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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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23 Jun 2026
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mike and will go on a trip for a few days, after nearly two years of not talking to each other.
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19 Jun 2026
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a lesson in coasting: an idiot's guide to gay allyship by michael j. wheeler by cinnamoncider
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 May 2026
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“So, I’ve been thinking," Mike throws his head back into the sofa’s head rest. “You know how I talk about girls all the time?”
The pencil in Will’s hand freezes for just a moment, something Mike wouldn’t have been able to tell at all if he wasn’t staring right at Will’s hands to avoid his gaze. “So?”
“Well, I’ve been thinking, right?”
Will looks up, but Mike isn’t looking back at him. He’s picking at a loose thread on the couch cushion. “What, about girls?”
“No,” Mike shakes his head, “about boys."
Will nearly chokes on his tongue. “You’ve been thinking about boys?”
or, mike conducts an uncomfortably elaborate semester-long personal inquiry project on how to be a better straight ally to his gay best friend. for educational reasons only. obviously
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09 Jun 2026
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i want to live behind your teeth (so i can be closer to you) by notreallybrave
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Apr 2026
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Mike starts trying to show it before he knows how to say it. They come out in small things: coffee made just right, hands that linger, moments that feel heavier than they should.
Will notices all of that. Of course he does.
But noticing isn’t the same as understanding, and the space between them is no longer as simple as it used to be.
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02 Jun 2026
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Public Bookmark 891
Mystery Work
Part of cloudfloathiddenfics
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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30 May 2026