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“Will, can I ask you something?” Mike speaks up, more assured this time. “Yes,” Will replies softly, waiting. There's only the sound of silence for a long moment.
“Do you remember the painting that you gave to me last year?” He finally asks and Will's heart drops into his stomach instantly. Sitting up straight, he turns to face Mike who stares at him with furrowed eyebrows, his lips pressed into a thin, contemplating line. “The one you gave me in the van when we were looking for El?”Will nods. “Yes, I remember.” Mike swallows, turning so he’s facing him straight on. “I was just thinking. Thinking about what you said and about, well about everything and I just need to know for sure if, if—” he stops there, biting at his cheek. His eyes don't leave Wills, not once.
“If what?” Will asks and he feels terrified, that day rushing back to him like an uncontrollable wave of burning hot water. Lies, misunderstood words, false confessions. Mike’s lips part ever so slightly and then they close, his eyes flickering back and forth between Wills, searching for something he doesn't fully understand. “If what you told me was the truth,” he finally asks, his words a whisper in the darkness of the basement. The truth.
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Mike shakes his head, looking down at his fidgeting hands. “I talked to El, Will. About the painting. I wanted to thank her but she told me she had no idea what I was talking about,” Mike explains. He looks back up at Will. “She had no idea,” he reiterates.
Will can’t breathe. He’s stuck still staring at Mike, his world crashing down around him. “How long have you known?” Will manages, his voice quiet and afraid. “A long time. Since that first week we were all back in Hawkins.”
“Why didn't you say anything to me?” Will asks.
“Why did you lie?” Mike responds, that unbreakable expression faltering for just a moment.
“I was afraid.”
“I was too.”
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The new power outage fic