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Mike cut him off before he could complete the thought, "You have a problem. I have a problem."
"Okay?" Will waited for him to get to the point, patience growing dangerously thin.
Mike clinks his knife against his plate a few times and lets the question hang in the air for a moment.
"I might have a solution."
Will's patience dissipates completely, "Oh my god, Mike. Land. The. Plane."
Mike's face settled into something serious.
"We should fake date."
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When art student Will Byers meets frat boy Mike Wheeler they hatch a plan to make their crushes jealous. What could possibly go wrong?Bookmarked by Esp0ir
01 Aug 2026
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The NBA's golden boy Mike Wheeler is used to playing under pressure.
Getting distracted by a Knicks cheerleader in the middle of a game, however, is new territory
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01 Aug 2026
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Pretty When You Cry (And Pretty When You Don't) by AnimBilla
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Aug 2026
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"Have you told Robin yet?" Mike asked.
"Not yet," Will said, flopping back onto the pillows, staring at the ceiling. "I should tell her, but I keep thinking it's actually better this way."
"Better how?"
"When you think you never had a chance in the first place, because the person just doesn't like people of your gender. It hurts. It's painful. But it's better."
Something deep in his chest lurched painfully and sank lower.
He thought about Carlton again.
"Yeah, you're right," he said. "It really is better."
Will glanced at him quickly, grimaced, and then said teasingly:
"What's with the sad face? It's not like you've ever been in unrequited love."
Mike smiled back.
God, Will. You have no idea.
Or: They're sophomores in college, and Mike just got back from a semester on exchange in another state. Will has just started dating Carlton, and Mike now needs to figure out if there's still a place for him in Will's life. The place of the person who cares about Will more than anyone else in the world. Thank God no one in this world can give Will the princess treatment he deserves — except Mike. Oh. And Tammy is into girls.
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30 Jul 2026
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Will is a young gay man committed to Lazarus by his own father. Traumatized and alone, he’s assigned to Cell 44, right next to Cell 45, where Mike lives.
Mike is infamous: violent, isolated, feared by everyone.
Throughout conversations in between the wall at night — Will learns more about Mike— the cruelty of him.
Mike teaches Will breathing techniques through panic attacks.
But as Mike pushes Will away, a tension between them only grows stronger- Language:
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23 Jul 2026
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"Can we get back to summer plans?" Lucas cuts in. "I feel like there's nothing to really explore here. There's a bowling alley that just opened up, but it's about an hour away."
"Do any of us even know how to bowl?"
"I'm pretty good at it," Max shrugs a shoulder. "I'd leave you all in the dust."
"I bet a dollar you don't get one strike-"
"I might be a bit busy- I'm actually thinking of getting a job," Will pipes up, and Mike's head snaps in his direction so quickly that Will can hear it crack.
"What?"
or, a lifeguard au. Will's trying to focus on getting a job so he can pay off his student loans, but Mike's focusing on ways to get him fired. Dustin just wants the party to stick together this summer. There's no better way to spend the sweatiest months than being employed for $4.25 an hour while dealing with piss in chlorine. And kissing your best friends too, preferably.
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12 Jul 2026