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    A 2-parts love story woven through dreams of the future and recollections of the past.

    Updates 07/07: ch2 dangerously long and at 30% editing. may come out by end of summer

    Soundtrack for "here's to hoping"
    Side A: You're Not Welcome - Naethan Apollo
    Side B: Lilith - Saint Avangeline

    Soundtrack for "here's to choosing"
    Chapter 1: A Quiet Life - Blixa Bargeld & Teho Teardo

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    series of short lame AUs, possibly all aokuro.

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    "Do you think it's real?" Mike asks.
    Will turns to look at him. "What?"
    "The way they show it. Kissing." Mike is staring at the screen, jaw tight. "Movies make it look—I don't know. Transcendent." He half-laughs. Unconvincing. "Like it changes you. Like you'd die if you couldn't have it. You think it's ever actually like that?"

    Mike asks Will to help him practice kissing. Will says yes.

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    30 Dec 2025

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    the premise makes this fic sound sillier than it is. one of the top fics what the fuck. ladyhawke themed

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    By all measures, Mike is a good alpha. He checks all the boxes, really. Protective without being overbearing, quick to step in when someone’s in trouble, careful but not patronizing. He’s loud and boisterous, sure, but he’s also earnest, and sweet, and so goddamn chivalrous it’s stupid.

    It’s all so horribly infuriating, and so infuriatingly endearing.

    That’s the thing about instincts. They make everything so confusing. Will knows, rationally, that all of these things are just Mike’s way of being a good friend and packmate. And yet, there’s still a part of him—a decidedly omega part—that relishes in the attention in a way he knows he shouldn’t.

    Navigating teenage relationships is hard enough. It's even harder when instincts get involved.

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    30 Dec 2025

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    the SWEET SWEET brand of abo

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    During the 18-month gap, Will starts a habit of sleeping in Mike's room. Late night conversations in the dark set the two on a path of either transforming or destroying their friendship.

    This is hungry work.

    prob mature, explicit to be safe

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    Dustin hums in agreement while he swallows his bite. “It’s like, against his factory settings to say no to you. What do you need him to do, model for you or something?”

    Will shoves his face back into his hands. “I’m going to fail.”

    Max rolls her eyes. “You’re not going to fail, you’re going to paint Mike.”

    Will lifts his head up from his hands, eyes wide, and shakes his head. “You don’t understand.” He pleads with his awful, awful friends, voice low. “He’s been, he’s using my-he came out of my bathroom in just a towel last night.”

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    Studio art major Will Byers has a study of the human body due before the semester ends, is in desperate need for a model, and has a huge, life-altering, heart wrenching crush on his best friend.

    Enter: Mike Wheeler, his broken shower, and his collection of plaid-print boxers.

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    29 Dec 2025

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    where will Byers is greedy and fairly horny and mike offers himself on a silver platter in the fake name of Art

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    He will give in to this weekend-long fantasy that they have all remained in contact consistently over the years. He will furthermore give in to the fantasy that Mike will let him in one more time.

    Will will let himself believe that Mike is going to risk his wife and kid for a weekend fling with the boy he loved all those summers ago. He will believe that just for 2 more days. 

    Mike and Will drunkenly hook up at Mike's family cottage.

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    28 Dec 2025

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    angsty with a side dish of selfish dumb mike who does pay the price for it so all is GOOD in the end 😌