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It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.
The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.
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23 Feb 2026
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In which Mike and Will, best friends of fifteen years, move into their shared apartment after three years of college. Mike’s jealousy is put to a test as he’s confronted with one of Will’s many hook-ups, followed by an emotional Friday-night breakdown on the kitchen floor.
When feelings that have been simmering for almost a decade finally surface, they have to figure out what they are —and what they want to become.
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23 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has spent nine years fighting like he doesn’t expect to live, carrying guilt he never learned how to put down.
When his unit uncovers proof that someone has been hunting Vecna from inside the Upside Down, Mike realizes the truth is worse than hope.
Will Byers didn’t die when he disappeared at twelve.
He stayed—and he’s been surviving the Upside Down alone ever since.
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- Part 1 of Alternate Ending
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30 Jan 2026
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when I die recite this whole ff and I’ll be bought back to life just to kill myself again
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How long had it been since Will had seen Mike like this. This was the Mike Wheeler he had always loved, the one who stood in front of him without hesitation, brave even when afraid, worrying for him as though it were instinct. A knight, the heart of their world, his protector, the steady presence that once hovered over him like sheltering clouds.
He missed clouds.
He missed him.
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Will Byers died in the final battle
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16 Feb 2026
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
Or, a
fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .- Language:
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15 Feb 2026