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Navigating the aftermath of Shannon’s death, Eddie never thought he’d be a widower by age thirty-two and raising a kid on his own without any help. When Christopher calls into one of those late-night talk radio shows asking how to help his Dad, Eddie realizes that he needs to try and move on for Christopher’s sake, so he reluctantly starts dating what everyone tells him is the perfect woman for someone like him.
It turns out Christopher, and he have much different ideas of just who they need.
Buck has had a terrible year. His physical injuries from the truck bombing were bad enough but having Ali leave him seems like a sign from the universe that he’s always meant to be alone. Listening to the radio at night, he hears the most adorable kid ever talking about how his Dad is sad and needs a new partner—LA kids are pretty progressive, and this Christopher kid isn’t particular if his Dad ends up with a woman or a man. It almost gives him hope, but who would want to date a firefighter who can’t help anyone?
A chance encounter on a pier, a tsunami, and a promise to meet up at the Griffith Park Observatory on Valentine’s Day brings together two soulmates who, in another life, would have met very differently.Series
- Part 3 of 911 holidays
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29 Apr 2023
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28 Apr 2023
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A story about power changes you, and what being a villain really is. A story about what someone deserves, and what they should sacrifice. A story of a land, and its monsters. A story of a war and the teens that fought it.
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Two months after the gates opened, Will Byers goes missing once again, and Mike tries to figure out the meaning of life without his 'best friend'.
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26 Apr 2023
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Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?”
“Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.”
“Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?”
“Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”
Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.
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25 Apr 2023
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Well, I wouldn't bet on it by Thisusernameisunavailable
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Apr 2023
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Gareth is a senior and the last original Hellfire member left at Hawkins High. And while that makes him their reluctant leader, it certainly has its perks.
Like getting to know Will Byers. Gareth soon realizes that maybe that's his favorite part about being the new Dungeon Master.
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- Part 1 of Will Byers Deserves Love
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- 14/14
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25 Apr 2023
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all my stories that include buck being christopher's other dad, because that's my shit
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24 Apr 2023
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he's gonna notice me (it's okay, we're the best of friends) by mikeslawyer
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Apr 2023
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“But I might not know what I’m talking about - I’ve only ever had a crush on Suzie and, as we know, she’s the love of my life.”
Dustin says proudly, getting a few groans, a full set of rolled eyes and some distant gagging noises - Will can bet money it’s Max - before continuing.
“Mike, what do you think?”
Will turns to face his best friend, who very pointedly avoids his eyes.
“I-uh. You know I haven’t been in a relationship since El.”
Lucas and El exchange a look - something that Will can’t quite place - something that feels like an unspoken pact of interrogation, before scooting closer to Mike, as if cornering him.
“That wasn’t the question, Mike.”
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Will gets sick and tired of never knowing if someone has a crush on him, so he asks for advice. Why do all the signs point to Mike?
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23 Apr 2023
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One afternoon alone with Gareth has Will Byers questioning every thing he thought he knew about his friendship with the drummer.
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21 Apr 2023
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I don't quite know what to say (but I'm here in your doorway) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss, blingyu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Apr 2023
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“And - and we’ll go to Scoops Ahoy and I’ll get you your favourite ice cream.”
This is all starting to suspiciously look very close to a date, but Will brushes it off - it wouldn’t be the first time he’s read too much into things.
Mike starts fidgeting with his hands, when no answer comes.
“You - you know, like a proper date? I know I’ve done something wrong, because you’re not speaking to me, but we haven’t been on one in ages, so. And then, I was hoping - maybe - if it goes well, I was - uh. I was going to ask if I can kiss you again. Properly, I mean. It’s fine if not though!”
Will doesn’t hear anything else Mike might say afterwards, because his brain short-cuts.
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Mike confesses to Will - then kisses him. They don't talk about it, but maybe they should.
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17 Apr 2023
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It’s something about the way Eddie phrases it. Something about the combination of his words and the way he’s staring down at the floor, and the flush in his cheeks and the way he’s fidgeting. Buck thinks, abruptly, he’s going to ask me on a date.
“Well I - wanted to tell you first, and I need someone to watch Chris, anyways - I know he’s getting old enough now he doesn’t like feeling like he’s got a babysitter, so I was hoping - sorry. Not the point. Uh. I have a date on Saturday.”
Just as abruptly as his own hopes had come soaring up above the cloud cover of his own unawareness - they go crashing back down to the floor - to the basement, and into the mud. “A date?” Buck rasps out.
or - the one where eddie decides to start dating again, buck figures out his own feelings just a minute too late, and then he spends a week going through the five stages of grief
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17 Apr 2023
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“So, um,” Will stammers. “You’re saying I should get to know Patrick?”
Mike’s expression shutters for a moment, before he seems to pick up on the fact that Will’s joking. “Oh, shut up,” he grumbles, rolling his eyes. “If you want to date an anime nerd, then by all means—”
“Well,” Will says, heart still hammering in his chest. He tries for a smile, but he’s not sure he quite manages it. “No one else is offering.”
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mike and will are roommates. it’s a disaster, except for all the ways that it’s not.
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15 Apr 2023
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Ted thinks about knowing Will Byers through the years and what that boy has given him.
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Will Byers is the cinnamon-eist of cinnamon rolls and Ted realizes just how special that is.
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13 Apr 2023
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"So are we just gonna watch them have fun or something?"
"You invited me," Will remarks, glancing out into the forest past the egg hunt field. He vaguely remembers a year when they didn't participate at all.
"Yeah, well, if I didn't I'd be standing here awkwardly alone, instead we can be awkward together."
Will trades his sketchbook into his other hand so he can grab Mike's hand again. "I have another idea."
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Easter, 1987; Will is feeling the happiest he has been in ages, thanks to a new immeasurable amount of hope. When he and Mike go off alone, he tries to find the courage to say what he's wanted for years.
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09 Apr 2023
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“And I know, it’s not your fault. Trust me, I haven’t forgotten.”
Shit. Mike was really hoping that would never come up.
“I know, I know, I know it’s not your fault. But you know what?” Will steps closer, “it doesn’t change the fact that it feels like your fault.” With a shove on Mike’s shoulder, he painfully adds, “it feels like it’s all your fault.”
When everyone suddenly masters the art of communication, Mike and Will give it a shot. They don't get it right on the first try.
OR: 5 steps Mike takes towards the truth, and 1 leap Will makes towards destiny.
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- Part 1 of on the way home
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07 Apr 2023
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Will burst into one of the most blinding, dazzling smiles Mike had ever seen. It wouldn't matter if they were on the darkest, cloudiest night in the middle of the ocean; Will was a beacon of light. Mike couldn't tell if there were actual stars in his eyes or if it was just a reflection, but it didn't matter. Will was too stunningly beautiful, and that look was too intense, and he had to look away as his stomach turned and his brain tried to come up with a generic response to whatever Dustin was saying on the radio. The past few weeks he had been desperately trying to convince himself that it was just his old crush rearing it's head. He had moved on from Will, really. They could be friends again without all the relationship drama that came between them in highschool. But sitting on the top of a hill on a cold November night he realized nothing had changed at all.
Fuck, he was still madly in love with Will Byers.
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After graduating, both Mike and Will struggled to adjust to life after the Upside Down. It didn't help they had already drifted apart. But now, 8 years later, Mike finally reached out again, and the 2 struggle to rebuild their friendship while also hiding their romantic feelings for each other.Series
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07 Apr 2023
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“I told you. I do not want to go anywhere without you,” Neteyam says. He cannot remember a life that did not have Lo’ak lingering in the background. His brother is a fixture as much as the sun or the air or the branches of the forest he ran along. Though if Neteyam was able to lose one so easily, what is to stop the rest of his constants from slipping past his fingers like the sand he has come to hate?
“Didn’t always seem like it,” Lo’ak mutters. He curls deeper into himself. “I’m sorry, you know? Fuck, Neteyam, Eywa knows I’m sorry.”
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Neteyam's death cracked the family he had tried so hard to protect like ice beneath his heels. It left them scrambling in the wicked waves he left behind.
And then three years later, Neteyam steps out of the ocean.
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06 Apr 2023
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When bad boy Will Byers gets expelled from school in the second half of his senior year, his mom uproots their lives from Queens, New York to her hometown of Hawkins, Indiana.
As if that weren’t bad enough, they move into the guest house of Joyce’s childhood best friend, Karen Wheeler, and her picture-perfect family.
This should be interesting.
*this story is complete*
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- Part 1 of When Worlds Collide
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06 Apr 2023
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“So, Frank thinks we should do couples therapy.”
Eddie’s words sink in and Buck fumbles the plate in his hand, watching open-mouthed as it falls to the floor and smashes into a million pieces, scattering across the linoleum.
“Shit!” Buck yelps, shoving an arm out instinctively to keep Eddie in place, lest he starts to move and step on a shard with his bare feet. Eddie looks up at him, bemused and impossibly fond, a small smile playing on his lips even though the crease in his brow he’s had since he returned from his therapy session is still etched in place.
“Swear jar!” shouts Chris gleefully.
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Or, the one where they go to couples therapy as bros, and then realise they're actually a couple anyway
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04 Apr 2023
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When Buck buys a Powerball lottery ticket he doesn't think much beyond his need for change to air up his tire. He forgets all about the ticket until word spreads that the winning ticket was sold in LA and hasn't been claimed yet and pretty much dismisses it. After all, there's no way he won the lottery.
Turns out no, he really did win the Powerball, to the tune of 295 million dollars and just in time for Christmas. He's going to make sure the 118 has the best Christmas of their lives. And just maybe he'll have a good one too.
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- 5/5
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31 Mar 2023
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Who in their right mind would ever take relationship advice from Dustin Henderson, and as an extension, Steve Harrington? A complete and utter idiot like Mike Wheeler, that's who.
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The one where Mike has been taking Will on dates and courting him and Will has no idea.
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28 Mar 2023