15 Bookmarks by Insecure_Idiot
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Will knows what having a crush looks like. He’s known it for years.
And lately, he's been seeing the signs on the face of one Mike Wheeler every time he looks at him. Maybe it’s always been there, but not to this degree.
In the last six months, though, the planets had aligned in some strange pattern, or the earth had been tilted on its axis by the hand of God, or something, because Will noticed it pretty quickly.
So, Will's finally decided to start testing the waters. For example: he has been flirting.
Well, okay…
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
15 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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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
09 Jan 2026
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Will’s expression smoothes out then, and he’s looking at Mike in consideration, like he sees him in all the ways Mike does not want to be seen.
“You were jealous,” Will offers it like it’s a fact, simple as that, and Mike nearly doubles over with the shock of it, an immediate blow to whatever unbothered facade he’d been attempting to put on for Will.
“Was not,” but his voice is so weak that he nearly collapses in embarrassment, an omission of guilt clear as day.
Mike is in love with Will. He tries very hard to love him quietly.
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
09 Jan 2026
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“What?”, Will huffs, shaking his head in disbelief. “You know blue does not only equate sadness, right? It is one of the blatantly obvious meanings, sure, but it can also imply tranquility, loyalty, trust, peace, and—"
Shut up, shut up, shut up, the voice in his head screams by now, but one cannot interrupt Will in the middle of one of his art rants. Impossible. No chance. “And with the vastness of the sky or sea, blue is also often associated with distance, longing, yearning, and— stuff.”
“Distance”, Mike echoes, and only then does Will truly understand what he has just admitted into the air freely, completely unprovoked and voluntarily. “Longing. Yearning.”
Obviously, this is the exact moment Robert Smith decides to sing about the fact that it is Friday, and that he is very much in love.
Five times Mike distracts Will from his art assignments with his stupidly flirtatious ways, and one time Will actually needs his help to complete a coursework.
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- English
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
07 Jan 2026
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will byers’ guide to advanced concepts in painting by falloutboi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2025
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Dustin hums in agreement while he swallows his bite. “It’s like, against his factory settings to say no to you. What do you need him to do, model for you or something?”
Will shoves his face back into his hands. “I’m going to fail.”
Max rolls her eyes. “You’re not going to fail, you’re going to paint Mike.”
Will lifts his head up from his hands, eyes wide, and shakes his head. “You don’t understand.” He pleads with his awful, awful friends, voice low. “He’s been, he’s using my-he came out of my bathroom in just a towel last night.”
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Studio art major Will Byers has a study of the human body due before the semester ends, is in desperate need for a model, and has a huge, life-altering, heart wrenching crush on his best friend.
Enter: Mike Wheeler, his broken shower, and his collection of plaid-print boxers.
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- Part 1 of devotion | Indiana University
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- English
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- 18,437
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- 6/6
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
29 Dec 2025
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In the heat of your electric touch by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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“Feels nice…”
Will froze. Absolutely froze.
His hand was buried in Mike Wheeler’s hair. Mike - who was practically draped over him now - looked blissful. Borderline euphoric. His eyes had fluttered half-shut. There was a tiny, content smile on his lips.
Will stared down at him, heart doing somersaults.
“Uh,” Will said intelligently.
Mike made another sound - soft, almost dreamy - and nudged Will’s hand, encouraging, needy without even realising it.
Will’s brain short-circuited.
💕💕💕💕
The first time Will runs his fingers through Mike’s hair, it’s an accident.
The second time… maybe not so much.
Before long, Mike is leaning into every touch, Will is desperately trying not to make it weird, and the Party is very, very done with them.
Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
27 Dec 2025
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Hand under my sweatshirt (Baby, kiss it better) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Nov 2025
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Will looked up.
Mike was frozen mid–chew, a piece of pasta hanging stupidly from his fork. His eyes were wide, fixed on Will’s chest.
On the hoodie.
On his hoodie.
The moment stretched like elastic. Mike blinked once. Twice. Then the blush hit - an immediate, fierce red crawling up his neck to the tips of his ears.
“Oh,” he croaked, voice cracking.
Will blinked. “Oh?”
“That’s, um, that’s…” Mike swallowed hard. “That’s my hoodie.”
Will felt heat rush to his own face. “Uh. Yeah. Sorry. I… I forgot to return it. I’ll give it back later.”
“No!” Mike squeaked, far too loudly. He cleared his throat violently. “I mean, you don’t have to. I’m not, like, I don’t need it. You can, um. Keep it. If you want.”
💕💕💕
Will borrows Mike’s hoodie once. Then twice. Then it becomes…a whole thing.
Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
18 Dec 2025
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When Will needs to get his thoughts out of his head, he writes a letter he never intends to send. He addresses it to Mike, and tells him everything.
Feeling lighter than he has in weeks and buoyed by the adrenaline of writing it all out, Will acts on an impulse and ends the letter with, "If you’d be willing to give me a chance, I’d be really happy to date you. If you’re open to trying it, please meet me in Castle Byers this Saturday at 2:00pm. I’m not asking for any promises, I’m not asking for forever or anything like that; all I’m asking is that you give me a chance. Come if you want; if not, I completely understand, no hard feelings, and I’ll never, ever mention this again."
He forgets all about the letter, and the distinctive red envelope he stowed it in, until he turns around to find it missing. Now, Will has to think of some way to stop Mike from reading that letter - or should he wait at Castle Byers on Saturday at 2:00pm and pray for a miracle?
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- Part 1 of The Red Envelope
- Language:
- English
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- 45,878
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
18 Dec 2025
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“I’m sorry,” Will says again, just to make sure Mike knows, and it comes out more sensical this time, his voice croaking and worn out.
He can feel the brush of Mike’s chin on the crown of his head when Mike shakes his head. “Don’t be,” he replies, and he sounds certain. There’s a beat of silence, before he slowly questions, “Feel better?”
Will swallows, and gives a slow nod. Mike doesn’t let go.
Will wakes up from a nightmare, and Mike keeps him close.
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- Part 2 of one-scene
Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
17 Dec 2025
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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
- Language:
- English
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- 80,513
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- 10/10
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Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
15 Dec 2025
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and there will be no grand choirs to sing by Mossful
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
07 May 2023
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You take a deep breath, close your eyes tight for a moment, as if you could will your erratic heart into calmness. “Alcohol flush.” A threadbare excuse.
“Liar.” His smile is slanted, dangerous. “I’m making you blush.”
Things get a little silly, a little sweet, a little infused with pining.
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- Part 3 of saccharine
Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
04 May 2025
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you're too sweet for me by obihoebikenobi
Fandoms: Deadpool - All Media Types, Deadpool (Movieverse), X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 Oct 2024
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“You still want…? We don’t have to, if you changed your mind,” Wade tilted Logan’s chin up from where it was smashed into the pillow using his other hand.
Logan nodded once, mouth opening just slightly when Wade dragged the pad of his thumb over his pouty bottom lip.
“Please.”
Oh good fucking fuck.
Wade’s cock throbbed, “Alright, coming right up. Gonna fuck you straight to sleep, babygirl.”
Logan released a gentle sigh, and Wade couldn’t help but brush a loose piece of hair off his forehead, gently scratching at his scalp and earning a contented mewl.
(Wade makes good on Logan's request to be fucked to sleep.)
Bookmarked by TriumphantCake (Insecure_Idiot)
06 Dec 2024
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The snow is beginning to fall again, in slow drifts, and the flurries melt when they kiss the glass, and it’s magical in a way Reki never imagined anything could be. He glances over at Langa, whose face is close enough that Reki can see the faded scarring on his cheeks, his pale lips with the cupid’s bow in the center that Reki has wanted, for so long, to kiss.
Langa has always been beautiful, but he looks the most beautiful to Reki when he has that wonder in his eyes, usually at S, and occasionally in the dusky sunset at DopeSketch or on the half-pipe at the skatepark. The way he looks up at the mountains makes Reki’s throat go dry.
He wants Langa to look at him that way.
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the christmas-in-canada fic nobody asked for, complete with some awkward first kisses, matching pajama sets, too much cuddling by the fireplace, a little mistletoe, and of course, the beloved “there was only one bed” trope <3
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- English
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- 11/11
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- 6
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Bookmarked by Insecure_Idiot
20 Jul 2021
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"Jeffrey!" Hank says. "How are you doing on this fine morning?"
"Worse now you're here," says Fowler. "What is it you want? The only time you ask me how I'm doing is when you need a favour, so let's hear it."
"We found who's behind the smuggling ring."
"He's in a warehouse in an unpopulated area of the city," Connor says. "We're going to need backup. I was thinking a four-man team."
(OR, Hank and Connor finally get a clue, in more ways than one, and Gavin Reed is forced to play nice for the first time in his life.)
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- Part 3 of Singularity
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 15,162
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- 1/1
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- 179
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Bookmarked by Insecure_Idiot
07 Oct 2018
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody by goshmckinley
Fandoms: The Book of Mormon - Parker/Stone/Lopez
27 May 2017
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In which a stupid (only it's not stupid) chore chart leads to Connor's worst nightmare:
being alone with Elder Price.