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  1. Public Bookmark 57

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    The Upside-Down seeps further into Hawkins day by day. Some changes are good: Max wakes up.

    Some changes are bad: Mike realises he's been lied to.

    Will is faced with a decision, and no matter what he chooses, everyone else will face the consequences.

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    14 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 22

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    “No, no, just listen! You're nervous about dating because you’re never been on a date with a guy. But I’m a guy, and I’ve been dating Max for like four years. Or, well, two, or maybe three if you count— the point is, a long time. I have tons of experience, and you won’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself since it’s just me. It’s perfect.”

    Will’s brain crashes like an Atari unplugged mid-game. “Uh, what? What are you talking about?”

    Lucas stops Will, pulling him off to the side to avoid the stream of sixth-period-bound students. He’s completely sincere. “Go out with me,” he says. Before Will’s jaw can make contact with the floor, Lucas amends, “I mean, not actually, but you can practice with me. I’ll show you what dating is like, and you can practice dating a guy."

    Hawkins, senior year. When Will mentions how nervous he is about the prospect of dating, Lucas is quick to lend a hand. It's what any good friend would do, right?

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    13 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    “What’s your first name?”

    Will looked up at him, sure that he was glaring. “Why does it matter?”

    The boy’s smirk was so sharp, pink and dangerous. “Because I want to know who I’m up against.”

    Between ivory walls and dust-covered bookshelves, Will Byers throws himself into an academic rivalry with the arrogant boy in his Philosophy class. He doesn’t understand why Mike refuses to hate Will as much as Will hates him.

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    07 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 5

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    “I thought that was you,” says Mike, and even though he’s standing on the opposite end of the clearing, his voice sounds so intimate. Will wants to crawl into his arms. Will wants to sprint away. “What are you doing here?”

    “Screaming,” says Will. His gaze is level, his fists are clenched, and he is not running away. He’s staying exactly where he is. “You didn’t hear?”

    “Hard to miss,” says Mike.

    Mike heard screaming and he ran toward the sound, because even after everything, he’s a good person. That, or he has a raging savior complex. Probably both.

    Everyone in Hawkins has forgotten Will Byers. Even his own family forgets him on occasion.

    For some reason, Mike Wheeler is an exception to the rule.

    A mid-90s AU set in the Pacific Northwest, ft.: slowburn Byler, memory fuckery, mixtapes, flannel, witchcraft, moody weather, Nirvana, a spooky eldritch forest, and a whole lot of gay angst.

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    06 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 75

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    “The whole time I was with her, I kept imagining she was…someone different. Someone who was easy to be with. We could just…sit in silence and still be happy. Because we understand each other so well.”

    A sick coil forms in Will’s stomach. They’re already like this. Just ten minutes ago they were each doing their own thing a few feet apart, and they were both content. But obviously Mike isn’t talking about him, because Mike doesn’t…like him like that.

    In one blink, Mike is still splayed along the bed, and in another, he’s suddenly upright, suddenly very close to Will. Startled, Will reels back, his spine pressed into a knob on Mike’s headboard. Mike’s eyes are wild and crazed as he stares strangely at Will; Will’s are wide and confused as he stares back.

    “You know what I mean, right?” Mike says carefully. Now that they’re within arms reach, he wraps a hand gently around Will’s ankle, just above his sock and below the end of his jeans, bare skin on bare skin.

    Or: Mike is acting strange, and Will can't figure out why. When he learns it's because Mike is freshly single, Will does his best to be supportive and not at all weird about it. He's doomed.

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    06 Mar 2026