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Will stirred sleepily to the sound of voices and a heavy weight beside him.
“Whazup?” he mumbled, lifting his head off the pillow and blinking in the darkness.
“Shhh, it’s fine,” replied Mike’s soft voice, breaking through the stillness that had followed Will’s muffled question, “I’ve got this one. You can go back to sleep.”
Mike and Will take turns staying up with Holly, who has begun to have nightmares about the monsters in Hawkins. Things take a curiously domestic turn.
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06 Oct 2025
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“I want you to tell him why you're so upset," Vecna says, and Will swears he sees the curl of a smile in the webbed scars of his face. “I want to watch you lose him.”
(Or, Will is forced by Vecna to confess his feelings to Mike, with a slow burn aftermath. Alternate Season 5.)
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Bookmarked by Bylerrhugs
18 Jun 2025
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Please don't go, please don't go, I love you so, I love you so by zeebeevee
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Feb 2025
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“Those two.. William and Eleven.. They are my targets. But to get them both,” Vecna says. “I needed something of value.” Mike grits his teeth, his face starting to sweat “And who better than the lover?”
“Don’t… touch… them…” Mike growls through his teeth.
“Ah, but Michael,” Vecna sneers as a different kind of vine crawls up the wall. “That’s not your choice. All you have to do is stay where they can see you suffering.”
The new vine– covered in spikes and thorns– wraps itself around Mike’s ankle, sinking said spikes and thorns into his flesh. Blistering hot pain bubbles around his foot, quickly crawling up his leg.
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Vecna kidnaps Mike to be bait because El and Will ♥️ Mike so he poisons the guy to make him suffer
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15 Jun 2025
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“Well, it was nice meeting you two,” David said. He leaned forward towards Will, and gave him a single, light pat on his head.
“And I’ll see you around,” he said softly.
Will blinked up at him in a daze, eyes wide and cheeks gaining a tint of pink again.
Mike stared, stunned. Did he just touch Will’s hair? Mike was the only one that ever did that!
Mike's semester takes a serious turn when—
A) He realizes he's in love with his best friend
B) A popular handsome senior takes interest in said best friend, and he can't stand it- Language:
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04 Feb 2025
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there is thunder in our hearts by smoosnoom (moonsooms)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Aug 2022
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“Yeah,” Mike nods, but it isn’t the most convincing, and he can’t find it in him to care, in the late hour, “I was just – thinking.”
It’s not the most significant outfit, but still. Will looks nice. He’s always looked good in white.
Mike blinks. That’s – weird. That’s a weird thing to think about his best friend.
He effectively turns off his brain.
Will asks, “About what?”
“You,” Mike replies, and maybe turning his brain off was the worst idea he could’ve possibly had at nearly three a.m., Jesus fucking Christ.Mike confronts Will about the painting, and lets a few confessions slip.
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- Part 2 of fix-its
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24 Jan 2025
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“Did I do something wrong?” Mike questions, mouth twisted in a frown, eyes less wide than they were a few moments ago, sleepiness gone. His arms stay at his sides, although his fingers fiddle with his sleeves. “What did I do wrong?”
Will frowns back. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Mike doesn’t look like he believes him. Will doesn’t blame him. “Then why do you keep leaving?”
The world ends, and then some. Mike and Will find each other again, amidst the debris and distance.
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- Part 1 of fix-its
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24 Jan 2025
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Mike grabs Will’s hands and tangles them with his own, blinking up at him through his long, dark lashes. His eyes are endless. Solid black, like the night above them. So shiny that Will can see himself, tipsy and happy, in the reflection. “I want to be stuck with you,” Mike whispers, like it’s a secret. “I don’t ever want to leave.”
Will sucks in a sharp breath, squeezing his hands. “Then don’t,” he whispers back, punched-out and honest. “Stay.”
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Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out.
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24 Jan 2025
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At some point, Mike had come up with a plan that he thought was pretty genius. Every time Will had a nightmare, he would quickly wrap the boy up in his arms before his friend even had a second to protest. He would hold the boy until he fell asleep and, often, they would wake up in the same position. He did this in the hopes he would not only comfort his friend, but also make him feel less embarrassed about his nightmares.
Before he could lose his nerve, Mike laid back down on the bed, opening his arms wide; he hoped Will had adjusted to the darkness enough to see his movement.
“C’mere,” He blurted.
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Or, Will wakes up from a nightmare and Mike helps in the best way he knows how: Cuddles. Which would be fine, except for the fact he's been trying to hide his feelings for his best friend since the moment he touched down in California.
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Bookmarked by Bylerrhugs
24 Jan 2025
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Maybe all the monster fighting did a number of Mike, because he cannot for the life of him remember Will coming out to him.
Either his memory is messed up, or he woke up in the alternative reality in which it isn’t a taboo subject, because Will just casually mentioned liking guys and Mike is not taking it personally at all.
Or; mike panics about will liking guys and tries to be normal about it (it doesn’t even last a day)
Bookmarked by Bylerrhugs
24 Jan 2025
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this is a beautiful start to a lifelong love letter by borealisaurora
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Nov 2022
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Ever since Will gave Mike the painting, Mike has been acting... weird. He's been standing closer to Will, there have been lingering gazes... but nothing too crazy, right? Nothing that Will can allow himself to dwell on.
That is, until Mike starts kissing him.
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24 Jan 2025
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let me steal this moment from you by smoosnoom (moonsooms)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Oct 2022
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Mike moves in his bed, and Will's eyes stay firmly on the ceiling. "I feel like we barely know each other anymore."
And Will can't argue with that, so he replies, "What do you want to know?"
There’s a long lapse of silence, and then –
“Can you come up here?”
In the wreckage, Mike and Will spend a series of nights together.
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- Part 6 of fix-its
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Bookmarked by Bylerrhugs
15 Jan 2025
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He looks up at him, eyebrows drawn together. “Do you not love her?”
Mike shrinks back. “What?”
He hadn’t meant to say it. He wouldn’t have, if he’d stopped to think about it for half a second. But it’s too late to take it back, and he can’t breathe until he knows the answer, and he looks at him resolutely and says, “Do you only love her because of what I said?”
Something darkens on Mike’s face, twisting it into a shape Will’s never seen. “Get out.”
It’s not a no.
or: Mike and Will share a room, and Mike finds out the truth about the painting.
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15 Jan 2025
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“You know exactly what I mean, Mike.” Will snaps, turning back around. He continues walking away from the front door—away from Mike—his pace increasing as he tugs his creaky old bike along with him.
“No, actually, apparently I don’t know anything anymore!” Mike jolts forwards, following Will—who has now left the cover of the porch and is being soaked in rainfall—and grabbing him by the shoulder. Will stops walking and turns around, but he flinches back as if Mike’s touch has burned him. Mike removes his hand. “I thought I knew that we were a team now; I thought I knew that things were good,” Mike continues, shivering and brushing his now wet hair from his forehead. “But here you are, telling me I’d like it if you were dead, trying to run away without even saying a word to me—do you know how that fucking feels?”
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Will tries to leave in the middle of the night. Mike stops him.
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13 Jan 2025
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This is a slow build up of Mike and Will's relationship in season 5, as well as what I would imagine happening if they ended up stuck in the Upside Down together.
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06 Jan 2025
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Finally, Mike smiles and moves one of his hands to caress Will’s jaw. “Maybe it’s selfish, but I’m glad it was me.” Mike seems to think for a second, pursing his lips before reaching Will’s eyes again. “And I love you.”
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mike freaks out, will realizes *why* he freaks out, they confess, they kiss
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16 Dec 2024
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(Podfic) you don't know what you got till it's gone by fluffyfangirl95
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Dec 2024
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“Jesus Christ,” Mike mutters. “Where the hell did you come from?”
“I’ve been here all night, Wheeler,” Murray replies, sipping what Mike is sure is one of the liquors his parents hide in his father’s office.
“Really?” He definitely wasn’t there when he and Will were cleaning the dishes. Was he?
“Yes. I guess you’ve been too distracted flirting with your boyfriend to notice.”
Mike’s heart jumps to his throat as his hands grip the bag so tightly that he almost rips it open
He looks at Murray and sees nothing on his face to indicate what he’s thinking, and realises he’s probably not thinking at all if he thought saying those words was the right thing to do.
“We’re not-what?!”or
An unexpected talk with Murray leaves Mike to ponder over the earth-shattering feelings he has for Will.
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[podfic of the fic by mogiah]Bookmarked by Bylerrhugs
16 Dec 2024
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10 Oct 2024