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  1. Public Bookmark 17

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    Willow is a cheerleader.
    Michelle is in Hellfire club.
    The two couldn’t be more opposite after growing apart for years.
    So why is it so hard to stay away from each other?
    And what would happen if they stopped trying to?

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    23 Jun 2026

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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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    12 Jul 2026

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    The concept of what would happen after defeating Vecna hadn’t ever materialized in Will Byers’ head. And, now that he was living it, he kind of wished he’d been more prepared. Trying to hide his nightmares, the level of stoned he was, and his very, very new relationship with Mike Wheeler was nothing short of impossible with the wave of Religious Paranoia infecting Hawkins post-Upside-Down.

    But who was he to complain? It could always be worse.
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    Or: Will and Mike navigate the terrifying realities of what it means to be a gay couple in Religious Small-Town America during the 1980s
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    Based loosely on concepts from the album “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” by Ethel Cain.

    AU: Will only came out to Mike before the final fight with Vecna.

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    10 Jul 2026

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    bruh i cant

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    With the near-apocalyptic events of the 1980s over and done with, the survivors of Hawkins attempt to regain some sense of normalcy in their lives. A new decade awaits, unmarred by the insanity that once loomed overhead, but moving on is easier said than done...

    Will Byers and Mike Wheeler, once inseparable friends, find their bond shaken in the aftermath. Taunted by unspoken secrets and mocked by insidious fears, their paths diverge... but they never truly leave one another. Fundamentally incomplete, they build their own hollow lives in solitude...

    When choice and chance eventually leads them to reunite, they are forced to face their demons once and for all...
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    08 Jul 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    “Wait, wait!”

    Mike breathes out slowly, like she’ll scare Will away if she’s too loud. “Please. Please don’t leave.”

    Will is facing her again, and—and Mike feels like she’s never been more present than right now, a foot apart in Jennifer’s tiny bathroom, and simultaneously like she’s on a whole different plane of existence. It’s so small in the bathroom that she’s been leaning heavily against the counter to make room; looking up at Will, who’s usually a few inches shorter, is making her feel lightheaded.

    Mike bites her lip and whispers what she hopes will make Will stay.

    “I’m sorry.”

    She sucks in a breath. “I’ve been an asshole. Mostly to you, which is so much worse than if I’d just been an asshole to your girlfriend. But I’m sorry for that too. I’ll be better. I promise.”

    Mike looks down, feeling preemptively embarrassed for what she’s about to say. “I wasn’t joking when I said I was jealous. You’ve spent all night with her, and I barely know anybody here. I know it’s stupid because I literally live with you, but I missed you tonight.”

    Or: It's 1993, Mike is in a riot grrrl band, Will is being confusing and distant, and then everything implodes.

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    07 Apr 2026

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