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    Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.

    Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.

    Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.

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    The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.

    Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate

    Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will

    Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP

    Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.

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    13 May 2026

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    There are three things Will and Mike learn on a random afternoon after high school graduation:

    - Teen magazine quizzes are way more intense than expected.
    - They are wildly unprepared for college.
    - Taking advice from anonymous “fever confessions” is a terrible idea.

    Unfortunately, they only realize the third one after they’ve already started acting on the first two.

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    Will and Mike accidentally read a very inappropriate teen magazine and decide the best way to prepare for college is to practice being less inexperienced… on each other.

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    04 May 2026

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    “You’re the one who kissed me!”
    “I didn’t mean to!” Mike shouted back, his voice booming across the apartment. The words landed like a slap. Will’s heart dropped, and he didn’t know to pick it back up.

    “Look, I—” Mike ran a hand through his hair, pacing.

    “Get out.” Will was already moving toward the door, hand on the knob. He needed Mike gone before he said something irreversible—before the words spilled out sharp and unforgiving.

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    After defeating Vecna, the party agreed to host a get-together every other month, rotating between them. It worked—until the first letter arrived at Will’s dorm, love, Mike scribbled along the edge. And then Mike couldn’t stay away. Literally.

    So Will told himself he was over Mike. Over reading into every word, every pause, every letter. With every gathering and every exchanged letter, and every confusing touch . the tension tightened, coiling toward something inevitable.

    A lip ring, pink lace boxers and gay erotica letter. A recipe enough to give Mike wheeler a panic attack.

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    25 Apr 2026

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    Unable to cope with his grief, Mike takes off in search of something long gone. Will helps him the only way he knows how—he follows, no matter how much it stings. Each waterfall they search uncovers something new—secrets long buried, harsh truths, memories that hurt too much to face. Somewhere along the way, they find their way back to themselves through each other, learning how to swim when it feels like the only option is drowning.

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    23 Apr 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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    13 Apr 2026