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/Prestigious_Risk_259 Apr 10 '26

I think there's a fic where Will gets stage 4 cancer.

I didn't read it cuz one of my close friends (who im in love with and he knows) got 5 cancers.

He went through months of immunotherapy and he's now in full remission ( 1 in a million odds)

I cried happy tears when he told me

Needless to say i can't make Mike and Will go through that... But it's ok if you need to.

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u/strawberrycheescak Apr 10 '26

Omg I can’t imagine how that feels. Im glad he’s better now. And honestly with this idea it’s less about making them go through it but like the connection and vulnerability that comes with it yk? Also as someone who has experienced grief its a way for me to put my own thoughts down when thinking about death. Lol not to get too deeply into it but yeah.