psyche_in_the_window



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    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.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    71,098
    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
    768
    Kudos:
    3,678
    Bookmarks:
    1,098
    Hits:
    75,519

    10 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.

    Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    65,523
    Chapters:
    15/15
    Comments:
    1,663
    Kudos:
    1,764
    Bookmarks:
    673
    Hits:
    35,456

    03 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Will bites his lip and nods, looking down at his shoes again so Richie won't see how hard he's holding back a giddy smile.

    Everybody in the party knows everything about him. Maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing to keep a secret from Mike for a little while. 

    It's kind of exciting. Sneaking in a boy Mike hates.

    Will shakes his head, trying to clear Mike from it for the night. Only when he looks back up at Richie, Richie has this conspiratorial smile on his face, like maybe Will isn't the only one eager to piss off Mike Wheeler. 

    OR: the concept of Richie Tozier being Will Byers' dirty little secret and Mike Wheeler being so jealous he can't breathe. Byler endgame.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    87,287
    Chapters:
    9/9
    Comments:
    2,363
    Kudos:
    11,167
    Bookmarks:
    2,826
    Hits:
    204,313

    22 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.

    Or:

    Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    54,399
    Chapters:
    10/?
    Comments:
    9,894
    Kudos:
    45,782
    Bookmarks:
    7,222
    Hits:
    861,045

    07 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Maybe it’s the lingering adrenaline from the false alarm a moment ago, but Mike suddenly has a bad feeling deep in his gut. Something is off. Slowly, he walks around to look at Chrissy’s face.
    White eyes. Rapid blinking. Unfocused. Unseeing.
    Mike’s terror multiplies tenfold, heart rate ratcheting back up. He blinks and it’s Will standing in front of him, glaze-eyed and shaking, seizing, eyes twitching in their sockets, stuck in a waking nightmare as the Mind Flayer forces itself into every orifice.
    He blinks again and it’s Chrissy, going through the same thing. Or something very similar.
    Fuck. Not now. Not again.

    Or: After witnessing Chrissy's death, Mike finds himself on the frontlines of the latest interdimensional battle—and at the top of Hawkins’ Most Wanted list, as police, crazed townspeople, and otherworldly monsters all vie to get to him first.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    101,052
    Chapters:
    10/10
    Collections:
    2
    Comments:
    307
    Kudos:
    985
    Bookmarks:
    276
    Hits:
    20,638

    06 Feb 2026