I've seen much more STRANGER THINGS eh? Eh?
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Will thought things were supposed to be easier after Vecna was defeated. Instead, Mike is missing, Eleven is dead, and months have passed without answers. The last time Will spoke to Mike, he was spiraling—insisting Vecna might still be alive, that Eleven might be too, that none of them were ever truly safe. Then Mike disappeared. No note. No explanation. Nothing.
Everyone else has left Hawkins, busy rebuilding their lives, and Will can’t shake the feeling that he’s the only one who still cares that Mike is gone. Or maybe that guilt is his alone to carry.
Will tells himself the strangeness is over—until he returns to his apartment and finds a massive hole torn through the floor. Sitting at his dining table, casually eating an apple, is Mike Wheeler. Except this Mike is wearing strange, battered black armor, and there’s something wrong about him.
Because this isn’t his Mike. This is a Mike from another universe—a vampire paladin summoned to defeat the darkness they call Vecna. But Vecna is already dead. Right? Right?! Maybe Will just needs sleep. Or maybe everything is about to get much worse.
[OR: Vampire Paladin Mike x Will = Evil Not So Evil Byler]
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I’m not scared of God (I’m scared he was gone all along) by CC (SpongehhhCattoh)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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After defeating Vecna and The Mind Flayer, five years has passed and everything has been good (great even), not until Mike finds himself waking up in a strange dimension with an entity that found interest in him.
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The King in Yellow chooses Mike to be his vessel.
[Post Season 5, where Mike gets transported to the City of Carcosa and gets cursed by the Yellow King feat. a bunch of hurt Mike]
Spotify Playlist of the story if you want to get into the mood!
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Mikael J. Wheeler is a die-hard fan of Stranger Things. He had sky-high hopes for his favorite ship. Not that he outright hates Mike and Eleven being together, but come on—Byler is literally right there! It’s the gayest thing he’s ever seen, second only to the time he wanted to kiss the nerdy boy with the bowl cut next door... before finding out the nerdy boy was straight. And then Season 5 Volume 3 happened.
Now Mika is pretending that didn’t happen. He’s rewriting reality in his head: Byler is real, and he absolutely did not cry his eyes out over that infuriating ending. Screw you, Duffer Brothers—this was the queerbait of the century.
If Mika was Mike Wheeler, he would’ve done things differently. He would’ve kissed Will—a big, fat, dramatic kiss—and confessed his undying love for him right there on screen. He’s been rooting for Byler since Season 1, and he’s not letting that go.
Or… Mika Wheeler is another version of Mike Wheeler, plucked from our world and dropped into the Stranger Things universe after Season 5. Now he’s Mike Wheeler, post-canon. And guess what? He’s ready to romance Will Byers, who, let’s be honest, was his gay awakening all along.
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Standing in the yard dressed like a kid (the house is white and the lawn is dead) by CC (SpongehhhCattoh)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Feb 2026
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Mike likes to think everyone cares about him like how he cares about them. He always makes sure he’s there for them—their protector, their paladin, and he knows they’re always there for him…
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There are many times Mike gets hurt by both the people he loves and doesn’t and no one helps him and one time his family and friends finally notices.
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Don’t chase danger, let danger come to you by CC (SpongehhhCattoh)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Mar 2026
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Mike came from a lineage of gunslingers (assassins), chosen by the Archangel Gabriel himself. At the age of five, he was trained by his mother’s twin sister, Noctis Childress. By ten, he gained his powers, by twelve, he lost them. This might change the story or not at all.
(This is a rewrite of Season 5 Vol. 2 to provide a backstory explaining why Mike started acting like he’d undergone a lobotomy—because, in this version, he actually did. Kind of?)
*Summary lacks the lore, you might have to read to find out*
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It’s the summer of 1989. Vecna and the Mind Flayer are dead and Will wants to enjoy his life along with his friends and family by doing everything he wants to do that he had missed ever since he had been taken by Vecna. Swimming, more D&D, joining parties with his friends, drinking, maybe getting a little high… And most of his relationship with Mike...
In short, Will wants to get laid and get fucked (specifically by Mike). But he's trying hard not to think about that.
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Byler is getting its slow burn after graduation (Will is thirsting for Mike duh), Eleven and Kali are alive. Lumax is as strong as ever. Jancy are healing and getting there. Life is good.
(freak/freak byler basically)
*read tags because this is not your typical fic*
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