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The first person Mike ever killed was Lonnie Byers.
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11 Jan 2026
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Best friends since childhood, Will Byers has carried a quiet, aching love for Mike Wheeler for years. When he visits him in the city of Chicago, he finds Mike radiant, confident, and completely at ease in his own skin. The sight of him, the way he moves, laughs, and glows under the city lights, makes Will’s chest ache with a longing he can no longer ignore.
Amid sparkling lights and the closeness they have always shared, years of unspoken desire finally surface. Every glance, every touch, every whispered laugh feels electric, drawing them impossibly close. For the first time, Will and Mike step beyond the line between friendship and something more, discovering what they have both wanted and needed for far too long.
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10 Jan 2026
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He’d stared at Will without really seeing him, so caught up in his own thoughts—a constant, monotonous beat of oh my God, I’m alive. Oh my God, Will has powers. Oh my God, he saved me.
And then—
Oh my God, he’s beautiful.
The thought had stopped him short, had landed with a soft and devastating clarity.
Beautiful.
That single word had broken something open within him, something he’d spent years reinforcing with lock and chain and prayer and denial.
After Will saves Mike from the demogorgon at the MAC-Z, Mike finally lets himself acknowledge a truth he's been running from for years:
He is in love with Will Byers.
Now all Mike has to do is come to terms with that truth—especially when Joyce sees it too.
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10 Jan 2026
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There’s something wrong with Will.
It started three weeks ago, almost four. Will had woken from some sort of nightmare and, instead of seeking comfort in Mike the way he usually would, he’d rolled out a sleeping bag from the closet and chosen to sleep on the floor.
No one believes Mike, except for Joyce. But even she doesn’t understand the full extent to which something is wrong with Will.
Mike understands, though. Mike has been paying attention.
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- Part 1 of eye of the beholder
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10 Jan 2026
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It was fitting, honestly. This was the worst spring break ever, paired with the worst year ever, paired with the world’s-most-shittiest-boyfriend ever— and don't forget, paired with the world's shittiest brother, too! It was fitting, and Jonathan hated how well it fit, like the polos his father handed down to him that always felt too snug at the collar. He hated his whole shitty situation, and Will hated it too, and how was he going to solve this, again?
Weed. Purple Palm Tree fucking Delight, baby. God, Jonathan had never been a worse brother.
At the start of spring break, Mike ‘misses’ his flight to Lenora. Jonathan’s solution, as always, is Purple Palm Tree Delight.
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30 Dec 2025