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Mike Wheeler did not rage. He did not seethe. And especially not with jealousy. He rarely even raised his voice. And he knew that violence was never the answer to any of his problems. But as he glared at the smug face of this tall (but not taller than him) bastard that thinks he could even look at Will, let alone talk to him, he thinks that maybe — just maybe — sometimes, violence is the answer.
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Mike prides himself in being a good, respectful Alpha; notably different from the rest of his age. He’s protective, without being overbearing. He’s never aggressive or controlling. He rarely gets angry, and he certainly never resorts to violence. But that changes when he spots Will across the room, a random guy flirting with him.
Naturally, he crashes out.
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16 Jan 2026
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Horror vacui: a fear of the empty.
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Two months ago Will Byers’s life was irrevocably changed, so much so that he’s drifting away from his boyfriend and toward the very person he swore to himself he would get over. Fate always has had a terrible way of proving Will wrong—and making him suffer as a result.
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12 Jan 2026
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In the fall of 1981, Mike makes a promise.
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12 Jan 2026
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"He’s not actually sick, not exactly.” Joyce's voice is steady, but her clear stress shows, “He presented, Mike.”
She gives him a comforting smile as he blinks. Just blinks, unable to do much else. He doesn’t notice his throat is dry until he speaks and it comes out quiet, crackly. “What?”
“He went into his first heat overnight. I really should have seen the signs, it’s just so uncommon at sixteen. I wasn’t even thinking of it.”
Something's up with Will. Their friends say Mike is crazy, but if anyone knows Will, it's Mike. When Will presents as an omega two years earlier than most people should, Mike can't even gloat about being right, because he's suddenly being sent into overdrive at Will's newfound distress at the situation. But Mike will make it right, he'll keep him safe. That's his job, and he takes pride in it.
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12 Jan 2026
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Will holds his breath and waits. Waits for Mike to take back the offer, to say he was joking, to say that was a stupid idea. But he doesn’t. He simply stares at Will and bites his lip, as if awaiting Will’s judgment.
“I’m not sure…”
“I mean, friends can do it,” Mike adds, running a hand through his hair. “It’s not like— it’s just, it can calm your body.”
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After being on heat suppressants for a few months, Will begins experiencing symptoms of a phantom heat. Mike, an alpha, offers to help relieve the symptoms by scenting him. As a friend. Totally as friends.
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12 Jan 2026
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completely normal best friend activities (not) by theleftsideofeverywhere
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jan 2026
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age wise it's probably season 2/3, but no upside down or el is mentioned.
mike has no older brother to talk about puberty with, so he turns to will. they quickly progress from normal friend activities and neither of them question it. also will really likes hickeys and mike likes the way he moans
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11 Jan 2026
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After the chaos of California, the Byers family moves in with the Wheelers, beginning a tense 18-month period of shared space, new routines, and unspoken desires. Will Byers, a shy and closeted omega, struggles to navigate his growing feelings for Mike Wheeler, an oblivious alpha whose presence both comforts and terrifies him.
Amid the crowded rooms, lingering glances, and quiet, intimate moments, Will must balance his fear of revealing his sexuality with the undeniable pull toward the boy he’s secretly adored. Meanwhile, relationships shift around them.
In a world where living together blurs boundaries, every glance, every touch, and every silence holds more weight than either of them realizes.Bookmarked by CtrlAltDelicious
11 Jan 2026
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i'm outside the door, invite me in so we can go back and play pretend by acarnivalbear, angelsfizz
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Jan 2026
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Logically, Mike knows what he’s doing is weird. Somewhere, deep in the back of his mind he knows it. Still, he tells himself that it’s normal. That he is normal. That stealing a box of his best friend’s clothes labeled ‘donate’ in black marker and keeping it firmly hidden in the back of his closet was something any normal person would do. It wasn’t weird, anyone else would do the same!
And who could blame him? Mike has been surrounded by Will for as long as he can remember. They’re close! Mike cares about Will, always has. The urge to protect him, to take care of him, was so instinctual even before Mike had presented as an alpha. They were a pair, always together, attached at the hip until… well, until recently but Mike was going to work on that! He really was!
And now the Byers have moved to Lenora. To fucking California and Mike feels like he’s lost a limb.
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06 Jan 2026
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I want to breathe in the open wind (I want to kiss like lovers do) by Nehm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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The day that Mike Wheeler presented as a prime alpha was also the day that everything changed for him and Will.
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Will and Mike make a promise to each other to never abandon each other no matter who they present as and what happens. But when Mike presents as an alpha, he apparently does everything in his power to go against that promise.
Everyone says it's for Will's protection. Mostly Mike.
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06 Jan 2026
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"Hi, Ms. Byers, welcome…" he trails off. A slight movement from behind her grabs his attention.
Ms. Byers follows his gaze, craning her neck to the side. She whispers inaudibly to a short figure that Mike failed to notice. Reluctantly, the figure peers out from behind the woman's hip, little fingers gripping her dress pants.
'A little brother?..'
Of course, Jonathan had never mentioned having a little brother.
or, the one where Mike Wheeler is shamefully obsessed with the brother of Jonathan Byers.
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06 Jan 2026
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“Well, not all of us are brave like you, Will! Not all of us can gather everyone, expose ourselves in front of our family and friends, and strut around like nothing ever happened!” Mike exploded.
“Expose?” Will echoed, more to himself than to Mike, who stood in his dorm clutching the damn letters. The word lodged itself in his mind. Expose. As if his coming out were a scandal. As if he were something shameful—meant to be hidden, locked away, spoken of in whispers.
“Look, I—” Mike ran a hand through his hair, pacing.
“Get out.” Will was already moving toward the door, hand on the knob. He needed Mike gone before he said something irreversible—before the words spilled out sharp and unforgiving.
After defeating Vecna, the party agreed to host a get-together every other month, rotating between them. It worked—until the first letter arrived at Will’s dorm, love, Mike scribbled along the edge.
So Will told himself he was over Mike. Over reading into every word, every pause, every letter.. With every gathering and every exchanged letter, the tension tightened, coiling toward something inevitable
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05 Jan 2026
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New City. New School. Same Old Heartbreak.
Will Byers thought sharing a dorm with Mike Wheeler would be a dream come true. Instead, it’s a front-row seat to Mike’s awkward attempts at moving on from El. But when a messy night ends in a kiss that feels anything but accidental, the rules of their friendship are rewritten overnight.
Will is happy to play the role of the secret lover, the placeholder, if it means keeping Mike in his life. He’s prepared for the breakup. He’s prepared for Mike to find a "real" girlfriend. He’s prepared for everything... except the possibility that Mike isn't pretending at all.
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Will does not realize he and Mike are dating.Series
- Part 1 of The Observer Effect
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29 Dec 2025
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Will and Mike find their new favorite game.
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18 Dec 2025
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17 Dec 2025
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Will Byers doesn’t consider himself brave.
He considers himself a straight-A student with a low tolerance for vodka and a talent for leaving early. But bravery, it turns out, isn’t always loud. Sometimes it's handed out like permission slips at crowded college parties: permission to drink too much, to flirt badly, and take a hit from someone else’s cola flavoured vape.Or; College AU, Ivy League Will Byers/Teenage Dirtbag Mike Wheeler
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17 Dec 2025
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Mike Wheeler spends years trying to be “normal.”
Normal son, normal friend, normal boyfriend, normal boy.But growing up with Will Byers — through disappearances, monsters, trauma, high school, and finally college — makes “normal” feel less and less like something he actually wants.
This is the long, messy, painfully slow journey of Mike figuring himself out, losing himself, finding himself again, and realizing that the only thing that ever made sense — the only thing that ever felt right — was Will.
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10 Dec 2025
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Mike Wheeler is aimless as he starts his senior year at Hawkins High. No goals for the future, a girlfriend he knows he can never love, and friends with grand plans that don’t include him. When Will Byers—Mike’s old babysitter and his childhood crush—returns home from college to teach art and humanities in Hawkins, Mike finds himself facing some truths about himself he's been trying to ignore, as he relearns what it’s like to really want something—to want someone.
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09 Dec 2025
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08 Dec 2025
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The times Mike Wheeler and Will Byers tried hiding their relationship, and the one time they couldn't. by TheYilingPatriarch1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Jan 2026
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There was something on both their minds, as it turned out. So when Will brought up the topic of the party and their family, Mike agreed completely with his fear.
They’re going to keep their relationship a secret so they can work things out themselves, and because they can’t afford for their relationship to get out. Not now, not while they’re only thirteen and living with their parents. No one will know, not until they’re older and can handle the problems that come with having a relationship like theirs.
No one is going to find out.
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Mike and Will start a relationship, its not like their friends are attentive enough to every pick up on it.
Or are they?
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08 Dec 2025
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we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) by papenathy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jun 2025
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“Looks like I bit you.” Will tilts his head to get a better look. All Mike can do is stare at him. His fluffy hair at the front, clumped pieces at the back where he’d slid his fingers in a mere few minutes before. His pretty green eyes that look hazel or even brown in this light, the dark circles he gets when he drinks framing them like intricate paintings. A satisfied, bloody smile.
Mike isn’t satisfied. He swallows thickly, choking down the words 'don’t you want more?'
Or: Will dresses as a vampire for a college halloween party, but Mike thinks his costume isn’t bloody enough. Will lets him fix it. Mike goes into a crisis.
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07 Dec 2025