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There was another pause before a strangled sob cut the air. "I'm alive," Mike managed.
"Are you crying?"
"What- no!" Mike bit back angrily, furiously trying to scrub the tears off his face with the back of his hand. Max started to scoot under the stall again, this time ignoring Mike's protest. "The floor's gross, dude," he mumbled, trying to shield his face inadvertently.
"Yeah, well, I don't care. I already have a bunch of bullshit all over me, so," she glanced at his face. She could tell he’d definitely been crying. His eyes were glossed over and red, and he was still making his sad attempt to cover his face. “Talk to me, Wheeler.”
“I- ugh, I don’t know. You and Lucas have something good. And I have it too, I mean, I have El, and I’m happy with that, I like her, but...” He stopped quickly before he said something he would really regret. He knew that for a moment he had looked surprised at his own words, and all he could do was hope that Max hadn’t picked up on it. “No, nevermind. It’s stupid. I’m fine.”
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Instead of Robin and Steve at Starcourt, it’s Max and Mike.
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22 Feb 2026
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mike gets sick, and will takes care of him
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20 Feb 2026
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Mike and Will are in the Upside Down with Nancy and Jonathan to set bombs when Mike gets Vecna’d. The only way to save Mike is for Will to travel through his best friend’s memories to try and find him, to save him before it is too late. He discovers a lot about his best friend on the way.
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18 Feb 2026
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“Wait,” Lucas takes another glance at Will, specifically at the sweater he’s wearing. “Is that Mike’s?”
Here’s the other thing about the last eight or so months of Will Byers’ life: he’s been spending his nights, on and off, secretly, semi-occasionally, very frequently, kissing Mike Wheeler.
He’s confused about it too, don’t even worry.
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15 Feb 2026
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never cried to them, just to your soul by Demiwitchwoodwalker
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
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The last time he’d stood this close to the edge, Will had been gone, he’d thought he was dead. Nothing had mattered anymore, except protecting his friends, keeping those he had left safe. He hadn't wanted to live then, not without Will. He didn’t want to live now. Not because Will was gone—he was just across town in Mike’s room, probably not thinking about him or where he was for even a second—but because he didn’t deserve to. Because he was wrong, because he was sinful, because he didn’t matter, because nobody needed him and they never had. He’d just wanted them to need him because he’d needed them.
All he ever did was hurt the people he needed. Why would anyone ever need him? He was–
“Mike, where the hell are you?” Will’s voice latched a tether around his chest, pulled him back, pushed down his younger voice, silenced Troy and James.
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It's October 1986, the Byers have been living with the Wheelers for 3 months now, and Mike can't sleep through the night, waking to nightmares and struggling to reconcile his growing awareness of his feelings for Will with the expectations of everyone around him. It all comes crashing down around him very quickly and suddenly (though it was a long time coming).
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08 Feb 2026