Elenesse
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And in thirty minutes or so, Will’s going to be there, in front of him, and he doesn’t know what he’s going to say. ‘Hi Will, sorry we never talk, even though that’s kind of your fault too,’ or maybe, ‘Hey Will, remember when I said ‘best friends?’ How’s that working out for us?’
What about, ‘Hey Will. I’m glad you’re here. I’m lonely every day and I miss you’?
Absolutely not.
Bookmarked by Elenesse
12 Jul 2026
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An ache started to settle inside Will's chest, burrowing deep between his heart and ribs.
Mike let go of the hug, stepping back a few inches and kissing the sobriety chip, "For you. For Nora."
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Mike and Will navigate married life, struggling through Mike’s sobriety and being on the brink of divorce.
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Bookmarked by Elenesse
10 Jul 2026
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Sequel to Judith's Head.
Will Byers may not have been Mike Wheeler's first kiss, first time, or first boyfriend, but he was his first best friend. Being best friends is the greatest thing two people can possibly be. First kisses, first times, first boyfriends are fleeting. Best friends are for life.
Of course, Will is finally his boyfriend now, and it's really awesome. Mike has never been happier. Truly. He's so happy that all the pain, self-hatred, resentment, and regret seem trivial. Because they are boyfriends now. It's everything he's ever wanted, even when he didn't want to want it one bit.
To maintain the perfection of the present, Mike tries not to think about the past. Like how much he hated himself for being different, El's decision to take her own life, all the guys he’s been with, and on his worst days, of Will. It's so rare when it happens that it's not worth mentioning.
But when it does, it hurts like hell.
Or: Mike is finally ready to tell the story he could never tell, even when it comes to Will.
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- Part 2 of The Book of Judith
Bookmarked by Elenesse
10 Jul 2026
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When The Parties Over, It’s Time For The End by Areyouhappy_Notvery
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Apr 2026
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“It’s not very often I have good dreams of you and not the nightmares I normally write to you about. These dreams, while nice, are still hard for me. It’s not the same as the nightmares but going from a dream where we are together and loving each other to the reality of what my life really is, it’s hard. Last night’s dream was new though, we were older and married, we had a daughter named Leia and oh my god Will you were the best girl dad ever, watching you with our daughter was so beautiful but waking up and finding it was all just a dream hurts almost as much as waking up from the nightmares.”
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Mike and the party are no longer close, he’s pushed everyone away. Mike loves Will but Mike thinks Will has moved on while he’s been stuck in a rut in Hawkins. Mike struggles for two years alone with horrific nightmares of losing Will until he decides he can’t do it anymore and decides to commit, before he goes though Mike leaves Will the binder full of letters he’s written to him over the years and one final goodbye…
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04 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler has spent four years writing a fantasy story about a paladin and a sorcerer. A metaphor about his late realisation that he's in love with Will Byers.When the group gathers for a reunion in Hawkins, Mike and Will meet again after years of no contact.
Mike realizes he should feel happy for Will now that he has a boyfriend, but instead, he's falling apart even more.
Then Will finds his folder.
The truth Mike has been bleeding onto pages for years. And everything Mike has been hiding crashes into the light.Or: A story about breaking and healing. About loving someone from the moment you understood what love was, even when you didn't have words for it and about the courage it takes to let yourself be saved.
Or: Mike Wheeler's journey from "definitely straight" to "catastrophically in love with my best friend" to ''healing through love''
Bookmarked by Elenesse
03 Jul 2026