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she's got you mesmerized by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Dec 2025
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This is what Mike’s been thinking about, in between worrying whether they’re all going to die, which definitely suggests that his priorities are a little out of whack, but he can’t help it. The past year has been bizarre, to put it lightly, but he thought that one of the better things to come out of it is that he and Will are friends again, like, real, close friends. He’s wondered, once or twice, in the midst of his own relationship’s crumbling status, whether Will has ever had any romantic entanglements, whether he plans to. Previously, Mike had ruled it out, because he thought if Will was interested in someone that he’d tell him about it, or at least not hide it. But Robin mentioned a date, and Will’s the only guy she’s been around lately except for Steve, who’s pretty obviously still hung up on Nancy (ew), so, like, what else is Mike supposed to think?
Will has made a new friend. Mike feels normal about it, really.
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10 Jan 2026
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Mike pulls him into a hug instead.
It's tight and grounding and safe, and Will lets himself sink into it, lets himself pretend for just a moment that everything might actually be okay. Mike's arms are solid around him, one hand in his hair, and Will can hear his heartbeat, steady and sure.
"I'm not going to let him take you," Mike whispers against his hair. "I'm not going to let him use you. We're going to figure this out, okay? We're going to save those kids and stop Vecna and get him out of your head, and everything is going to be fine."
Somewhere between slaying interdimensional eldritch horrors, exploding an entire dimension, and risking their lives countless times, Mike and Will find each other.
Or; Season Five Volumes 2 and 3 retold so there's no plot holes, no bittersweet epilogue, and Mike and Will get their happy ending.
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09 Jan 2026
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THIS. THIS IS NOW CANON IN MY HEAD. IT'S EVERYTHING I NEEDED IN THE ST5 FINALE AND MORE. Fair warning, this WILL make you cry, but it's SO WORTH IT😫😫😫😫
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“Are you offended that people think we’re dating?”
“No,” Mike says immediately. “Of course not,” because, again, he should be so lucky.
Will’s baffled expression does not change. “Then why would I be?”
“So– okay, fine, whatever. Should we, like, tell them to get their heads out of their asses and that we’re not– um– dating, or–”
“I think,” Will cuts in, “well. You know what would be funny?”
Honestly, Mike doesn't know what he thought being Will Byers' fake-boyfriend would entail, but he definitely didn't think it would involve this many ugly Christmas sweaters.
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02 Jan 2026
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deep blue, but you painted me golden by andiwriteordie, kidovna
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Dec 2025
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Will’s voice trails off, and he runs a hand over his face. Mike waits a few moments to see if he’ll say anything else, but when Will doesn’t, he takes a shaky breath and tries to find his own courage.
“And you thought, what?” Mike whispers. “That - that it wouldn’t mean as much to me if it came from you?”
Will flinches. He’s still turned away from Mike, and there’s a desperation in his voice when he whispers back, “Mike, please…”
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After returning to the Wheeler house, Mike finds out the truth about Will’s painting.
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01 Jan 2026
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December, 1986. Hawkins is “normal” again (except for that whole interdimensional fissure thing), the world hasn’t ended in a few months, and Mike Wheeler is losing his mind over planning a middle school dance, a painting he can hardly look at, and the fact that his best friend keeps making his heart do weird, inconvenient things. This is probably fine.
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Mike and Will are tasked with planning the Snow Ball for extra credit in English Class. Easy enough... if Mike wasn't pining for his best friend (unbeknownst to either of them, of course).Bookmarked by Samrama
31 Dec 2025