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Finn is stuck between a rock and the only thing he's ever wanted.
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03 Jan 2026
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At first, Mike was unsure how to approach him when he got like this. But they’ve been living together for months now, never further than five feet apart in their dorm beds, so Mike’s learned what works and what doesn’t.
It works when he wakes Will like this, with gentle hands and words, telling him he’s safe. It works when he climbs into Will’s warm bed, turning him on his side and curling up against his back, an arm over his waist and his cheek pressed against his shoulder. They lie together like that until Will’s hiccupping gasps soften into steady breaths, until Mike feels him go limp in his arms and he knows he’s fallen back asleep. It always works.
or: Will has nightmares and Mike is the only one who can console him. Not even Will's boyfriend can. Mike takes great pride in this fact.
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01 Jan 2026
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It was only supposed to be one harmless lie. Sneaking around with Chance Fernandez wouldn’t hurt anybody. For once, Will Byers was going to do what he wanted. For once, he’d have control over something in his life. Just this once, he wanted to experience something normal.
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Will starts hooking up with Chance behind everyone’s backs and it triggers a downward spiral.
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30 Dec 2025
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“Will,” Chance said, warm breath fanning against his lips. Not Byers. Will. “I don’t—I don’t know how I’m supposed to act around you. You make me feel so…I don’t understand what’s happening to me.”
Will released a shaky exhale, overwhelmed and hot all over. “I’m—I’m sorry, I—”
“Don’t,” Chance choked out, pressing their foreheads together. “Don’t say anything, or I’ll—fuck, I don’t even know. Just…tell me to stop.” Then quieter: “Please, or I’m going to do something insane.”
The summer of ‘87 was an eventful one, to say the least.
(or: Will starts up a secret relationship with one of Hawkins High’s star benchwarmers, feat. Sattler's quarry, crop tops, screwdrivers, and ‘60s music.)
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30 Dec 2025
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Mike opens his mouth, then closes it. Too many questions crowded in the back of his throat. What happened to you this week? What are you hiding? Why didn’t you call me? None of them make it out.
Lucas, steadier, breaks the silence.
“Whose car was that?”
It takes Will a moment to answer. He blinks at the wall behind Lucas like he’s trying to rewind something in his head.
“I borrowed it,” he says finally.
Lucas tilts his head. “Really? From who?”
When Will Byers arrives at the WSQK radio station in a vandalized car none of them recognize, the walls he’s built start to crack. What slips out is a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight.
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20 Dec 2025