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After proclaiming himself an Atheist one night at the dinner table, Mike's parents exile him to an Evangelical Summer Camp for one last summer before college.
But this year is different. On top of rejecting his faith, he can't stop thinking about the mysterious boy working as a caretaker.
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- Part 1 of Indiana Summer
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Bookmarked by thirdwheel3r
09 Jun 2026
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Mike goes to christian camp and falls for Will who works there. Mike finds out he's bi and Will has a hidden past and is pretty much by himself.
Soooo well written. Kinda explicit but in a classic literature way. -
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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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Bookmarked by thirdwheel3r
08 May 2026
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Best shit I've ever read (BYLEEEEEEEERRRR)
They're older (30) but not wiser
Will is such a sweetheart and Mike is a mess but in a heartbreaking way (sad to see, but hopeful about his future cause it can only get brighter)
They've kinda lost touch after Mike's wedding but they reconnect over chat and soon make a habit of talking online every week (90s/early 2000s vibes) -
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Knock knock knock
“Jesus Christ! Hold on,” he mumbles, floating down the steps. He flicks on the porch light and yanks the door open. “What the hell are you–” He freezes.
For a moment, he really does believe he’s dreaming. You know, given that not a single fucking thing about this situation makes any goddamn sense. Because on the short trip from his bedroom to the front door, Mike made a list in his head of all of the people that could potentially be on the other side. It was a rather abbreviated list, to be fair: The cops. Nancy. His landlady, Freida. That one drunk guy he occasionally gives a cigarette to if he happens to be smoking on his porch when he walks by.
But it’s not any of those people. It’s Will. A year older, soaking wet, shivering with a waterlogged duffel bag slung over his left shoulder. Yeah. He’s dreaming. Because he had spoken to Will on the phone not even ten hours ago. He was about to go on his three year anniversary date with his long term boyfriend in New York City.
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Will needs some space from his boyfriend, James, and for whatever reason, he decides to take that space at Mike's townhouse in Boston. Mike is going to be so normal about it.
Bookmarked by thirdwheel3r
20 Apr 2026
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sometimes people grow apart, and that's life. and sometimes they grow together again, and that's life, too.
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Bookmarked by thirdwheel3r
10 Apr 2026
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It's 1997 and the ghost of Mike Wheeler walks back into Will Byers' life twice in one day: first in a Midtown coffee shop, then as the writer assigned to his graphic novel. Eight years of awkward distance now have a deadline. Collaboration is a special kind of torture when the person you're building a world with is the one who broke yours.
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09 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Graphic novel + Will has a bf + Mike is full of feelings