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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    Mike Wheeler is good at pretending.
    Pretending he’s fine. Pretending the nightmares stopped. Pretending that the person sitting beside him doesn’t see straight through him.
    For three years, Mike has woken up from the same dream.
    In New York, he tries to outrun it with routine, sarcasm, and denial.
    But some realizations don’t care if you’re ready.

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    17 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    Jonathan confronts Mike over his behavior ever since Mike arrived in California.

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    16 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    "It's okay Mike, hey, it's okay."

    "No it's not!" Which—okay—fair enough, it didn't feel very okay to Jonathan either, but he was so out of his depth right now. He'd comforted Will countless times, he'd comforted Nancy, El. Hell, he'd even comforted Mike a bunch of times when he was younger.

    A lot younger.

    He'd comforted Mike over a broken crayon, or a scraped knee, or Will being sick and not being able to go to school for a week—that one had required a lot of comforting—but that had been a long time ago and those were all just silly, trivial things kids cried over. Now Mike was crying on a dirty bathroom floor, blood tainting his arms, and Jonathan couldn't just give him a new yellow crayon to make him feel better anymore.

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    16 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    Mike Wheeler is sick, so Will Byers is obviously going to be there for his boyfriend.

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    15 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 35

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    Sick fic- Roy finds Jamie with a dangerously high fever.

    Set between season 3 and 4
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    Freezing. He was freezing in the dark.
    “Jamie! It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s just me. It’s Roy. Fucking hell, Jamie, calm down!”
    It felt like there was a stake being driven into the base of his skull. Pounding, pounding, it wouldn’t stop pounding.
    His stomach roiled, cramping so hard he couldn’t breathe.
    “Roy,” Jamie sobbed.
    “I’m here, I’m here.” Roy’s voice sounded frantic. Jamie finally pried his eyes open and Roy’s face swam in his vision, tilting around and around.
    “Jamie, easy now, you gotta breathe.” He couldn’t. There was something heavy on his chest, it wasn’t rising enough when he tried.
    “C’mon, look at me, no don’t close your eyes. Jamie, Jamie, please- where’s the fucking doctor!?”
    Roy’s voice boomed above him, shocking his eyes open. He was too close, still holding Jamie by his arms. His hands were like ice on the bare skin of Jamie’s arms.
    Too hot. He was burning.

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    15 Feb 2026