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    “’Morning,” Mike grumbled, voice low from sleep.

    “Noon,” Max corrected, as if she hadn’t only woken up thirty minutes before him.

    “Wow,” he replied, squinting at the light. “Nobody thought to wake me?”

    It happened casually after that, so casually it almost didn’t register at first. El laughed at something Lucas said, then turned toward Mike and leaned in, instinctively, easily, pressing a kiss to his lips like it was the most logical way to say good morning to him.

     

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    or: Mike and Will have been together for a year and a half when El comes back. The problem is, El assumes she and Mike are still together. The bigger problem is that Mike doesn’t realize Will thinks he might choose her.

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    26 Feb 2026

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    He takes a deep breath.

    “I want him the way I should have wanted Jane.”

    Max is quiet, when he finally manages to look at her again. Her brows draw together slightly, pausing.

    “But,” she whispers, in the space between them. “Will is a boy.”

    Mike feels new tears well up behind his lids.

    “Max.”

    Something shifts in her expression, her mouth parting slightly.

    “Oh.”

    It’s quiet. Mike’s mouth pulls itself into a bitter smile. “Yeah, oh.”

     

    or, it’s summer ‘90, and while everyone is off to college, Mike and Max scoop up ice cream in the rebuilt Starcourt Mall, reluctantly bonding over their shared hatred for children (and Mike’s little sister and idle friends) who just can’t seem to leave them alone.

    or, 5 years later, it isn’t Robin and Steve working at Scoops Ahoy: it’s Max and Mike (who also get accidentally drugged. It's definitely not Steve's fault.)

    (inspired by that gorgeous fanart by falloutlaw on twitter!)

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    26 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 65

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    Will Byers’s Friday night is admittedly not going as planned.

    And things had been going surprisingly well, lately, for someone who’s spent the majority of his life feeling more than a little cursed. A radioactive spider bite and extensive childhood trauma will typically do that to you. He would maybe appreciate being New York’s most elusive superhero a little bit more, if he didn’t have to deal with this shit interrupting his life.

    This shit in question being bodied by a 500-something-pound mutant in the sewers, to then braining himself on the wall, and having his chest clawed to shreds by said lizard creature.

    Oh, and he’s pretty sure he’s drenched in what is at least 80% pisswater right now. Awesome.

    What Will should be doing right now is having a movie night with his best-friend-newly-turned-boyfriend, tucked against him on their shitty thrifted couch, in their cheap apartment in Queens.

    God, Mike’s going to kill him, if Will doesn’t manage to bite it before getting home to him first. The thought of Mike bitching (and the guttural roar still echoing from the tunnels) is enough to get him moving again, slingshotting himself the hell out of there with a flick of his wrist.

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    26 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 31

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    “I found something in the bathroom,” Will bows his head a little, hands on his knees. “Some kinda magazine.”

    Mike stills.

    It’s subtle. Would’ve gone unnoticed to anyone but Will.

    Mike’s shoulder draws back just slightly, as if bracing for impact.

    “What kind of magazine?” he asks, aiming for casual. He almost hits the mark.

    Will watches him too closely, their thighs brushing on the blanket-strewn mattress.

    “Not Playboy,” Will says, quieter now. “At least… I don’t think so.”

    A small beat encompasses the two. Mike nods slowly, taking in this information a little too factually.

    “Were you digging through the drawers or something?”

    There it is. A little too quick, defensive maybe.

    “I… I wasn’t digging,” Will says, maybe a little too quick. Then softer, “I was looking for a spare towel.”

    The cicadas outside seem louder suddenly. The hum of the house presses in around them. Mike looks past Will, towards the stairs, like someone might materialize and overhear.

    Will hates the instinct.

    “It’s not mine,” Mike says, voice quiet, eyes narrowed.

    “I didn’t say it was.”

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    “Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.

    “What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”

    Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”

    So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?

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