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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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31 May 2026
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Mike has many plans for the summer before college, most of them involving Will, a forever expanding definition of quality time, and what he optimistically calls reaching new heights of manhood.
Except, knocking around is easy, but standing there when the door actually opens is another story to tell.
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- Part 3 of Me and William
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01 May 2026
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I don't wanna fight the tide by lover_in_the_cove (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Sep 2024
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The air in Hawkins was clear, clearer than it had been in a long time. Yet for Will, it had never been harder to breathe. Every breath felt like sucking in glass, cutting up his lungs and leaving the taste of blood in his throat. It's like he's surrounded by thick honey, each step an effort, each inhale a challenge.
It didn't take Will long to realise something was wrong. Not with Hawkins, not with the Party. No, this was all Will.
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After the defeat of Vecna, Will gets sick. Really sick.
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01 Mar 2026
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"I just need you to know," Will says quietly, and he makes himself hold Mike's gaze, "that if something happens - if I hurt you, or anyone else - it's not because I wanted to. I would never want to hurt you, Mike. Never."
The words hang between them, loaded with more meaning than Will intended.
There's a pause where all Will can hear is their breathing echoing against the storage closet's walls. The hum is more distant now, buzzing in the back of Will's mind, but the uneven inhales coming from in front of him sound louder. The breath tickling his nose (because they really are that close) feels realer.
Mike's eyes are still darting across Will's face, and Will can feel him inhale sharply. "Will, why are you so convinced you're going to hurt someone? What did Vecna show you?"
Everything, Will thinks. He showed me everything. Showed me killing you over and over until I couldn't see anything else.
Somewhere between slaying interdimensional eldritch horrors, exploding an entire dimension, and risking their lives countless times, Mike and Will find each other.
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01 Mar 2026
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In order to save everyone and untether the Upside Down from our world permanently, El had to use her powers to erase any memory of Will from existence.
Now his plan is to get as far away from Hawkins as possible, but even without their memories of him, the people who used to love him are making it impossible.
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Will Byers let yourself be loved challenge (level: impossible)
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22 Feb 2026