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Indie Rock band AU in which Mike, Max, Dustin And Lucas play in a band. Where art major, book loving Will Byers finds himself being dragged to his bestfriend Max's gig.
*Modern setting College AU*
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how could you think, darling, i’d scare so easily? by weaqnes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Aug 2025
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Майку было откровенно плевать.
Он возьмет всё на себя — страх, риск, кровь на руках — если это освободит Уилла от обязанности стоять там, одному, с десятью винтовками, направленными ему в грудь.
или: Уилл Байерс проходит через ад, Майк Уилер без ума от него, а правительство не особо помогает
или или: Майк «освободите моего парня он сделал всё это но мне все равно» Уилер
название из: Francesca - Hozier
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The other wo(man), will cry her(him)self to sleep
The other wo(man) will never have his love to keep
And as the years go by, she (he) will spend her (his) life alone
Alone
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Your life started that day and my life ended that day by iamnotsally
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jul 2025
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This story is based on the TV show Stranger Things. There are a few plot holes in this story, but basically, Will has gotten powers from the upside-down and learns how to control them on his own with a little bit of help from him. This is based on the theory that Will is the host and connection to the upside-down.
I hope you enjoy.
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how could you think, darling, i'd scare so easily? by frrogy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Jul 2025
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Mike could honestly not bring himself care.
He’d take all of it—the fear, the risk, the blood on his hands—if it meant Will didn’t have to stand there, alone, with ten rifles aimed at his chest.
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or: will byers is going through it, mike wheeler is whipped, and the US government is not helping.
or or: mike "free my man he did all of it but i don't care" wheelertitle from: Francesca - Hozier
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𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯
𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦
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(I don’t want the children of another girl) to have the eyes of a man i wont forget by Willfreakbyers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jun 2025
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Now, it was twenty years later. Mike hadn’t seen or heard from Will since Jonathan and Nancy’s wedding, and they hadn’t even talked to each other there. They’d just awkwardly stole glances from each other across the room. Mike vividly remembered Will dancing with some girl, laughing and joking for the rest of the night, but since that jealousy filled night, Mike hadn’t seen or heard from Will. But at least Mike knew he was alive. Now, he wasn’t so sure. But, he didn’t have time to worry about that. He didn’t have the headspace to worry about silly childhood friends. He was thirty nine, nearing forty in a couple of Weeks. He had had a daughter, and now was divorced. Will probably had just simply forgotten about him, and thought Mike had done the same.
Which was fine. Totally fine. Friends drift apart after time. It was natural. Mike had to coax his daughter through her own friendship breakups.
Or Mike Wheeler is still mourning his situationship.
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Operation: Save Hawkins // Stranger Things Season 5 Fanfic (My Idea of It) by Glitch_Voice
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jun 2025
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Hawkins has fallen. The earth split. The sky bled.
After Vecna’s brutal return and the town’s descent into chaos, the government initiates a last-resort protocol: Operation: Save Hawkins. Military forces swarm in, but they’re unprepared for what’s waiting beyond the rift—
Eleven is fractured— her mind haunted by the echoes of those she couldn’t save. Will Byers feels something waking inside him—something ancient, watching, and hungry. Meanwhile, the group, scattered by grief and circumstance, is forced back together for what may be their final stand.
As old wounds reopen and alliances fracture, one horrifying truth becomes clear: The Upside Down isn’t trying to invade. It’s trying to replace the world.
Strange signals pulse through town radios. People vanish in the night, leaving only static behind. Max lies motionless, but someone—or something—keeps whispering her name. This something even Victor Creel turn his head.
The countdown has started. The price of saving Hawkins may be everything.
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Lovers, Best Friends by skyguylonestar
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
24 May 2025
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It felt so freeing to be able to look at Mike and just see his best friend. To be able to touch him and comfort him without wishing it meant more than it did. To be able to just laugh with him again. To be able to say he was happy for him and El without it being a lie. To be able to admit, if only to himself, that the way Mike treated him the last couple years wasn’t okay. He no longer felt the need to make excuses for his behavior.
Now, though, Will has a Gareth-shaped problem in his life with no idea how to go about making a move or even how to find out if making a move would get him punched or not.
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Gareth knows he’s right. He should just talk to Will. Get to know him. Be his friend.
But, it’s hard. Every time he sees him, he can feel his stomach flip and his face get hot. He just knows that if he even attempted talking to him, he’d say something so stupid he’d have to move states, maybe even out of the country.
He’s never been very smooth. Pretty boys like Will just made it worse.
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Will Byers Deserves Love 2025
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- Part 2 of Summer of '86 (The Loser's Party)
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Will being alone on his birthday might've been the final blow.
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- Part 2 of stranger things
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Will doesn’t know when Mike would willingly choose Eleven seconds of pleasure over 10 years of heaven.
Apparently, Mike has always been a little bit hedonistic.
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- Part 1 of stranger things
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But from the side, he looked… different? Distant. Like something was wrong.
Mike, of course, noticed something was off.
But he didn’t intervene, deciding to wait until Will wanted to share his anxieties.When in the woods, Will hallucinates and thinks he sees into the Upside Down
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After the tragic death of Nancy Wheeler, Mike Wheeler has been struggling to move on, drowning in grief and guilt. His family had fallen apart— His father consumed by rage, kicks Mike and Karen out, taking Holly with him. Mike feels lost, weighed down by regret, wishing he had done more to save Nancy.
But the Upside Down and its shenanigans isn't finished with them. As the party, work together trying to save Mike from his impending doom as he became Vecna's latest target. Mike is forced to relive his worst memories—Nancy’s death and his deepest fears of being weak and unworthy.
Meanwhile, the party along with Robin and Steve tries desperately to save him, can they save him before its too late?
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An entire rewrite of s4— Nancy Wheeler dies instead of Billy Hargrove, Max and Mike switches place. Also the Byers never moved .
Can be read by both Mileven and Byler shippers.
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will byers can shoot a gun.
that's really it.
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I’ll Stare Directly At The Sun (But Never In The Mirror) by Lincolntheperson
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Oct 2024
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She pulls of the mask. “Holy shit, you should have seen the look on your faces.”
Mike turns away, heart sinking horribly. He looks over at Will, who’s pale and still breathing in shallow gasps, and a wave of anger pulls through him.
“And you?” The girl continues, face bright with mirth. “Who screams like that? You sound like a little girl.”
Mike wants to throttle her.
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The s2 Halloween scene from Mike’s POV. Spoiler alert, he’s not Max Mayfield’s biggest fan. In fact, he kind of hates her.
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- Part 2 of Mike Wheeler’s Inner Turmoil
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I Love You (I'm Sorry) by JustASmalltownBoy for buckl3ysgal, Ms_Marigoldtm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Sep 2024
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Nancy sighs. “Mike, you know how I said I noticed you staring at him when you thought nobody was looking?”
Mike’s face flushes bright red as he nods again. “Y-yeah?”
“Have you ever considered that maybe he was staring at you, too, and you just weren’t paying attention?”
The world seems to stop as Mike’s brain struggles to comprehend the bomb Nancy just dropped. Will was in love with him? That couldn’t be possible, could it? Could he really have missed the hints all along?
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Mike, struggling with coming to terms with his feelings after Will sacrifices himself to the Upside Down, has to learn to adjust to life without his best friend. He finds a note Will left for him before he died and decides to write a letter of his own. -
The Lost Wizard: A Stranger Things Story by butterfly_eyes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jul 2024
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Will's tired of being pushed into the background, of being ignored. So, he decides to take matters into his own hands, even if it means setting off on his own. Because Will Byers has been carrying a heavy weight on his shoulders for years now, and it's starting to crush him.
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Will Byers deserves better, realizes that, and is determined to find it.
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When Eleven saves Will from Vecna she gets more than she bargained for when they wake up in the wrong bodies. Now to prevent Vecna from infiltrating the mind of his most perfect host the two of them must pretend to be the other.
Will grapples with the feelings that he’s trying to push away.
Mike wonders why it feels like he’s falling in love all over again.What will become of everything when Hawkins finally falls?
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It’s the summer after Will’s freshman year in college and the long, empty days are not his friend. Memories of the Upside Down begin to resurface. His nightmares get worse.
And a trip to Hawkins with his new friend Ben turns out to be exactly what he was dreading.
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It's not every day you get stuck with demodogs in Hawkins National Laboratory, you need to survive. But dealing with an anxiety attack and your best friend possessed by the Mind Flayer is hard.
But Mike Wheeler can handle it... or not...