgetobyler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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“You… um, smoke?” Will asks before he can stop himself, swallowing as he watches a boy lean against the dusty, cracking brick wall.
Will doesn’t know much about the boy, except that his name is Mike and his father is the pastor.
“What?” He replies, pulling the cigarette from his lips and lightly blowing the smoke from his mouth. “Just because my dad is the pastor, you think I can’t enjoy a cigarette?
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Will Byers is no stranger to religious guilt. He carries it everywhere he goes, and it’s starting to weigh him down.
When he meets Mike Wheeler, the pastor’s son, he realizes there is more to life than just fearing God, and it’s much scarier.
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03 Apr 2026
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“I’m still- I’m still connected.” He continues, whispering in terror. “I can still feel him, Mike. He’s still there. I can’t get him out- I can’t-”
Mike presses his forehead to Will’s temple once again, eyes squeezed shut.
“I’ve got you.” Mike whispers. “You’re not alone. You’re not alone in this. I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere. He doesn’t get to have you, not ever.”
Will buries his face weakly into Mike’s shoulder and sobs, body curling in on itself. And Mike holds him tighter.
Will’s physical body is held captive by Vecna in the Upside Down Hawkins Church, and Mike goes to save him before anyone else could.
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26 Feb 2026
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sleep paralysis, sworn i could've felt you there by leolikethestar
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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Will groaned. “This is gonna sound so embarrassing.” He looked up to Mike, who only shook his head in a smooth, subtle motion. “I get… nightmares… night terrors, whatever people call them now. I… I don’t want to disrupt you.”
"You won’t,” Mike stated as if it were a fact.
“Mike-”
“You won't."
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5 times that Will has nightmares that leave him sobbing in Mike's arms, and the first time Will comforts Mike in return.
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24 Feb 2026