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In The Good Place, Michael keeps rebooting Eleanor's fake afterlife because she keeps figuring out something is wrong.
Henry Creel has the same problem. His prisoner is Mike Wheeler. His fake Hawkins keeps collapsing. The first one fell apart because of a fake ID and the legal drinking age of Indiana, and it only gets worse from there.
It's also, accidentally, a love story.
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Eleven times Henry Creel reset the timeline because Mike Wheeler is an insufferable little gremlin, and one time he didn't
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the wonder twins vs. simon cowell by abysstrips
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Britain's Got Talent RPF, One Direction (Band)
12 Feb 2026
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When Jane discovers Harry Styles was in a band, she beams. When she finds out Simon Cowell was rude to this band, she decides he must pay.
The only logical response is dragging her brother all the way to London to audition for Britain's Got Talent as magicians when they're really just using their telekinetic powers. Will thinks it's insane but he is also going along with it anyway because that's what siblings do.
Featuring: aggressive British accents, an alarming number of singers, Ant and Dec being national treasures, and Will Byers accidentally roasting Simon Cowell on live television.
(They have superpowers. They've fought monsters. How hard can a talent show be?)
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Will gets dumped by Carlton/Carlos/whatever and fired from his job on the same day, takes a last-minute summer job as a tattoo artist to avoid his mom's wedding planning, and doesn't tell Mike Wheeler he's in HIS town.
Mike's living THE college life, getting piercings, crashing concerts, but when he shows up at midnight with his "boyfriend" Riley hoping for a couple's discount on tattoos, Will Byers is the last person he expects to be the artist.
They're both lying. They're both idiots. Max Mayfield has had enough. So have I.
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A story about three tattoos (a d22, a witch hat, and one more), two lies (Riley and Carlton), and one truth (they've been in love since they were twelve).
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Mike's afraid of bad haircuts and incapable of admitting he's in love.
Will's just trying to get some water.
What follows is an impromptu haircut, years of unspoken feelings, and a confession that only makes sense when you're both exhausted and standing way too close in a bathroom at 2 AM.
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Will cuts Mike's hair. Mike has a crisis. The Wheeler bathroom is a witness to the world's most domestic love confession ever.
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"If you don't know you're in prison, you're unlikely to escape."
When Will comes out, Mike freezes. It's the worst possible reaction, and he knows it. But how is he supposed to respond when he's spent years burying the same truth?
With three days until they face Vecna, Will and Mike must navigate their feelings, the Upside Down connection threatening to tear Will apart, and the terrifying possibility that honesty might be the most vicious thing of all.
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Will comes out. Mike can't breathe. They have three days until November 6th.
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
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fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .- Language:
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16 Feb 2026
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One of the best pieces of literature I've ever read tbh
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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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Mike thinks they're dating and keeps kissing Will who has NO CLUE they are, chaos chaos chaos, the fluff is tooth-rotting and so freaking adorable dentists got their paychecks a month prior probably