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I'll make the moon shine (just for your view) by mikeslawyer
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Mar 2023
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Then he feels gentle taps on his skin.
* * ( I )
Will’s breath catches but he doesn’t move - the two singular taps might just be an accident, after all. It’s not like Mike’s ever had the chance to learn morse code. Not like Will did - with his drunk dad sitting at the table and the only open way of communicating with his mom being by small sounds left on the wood.
* - * * - - - * * * - * ( love )
Will feels sick. He tries to tear his hand away, but Mike doesn’t let go - clearly determined to finish the sequence.
- * - - - - - * * - ( you )
Their eyes finally connect, as Mike lets go of Will’s hand.
Will’s voice is faint and in contrast with white lights surrounding them, flickering lightly, as if in mockery. As if witnessing the end of it all.
"You know morse code?”
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Mike and Will are on a mission in the Upside Down, when the lights start to flicker.
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21 Jan 2026
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“You’re thinking,” Will says, skating a finger down the line of Mike’s nose, under his eye, over his cheekbone, then resting, finally, just at the corner of his lips– “about me.”
Oh, Jesus. Mike’s throat is very, very dry. “What?”
Will opens his eyes – slow, a little hesitant – and smiles. “You are,” he says, way, way too smug for Mike’s liking. “You’re turning red!”
“Shut up,” Mike mutters, and Will’s smile grows. “You– I’m just nervous!”
It should be illegal for someone to look this pleased with themselves. “Yeah?” Will says quietly, index finger still hovering at the corner of Mike’s mouth, thumb pressed gently under his chin. “I make you nervous?”
Mike thinks Will might be psychic. (Kind of.) Will is being very irritatingly vague about the whole thing.
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20 Jan 2026
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houseguest from hell by hairrington
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King
14 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler does not have a crush on Will Byers.
He does, however, become deeply invested in hating Will’s very annoying, stupid, dumb boyfriend Richie, who also happens to be his cousin and the worst thing to ever happen to Hawkins.
Eddie Kaspbrak would like it on record that he is also not jealous—Richie just stopped paying attention to him, and that’s weird.
Two accidental relationships, zero self-awareness, and a lot of jealousy later, everyone figures it out. Eventually.
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20 Jan 2026
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“There was a boy,” Izzy’s dad murmurs. “He… he was my first friend—my best friend. And I…”
His voice trails off. Tears well in her dad’s eyes, and Izzy reaches across the space between them, taking his free hand. She gives it an encouraging squeeze, and her dad laughs, soft and broken and free.
“I loved him, Izzy,” her dad whispers, meeting her eyes. “I loved him. I really, really did.”
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The one in which Mike Wheeler has a crash out of epic proportions when listening to ’Good Luck, Babe!’ and his daughter, Izzy, decides to do something about it.
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13 Jan 2026
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Instead of Mike being the last one to talk to El before her great sacrifice, its her twin.
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Sometimes,” Will said, staring at the coffee table now like it was the most interesting thing in the world, “it feels safer to pretend they’re not really leaving. Like if I don’t say it, maybe it won’t be real. Maybe it won’t hurt as much if they never come back.”
Silence settled between them, heavy but not uncomfortable.
Then El nodded slowly.
“I understand,” she said.
Will looked up at her sharply, eyes wide and searching for the joke. “You do?”
She lifted a hand and pressed it lightly to her chest, right over her heart. Her eyes were serious, older than she was and it made Will sad. “When people leave,” she said softly, “sometimes they disappear. Mama. Friends…Dad. Even when they promise.”
Her voice didn’t shake, but the weight behind it was unmistakable.
“Words make it real,” she continued. “Goodbye feels like…giving up on both ends. Like saying it’s okay if they don’t come back.”
Something inside Will gave way, like ice melting with the first winds of spring.
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03 Jan 2026