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Mike watched all this with tears streaming down his face, his chest rising and falling as if the very act of breathing had suddenly become a choice. He held Will’s hand. That’s almost a given, at this point. He held Will’s hand, and Will watched him hold it, safe in the endless expanse of the theatre’s darkness. I wish I could feel things the way you feel them, Will remembers thinking. I wish I could see the way you see. I wish you could stay like this forever. Let me kill all the lights and strike the hands from the clocks. Let me keep us here in the dark, where it’s safe.
Then, the curtain fell, the lights came back, and that was the end of that. Mike carried on like nothing had happened. Never mind, Will thought. I guess the only darkness here is me.
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 everything falls apart.
Or: A story about grief, trauma, free will, and what it means to have come face to face with the supernatural. This starts slow, but bear with me; I promise it doesn't go where you're expecting!
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Feb 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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20 Feb 2026
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there i saw you standing (must have been a holy light) by maroon_haze
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Feb 2026
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What happens when a beautiful boy radiates divinity like God never could? When the sound of his voice alone could make one fall to their knees in prayer? When he is so pure, so holy, so utterly angelic that he must have come from the Heavens themselves?
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Mike Wheeler is an atheist in a family of good Christians. Will Byers is the son of a preacher who just moved to Hawkins from California. Mike discovers that going to church might not be all that bad.
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19 Feb 2026
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"Kneel.", Will repeats, sounding sterner than he means to.
Mere seconds later, Mike's brown eyes align with Will's.
He doesn't know what's worse. Mike immediately abiding to his command or the fact that he still barely hovers over Mike despite the latter being on his knees.
Will ignores the fluttering in his stomach.
"I think you begin um-" He hesitates. "You say 'Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.'"
Will hears Mike swallow.
"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.", he whispers.
Will thinks he might faint. He grips the chair, trying to steady himself before he continues to speak.
"Right." He clears his throat. "Now...tell me what's on your mind."
Mike is silent for a while.
"I don't think I've ever been in love with El.", he suddenly blurts out.
"What?"
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It is early August 1986. Will and Mike are coerced into renovating an old abandoned church on the edge of town. As the two boys grapple with faith, guilt, and punishment, they wonder whether they will ever be able to forgive each other's sins.
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19 Feb 2026
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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19 Feb 2026
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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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12 Feb 2026