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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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27 Sep 2026
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Dirty Little Secret (Who Has To Know?) by w1llwh33ler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 May 2026
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Wills lets out a soft laugh, one he reserves for the most intimate moments. A laugh Carltons never heard before, a laugh Mikes heard a hundred times.
“No more talking, go to sleep.” Will plants one more small kiss on his lips.
One more because if he looks at Mike any longer like this he won’t ever go home. One more because this has to be the last time. One more because-
Will kisses him again.
And again.
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Will Byers gets an opportunity to photograph for his best friends band on a summer tour. He had no idea that Mike Wheeler was going to be so fascinating. Lots of roadtripping, lots of kissing and A LOT of cheating on Carlton.
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27 Jul 2026
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“We haven’t done this since middle school,” Will says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Huh,” Mike whispers back. “Yeah, guess not.”
A couple years ago, Mike read a National Geographic article about a phenomenon called the polar night. In the farthest north and south regions of the globe, there are weeks, sometimes months depending on how close you are to the poles, where the sun does not rise above the horizon, plunging the world into a perpetual nighttime. Living in such conditions, the article had explained, can affect one’s circadian rhythm, heighten issues with concentration and energy levels, and cause a spike in depressive symptoms among local populations. Some resort to using light therapy lamps to mimic the daylight.
It was only after the Byers moved away, all those years ago, that Mike began to understand what the prolonged absence of the sun can do to a person.
The Upside Down is gone, and everyone has made it out unscathed. In the aftermath of the not-so-end of the world, snowballs turn into avalanches. Sometimes it just takes time.
or: Mike gets into Brown, Will gets into RISD, and the friends-to-???-to-lovers slowburn that ensues.
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05 Jul 2026
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It starts with a dare—harmless, stupid, easy to laugh off.
But when Will is dared to kiss Mike, the moment lingers longer than it should, leaving something unspoken between them.
Years of hidden feelings, and tortuous longing.
Suddenly, every glance feels heavier, every touch means more, and the line between friendship and something else starts to blur.This is the summer of '89 before they go to college :)
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17 Jun 2026
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Seeing You Tonight (It’s a Bad Idea Right?) by literally_lily7
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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Will Byers and Mike Wheeler have been broken up for over a year. So why do they find themselves in a bathroom at a college party?
When Will dresses up as ghostface to attend a Halloween party at NYU, Mike doesn’t recognize him. Will takes this into account, and spends all night avoiding Mikes gaze.
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17 Jun 2026