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“What exactly does this pact entail, then?”
Mike leans forward very seriously, bringing his face close to Will’s.
“When they make it legal for you to get married, because they will.” He pauses, as if to make sure that Will is listening. Will laughs and nods for him to go on. “And if we’re both still alone and miserable—”
“Wow. Is that the awesome future you’re painting for us on our last night?”
“Shh.” Mike is doing a decent job at staying in character, but the crinkles around his eyes are giving him away. “If we’re both still alone by then… and at least partially miserable. That part’s important,” he continues dramatically, “I’ll marry the shit out of you, William Byers. Deal?”
Or, before heading off to college, Mike and Will make a pact. Fifteen years later, gay marriage is legalized in the state of Massachusetts. These two events are intrinsically linked to one another.
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25 Jul 2026
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Will remembers being younger, staring at those pictures of insect activity on bodies, seeing not just science but desire in them. He hadn’t admitted it then, hadn’t known what to call it. But it was the same feeling, this tightening, this stirring. Now he can name it. Now he can live in it. Now he has Hannibal, who feeds it.
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A little domestic bliss between our beloved bug-boys. <3Series
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04 Jun 2026
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“It wasn’t on purpose! I promise I don’t go around attacking people with flower arrangements,” Will says, horrified.
“Well, that's a shame," Mike replies, smiling as he hands him back a fallen stem, “I think it’s a pretty memorable way to introduce yourself.”
(Or: Will owns a flower shop, Mike owns a publishing house, and somewhere between window notes, flower crowns, late-night conversations, and an alarming number of rom-com situations, they accidentally fall in love.)
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12 Jul 2026
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Mike laughs helplessly. What else can he do? “Okay, well, when you say it like that it sounds insane.”
“It is insane!” Will runs a hand through his hair, still visibly stunned. “Mike, we haven’t seen each other in twelve years and now you’re somebody’s father?!”
“Pretty much, yeah.”
Or, Twelve years after losing the boy he loved, single dad and bestselling author Mike Wheeler runs into Will Byers at his daughter’s library story hour and realizes some people never really leave your heart, no matter how much time passes.
Or or, Mike learns how to say I love you and mean it this time.
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