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    They fall silent for a minute, staring up at the sky together, and then;

    "Oh my God, I had such a crush on you back then," Mike says, laughing a little, and sounds so easy with it that it takes Will a couple of seconds to process. He's so casual, using the same tone he just was when they were talking about what nerds they were back then, like it's just another fact, something as intrinsic to him as everything else they've just been talking about, and Will-

    Will might be having a stroke, actually.

    will and mike reunite five years after their friendship ends

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    18 Feb 2026

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    “And I know, it’s not your fault. Trust me, I haven’t forgotten.”

    Shit. Mike was really hoping that would never come up.

    “I know, I know, I know it’s not your fault. But you know what?” Will steps closer, “it doesn’t change the fact that it feels like your fault.” With a shove on Mike’s shoulder, he painfully adds, “it feels like it’s all your fault.”

    When everyone suddenly masters the art of communication, Mike and Will give it a shot. They don't get it right on the first try.


    OR: 5 steps Mike takes towards the truth, and 1 leap Will makes towards destiny.

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    17 Feb 2026

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    “You okay?” Mike asks him. 

    Will turns to look at Mike. The light of the TV is projected on the side of his face, bathing his skin in greens and oranges. Sometimes Will feels like the secret to digging himself out of the wreckage of his childhood is hidden in Mike. There are days when the only thing that can dull the sharp pressure of grief in his ribs is Mike’s presence at his side; steady, thrumming. Will knows the day when he will have to detach himself is coming fast, but here in this basement, where nothing has changed in over a decade, time seems to have come to a screeching halt. It’s just the two of them, sat in the last place they were innocent together.  

    “Yeah,” Will whispers, “I’m okay.” 

    or; The Party's senior year of high school, in ebbs and flows.

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    “Will,” Mike starts.

    “No, seriously,” Will says. The hand that isn’t holding his beer raises between them, twitching downwards like he’s physically shoving any of Mike’s other questions back down where they came from. “It was a stupid thing to ask.”

    Mike shakes his head, then scoots forward, inching closer to Will. “It’s not,” he insists. “If it’s you asking, it’s not stupid, Will.”

    On New Year's Eve, 1996, Will asks Mike a question. He gets an answer and then some.

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    "Yes!" Dustin shouts, "I've taken many things into consideration regarding the data they share and my running hypothesis is that Will Byers definitely has a type." Dustin's looking at him really weirdly right now. He lifts a hand to mess with his hair. What if he looks ugly? He's gotta fix it before Will gets here.

    "Just because they all look like Mike—"

    Mike is having another epiphany— All of Will's little boyfriends looked like Mike.

    Will Byers has a type.

    At the thought, he breaks out into goosebumps, a thrill tingling sharp down his spine.

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