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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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- Part 6 of one-scene
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06 May 2025
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poor old jim's white as a ghost (he's found the answer that we lost) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 May 2023
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Even when he started on the force back in 1980... Jim Hopper knew there was something special between William Byers and that brat Mike Wheeler.
(AKA: Mike and Will fall in love, told through the perspective of one Chief Hopper).
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03 May 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
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30 Apr 2025
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“Mike…What you said. On the field.”
Mike stiffens. “Y—you remember that?”
“Of course I remember that.”
aka mike confessed to will to save the world, but will wasn't conscious enough to say it back. when he wakes the next morning, they have a lot to talk about.
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29 Mar 2025