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Will Byers has survived the absolute fucking impossible—the kidnapping, the torture, the possession, and the end of the world.
Telling his current boyfriend the truth about his past shouldn't be harder, but it is.
Especially when so much of it still leads back to Mike Wheeler.
Or: Unanswered letters, a crowded party, and Mike Wheeler at the worst possible time.
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05 Jan 2026
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hope grows up to become someday by burnthatbridgewhenwegetthere
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Dec 2025
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Will wishes desperately to feel something. Anything. His mother hugs him and it’s like he’s touching a mannequin. There’s hardly any warmth anymore. He remembers when his heart was unsteady, filled to the bursting by Mike falling asleep on his shoulder at movie night. He remembers looking forward to Dustin’s hugs, where the other boy would purposefully try to squeeze all of the air out of Will’s lungs. He remembers when Jonathan ruffled his hair and his whole body went liquid, trying to lean into his brother’s hand. Now everything means nothing. The house is noisy and Will is alone.
or, Robin makes Will think about his feelings for two seconds and he falls apart
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09 Dec 2025
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It’s always been easier for Mike. That’s not his fault. There are days Will envies him, and he hates himself for it.
They’re married, in love, and the past is a monster only Will can remember.
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08 Dec 2025
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" 'Notice how my stupid puppy looks at me.' Mr. Luthor's voice is soft, wondering. 'Worshipful and adoring with simpleminded love. As if I were Superman.' "
Or: Luthor takes out his Superman obsession on Ultraman.
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18 Aug 2025
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It's been nearly ten years since they saw each other. Ten years since they lived in the same state, much less occupied the same room. Ten years since they were friends; eight and a half since Will stopped referring to Mike as such, much less his best one.
Ten years, and here Mike is, and here Will is, and here’s the guy in the chinos who just bought Will’s first friend, first love, first heartbreak a drink. Here is what the poets call cosmic fucking irony, Will thinks: the setup for the world’s unfunniest a guy walks into a bar joke, and Will’s the punchline. Will’s been punched in the gut.
(or, after ten years of no contact, will encounters mike wheeler in a new york city bar, and he doesn't know what to do about it.)
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- Part 1 of boys in bars
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05 Jul 2025