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    College roommates Mike and Will find themselves in a friends-with-benefits routine of mutual masturbation while watching porn together on VHS, mostly under the guise of “bonding."

    Obviously nothing derails and changes the trajectory of their lifelong friendship forever. Obviously.

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    18 Sep 2026

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    Cute Boy in Trader Joes・9/14・Manhattan

    Ran into you (sorry again) at the Trader Joe's on 14th. I complimented your shirt and you complimented mine. I thought you were so pretty and wanted to ask for your number but wimped out. I hope you see this.

     

    "That one's sweet," Max says. "And look! That's the Trader Joe's that we go to."

    Will is silent for long enough that Max looks back at him questioningly. She scans his face, and he's sure that his cheeks are bright red.

    "Max," he says finally, voice quiet and disbelieving. "I think that one's about me."

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    A Byler Craigslist Romcom

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    15 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 85

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    Mike looks up, eyes wide. His ears turn a brilliant shade of red. “Oh. I was, um– I was talking to…” Mike takes a long pause, then screws his eyes shut and tips his head back. He lets out a mumbled string of words that Will doesn’t catch.

    “Huh?”

    “I said,” Mike says, speaking louder and opening his eyes, “hisnameisWill.”

    For a long, long moment, it’s completely silent. The bunny’s nose twitches. Will stares at Mike, uncomprehending, and Mike stares back at him, his jaw clenched. Somewhere outside, the wail of an ambulance nears and then fades. 

    “Um…” Now it’s Will’s turn to trail off. He has no idea how to respond to that. He has no idea how to even process that. “You named your rabbit… Will?”

    Or: the appropriate response to discovering that your estranged childhood best friend named his depression pet after you.

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    28 Aug 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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    23 Aug 2026

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