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Mike has kissed exactly one girl since El: Gracie Jenkins, at a party Stacey Albright threw a few weeks ago, before everyone went off to college. He hadn’t liked it, but he’d assumed that was more or less to be expected, that moving on from El would be easier said than done. He was making peace with the possibility that he might never move on, really—that any future romance was just doomed from the start.
Eric kisses him and, immediately, he likes it.
It takes one week of college for Mike to drunkenly make out with a boy at a party, and even less time for him to connect the rest of the dots.
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19 Jan 2026
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“Let me show you,” Will whispers, bending down to press a kiss to the corner of Mike’s mouth. “Just how much I want this– want you.”
Mike shivers again and presses his temple against Will’s, his eyes fluttering shut. “How?”
Will pulls away just enough to look Mike in the eyes. He smiles, softly, eyebrows coming together in question. “Trust me?”
Mike opens his eyes, his face morphing into earnestness, and he nods.
“Always.”
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or, Mike and Will cross a new bridge together.Series
- Part 1 of guilty as sin, a false god
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19 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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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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12 Dec 2025
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At some point, Mike had come up with a plan that he thought was pretty genius. Every time Will had a nightmare, he would quickly wrap the boy up in his arms before his friend even had a second to protest. He would hold the boy until he fell asleep and, often, they would wake up in the same position. He did this in the hopes he would not only comfort his friend, but also make him feel less embarrassed about his nightmares.
Before he could lose his nerve, Mike laid back down on the bed, opening his arms wide; he hoped Will had adjusted to the darkness enough to see his movement.
“C’mere,” He blurted.
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Or, Will wakes up from a nightmare and Mike helps in the best way he knows how: Cuddles. Which would be fine, except for the fact he's been trying to hide his feelings for his best friend since the moment he touched down in California.
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15 Nov 2025
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“Just to be sure, you – what were you agreeing to?” Mike blurts. “Like, was it the seeing other people thing, or the kiss – the practice kissing thing? I was – I’m just making –”
“The second one,” Will forces out, feeling awkward to his very bones. “The – practice.”
Mike, somehow, turns even redder. “Right. Yeah. Okay.”
Mike offers to teach Will how to kiss.
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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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17 Jul 2025
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Beautiful Robin characterization! and I love how Robin is acting in a mentor role but her inner monologue shows that she is also still very young and a baby gay.
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Going Too Far Just to Have You Near by borealisaurora
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Oct 2022
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Mike Wheeler always seems to gravitate toward Will Byers, like they’re connected by an invisible string; Will could be on the opposite end of any room and Mike would somehow find his way over to stand next to him. When Robin points this out to Will, Will thinks she’s crazy, and they strike a deal; if Will stays away from Mike for a week and notices how Mike will always find him, Will has to consider that maybe, just maybe, Mike has a crush on him too.
A deal which Will agrees to because, why not? There’s no way this can be true.
Can it?
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11 Jul 2025
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“You’re thinking,” Will says, skating a finger down the line of Mike’s nose, under his eye, over his cheekbone, then resting, finally, just at the corner of his lips– “about me.”
Oh, Jesus. Mike’s throat is very, very dry. “What?”
Will opens his eyes – slow, a little hesitant – and smiles. “You are,” he says, way, way too smug for Mike’s liking. “You’re turning red!”
“Shut up,” Mike mutters, and Will’s smile grows. “You– I’m just nervous!”
It should be illegal for someone to look this pleased with themselves. “Yeah?” Will says quietly, index finger still hovering at the corner of Mike’s mouth, thumb pressed gently under his chin. “I make you nervous?”
Mike thinks Will might be psychic. (Kind of.) Will is being very irritatingly vague about the whole thing.
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25 Jun 2025
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On their way to Hawkins, the group decides to stay at a motel for the night.
Mike and Will get a moment alone to talk.
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24 Jun 2025
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Mike has always been there to save Will, no matter what the circumstances. That may be part of the reason that Will has developed a secret crush on his longtime and presumably straight best friend. But when Mike goes missing one summer afternoon, will Will have the courage to step up and be the one to save Mike this time?
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Surface & Symbol by OfficialStarsandGutters for foxyexy
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
10 Jan 2022
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Fake dating KevNeil AU with art student Neil.
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“Short version: I have to go to a homophobic event so I wanna bring a date to make a statement, but as Aaron has just made abundantly clear, the concept of anyone willingly dating me is obviously a huge joke. So Kevin has very kindly agreed to pretend he can stand me for one evening.”
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- Part 1 of Surface & Symbol - KevNeil
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02 Jan 2022
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Minerva McGonagall checks up on little Harry Potter and finds that not all is as it should be. She makes a decision that will change everything for the Boy Who Lives.
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07 Oct 2021
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Suppose Harry Potter wasn’t the only one getting Occlumency lessons from Snape in fifth year. Suppose Draco Malfoy needed to block certain memories and feelings from a certain Dark Lord. And suppose, say, that those memories and feelings had something to do with the Dark Lord’s enemy… ;)
In other words, what might have happened if Snape was actually decent at teaching Occlumency.
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09 Aug 2021
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Medieval(ish) AU. Lady Quartz extends an offer to an unlucky lawbreaker.
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17 Jul 2021
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10 Jul 2021
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Sometimes there are tears even though there isn’t anyone around that needs healing. Or: Rose is tired and decides to give one of the strange human habits a try. Pearl, ever loyal, is there to assist.
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Diamond Academy is the most prestigious all-girl boarding school in the world. The school takes in the daughters of diplomats, spies, heads of state the world over. All the same, every year the school accepts a small number of scholarship students who are recommended by existing alumni or who win certain contests the school hosts.
Pearl is grateful to have been accepted to Diamond Academy, even if it was only so that the Quartz family could have peace of mind that their eldest daughter would be safe at her new school with someone to watch over her and report back to her family. But would she be able to fit in among even the other scholarship students, let alone an entire school of students far above her station?
Diamond Academy is a strict environment, but with girls like these running down the halls, there's bound to be fun lurking in the corners! Follow Pearl and her classmates as they live, learn, love and laugh. And maybe have a little drama. Or a lot of drama. Hey, it won't be easy, but they're not going to do it alone!
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13 Jun 2021
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Beltane is a May Day festival that was widely held throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man until the mid-20th century. Among other things it is a celebration of the coming summer sun and its purifying fire.
(Or: Rose and Pearl fuse... a lot.)
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25 May 2021
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18 May 2021
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Fluffy, smutty, or other multiship snippets in exactly 396 words. Probably.
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18 May 2021