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The perfect night (to sink into the floor and die) by notdeadonlyasleep
Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
02 Feb 2022
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Jeongguk considered himself a quite lucky person, but today his luck must have run out. Jeongguk’s night that was supposed to be a quiet study session had turned into a nightmare.
It was an unwritten rule for werewolves to never visit the territory of vampires and vice versa since the species were hostile against each other.
However, Jeongguk found himself running for what seemed to be hours, deeper and deeper into the vampires' territory.
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Taehyung had learned that love could be found in the most unforeseen places, at the most unexpected times.
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“You’re late.”
“Well, I was never informed that we’ll be meeting. Maybe that’s because I thought you were dead. I was sad for a while that I wasn’t the one who killed you,” Jeongguk gave a sly smile.
“Yeah, I missed you, too,” chuckled Taehyung. -
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This year’s Christmas party was supposed to be a small one. At least that’s what Namjoon said when he invited Taehyung. The older claimed that only about twenty people were going to attend the celebration: closest friends, a few people from university and work.
Taehyung assumed it didn’t include Namjoon’s cousin Jeongguk, but as soon as he stepped into the living room of his hyung’s apartment, Taehyung caught the sight of those big glowing doe eyes he tried so hard to forget.
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"I just need you to know," Will says quietly, and he makes himself hold Mike's gaze, "that if something happens - if I hurt you, or anyone else - it's not because I wanted to. I would never want to hurt you, Mike. Never."
The words hang between them, loaded with more meaning than Will intended.
There's a pause where all Will can hear is their breathing echoing against the storage closet's walls. The hum is more distant now, buzzing in the back of Will's mind, but the uneven inhales coming from in front of him sound louder. The breath tickling his nose (because they really are that close) feels realer.
Mike's eyes are still darting across Will's face, and Will can feel him inhale sharply. "Will, why are you so convinced you're going to hurt someone? What did Vecna show you?"
Everything, Will thinks. He showed me everything. Showed me killing you over and over until I couldn't see anything else.
Somewhere between slaying interdimensional eldritch horrors, exploding an entire dimension, and risking their lives countless times, Mike and Will find each other.
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30 Apr 2026
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cursing my name, wishing I stayed (look at how my tears ricochet) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jun 2025
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"Tell me a secret?"
Mike asks, like he's come to do every day, late at night, when the darkness can swallow the guilt and the regret rushing out of their hearts, when their sides press together, the floor long forgotten, ever since the first Will, please, come up here.
Will is a terrible person.
I'm in love with you. I'm having visions. I'm in love with you. I'm not really having nightmares, Vecna is tempting me with a version of you that loves me back. I'm in love with you.
"I think my death is the easiest solution to everything. The Upside Down will die with me."
Will can hear Mike swallow next to him.
"Will, I would let the world burn down to ashes if it meant keeping you in it."
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They're back in Hawkins, everything is the way it's always been, except - yeah, it's still the middle of an apocalypse, Will is having nosebleeds and Mike would sacrifice the world for his best friend but is still losing him.
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26 Apr 2026
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“What’s your first name?”
Will looked up at him, sure that he was glaring. “Why does it matter?”
The boy’s smirk was so sharp, pink and dangerous. “Because I want to know who I’m up against.”
Between ivory walls and dust-covered bookshelves, Will Byers throws himself into an academic rivalry with the arrogant boy in his Philosophy class. He doesn’t understand why Mike refuses to hate Will as much as Will hates him.
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21 Apr 2026
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promise me you'll be there after, aftercare by miwiheroes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Mar 2026
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What did he think, really?
What did he hope to find in the arms of a Mike Wheeler who's suddenly comfortable enough to go to gay bars in New York? That he was just going to have sex with his first love, who's gotten even prettier than he was six years ago and realise, oh, actually yeah I'm definitely over you?
Yes. Yes, that was what he'd hoped. That's exactly why he'd taken Mike up on the offer, goddammit.
But he can't face palm hard enough to leave a mark right now, because as he mentioned before, Mike is naked, lying on top of him, gently kissing up and down his neck, still warm and sticky inside him. He can't face palm, because he was wrong, and being wrong has never felt so right.
aka after the best hook up he's ever had, will tries to convince himself that mike is still a jerk. mike proves him wrong with aftercare and a surprising confession
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08 Mar 2026
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The screaming is unusual.
Will’s nightmares rarely announce themselves like this. They usually arrive quietly, in the form of a locked jaw, trembling limbs, a desperate, instinctive commitment to silence. His fear is usually swallowed and choked back, even in slumber.
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Or, Will starts screaming in the night. Of course, Mike is there to comfort and protect him. But that’s just friendship… right?
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This is my love letter to Byler. Who in my heart end up together no matter what. It’s an exploration of genuine emotion, care, shared trauma and love in a friendship and how that can develop into something more. Something they’ve both waited a long time for.
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- Part 1 of Pockets of Safety
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03 Mar 2026