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mel doesnt like the holidays. yet somehow she finds herself crowded inside dana’s house on thanksgiving after working a shift. at least frank was there. she wouldn’t have gone without him, after all.
or: mel’s never had a friend before. let alone one she’s in love with.
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09 Mar 2026
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My contribution to MerMay.
Will was just trying to keep his head low and his bills paid. The job at the Research Center for Ocean Life was easy, quiet, and it kept food in his belly. Everything was going well until he saw something in the Deep Sea enclosures he couldn't explain.
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His sneakers slid across the soap, making him windmill his arms and for a moment, the safety training video he’d watched a few weeks prior played on a loop in his head, scolding him for not wearing no-slip shoes.
“No. Nope. No fucking way,” he panted through chattering teeth as he found his footing and leaned his back against the door.
He kept his eyes locked on the enclosure, waiting for the light to show up again or for his mind to come up with a better explanation than there was a fucking alien in a tank less than a hundred feet away from him. He waited almost half an hour before he found his nerve and crept back to retrieve the mop. He didn’t bother to clean the glass, justifying it with the lack of time he had left in his shift rather than the queasy feeling in his stomach and uncomfortable, primal fear of being confronted with something he had no logical explanation for.
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29 Jan 2026
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"That day, when you told us about how you don't like girls. You mentioned a crush, someone who didn't like you back…"
A punched out breath escaped Will. "I didn't think you would ever bring it up, honestly. For the longest time, I wasn't even sure you knew."
"I didn't. I just never- I don't understand.. why me? After everything that happened, why would it be me?" Mike felt like he was being wheeled into surgery, laid bare on the table for everyone to see the mess that was his heart.
"What? Mike, how could it not be you?" Will let out a disbelieving laugh. "Mike, it was always you. It had always been you back then."
Back then. Late again.
"But not anymore?"
Mike Wheeler gets drunk and confessions ensue.
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04 Jan 2026
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New City. New School. Same Old Heartbreak.
Will Byers thought sharing a dorm with Mike Wheeler would be a dream come true. Instead, it’s a front-row seat to Mike’s awkward attempts at moving on from El. But when a messy night ends in a kiss that feels anything but accidental, the rules of their friendship are rewritten overnight.
Will is happy to play the role of the secret lover, the placeholder, if it means keeping Mike in his life. He’s prepared for the breakup. He’s prepared for Mike to find a "real" girlfriend. He’s prepared for everything... except the possibility that Mike isn't pretending at all.
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Will does not realize he and Mike are dating.Series
- Part 1 of The Observer Effect
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02 Jan 2026
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my mind is a blank (my head is spinning) by kissingpractice
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Aug 2025
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Will usually has a pretty good handle on his crush on Mike. He's practically an expert at hiding his feelings for his best friend. Today, however, he went on a mission to gather intel, and now Mike is standing in front of him giving a debrief, flushed from cycling and he's wearing a short sleeved t-shirt, and well.
Will is going to lose his mind.Bookmarked by uusoo
27 Dec 2025