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    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    15 Jun 2026

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    "Kiss me without the alcohol, and without a dark room hiding us."

    16 days.

    That's how long it's been since Will's eighteenth birthday.
    Since the painting.
    Since the kiss that meant everything but was called a mistake.

    For 16 days, Will Byers has done one thing perfectly...

    Avoid Mike Wheeler.

    Until Mike finds out Will isn't coming to his birthday.

    And that just won't do.

    Mike knows he wants to be with Will. But everytime he acts on it, a voice in his head tells him it's wrong.

    Will knows he wants to be with Mike. But giving in means risking everything he's worked so hard to achieve, breaking free from his shame and fear.

    Can Mike do enough to keep a hold of the one person who's been at the centre of his life for as long as he can remember?

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