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    “So, I’ve been thinking," Mike throws his head back into the sofa’s head rest. “You know how I talk about girls all the time?”

    The pencil in Will’s hand freezes for just a moment, something Mike wouldn’t have been able to tell at all if he wasn’t staring right at Will’s hands to avoid his gaze. “So?”

    “Well, I’ve been thinking, right?”

    Will looks up, but Mike isn’t looking back at him. He’s picking at a loose thread on the couch cushion. “What, about girls?”

    “No,” Mike shakes his head, “about boys."

    Will nearly chokes on his tongue. “You’ve been thinking about boys?”

    or, mike conducts an uncomfortably elaborate semester-long personal inquiry project on how to be a better straight ally to his gay best friend. for educational reasons only. obviously

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    14 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 21

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    13 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 72

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    Maybe Will decides that enough is enough, and lets Mike go. Maybe whatever persists between them dies slowly of benign neglect, until all that remains is shared trauma and dead memories that don’t mean what they once did. Or maybe he just never hears Mike’s voice again. He shudders.

    But what if it's not too late?

    Too late for what?

    What do you do when the world fails to end? If you’re Will Byers, you build a life. If you’re Mike Wheeler, you build a tomb.

    It’s been a decade since El disappeared, Mike is still trapped in his own head, and no one knows how to talk about it. Then, Mike does something impulsive, and sets in motion a chain of events that will cause Will to question everything he believes - including about himself.

    Or: A story about grief, love, fate, freedom, and the things that hide in the dark (and maybe the light, too). This starts slow, but bear with me; I promise it doesn't go where you're expecting!

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    13 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    Two part series. Part one (Will’s POV) is where Will self-sabotages into oblivion and pushes Mike away. Part two (Mike’s POV) is the aftermath of that.

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    07 May 2026

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    holy shit, man.

  5. Public Bookmark 37

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    Canon compliant character studies, hurt/comfort, and future fics. They should stand alone, but also make up a bigger story. Gen + Stancy, Steve-centric. We're rescuing Nancy from the Herald while we're at it. Series name from Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place."

    1. you've got that shotgun shine (multi POV)
    2. lady mercy won't be home tonight (Dustin's POV)
    3. let me in the window (Nancy's POV)
    4. small town boy in a big arcade (Steve's POV)
    5. lovers and madmen have such seething brains (Robin's POV)
    6. i was born with lightning in my heels (Max's POV)
    7. you come at the king (you best not miss) (multi POV)

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    29 Apr 2026