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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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    28 Jun 2026

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    The space between the Borscht Bowl Club and his apartment is liminal, in the way most places are when it's just past midnight. Time isn't real and he can almost believe that the smoke-filled Hydeout isn't either. On the bad days, he can almost convince himself that he, like them, isn't real and just a figment of some sick mind, a figure battered by the winds for no reason but someone's amusement. On those days, he needs to go home and hug Trucy for a long time, even if it means waking her up. 

    Today isn't one of those days, thankfully. It would be a shame really, if it was, because he wouldn't be able to properly enjoy the sight that's waiting for him at home.

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    For a wonderful, bewildering moment, Phoenix realizes that the other man stayed up waiting for him to get home.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    “One more word and I’m going to drive us both off a cliff,” Hinata deadpanned.
    “Well, I would probably survive it. Ultimate Lucky Student and all.” Komaeda tilted his head. “But if you really do want to kill me, I’m sure we can find a way to make it happen!”

    On the way back from the third-year class trip to Hokkaido, the bus happened to leave two students behind: a tag-along Reserve Course boy who, as always, wasn’t quite sure how he kept getting himself into these situations, and an enigmatic young man who was beginning to feel very, very cheated by his luck.
    Now, if Hajime Hinata wants to get back to Tokyo, he’s going to have to face a hotwired car, 900 miles of open road, and ten days stuck with Nagito Komaeda.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    When the Wheeler family invites the Byers over for dinner one night, Mike just can’t stop looking at Will.

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    Will swallowed. “Our families are literally in the next room,” he murmured. “Are you insane?”

    “Please, Will. Look at you,” Mike breathed, pressing his forehead to Will’s neck. “In that shirt. You look—” He swallowed hard. “You look so handsome.”

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    11 May 2026

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    “I bet your boyfriend's funny, huh?” he said, before he could stop himself. His eyes flicked back to the piece of jewellery on Will’s neck. “Nice necklace by the way.”

    Will froze.

    Mike wasn’t stupid. He knew it wasn’t just a necklace. It was a signal. A claim.

    Six years after everything, Mike Wheeler has built a life of routine and avoidance, convincing himself that silence is the same as healing. Will Byers has done the opposite – he’s left, grown, and learned to love without apology.

    When they meet again at Lucas and Max’s wedding, the truth Mike has spent years avoiding, finally demands to be faced – especially when he sees Will with someone else.

    As he finds out, sometimes yearning doesn’t fade with time. It grows, until punches are thrown.

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    08 Mar 2026