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  1. Public Bookmark 31

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    Mike Wheeler is trying desperately not to become his father.
    Will Byers is trying desperately to find himself.
    They thought they wouldn't (or shouldn't) need each other for that.
    But when they see each other again, in a small gay bar in New York in 1991, music pulsing, lights flashing, alcohol flowing and bodies moving, they think maybe they were wrong.

    (credit to winehart for the brilliant 'Need You Tonight' which inspired the basis of this fic, because who doesn't love a byler 90s club fic?)
    Title from You're Gonna Go Far by Noah Kahan

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    21 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 58

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    Mike goes over to Will's house after getting a distressful call from him, and ends up stuck there for a week due to a snowstorm. Will finds it hard to hide that he's been manically depressed, profoundly in love with him and blasphemously projecting his feelings for Mike onto religious imagery.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.

    "Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.

    He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."

    "Again."

    El is gone.

    Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.

    Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.

    They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.

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    08 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    This story is a complete rewrite of Season 5, following the original script very closely.
    There is a heavy focus throughout of Will and Mike's relationship (platonic and eventually romantic). There is implied sexual content throughout but nothing physically happens between Mike and Will until the end of the story.
    *Honorable Mention Song: “Never Tear Us Apart” INXS*

    Vecna is hiding out in the Upside Down, the party has significantly slowed him down and injured him but he has a new fury burning within, even through his charred flesh and scales. The Molotov cocktail Steve threw might as well have been an ignition switch. They will pay for what they’ve done…

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    06 Apr 2026