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cling on to me like the smell of gasoline by plumberrygrove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 May 2026
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He doesn’t recall closing his eyes but they’re squeezed so tightly he’s seeing all sorts of colors and patterns, like oil on pavement after the rain, dizzying and dirty. And that’s how he feels when Mike is whispering all this crazy shit into his ear and it’s crazy because it doesn’t make Will feel like shit. It only stokes the electricity under his skin, in his blood, rushing it like a fucking storm, crashing into his gut mercilessly. They shouldn't be doing this. It's not right. This isn’t what friends do— This is wrong, this is mean, it’s so fucking selfish, this—
“Feels so fucking good, Mike."
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03 Jun 2026
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“Okay. Umm… God this is… hard. Ok. Umm… You remember Nevada? You… Said it was hard to open up to people you care the most, cause they can… they can maybe not like the truth? You remember that?”
Will just blinked fast. Still half asleep.
“God.. You really are half-asleep” Mike let out an exhale. “Will, I need you to listen to me, okay?” He almost grabbed his hand again, but didn’t. “I’m gonna say a lot… And probably freak the fuck out. Can you… can you pay attention?”
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On a random Tuesday night Mike drives to NYC, wakes Will up and tells him everything.
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03 Jun 2026
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When Will's hearing finally returns, it's not Max he hears first.
It's Mike.
"Will!" Mike drops to his knees, all but shoving Max aside as he frantically looks Will over. "Are you–"
The second Mike's hands touch Will, he recoils. His prey instincts fire up again, identifying Mike as a danger.
Mike's aggression lingers in Will's mind. His fangs, his words…Even if they were in his defense, logic didn't cooperate with instinct. He feels like a small child again, hiding in his closet from people who wanted to hurt him. When he'd come home from school and catch a whiff of spice and fury, he had to hide as fast as he could before it could be turned his way.
"Will?" Mike says again, voice suddenly small. Will can smell the worry on him. "I'm–We're gonna get you home, okay?"
Will's eyes flick over to Max. Jane has appeared beside her. "I think you need to step back, Mike," Max says.
Mike fights a guy for feeling Will up in the club. Will's self-preservation instincts make him afraid to seek comfort from Mike.
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03 Jun 2026
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Mike overhears Will telling Jonathan that he’s afraid to come out to his friends and decides the best solution to this is to come out to Will first (even though he’s totally straight), except instead of coming out to him, Will takes Mike on a journey of self-acceptance, unraveling internalized homophobia and introducing him to queer culture. Mike really hopes this doesn’t awaken anything in him (spoiler: it definitely does).
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01 Jun 2026
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At twenty-two, Mike’s life is far better than he ever thought it would be. He graduated from The University of Chicago in May, after getting his diploma in English, and his entire future being at his fingertips (something he always thought he would be terrified of) feels almost exhilarating.
He loves his apartment back in Chicago and it’s horrible winters, he loves his shitty car that’s dented to hell and back. He loves sitting at his typewriter as novel ideas flow from his fingertips. He loves that he finally did it, he escaped Hawkins. It’s something he’s proud of even four years later, because he left and grew into himself and didn’t become his goddamn father like he was always terrified he would. He loves that he healed enough to willingly return to his godawful hometown for his sister’s wedding.
More than anything else, he is completely and utterly in love with Will Byers.
And that is something his best friend can never, ever know.
OR: the party returns to hawkins for jonathan and nancy's wedding in 1993, and mike is sick of pining after his best friend from a distance
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23 May 2026