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Will and Mike are insanely competitive. Incapable of losing or letting the other win, it comes up in quite literally every aspect of their lives – whether it be one-upping each other while playing games, or drinking with their friends, or even arguments, neither side is ever willing to give up until it gets too tiring to keep going.
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Will thinks for a moment, biting his lip and picking at his fingernails, before looking at Mike with a mysterious glint in his eyes. There's a rosy tint to his cheeks, and Mike has to stop himself from leaning over and biting them.
“Do you want to play Mario Kart again tonight?”
Mike and Will play video games. Just for fun. Totally, totally not as an excuse to get naked.
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23 Jul 2026
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I Came Here For Love by discomedley
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Love Island (US TV) RPF
16 Jul 2026
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“Can I pull you for a chat?” Mike speaks confidently into Will’s ear.
Will pulls back in shock, glancing behind his back to make sure that it’s him that Mike is talking to.
“Me?” Will clarifies. “Like, a… chat?”
“Yes, Will. You.” Mike smiles and reaches his hand out to help Will down.
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Will signs up for Love Island with a carefully curated plan to boost his art career. What he doesn't expect to find is a complete stranger that threatens to derail it all.
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17 Jul 2026
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SHOW ME.
Will looks up from the notepad, eyes wide and blown. “Show you?”
Mike nods, small but undeniably firm. Dead fucking serious.
“Mike, you—” Will takes a quick breath to try to recalibrate his false confidence. His voice drops, feathery and intentional. “You want me to show you what a guy’s mouth feels like?”
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Mike takes a 7-day vow of silence to win a bet. Will does everything in his power to make him break it.
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16 Jul 2026
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After everything he survived in the Upside Down, Will Byers was already different. According to Dr. Owens, the trauma twisted more than just his memories — it disrupted his hormones, forcing him to present far earlier than anyone else in his grade. And not just early
He presented as an omega.
As if that wasn’t overwhelming enough, Will has been in love with his best friend, Mike Wheeler, since they were thirteen. A secret he’s carried quietly, painfully — especially now that Mike is dating his sister, Will knows how wrong it feels. He knows Mike doesn’t feel the same way. He knows he should let it go.
He just… can’t.
Meanwhile, Dustin is stuck in his own hopeless situation — head over heels for someone he can’t have. Two best friends, both in love with people who are already taken, both terrified of ruining the only friendships that matter most.
So they make a deal.
If they can’t have the ones they love, they’ll fake date each other instead. A harmless distraction. A temporary solution. A way to convince everyone — and maybe themselves — that they’re moving on.
The plan is simple: pretend until the feelings fade.
The problem?
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13 Jul 2026
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“So you’re saying,” says Will, “that we’d…”
“Have sex.”
“Right. That. Once a week, for twelve weeks. And then what?”
“And then back to our regularly scheduled programming.” Or it’s amazing, and we keep doing it forever, Mike thinks but narrowly manages to keep to himself.OR: After their mentors tell them they need more life experience to improve their art, college roommates Mike and Will agree to start up a short-term friends-with-benefits situation. Also, they’re going on dates all around NYC. But not like, date-dates. Artist Dates. Don’t worry about it.
(a.k.a. Byler use The Artist’s Way as an excuse to bang)
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12 Jul 2026