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    Mike has finally made it as an author. But writing about your own past can get complicated, especially when fans start to draw conclusions that point Mike in the direction of the person he's been writing about all along.

    And living life is hard. Especially when you're doing it all on your own. But grief and love are a lot more similar than you might realise. They both tend to wake us up from the monotony of our lives.

    OR: Mike has a horrible time, which somewhere along the way turns into a wonderful time.

    Podfic version by Sahana: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83941371/chapters/221295601
    Russian translation: https://ficbook.net/readfic/019ce7f9-31da-7933-8df9-83a19fad21d6

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    12 Jun 2026

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    This was so gorgeous.

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    "I really like being like this with you. It feels safe. Does it have to be more complicated than that?"

    Will chews his lip and looks between Mike’s eyes. “I guess not. I feel safe with you too.” He laces his fingers behind Mike’s neck.

    “I want this, and I don’t care that you’re a boy. You’re just Will to me.”

     

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    Will has never been kissed. Mike realizes he wants to be the one to kiss Will. As summer progresses, Mike discovers through a dangerous amount of sun exposure, a bottle of aloe vera, and a silver necklace that he wants more than just kisses, and maybe he always has.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Grade A exploring the complicated inner world of Mike Wheeler

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    This summer had been hard on Mike Wheeler.

    As in... 'Hard'.

    Apart from the cloying heat that seemed to permeate his lungs and stick to every inch of his skin, he had suddenly begun to notice things about his best friend that he wasn't sure were normal.

    In fact he knew they weren't.

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    Set in the summer of 1989 after graduation, when Mike starts looking at Will with different eyes than before... and has a very 'hard' time concentrating on anything else.

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    31 Mar 2026

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    It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.

    Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?

    Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.

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    30 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Yes, you want to read this. Honestly one of the best depictions of early 90s day to day life. The sweetest, friendliest, least posturing sexual interactions I may have ever read. Absolutely perfect.

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    A month in a half after the events of "My Will Is Good," Mike and Will spend a weekend in Montauk, get closer than ever, and navigate life as a couple. Mike grapples with the idea of coming out and what it means to be gay in the 90s.

    Or: Mike and Will have fun in Montauk, do it without condoms, and are really nerdy and in love.

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    30 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    This writer understands romance based on friendship, so heartwarming and hot without even trying.