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The concept of what would happen after defeating Vecna hadn’t ever materialized in Will Byers’ head. And, now that he was living it, he kind of wished he’d been more prepared. Trying to hide his nightmares, the level of stoned he was, and his very, very new relationship with Mike Wheeler was nothing short of impossible with the wave of Religious Paranoia infecting Hawkins post-Upside-Down.
But who was he to complain? It could always be worse.
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Or: Will and Mike navigate the terrifying realities of what it means to be a gay couple in Religious Small-Town America during the 1980s
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Based loosely on concepts from the album “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” by Ethel Cain.AU: Will only came out to Mike before the final fight with Vecna.
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05 Jan 2026
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SUCH an amazing gif. reread later holy shit
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Don't be Afraid of the Clocks (they are our time) by TashaTasha
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jan 2026
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"Nobody was really thinking in that moment. Not Will, and certainly not Mike. Ten years down the line and three glasses of wine deep, Mike would proclaim that it was simple science—Magnetic attraction. North and South meet halfway to the west.
The closer you place them, the more likely they’ll collide
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Will gets some new (totally not gay) friends, and Mike is a jealous, needy loser. Coming out, crying, and sappy confessions await.
This Fic is meant to be an intermission between Season 4 and Season 5, with the assumption that Vecna doesn’t return with full force until all the cast are 18.
Mainly Will Byers POV but some chapters are Mike because he is also very fun to write.Bookmarked by beetlebug___1
15 Dec 2025
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wow wow wow amazing beautiful GORGEOUS fic absolutely heart wrenching but adorable and AARRHHDHDHSHSHDHDHSHS
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Viktor has been in love with his best friend and roommate for two years, and has resigned himself to the fact that his lot in life is to take those feelings to the grave. Jayce is uninterested in Viktor, and Viktor is uninterested in losing Jayce.
But when Viktor's mother suddenly passes away, he's forced to reckon with the reality of what it means to never get to tell someone how you feel, and the stark realization that he can't survive that twice.
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05 Nov 2025
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left off at chapter 4. absolutely heartbreaking fic. totally tragic. the author captures viktors character and emotions SO well
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“You misunderstand me. I do not wish to pass on. I wish to stop,” George says.
Edwin can hear the frown in Charles’ voice. “Think you might need to explain that one, mate,” he says. “What do you mean, you want to stop?”
But Edwin has a terrible suspicion that he knows. He can read it, suddenly, in the exhausted slump to George’s shoulders, the way he strains to smile, how he began this conversation by speaking of how he no longer recognizes the world. All of that, and—
At sixteen, Edwin thought dying in the trenches would be better than remaining at St. Hilarion’s. Every year past that, he knew it would have been.
How many times, in his 16 years of life and the many decades after, has he wanted to stop?
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11 Sep 2025
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absolutely beautiful tragic fic about edwin’s ghost cyanide pill
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Charles keeps waking up in places he has no memory of going to, with no idea of how long he's been gone or what he's done, and no good answers for Edwin when he makes it back to the office. Meanwhile, they've picked up a case - faceless ghosts are causing trouble in all sorts of places.
Or, five times Charles disappears and turns back up on his own, plus one time Edwin goes and finds him first.
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