1 - 20 of 32 Bookmarks by Boing_Bo_ing
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
If Mike could’ve hoped to know any bit of information sooner, it was that. “Was Will…” he swallowed, it had begun to pour outside, “in love with me?”
“Does he admit that once in a while, the very thought of you fills him with a, and I quote: ‘near equal amount of dread and want?’…Maybe,” Jonathan sounded too matter of fact, too plain. “Speaking about it in past tense does a disservice for how much he feels for you, Mike.”
————-
It’s the mid 90s, Micheal Wheeler has exploded in the literary landscape, Will, in the post-modernist painting scene. They catch each other’s attention.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
14 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“He was looking at it. Earlier.”
Mike’s eyes do that darkening thing again. “Yeah?”
Will nods. With Mike looking at him like that, he suddenly feels like his voice is going to give out. But after a moment, Mike’s expression lifts again, soft smile taking over his face. He nudges Will’s shoulder with his own. “Told ya it’d work.”
“I guess,” says Will. His own smile doesn’t quite reach his eyes.
Or, Mike helps Will make his co-worker jealous. Which, apparently, means covering Will in hickeys and making out with him.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
14 Jan 2026
-
Mike, What Did You Do? (the Curse of Strahd) by ByeDisaster
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Feb 2026
Tags
Summary
What Mike did in the 18 months between S4 and S5. The answer includes: touching, sleeping in the same bed, playing D&D but only the two of them, and Mike casually calling Will beautiful. Best friend shit. Will Byers is toast.
Now expanded to include a very different (gay) Season 5.
---
“I look for the vampire.”Mike’s face is turned towards him. Will was looking at the ceiling, but he shifts, just enough, his nose points at Mike’s nose. His lips in a line from Mike’s lips. His mouth is slightly open on the pillow. “Do I find him?” Will prompts.
“Yeah,” Mike breathes. “He’s beautiful.”
Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 67,682
- Chapters:
- 11/14
- Comments:
- 405
- Kudos:
- 663
- Bookmarks:
- 136
- Hits:
- 11,471
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
14 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“Do you really not love me anymore?” Mike’s brows arched, pleading, thumbs pressing softly on Will’s bottom lip, parting it just enough to feel the wet heat inside. “Tell me.”
“Mike, stop. I have a boyfriend,” Will whispered. But he didn’t pull away. He stayed—staring at Mike’s mouth, wanting, aching. His tongue darted out to wet his lips, unconsciously mirroring Mike’s touch.
“That’s not what I asked.” Mike leaned in until their lips ghosted—barely touching, electric. His hands braced on the wall on either side of Will’s head. “Do you still love me?”
OR
Where Mike Wheeler shows up to the Party reunion already screwed—because Will Byers walks in looking like every repressed fantasy Mike’s buried since college.
A year of grief, survivor’s guilt, and quiet realizations has Mike finally admitting the truth: he’s never loved anyone the way he loves Will.Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
14 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“Are you talking about…?” Will lets the question trail off, trusting Mike to know exactly what he means.
“Yeah,” Mike worries his bottom lip between his teeth. “Yeah. I’m talking about our conversation by the tower, Will.”
Hearing his name like that, deliberate, weighted, makes Will’s chest tighten. Mike only does that when something really matters. And this matters.
“I—” Will starts, then exhales in shaky relief when Mike cuts him off. Thank God. He has no idea what he was about to say. He’s barely holding himself together.
“Just let me finish, okay?” Mike insists. Will could swear he shifts closer. “I mean… I can’t be more than your best friend. I just can’t, Will.”
The words hit like a punch, and before the ache in Will’s chest can fully set in, Mike rushes on.
“But I want to do things to you,” he admits quietly, honestly, “that no best friends should ever want to do to each other.”
Or Mike is a repressed POS who wants Will without having to face what wanting him actually means.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
14 Jan 2026
-
Don't Waste Your Time on Me (You're Already the Voice Inside My Head) by arminsdemons
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
The party all survive the final battle and set off to start another journey together- college. They are all dealing with the aftermath of Vecna and the Upside Down, and are just trying to find their places in the world, all while experiencing the full spectrum of emotion college has to offer.
Alt: Mike keeps bringing boys who look like Will home and Max and Lucas are FED UP. Will's been suffering from nightmares, and Mike does his very best to soothe him in whatever way he can. Mike has been having his own problems with depression and anxiety, made worse by Will's previous absence from his life. Lucas and Max are thriving and trying to hold the party together with the power of love! El is finding her own path in life alongside her friends and has discovered her passion. Dustin and Steve are healing in their own unique ways, finding time to visit their friends as often as they can. El longs for new romantic possibilities and finds them, wink wink. Nancy and Jonathan are following their journalism dreams together in the same state as Robin (who is still with Vickie!), all four of them do their best to mentor the party when needed. And Joyce and Hopper are married and happy in Montauk. There, the scene is set. Enjoy!
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
13 Jan 2026
-
Problem Solving and Accidental Matchmaking: A Guide by Dustin Henderson by plsdontmakemecry
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
“That is dumb.” She blinked. “I do not care if Will brings a boy. Will is Will. He is kind. He should be able to go with us and a boy and have fun.”
“Exactly!” Dustin snaps. “Which is why I’m asking Will to be my prom date!”
Or
Dustin Henderson has a plan.
It is a good plan.
The fact that it may cause emotional fallout, accidental matchmaking, and unforeseen consequences is not his fault.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 36,723
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 220
- Kudos:
- 1,040
- Bookmarks:
- 231
- Hits:
- 10,966
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
13 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Will slowly untucks his arm from Mike's back, and Mike lets out a soft groan. He was 100% going to be embarrassed about it later, but right now, he could only feel the way Will's breath hitched when Mike groaned.
"I know, I'm sorry." Will softly said. Will unbuckled his seat belt and attempted to get up, Mike still flush against his chest. Key word, attempted. Mike's arms suddenly flew into motion, one arm trying to stabilize himself on the seat, while the other shot up to Will's opposite shoulder, trying to push him back down.
"Please, stay." Mike begged softly as he gently nestled his head closer to Will's chest. He was absolutely pathetic.
Or
The party goes on a Beach Trip at the end of their senior year of College, and yes, Mike and Will have to share a room. I don't make the rules.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
13 Jan 2026
-
Held Against the Dark by Sunny0mori
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Trefry
22 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
He can feel the hive’s connection pushing him back, trying to expel him. It’s painful and despairing, but Will holds on anyway, clinging to the tether irrevocably connecting him to the man before him. “You were just a kid,” he exclaims desperately, voice breaking. “Like me.”
-
Will tilted his head, trying to absorb Mike’s words. “The point is, I want to stay by your side, and I feel stupid for not realizing it sooner. And I’m y’know…glad that you said what you did. It was kind of my missing puzzle piece. When this is all over, I hope we can talk.”Or
My version of the finale with first shadow lore, byler, and creelby. Very focused on Will's connection to the Mind Flayer and the role Mike must play in order to save him.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
13 Jan 2026
-
I never ever felt so cool (disguised in your sheets) by wheezingwheeler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
A post-canon (with some small tweaks) road trip full of tension, nightmares, gay panic, and a very long drive toward the truth.
*
Will just wanted to bring his brother home. He didn’t plan on sharing motel beds, surviving Mike Wheeler’s jealousy spiral, or confronting feelings he’s spent years burying.
Mike thinks Will likes girls.
Will thinks Mike will never love him back.
Both of them are wrong.Or
Water dripped from Will's hair, ran down his jaw, caught on his lips.
Mike stared at it.
Stared like he'd forgotten where he was.
Then, slowly he lifted a towel and pressed it gently to Will's mouth, wiping the water away. His hand didn't even shake. He was steady.
Will's breath stuttered. Tingles tremored all the way up his spine.
He didn't move. He couldn't. He was too aware of Mike's hand, of the way his eyes kept dropping back to his lips.
That look again.
The one Will had seen a dozen times now and never understood.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 20,153
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Comments:
- 184
- Kudos:
- 2,054
- Bookmarks:
- 431
- Hits:
- 30,934
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
13 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike stands outside the door, ready to finally spew his feelings. He stared at the floor, unsure if they would all tumble out of his mouth before the door even opened. He perks up, hearing a quiet shuffle through the apartment door.
The door opened, revealing a slightly more toned and tanner version of the boy Mike had remembered. The boy's eyes dropped, his eyes taking a second to linger over the slender frame that stood before him. "Mike," he whispered faintly, "what.. what are you doing? Please tell me it's you..." His voice becomes tenser, jaw clenching ever so slightly as if he was skeptical that the Mike Wheeler in front of him was a facade.
Mike grabbed the side of his jeans, fiddling with the hem as he started to regret ever coming here in the first place. A moment of silence filled the space between them as Mike tried to collect his words. "I- I need you.. I need to talk to you." He finally breathes out.
Or: Mike Wheeler has finally confronted his feelings, but what happens when Will’s boyfriend stands in the way?
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
11 Jan 2026
-
I'm Finding it Hard to Believe (We're in Heaven) by mioakem
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Feb 2026
Tags
Summary
“I’m just so proud of you, baby.” He feels a weight lifted off his shoulders- which is ridiculous, he’s ridiculous for thinking that she would be anything but proud. Nonetheless, he feels relieved. He smiles, fiddling with his fingers again.
“It’s really nothing.” He says, “Mike keeps talking about how they’re innate but…but they’re not. They’re siphoned, from Vecna.” The mention of his name makes Joyce’s eyes go wide.
“Well, last I checked no one else can do that.” She shrugs, her eyes still wide. Will chuckles, looking at the floor, “Hey, all I’m saying is that I think you need to have a little more trust in yourself.” She leans forward, putting a hand on his cheek. He leans into it, into the warmth of her hand, “You didn’t fail, okay?” She says, and he nods, even though he doesn’t really believe it, “You saved Mike- all your friends. You did that, baby.” She shakes her head, “Not Vecna, just you.”
Will can feel himself tearing up for about the millionth time that night, “I can make it right.” He settles on, “We just need a new plan, a better plan.”
Right, a better plan. Easier said than done.
or: season 5 vol 2 and 3 complete rewrite
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 153,131
- Chapters:
- 10/23
- Comments:
- 270
- Kudos:
- 698
- Bookmarks:
- 339
- Hits:
- 28,946
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
11 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
The door to Mike’s garage burst open. Mike scrambled backward, body feeling heavy from the water on his clothes. From the door came Will Byers. His bowl-cut was longer and overgrown. He wore a grey shirt with red and blue stripes and red denim shorts. He looked pained. This makes no sense, Mike thought. This was a younger Will, from the summer of 1985. How was Mike back here?
“Will? What's going on?” Mike asked the younger Will.
“Will, come on!” came another voice. “You can’t leave, it’s raining!”
It was Mike at fourteen. He looked awful; he had a bright yellow striped shirt with grey shorts. He was a gangly mess of long limbs. His hair… Mike was embarrassed of his past self.
“Listen, I said I was sorry, alright? It’s a cool campaign, it’s really cool. We’re just not in the mood right now!” the younger Mike explained. Will didn’t stop packing his bag. He spun on Mike.
“Yeah, Mike! That’s the problem, you guys are never in the mood anymore. You’re ruining our party!” the younger Will shouted.
OR: Byler season 5 re-write (canon compliant), including the painting lie, Mike getting Vecna'd, and a proper coming out scene.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
11 Jan 2026
-
Dungeons & Dragons (and your new boyfriend) by theidict
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
21 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
After graduating from college, Mike returns to his home in Hawkins to decide what to do next. Though, before he can even begin job searching, Max, whom he hasn't spoken to in years, calls him, planning a new campaign — this time, with her as the DM.
Or: Max plans a campaign and needs the only nerds she knows to make it happen; Mike and Will find each other again as a result.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
11 Jan 2026
-
Stranger Things but Byler is Canon the Whole Time by NeonEros
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
I will give us the slow burn we deserved, and also not give everyone a lobotomy in season 5. But for this, I'm starting from the very beginning, and also, it's all from Mike's POV because we desperately needed some Mike POV for Byler to work.
All credit for characters and the main storyline belongs to Stranger Things and Netflix
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
11 Jan 2026
-
a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2024
Tags
Summary
“Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”
Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.
Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.
Series
- Part 5 of in the quiet of the night
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 336,141
- Chapters:
- 12/17
- Comments:
- 1,069
- Kudos:
- 7,376
- Bookmarks:
- 1,878
- Hits:
- 333,776
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
25 Nov 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Bellamy and Clarke broker a peace deal with Trikru. They bring down the Mountain and the 100 can finally breathe a sigh of relief. With peace secured, living on the ground becomes the 100's top priority, but living on Earth is challenge enough.
An exploration on what the 100 would be if there was no more war, no mountain men, and the characters were given a year to breathe. Bellarke focused.
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
01 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
“Do I scare you?” she asked.
Bellamy swallowed.
Memories, unbidden, flashed across his vision. Clarke, nine days ago, wandering across the protruding rocks at the edge of the waterfall to pick some river moss, oblivious to the water gushing across her blue feet, to the fatal drop not three inches from her toes. Clarke, refusing to leave the operating table of the young soldier who had died, twice under her watch. Clarke, face red, screaming at him, eyes laser focused and mad.
“Do I?” her voice soft now.
He finally looked at her, found her searching eyes and locked onto them. The icy anchor that held him steady as much as it dragged him down.
“Yes.”
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 56,786
- Chapters:
- 21/?
- Comments:
- 225
- Kudos:
- 1,201
- Bookmarks:
- 159
- Hits:
- 36,577
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
01 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
"What have you done?" an inner voice asks, one that suspiciously sounds like his mother. Bellamy stares at the black blood oozing from the wound, ruining the perfect snowy white bandage.
“What I’ve always done,” He whispers to himself, “And what I’ll always do.”
He doesn’t finish, not even out loud, but the last two words hang, the truth, something undeniable and immutable.
For Clarke.or,
S4 ending AU: Bellamy takes a vial and makes himself a Nightblood too. The years on the ground are not just Clarke and Madi alone, but Bellamy with them too.
Series
- Part 2 of how to save a life
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
01 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Fire Lord Zuko, Queen Consort Katara, Princess Azula, and Queen Dowager Ursa’s journey to coming to terms with a relationship with themselves, each other, and their nation
title from bell hook’s salvation: black people and love
Act 1: 2-8
Act 2: 9-33
Act 3: 34-48
Act 4:Series
- Part 4 of Zutara Fics
Bookmarked by Boing_Bo_ing
21 Aug 2025