minimalism_is_for_cowards
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Honestly, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi were surprised that no one on the volleyball team had ever mentioned their relationship before, but they had figured it was just because everyone was used to it.
What they hadn't considered was that these morons hadn't even figured it out yet.
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slammin' screen door, sneakin' out late by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Nov 2022
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Will glances over his shoulder, and he winces, closing his bedroom door. “He’s not going to kill you,” he whispers back, though he doesn’t sound entirely convinced. “He might just… ban you from ever coming back here?”
“That’s even worse!” Mike hisses, and he hobbles around, trying to get his stupid Converse back on his feet. “Fuck, I didn’t mean to fall asleep over here last night! He’s going to kill me!”
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The one in which Mike sneaks out of the Byers-Hopper household and runs into a familiar face.
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you are so gorgeous (it makes me so mad) by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Sep 2022
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“Okay, okay, I see you, Wheeler.” Max grins, and though he’s blushing, Mike smiles back. “So, who is he? What does he look like? Where did you meet him?”
“Jesus Christ, you’re as bad as Nancy and my mom,” Mike groans, rolling his eyes. “I’d also like to point out that I’m not dating him yet, and I have no idea if he even likes guys. But Max, he is quite literally the most gorgeous person I have ever seen in my life. Like holy fuck, he’s pretty. And he’s nice and funny, and I saw him reading that book series I was telling you about the other week, and holy shit, I want to kiss him so badly—”
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It's sophomore year of college, and Max's best friend, Mike Wheeler, has just met the guy of his dreams. The only problem? Mike's mystery crush just so happens to be dating the guy of Max's dreams.
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09 Dec 2025
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The impossible happened: Will asked Mike to be his boyfriend. Even stranger? Mike said yes.
That's how it started. A letter, an accidental confession, a Saturday afternoon. And that? That was the easy part.
Now, what they do - what they are - is secret. Because if anyone finds out... they don't even want to imagine. Lonnie would kill them both on sight. Mike's parents would send him away to some boarding school. They'd never see each other again. They'd be marked forever. Everything would come crashing down around them.
But they try not to focus on that. They're busy, after all, trying to navigate this new relationship. Kisses, dates, prom, couples' quarrels. And in the meantime, Will has a problem on his hands; a power he needs to learn to control, before it blows up in his face.
It's a crazy end to their school year - but there's more going on behind the scenes than they realize.(This is a sequel to The Red Envelope but you don't necessarily have to have read TRE; this can be read on its own should you wish :) )
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- Part 2 of The Red Envelope
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The world is quite literally ending. His girlfriend just broke up with him. Mike can't stop thinking about Will.
“Will can stay with me.”
Will looks up from the spot he was looking at on the floor. “What? I can?”
“Stay at my house tonight.”
Will plays with his own fingers. He’s always fiddling with his own fingers, touching his hands. Mike can't stop looking at them. “What? Mike, why? I’ll be okay here.”
“It’s just one night,” Mike says, a little loudly, a little desperate.
“Okay,” Will replies, a little loudly, also a little desperate, a little too fast like he had been meaning to say yes the entire time. “Yeah… Yeah, I’ll stay over.”
And now they are here. Both sitting on Mike’s bed, with the most crushing tension hanging over them. Mike wants to die in it.
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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