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i hate how you’re going through hell, when you’d never let anyone else by gaysforbyler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Jun 2024
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As soon as they close the door to his room, Will wraps him in a hug. “Can you talk to me now?” he asks softly. “What’s the matter, love?”
“Nothing.” Okay, so they’re doing this the hard way.
Will lifts his chin to look up at him, displeased. He really does not want to get into another fight right now. “Mike, come on—“
“No, seriously,” he stresses, open and honest and pleading, like Will just isn’t getting something. “Nothing is wrong.”
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Will notices that Mike is acting strange, which leads to a long overdue conversation about Mike’s depression.
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- Part 1 of my love, take care of yourself
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Mike's Letterboxd reviews of the movies Holly picked to watch for a month (maybe Holly had a plan all along).
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Mike's turn to be a hopeless romantic
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12 Sep 2026
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'He's watching y'know,' Mike whispers into his mouth. His entire body is hot — he'd like to blame it on the alcohol but knows its entirely Will's doing.
'I know,' Will whispers back before continuing their feverish kiss, and it sets Mike's heart racing. 'Want him to see how good you make me feel.'
Or: Mike gets Will off in the middle of the party.
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11 Sep 2026
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"The next morning didn't start with a beautiful Vegas sunrise; it started with a harsh thumping inside Will’s skull that felt like an earthquake in his head
He let out a dry, rattling groan, his throat feeling like he’d swallowed a handful of the desert sand. Every inch of his skin stung – specifically his neck and a very suspicious patch on his lower back. Squinting against the brutal Vegas sun stabbing through the curtains, Will realized he was down to just his pajama bottoms. He swung his legs over the side of the bed, intent on reaching the bathroom, but his foot landed squarely on something soft and fleshy.
A muffled groan came from the floor.
Will looked down to see Mike sprawled on the carpet, still wearing his crusty button-down from the night before. Will gave him a frantic, toe-nudging kick. "Mike! Get up. I think I’m dying."
Mike rolled onto his back with a pained hiss, and Will’s jaw hit the floor. Mike’s neck and collarbone were a chaotic, purple-and-blue map of hickeys, and – were those teeth marks?"
OR: The party if they had a "Hangover" moment in Vegas for Will's 21st Birthday. [Basically a rewrite of The Hangover movie, but with the party]
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10 Sep 2026
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“You do like it,” Mike teases. “I can tell.”
“Obviously,” Will huffs. “You know what I like.”
Mike does. What a surreal feeling it is, to be the one who knows what Will likes. What makes him blush, or shy away. What turns him on. To be the only one who knows these things.
“Yeah,” Mike says softly. “I know.”
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Will becomes the patron saint of pretending to sleep with guys to help them come out of the closet. Mike isn’t exactly thrilled with the situation.
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10 Sep 2026
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Olivia Jones is trying to adjust to her new life in Indianapolis. In her diary, she records her new friendships, her first few months at North Meridian College, and her growing curiosity about her Creative Writing professor's sexuality.
Or: An epistolary student pov spin-off of How to Disappear Completely by peachstatic.
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In the summer of 2008, a new YouTube format strives to reunite people who have long since gone their separate ways. Two of these people happen to be MIKE and WILL, who have been out of touch since October 1993.
The catch? Neither of them knows that the other is sitting down at the same time, in the same building, answering the same questions.
Neither of them knows that, at the end of the interviews, they will meet again.
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They were so wrapped up in each other, in the gasping movements of their hands and mouths and the supernatural high of the bloodletting, that they didn’t hear the crunch of tires on the gravel. They didn’t hear the gentle click of a key in the lock, or the front door whooshing open. They didn’t hear footfalls on the floorboards.
They didn’t hear anything until Hopper cleared his throat.
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- Part 2 of vampire mike
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“Hi,” Mike called out faintly, without moving.
“Jesus.” Will’s voice was relieved. His footsteps drew closer. “Why didn’t you bring your walkie? Everyone’s been—oh.” He was beside him now, silhouetted in the moonlight. “Mike.”
“Hm?” Mike closed his eyes. He knew the face Will was making right now without having to actually see it—eyes wide, lips parted. Worried.
Will knelt beside him in the leaves. “When’s the last time you fed?”
“I don’t…” Mike cracked an eye open. Will was too pretty to lie to. “Yesterday afternoon, I think.”
“Okay,” Will said. His voice was tight. “It’s gonna be okay.”
A few moments passed. Will put the back of his hand to Mike’s forehead, and Mike leaned into the touch. This wasn’t so bad, really. He was weak, and everything ached, but at least Will was here.
“Hey,” Will said, breaking the silence. “Feed from me.”
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- Part 1 of vampire mike
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"Mike, come on," Will says, his smile still mid-bloom. "You don't think that's a little weird?"
"No," Mike says simply. "Why would that be weird?"
"Because I'm—" Will gestures vaguely to himself. "Gay. And you're…"
Will trails off, stopping himself, as if it just occurred to him that he could be wrong about the way he planned to answer that sentence. Mike isn't sure how he'd answer it either.
High, he thinks. Will is gay and I am high.
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The party does MDMA and Mike can't stop touching Will.
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21 Aug 2026
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hotwheelz1: im droppin out
sirlucasthegr8t: here we fuckin go
dabrain3000: its been 24 hrs????
reeseluvr: mike r u okay :(
hotwheelz1: my rmmate blows dick
hotwheelz1: gonna call my mom
dabrain3000: n u say im bad
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The AIM FIC.
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13 Aug 2026
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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- English
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- 284,593
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- 10/13
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06 Aug 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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- English
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- 189,725
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- 25/25
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19 Apr 2026
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r/DnD
u/MWpaladin commented on “Can’t tell the difference between sorcerers and…” posted by u/LionsandTigers7 on r/DnDu/MWpaladin: Are you an actual idiot? Sorcerers and wizards are hardly even comparable. It’s not ‘the same thing’ in the slightest. A sorcerer’s magic doesn’t even come from a book of spells, their powers are INNATE. Maybe go back to third fucking grade before you ever try and DM a campaign of your own. Jesus Christ. Another important differentiation to note is… [expand]
Or: a long, very long, retrospective of Mike’s reddit history.
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- English
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- 15,558
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- 1/1
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05 Mar 2026
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Will and Mike in an apocalypse with the rest of the group, but their friendship takes a turn. Dun dun dunnnnn
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24 Feb 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Aug 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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“Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.”
Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?”
“If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mike explains. “But if we shotgunned, we’d both get two.” God, this is the best idea he’s had in ages. He should’ve stolen Will’s weed, like, months ago. “That’s like, bang for your buck. This is simple math, Will Byers. Keep up.”
In which it’s well past midnight in New York, Will can’t sleep, and Mike feels like they barely know each other anymore.
So, they get a little high. Mike is very normal about all of it.
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26 Jan 2026
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There’s something wrong with Will.
It started three weeks ago, almost four. Will had woken from some sort of nightmare and, instead of seeking comfort in Mike the way he usually would, he’d rolled out a sleeping bag from the closet and chosen to sleep on the floor.
No one believes Mike, except for Joyce. But even she doesn’t understand the full extent to which something is wrong with Will.
Mike understands, though. Mike has been paying attention.
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- Part 1 of eye of the beholder
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- English
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- 34,883
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- 1/1
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19 Jan 2026
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oh my fucking god this is the most amazing thing i’ve ever read this is so beautiful i crode
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Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.
"Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.
He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."
"Again."
El is gone.
Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.
Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.
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- Part 1 of Supervoid (& Will’s Letter to El)
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- English
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15 Jan 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
genuinely one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever read i don’t think ill ever get over this oh my god this is perfect