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“Will stares down at the foreign object that he just retched up, his brows furrowing. And then that’s when he realizes that not only does this look like a flower, it is a flower.”
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Will Byers is 13 years old. He plays a wizard. He is soft-spoken, gentle, and delicate.
On a dimmer note, he is also slowly dying of love for his childhood best friend, Mike Wheeler.He has two options. Surgically remove the disease blossoming in his lungs, sacrificing his love for his life. Or, he can sacrifice his life so that his love lives on.
There could be a secret third option, though. It’s up to an oblivious Mike to decide Will’s final the fate for the both of them.
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31 May 2026
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Jonathan Byers survives by making himself smaller—until love becomes something he can’t erase without losing himself.
Content Warning: This work explores trauma, grief and emotionally complicated relationships in the aftermath of violence. Heavy themes of trauma and emotional distress.Please read with care.
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05 Apr 2026
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Mike just had to survive one summer.
One summer of shared rooms.
Shared clothes.
Shared glances.
Shared touches that lasted one heartbeat too long.
How hard could it be?
Will was his best friend. His best friend. Nothing more. Nothing he should want more than that.
No matter what his gut whispered, no matter how his pulse stuttered every time Will smiled at him… that was who Will was. That was who Will had to be.
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31 Jan 2026
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A black eye, repressed feelings and so many unspoken words.
Will and Mike didn’t want to drift apart - life simply got in the way.
Between bullying, guilt and emotions neither of them knows how to name, they slowly stop reaching for eachother.
When Troy’s cruelty goes too far and Will ends up hurt, Mike refuses to let him face it alone. What starts as concern turns into late nights, shared silences and feelings that have been buried for far too long.
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26 Jan 2026
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Holding My Breath (You Said I Looked Good In Blue) by parttimeluvah
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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Will Byers is good at disappearing. He’s been practicing his whole life.
Mike Wheeler is good at noticing.
After Will runs from a home that never felt safe, he ends up somewhere warm by accident, and then by choice. Between shared comics, borrowed clothes, and hands that don’t hurt, something fragile begins to grow.or
Will lives with his abusive father until staying hurts more than leaving.
He runs, and finds himself on the back of Mike Wheeler’s bike.Bookmarked by dancing_bandito
25 Jan 2026