TwistedIllusions
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A Real Life (Honest To God) Sorcerer by TwistedIllusions
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Apr 2026
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Professional bull rider Will Byers is a legend on the circuit, known as the Sorcerer for the way he can stick any bull for eight seconds like it’s second nature.
A year after a near-fatal accident left him gored, trampled, and permanently wrecked with chronic pain, he returns to the rodeo determined to prove he’s still the best.
Even when his abusive father pushes him harder than ever, Will keeps climbing back into the chute—because riding is the only life he’s ever been allowed to imagine for himself.
But in a world built on bruises, legacy, and the kind of forced masculinity that breaks men before they know they’re bleeding, the only thing that matters is making the eight.
No matter the cost.
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Touch My Neck (And I’ll Touch Yours) by TwistedIllusions
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Dec 2025
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Will’s power is waking, and so is the fear he’s been carrying for years. With dirt on their faces, blood on their skin, and bruises blooming deeper than just the surface, Mike sees it all.
Sees him in a way no one else ever has.
What begins as cleaning up turns into something softer, heavier: a moment of honesty pressed between two tired boys on the edge of war.
Tomorrow they face Vecna.
But tonight? They face each other.
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In The Middle Of The Night (Two Dead Boys Got Up To Fight) by TwistedIllusions
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
28 Feb 2022
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“The doctors didn’t believe that he would survive, and anyone who’s had a sick child would understand that it feels like you’re losing your grasp on them. Like there's something that's…pulling them from the other side…”
“...which is exactly what was happening in that house.”
- Grace Hargreeves, Mother.
When Klaus Hargreeves has to battle not only his second bout of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but the spirits of the dead who are haunting him.
OR The Haunting In Connecticut AU nobody asked for.
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Dave had never been well-versed with merfolk. Of course, he’d heard the tales of them growing up, but then again, who hadn’t? Their story was one of wonder and mystery, so it should have been no surprise that Dave, like most people, never actually believed in their existence.
All his years at sea he’d never once come across one, but now here one was in the flesh.
Wounded and in desperate need of his help.
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Chasin’ You Like A Shot Of Whiskey by TwistedIllusions
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
16 Jul 2021
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Klaus watched as the horse turned away, taking the beautiful cowboy along with him. Unable to contain his downright tumultuous nature, he muttered under his breath, “Didn’t know I’d been shipped off to brokeback mountain, but I can’t complain—”
“Whoah,” Dave said, sitting deep in his saddle to halt his horse before turning around to once again face Klaus. “Sorry, what was that?” he asked, cupping his hand to his ear, eyebrows rising attentively.
Panicked, Klaus stumbled over himself trying to find the right words, his palm running down his chest before grabbing a hold of his satchel. “Oh, um...nothing, I uh—I just said I...broke my backpack getting off the plane.” He said, lips curling in towards his teeth, eyebrow cocked in embarrassment. He only hoped Dave would believe this new steaming pile of horse shit.
Recent series
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Lullabies Go On, They Never Die, That’s How You And I Will Be by TwistedIllusions
Fandom The Umbrella Academy (TV)
31 Oct 2020
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This is the home to all of my Parent!Klaus stories with him and his daughter Riley! There will be art, one shots, as well as two multi-chapters depicting Klaus’s journey as a father while he raises his precious baby girl! :)
- Words:
- 134,434
- Works:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 65
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The Hardest Part of This Is Leaving You by TwistedIllusions
Fandom The Umbrella Academy (TV)
04 Apr 2020
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This is my collection of the stories I’ve written depicting Klaus vs his battle with pancreatic cancer.
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- 148,370
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- 2
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- 42
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The Word “Happy” Would Lose It’s Meaning If It Were Not Balanced By Sadness by TwistedIllusions
Fandom The Umbrella Academy (TV)
27 Mar 2020
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This is the home to all of my Bad Things Happen Bingo prompts! I plan on having a blackout card, so be sure to subscribe to follow along to when I post each one!! :)
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- 10,296
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- 2
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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- Part 1 of landslide
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- English
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- 11/11
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Bookmarked by TwistedIllusions
27 Jun 2026
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It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.
The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.
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- English
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- 189,454
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- 24/24
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Bookmarked by TwistedIllusions
26 Jun 2026
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After everyone else leaves Hawkins, Mike stays because he can’t face a world without Eleven.
Will stays because he can’t face a world without Mike.
Their days blur into a routine that is comfortable, suffocating, and the only way they know how to survive.
So when Will starts coughing, he calls it a cold.
He calls it a cold when it turns deep and violent.
He calls it a cold right up until he’s bent over the bathroom sink with blood on his hands and the truth staring back at him.
As Mike watches Will’s body unravel, the truth he’s been running from since they were kids finally catches up to him.
But some words come too late.
And some endings can’t be fixed.Bookmarked by TwistedIllusions
11 Jun 2026
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Will couldn’t breathe.
Not in a panicked way, not a head over heels way, he literally could barely breathe anymore.
Mike Wheeler is here to help.
Bookmarked by TwistedIllusions
11 Apr 2026
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Mike's breath hitched again, not out of fear but something else— something he was too afraid to name, something he had suspected for a long time and buried deep.
Across the MAC-Z, Will wiped at the blood under his nose.
He’s beautiful, Mike thought fleetingly, unable to control it, and secretly not wanting to either.
Then Will fell to his knees, and time snapped right back into place like a broken rubber band.
or, Mike and Will in the immediate aftermath of the MAC-Z (ft. Lucas) ; 5x04 coda
Note: now complete with chapter 2 added! (please check updated tags)
Bookmarked by TwistedIllusions
07 Mar 2026