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Kiss my bruises, so they can see I was loved once too. by sundollop
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Mar 2026
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“Does- does your mom know?” Mike asks, quieter now. Will shakes his head. Mike’s throat tightens. “I think my mom’s gonna call her,” he murmurs, even though he’s not totally sure. It feels like something she would do. Mike kind of wants her to, too.
Will curls in tighter at that, like the words themselves hurt. “Dad’s gonna get mad again,” he whispers. “I don’t want him to get mad.”
Mike’s nose scrunches up, his eyes burning. It feels like crying, but different. Hotter, sharper, like it’s trying to claw its way out of him instead of spill. “He hurts you,” Mike spits, voice wobbling despite how hard he tries to keep it steady. “He shouldn’t do that. That’s- that's not allowed. That’s bad.”
or, miwi werehere. Mike just wants Will to be safe, and the safest place he can think of is his den.
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- Part 6 of Will Byers B-DAY Week 2026!!
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25 Mar 2026
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“That’s… that’s okay,” Mike scrambles to find the words to comfort Will. “It is, it really is-“
“Mike,” Will interrupts his rambling. “I think I have blood on my pants.”
That shuts Mike up.Or
Will’s first period catches him by surprise. Mike is a good friend.
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24 Mar 2026
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Conditioner and quiet, just for a little while. by sundollop
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Mar 2026
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Jonathan’s hand begins moving slowly up and down his back. “I know,” he says softly. “I know, bud.” His fingers trace along Will’s shoulder blades. “It’s just… hard sometimes.” Will’s breath catches faintly. “To talk about things,” Jonathan continues quietly, “when you’re worried they might make you feel… wrong.” The word lands heavily between them, and it doesn't feel like he's talking about Nancy. “Or like other people might think you’re wrong for feeling them.” Will’s throat tightens, and Jonathan squeezes him a little closer. “That’s why I’m so glad you’re my brother, Will,” he whispers.
“... Really?”
“Really. I know we don’t have to be scared of that. Even if Nancy never liked me back, or if- if she never could, you never would've made me feel bad for liking her, even if other people would've thought I was wrong because of it. I love you, Will. More than anything.”
or, Will's struggling with the move to cali, but he has his family there to help him. Maybe a new sister is a good thing.
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- Part 1 of Will Byers B-DAY Week 2026!!
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24 Mar 2026
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Tears in my nondivergent eyes oh my goodness
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In the woods in the middle of the night, the poor omega rabbit, Will gets lost. What will happen when the big bad wolf finds him?
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22 Mar 2026
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"This okay?" Mike presses his fingers down, ever so slightly. Will inhales sharply and nods, but strangely, Mike isn't satisfied. Because of this, he says something so, so stupid—
"Can you use your words for me?"
Another sharp noise escapes Will. Mike stiffens, tugging his hands away as he mentally calculates the flight cost for a one-way trip from New York to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, until Will leans back into his hands with a soft sigh.
"Yeah," he says, softly. "Yeah, it's— it's good."
When Mike touches the back of Will’s neck, Will loses himself. Mike, obviously, decides to abuse this.
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- Part 2 of between the sheets
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22 Mar 2026
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Wingman’s on attack and fortified (wingman’s here to help you roll the dice) by SilverShadow1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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“I missed you, man.”
Will blinks in surprise.
“I’m right here.”
“Exactly. You’re always there for us.”OR
Lucas and Will bond, fight, and grow in Max's hospital room.
(Set before s05e01: The Crawl)
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22 Mar 2026
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Mike’s expression softens. “No but—seriously, Will. He’d be stupid not to like you.”
He hopes the sincerity lands, because he means it. He just hates the thought of sharing Will with someone else. Hell, even Dustin and Lucas get on his nerves sometimes when they hog Will’s attention. Mike knows it’s a personal problem. He knows he should work on it. He just… hasn’t.
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Mike and Will are best friends—like, best, best friends. And Mike cares about Will so much that he can’t help getting irrationally angry anytime Will pays attention to literally anyone who isn’t him- in a purely platonic way. Obviously.Bookmarked by Merlins_hat
19 Mar 2026
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They've been meaning to see each other more after graduation, but it never quite happened for one reason or another. And when it finally did, it was during the worst of circumstances. Now Will is broken and Mike feels needed.
AKA Mike and Will (re-)fall in love during a road trip.
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- Part 4 of Stranger Things comics-art
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18 Mar 2026
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Will Byers has always been pretty neutral about the fact that he's an omega. He doesn't think it makes him much different than everyone else, aside from the fact that scents have always been a comforting and necessary factor in his life, especially from his loved ones.
So when his packmate, Mike, starts letting him wear his clothes to class to get the asshole alphas he's been dealing with off his ass, he doesn't expect to get so heavily reliant on Mike's scent to feel normal.
Or, a fluff a/b/o where Mike likes to put Will in his clothes, and Will likes it a bit too much back.
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- Part 1 of it's so easy (to fall in love with me)
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17 Mar 2026
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“Meow,” and there’s no way she heard that right, eyes snapping away from where she’d been distractedly watching the TV screen and over to her brother’s friend. She checks again, and yeah, Will is holding a stuffed bear, not a cat. The beloved Tiggy stays firmly attached to his bag, so they aren’t playing with tigers, either.
“So they go back down the mountain, and now all the village people are asking them about the crystal, and Rory is sad thinking they didn’t get it that whole time, but then–”
“Meow. Meow,” Will declares, removing the teddy from the dinosaur’s back and making it do some sort of interpretive dance.
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Or, Mike makes a new friend. Nancy learns how to speak cat.
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“Make a wish, honey,” his mommy says to him, no longer angry but with a little sadness in her eyes.
Will looks at the people on the table—Mrs. Wheeler with her camera and perfect white smile, Lucas and Dustin beaming at him with excitement, Jonathan and his mommy at his sides like a warm reminder that they would always be there, and finally over to Mike, standing in front of him over the cake, smiling and looking at him with shining brown eyes.
“I wish to always be with the people that I love, with my family.”
Will closes his eyes and blows the candle.
Will doesn’t have a memory of a bad birthday, because as far as he can remember, Mike was always at his side.
Or 4 times Will celebrated his birthday.(Part of a series, but can be read as a stand alone)
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- Part 2 of Moments in time
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cleric seeking paladin (locked your love in a screenshot) by falloutboi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Mar 2026
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You are now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You and the stranger both like Dungeons & Dragons.
Stranger: rp? i rp as a cleric!! pref for paladins but not picky :-) open to explicit (i’m 20), but wanting plot driven. i have prompts
You: Hey :)
You: Paladin here. Also open to explicit and also 20. What kind of prompts do you have?
In which Mike has a thing for sassy clerics and D&D roleplay on Omegle.
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14 Mar 2026
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Truly the best thing I've read omg i love this mike and this will so bad
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GroupMe Chat - Apex Vol. 83
Mike (EIC): @apex REMINDER: the AP StyleBooks are located on the wooden shelf to the right of our adviser’s desk. They’re on the third level up from the bottom. Some of you are unaware of this fact. Please take note of this and adjust your writing habits accordingly.
Will (Design Editor!) hearted this message
<3<3<3
(The Apex Yearbook will meet its winter deadline, regardless of whatever Mike Wheeler's got going on with the design editor.)
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Moments ago, he’d never kissed anyone, and now he’s straddling the boy he’s in love with, moving his mouth on instinct, forcing his body down so that he doesn’t float away. He keeps thinking, I’m so fucked, I’m in trouble, I’m in such deep shit, a giddy running commentary that means nothing, really, because with whom would he be in trouble, and why? Mike? God? The world? Himself?
One of Mike’s hands cards through his hair, nails scratching scalp, and Will feels like he’s dissolving, like he’s cotton candy on Mike’s tongue.
Belatedly, Will gestures at the lamp. “Should I—”
“Keep it on,” Mike says in a firm, heady baritone that hits Will like liquor, and pulls Will back in by the roots of his hair.
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After the MAC-Z, Will and Mike share the mattress in the Wheelers’ basement. Mike finally follows his instincts. Will tries not to have a stroke about it.
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There was a buzzing sound, and a beep, before the same words sounded again:
“—all me back. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.”
Another buzz, then again: “—still here… anyway, call me back. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.”
Joyce realised with a terrible lurch to her heart that Will hadn’t called Mike. He wasn’t finally speaking to him again—it was a cassette tape. A cassette tape of Mike’s voice, a recording from what must’ve been the end of a missed phone call, and he was replaying Mike’s last sentence over and over. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.
When Joyce first saw Mike at five years old—a sweet, caring little thing, jumping to Will’s aid without a second thought—she’d never thought it would end up like this.
Or; Byler from Joyce’s perspective
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13 Mar 2026
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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)
10 Mar 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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"Mike is a mean, cruel, starved dog, but not to Will. No, he always listens to his master."
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Mike is Will’s possessive guard dog; Will doesn’t seem to mind.
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12 Mar 2026
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Her gaze dropped to Mike’s hand on Will’s wrist. “Don’t hurt Papa!” she begged desperately.
For a split moment, Will didn’t understand, the thought so far-fetched, improbable, and ridiculous that it didn’t even cross his mind, but then the realization hit him like a bucket of cold water being dumped over his head.
She thought Mike was going to hit him.
Mike must’ve understood it at the same time, because his hand fell away, quick, like he’d been burned.
.........or: When Will and Mike’s four-year-old daughter walks in on an argument, she mistakes raised voices and hands for something far worse - she thinks Mike is going to hurt Will.
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10 Mar 2026
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As Nancy’s falling asleep, she hears... noises coming from Mike’s room.
She wakes Jonathan up about it, much to his horror and dismay.
(Set during the S4-S5 time skip.)
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09 Mar 2026
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Will takes a step sideways, into the walkway leading to the front counter between tables, blocking his sister from Mike's view. "Mike?" he questions, trying for an easy, casual smile; he has no idea what his expression actually reflects. "What are you doing here?"
Mike grins, shrugging as he walks right up to Will, a mere two feet of distance between them. "Needed a change of scenery," he says, equally casual. "Nancy reminded me that you guys live in Montauk now, and I realized I never really visited. Didn't expect to run into you so fast though; is this place… yours?"
And isn't that a loaded question. Will forces a smile on his face, tries to ignore the elephant in the room standing behind him. "Something like that," he says.
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or: ten years after graduation, will is living in montauk sharing a pottery shop with el living his best life; at least, he is until mike comes crashing right back into it with a newfound confidence, unaware of el's presence. a romcom
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04 Mar 2026