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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    It’s 1992. Will gets an invitation to Steve’s wedding. He’s allowed to bring a Plus One. For some reason, he thinks bringing Carlton is a good idea. Back in Hawkins, he's battling with demons from his past while his boyfriend realizes there are a lot of things Will hasn’t told him about himself. Including how close he used to be to a certain Mike Wheeler.

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    19 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 28

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    “I’ve been lonely,” she finishes, before she can talk herself out of saying it.

    Suddenly the look on Robin’s face falls solemn, and she reaches out to put a hand on Nancy’s knee. “Hey. Me too.” She rubbed her thumb over the material of Nancy’s slacks slightly, almost imperceptibly, comfortingly. It would be comforting, if Nancy didn’t feel like every nerve ending on her knee where Robin’s hand rested was on fire. This should be normal, she thinks. This is how girls are with each other. That’s how she was with Barb, once. But this was Robin. Robin had a girlfriend. She was gay. And Nancy wasn’t--

    Blue eyes made contact with her own, and Nancy felt something inside of her ache.

    Oh.

    Maybe there were more things than just her trauma that she had been avoiding, not thinking about. She had been busy saving the world, after all. Or maybe she did have too much wine.

     

    OR - a fic where Nancy comes to terms with her sexuality and her trauma when Robin comes to visit her in Boston.

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    19 Feb 2026

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    “Didn’t you see Daniel and Johnny kiss at the end of The Karate Kid?” she asked, playfully.

    Will, however, seemed too caught up in his thoughts to realize the tone shift. “No. I, uh, I didn’t really pay attention–”

    “Holy shit, kid. I’m just messing with you,” she responded, forcing a laugh to relieve the tension. “Gay kids don’t get movies written about them. At least not ones with happy endings, anyway.”

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    Robin, Will, and the joys of queer media.

    (or robin and will bonding over their shared interest in movies and the same sex)

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    18 Feb 2026

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    “Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.”

    Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?”

    “If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mike explains. “But if we shotgunned, we’d both get two.” God, this is the best idea he’s had in ages. He should’ve stolen Will’s weed, like, months ago. “That’s like, bang for your buck. This is simple math, Will Byers. Keep up.”

    In which it’s well past midnight in New York, Will can’t sleep, and Mike feels like they barely know each other anymore.

    So, they get a little high. Mike is very normal about all of it.

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    14 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 23

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    max: u gotta be shitting me
    and u would never know he was drawing star trek yaoi alone in his dorm room hours ago

    will: just airing out my business

     

    AKA:
    byler centric texting fic about the st party in university because i needed to make the change i want to see in the world after that dumpster fire of a final season

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    12 Feb 2026