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    Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.

    "Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.

    He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."

    "Again."

    El is gone.

    Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.

    Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Mike Wheeler isn't gay.
    Or at least, he wasn't, until he made out with Will Byers.
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    When he turns around, Will is already on his bed, because of course he is.

    He’s sitting the way he always does– sprawled just slightly, one knee bent, hands braced behind him like he owns the place. Like they are normal. Like they haven’t crossed some invisible line that Mike can’t stop obsessing over.

    Something around Mike’s lungs tighten painfully.

    God, he wants to kiss him.

    He wants to close the distance and press his mouth to Will’s and feel that soft, familiar warmth again. Wants to see if it still feels like lightning. He wants to know if it feels different now, with the sun still up and the house awake and the world very much watching.
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    part 2 of chicken (i dare you to)

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Mike dares Will to play a game of chicken with him.
    Will, like most things, goes along with it.
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    “Chicken,” he said finally.

    Will blinked. “Chicken?” He frowned, trying to picture it. “Isn’t that the one where you get up on someone’s shoulders and try to knock the other person off?” The image flashed so suddenly and absurdly that a laugh almost escaped him. He caught it halfway, feeling stupid.

    Mike shook his head quickly. His pale cheeks flushed, covering his freckles in a faint pink like he was embarrassed, or maybe warm. Will told himself it was probably just the basement lighting. Or the heat.

    “No,” Mike said. “Like… the other game.” He rubbed his thumb against the edge of the blanket, not looking at Will now. “The one where you dare each other to do stuff. And you have to keep going until someone backs out.” He swallowed. “Chicken.”

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    featuring mike queeler

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    19 Jan 2026

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    At first, Mike was unsure how to approach him when he got like this. But they’ve been living together for months now, never further than five feet apart in their dorm beds, so Mike’s learned what works and what doesn’t.

    It works when he wakes Will like this, with gentle hands and words, telling him he’s safe. It works when he climbs into Will’s warm bed, turning him on his side and curling up against his back, an arm over his waist and his cheek pressed against his shoulder. They lie together like that until Will’s hiccupping gasps soften into steady breaths, until Mike feels him go limp in his arms and he knows he’s fallen back asleep. It always works.

    or: Will has nightmares and Mike is the only one who can console him. Not even Will's boyfriend can. Mike takes great pride in this fact.

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Mike really just wants to take care of Will, in every way he possibly can.

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    06 Jan 2026