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Mike scowled at him, and before Will could react, Mike grabbed him by the shirt and planted a messy, paint covered kiss right on his cheek.
“Mike!” Will gaped, swiping at his face.
“Oops.” Mike grinned innocently. “Guess that’s what you get for putting paint on my nose.”
“Oh, you’re so dead,” Will said, and before Mike could escape, Will swiped his paintbrush across Mike’s cheek again, this time leaving a smear of green.
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This is a chapter in my other work echos of hurt which may not be everyone’s cup of tea so I decided to post this chapter alone because it’s adorable and can be read as a stand aloneBookmarked by achingwiseheart
21 Jun 2025
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After Vecna's curse is unleashed onto Hawkins, the town has been placed under government lockdown as the contagion continues to spread. Everyone’s been forced to the margins as they try to pick up the pieces. Maybe it's the swirling spores in the atmosphere or the grief that seems to linger everywhere, but it feels like everyone's haunted by something.
Everyone except Mike, that is. He's the heart, right? He's keeping it together.
He's the only one acting normal.
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19 Jun 2025
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Will's been acting— strange, Mike thinks. He's caught Will skulking around the house like he's got lead weights attached to his ankles, watched his eyes blink listlessly without a hint of light in their irises, heard his voice go so raspy Mike wasn't sure he'd been speaking at all. Mike can’t help but worry.
He doesn’t look too good, either; clammy skin, pale, ashen face, hollowed cheeks like he’s hardly eaten in days. Will's acting half-dead already, and the world's not even close to ending yet.
Mike, on the other hand, is being slowly tormented by a strange monster with fangs long enough to spear him through. These two things— Will's strange behavior, and Mike's impending doom— may or may not be related, but Mike's got to figure it out. One way or another.
(Or; Will puts his life on the line to keep his friends safe, and nearly loses it entirely. Mike does all he can to bring Will back— and, in the process, brings them closer together than ever before.)
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17 Jun 2025
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Will Byers is forced to relive the worst day of his life - March 22nd.
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15 Jun 2025
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“You’re crazy,” he says, because Mike is, sometimes. He acts like it. He surely drives Will crazy.
Mike grins like it’s a compliment. “Maybe I am.”
During a walk in the woods, Will spills a secret.
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06 May 2025