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What if Joyce and Hopper weren't able to find Will? What if he escaped the Demogorgan, but was left stranded in the Upside Down?
This is the story of a boy returning to a world that continued on without him.
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12 Dec 2025
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Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?”
“Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.”
“Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?”
“Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”
Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.
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11 Dec 2025
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“Ever think about inviting him over to our place?”
“Like… to hang out?”
“Sure. Or like to spend the night.”
“You wanna have a sleep over with Dr. Robby?”
“No. But I bet you do.”
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Trinity crashes Dennis and Robby’s dinner date at the roomies’ apartment. Things are awkward.
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11 Dec 2025
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“I couldn’t let him hurt you,” Will blurts out. He turns back to Mike now, and there’s a desperation in Will’s eyes that damn near takes Mike’s breath away. “When I… when I saw that demo about to attack you, I just… I just knew I had to do something. Anything. I… I couldn’t lose you.”
Warmth rushes to Mike’s cheeks. That same, fluttery feeling from before has returned with a vengeance, and there’s a dozen different thoughts swirling around in his mind. Will wanted to protect him. Mike.
It’s dizzying to even try to wrap his mind around.
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In the aftermath of the MAC-Z battle, Mike and Will have a discussion about Will's powers, his friendship with Robin, and his newfound self-confidence.
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11 Dec 2025
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“Dude, you’re going to be the world’s biggest third wheel!” Dustin laughs. “Oh my God, El. I’m so sorry!”
“Third wheel,” El says slowly, turning to Max for clarification.
Her best friend pauses in between her own laughter, and she gives El a sympathetic look. “Just be prepared for them to act like you don’t even exist,” Max warns. “Trust me. When it’s just Mike and Will, they go off into their own little world.”
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Four times the members of the Party realized they were Mike and Will's third wheel, and one time Mike and Will realized it for themselves.
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- Part 3 of let's hear it for the boys
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10 Dec 2025