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    “Everything's going to be fine, please don't freak out.” Nancy starts to say, which causes Will’s eyes to widen.

    “That’s…not really reassuring, you know that right?”

    Nancy huffs a laugh, “Yeah, it isn’t, sorry.” He hears shifting through the receiver, and he thinks maybe that's all she's planned to say.

    “Mike’s in the hospital.”

    Will sucks in an involuntary breath, letting the air back out, shaky. He nods repetitively, a little numb as he tries to process, before realizing Nancy can’t see him.

    “Okay.” He aims for level but his voice cracks mid-way. He’s almost whispering, “Is- he okay?”

    Mike's in the hospital, which kickstarts a drive to Boston and a worried Will as he thinks about Mike, the past, and love, all while conveniently held up by New York traffic.

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    03 Dec 2025

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    This is the first girl who’s ever asked Mike out — something he had, in the not too distant past, been terrified would never happen. And Mike just stands there, feeling like his dining hall dinner is about to crawl back up his esophagus.

    Jeremy, Saint Jeremy, nudges him with an elbow. “He’s kind of private about it, but Mike actually has someone back home.”

    Mike turns his head to look at Jeremy, expecting a knowing smile or the hint of a wink. But Jeremy actually looks sincere, which makes Mike’s eyebrows sink down, almost to the top of his nose.

    “Will, right?” Jeremy supplies, forever trying to be helpful. “He’s at CalArts?”

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    02 Dec 2025

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    “Woah,” Will whispers to himself incredulously, laughing a little under his breath as he shuffles through the pages of the letter again. He can’t help but admire the smooth, off-white stationery, its pleasant weight in his hands. A serious-looking “MJW” watermark adorns the top of each page, totally at odds with the entertaining missive and its author’s garbled cursive. Will laughs quietly to himself again. What sixteen-year-old boy on earth has monogrammed stationery?

    Michael J. Wheeler, apparently. Where did Max find this guy?

    Mike Wheeler is insecure, even by normal teenage standards. So when his friend, Max, connects him with her old friend from California, he's surprised by how easily they get along. But as the weeks wear on, their letters grow increasingly personal, and they make plans to embark on a week-long trip, Mike can't let go of one inconvenient, anxiety-inducing thought: What if he wants to be more than friends?

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    02 Dec 2025

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    Mike? Dustin pressed the radio to his ear, as if that could magically make him understand. What could Mike and Will possibly need a private channel for? He’d been about to cut in to ask, and to announce his presence, but Will spoke again before he could.
    “How do you know mine looks awesome?” he countered, his voice sharp against Dustin’s ear. “You haven’t seen me yet. Over.”
    “You always look awesome,” Mike had said without missing a beat, and vaguely, Dustin started wondering if maybe he shouldn’t be listening to this.

    Dustin accidentally switches onto a private radio channel, and hears some things he probably shouldn't have.

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    16 Nov 2025

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    "Is Will your boyfriend?" Holly asks, and Mike immediately chokes on the lettuce in his mouth.

    "Wh- what?" he gasps, dropping his fork and swallowing back the salad that suddenly feels like cement in his throat. Holly's looking at him with a strange expression, like she's trying to figure something out.

    "Will. Is he your boyfriend?" she repeats, even though Mike very obviously heard her, and the question doesn't feel any less shocking the second time.

    "No!" He yelps. "No, why would you think that?"

    Holly shrugs, taking another bite of spaghetti like this is a normal conversation and she is not slowly killing him. "Nancy calls him your little boyfriend sometimes, and Mom says he's your person, which basically means the same thing, and you live together and act like a couple and unpack groceries together, and- I don't know. Seems like it could be a thing."

    holly visits college roommates mike and will, and has a few important questions for them

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    13 Nov 2025