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There’s still a part of Will that yearns for more. He finds himself ceding precious mental real estate to thoughts that seem too big for any one thinker. They aren’t dark, exactly, but they are… big. It’s not a particularly sophisticated word, but it’s the one that feels right. And it makes sense, in a way. Humans have countless words for countless things, but it’s the simple ones that we reach for whenever the object of our attention seems intent on evading comprehension.
Or: Will and Mike build a life together in the shadow of things not seen, caught between the mundane and the cosmic. The old world is dying, and a new one struggles to be born. This is the time of monsters.
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- Part 2 of Nature and Supernature
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Maybe Will decides that enough is enough, and lets Mike go. Maybe whatever persists between them dies slowly of benign neglect, until all that remains is shared trauma and dead memories that don’t mean what they once did. Or maybe he just never hears Mike’s voice again. He shudders.
But what if it's not too late?
Too late for what?
What do you do when the world fails to end? If you’re Will Byers, you build a life. If you’re Mike Wheeler, you build a tomb.
It’s been a decade since El disappeared, Mike is still trapped in his own head, and no one knows how to talk about it. Then, Mike does something impulsive, and sets in motion a chain of events that will cause Will to question everything he believes - including about himself.
Or: A story about grief, love, fate, freedom, and the things that hide in the dark (and maybe the light, too). This starts slow, but bear with me; I promise it doesn't go where you're expecting!
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- Part 1 of Nature and Supernature
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All I wanna do (is my Surfer Boy) by Mia_MoonlightYearning
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jun 2026
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Summary: Chapters 1–4
Mike Wheeler came to 1990 Los Angeles for a degree, not to be mentally and physically dismantled by a sun-kissed Will Byers, his long-lost first love, who surfs and looks like a water god. Was it too soon to say he loved him? Or was it actually over six years too late? Will seems determined to strip away every bit of Mike's overthinking (and clothes) until there's nothing left to do but give in to the Californian heat.Summary: Chapters 5–8
The 'first time' was a revelation, but the 'every time' after is what’s truly dismantling Mike Wheeler. Now that the Californian heat has finally melted his defenses, Mike is discovering that domestic bliss is its own kind of high-stakes adventure. From tangled mornings and stolen kitchen kisses to the terrifying vulnerability of sharing a future, being Will’s boyfriend is the best job Mike’s ever had. As they navigate family, friends, dreams, and the freedom of the open sun, they’re making one thing clear: they’ve already wasted enough time. When you’ve nearly lost your forever, you devour every ordinary second of it.Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
09 Jun 2026
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“My name is Michael Wheeler, I’m 16 years old, and a year ago today, my best friend lost his mind.”
Nobody understood why Will Byers started spouting nonsense about other dimensions, and especially not Mike Wheeler, his best friend.But then, a mysterious girl named Eleven reveals herself to Mike and shows him the truth: Will isn’t crazy. Vecna stole memories of the Upside Down from everyone in Hawkins, and they need to be restored.
The party reunites to take Vecna on one last time, but when Vecna starts altering Will’s mind at a last attempt at power, things take a dark turn. Will Mike and the others be able to help Will hold on? And in a reality where anything could be fabricated, how can Will know what’s real… and what’s a trick of the mind?Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
08 Jun 2026
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in knowing that the sun is there by musthavebeen_thewind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 May 2026
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Mike hasn’t prayed since November, 1983. But nearly ten years and 800 miles away from the last time, staring up at the dark stain in the ceiling paint, Mike thinks: God, give me a sign.
And then, the phone rings.
or; new york city in the 90s is just as perpetually rainy as hawkins was in 80s. except for one will byers, who despite mike wheeler's best efforts, is a beam of sunlight. in which, over the course of 5 years, like the sun following a rainstorm, mike and will find their way back to each other.
Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
07 Jun 2026
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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.
From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.
This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.
will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.
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Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
04 Jun 2026
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“For the love of God! Mike, I haven’t had an orgasm in like two fucking weeks! That’s what’s wrong!” Will snaps. Mike’s eyes go wide. He opens his mouth to reply, but he closes it again. The silence between them is heavy for a moment. Like they’re both weighing what Will just admitted. “And you have been driving me fucking insane with all this touching. I don’t know what’s happening, but it needs to stop.”
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The world shutting down causes Mike and Will to start crossing the boundaries of their friendship.- Language:
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Bookmarked by BackwoodsJupiter
03 Jun 2026