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Mike can't sleep. It's raining, it's cold, and Will is shivering in his sleep again. He can't do anything about it. At least, that's what he thinks.
Will hasn't had a good night sleep in years. First it was the Mind Flayer. Now, Vecna is always there, right behind his eyelids, tormenting him with images he'd rather keep safely tucked away in the recesses of his mind. With the Upside Down bleeding into the Rightside Up, his sense of what's real and what's all in his head is getting harder to decipher.
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A getting together fic laced with insomnia.
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01 Nov 2025
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answers you seek will never be found at home by miwiheroes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again.
Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.
aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.
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26 Oct 2025
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something's wrong with the morning by meadowlarkutility
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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Will’s expression didn’t change. Only the far off reflection of their bodies, knees pulled to their chins, rocking in the water opted for change. Long, fearsome shadows tangled up over the lake. And for the first time, Mike thought he saw something writhing gently just below the surface.
He whispered brokenly, “How are we gonna get you out of here?”
or, a year and a half after the earthquake, Mike knows normal is starting to feel like a pipe dream — and Will has just discovered something inside him is different.
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26 Oct 2025
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Love is a fickle thing.
At least, that’s what Mike’s dad had always told him. So Mike assumes his love for his best friend will fade away and disappear into the deep recesses of his mind until he ultimately forgets it ever existed. Except it doesn’t, and it won’t.
Love is a fickle thing.
Just not for Mike.
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After a thoughtful talk and subsequent breakup with El, Mike has to renavigate his friendship with Will and the overwhelming feelings that come with it.
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26 Oct 2025
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a halfway decent friend by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 May 2023
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From somewhere in the house, floorboards creak, and Nancy freezes, grip on her water glass tightening. She holds her breath, counts to ten three times over, and then, when nothing jumps out of the (albeit limited) darkness to attack her, she relaxes, taking another steadying sip of water and shaking her head, annoyed with herself.
“Nancy?” a voice asks from the doorway, and she drops the glass.
Nancy is a little intimidated by Will, even though she has approximately zero reasons to be.
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25 Oct 2025