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Spring 1995.
The first time Will Byers sees Mike Wheeler in three long years is at his brother’s wedding rehearsal.
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Billy smirks at him, white teeth glinting: “Finish up, why don’t you? You’re making me regret choosing you to cheat off, King Steve-”
“Don’t. Call. Me. That.”
“Okay....” Billy says, mock sweet. “How about... princess?”
(Or: Steve doesn't know if he hates or loves the pet names; all he knows is that Billy confuses him.)
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Set immediately after the end of "The Rightside Up." Mike comes to terms with the tragedy that is growing up; Will calls him up to meet for a rooftop conversation.
Or: After resigning himself to a life of loneliness, Mike learns that he was Will's crush.
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In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.
They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.
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Stranger Things Five Finale rewrite.
The party heads into the Upside Down with a plan to destroy both it and Vecna once and for all. Will thinks he has taken the steps necessary to keep Vecna from using his fear and his secrets against him. But he is not the only one who is scared and he is not the only one who is keeping secrets. Vecna has spotted Will's weakness, and if Mike can't face up to his own demons, admit his own feelings and stop being the most repressed asshole on the face of the planet then he risks losing everything that matters to him.
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- Part 2 of Byler: The Heroes Trilogy
Bookmarked by bearolyn
29 Jan 2026
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all I’m saying is that Will is a better, more patient man than me