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There’s still a part of Will that yearns for more. He finds himself ceding precious mental real estate to thoughts that seem too big for any one thinker. They aren’t dark, exactly, but they are… big. It’s not a particularly sophisticated word, but it’s the one that feels right. And it makes sense, in a way. Humans have countless words for countless things, but it’s the simple ones that we reach for whenever the object of our attention seems intent on evading comprehension.
Or: Will and Mike build a life together in the shadow of things not seen, caught between the mundane and the cosmic. The old world is dying, and a new one struggles to be born. This is the time of monsters.
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- Part 2 of Nature and Supernature
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This is an appendix to Crooked Timber, not a work of fiction. It doesn’t continue, expand upon, or explain the story in any way. You 100% don’t need to read it. It was previously posted as a thirteenth “chapter” at the end of Crooked Timber, but I think it makes more sense as a standalone work in the series.
I took it down for a while because I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, but I’ve been persuaded to bring it back. Enjoy!
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- Part 3 of Nature and Supernature
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Maybe Will decides that enough is enough, and lets Mike go. Maybe whatever persists between them dies slowly of benign neglect, until all that remains is shared trauma and dead memories that don’t mean what they once did. Or maybe he just never hears Mike’s voice again. He shudders.
But what if it's not too late?
Too late for what?
What do you do when the world fails to end? If you’re Will Byers, you build a life. If you’re Mike Wheeler, you build a tomb.
It’s been a decade since El disappeared, Mike is still trapped in his own head, and no one knows how to talk about it. Then, Mike does something impulsive, and sets in motion a chain of events that will cause Will to question everything he believes - including about himself.
Or: A story about grief, love, fate, freedom, and the things that hide in the dark (and maybe the light, too). This starts slow, but bear with me; I promise it doesn't go where you're expecting!
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- Part 1 of Nature and Supernature
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Body Talkin' Louder Than What You Plead by LadyArtemisia28
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Aug 2026
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Mike wakes up and drags himself from the bed he is sleeping in with his wife.
He has a late night encounter alone with her brother. And Will decides it's a good time to show him who he really belongs to.
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- Part 2 of Lawless Byler
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14 Aug 2026
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5 Times Mike is a Pathetic Horny mess about Will (+1 time Will does something about it) by LadyArtemisia28
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jul 2026
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Mike knows that he is a yearning train wreck, the level of arousal that he feels towards Will is frankly obscene. But he has to force himself to have some level of control, because that is his Best Friend. He can't be a creep, he cares so much for him (possibly to much), and if he does the wrong thing he could lose him.
Will doesn't make it easy for him, he exists and Mike feels like he is going to burst. Mike tries and fails many many times to fight against the stranglehold that Will has over his body.
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- Part 1 of Lawless Byler
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14 Aug 2026
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In the year of 1993, Mike Wheeler is invited to Los Angeles California for the holidays by his friends when they notice Mike struggling to deal with the terms of his divorce to Eleven and the manuscript he hasn't been able to write— in over a year.
There he sees Will again. Thriving in all senses in life, looking better than the day of his wedding. The last day he saw him. In the throes of missed phone calls, cigarettes and fire— he thinks that maybe, there is more to their story than what he led himself to believe.
That, or they are better off as just strangers.
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14 Aug 2026
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"It's about feeling you're alive, knowing you are in control of your own choices," Will whispers, his nails scratching ever so lightly over the inside of Mike's wrist. It stings.
He looks up, finding the warm hazel eyes he has known to be a safe haven most of his life. "Show me, please."
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When Mike decides to move to New York with Lucas and Max, following Will, who has already moved there the year before, Mike doesn't know what to expect. It certainly isn't a world of rainbows, art and rope.or;
Where two traumatised young men heal through the art of BDSM, while also going to college and navigating real life.Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
13 Aug 2026
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The photo showed Will and Mike, standing side by side, arms interlocked together. A perfect peachy sunset was spread out dramatically behind them, as if it were posing too. Mike was looking at the camera with a goofy smile on his face, probably laughing at something Will had said.
Will, on the other hand, wasn’t looking at the camera at all.
Just Mike.
Written across the bottom of the polaroid in black permanent marker were the words:
“Just Like Heaven.”
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A few years post-finale, Will tells Mike that he thinks El really is out there somewhere.
But all Mike can seem to think about is Will.
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12 Aug 2026