ashofmypast
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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26 Apr 2026
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Jealous Mike.
Oblivious (not really) Will.
One very bad idea involving a camera.Or: a byler one shot I wrote based off of a tweet/tiktok
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24 Apr 2026
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Mike is no stranger to a little moral ambiguity, and mind reading is far more harmless than burying a body without telling anyone. So he dives in. Will smiles at him, and Mike prompts his brain to figure out why.
He finds nothing.
This is… odd.
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Mike gets telepathic powers randomly, three years after Vecna’s defeat. He tunes into people’s thoughts, expecting every guy’s mind to be like his. When he finds surprisingly few gay thoughts about best friends, he’s forced to re-evaluate and see if maybe it’s just him? (it is.)
It doesn’t help that the one mind he wants to read the most seems to be set to a different frequency entirely.
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24 Apr 2026
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I don't quite know what to say (but I'm here in your doorway) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss, blingyu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Apr 2023
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“And - and we’ll go to Scoops Ahoy and I’ll get you your favourite ice cream.”
This is all starting to suspiciously look very close to a date, but Will brushes it off - it wouldn’t be the first time he’s read too much into things.
Mike starts fidgeting with his hands, when no answer comes.
“You - you know, like a proper date? I know I’ve done something wrong, because you’re not speaking to me, but we haven’t been on one in ages, so. And then, I was hoping - maybe - if it goes well, I was - uh. I was going to ask if I can kiss you again. Properly, I mean. It’s fine if not though!”
Will doesn’t hear anything else Mike might say afterwards, because his brain short-cuts.
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Mike confesses to Will - then kisses him. They don't talk about it, but maybe they should.
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22 Apr 2026
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swing over the creek (too scared to jump in) by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Aug 2022
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The Byers were staying at Hopper’s new place indefinitely or at least for the summer (and Mike had a plan):
Mike’s Plan for His Weird “Feelings” (and other unsaid things)
1. Everything is fine.
2. Will's face or otherwise broad shoulders have no effect on him
3. He does not want to taste Will’s lips.
4. He will spend the next week being very normal around his best friend, and spend an all-together very pleasant time.
5. Because: everything is fine, he is a self-functioning, intelligent person.or alternatively: mike wheeler attempts to not be an idiot in front of will as his half-assed plan falls apart as he stays with them for a week.
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19 Apr 2026