Understand_the_gravity_of_our_situation
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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30 Mar 2026
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Where do Butterflies go When it Rains? by therapeutic_dreams
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Mar 2026
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“What are you doin out here?” Will asked.
Mike sighed, not knowing exactly how he ended out here with him once again, “I guess I'm just trying to find some noise.”
They didn’t speak for a while. Both staring at the sky as if it might solve every problem. Mike hadn’t noticed the cigarette in Will’s right hand. Burning for so long, almost burning his fingers. He didn't seem to mind as he raised it to his lips. Touching but not breathing.
“Where do butterflies go when it rains?” Will whispered against the warmth. So quiet Mike could barely hear him over the silence.
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The lakes have been frozen solid since they defeated vecna three months ago. Now something is stirring. Mike misses will more than he thinks he misses el and will is consumed with guilt over his feelings for Mike thinking he’s taking something away from el. When a storm traps Mike and Will in the basement, there’s nowhere left to avoid any of it.
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25 Mar 2026
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“Did it hurt?” He leaned in, looking more closely.
“Well yeah.” Mike laughed nervously. “Still does actually, kind of throbs."
“It looks... really good.” Will’s stare unfixed from the piercing and took in Mike as a whole. His baggy black t-shirt over a tighter long sleeve waffle knit shirt that covered his arms, loose jeans, silver rings, chipped nail polish. And the newest addition: A shiny silver bar bisecting his eyebrow, the skin around it still a little angry.
“When did you get so cool?” Will tilted his head, scrunching his nose. Mike's heart picked up speed.
Mike checked his watch. “About an hour ago when this big dude stabbed me in the face.” With nonchalance that would be squandered instantly if Will caught a glimpse of his pulse. Will laughed a little too hard, eyes lingering on Mike’s face a little too long.
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Mike and Will are finally free of Hawkins and all it’s literal and metaphorical monsters. Mike is on a self acceptance journey, experimenting with his identity in college, and Will tries to keep it in his pants. In other words, the childhood best friends to lovers situationship final boss with a destined happy ending.
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11 Mar 2026
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In which Mike and Will, best friends of fifteen years, move into their shared apartment after three years of college. Mike’s jealousy is put to a test as he’s confronted with one of Will’s many hook-ups, followed by an emotional Friday-night breakdown on the kitchen floor.
When feelings that have been simmering for almost a decade finally surface, they have to figure out what they are —and what they want to become.
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18 Feb 2026
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“you look really pretty when you draw.”
will’s pencil paused against the page. “you’re distracting me.”or: a short fic about will and mike making out instead of doing literally anything productive.
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17 Feb 2026