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Mike and Will get summer jobs as lifeguards at the Hawkins Community Pool during college break. Will just wants to forget about his first failed relationship. Mike wants to make it an unforgettable summer.
CPR training gets complicated when you're hot for your "straight" best friend and he keeps wanting to practice his mouth-to-mouth technique.
"Should we… practice again?" Mike said finally. "Now?"
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a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Mar 2026
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“Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”
Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.
Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.
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- Part 5 of in the quiet of the night
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In order to save everyone and untether the Upside Down from our world permanently, El had to use her powers to erase any memory of Will from existence.
Now his plan is to get as far away from Hawkins as possible, but even without their memories of him, the people who used to love him are making it impossible.
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Will Byers let yourself be loved challenge (level: impossible)
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The Ground Looks Soft Enough To Bury This Now by iategravel
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
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After Will moves in, Mike can't ignore the things he has avoided about himself for so long. He is at his breaking point, not sure how he can keep going at this point. As things get darker and darker for him, he tries to settle into this new routine, keeping himself from crumbling apart as best as he can.
As the battle with Vecna draws closer, how will they navigate the strain in their relationship? Will Mike overcome his self-hatred, or will he succumb to the expectations of those around him.
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- Part 2 of Post-S4 Time Skip
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At first, Mike was unsure how to approach him when he got like this. But they’ve been living together for months now, never further than five feet apart in their dorm beds, so Mike’s learned what works and what doesn’t.
It works when he wakes Will like this, with gentle hands and words, telling him he’s safe. It works when he climbs into Will’s warm bed, turning him on his side and curling up against his back, an arm over his waist and his cheek pressed against his shoulder. They lie together like that until Will’s hiccupping gasps soften into steady breaths, until Mike feels him go limp in his arms and he knows he’s fallen back asleep. It always works.
or: Will has nightmares and Mike is the only one who can console him. Not even Will's boyfriend can. Mike takes great pride in this fact.