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It’s been twenty-six years, twenty-six long years since the party’s final adventure had ended.
And did they get there happy endings? You could say that... It’s not like they’ve drifted apart either, shared-trauma tends to have a particularly tight hold on people. But something had always felt off after the final battle, sure the lack of Jane’s presence was a high contributor, but there was more to it.
What if it was never truly over? What if, the Abyss was never destroyed, and a part of the Mind Flayer was still out there somewhere?
Maybe, two decades was enough. Enough for the mind flayer to stalk, and wait for that perfect moment—
To strike.
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my way of coping with the end of my childhood obsession (and trying to fix the shitty ending it had)
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Pickles and Nico were great friends, at work and outside of it too. Everyone knew that. But maybe there was something more below the surface…
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Mike and Will get summer jobs as lifeguards at the Hawkins Community Pool during college break. Will just wants to forget about his first failed relationship. Mike wants to make it an unforgettable summer.
CPR training gets complicated when you're hot for your "straight" best friend and he keeps wanting to practice his mouth-to-mouth technique.
"Should we… practice again?" Mike said finally. "Now?"
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23 Feb 2026
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Will's been acting— strange, Mike thinks. He's caught Will skulking around the house like he's got lead weights attached to his ankles, watched his eyes blink listlessly without a hint of light in their irises, heard his voice go so raspy Mike wasn't sure he'd been speaking at all. Mike can’t help but worry.
He doesn’t look too good, either; clammy skin, pale, ashen face, hollowed cheeks like he’s hardly eaten in days. Will's acting half-dead already, and the world's not even close to ending yet.
Mike, on the other hand, is being slowly tormented by a strange monster with fangs long enough to spear him through. These two things— Will's strange behavior, and Mike's impending doom— may or may not be related, but Mike's got to figure it out. One way or another.
(Or; Will puts his life on the line to keep his friends safe, and nearly loses it entirely. Mike does all he can to bring Will back— and, in the process, brings them closer together than ever before.)
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06 Feb 2026
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Volume 2 & 3 Rewrite of stranger things season 5, from Wills perspective. In this universe Mike and Eleven are broken up, and have been since season 4. Will struggles with the idea of still loving Mike after he has hurt El. And as the months grow colder, memories arise. Trauma, hurt, guilt, but Will also begins to notice snowballs rolling down the hill. Turning into an avalanche.
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30 Jan 2026
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“Wait,” Will said in a harsh, croaky voice. He felt like his brain was dribbling out of his ears and he fell onto the couch with a small poof of air as he stared at Mike in such a hard daze that it was a wonder he didn’t pass out again. “I - what do you - “
They stared at each other.
The air was thick and suddenly it was like Will could taste ozone at the back of his tongue, like electricity was coating his mouth and didn’t leave any room to breathe, to think, and his voice was wobbly, uncertain, as he said, “what do you mean… other boys?”
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Will tells everybody about his Tammy.
Mike, of course, reacts in a totally normal way.
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27 Dec 2025
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you took my heart (i was sleeping..well not really) by monachopsis_22
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore, despite living under the same roof. Will is avoidant and spends most days in the basement, and Mike has never felt so alone.
Then the power goes out, and Mike desperately wants to understand what went wrong, and to know what that damn painting means.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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24 Dec 2025