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"God, it’s so painfully, achingly obvious. It’s staring right at him at that moment, etched in Will’s innocuous words. He basically spent the last few months digging himself into an endless pit of his own making. Why couldn’t he be like him? Why couldn’t he be brave and face what he feels and what he is, instead of using El and Will as a mirror of who he wanted to be?
He can feel shameful tears rolling down his face, getting into his ears. He can’t find it in him to look at Will when he speaks, keeps his voice purposely low so it can’t break. 'Yeah, that might be it. Thanks. I know what I need to write, now. I know how to fix the ending.'
He hears Will shift a little, his hand brushing against Mike’s shoulder when he tucks it back under his cheek. 'What are you gonna write?' The words are spoken in an even, soothing cadence, as if Will were afraid of scaring off Mike."
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Mike leaves for college and keeps unraveling until he has no choice but to stop being afraid.
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09 Jan 2026
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Mike has spent months ignoring what he feels when he looks at Will. Months pretending that the way his heart races doesn't mean anything. That "best friends" is enough.
Then Will uses his powers to save them all, and Mike can't stop watching. Can't stop wanting.
When Mike walks downstairs and sees Will changing his shirt—sees the freckles scattered across his back like stars—everything he's been denying comes crashing down.
Will knows. He's always known. And he's done waiting.
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24 Dec 2025
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“Okay, I don’t ‘like to be manhandled’–”
Will sat suddenly, bracketing Mike’s legs between his own and using two hands on his shoulders to flip them until Mike was lying horizontally on the sofa with Will on top of him. Mike gasped, the breath knocked out of him, and was once again rendered speechless.
“You were saying?”
“Okay fine!” Mike acquiesced, “But it’s not my fault you got so strong all of a sudden!”
Will rolled his eyes fondly.
“I didn’t ‘get strong’, Mike. I’ve been like this since Cali. You just chose not to notice,”
“Yeah, well, it’s sorta hard to hide your feelings when you’re daydreaming about your best friend’s biceps every other minute,”
Will flushed then, eyes widening. His heart did a funny little jump, and he felt tingly all over.
“My biceps?”
“...Among other things,”______________
Or, Mike has been acting weird since Will realised he had powers. Will thinks it's because he's scared. In reality, Mike is just whipped.
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- Part 1 of Love You to the End
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15 Dec 2025
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The Wheeler household is quiet. Which should be a good thing, really, it's just that Mike can't get his brain to turn off. He's been staring at the same patch of the ceiling for the last... Hour? Hours? He doesn't know how long it's been.
In which, Mike has some feelings and has to jerk-off about it, accidentally radioing a certain boy with a bowl cut in the process.
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20 Sep 2025
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Mike Wheeler has the perfect small town Indiana life. He’s a sweet(?) boy going into the ninth grade, with a beautiful mom, working dad, annoying little sister, and an even more annoying big sister. Eddie Munson let him into the Hellfire Club, and there hasn’t even been a single demon attacking town in months!
Problem, though: Mike can’t eat. Or, rather: Mike isn't eating. And he's trying not to tell anyone that. The unfortunate thing is, people love him -- which means people notice.
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Mike and his serious issues with emotional repression, an eating disorder, and internalized homophobia.
The various ways people try to be there for each other; the various ways they succeed and the various ways they fail.
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Each chapter centers a different pair dynamic with Mike! Byler endgame...
1. Eddie 2. Max 3. Steve and Robin (TBC)
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Title from "Wandering Stars" by Portishead.
Bookmarked by sumsecretsandy
08 Sep 2025