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dumbstruck | 7,370 words
"Mike’s thoughts are racing but really, there is only one thought that’s floating around his brain, a thousand iterations of the same thought swirling around and around: Will tried to kiss me. More than once. I almost let him."
or: Will gets doped up on pain meds after Dustin accidentally hits him with a board, and Mike is being normal. He is.
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the part of me that can’t let go | 16,650 words
On the day every person receives a soulmark, Mike knows immediately that his soulmate is Will. The problem is, Mike has already lost him.
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and we kissed, as though nothing could fall | 2,691 words
“Okay, well how do I do it?” Will asks, intrigued but confused.
Mike looks up at him then, eyes dark and slightly wide. “I, uh,” he coughs. “I’ll show you.”
Will watches as Mike shifts just slightly closer, angling his body towards Will.
“Do you trust me?” Mike asks, leaning his head into Will’s space even further.
Will doesn’t know what to make of the sudden spark of tension in the air, but he nods. Of course he trusts Mike. He trusts Mike with his life.
or: Mike and Will get high together on the edge of an empty motel pool.
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a feeling like this | 3,518 words
"Mike is still flipping through the notebook when he finds a drawing that makes his breath catch in his throat.
It’s not all that different from the other drawings, featuring Mike and Will standing together as their DnD personas, Paladin and Cleric. There is one major difference, though.
In this drawing, Mike and Will’s characters are kissing.”
or: Mike stumbles upon a drawing he definitely was not meant to see.
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you’re the one thing i can’t get enough of | 19,422 words
Dirty Dancing, but make it Byler.
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we all will be together | 6,436
Nearly four years into his relationship with Mike, Will finally gets invited to the Wheeler family Christmas.
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