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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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13 Mar 2026
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Will had been in love with Mike for the past two years. They had met in their first year of University and were now living together, sharing a room.
Every fleeting touch, every small gesture, left Will questioning whether their friendship meant something more, or if Mike was just being Mike.
But when he finds himself posting a comment to the university's gossip page an unexpected bond is formed.
He now has to navigate this new bond with an anonymous guy and his growing love for his best friend.
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Will and Mike both message each other on anonymous accounts, unaware that the person they are falling for is closer than they think.
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- Part 1 of O Castle (my castle)
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27 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has always been good at leaving things unsaid. However, in 1990, that changes. After enrolling at the University of Michigan, Mike soon finds out that not everything he left behind in Hawkins stayed there.
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A Byler fic inspired by Normal People - Sally Rooney
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27 Feb 2026
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Mike and will drunkenly sleep together after Stacy’s party.
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He’d thought he was over Mike. He’d told himself he was. He’d accepted that Mike would never feel the same way. Mike wasn’t like him. Untouchable. Unavailable. A dead end. He’d made peace with that over 18 months ago when the world was ending.
But now Mike was here. And he was touching him. Looking at him like this. Like he wanted him.
And Will was too drunk, too raw, too undone to shove the feelings back down where they belonged.
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24 Feb 2026
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It's 1997 and the ghost of Mike Wheeler walks back into Will Byers' life twice in one day: first in a Midtown coffee shop, then as the writer assigned to his graphic novel. Eight years of awkward distance now have a deadline. Collaboration is a special kind of torture when the person you're building a world with is the one who broke yours.
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24 Feb 2026