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Ruin the friendship (better that than regret it) by lostboyschapter
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler had always been pretty certain about most things in his life. He had been certain about his decision to go to the University of California so he could study literature. He had been certain about sharing a dorm with Lucas, while Dustin and Will shared another dorm down the hall. He had also been very certain the mutual break-up between him and El was for the best. He had even started being certain he had never actually been romantically interested in her. And right now, he was 100% certain he was going to jail tonight, because certainly, when your best friend is talking about the fact that Brandon from his digital media design class asked him out on a coffee date, your first instinct is to find this Brandon and strangle him. That’s normal right? To want to protect your best friend from … Brandon…?
Or: The one where Will goes on a date, Mike gets jealous and realises he’s in love with Will.
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01 Mar 2026
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don’t you know (that i love you) by bookinit for satvrnnrings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Dec 2022
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Mike opens the door to Lucas’s house, and everything is abruptly not perfect. Not even a little. Not at all.
Because Will—good, handsome, sweet, perfect Will—is sitting on the couch, which is not as good or handsome or sweet or perfect, but that’s okay, because it’s a couch, and couches don’t have to be those things.
But sitting next to him, smiling and laughing and slinging an arm around Will’s shoulders like it has any right to be there, is a man Mike’s never seen before in his entire life.
There’s only one logical conclusion.
Will’s brought a date.
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holiday parties, jealousy, and the horrors of growing up… oh my!
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23 Feb 2026
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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.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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22 Feb 2026
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After a minor sexuality crisis, an ill-advised weed hit, and a kiss that could ruin everything, Mike is forced to confront the scary truth: he might be falling for his roommate.
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19 Feb 2026
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“A card?”, Will asks, tilting his head a little, “What card?”
Sure, Mike thinks, as if this hasn’t been embarrassing enough already. He can see it in Will’s eyes, that he knows what this is about and he’s daring Mike to ask it out loud for whatever reason. To let this personal humiliation ritual reach its full-circle moment, making it clear that Mike is disappointed that he’s not Will’s Valentine this year. He’ll get back at him for this, someday.
Mike takes a deep breath. “You know, every year you write me a Valentine’s Day card and every year you give it to me four days before I’m supposed to open it. Why not this year? Why didn’t you give me a card?” There. He said it. He asked him. Lucas’ leg taps up and down anxiously, eyes still focused elsewhere but clearly monitoring what Will has to say.
Will shrugs, casual as ever, “Why didn’t you give me a card?”
Mike blinks, “What?”
Will looks at him as if this had been obvious all along. “You’re right, Mike, every year I give you one and every year I receive nothing in return. I just thought you might not want one anymore.”
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18 Feb 2026