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Will doesn't have high expectations for his return to Hawkins. He wants to blend in, heal people, find clues about Robin's whereabouts and maybe wipe out a monster nest or two before he and Jane get killed by the most evil wizard of the millennium.
He hasn't considered that Mike might hinder his plans, because the Prince was meant to forget him eleven years ago.
Mike didn't really get the memo.
(sort of-not really cleradin Prince-Knight Mike/Wizard Will, ft. established witch girlfriends ElMax & Mike's horrible courting attempts)
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- Part 1 of It Is You I Have Loved
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Bookmarked by elways
10 May 2026
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
Or, a
fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .Series
- Part 1 of @burntsepia's fics collection
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Bookmarked by elways
14 Apr 2026
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“You’re not coming this summer. I haven’t seen you in a year and a half and I know it’s-it’s pathetic—“
“It’s not pathetic,” Will interjects quickly, shaking his head, “It’s not—“
“It is, Will,” he hears Mike’s voice break over another hitched breath, “I know you’re… I just want you to be happy. I never want you to come back to Hawkins, but I’m fucking selfish. I’m so selfish, and I’m sorry.”
Will lets the tears spill over and he lets that want that’s always itching under his skin show itself.
“My whole life I’ve missed you every second you’ve been away from me,” Will confesses quietly into the receiver.
If you’re pathetic, I’m wretched.
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Not long after the final battle, Mike and Will were inseparable– until Will moved out to New York.
Despite the weekly calls and the freedom of living their lives without terror, there’s no world in which they could last so long apart without it feeling like torture.
Will gets a call, and three days later, Mike is at his doorstep.
It only takes a day for them to fall back together again.
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Bookmarked by elways
20 Mar 2026
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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Bookmarked by elways
15 Mar 2026
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“I have been feeling like that for a while now. I don't know what this is, but…” Mike took a small breath “but whenever I look at Will I feel like I'm going to explode.” he ended, looking back at Jane.
Jane shook her head, smiling “You are so clueless Wheeler. I can't wait for you to present.” she started skipping back to Will's side.
“What? What does that mean?” Mike raised his voice after her, ending up useless.
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Mike and Will keep dancing around each other for years. Will knows his feelings, Mike is oblivious as hell. They end up kissing.
Bookmarked by elways
11 Feb 2026