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The Upside Down isn't the only alternate universe the party has to worry about it seems. When something inexplainable happens during a game of D&D, Will is replaced by... Will? Will the Wise appears before everyone, confused on why his friends are wearing such strange garbs and what dungeon he has stumbled into. Meanwhile, Will finds himself surrounded by fantastical versions of his friends clad in armor and robes somewhere far, far from Hawkins. The party now has a new mission to figure out how to get their Wills switched back around, and Mike needs to figure out what this feeling in his chest is all about.
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If Will had a nickel every time he was transported into an alternate reality that had some similarities to his normal reality, he'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happened twice, right?
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08 Feb 2026
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Will looked Mike up and down, brow furrowed.
“You’re not Mike.”Mike blinked. “Pretty sure I am. And you’re not Will.”
Will turned away, pacing the length of the room like a caged animal. “You’re not my paladin,” he said, voice tight. “My paladin isn’t this dense. Or this… stunted. He would have gotten me home by now.”
The words hit harder than Mike expected.
He told himself it shouldn’t matter. This wasn’t his Will — not really. Not the soft-spoken boy who blushed when their hands brushed. Not the one with the quiet sarcasm and the shy little smiles meant only for him.
His Will was kind. Gentle. A little awkward, sure — but never cruel.
This version didn’t even hesitate.
Mike swallowed past the sting in his throat. For a second, he almost wished Will had yelled instead. Anger would’ve been easier than this cold, distant disappointment.
But this Will wasn’t looking at him like a person.
He was looking at him like a mistake.
~In which cleric Will wants to find his Paladin~
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08 Feb 2026
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we started dating before i even knew i loved you (please don't forget me) by lokal_agenda
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2026
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Will sucked in a breath. “I know… we got attacked by a bunch of demos and bats. I was really overwhelmed, and I kept seeing through the monsters’ eyes—it was awful. My head hurt so bad, and then I got grabbed, I think, and… that’s all I really remember. Until waking up here.”
Mike swallowed hard, looking down at the white tile. He wasn’t sure if it was a good or bad thing that Will didn’t recall anything after passing out.
“Do you remember Mike saving you?” Max inquired, a faint grin reaching her lips. Mike blinked, turned to Max, then risked a glance at Will.
The boy was smiling faintly at Max, a blank look on his face. “Mike? Who—Who is that?”
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When Will gets injured during the final battle and ends up losing some of his memory, Mike struggles to come to terms with the fact that his best friend forgot him. In an attempt to recover Will's lost memories, Mike tries to remind him of their adventures together, and accidentally-on-purpose tells Will that they're secret boyfriends. Once Will's memories return, he decides not to say anything, just to see how far Mike is willing to take the charade.
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07 Feb 2026
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we can do this, together (i believe in you) by lovez
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
05 Feb 2026
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2002, exactly 13 years after Mike and Will graduated from high school, decide to start a family.
13 year old Theo Decker has no where to go. Not to his grandparents house, not to the Holiday Inn, not to the Barbours, so he has no choice but to be placed in a new home by Social Services.
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Mike and Will adopt Theo Decker to give him another chance of happiness with a family.Bookmarked by bylerot
06 Feb 2026
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Summer, Cousins and Discoveries by QuackSpiralis
Fandoms: Abe (Movie 2020), The Turning (2020), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2026
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It's summer in Hawkins, Indiana. For some reason both Joyce and Karen miss their family's contact.
Will’s distant cousin, Abraham or “Abe” comes from Brooklyn to spend the summer at the Byers’ house.
After a few phone calls, Mike's older cousin, Miles Fairchild, is also invited to Hawkins, staying with the Wheelers for the summer at Karen’s request.
The party is excited to meet Mike and Will's cousins – who are almost clones of their friends – and have high expectations for the summer.
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06 Feb 2026