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  1. Public Bookmark 47

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    Maybe Will decides that enough is enough, and lets Mike go. Maybe whatever persists between them dies slowly of benign neglect, until all that remains is shared trauma and dead memories that don’t mean what they once did. Or maybe he just never hears Mike’s voice again. He shudders.

    But what if it's not too late?

    Too late for what?

    What do you do when the world fails to end? If you’re Will Byers, you build a life. If you’re Mike Wheeler, you build a tomb.

    It’s been a decade since El disappeared, Mike is still trapped in his own head, and no one knows how to talk about it. Then, Mike does something impulsive, and sets in motion a chain of events that will cause Will to question everything he believes - including about himself.

    Or: A story about grief, love, fate, freedom, and the things that hide in the dark (and maybe the light, too). This starts slow, but bear with me; I promise it doesn't go where you're expecting!

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    03 Feb 2026

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    “You know,” Billy says quietly, sneering. “You coulda saved Joyce Byers a plate—if this was all it took, to break you.”

    Billy Hargrove is about to learn the hard way—if you come at the king, you best not miss.

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    27 Nov 2024

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    Best Stranger Things fic I've ever read and one of the best fics I've read. The characterization is EXQUISITE. It really captures the effects of abuse, internal and external homophobia, and surviving a small town and high school in 1980s America. The friendships, familial connections, teenage shenanigans, and impending social disasters are all there.

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    Suddenly, Mike is twelve, teetering on the edge of the quarry. Maybe tomorrow the paramedics will pull him from the same exact place they found Will's body. It’s a comforting thought, morbidly enough. To die for his friends. To be with Will again.

    or: Mike Wheeler has no good, horrible, very bad evening.

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    08 Dec 2025

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    Billy smirks at him, white teeth glinting: “Finish up, why don’t you? You’re making me regret choosing you to cheat off, King Steve-”

    “Don’t. Call. Me. That.”

    “Okay....” Billy says, mock sweet. “How about... princess?”

    (Or: Steve doesn't know if he hates or loves the pet names; all he knows is that Billy confuses him.)

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    01 Dec 2024

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    Move on. Let it heal.

    Maybe that’s why Steve said yes when Max asked him to help move boxes out of Billy’s room after the dust settled. He could hear her voice. Too many. Too heavy.

    Just like his wounds. His grief. Too many. Too heavy.

    (Or, Steve steals the glass ashtray from Billy's bedside table and things start to go bump in the night.)

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    23 Nov 2024