Stranger Things: Roll To Charm Person, by harriet_vane
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fancakeFandom: Stranger Things
Pairings/Characters: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
Rating: Explicit
Length: 59,047 words
Content Notes: Bullying and homophobia.
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harriet_vane
Theme: Inept in Love, Pretend Couple, Friends to Lovers, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters
Summary: Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.
"I have an idea," says Mike.
Ice cubes form in Will's stomach. "How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?"
"No," says Mike, "you can't tell anyone or it won't work."
"Or what won't work?" Will asks. It's like picking up a rock you know a spider will be under.
Mike gets up and closes Will's door. Hopper doesn't make them keep it open but sometimes Will does anyway, because every now and then lying around alone with Mike on his bed just makes his chest ache too much. If the door is open he can tell himself You can't do anything right now, someone will see.
Mike leans back against the door. His eyes are lit up with that special maniacal gleam that the Wheelers get right before they do something insane, like when Nancy says, "Then we have to go kill Vecna ourselves," or whatever. "Take me to the wedding," says Mike.
"Yeah," says Will slowly, "you'll be at the wedding. Obviously."
"As your date."
Reccer's Notes: They've fixed Hawkins' Upside Down problem (though this predates the final season), and it's the kids' senior year, and Will is worried his mom is worried about him, so Mike hatches a plan to be Will's (fake) date to Joyce and Hopper's wedding because of course he does. That means we've got Will pretending to pretend he's into Mike and Mike playing gay chicken against himself and...losing? winning? both?? Neither of them is doing a great job (or any job) communicating, but their fake relationship thrives and does what all the best fake relationships do, becomes real. A sweet friends-to-lovers romance with just the right amount of agonizing feelings.
Fanwork Link: Roll To Charm Person
Pairings/Characters: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
Rating: Explicit
Length: 59,047 words
Content Notes: Bullying and homophobia.
Creator Link:
Theme: Inept in Love, Pretend Couple, Friends to Lovers, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters
Summary: Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.
"I have an idea," says Mike.
Ice cubes form in Will's stomach. "How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?"
"No," says Mike, "you can't tell anyone or it won't work."
"Or what won't work?" Will asks. It's like picking up a rock you know a spider will be under.
Mike gets up and closes Will's door. Hopper doesn't make them keep it open but sometimes Will does anyway, because every now and then lying around alone with Mike on his bed just makes his chest ache too much. If the door is open he can tell himself You can't do anything right now, someone will see.
Mike leans back against the door. His eyes are lit up with that special maniacal gleam that the Wheelers get right before they do something insane, like when Nancy says, "Then we have to go kill Vecna ourselves," or whatever. "Take me to the wedding," says Mike.
"Yeah," says Will slowly, "you'll be at the wedding. Obviously."
"As your date."
Reccer's Notes: They've fixed Hawkins' Upside Down problem (though this predates the final season), and it's the kids' senior year, and Will is worried his mom is worried about him, so Mike hatches a plan to be Will's (fake) date to Joyce and Hopper's wedding because of course he does. That means we've got Will pretending to pretend he's into Mike and Mike playing gay chicken against himself and...losing? winning? both?? Neither of them is doing a great job (or any job) communicating, but their fake relationship thrives and does what all the best fake relationships do, becomes real. A sweet friends-to-lovers romance with just the right amount of agonizing feelings.
Fanwork Link: Roll To Charm Person
Heated Rivalry: Tuna Melts and Longitudinal Studies by OpalApparition
Feb. 21st, 2026 05:01 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Rose Landry, numerous Reddit OCs.
Rating: Teen
Length: 20,175
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. Some of the Reddit comments contain terrible advice!
Creator Links: OpalApparition on AO3
Themes: Inept in love, Canon LGBTQ+ characters, Humor, Unusual format & style, Epistolary, Outsider POV, Angst with a happy ending
Summary: I (26M) want to invite man I sleep with (26M) to my house to spend the weekend. Help me not ruin it.
Or: Ilya Rozanov goes to the internet for dating advice
Reccer's Notes: This is a long (9 chapters) social media epistolary fic based on Reddit, where Ilya asks the internet for advice before the tuna melt hookup. It's funny, very cleverly done, and the responses from Reddit users are often hilarious. We start with Ilya's post (he's orangespyder617 - his sports car name & Boston area code), and later, Shane (gingerale_MTL) also separately posts after he's bolted in panic and is dating Rose, and has realized he's really messed things up. There's some fun for the Reddit users in speculating about who these two rich, inept in love guys might be, and also later after Shane posts as Ilya has wiped his former thread by then but some users remember it and join the dots. Rose herself (kidnapped4times) also posts wanting advice about how to tactfully tell her boyfriend he's gay, and finally Ilya posts again. It reads exactly like Reddit, although I suspect with way fewer trolls, and the users often post memes and links to vids which work, and add to the realism. Throughout, Ilya and Shane amply demonstrate their ineptitude in love, starting with POSTING TO REDDIT ABOUT IT AT ALL! I grinned a lot.
Fanwork Links: Tuna Melts and Longitudinal Studies
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Rose Landry, numerous Reddit OCs.
Rating: Teen
Length: 20,175
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. Some of the Reddit comments contain terrible advice!
Creator Links: OpalApparition on AO3
Themes: Inept in love, Canon LGBTQ+ characters, Humor, Unusual format & style, Epistolary, Outsider POV, Angst with a happy ending
Summary: I (26M) want to invite man I sleep with (26M) to my house to spend the weekend. Help me not ruin it.
Or: Ilya Rozanov goes to the internet for dating advice
Reccer's Notes: This is a long (9 chapters) social media epistolary fic based on Reddit, where Ilya asks the internet for advice before the tuna melt hookup. It's funny, very cleverly done, and the responses from Reddit users are often hilarious. We start with Ilya's post (he's orangespyder617 - his sports car name & Boston area code), and later, Shane (gingerale_MTL) also separately posts after he's bolted in panic and is dating Rose, and has realized he's really messed things up. There's some fun for the Reddit users in speculating about who these two rich, inept in love guys might be, and also later after Shane posts as Ilya has wiped his former thread by then but some users remember it and join the dots. Rose herself (kidnapped4times) also posts wanting advice about how to tactfully tell her boyfriend he's gay, and finally Ilya posts again. It reads exactly like Reddit, although I suspect with way fewer trolls, and the users often post memes and links to vids which work, and add to the realism. Throughout, Ilya and Shane amply demonstrate their ineptitude in love, starting with POSTING TO REDDIT ABOUT IT AT ALL! I grinned a lot.
Fanwork Links: Tuna Melts and Longitudinal Studies
Queering Sápmi: saamelaisia kertomuksia normien ulkopuolelta by Sara Lindquist, Elfrida Bergman
Feb. 20th, 2026 12:02 am(no subject)
Feb. 19th, 2026 01:30 pmturpsThank you to everyone who sent me birthday messages yesterday. It's always lovely to be remembered and I appreciate everyone who took the time to get in touch.
I had a nice day. I asked for some wax melts and bath stuff from James, and that's exactly what he got.turlough sent me the most beautiful, sparkly scarf which I really love a lot. We went to MetroCentre where we had dinner at Wagamamas -- this time we had the cut price lunch special menu, which meant I wasn't tempted by the firecracker option again. Then went off to watch Wuthering Heights, which was actually quite entertaining and visually, lovely to watch. Well, I say watch, I saw it all, James fell asleep about 30 minutes in.
Corey phoned when I was eating, so it was a quick talk, especially as he was getting ready for work, but it was lovely to hear from him.
I also had a look into Lush and with apologies to everyone I've already mentioned this to elsewhere, I couldn't believe how much the prices have shot up again. I got a Paddington Marmalade sandwich bubble bar, which smells delicious and I'll enjoy using it, but it was £9.50. No wonder I stick to just getting Lush in the half price sale now.
Left Metro and went to Kayleigh's where I got the most adorable card from Bodhi, and my brother turned up too with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which was very unexpected of him. But mainly, I enjoyed hanging with my sibs, Bodhi and James, as it's not often we all get together like that.
Then when I got home, much later than I expected, I had a caterpillar birthday cake to eat. And very delicious it was, too. I posted some photos here if anyone wants to see.
I had a nice day. I asked for some wax melts and bath stuff from James, and that's exactly what he got.
turlough sent me the most beautiful, sparkly scarf which I really love a lot. We went to MetroCentre where we had dinner at Wagamamas -- this time we had the cut price lunch special menu, which meant I wasn't tempted by the firecracker option again. Then went off to watch Wuthering Heights, which was actually quite entertaining and visually, lovely to watch. Well, I say watch, I saw it all, James fell asleep about 30 minutes in.Corey phoned when I was eating, so it was a quick talk, especially as he was getting ready for work, but it was lovely to hear from him.
I also had a look into Lush and with apologies to everyone I've already mentioned this to elsewhere, I couldn't believe how much the prices have shot up again. I got a Paddington Marmalade sandwich bubble bar, which smells delicious and I'll enjoy using it, but it was £9.50. No wonder I stick to just getting Lush in the half price sale now.
Left Metro and went to Kayleigh's where I got the most adorable card from Bodhi, and my brother turned up too with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which was very unexpected of him. But mainly, I enjoyed hanging with my sibs, Bodhi and James, as it's not often we all get together like that.
Then when I got home, much later than I expected, I had a caterpillar birthday cake to eat. And very delicious it was, too. I posted some photos here if anyone wants to see.
Magical Girl thoughts
Feb. 17th, 2026 09:11 pmsoc_puppetThe problem I have with a lot of original English language magical girl series, I think, is that they tend to start with the main character joining an established group rather than a new group forming around the main character. I have no idea why this bothers me, it just does! Which sucks, because there's some original English language magical girl stories out there that I'd really like to get into, but just end up bouncing off of. I may just need to do some expectations management, but in the mean time, it's still annoying.
