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Mike’s secret is Safe with Eleven. But, is it safe in his own mind?
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In which Mike Wheeler is in love with Will Byers and he is terrified of telling him. This, of course gets him in trouble.
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I'll find you at the base of three waterfalls by ch1nens
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jan 2026
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Mike never gave up on her.. even after all these years he believes she made it out. Even after everyone moved on, he stayed.
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in which mike wheeler understands will's painting
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Nearly two years after the Battle of Hawkins, the world has moved on. Mike Wheeler hasn’t.
Caught between grief and obsession, Mike begins to receive signs — voices in the static, impossible visions, maps that should not exist. When no one believes him, he chooses to follow the only guide he has left: the certainty that she is still alive.
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The Life and Loves of Michael Wheeler by formerly_effervescent
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler is the most successful YA fantasy series author that no one has ever heard of. Or, at least, they have not heard of his pen name. Mike likes to keep it that way...Or does he?
His poetry, on the other hand, is not selling quite so well. In fact, it has never been published. He would like to change that...Or would he?When push comes to shove, and he has no real excuse to avoid what he has been mostly avoiding for a couple of years now - and that is seeing his friends, but mostly, seeing Will Byers. Mike finds himself back in Hawkins, Indiana for the Christmas season, where he is long overdue for catching up with his friends, his fears, and perhaps, his past.
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What if she stayed to protect the life growing inside her—
a child born of the passion between her and her soulmate, and of her determination that no child of hers would ever endure the same inhumane fate she survived? -
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Casi dos años después de la derrota de Vecna y la retirada de los militares, los chicos recién graduados se han marchado a la universidad y Mike se ha quedado en Hawkins.
Ahora solo, Mike trata de perseguir su meta de convertirse en escritor, mientras la ausencia de Eleven se acentúa gracias a la de sus amigos y lo hace tambalearse en busca de una nueva normalidad, más tranquila, menos ruidosa. Menos brillante.
Afortunadamente, Hawkins es un pueblo pequeño y los lazos más inesperados pueden ser los más poderosos.
O Mike se queda sólo en Hawkins, profundiza su amistad con los demás rezagados y al final saca algo bueno de toda la mierda que le tocó vivir desde que Vecna entró (y salió) de sus vidas.
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"You know I Hate To Say I Told You So" by marry_rites
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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Will goes to college, makes a friend-almost has his life together but then he gets too interested in knowing who this anonymous writer M.B is and why his words feel like a physical ache that is too close and too real. He should have known, nothing good ever comes out of being interested in someone who can make you ache. Is he ready to experience that all over again?
He truly had no one.
It was a haunting thought but the one that often followed it was far more haunting.
Mike had no one either.
OR Mike and Will meet after a few years of Mike having cut off contact with everyone in his life. A lot have has changed but are the feelings still the same?
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Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Goodnight by LovelyMoonMagic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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Mike is living his Happily Ever After, post-finale. His fiends are happy and alive, his family is safe, and he couldn't have picked a better ending.
Except, this isn't a happy ending. Because that wouldn't make sense, and you know it.
But instead of worrying about the past or the future, Mike is content living every day of joy, finally free from the previously ever-looming threat of the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer and Vecna. Because the party killed them. Because the party destroyed them...
Right?
A post-finale/Season 5 fix-it fic.
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“Will, can I ask you something?” Mike speaks up, more assured this time. “Yes,” Will replies softly, waiting. There's only the sound of silence for a long moment.
“Do you remember the painting that you gave to me last year?” He finally asks and Will's heart drops into his stomach instantly. Sitting up straight, he turns to face Mike who stares at him with furrowed eyebrows, his lips pressed into a thin, contemplating line. “The one you gave me in the van when we were looking for El?”Will nods. “Yes, I remember.” Mike swallows, turning so he’s facing him straight on. “I was just thinking. Thinking about what you said and about, well about everything and I just need to know for sure if, if—” he stops there, biting at his cheek. His eyes don't leave Wills, not once.
“If what?” Will asks and he feels terrified, that day rushing back to him like an uncontrollable wave of burning hot water. Lies, misunderstood words, false confessions. Mike’s lips part ever so slightly and then they close, his eyes flickering back and forth between Wills, searching for something he doesn't fully understand. “If what you told me was the truth,” he finally asks, his words a whisper in the darkness of the basement. The truth.
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“The Wheeler’s house was busy now. The Byers—Joyce, Jonathan and Will—had moved in after the group had returned to Hawkins. Yet, somehow, Mike still managed to space out in the noise of it all. He didn’t exactly know how, it wasn’t like the house was quiet. At first, Joyce had said it would be temporary—but with Hawkins being on lockdown, it wasn’t exactly easy to find any houses for sale, so it would likely be a lot longer to come.
And anyway, nothing really felt quite too temporary anymore.”
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mike is cursed by vecna post season 4, where they dont yet realise that vecna is still alive. can they defeat him before he can get mike?Series
- Part 4 of Stranger Things
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tell me i look beautiful underneath the stars by stArdust_m00nlight
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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“Stars.”
“Stars?” Will mirrors, pulling himself out of his head, back into the now.
“And the moon, can’t forget the moon.”
Now he sees it. Every speck of the galaxy’s diamonds twinkle around them and the moon. They may as well be up in space considering how clear, ethereal, the view before their eyes is. Moonlight shimmers down, making the two of them glow, as though the sky is admiring them in the same way they’re admiring its beauty. It almost doesn’t look real, like this is just something the two of them were joint-visualising, because how could something be both magical and real, all at once?OR
It’s been over 24 hours since Will discovered that he has powers. His mind is a mess.
Him and Mike figure out that stargazing is their outlet from all of the destruction in Hawkins. It’s the one thing they have left, their secret weapon. Being alone, together, under the stars, it helps.
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I Just Wanna Love Someone (Who Calls Me "Baby") by A_Certified_Nerd
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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If you asked Mike Wheeler how he was he would tell you he was great. If you didn’t know him, you would probably believe him. He is an award winning writer at the age of 28 with his book series ‘Stranger Things’; he has an amazing group of friends and family who have his back; he has enough in his bank account to live comfortably.
He hasn’t talked to Will Byers in 10 years.
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Mike Wheeler is still hopelessly in love with Will Byers and he gets his second chance 10 years later.
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"Mike, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Will told us the truth so that Vecna wouldn’t have that advantage over him.”
“Yeah, well, part of it wasn’t true, and I know it. And I don’t wanna lose Will without him knowing, either.”
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After Will comes out to the group, Mike doesn't know what or how to feel. All he knows is that something in him has changed, and the feelings he's tried so hard to hide can't stay hidden forever. -
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Mike's perspective as his ex-girlfriend, her sister, and his lifelong best friend combine efforts to defeat Henry Creel. However, as said in Ghostbusters, "don't cross the streams!"
What I thought the Stranger Things finale would be. This is based on a theory I created between the release of season 5 volume 2 and the finale, so it isn't fully canon compliant (but maybe that's for the better).
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“I think you got something wrong,” Mike tells him. “In your speech earlier, I mean.”
Will wants to roll his eyes, to ask him what the hell he knows about any of this—but the curiosity kills him. The curiosity of what Mike Wheeler could possibly imagine Will's speech was missing. The curiosity may actually kill him. Give him the face-to-face rejection he was so desperately trying to avoid.
Will caves in, but not without a huff. “Oh yeah? What would that be?”
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"If Will Byers had been asked three years ago what he thought he would be doing during homecoming of his senior year, he probably would have said that he was going to be staying home and watching Cheers reruns with his mom. Or maybe he would have said that he would be locked in his room, listening to The Smiths. Or, most likely, he would have thought that he’d be dead before he got to see that day.
Never, in a million years, would Will Byers of three years ago, or even three weeks ago, have thought that he would be kissing Mike Wheeler in an empty corridor."-----
Will Byers has always known that Mike Wheeler is straight and that his feelings would never be reciprocated. But what happens when what Will has known for years isn't true anymore?
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Mike Wheeler: An Analysis of Stranger Things’ Most Mysterious Character by Incantessant
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Dec 2025
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Mike Wheeler used to be driven by fear, love, and impossible choices. Now, in the final season of Stranger Things, he seems strangely empty. This essay explores what happened to Mike’s internal conflict—and why the show might be hiding it on purpose.
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- Part 1 of Stranger Things Analysis
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“H- He made me- he made me stop talking to you- he made me push you away…he said he’d kill you- if I didn’t-” Mike grabs Will’s shirt, pulling him even closer.
“I- I walked right into his trap…I thought it was about me…but it was always about you…and now he has what he wants…now you think…and it’s all my fault…if I hadn’t listened to him…if I had told you earlier…if I wouldn't have been so fucking scared…if I just told you how I felt…”“It’s okay, Mike…I know how you feel…I know him…how he scares you…”
“No you don’t understand!”
Mike’s voice sounds rushed now, almost eager.
“You know at first I thought he wanted to punish me somehow…he tortured me with my deepest fears and with my- but he really wanted to torture you…by taking me away from you…and I thought by staying away from you I would save you…but I didn’t…I did the opposite. Because he wanted to make you weak…he wanted you to lose your strength…he wanted you to think- he wanted you to think I-” -
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Mike and Will have a long awaited conversation inside the Upside Down.
Post volume 2 hopes for episode 8 because what the fuck what that?
This is mostly written to help me grieve what could have been or what could be (I am going down with this ship). For anyone who joins me in that grieving process hope this finds you well (were all not I know). I also wrote this in a hour so be kind. One shot. Maybe more, we'll see what happens.