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2025-12-04
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2026-03-13
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"A dream is not reality, but who's to say which is which?"

Summary:

SPOILERS FOR SEASON FIVE VOLUME 1 AHEAD DONT READ IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED YET

Will is living the perfect life, Mike's his boyfriend, his mom bought back their old house and he gets to play DnD with his friends everyday after school. It's perfect, but what if it's all an illusion. A perfectly crafted illusion to keep him under Vecna's control and ensure he can never again harness his powers against Vecna ever again.

Notes:

HIIIII! I've been brainrotting on Will Byers as of late. Season five has given me the brain worms, half my sketch book is gonna be Will. I'm so exctied for Christmas (well the day after christmas because it won't come out till like two where I live). So to keep myself busy and to try and get the hyperfixation to go away I'm writing a long fic. I outlined it in two days, which isn't my all time record, shoutout to the time I outlined an entire book in an evening.

But anyways I'll probably have like daily updates since I have no life at the moment. :D

Also the intamacy might be awkward because like I havent been kissed yet let alone had a gf or bf so this is all based off of what I've read, which is a lot of fanfic and romantasy. Anyways enjoy!

Also title is from an Alice in wonderland quote and chapter titles will be song quotes this one is from Line without a hook by Ricky Montgoemery. This is one of my fav songs.

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Chapter 1: "I don't give a damn about the way you touch me when we're alone."

Chapter Text

Will ran his hands through Mike’s hair, feeling its slightly coarse texture as he pulled Mike in closer. It was perfect, this was all perfect. 

Mike’s lips were soft against Will’s, and as Will licked them, he could taste the strawberry chapstick on them. Oh, how many years had Will wanted to taste those lips, see if they tasted just how they smelled. 

Mike moaned, and pushed Will against the bed, somehow he had pulled him so that he was above Will now. 

Will could feel Mike’s hands on Will’s waist and running up and down his sides, like he couldn’t get enough of Will. 

Will nipped at Mike’s lip prompting another moan. Will relished the sound, there was some kind of strange pride in being able to make Mike, the love of his life, moan like that. 

Something is wrong, a small voice in Will’s mind said. 

Will’s eyes opened, he still kissed Mike back, but a little more subdued than before. Mike began tracing kisses up and down Will’s neck leaving small marks that Will would definitely have to hide later. 

He glanced around the room, everything seemed to be normal, he was in his bedroom. His old bedroom, with all the posters put back up. His DnD box in the corner of the room where he had dropped it once Mike had started kissing him. They had planned on working on a new campaign but then they got a little distracted by each other. Oh well, they could do that later. They had all the time in the world. 

Something is wrong Will, the voice insisted. Will shut his eyes. The voice wasn’t making sense, nothing was wrong. This was everything Will had ever wanted, what was so wrong about that? 

He focused on Mike who was making his way back up to Will’s lips. Will grinned, and pulled Mike back up, his hands buried in Mike’s hair. 

Yes, this is everything you could ever want, another voice said. Will thought it sounded familiar but he couldn’t place where he had heard the voice before. 

Will closed his eyes tighter and slid his tongue into Mike’s mouth, deepening the kiss. 

Stay here, and you needn’t worry about anything else ever again. 

NO! Bad! This is wrong! All WRONG! 

Will shook his head, clearing his thoughts. Mike broke away from him panting slightly. “Not good?” 

“No,” Will said, pecking Mike on the lips. “But we have to finish that campaign, remember?” 

Mike grinned, “Oh yeah, kind of forgot about that.”

So they broke apart and moved to the floor where they began planning the rest of the campaign, their fingers interlocked the entire time. 

No, nothing was wrong. How could anything this good be wrong? It must’ve just been Will’s anxiety playing tricks on him. Everything was perfect here, and Will intended to keep it that way. 

Good William, good.