The Byler Mixtape
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Will Byers dropped out of college and gave up on DJing in the same week. Now he’s a Tomorrowland stage tech, running cables, dodging his stage manager, and trying not to think about the life he almost had.
Mike Wheeler is the headliner. He notices Will immediately.
Will doesn’t return the favour.
Over three days of Belgian sun and smoke machines, Mike teaches Will how to work the decks and gets far more invested than a mentor has any right to be. The shared tent doesn’t help.
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Slow burn strangers-to-lovers with music as a love language, an oblivious Will, and a Mike who is absolutely losing his mind about it.
Series
- Part 1 of The Byler Mixtape
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,341
- Chapters:
- 1/8
- Kudos:
- 3
- Hits:
- 15
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The Only One (Hoping This Is Just a Phase) by Blood_Red_Moon
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Apr 2026
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“This is what was missing, Will.”
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Will has everything he ever wanted: a successful gallery, a life far from Hawkins, and no reason to look back.
Until, one night, he walks into a blues bar... and finds Mike on stage.
Older, undeniably magnetic.
He's singing a song that feels like a confession... meant only for him.
Over one sweltering Tennessee summer, art, music, and six years of unfinished business collide.
Some things refuse to stay in the past.
Series
- Part 1 of Gritty Byler
- Part 2 of The Byler Mixtape