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  1. run away, turn away by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    17 Jul 2026

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    The facts are simple: Will met someone. Mike hasn’t been able to meet anyone. Will has someone, Mike lost his someone. Will is happy… Mike isn’t. Someone else sleeps in his bed at night and Mike hasn’t been able to have a good night’s sleep in months, years probably.

    Someone else sleeps in his bed at night and it kills him that it isn’t him.

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    Mike's been careful, kept his distance, managed to keep his feelings for his best friend in check and out of sight. When he's unexpectedly forced to spend a weekend with Will, who's got a new boyfriend and a few other secrets he's kept to himself, his careful facade starts to crumble. A short prequel from Mike's perspective to 'if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side'.

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