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Mike has friends. Good ones. People he loves.
But none of them do this to him.
None of them made the world go quiet just by standing nearby. None of them make his chest ache when they’re hurting, make him feel like it’s his job—his purpose—to fix it, to protect them from ever feeling alone. Except for Will.
He doesn’t let himself consider why Will is the only person who does that to him.
Because the second he does, everything tilts.
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What I wanted to happen after Wills coming out scene, because I need byler and i'm not okay.
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08 Feb 2026
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“Why didn’t you tell me?”
The words came out before he could stop himself. Mike knew he had no right to ask but he was hurt, hurt because he had always defended Will, he would always defend him. He used to know everything about him, they would always tell each other everything first.
Things had changed when Will was in California but the past 18 months while they were living together they had fixed things, they were a duo again… in Mike’s eyes they had. Together. Will had promised.
“What–? I mean… it's not really something that just comes up in conversation.”
or, my rewrite of volume 3 because what WAS that.
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08 Feb 2026
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I Don't Think There's a Name for It (But it's Kinda Like Being In Love) by occasionalpisser
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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Mike (idiot that he is) still doesn't know what this unnameable thing is, but what he does know is that it's always been there. Has always been inside of him, has always swirled within the depths of his chest, and has always tried to make itself known whenever he was (and is) in the presence of Will Byers.
But seeing Will in this new light was the equivalent of being whacked across the head with a baseball bat. A baseball bat built solely to amplify any and all already present feelings, making them impossible to ignore. Suddenly, the thing inside him wasn’t quiet anymore. No, it was (and is) loud. Loud enough to override all the other thoughts that should be occupying his brain space right now, and loud enough that even he can’t shove it back into whatever mental closet he’d kept it in.
OR: Mike doesn't clock it. Robin does.
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07 Feb 2026
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“I’m really proud of you.” Mike blurted out, breaking the silence between them with a voice that was just a touch too loud; it startled Will, making him jump back before he relaxed. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to be that loud.”
“It’s okay.” Will reassured him, it wasn’t Mike’s fault that he jumped any time there were loud voices.
He thought about what Mike had just said; he could take a guess on what Mike was referring to—it wasn’t like it was rocket science. A giddy feeling rose up in him, one he did his best to squash down; he didn’t know why, but he liked the idea of Mike being proud of him; it felt like he did something right, which was probably stupid. “Proud of me?”
While in the Upside Down, on their climb up the Radio Tower to The Abyss, Mike and Will stop for a break and they have a very different conversation then the one in the show.
AKA: What the Radio Tower Scene should have been.
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07 Feb 2026
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This is kind of a rewrite. I altered the coming out scene and the final battle. In this fanfic Will and Mike go to the church for the battle to control Vecna from afar instead of going to the abyss with everyone.
“…Will?” he says quietly.Will doesn’t respond.
Mike takes a step closer.
“Hey,” he says, softer now. “What’s wrong?”
A beat passes. Then another.
“Oh,” Will says finally breaking the silence, voice light, empty. “It’s nothing. I just got kind of sad.”
Mike’s brow creases with concern. “Why?”
Will exhales slowly. “It’s sad how easy it was.”
Mike steps closer, heart starting to pound. “How easy what was?”
Will lifts his eyes.
The sadness drains away, leaving something sharp and knowing behind. His eyes are dark, no resemblance of the beautiful green from before. There’s almost a glint of amusement behind them.
“It was so easy,” he says quietly, “to convince him that he was unlovable.”
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06 Feb 2026
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The feeling of being wanted is a powerful drug. Being wanted by the one you want is incomparable.
"Mike," Will says lowly. "You’re— You’re so close."
Too close, his brain supplies, a little hysterical. Too much.
Mike doesn’t pull away. "I know."
"Why?"
"Keeping up…" Mike exhales a short laugh that Will feels on his neck, "appearances."
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A guy hits on Will at a party, Mike leaves with a hickey, and by morning everybody thinks they're dating.
Will knows it’s supposed to be pretend. He just doesn’t know how to act like he hasn’t wanted this for as long as he can remember.
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01 Feb 2026
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the time problem (maybe this time we'll get it right) by GodsFavoriteUser
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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They were finally free. The sky had returned to its natural blue, the ground closed up, and the fog of black smoke no longer hung over Hawkins. Mike had to keep reminding himself of that fact. Everything was perfect.
Maybe too perfect.
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Post season 5 fix-it, where everyone was Vecna'ed and the world did "end," and now they have to figure out how to get back home. But the way to get home might suck more than if they were to stay in the messed up, distorted version of Hawkins. At least for Mike.
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27 Jan 2026
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Neil Josten hated hospitals.
When he was on the run with his mom, they would hide out in warehouses or sketchy motel rooms and stitch themselves back together with a needle and a bottle of whiskey. He didn't trust hospitals; they were far too open and public for his taste, doctors made it worse with their too-many nosy questions. It was the last thing Neil needed.
But when Neil wakes up in a hospital with no recollection of how he got there and no memory of the past two years of his life, Neil hated it a little bit more.
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- Part 2 of Pause and Restart My Heart
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26 Jan 2026
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thankfully, between you and i, nothing’s changed by setmefreept2
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jan 2026
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“Remember that time I saved your life?” He means it as a joke, but it comes out soft, an opening for all the feelings he’s been keeping in through the years to come out of. All the things he’s wanted to say but felt like he couldn’t.
Mike looks over to him with a small smile and a nod. “I never did thank you for that, did I? Thank you, Will. Seriously.”
“You don’t have to thank me. It was because of you that I could even do it.” Will looks away for a second, his heart is racing suddenly like he shouldn’t say what he wants to. But he needs to. He needs to let it out. He looks back into Mike’s eyes.
“When you were about to be attacked… I didn't know what to do. It was the first time I really felt like I was going to lose you. I froze, I was just so scared, but then I just… I thought about this, being here, meeting you… becoming your friend. It gave me the strength to fight back.”
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On the night of their graduation, Mike and Will leave the party early and end up on the swing set where they met. One confession becomes many as they finally talk about everything they’ve been through, and everything they’ve been keeping inside.
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23 Jan 2026
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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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08 Jan 2026
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05 Jan 2026
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red light, yellow light, green-a-light go by goldenasteri
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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IAN! @poppytuft: someone write fic where they all go to the party that night after their campaign and mike and will make out in the bathroom bc Will says I hate your hair like this. please let me fix it. and he’s running his hands through mikes hair and he goes oh. OH. don’t give a fuuuuck
IAN! @poppytuft: Dustin henderson kat stratford ten things i hate about you dancing on the kitchen table moment while mike and will are dry humping in the bathroom. Who cares anymore
IAN! @poppytuft: I'm doing it myself
(or: the party DOES go to Stacy’s party, and mike and will get so gay off that vodka)
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04 Jan 2026
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He had never tried anything, he didn’t have any hobbies. Suddenly, he wanted to find one.
“I want a hobby”.
The flat gaze of Andrew was tinted only by a slightly raised eyebrow.
“Isn’t catching a ball that to you?”The one where Neil is looking for a hobby but also enjoying the soft side of things he never tasted.
Or Neil not being a menace, but a lover boy who’s lost in golden glares and tries beads stringing.
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31 Dec 2025
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Mike knew that Will was talking about him. How could he not? Those tear-filled eyes glistening back at him were all he needed to confirm it. And when he finally got a moment alone with Will, he didn't want to stay quiet. Not anymore.
Takes place sometime during episode 8, probably!
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28 Dec 2025
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“It was the hottest thing I think I've ever seen,” Mike says, and when Will whips his head over, he’s nodding sagely. Like this is extremely important information.
“What,” Will chokes.
For a moment, Mike just keeps nodding. Lucas calls Almost ready! over the din of panic and Will tries to steady his breathing. He doesn’t know how he’d ended up being the one they trust with the stitches, but he gets their reasoning. Steady artists hands, they’d all said, even Mike, wincing while draining half the bottle. Then: I trust you.
“It was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen,” Mike repeats, like Will simply hadn’t heard him. “When you, like,” Mike dramatically wipes his nose with his good arm, eyes flashing dark. He misses, a little, and Will grabs his hand to bring it gently back down, but he gets the picture.
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Mike is severely injured in the Upside Down. He admits some things to Will, drunk out of his mind. They talk about it.
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23 Dec 2025
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I could show you in a word (if I wanted to) by shuddertothink
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Dec 2025
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Mike braces himself. “I want you to be happy, okay, of course I do, but seeing you and Robin together is just…it’s hard, okay?”
Will’s eyebrows furrow. “It’s hard?” Suddenly, his eyes widen, lips curing into a smile. “Wait. Wait wait wait—“
“Yes, it’s hard, okay!?” Mike gawks. “Why’re you laughing!? This is serious!”
“I’m sorry! It’s just—“ Will apologises, clapping a hand over his mouth as an attempt to stifle his laughter, “Mike. Do you think Robin and I are together, or something?”
Mike’s heart stutters. “You’re not?”
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21 Dec 2025
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“Why didn’t you call then?” he asked, barely a whisper.
“What?” Mike said and Will hoped he actually hadn’t heard him say it.
“Nothing, I-“
“Of course I called! I called almost every single day!”
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Will and Mike work through a few misunderstandings and the results are better than they could’ve imagined.
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20 Dec 2025
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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14 Dec 2025
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Save Me (I'm The Writing On The Wall) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Dec 2025
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“I’m just…thinking.”
“Well, can you think out loud?” Will gripes, sounding tense and unhappy even as he settles back against Mike’s chest. “You’re making me nervous.”
Mike laughs a little. “I’m not sure I should; I don’t want to freak you out.”
“Mike,” and Will sounds supremely unimpressed, “I just took control of three Demos, two of which were miles away, and proceeded to snap their limbs and kill them with my mind. Not only that, I just told you that I did it by drawing strength, in large part, from being your friend. You’re worried about freaking me out? Really?”
“Yeah, and I’m the guy who watched you do it and thought that it was the hottest thing I’d ever seen in my life, so what does that say about me?”
There’s a long, shocked silence.
“See, this is why I don’t think out loud,” Mike jokes weakly.
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Mike falls a little bit more in love with Will because, at this point, who wouldn't? He just saved Mike's life, after all. Unfortunately, the others don't quite see it that way, and it's getting to Will a little bit. Mike intends to remedy that.
Immediately following the ending of season 5 episode 4: Sorcerer
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05 Dec 2025
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And want grows stronger (Deeper than the truth) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Nov 2025
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Because Robin’s words kept circling through his mind, looping over and over like a song he couldn’t turn off.
A brush of the knee. A bump of the elbow. A shared look.
Little signs. Little hints. Little pieces of something that looked a whole lot like possibility.
And with Mike lying next to him right now, their shoulders nearly touching, their hands inches apart on the bed, Mike watching him with those soft, searching eyes, it was impossible not to wonder if maybe, just maybe…
Those signs were already there.
💕💕💕
Will’s spent years loving Mike Wheeler in silence. After Robin’s advice and a lifetime of mixed signals, he decides it’s time to finally find out whether Mike loves him, too. Spoiler alert, he does.
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28 Nov 2025