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    After El's disappearance, Mike struggles to come to terms with what it means to only realise you didn't love someone when they are already gone and you can't talk to them about it anymore.
    But time passes as it always does, and Mike finds that the answers to all his questions have always been right in front of him in the form of one Will Byers.

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    29 Mar 2026

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    Це через два місяці після п'ятого сезону і о, ого. Це мощно. Це депресія і багато любові. І закоханий Майк. І це як пряме продовження

  2. Public Bookmark 91

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    In which Mike follows Will to New York University for completely normal and emotionally healthy reasons, and then they try drinking together for the first time and Mike realizes pretty quickly that there were other latent feelings involved in his decision. Featuring truly Gen X levels of casual alcohol use, cranky hours at the Met, laundry in a haunted basement, a Psychedelic Furs concert, the gang reuniting for a party at Jonathan’s apartment, one scary incident reflecting the grittier realities of late 80s NYC, love confessions obviously, and rather a lot of hickeys. (And they were roommates!)

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    09 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    Mike is pretty sure she has a plot against him. She’s been nothing but polite to him, but he can see that there is something between them that just doesn’t click. There is no other explanation; Sarah Rose has an evil, elaborate plan to steal Will away from him.

    (or, Mike gets jealous over Will's new friend, gets drunk and spills a few secrets.)

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    06 Jul 2026

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    Спочатку Майк ревнує, а потім п'яні зізнання

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    In the aftermath of the battle, Will tells Mike he's in love with him, then asks for space to move on.
    Predictably, Mike doesn't handle it very well.

    Or; Will needs time, and Mike needs Will.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    Після том 1 п'ятий сезон. Вілл дістанціюється, а Майк сходить з розуму.
    Канонічний Майк. Нижній Майк.

  5. Public Bookmark 57

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    His mind is a madhouse, twisting all over the place, circling around and around until it inevitably lands back on Will. He wants to fix this. It’s what he does. It’s what he’s supposed to be good at—helping his friends. But he doesn’t know how to fix anything this time. People are going to say what they’re going to say, and everything Mike can think of just seems like it’ll make things worse.
    It’s not like Will can go back in the closet, at this point, not that he’d want to. And nothing Mike says or does will convince a hoard of homophobic teenagers that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. He can’t convince them that Will doesn’t have a crush on him because they just think he’s “oblivious”. Which is ridiculous. Mike would know if Will had a crush on him. And Will would never have a crush on him anyway. Will is headstrong but quiet, calm and assured. Sarcastic and funny and kind and wonderful.
    There are a lot of things that Mike doesn’t know, but he knows this for certain: If Will were to fall in love, it wouldn’t be with an idiot like Mike.

    or: When rumors start spreading about Will Byers being in love with his best friend, Mike has to figure out a solution, preferably before prom.

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    06 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Старші класи після 5 сезону. Легке і веселе. Дуже сподобалося