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Three years ago, Mike Wheeler was too afraid to speak, too afraid to feel the truth that was always buried deep within him. He let the one person who had always been his safe place, Will Byers, slip away, and in that silence it became too late.
Now, living a life drained of color and weighed down by regret, Mike follows a thread of hope to New York City, desperate to find the boy he let go. When he sees Will on the dance floor, confident and alive in a way Mike never imagined, he is stunned. Every smile, every movement reminds him of all the years he spent afraid and all the years he spent loving in silence.
Standing before him, hearts tremble and words falter. Mike is desperate for a life where fear does not rule him, where regret does not weigh him down, and where he can finally fight for the person he has loved all along.
For the first time in years, he is not willing to let that love slip away again.
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14 Mar 2026
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It’s 1995. Mike Wheeler is 24 years old. Everyone has moved on, started lives, careers, futures— and Mike is stuck. Stuck in Hawkins. Stuck in a mess that he isn’t able to crawl out of.
And what’s worse?
He’s in love with Will Byers.
And Will has moved on.
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- Part 1 of Love, Michael.
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14 Mar 2026
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The Byers’ new house is closer to Mike’s.
This is a Development.
Mike sees Will on the weekends. Mike sees Will on occasional school nights. Mike sees Will like he’s living with them again, stuffed into Mike’s back pocket, comfortably, reliably close.
Turns out, this is a problem.
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or: Will is lovely, and Mike is in love. Maybe. Probably. Definitely.
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13 Mar 2026
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Will turned to Mike, ready to follow him up the radio tower, when he stopped cold in his tracks. He took a step closer, heart hammering.
Mike was stock still, his eyes gently twitching beneath his eyelids. Will felt his blood run cold.OR
Vecna actually follows through and comes for ALL of the Wheelers, last but not least Mike. And to Will? Well. The timing couldn't be worse.
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13 Mar 2026
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mike in the aftermath of vecna trying to get ahold of himself