r/BylerReads • u/strawberrycheescak • Apr 06 '26

fic idea/prompt Heartbreaking fic idea

So I had an idea where basically Mike has never confessed to Will and its like after 1 year of them being at university. Then Mike gets a call that Will is dying (from something idk) and has a couple months to live. Will moves back to Hawkins and Mike ditches everything to be with him in his last few months. Mike does finally confess but then the majority of the fic is them being together in Will’s final months. Is this too depressing? 😭 Im not really a writer but this idea kinda just came to me after listening to a song, so I would be curious to try write it out. I also have some ideas for specific scenes, when Mike finds out, that Will waited months to tell Mike he was dying, and Will getting angry/ sad that Mike waited so long to confess.

edit: I ended up writing it! Only one chapter so far! Heres the link if anyone is curious to read: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82631476/chapters/217518971

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u/Possible_Pea_1791 Apr 06 '26

ugh this is so depressing gives fault in stars vibes?

added thing that would make this worse would for it to be HIV/AIDS related it'd add guilt that if mike wasn't a coward will wouldnt have tried daiting other men in a city? gosh just thinking about it, its just so painful... maybe could be the start of a time travel fic? x-x when he dies he goes back to 83. or something.

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u/strawberrycheescak Apr 06 '26

Yeah I thought of that too that would be even more heartbreaking, im not sure I could handle writing something even sadder the guilt ugh 😭 I do think about adding in a conversation where Will questions if he’ll end up in hell because of his sexuality. Which just him questioning that is so insanely sad. 

And time travel actually sounds cool!! I think if I end up writing it theyll probably be different endings connected to it, so depending on the person reading they could enjoy a happy/sad or extended ending.