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  1. Public Bookmark 54

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    **Taking place following the End of Stranger Things Season 5**
    The party all go their separate ways for college, Mike stays behind in Hawkins. Haunted by Eleven's death and ...repressed feelings
    Mike isolates himself from his friends for over a year before finally deciding to confront the things that keep him up at night.
    Mike decides to visit Will at school in Chicago. He doesn't stick to their plans and runs into Will... and Carlton at a club. Needless to say this causes... issues.

     **The first few chapters are shorter, and mostly backstory to fill in the blanks in between the end of S5 and the beginning of my story!**

    This is a byler love story, but it will be angsty and very very slow burn, there will be smut eventually. Your patience will be rewarded! ;)
     
    UPDATE: Thank you all for the love! This story gets pretty dark but at the end of the day this IS a Byler LOVE STORY. These two Will have a happy ending... eventually ;)

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    25 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    Mike Wheeler was kissing a girl.

    This wasn’t out of the ordinary for him, as over the past few months all he’s done is kiss girls.

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    Mike turns kissing girls into a habit, despite the sinking feeling in his stomach telling him something isn’t right. He continues to bury his feelings until he physically can’t anymore.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    “Meow,” and there’s no way she heard that right, eyes snapping away from where she’d been distractedly watching the TV screen and over to her brother’s friend. She checks again, and yeah, Will is holding a stuffed bear, not a cat. The beloved Tiggy stays firmly attached to his bag, so they aren’t playing with tigers, either.

    “So they go back down the mountain, and now all the village people are asking them about the crystal, and Rory is sad thinking they didn’t get it that whole time, but then–”

    “Meow. Meow,” Will declares, removing the teddy from the dinosaur’s back and making it do some sort of interpretive dance.

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    Or, Mike makes a new friend. Nancy learns how to speak cat.

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    13 Jan 2026

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    “I don’t hate you, Mike,” Jonathan said quietly, and the words sent revulsion threading through his veins. Mike let out a choked noise, trying to pull away, but the arms stayed locked around him, caging him in place even when his shaky hands came up and tried to push him away. His breaths were quick and tight and he couldn’t do this, couldn’t let Jonathan hold him like this, like he was something to be cherished.
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    mike wheeler is certain that jonathan hates him now, years of past history be damned. and—he should hate him, right? because mike was an awful person, really, and everybody knew it.
    except jonathan insists that he doesn't hate him. even when mike tells him his worst secret.

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    12 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 48

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    Mike had a hand laid gentle and soft on Will’s shoulder, staring at him with a mournful sort of expression. “Did he do it again?” He said lowly, looking deep into Will’s eyes. Dustin frowned, sent a confused glance to his other friend, who also shrugged. Do what again, he wondered.
    Then, “Do what again?” He asked, because Dustin had never had a particularly good degree of control over what he said.
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    will doesn't show up on time to the party's hangout, so they go to his house to pick him up. when they're there, though, they can hear yelling. and will's dad is a pretty scary person...

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    12 Jan 2026