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He remembers the feeling on his fingers the last time he tended to Mike in a bathroom, knowing full well that the feeling on his lips would be worlds better. Forbidden. It was tempting, all too tempting. The feeling of his breath fanning his face made him want to take it out of him, to breathe passion into Mike’s lips with his own. He can’t. He wants to, and he would never.
“I miss you.” Mike mumbles, pressing his forehead farther into him, a gasp falling from Will’s mouth as he does. Mike pulls back slightly, his eyes heavy with an emotion Will had never seen from him before. “I’m right here,” he somehow finds the words. They leave his mouth jagged and wrong. He should say more, he should lean into the direction he thought it was going as for the first time, it seemed Mike was there with him. Was that desire in his eyes? Could he see it in his? Does he know how badly he wanted him? How badly he wished to stake his claim on the only boy he had ever loved? Suddenly Will can hear the ten second countdown until New Years. His eyes are locked on Mike, who continuously looks down at his lips.
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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“I think he deserves to sweat about it for a while,” Magenta said, reclining back in her chair. “Maybe if he thinks that another guy is interested in you, he’ll come to his senses and see what’s right in front of him.”
Layla’s head snapped up to look at her shapeshifting friend.
“Magenta, that’s it!”
“What’s it?”
“I’m going to make Will jealous… By pretending to date Warren Peace.”
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28 Jan 2026
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“I want you to tell him why you're so upset," Vecna says, and Will swears he sees the curl of a smile in the webbed scars of his face. “I want to watch you lose him.”
(Or, Will is forced by Vecna to confess his feelings to Mike, with a slow burn aftermath. Alternate Season 5.)
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28 Jan 2026
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i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this). by burgundyshirts
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Aug 2022
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The first time it happens, Will classifies it as a little accident.
When he wakes, the morning sun is burning through the window onto their faces, and Mike’s cursing as he stands to close the curtains, stumbling all the way.
“Scoot over,” he grumbles, voice dry, and for a second Will can’t do anything other than sigh like a lovesick idiot. It’s a second too late for Mike, because he grumbles more words Will doesn’t catch under his breath and then physically pushes Will towards the wall to lay beside him, arm over Will’s middle. A second of silence passes, then Mike sighs, only to whine: “Fuck, my head hurts.”
Will can’t help it: he breaks down laughing, much to Mike’s offense.
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Alternatively: five times Mike kissed Will, and one time Will kissed back.
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The door chimed open, and Will only had the chance to look up before he slammed into another chest. His thoughts went to the coffee first, feeling it spill between them. Will scrambled to keep hold of the pot, failing miserably as it rolled to the floor.
"Oh god."
Will could barely hear the other person, his ears ringing. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Hey, it's alright, I'm already wet. Should I tip you for the coffee?" The tone was light, humor drifting in it.
Will didn't laugh. He couldn't. It took barely a second for the air in his lungs to escape. He knew that voice, it had embedded into his mind like an unwanted tattoo. With parted lips, Will lifted his head.
The coffee burning between them went cold, and any comfort was yanked away without warning. He knew those eyes, even hardened and aged with a life Will wasn't a part of, they were the same.
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