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    “They pulled your body out of the quarry.”

    It’s a story Mike’s sure Will’s heard many times, but it’s been watered down — rewritten, almost; masked by the exhilaration of the unknown, the riveting supernatural adventure that awaited them. Will doesn’t know the truth — not the full one, at least. The one fogged with cries, splinters in throats, You said he was alive! The air hangs differently now, four years later, and Mike thinks Will can sense it, because he lets out a strained, choked noise.

    Death seems to follow him everywhere. It's only natural Mike breaks down about it, late at night, letting a few secrets slip in the process.

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    11 Sep 2026

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    His Mom smiles at him with a knowing look, and Jonathan has an arch to his brow like he wants to ask more – but before either can, there’s the sound of a thud.

    Will’s smile falls into his stomach. It wrenches with fear, with horror.

    All three look to the entrance of the lounge, the direction of the thud.

    “Shit,” says someone out of sight, just beyond the entrance, almost too soft to catch.

    Will’s blood runs cold, because he knows that voice, knows the specific lilt of it.

    “Mike?"

    Or, Will comes out on his own terms, to the two people who truly matter - and is overheard by the one other person who means the most. In wake of the revelation, they decide to split off and take the final battle with Vecna into their own hands, all while navigating the undeniable pull that grows between them.

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    24 Jul 2026

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    Lucas and Will are best friends – they’re all best friends. But rationality left him a long time ago, maybe somewhere between his second and third shot. Now he’s moved right along to feeling sorry for himself. It shouldn’t be a problem that Will and Lucas are hanging out, but lately it seems to happen often. Like, a lot more often, which sucks because Will was his best friend first.

    or: the one where Mike is insanely jealous, horrendously insecure and, inevitably, explodes

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    15 Jul 2026

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    “I’m coming with you,” Will says immediately. “I’ll find a way. I won’t let you go alone.”

    Mike’s expression hardens. For a split second, it looks like his breath gets stuck somewhere in his chest, his lungs refusing to move. His shoulders square, his posture going rigid beneath the armor as Will’s words sink in. But he isn’t angry, not really. 

    “No. You can’t.”

    “You don’t get to decide that for me,” Will snaps, his grip tightening unconsciously at the edge of Mike’s armor. 

    “And you don’t get to make me weaker,” Mike fires back before he can stop himself.

    or; Will panics the very moment Mike tells him that Vecna has returned; determined, Will wants to follow him into battle, only to discover that it is his bond with the paladin himself that prevents him from fighting at his side.

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    08 Jul 2026

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    “Did I do something wrong?” Mike questions, mouth twisted in a frown, eyes less wide than they were a few moments ago, sleepiness gone. His arms stay at his sides, although his fingers fiddle with his sleeves. “What did I do wrong?”

    Will frowns back. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”

    Mike doesn’t look like he believes him. Will doesn’t blame him. “Then why do you keep leaving?”

    The world ends, and then some. Mike and Will find each other again, amidst the debris and distance.

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    05 Jul 2026

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