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The night of graduation after Mike's campaign, the party goes to Stacy's to celebrate. With liquid courage and buried feelings rising to the surface, Mike and Will finally cross the line and admit how they feel about each other. But when summer comes to an end and Will refuses to be kept a secret, the boys go their separate ways.
Years later, Will runs into Mike at a gay club in New York, forcing them to confront feelings neither of them truly left behind. Will has already tried to move on, but Mike is determined to win him back despite the hurt he caused.
There's just one problem: Will has a boyfriend.
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In which Mike and Will finally kiss and have to face their feelings. Mike struggles with internalized homophobia while Will struggles with being kept a secret, and the two split up at the end of the summer. Years later, they meet again, and they can't fight the want. Will has a boyfriend now—Mike doesn't care.
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30 Jul 2026
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Loved this fic, Mike will piss you off for the first 10 chapters or so but like it evens out swearsies.
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Mike hates that goddamn necklace.
The thing is, he isn’t even being irrational; the material is cheap, and he’s certain that in the next few days, Will is going to have a greenish tinge stained to his porcelain neck.
It hasn’t happened yet. But it will.
“Why are you staring at my neck?” Will’s voice cuts into the silence, lips quirked in amusement. Mike forces himself to meet his best friend’s eyes, and as he often is these days, is rendered speechless.
“I– uh.” Mike looks around his bedroom, as if something in the piles of crap around the space is going to bring him inspiration. Max simply raises her eyebrows, and Lucas offers no help at all. “I thought I saw a bug?”
Silence. Max chews her lip to hold back laughter, and Mike’s fingers flex because he might throw Will’s sketchbook at her. Mike Wheeler knows a great many things, but understanding why this particular necklace is ruining his life is not one of them. The fact it's from Will's boyfriend is also irrelevant.- Language:
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15 Jul 2026
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Mike getting his shit together way earlier than expected and is down so bad for Will like wants that cookie bad
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It's 1997 and the ghost of Mike Wheeler walks back into Will Byers' life twice in one day: first in a Midtown coffee shop, then as the writer assigned to his graphic novel. Eight years of awkward distance now have a deadline. Collaboration is a special kind of torture when the person you're building a world with is the one who broke yours.
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15 Jul 2026
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Writer Mike/Illustrator Will reunited after near decade of not speaking
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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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- Part 1 of SKYA Universe