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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    The damage from the destruction of the hive mind leaves Will in a coma for a week. When he wakes up, he remembers everyone except Mike.

    Desperate to have Will back, Mike does everything he can to make Will remember him. When Will interprets that they were boyfriends, Mike can't bring himself to deny it.

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    09 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 26

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    "Nothing?" Lucas repeats. "You just—what—woke up one day and decided to stop talking to each other?"

    Mike presses his lips together, jaw tightening. "We didn't decide anything," he says. Then, after a beat, adds, "We just... grew apart a bit. That's all."

    Lie.

    Mike keeps lying over and over, like it's the only thing he knows how to do anymore. Seriously, if there were a challenge for liar of the year, he'd place first without even trying. Half the time, he's not even sure he remembers how to tell the truth anymore—or which version of it is supposed to be it.

    "A bit?" Lucas scoffs. "Will doesn't even want to be near you, Mike."

     
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    Mike and Will have been avoiding each other for months after Will told him he is gay.
    Mike thinks he can just keep on living like this, until they find themselves living under the same roof.

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    09 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    Mike goes to confront Will, but after he finds out Will has been abused he just fucking kills Carlton instead.

    READ THE TAGS. PLEASE GOD READ THE TAGS. THIS IS A VERY ANGSTY, HEAVY FIC WITH A LOT OF DARK THEMES. READ THOSE TAGS. THANK YOU.

    Slow updates possibly, because I have trauma with DV myself. This fic started as a project to help me work through my trauma, but after I got a little tipsy and decided to post it on TikTok a lot of people wanted to read this fic. I hope this finds someone who will enjoy reading as much as I will enjoy writing, but due to how close to home the abuse aspect is, it might be a while between chapters. But I promise I won't abandon it, and will still post as regularly as I can. This fic is too important for me to just abandon 🤗 Y'all just might have to bear with me.

    Also some of the chapters are REALLY long lol so it takes a while to edit them.

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    22 Jan 2026

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    In the midst of the frantic, rhythmic motion, a small shift in the air, pulled Will from the blinding focus of sensation. His head lolled back against the pillows, his eyes, hazy and dilated, snapping open.

    That’s when he saw her. Vanessa. Standing in the sliver of the doorway.

    He didn't gasp. He didn't stop Mike, didn't even slow the relentless, punishing rhythm. There was no room for surprise, not now, not after all this time. He just stared at her with the quiet, triumphant knowledge that had settled deep within him years ago. It was a look of profound, quiet acknowledgement—a confirmation of the ending he had always known was their inevitable destination.

    In that gaze, Will was telling her that her story with Mike was over, that he had merely held the place for him until the time was right.

    The problem with Mike Wheeler was not that he didn't know how to exist in halves, but that he refused to let Will Byers exist without him. In 1991, Will Byers is an art student at NYU, living for the 10:00 PM calls and the thick, ink-stained manuscripts Mike sends from Bloomington. He has resigned himself to being the moon to Mike’s sun.

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    20 Jan 2026

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    “And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”

    Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”

    What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?

    “Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”

    The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.

    “Maybe something here wanted you back.”

    Or, a fix-it fic modern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .

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    19 Jan 2026