CuratedCactus
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Soulmarks were special.
Movies liked to romanticize them, sure, but they were more than a mark. They were a symbol of a lifelong bond, of a closeness that many yearned to achieve. Married couples showed them off more than wedding rings if a pair of matching marks appeared, gloating to all that would listen.
The marks were sometimes identical, but other times matching as a pair. It would be something meaningful to the pair, typically, something that brought joy.
Mike and Will had their first matching ones appear when they were 6 years old.
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- Part 3 of Byler-verse
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Lucifer’s snake, for some unholy reason, had become fond of Alastor.
Chaos ensues.
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Or, Lucifer and his snake are more alike than he realizes.
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The omega was collapsed in a heap on the ground, tan sheets tangled messily around his bare legs.
He was also very naked.
“Holy shit, are you-“
Will’s eyes met his, and they were feral.
“Mike, that was a mistake.”
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- Part 2 of Byler-verse
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“Your scent is going to drive me crazy.” He muttered.
“What do I smell like?” Will whispered.
“Like you need me to ravish you.”
Fuck.
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Mike is struggling and starting to disconnect from the pack. Will goes to talk to him, as best friends do.
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- Part 1 of Byler-verse
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“It no longer resides, but I still find myself-“
Kija took a few steps forward, now only a foot away.
“-drawn to you.”
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I didn't mean it (but please don't forget) by a1most_as11eep
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Feb 2026
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When Mike Wheeler wakes up one day everything seems normal. When he wakes up the next day everything seems normal too, or at least it would be if he wasn’t living the same exact day over again. Every morning Mike wakes up to the same exact day, that is until he realizes he can do whatever he wants… no consequences. When he repeatedly relives his same interactions… something shifts. Maybe he’s less afraid to do say what he wants- to do what he wants, until one day it doesn’t reset, and he finds himself much deeper than he could have imagined.
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Mike Wheeler wakes up in a time loop where every day he finds himself closer and closer to Will byers.
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r/DnD
u/MWpaladin commented on “Can’t tell the difference between sorcerers and…” posted by u/LionsandTigers7 on r/DnDu/MWpaladin: Are you an actual idiot? Sorcerers and wizards are hardly even comparable. It’s not ‘the same thing’ in the slightest. A sorcerer’s magic doesn’t even come from a book of spells, their powers are INNATE. Maybe go back to third fucking grade before you ever try and DM a campaign of your own. Jesus Christ. Another important differentiation to note is… [expand]
Or: a long, very long, retrospective of Mike’s reddit history.
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04 Mar 2026
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Something Inside Me to Keep You Bedside Me by paper_star
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jan 2026
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“A nice little heart to heart,” Mike repeats quietly. “About my dead girlfriend.”
“And his dead sister,” Dustin adds, unperturbed.
Or: Post-canon fix-it, from graduation. Four summers, four winter breaks, and four spring breaks in which Mike Wheeler needs to figure his shit out.
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21 Feb 2026
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Will starts getting sick with nausea, migraines, dizziness and emotional spikes. Obviously it’s Vecna. Obviously the world is ending again. Obviously the Party goes feral.
Except it’s not Vecna. It’s a pup.
And Mike Wheeler is very much the other half of that situation… not that anyone knows they’re even together.
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12 Feb 2026
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“It’s just—look, guys do this kind of stuff with each other all the time, right? I mean, they help each other with this sort of…stuff when it comes to girls. Or whatever.” Mike waves his hands around helplessly, like whatever is supposed to cover the fact that he just asked Will to be his personal kissing tutor-slash-crash-test-dummy. “And we—we aren’t even…like that, y’know. So it’s not like—it wouldn’t actually mean anything, it can just be—an experiment. Practice. Between us. Between friends.”
An experiment. AN EXPERIMENT. Cool. Yeah. No big deal. Definitely not the exact thing Will's thought about every night since, oh, forever. Not like Will’s been in love with Mike since we were twelve or anything. Nope. Totally chill. Totally fine.
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11 Feb 2026