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    He opens the door to see Will crouched by the trash can, one of the letters open in his hands, and more scattered on the floor around him. He looks up in surprise when Mike enters, and then his expression turns to worry.

    “Mike…”

    “What are you doing?” Mike shouts, running over to grab the letter out of his hands.

    “Mike, I’m sorry,” Will says, releasing them without a fight and standing up as Mike stuffs the letters back into the trash hurriedly. He stands up slowly, fists clenched and head down in shame.

     

    A post-epilogue fix-it set one year after the epilogue in which Mike comes to terms with his grief, his sexuality, and eventually his feelings for Will.

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    30 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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    30 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 96

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    “Not everyone lingers in the past.” Dick replied.

    “You did.” Wally looked at him searchingly, like he was trying to pick Dick apart. Read his expressions, his body language, but Dick was a performer and he only let Wally see the surface.

    I love you, Dick wanted to say, I never stopped. Not for a second.

    But this wasn’t about him.

    “You’re my best friend,” Dick smiled, “I wasn’t going to move on that easily.” 

    Or: Dick struggles after Wally died, and they don't go away even after Wally returns.

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    25 May 2026

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    Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.

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    19 May 2026

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    “So, I’ve been thinking," Mike throws his head back into the sofa’s head rest. “You know how I talk about girls all the time?”

    The pencil in Will’s hand freezes for just a moment, something Mike wouldn’t have been able to tell at all if he wasn’t staring right at Will’s hands to avoid his gaze. “So?”

    “Well, I’ve been thinking, right?”

    Will looks up, but Mike isn’t looking back at him. He’s picking at a loose thread on the couch cushion. “What, about girls?”

    “No,” Mike shakes his head, “about boys."

    Will nearly chokes on his tongue. “You’ve been thinking about boys?”

    or, mike conducts an uncomfortably elaborate semester-long personal inquiry project on how to be a better straight ally to his gay best friend. for educational reasons only. obviously

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    16 May 2026