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Continuation of Write to Me and Escape.
John's Lost Weekend happens with Paul in 1973.
...OR: the one where John runs away with Paul to California circa 1973
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- Part 2 of Write To Me And Escape
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Write to Me and Escape by canthardlywait
Fandoms: The Beatles (Band), Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes (Song)
18 Aug 2025
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Summer of 1973. An ad is posted in John's local tabloid. Misunderstandings ensue. Paul has plotted a plan to get him back. They cut through all that red tape.
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- Part 1 of Write To Me And Escape
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Stanman fic I felt compelled to write since stan is one of the only guys cartman doesn't talk a lot of shit about. They bond over issues. They talk shit.
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Write To Me And Escape by canthardlywait
Fandom Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes (Song), The Beatles (Band)
14 Aug 2026
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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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02 Sep 2026
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lilac wine (where's my love?) by paladins (nondisclosure)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2026
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Will scoffs, offense clear on his face as his mouth drops open, eyebrows pulling together. “What part of my love life requires an intervention?”
“The part where you only date Mike doppelgangers,” Max states, unimpressed.or,
will byers thinks he's doing great. he's doing well in school, he has a decent part-time job, and he has people he loves around him. he's very well adjusted. except for the fact that he only dates guys that look exactly like mike and doesn't seem to notice that mike is scaring them all off.Bookmarked by canthardlywait
27 Aug 2026
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“Woah,” Will whispers to himself incredulously, laughing a little under his breath as he shuffles through the pages of the letter again. He can’t help but admire the smooth, off-white stationery, its pleasant weight in his hands. A serious-looking “MJW” watermark adorns the top of each page, totally at odds with the entertaining missive and its author’s garbled cursive. Will laughs quietly to himself again. What sixteen-year-old boy on earth has monogrammed stationery?
Michael J. Wheeler, apparently. Where did Max find this guy?
Mike Wheeler is insecure, even by normal teenage standards. So when his friend, Max, connects him with her old friend from California, he's surprised by how easily they get along. But as the weeks wear on, their letters grow increasingly personal, and they make plans to embark on a week-long trip, Mike can't let go of one inconvenient, anxiety-inducing thought: What if he wants to be more than friends?
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25 Aug 2026
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Will Byers lives a quiet, solitary life as a children's book illustrator, helping bring other people's stories to life—fixing lonely trees, drawing impossible worlds, and leaving pieces of himself on pages no one will ever know he touched.
Then, one cold night, he finds a stranger collapsed outside his apartment building. A young man who can't speak, pale, exhausted, and little more than skin and bones.
Will only means to offer him a warm place to sleep. A meal. A shower. A few days to recover.
He doesn't expect Mike to stay. He doesn't expect to learn how to understand him without words. And he certainly doesn't expect the silent stranger in his home to become part of the story Will has been trying to remember his entire life.
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23 Aug 2026
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"No," Will said quickly. "It's okay. He's going to be okay."
Nancy turned, the shock freezing her features into something horrifying. "He doesn't have a pulse."
Will held up his hands as he shook his head. "I know. But it—he—will be fine. You'll see."
Nancy choked on a sob. "He's dead! How is he going to be okay?"
Or: Four years after graduation, they're back in the Abyss, where a failing fight leads to Mike being bitten and losing everything about himself, except his love for Will Byers.
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13 Aug 2026