if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side
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The facts are simple: Will met someone. Mike hasn’t been able to meet anyone. Will has someone, Mike lost his someone. Will is happy… Mike isn’t. Someone else sleeps in his bed at night and Mike hasn’t been able to have a good night’s sleep in months, years probably.
Someone else sleeps in his bed at night and it kills him that it isn’t him.
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Mike's been careful, kept his distance, managed to keep his feelings for his best friend in check and out of sight. When he's unexpectedly forced to spend a weekend with Will, who's got a new boyfriend and a few other secrets he's kept to himself, his careful facade starts to crumble. A short prequel from Mike's perspective to 'if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side'.
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if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side by retired_teenager
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Feb 2026
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Mike visits Will in New York during his last winter break. It's the first time they hangout after graduating, just the two of them. Mike is finishing his final book draft and Will is about to graduate, moving back to Hawkins next summer.
A blizzard paralyzes the city – trains, buses and planes all coming to a halt. Mike will be staying longer than just the weekend, bound to the childhood friend he's been questioning his feelings about lately.
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First love never dies.
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