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  1. Rec 92

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    Mike looks up, eyes wide. His ears turn a brilliant shade of red. “Oh. I was, um– I was talking to…” Mike takes a long pause, then screws his eyes shut and tips his head back. He lets out a mumbled string of words that Will doesn’t catch.

    “Huh?”

    “I said,” Mike says, speaking louder and opening his eyes, “hisnameisWill.”

    For a long, long moment, it’s completely silent. The bunny’s nose twitches. Will stares at Mike, uncomprehending, and Mike stares back at him, his jaw clenched. Somewhere outside, the wail of an ambulance nears and then fades. 

    “Um…” Now it’s Will’s turn to trail off. He has no idea how to respond to that. He has no idea how to even process that. “You named your rabbit… Will?”

    Or: the appropriate response to discovering that your estranged childhood best friend named his depression pet after you.

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    08 Sep 2026

  2. Rec 91

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    Mike accidentally walks in on Will jerking himself off. He takes matters into his own hands, showing Will every which way to feel good, and Will listens to all of his instructions like the good girl that he is.

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    29 Aug 2026

  3. Rec *

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    Will had always felt left behind. Whether it be in love or in life, he lagged behind the rest through no fault of his own.
    Stuck living with Lonnie until he turns eighteen after his parents messy divorce and bullied nonstop at school, he tried to seek solace in his best friends—that was until they started to leave him behind, too.
    It’s senior year. Mike is still with Jane. Will is still in love with him despite all attempts to move on.
    He had resigned himself that he could never have Mike, and he should be okay with that.
    He could deal with the loneliness until he could rejoin his mother and brother after school finishes.
    He could handle being undesired. It was fine.
    Until an unknown person messages him on AIM one January evening and shows him just how desired he really is.

    Or: It’s 2003. Mike stalks Will. Will is oblivious as to who it could be—until he isn’t.

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    29 Aug 2026

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    "If you want to be a whore so badly, then you're allowed to be mine. And mine alone."

    CEO Mike Wheeler is obsessed with his younger secretary, Will Byers. When the boy starts showing up to work drained and spent, Mike takes it upon himself to follow him into the night, vowing to find out exactly what — or who — is wasting Will's energy.

    Or, where Will has a second job, and Mike is anything but happy about it.

    Mike does things, but he won't accept that it is out of love. Will accepts things, but he only does so out of love.

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    29 Aug 2026

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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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    20 Jun 2026