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Five years ago, Mike Wheeler destroyed the only person he ever loved with a rejection he told himself was mercy. Now he's an NYPD officer drowning in debt and self-loathing. Will Byers is Manhattan's art-world darling, brilliant and beautiful, hollowed out from the inside, slowly killing himself in ways no one bothers to notice.
When a Mafia money-laundering case turns Will into the only living witness, Mike is assigned to protect the person he once swore to cherish and then shattered with his own hands.
It was only when a bullet buried itself in the chest of the one he loved most that Mike finally understood how merciless fate could be, teaching him the meaning of love at the exact moment it demanded the ultimate price.
But can a heart that has been broken ever deliver mercy to the one who broke it?OR: Mike hasn’t been afraid of dying since 1989. Will has a patron, a penthouse, and a drinking problem nobody asks about. A mafia case forces them back together. The bullets aren’t the dangerous part.
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15 Jun 2026
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the sight that flashed before me was your face (over and over) by thunderstorms_and_snow
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Apr 2022
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Since El doesn't have her powers and Will doesn't trust in Lucas' fireworks, when it comes down to it, Will knows there's only one way this can end. But before he enacts his plan, there's one last thing he needs to do.
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02 Jun 2026
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"Have you talked to him today?" Jonathan asked, gesturing to Will, who was now approaching the sink. Mike didn't need Jonathan to explain who he was talking about.
"No, he's been in the basement all day. I thought he was just painting or something," Mike replied, shaking his head before lowering his voice. "I think he's having an episode."
Jonathan nodded. "I mean, maybe, but he hasn't had one in a long time," he said, voice growing softer.
Mike knew Will was still recovering from everything, still adjusting to being back home. Everything that had happened in the past couple of years certainly hadn't been great, but Mike thought things were getting better, or at least easier.
"I know," Mike whispered, looking back to Will, making sure he hadn't left the kitchen yet. Will was finishing up rinsing off his plate. Mike turned back to Jonathan. "What should we do?"
"I don't know. I mean, you were always the one that he wanted. You always knew how to talk to him and knew what he needed," Jonathan said, pausing before continuing. "Honestly, I think he would probably just want you."
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Will had an episode, and Mike was there to help.
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25 May 2026
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James Doakes played by Lucas Sinclair by m00nlightbae
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Dec 2025
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Will shivered and groaned, curling into the couch like it might magically preserve his body heat, before sheepishly asking, “Does anyone have an extra sweater? I forgot mine.”
“Yeah—Will, no worries—” Lucas started, reaching for his bag, about to pull out the extra hoodie he’d packed for tomorrow. But before he could even unzip the damn thing, Mike literally yanked his own hoodie off and tossed it at Will like it was nothing. Will let out a tiny “oomph” as it landed on him, clearly not expecting it.
“I got it, Lucas,” Mike said, smug as hell. Yeah, no shit, Michael. Lucas just stared. Seriously? If he’d asked Mike for a jacket, it would have involved like…seven passive-aggressive comments. Not whatever the hell this is.
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Lucas knows something is going on between Mike and Will, they're not exactly subtle, and he's going to figure this out.
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25 May 2026
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One summer night, a twelve year old Will kisses Mike. When Mike runs off confused, Will suddenly awakens to his psychic powers. He unknowingly opens a rift to an alternate dimension while alone and distraught.
Wandering to a house similar to his own, he frantically breaks back into his world. Once there, he finds his family, but they’re different— somehow they’re older now.
Mike sees the commotion across the street and to Will’s horror, while he was gone, eight years had passed. To him though, it only felt like a few hours.
Mike is now twenty while Will is still twelve. They must now figure out what happened and see if Will can still go back home, all while that night in 1983 haunts them both.
((A Flight of the Navigator inspired AU))
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20 May 2026