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    An accident leaves Mike without four years of memories. He wakes up convinced that it's 1989, that Bush is the new President, and that his time at college in Boston has only just begun.

    But it's 1994. There's a new President. He lives in New York.

    And somehow, he shares an apartment with Will Byers.

    Or: An Amnesia AU.

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    21 Jul 2026

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    He shifted, pressing his forehead against Mike’s shoulder, the fabric scratching his cheek. "Please," he whispered, the words slipping out in the safety of the dark, "please just wake up. I can't do this without you. I love you, you idiot."

    Or, a oneshot where Mike got vecna'd and is in a coma. Will stays with him and confesses some things, thinking that Mike can't hear him.

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    17 Jul 2026

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    Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.

    Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.

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    16 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    Things complicated very quickly after the flayed years. And there was an unspoken understanding about that. Though, Mike wished they did talk about it. He doesn’t know what he would even say. There was so much ground they needed to cover.

    Or did they. They had more conversations with eye contact rather than real words. Which, Mike couldn’t tell was good or not. Nevertheless, now there was an uncomfortable distance. An extra inch that’s been there for a little too long.

    And what’s weird about it is that Mike’s friendships with the others are fine. Normal as they can qualify as. Despite all the battles and all the shared trauma, they’re as good as they can be.

    But there’s always an undertone with Will. Now more so than ever.

    Now they are old. Or what constituted as old in their younger years. Mike reluctantly digging through college applications while the others cram in extracurriculars at school. It was another stress separate from the end of the world. And somehow worse.

    And Will was this newfound constant. Or Mike finally realized he was. Ever since he came out, he was this beautiful, new person. Not that he hasn’t always been beautiful. Mike’s brain stutters.

    Not the point.

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    14 Jul 2026

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    "Mike."

    "Yeah?" Mike pulls back slightly and Will's eyes flicker down, watching as he sucks his bottom lip into his mouth.

    He doesn't know what to say; he's not sure he even knows how to breathe.

    "Strawberry," Mike says after a moment, his voice wavering.

    "What?"

    "The flavor… is it strawberry?"

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    Mike and Will play the chapstick game, the line between friendship and something more blurring as they do whatever it takes to win.

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    14 Jul 2026