BILL DENBROUGH

Mike Wheeler centric, 12k

"She was being bullied,” he says softly. “I didn’t even know. She didn’t tell me because… I didn’t even tell her I loved her. I just kept writing to her without saying it and then I got there and we just—we just went to the skating rink and had a date like we’re in love and then everything happened and it just feels like bullshit. It feels like bullshit.”

Steve sucks in a sharp breath, like he’s in pain, but he doesn’t seem to be like, clutching his sides or anything. “Typical,” he mutters, more to himself than to Mike.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

"Like you’re in love?”

“I mean—” Mike blanches, and tries to backtrack. “We are in love. We are. She loves me. And I—”

like? they would be so soft? i just picture them quietly existing together in the clubhouse or castle byers (cries remembering castle byers). like mike is reading a book, maybe, and stan is writing, and will is drawing and theyre all just Existing In The Same space. they dont need to talk, because just being Present is enough and it’s just so soft, god my HEART.

(and then dustin and richie come in screaming and break the silence, probably, but mike and will are just like. so happy to see their friends and stan acts annoyed but he’s happy too, wow i just want all of them to be friends actually)

STIKERS IN 2023. stikers forever actually. me and u in stikers nation until the sun goes out.

they have all. had so many expectations put on them and theyve been through so much trauma and to just get to sit and Exist and not be alone and just. be surrounded by people they love who love them back. in peace. it's quiet. there's no danger. mike will read them a silly or profound line from his book and stan will forget a word and ask them for help and will will (will will lol) show them his sketch and say does the anatomy look right and they r so supportive and so in love.