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When he was lying back against his pillows, shucking his shirt and opening his mouth for Mike to kiss, Will was positively godlike. He was Mike’s savior, Mike’s redeemer. If the world was doomed, Will could save it with a kiss.
Mike and Will, at the end of the world.
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24 Jun 2026
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“We haven’t done this since middle school,” Will says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Huh,” Mike whispers back. “Yeah, guess not.”
A couple years ago, Mike read a National Geographic article about a phenomenon called the polar night. In the farthest north and south regions of the globe, there are weeks, sometimes months depending on how close you are to the poles, where the sun does not rise above the horizon, plunging the world into a perpetual nighttime. Living in such conditions, the article had explained, can affect one’s circadian rhythm, heighten issues with concentration and energy levels, and cause a spike in depressive symptoms among local populations. Some resort to using light therapy lamps to mimic the daylight.
It was only after the Byers moved away, all those years ago, that Mike began to understand what the prolonged absence of the sun can do to a person.
The Upside Down is gone, and everyone has made it out unscathed. In the aftermath of the not-so-end of the world, snowballs turn into avalanches. Sometimes it just takes time.
or: Mike gets into Brown, Will gets into RISD, and the friends-to-???-to-lovers slowburn that ensues.
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Brooklyn, 1991. Will is having nightmares again, and he doesn't know why. He has a loving boyfriend, doting friends, and a vibrant community. He's happy. Almost.
Whenever he can't sleep, he steals into the city armed with nothing but a paintbrush, making his mark in places only he knows. Will intends to keep these paintings- and his harrowing past- a secret forever.
When he begins to lose inspiration, he signs up for a summer course, hoping it will bring the change he needs. And then he meets Tony.
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Will smiled back, soft and sweet, like he always was. It was, all in all, the same smile Mike had grown up knowing as well as his own reflection. It was Will's teeth peeking through the slight pull of his chapped lips, and Will's skin wrinkling near his eyes. Mike would know Will's smile anywhere.
Only, that wasn't his smile.
Because that wasn't Will.
"Follow me?" Will asked, and one yellow ray of sunlight punctured the fog, illuminating the tufts of Will's mud-spattered hair like a halo. It was fitting. If the rest of the town thought Will was the devil, he'd always been an angel to Mike.
And for the life of him, Mike couldn’t remember what it was he’d been so worried about just a second ago.
"Yeah," he answered, treading behind Will, headed for the woods. "Always."
It's the summer of 1987, the town is under lockdown, the people are panicking and praying, and they've pinpointed Will as the one to blame for it all. In fact, nearly everyone seems a little afraid of Will these days, except for Mike.
(Or: Following a desperate ritual to cast the devil out of Hawkins, Will starts acting strangely. Mike starts having dreams.)
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The first thing Will notices when he wakes up is the throbbing headache that follows a night of too much drinking.
The second thing Will notices is the dull ache in his lower back. The sensation is not unfamiliar – Will has had sex plenty of times to recognize it.
Which leads to the third thing Will notices.
This is not his bed.
And the fourth thing?
The body lying next to him is very much not his boyfriend.
Will and Mike have a night out and accidentally cheat on their partners.
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16 Jun 2026