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a game of sardines by lowkeyks
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
14 Jan 2026
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The Wheeler basement has seen demogorgons, shadow monsters, and the literal apocalypse. But it has never seen Beverly Marsh with four six-packs of Miller High Life and a bottle of peach schnapps.
When the Party and the Losers Club decide to play Sardines, Will Byers is banned from hiding (for obvious, interdimensional reasons). Richie Tozier takes the fall instead. He finds a linen closet. Will finds Richie. And suddenly, the game becomes a lot less about hiding and a lot more about a collision of teeth, glasses, and the realization that Mike Wheeler's best friend might actually like the loudest kid from Derry.
Or: The one where Will and Richie hides in a closet and decided to make out.
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The Bridge, the Sorcerer, and the Beep Beep: A Very Loud Coming Out by lowkeyks
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2025
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"I haven't told any of you this because I don't want you to see me differently," Will started. His voice was soft, melodic, and Richie felt like he was being hugged by a cloud. "But the truth is... I am different."
Will took a shaky breath. This was it. The big reveal. The moment the music swells.
"I just… I don't like girls."
The silence that followed was heavy. It was the kind of silence that usually preceded a jump-scare. Mike looked like he had been hit with a brick. El looked confused. Dustin looked like he was doing math in his head.
Richie Tozier, however, did not stay silent.
He let out a sound that was somewhere between a pterodactyl scream and a sob of pure relief. He threw his hands into the air, his Hawaiian shirt fluttering.
"I KNEW IT!" Richie screamed, his voice echoing off the concrete walls.
OR Richie Tozier has spent his quarantine pining for Will Byers. When Will finally delivers his dramatic coming-out speech at WSQK headquarters, Richie took his chance.
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Jim Hopper is finally getting used to Mike hanging around the cabin. Until, he walks into the kitchen and sees two Mikes sitting at the table.
One is politely eating waffles and having a quiet existential crisis; the other is currently trying to see how many grapes he can fit in his mouth while wearing a bright yellow "I LOVE MILFs" t-shirt.
Will calls the new one 'Richie.' Richie calls Hopper 'Big Jim.' Mike calls Richie 'A cursed funhouse mirror.'
Hopper is getting his gun.
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— in which the party did not know that will has a boyfriend until he suddenly showed up during spring break.
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“It’s supposed to be terrifying,” Will sighed, trying to concentrate.
“Terror is subjective, my friend,” Richie replied, leaning over Will's shoulder, their heads practically touching. He smelled aggressively of Jovan Musk. “Look at the curve of that snout! It’s sensual! Tell me, Will, when you paint, do you prefer a brush that’s firm, or one that’s a little more… flexible?”
Will froze, charcoal poised mid-air. He caught Mike’s reflection in the glass of the Street Fighter cabinet. Mike was staring daggers, his jaw working furiously.
“I—It depends,” Will stammered, suddenly dizzy from a sudden hit of memory from that summer.
“Variety is the spice of life, Byers,” Richie purred, his voice low and conspiratorial. He didn't move an inch. “Just like variety in companionship. You shouldn’t limit yourself to brooding intellectuals who haven’t admitted they’re bisexual since the first A-Team movie.”
Mike slammed his palm against the side of the Street Fighter machine. CLANG!
OR just Richie trying to steal Mike's boyfriend.
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- Part 3 of In a world of Byler angst- we need some fluff.
- Part 2 of The Tozier Method
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If this is the end, let me hold you while it lasts. by lowkeyks
Fandom Loki (TV 2021), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
04 Dec 2025
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A connection with different beginnings and a bond made from the endings. Steve and Loki, both from different realities, meets in an untimely event.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter. None of it fucking matters. Because what’s really in control is the tension. This elusive string tied between their chests that’s always changing length. Right now it’s so short and taught and strong that Will can’t imagine resisting it. So really, it was never a matter of if he would. Just when. When will he fold? When will he let go and let himself follow Mike into the water?
He dares to glance down at his knees, where he can see Mike’s fingers peeking out from behind his calves (as if he needed that visual reminder that they’re touching), and then back up to meet Mike’s expectant gaze.
He’s going to do it. He’s such a fucking idiot.
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Mike & Will have a long overdue conversation on the way back to Hawkins— by, in, and around a random motel pool.
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26 Jan 2026
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mike wheeler's guide to falling in love with a superhero by smoosnoom (moonsooms)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Dec 2022
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“Uh-huh,” Mike says faintly, and he yelps when they narrowly avoid the edge of a shining skyscraper, and his hands clutch onto Spiderman instinctively. “Oh – my fucking God, that –”
Spiderman’s fingers press a little firmly into Mike’s shirt. "Just – hang on!"
"What do you mean just hang – was that a pun," Mike sputters, clutching onto Spiderman for dear life as they swing through the city, and he can hear the superhero laugh through the racing wind in his ears, the rumble of it under Mike’s arm wrapped around his middle.
In a city of superheroes, Mike keeps running into Spiderman, much to his dismay.
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27 Dec 2025
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bury me in metamorphoses (with galatea, my sweet) by hiscleric
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Sep 2022
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It’s been seven years since Will Byers vanished from Hawkins for the second time; seven years since he picked up his life, moved across the globe, and finally settled. He had found himself in a small town outside of Dublin with no desire to be anyplace else. He was happy. Ireland was great — beautiful sights, decent weather, and it was far. So, so far.
But when past feelings bubble from under the surface and start to poison his creative endeavors, he doesn’t think things could get any worse.
Seeing Mike Wheeler at his local grocery store quickly proves him wrong.
OR: Running away and the reunion of a lifetime.
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14 Dec 2025
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"Can I even stop?" The tears smarting in Mike's eyes came halfway from frustration, half pure despair. "I mean, what if being homophobic is like being gay? What if I can't control it?"
Mike could feel Max's disbelief through the cellphone. "That's really not—" and she paused, sighing loudly. Mike could genuinely hear her facepalm. "Jesus Christ, Mike. Do you want to be an ally or not?"
After freaking out on Will for kissing a guy, Mike turns to Max for help. Max helps him out, in her own meddling way.
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14 Dec 2025
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To be fair, Will’s costume is great, now that Mike knows what it is. And, okay, wait-
“Oh, this is so good. This is so good.” Max points at Mike, wheezing. “Because you’re dressed as-”
Will’s still looking straight up at the sky. The length of his neck is very, very flushed. Mike can feel his entire face going redder than Vader’s lightsaber. He clenches his hands into tiny little fists, and says, around a groan: “I’m not Han Solo, guys.”
In which Lucas has a thing for Bowie, Will has a thing for Han Solo, Mike has a thing for Will, and El should never be allowed to watch Star Wars again.
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14 Dec 2025