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    "Sometimes, I think about you on top of me," Will says slowly, tracing Mike’s knuckles with his thumb. "And sometimes I think about me on top of you."

    Mike says, "Oh." Then nothing else.

    "Um," Will says. "Your turn."

    "I—uh." Mike is looking down. Can’t look at Will. "I mostly think about. You. Um, on top of me."

    Will’s mind goes completely, sparklingly blank.

    OR: Will puts on a little muscle for the apocalypse, and Mike is normal about it.

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    29 Dec 2025

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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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    “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” Peggy says, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

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    24 Dec 2025

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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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    15 Dec 2025

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    It’s the kind of truck that belongs in a movie, shining in the early morning sun. There’s also someone leaning against it. Shirtless. That’s what gets the immediate attention of the girls.

    Max gasps and nudges El, “Uh… wow.”

    Lucas frowns, “Hey!”

    “I didn’t say anything!” Max quips back, but she’s still gripping El’s arm as they both give the guy an eyeful.

    “I’ll say something,” El buts in, grinning, “That guy is very hot.”

    Will, a few steps behind them, mutters, “Here, here.”

    Mike groans, “Not you too, Will.”

    Will just smiles sheepishly but his voice is easy, “What? I can appreciate a good-looking guy."

    OR, in the gap between High School ending and College starting Joyce books the party into a 2 week long farm stay. Mike expects a relaxing break but it quickly turns chaotic when the charming farm-hand takes a liking to Will, and old feelings, new tensions, and unexpected drama threaten to ruin the quiet countryside for everyone...

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    07 Dec 2025