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she says, "babe, you look so cool" by byers_reincarnate
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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“Yeah, you were,” Will agrees, falling back into the couch cushions. While leaning against something his posture is sort of slouched, but he still carries that new air of pure confidence that makes Mike’s heart spin. “I forgot to ask before, by the way— what did I look like?”
A flood of descriptions climb to his tongue instantly— beautiful, ethereal, angelic. He’d been thinking those words since the fight at the Mac-Z ended, but saying them aloud felt… different. It felt more revealing than he’d like, too exposing. At one point, Mike realizes that he’s waited a weird amount of time to answer and now everyone’s staring at him and they probably think he’s an idiot. Stupid Robin is giving him this analyzing look like she’s dissecting his insides. At least it feels slightly less intrusive than the one Murray is fixing him with. Once again, Mike realizes he should really have come up with a response by now.
“Cool,” he says. The singular word makes his face hot, even though it’s far from what he actually wants to say. “You looked— you looked really cool, Will.”
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Will getting powers is definitely Mike's gay awakening. He's also "secretly" jealous of Robin and Will's "relationship."
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“He really does look like Mike,” Lucas breathes, as he gives Mike’s twin a scan, head to toe.
“Yeah, if Mike were way hotter and a knight?” Max chips in, and Will can vaguely hear Mike muttering again. “He looks so medieval, like he’s from Camelot or some shit.”
“I am Michael,” the knight begins to plead again. He turns his doe eyes back to Will, returning to his side like a diligent guard, even going as far as to reach out and take his hands. “Please, you have to believe me. I would never lie to you. Have I ever broken our oath? Let me prove it.”
Will was a bit preoccupied with gazing into the knight’s eyes, his cheeks flushing under the intense stare and the way his hands were held so gently. Mike had no issues ruining their moment.
“And he’s weirdly obsessed with Will.” Mike sounds even angrier than he did in the woods, and his sharp tone is enough for Will to snap out of his hand-holding to step a respectable distance away from the knight. “We need to send him back to wherever he came from.”
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Mike the Brave ends up in Hawkins and sweeps Will off his feet. Mike has a lot of Feelings™ about it.
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04 Feb 2026
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Mike has always lived to feel needed, like an innate urge to protect the things he cares for.
And yet, right now he is the one who needs.
He needs Will, more than anything he’s ever needed in his entire life.
“You…you can’t leave me,” Mike says, his voice sounding smaller, younger than his normal register.
Will rests his head on top of Mike’s. “I won’t,” he whispers into his hair. “I promise.”
Basically a retelling of the 24 hours immediately following Vol. 1, with added fluff and flashbacks, the infamous mixtape, Mike being a more fleshed-out character, and a much-needed confession from Will.
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09 Apr 2026
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“We haven’t done this since middle school,” Will says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Huh,” Mike whispers back. “Yeah, guess not.”
A couple years ago, Mike read a National Geographic article about a phenomenon called the polar night. In the farthest north and south regions of the globe, there are weeks, sometimes months depending on how close you are to the poles, where the sun does not rise above the horizon, plunging the world into a perpetual nighttime. Living in such conditions, the article had explained, can affect one’s circadian rhythm, heighten issues with concentration and energy levels, and cause a spike in depressive symptoms among local populations. Some resort to using light therapy lamps to mimic the daylight.
It was only after the Byers moved away, all those years ago, that Mike began to understand what the prolonged absence of the sun can do to a person.
In the aftermath of the not-so-end of the world, snowballs turn into avalanches. Sometimes it just takes time.
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06 Apr 2026
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It starts with a Hellfire shirt. Mike doesn't know if it's cursed or blessed because wearing it always makes Will act strangely. Then, it's spiraling into a hope Mike didn't know he could have. Will has never been closer, but Mike still isn't sure he can have what he wants. Or can he?
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“You’ll let me do your hair?”
Mike knows this is a bad idea. Knows he’ll be red the whole time and stutter and give himself away, but this is Will. Will with his hands in his hair, so close Mike can stare all he wants. Fantasize about what a kiss might be like. Hidden away in the safety of what should’ve been their bedroom. Maybe he can use today to convince Will it can be.
“Only if you make me look good.”
Will stands with a sweet smile. “Easiest job in the world then.” And then he disappears into the hallway before Mike can even start to stumble in front of him.
What?
What does that mean?
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05 Apr 2026
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“What?”, Will huffs, shaking his head in disbelief. “You know blue does not only equate sadness, right? It is one of the blatantly obvious meanings, sure, but it can also imply tranquility, loyalty, trust, peace, and—"
Shut up, shut up, shut up, the voice in his head screams by now, but one cannot interrupt Will in the middle of one of his art rants. Impossible. No chance. “And with the vastness of the sky or sea, blue is also often associated with distance, longing, yearning, and— stuff.”
“Distance”, Mike echoes, and only then does Will truly understand what he has just admitted into the air freely, completely unprovoked and voluntarily. “Longing. Yearning.”
Obviously, this is the exact moment Robert Smith decides to sing about the fact that it is Friday, and that he is very much in love.
Five times Mike distracts Will from his art assignments with his stupidly flirtatious ways, and one time Will actually needs his help to complete a coursework.
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