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    Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.

    Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.

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    20 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 38

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    At least, Will thinks with a heavy heart, it’s a beautiful place to be miserable.

    It’s 1996, and Mike is getting married.

    Spoiler: it’s not to Will.

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    13 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 62

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    Before Mike even really realised what he was doing, he was lifting himself up on his hands, bringing himself up over Will’s body so he could kiss the smile on his lips. Will let out a pleased, happy little sigh, and Mike wanted nothing more than to make him do it again. He wanted to discover every single noise that Will could make. He couldn’t believe that he’d gotten to do this before, that he’d forgotten this.

    or: an amnesia fic side fic, sharing their second first time. 🤍

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    10 Jun 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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    04 Jun 2026

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    “Will,” Mike starts.

    “No, seriously,” Will says. The hand that isn’t holding his beer raises between them, twitching downwards like he’s physically shoving any of Mike’s other questions back down where they came from. “It was a stupid thing to ask.”

    Mike shakes his head, then scoots forward, inching closer to Will. “It’s not,” he insists. “If it’s you asking, it’s not stupid, Will.”

    On New Year's Eve, 1996, Will asks Mike a question. He gets an answer and then some.

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    04 Jun 2026