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Keith is running away. Lance is stuck behind.
They are both very mutually annoyed.
Thrown together on a ten day road trip from Austin to Seattle with Keith's secrets and Lance's determination to crack him open, it's probably not going to turn out that well.
Right?
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Mike says, “Hey, uh, any government agents who are tapping this call, we’re about to talk about something, uh, kind of sexy. We promise it doesn’t have anything to do with other dimensions or secret government experiments, or anything, if you want to, like, go grab a coffee, or something.”
“We are?” Will asks, and his voice cracks, just a little, along the last word.
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- Part 2 of various times of day
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19 May 2026
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A Work in Progress (Define Undefined) by ZiggyStarfish
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 May 2026
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Mike Wheeler lives with Will Byers.
Their relationship is, technically, undefined.
This is the story of how that happened—childhood promises, college, a first book, and the slow realization that his taste in people might be alarmingly specific.
Also: his decision-making gets worse the closer Will is.
He’s working on it.
Or, more accurately, the other side of "It Starts with Jonathan Leaving". Because apparently Mike gets a POV too.
You don’t need to have read the other fic to understand this one.
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- Part 2 of It Starts With Jonathan Leaving
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17 May 2026
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Mike and Will haven't kept in touch despite promising to do so after leaving Hawkins. But his brother's sudden departure and the urgent need for a roommate lead him to take the desperate measure of asking Mike Wheeler. A guy who used to be his best friend. A guy he definitely doesn't still have feelings for...
Just as he was about to leave the living room, he heard Mike call after him.
“Will! One question! Does your notebook say what the protocol is for jerking off? How much notice do I have to give?”
“Asshole!” Will shouted from the hallway. Mike’s laughter was the last thing he heard before closing his bedroom door.
What an idiot.
*"COMPLETE*
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- Part 1 of It Starts With Jonathan Leaving
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17 May 2026
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okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) by sunflower_J
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.
“Hi.” breathed Mike.
“Hi.” he said, hesitating.
“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.
Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.
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04 May 2026
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At twenty-two, Mike’s life is far better than he ever thought it would be. He graduated from The University of Chicago in May, after getting his diploma in English, and his entire future being at his fingertips (something he always thought he would be terrified of) feels almost exhilarating.
He loves his apartment back in Chicago and it’s horrible winters, he loves his shitty car that’s dented to hell and back. He loves sitting at his typewriter as novel ideas flow from his fingertips. He loves that he finally did it, he escaped Hawkins. It’s something he’s proud of even four years later, because he left and grew into himself and didn’t become his goddamn father like he was always terrified he would. He loves that he healed enough to willingly return to his godawful hometown for his sister’s wedding.
More than anything else, he is completely and utterly in love with Will Byers.
And that is something his best friend can never, ever know.
OR: the party returns to hawkins for jonathan and nancy's wedding in 1993, and mike is sick of pining after his best friend from a distance
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10 Apr 2026