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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jan 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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20 Jan 2026
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NOVEMBER 6TH, 1986
In the three years since Will Byers went missing, the town of Hawkins has been under constant threat of the creatures from the Upside Down. But now, eight months after Vecna has ruptured a giant rift through the town of Hawkins, that threat is about to reemerge. Unaware of Vecna's true plans and trapped under a military quarantine, our heroes will not only be forced to face the greatest evil from the Upside Down, but also overcome impossible odds, in order to save their town, and each other, one last time.
Written in a SCREENPLAY format, this fic operates as a diverging conclusion for the final season of Stranger Things.
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Mike grabs Will’s hands and tangles them with his own, blinking up at him through his long, dark lashes. His eyes are endless. Solid black, like the night above them. So shiny that Will can see himself, tipsy and happy, in the reflection. “I want to be stuck with you,” Mike whispers, like it’s a secret. “I don’t ever want to leave.”
Will sucks in a sharp breath, squeezing his hands. “Then don’t,” he whispers back, punched-out and honest. “Stay.”
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Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out.
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07 Jan 2026
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Better than the actual show. Probably one of my favorite fics ever
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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15 Dec 2025
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AHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT OMG I FLATLINED DURING EVERY CHAPTER OMG
CALL ME MAX MAYFIELD CAUSE THIS IS GONNA PUT ME IN A COMA -
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slightly sleepily Will murmurs, "Are you watching me sleep?" And Mike witnesses a small smile pull at the corners of his mouth, his blissfully unaware face become more awake with the passing seconds.
"No." Mike blinks and Will blinks straight back, "Maybe." He adds, just to see that smile he so often craves appear again.
"Creep." Will states, voice still burdened with sleep, and only partially visible in the little light the hallway offers. Mike continues staring, wordless, and the silence must make Will feel a little uneasy and then he says, softer still, "You okay?"
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27 Aug 2025