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    In his almost 17 years being alive, Will has learned many things. Very high on that list is that there’s a fine line between “best friend” and “something more.”

    Michael Wheeler uses that line like a fucking jump rope.

    “You… wish I had saved just you?”

     

    or; Mike and Will chat after the Mac-Z

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    22 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 48

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    He’s not sure when he started sprinting. When he makes it back to the car, he’s out of breath. He unlocks it, letting his friends in, who are abandoning their bikes. He jams the key into the ignition and turns it, hearing the engine hum, then puts his hands on the wheel. He grips it hard, feeling tears start to fill his eyes. He’s not sure what to do, where to go, his vision is blurry, and he can’t take a full breath. He looks straight through the windshield, at the school, and watches people file in as the bell rings. He feels a tear break through and fall down his cheek.

    “Mike,” Will says gingerly, “let me drive.”

    Or- After coming back from California, Mike and Will have spent the last year spending as much time together as they can, rebuilding their friendship. They've been secretly hiding their feelings for each other for years, and it's becoming more and more difficult to hold back. They're constantly flirting yet never taking the hint, to the point where their friends and families think they're secretly together.

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    13 Dec 2025

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    After finding out about their son's relationship, Karen and Ted give Mike an ultimatum.

    Lose everything, or lose everything.

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    13 Dec 2025

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    He’d stared at Will without really seeing him, so caught up in his own thoughts—a constant, monotonous beat of oh my God, I’m alive. Oh my God, Will has powers. Oh my God, he saved me.

    And then—

    Oh my God, he’s beautiful.

    The thought had stopped him short, had landed with a soft and devastating clarity.

    Beautiful.

    That single word had broken something open within him, something he’d spent years reinforcing with lock and chain and prayer and denial.

    After Will saves Mike from the demogorgon at the MAC-Z, Mike finally lets himself acknowledge a truth he's been running from for years:

    He is in love with Will Byers.

    Now all Mike has to do is come to terms with that truth—especially when Joyce sees it too.

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    12 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    “Dream.” She gave him a slightly scolding look, “Just admit that you love him.”

     

    “I do not.”

     

    “Don’t make me talk to Desire…. You know they would be all too happy to tell me the truth, even if you wouldn’t.”

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