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And Will’s not the writer here, Mike is, but he has no idea what goes on inside Mike’s head anymore, because Mike doesn’t let anybody in. He’s become all but a total recluse — reticent, he just buries his head in books and hunches over his typewriter for hours on end, writing stories nobody’s been allowed to read for months and getting lost in made-up paracosms to fulfill the gaping hole that El has left in his life — in their lives.
But it’s not fair, because act as he might, Mike wasn’t the only one who lost El.
They all did.
or, will and jonathan's 2am phone conversation a month pre-epilogue about growing up, first loves, and how to finally learn how to put yourself first
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- Part 1 of post epilogue byler core
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02 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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12 Dec 2025
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In true James Wilson fashion, it's when everything is finally looking up for everyone that he starts to spiral down.
or: a season 7 rewrite(ish)
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01 Sep 2025
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”Trust no one, Mabel,” Ford says.
Mabel wants to refute him. But she remembers a box full of lies and a secret basement. She remembers a button, and a plea, and a room of white light. She remembers the choices made that led her here, an impossible distance from home. And although she still can’t agree with Ford… she can’t reject it, either.
Mabel falls through the portal.
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Mabel wasn't scared of Ford.
Sure, she had seen him sock her beloved Grunkle in the face and drive him to the ground and, sure, maybe she had tried to take Dipper away from her--
She WASN'T scared of him though, she loved him.
Another Summer comes post Weirdmageddon and Mabel is suddenly struck by the realisation that seeing Ford in person again was very different to seeing him over video chat. Ford doesn't realise anything is amiss with his beloved Great Niece until it's too late.
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05 Jan 2025