20 Bookmarks by ConfusedbutObsessed
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Okay so I'm rewriting the Stranger Things finale because wtf was that. I'm rewriting almost everything. I will be giving Mike emotions.
I don't really know how long this fic will be but I don't think very long because this is the first fic I have ever written.If you have something I forgot to write or something I should focus on more please tell me, now go enjoy this fic.
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14 Apr 2026
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A month in a half after the events of "My Will Is Good," Mike and Will spend a weekend in Montauk, get closer than ever, and navigate life as a couple. Mike grapples with the idea of coming out and what it means to be gay in the 90s.
Or: Mike and Will have fun in Montauk, do it without condoms, and are really nerdy and in love.
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- Part 2 of Nirvana
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- English
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- 28,156
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05 Apr 2026
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“You’re not boning, though, right?” he says, suddenly. He doesn’t know why he feels such an urge to bring it up again, as if the thought of Mike boning is not something that is CODE RED #1 at the top of Will's list of things to absolutely never think about. But also. Look–
“What? No, of course I’m not boning,” Mike splutters, turning a violent shade of scarlet, “how would I even hide that from you, I’m with you all the time–”
And then he falls silent, so fast that Will gets tonal whiplash from how fast Mike just went from saying boning over and over again to just clamping his mouth shut and staring at the wall across from them.
Will's trying his hardest to make it through fall semester in one piece. Unfortunately for his degree, he's being haunted by maybe-feelings for his best friend (metaphorically), and also a maybe-ghost with rather abysmal fashion sense (literally).
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03 Apr 2026
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28 Mar 2026
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Who knew band practice could bring up so many complicated feelings? Certainly not Will Byers or Mike Wheeler. Meanwhile, El finds out how cool music is, and also stims over how awesome Max and Lucas are. She's a little in love.
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23 Mar 2026
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Mike wheeler has cut all contact with Will Byers for over a year now. Will did not know why, moving to college in New York with no answers. that is until he finds out who his roommate is...
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Mike and Will are college roommates while having relationship issues.- Language:
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- 13/13
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22 Mar 2026
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Thirty seven years after the party defeated Vecna, all of them have gone their separate ways, far from Hawkins. All except Mike.
He misses the party dearly but the one he misses most of all is Will, who Mike believes has moved on from him.
So what happens when his daughter comes home and tells him that she has a new art teacher, Mr Byers.
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22 Mar 2026
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22 Mar 2026
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"Crazy together, right?"
I’m not great at writing descriptions, but trust me, this story is good (or at least I hope it is).
Sorry if the spelling or grammar isn’t perfect- I’m really not the best at editing.Bookmarked by ConfusedbutObsessed
22 Mar 2026
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Will looks down at the sheet, fingers worrying the edge. “I thought we were being careful. Taking our time.”
Mike swallows. “I thought I was too.” He lets out a small, sad breath. “I was wrong.”
Will looks back up. “So what are you saying?”
Mike’s chest tightens. This is it. The place where he either steps back—or finally names the truth.
“I’m saying I need something to change,” he says. “Or I’m going to break.”
The words hang there, bare and undeniable.
Will’s eyes flicker. “I don’t know if I can give you what you’re asking for. Not yet.”
Mike nods. He’d known this answer was possible. Knowing doesn’t make it hurt less. It reminds him of the same words he said in that coffee shop three years ago.OR: A post-canon, slow-burn Byler story about growing up unevenly, loving at the wrong time, and finding your way back to each other once you’ve learned how to stay.
(Title from the song Nauseous by Conan Gray)
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22 Mar 2026
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“D’you ever consider I did it on purpose? I am a bit of an attention-seeker, you know.” Perhaps Mike is drunker than Will initially thought.
“What?”
“How else could I get the chance to talk to you alone?” Will feels like the air was just knocked out of him. Of course Mike is joking, but there’s a hint of truth to the statement. He was looking for ways to get Will alone. Will isn’t sure whether this information excites him or terrifies him.
“You’re nutty,” Will says, physically shaking the worries from his head.
“Maybe so,” Mike says, “but it worked.”
A collection of moments between cowboy Mike and saloon worker Will as they start to understand what they want in life. Story set in the Red Dead Redemption universe. Byler Big Bang 2024
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- Part 1 of red dead byler
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18 Mar 2026
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we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) by papenathy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jun 2025
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“Looks like I bit you.” Will tilts his head to get a better look. All Mike can do is stare at him. His fluffy hair at the front, clumped pieces at the back where he’d slid his fingers in a mere few minutes before. His pretty green eyes that look hazel or even brown in this light, the dark circles he gets when he drinks framing them like intricate paintings. A satisfied, bloody smile.
Mike isn’t satisfied. He swallows thickly, choking down the words 'don’t you want more?'
Or: Will dresses as a vampire for a college halloween party, but Mike thinks his costume isn’t bloody enough. Will lets him fix it. Mike goes into a crisis.
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- Part 1 of we all have a hunger
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- 3/3
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14 Mar 2026
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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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12 Mar 2026
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sparks will grow into flames (and you can't stop a wildfire) by angelicnavy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Jan 2026
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“And I. . I had this crush on someone.”
His hazel eyes locked on me and no one else.
“Even though he. .he isn’t like me. And . . he’s just my Tammy.”
Though this was a serious moment, I couldn’t help but think. . .who the hell is Tammy? Despite that, Will just sat and stared at me, his eyes glued on mine and even though I wanted to avoid eye contact, to look away, I just stared back.
And then something inside of my brain just. . . clicked.
Post S5 E7 and MAJOR spoilers to it.
There is smut in here, but only in chapter 2. You can skip it if you want C:
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08 Mar 2026
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“Do you want to go home?” He questions, leaning close and voice soft, and Will pauses, before nodding again. Mike lets out a breath, and lets his hand press against Will a little more firmly when he starts to sway in place again. “Okay, let’s go.”
Then he looks up and is met with smug faces, and Mike flushes when he realizes his own hypocrisy.
“I don’t talk like that,” Max recalls, voice high-pitched and overly girly and – Mike definitely doesn’t talk like that.
According to everyone in his life, Mike has a voice reserved just for Will. He tries to figure out what that says about him.
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08 Mar 2026
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There I Saw You Standing (must've been a holy light) by olivewritesthings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jan 2026
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“Where are you going?” Hopper asked.
“My base? Are you guys coming or do you want the flower dogs to eat you?”
“Flower do- oh, demos.”
“What the hell is a demo?”
“Demogorgon? From that game your friends like, ‘Dungeons and Dragons’?”
“I don’t have ‘friends.’” Will said, wrinkling his nose and almost recoiling at the idea. “At least, none I remember.” He whispered, looking away before shaking his head and continuing on the tracks. “And what’s Dungeons and Dragons? It sounds like a fantasy book.”
OR: Will Byers was never rescued from the Upside Down
A/N: Do not repost without permission. DM for translations. Fuck generative AI. I have never and will never use it to write my fics in any capacity, I just update quickly because I have no life. I do not support Noah Schnapp, but unfortunately I have a habit of fixating on things with problematic people involved. Free Palestine
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- Part 1 of Psammalah
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Bookmarked by ConfusedbutObsessed
04 Mar 2026
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He locks eyes with Jane, as hard as he tries he can’t help but see his best friend looking back.
Maybe it’s the way her brunette bangs rest on her forehead like his, or the fact that she’s wearing his plaid button up, or how she spoke in the way Will did on his bad days, their voices barely above a whisper. Something only he could decipher.
Eye contact was becoming unbearable, even her presence was a reminder of their similarities—
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Mike doesn’t know what to do with himself. He loves Will but he can’t hurt Jane.
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24 Feb 2026
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“I love you too!” He felt his mouth dry, his stomach hurting with tight knots that made him want to throw up. “I’m sure I’ve loved you since I joined you in that swing set, Will.”
Warm tears ran down his cheeks, he didn’t even know when they had slipped out, he didn’t even care, not when Will was looking at him with such disbelieving eyes that it hurt. The beautiful hazel fogged by unshed and too much shedded tears.
“You don’t mean that.”
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Or, Mike understands why Will avoiding him hurts much more than breaking up with El. He’s not sure what to do about it, he just knows that he needs his best friend back. And if to achieve that he has to bury his feelings in the depths of his heart, so be it.
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24 Feb 2026
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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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22 Feb 2026
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“
“I’m in this stupid, fucking club
Because of you.”
What?
“Why?”
“I’m in this stupid club because of you.
Because I love you.””
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Will’s celebrating finals at a club off campus, anything but Mike Wheeler on his mind. Turns out, however, Mike always shows up at the worst times. Including this one. (White girl wasted Will, In Love Mike. At a club.)
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21 Feb 2026