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Mike opens his mouth, then closes it. Too many questions crowded in the back of his throat. What happened to you this week? What are you hiding? Why didn’t you call me? None of them make it out.
Lucas, steadier, breaks the silence.
“Whose car was that?”
It takes Will a moment to answer. He blinks at the wall behind Lucas like he’s trying to rewind something in his head.
“I borrowed it,” he says finally.
Lucas tilts his head. “Really? From who?”
When Will Byers arrives at the WSQK radio station in a vandalized car none of them recognize, the walls he’s built start to crack. What slips out is a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight.
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- Part 1 of Under Pressure
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26 Aug 2026
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all the words you hide by doziertozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
23 Feb 2023
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A series of oneshots that take place in the universe of "find beauty in a message."
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07 Aug 2026
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After a reckless action leads to the fall out of Mike and Will's friendship, they haven't spoken in years.
Will has built a stable, yet unfulfilling life in New York with his boyfriend, when he finally gets an out; a job offer for an art teaching position in Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Will, Mike is living in the very city he is about to move to, teaching at the same school, whilst raising his five-year-old daughter alone.
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06 Aug 2026
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"What exactly are you calling for, Nancy?"
There was a moment of silence before she continued. "I'm living in Paris—for work. I can't… they won't let him leave the country, and I can't move back fast enough for it to matter."
Will felt his face pale. "What about your parents?"
"They don't want anything to do with him, not after—"
"Yeah, I heard. What about…"
"Will, there's no one else. I've tried."
"Nancy, I can't… I can't just—"
"Please. I wouldn't be asking if there was another option."
Will bit the inside of his cheek. "Okay."
Or: Mike is on house arrest for 6 months and has no choice but to stay with Will, even though they haven't spoken in three years.
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“I want to explore that.”
The sentence shocks Will just as much as himself, and both of them freeze again. Mike’s mouth dries up further, if even possible, and he swallows hard to get some moisture back in his throat. His grip stays tight on Will, and Will can only, very slowly, turn his head back to somewhat look at Mike. The look on both their faces is equally mortified, and Will blinks a few times in disbelief.
“What?”
Somewhat catching his composure — and realising that there’s no turning back now — Mike stares at him and and presses on.
“Your neck. The — the sensitivity there. I — we should explore that.”
Will and Mike slip into an innocent, comfortable routine during which Will paints on Mike, and it soon turns into something more intimate than they can handle. Offering to help with the uncomfortable sensitivity of Will's neck, Mike starts to touch him there, saying they can condition Will to associate the sensation with something pleasant instead of feelings and visuals of the past.
What Mike doesn't know, however, is that the underlying reason for his sudden interest in said dynamic is just as hard to grasp as paint running through fingers.
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12 Jul 2026