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waking up with the house on fire by 40linestare
Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT (2017), IT (2019)
14 Sep 2019
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the one where eddie loves culture club (and maybe richie). richie's oblivious (not to the culture club part).
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Will thinks of all the times he’s trained himself out of moments like this. How long it’s taken him to perfect the art of staying very still, of letting feelings pass through him without ever touching the outside world. He thinks of how wanting Mike has always felt like something sticky and unclean, something that would stain everything it brushed against.
Mike waits, face hovering mere inches away, eyes half-lidded. He always waits.
“You can—” Will starts, then stops, because Mike has stolen the words right off his lips.
or Mike is worried he's a bad kisser. Will helps him test this theory.
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30 Mar 2026
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A one-shot rewrite of Will's birthday in Stranger Things season 4 where it's /not/ forgotten :^)
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24 Mar 2026
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isn't this silly and aren't you beautiful? by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Jan 2026
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His stomach twists. Dustin is still talking to Stacey and looking content enough in their conversation, one that Mike doubts he'd be welcome to join. When he peers into the living room, he sees Max and Lucas and Will, all spinning each other around to the tune of whatever shitty song is playing and laughing loudly. Will is grinning, something wide and warm and beautifully happy, a grin that Mike hasn't seen directed his way in what feels like forever.
He looks back at Dustin, hands waving and eyes bright as he talks, Stacey smiling at him. At Max, gleeful. At Lucas, singing along to the music. At Will, head thrown back with a cackle.
It's a gut-wrenching feeling, realizing how unnecessary you've become to the people you love.
or: they go to stacey's party (and maybe kiss a little)
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16 Mar 2026
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A Feeling I Don’t Want to Know by SundayAfternoonTimewarp
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Nov 2025
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After a telepathic battle in a pizza dough freezer, the Cali gang stop at a dingy Colorado motel to recoup and spend the night: two rooms, two beds per. Mike and Will reconnect over the stiffy haze of Purple Palm Tree Delight. The Velvet Underground plays softly on the radio. Mike questions his sanity.
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03 Feb 2026
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i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this). by burgundyshirts
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Aug 2022
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The first time it happens, Will classifies it as a little accident.
When he wakes, the morning sun is burning through the window onto their faces, and Mike’s cursing as he stands to close the curtains, stumbling all the way.
“Scoot over,” he grumbles, voice dry, and for a second Will can’t do anything other than sigh like a lovesick idiot. It’s a second too late for Mike, because he grumbles more words Will doesn’t catch under his breath and then physically pushes Will towards the wall to lay beside him, arm over Will’s middle. A second of silence passes, then Mike sighs, only to whine: “Fuck, my head hurts.”
Will can’t help it: he breaks down laughing, much to Mike’s offense.
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Alternatively: five times Mike kissed Will, and one time Will kissed back.
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18 Jan 2026