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    The impossible happened: Will asked Mike to be his boyfriend. Even stranger? Mike said yes.
    That's how it started. A letter, an accidental confession, a Saturday afternoon. And that? That was the easy part.
    Now, what they do - what they are - is secret. Because if anyone finds out... they don't even want to imagine. Lonnie would kill them both on sight. Mike's parents would send him away to some boarding school. They'd never see each other again. They'd be marked forever. Everything would come crashing down around them.
    But they try not to focus on that. They're busy, after all, trying to navigate this new relationship. Kisses, dates, prom, couples' quarrels. And in the meantime, Will has a problem on his hands; a power he needs to learn to control, before it blows up in his face.
    It's a crazy end to their school year - but there's more going on behind the scenes than they realize.

    (This is a sequel to The Red Envelope but you don't necessarily have to have read TRE; this can be read on its own should you wish :) )

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    03 Jan 2026

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    On chapter 8

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    It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.

    Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.

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    Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.

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    01 Jan 2026

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    😭💙

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    An encounter with an enchanted puzzle box locks up most of Charles’ memories and leaves him thinking he and Edwin are in love. With a recipe from Tragic Mick for a potion to counteract the spell and strict instructions to go along with Charles' delusions, all Edwin has to do is keep up the ruse for three days. He can make it three days. Right?

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    22 Dec 2025

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    Peakpeakpeak I died

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    “For someone who claims not to like thinking,” Edwin says, raising an eyebrow, “you do a remarkably good job of it.”

    Charles laughs. “Tell that to my old teachers, mate.”

    “If they disagree, then they can’t be very qualified.” Edwin says this simply, like it’s just a fact of life. Like it’s plainly obvious that if anyone thinks Charles is stupid, it’s they who are at fault.

    Or: Charles grew up poor and is likely to stay that away, his job at the magic store notwithstanding. By the time he meets Edwin, he's decided that he wants a new life. In between figuring out what's up with the mysterious wish-granting pigeons, and whether he can go to the Royal Ball, Edwin makes him want to take a chance on being happy as well.

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    28 Nov 2025

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    🪄

  5. Public Bookmark 53

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    Hob gets the flu and Dream turns into an overprotective nurse, with the help of Lucienne, a kitten, and Matthew (kind of). Bonus: Dream determines everyone in his life can't shut up about his relationship for two seconds.
    Can be read as a stand-alone to an established relationship if you don't want to read the series.

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    04 Aug 2025

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    Comfort