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    The Understudy by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    10 May 2026

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    Will could not help the question that burst from his lips, it had been ricocheting around his brain like a stray tennis ball and was simultaneously causing him the most excitement, distress and exhilaration he had felt in his entire life.

    “Are you my husband?” he blurted. Mike blinked in surprise.

    “What?”

    Will lost his nerve slightly. He wondered if he had been horribly wrong about this, and maybe in this strange timeline he was just a friend staying over and maybe he’d made a mistake and the daughter wasn’t really his daughter and—

    Will faltered. “Um, I — well, I just thought you were — I mean, you are my husband, right?”

    Mike looked very alarmed. He was staring at Will as though he had grown a second head.

    “Obviously…?” he said, “Are you feeling alright? Did your mom make you try her D-I-Y coffee again?”

    When nineteen-year-old Will Byers wakes up to find himself in his forty-three-year-old body, he must—with no experience whatsoever—play the part of world-renowned freelance painter, father of two very troublesome teenagers, and most strangely of all: Mike Wheeler’s husband.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    a top 3 st fic for me. my heart aches

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    areas of expertise by for disco_vendetta (brinn)

    Fandoms: IT (Movies - Muschietti)  

    01 Aug 2020

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    @PuzzleStan is:

    -A puzzle enthusiast named Stan (44%, 3553 votes)
    -An anonymous stan of puzzles (44%, 3602 votes)
    -A puzzle enthusiast named Stan who is leaning into the wordplay (12%, 969 votes)

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    23 May 2026

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    i've come home, i'm so cold by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    08 Sep 2022

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    “You’re not boning, though, right?” he says, suddenly. He doesn’t know why he feels such an urge to bring it up again, as if the thought of Mike boning is not something that is CODE RED #1 at the top of Will's list of things to absolutely never think about. But also. Look–

    “What? No, of course I’m not boning,” Mike splutters, turning a violent shade of scarlet, “how would I even hide that from you, I’m with you all the time–”

    And then he falls silent, so fast that Will gets tonal whiplash from how fast Mike just went from saying boning over and over again to just clamping his mouth shut and staring at the wall across from them.

    Will's trying his hardest to make it through fall semester in one piece. Unfortunately for his degree, he's being haunted by maybe-feelings for his best friend (metaphorically), and also a maybe-ghost with rather abysmal fashion sense (literally).

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    27 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    byler hall of fame for me

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    Mystery Work

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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

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    20 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    frankly THE #1 st fic for me…

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    will byers’ guide to advanced concepts in painting by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    27 Dec 2025

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    Dustin hums in agreement while he swallows his bite. “It’s like, against his factory settings to say no to you. What do you need him to do, model for you or something?”

    Will shoves his face back into his hands. “I’m going to fail.”

    Max rolls her eyes. “You’re not going to fail, you’re going to paint Mike.”

    Will lifts his head up from his hands, eyes wide, and shakes his head. “You don’t understand.” He pleads with his awful, awful friends, voice low. “He’s been, he’s using my—he came out of my bathroom in just a towel last night.”

    Studio art major Will Byers has a study of the human body due before the semester ends, is in desperate need for a model, and has a huge, life-altering, heart wrenching crush on his best friend.

    Enter: Mike Wheeler, his broken shower, and his collection of plaid-print boxers.

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    07 Jan 2026