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don't let me ruin it (again) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Mar 2026
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Graduation is supposed to be the start of Mike Wheeler’s future.
Instead, it’s a loop he can’t escape.
As the same day repeats endlessly, Mike is forced to face the questions he’s spent years avoiding. And soon, he’ll have to realize the way out isn’t in saying the right thing.
It’s in finally learning how to listen.
Or: the universe ships Byler harder than any of us do.
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09 Mar 2026
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So give me your eyes (I need sunshine) by Mightjustbe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler's working at Scoop's Ahoy with Max Mayfield,
Will Byers is working at Surfer Boy pizza with Jonathan and Argyle.Two summer jobs that make way for exploring new -or well- better versions of old friendships.
But Jonathan And Max are acting strange, they know something Mike and Will don't.A summer filled with secrets that are bound to be revealed.
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SurfsAhoy!!
with platonic MadWheeler and MadWise crumbs!
A summer can reveal a bunch of things.Bookmarked by Discopal
07 Mar 2026
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“Meow,” and there’s no way she heard that right, eyes snapping away from where she’d been distractedly watching the TV screen and over to her brother’s friend. She checks again, and yeah, Will is holding a stuffed bear, not a cat. The beloved Tiggy stays firmly attached to his bag, so they aren’t playing with tigers, either.
“So they go back down the mountain, and now all the village people are asking them about the crystal, and Rory is sad thinking they didn’t get it that whole time, but then–”
“Meow. Meow,” Will declares, removing the teddy from the dinosaur’s back and making it do some sort of interpretive dance.
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Or, Mike makes a new friend. Nancy learns how to speak cat.
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05 Mar 2026
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"It's your first day," Karen tells him. "This is exciting! You'll make so many friends."
"You think so?" Mike asks nervously, his wide eyes staring at her.
"Absolutely."
Karen Wheeler doesn't condone lying to her children, but she believes white lies can be considered harmless. They won't remember, anyways. But if Karen was telling the truth to her son, she'd have to admit how she's actually desperately nervous about his compatibility with his classmates.
After school, when Mike is rambling about his new best friend, Karen decides that if Will Byers makes her son this happy, she'll do everything in her power to make sure they stay friends forever.
Or, Will and Mike's relationship through the eyes of their friends and family (plus their own). Will is nonverbal autistic, and Mike has allusions to also being autistic. Neurodivergent friendly fic with them falling in love!
// title from Coming Home by beabadoobee
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05 Mar 2026
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It was easy for Will to ignore the feelings when Mike wasn't around. Back then, in California, or during those months when the boys weren't talking.
But now, Mike was everywhere. Sending him smiles over the kitchen table when they accidentally met in the morning. Asking how Will has been. Sitting next to him on the couch instead of far on the other side. Those small things made Will go crazy.
Because now, there was no distance stopping the reality, no silence telling him that pushing Mike away was fixing whatever was wrong with him. Now, the barrier holding everything together broke, filling every second of Will's life with feelings he could no longer hold back from himself. He couldn't hide them anymore, convince himself that it was normal for friends to feel that way.
Will Byers was desperately in love with Mike Wheeler.
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After the Byers return from California, Mike and Will don't talk anymore. But one day, something changes and suddenly, Mike is everywhere. The frequent accidental touches and looks grow into something surprisingly similar to their behaviour when they were young. And that confuses Will, because Mike is still with El, right?
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04 Mar 2026
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Will’s expression smoothes out then, and he’s looking at Mike in consideration, like he sees him in all the ways Mike does not want to be seen.
“You were jealous,” Will offers it like it’s a fact, simple as that, and Mike nearly doubles over with the shock of it, an immediate blow to whatever unbothered facade he’d been attempting to put on for Will.
“Was not,” but his voice is so weak that he nearly collapses in embarrassment, an omission of guilt clear as day.
Mike is in love with Will. He tries very hard to love him quietly.
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04 Mar 2026
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Will Byers wished he had a heart as pure as Mikes. Soft and caring, leading them through every rough phase. Mike Wheeler always knew what’s best for their group.
Will wonders if this is the reason he hardly ever answered his letters throughout the last year and avoids his presence now. Does he know that Will is bad for the party? That separating ways would have been the best solution to everything, to ending the pain they all went through, since Will Byers rolled a seven on November 6th in 1983?
Or is it something worse? Something neither Will nor Mike can fully admit – not, until both accept their deepest feelings and desires.
Because Vecna wastes no time to use secrets and fears against his enemies. Secrets, that could either turn their world upside down, or kill them all …OR
Stranger Things S5 Rewrite bc I couldn’t handle the original and smb had to fix it in an angsty byler way.
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01 Mar 2026
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“Will, Will listen to me!“ Mike shakes Will out of his crying, the low sobs covering the silence “I just want to know why you did it, why you destroyed this place“ Mike wonders how come Will has taken no hesitation in destroying this place, his safe haven. And Mike has been fighting the itching curiosity from climbing over his confused heart.
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Mike‘s book becomes famous and he has to go on a tour - one of the destinations being New York where Will Byers lives.
Lucas somehow convinces Mike to ask Will if he could crash in his place, Will agrees and is suddenly nervous about Mike meeting his boyfriend Carlton.
After some problems while Mike stays there, Mike prompts Will to visit Hawkins and rebuild Castle Byers. Questions issue in the process and bottled up feelings are being set free.Bookmarked by Discopal
28 Feb 2026
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come back to me and forgive everything by dragons_like_smores
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 May 2023
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Will wiped his damp eyes with the back of his hand and then looked back at Mike. He said, with a wobble in his voice, “I just don’t want to go. I know it’s stupid, it’s only a month and I’ve done it before, but Jonathan was always there, and now he won’t be. And I’m going to miss you so much. I’m going to miss everyone.”
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Will spends every July at Lonnie’s due to his parents’ custody agreement from their divorce. Fueled by a heartsickness that he doesn’t quite have a name for yet, Mike does his best to make things better.
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28 Feb 2026
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After Mike unwittingly stumbles into a series of interpersonal bombshells, he immediately sets out to find Will so he can find out what, exactly, that painting meant, and why Will lied about it. Unfortunately, Mike is obsessively obstinate and relentless to a fault, and he'll go to the literal ends of the earth to get the answers he needs.
Or: Mike and Will's Apocalypse Romcom Spectacular
(Formerly known as We Will All Go Together When We Go - see beginning author's note for more info)
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- Part 1 of To Hell and Back Again
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25 Feb 2026
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“if you won’t hear me, then i’ll write until my stories carry me to you”
“i keep painting as if you might come back. someone always come, but it’s never you”
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Will is a painter who earns just enough to survive, sustained by a mysterious buyer he knows only as a young, eloquent woman. At the same time, Mike is a famous novelist who keeps writing stories meant for the one person he once loved who may never read them, but the whole country does. Both believed they would never cross paths again, but they are forced back into each other's lives through a series of unexpected encounters. As old feelings resurface, they not only wonder when they will meet next, but whether they are finally ready to see each other.
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22 Feb 2026
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After Will moves to Montauk, Sunday night calls become the only thing holding the distance between them. But the dream won’t leave Mike alone.
He returns to the same beach night after night, a place he’s visited too many times before. This time, instead of running, he crosses the water.
Will is waiting. Close enough to touch. Close enough to kiss. And when Mike wakes, the feeling doesn’t fade.
The next morning, alone in an empty house for three weeks, Mike tries to convince himself it was only a dream.
Then a pale yellow envelope arrives in the mail.
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‘And I know that’s silly, because we call on Sunday nights. But it’s not the same. It’s never just you and me anymore. I mean, obviously I like talking to Dustin and Lucas, but they don’t get me. Not like you do.’It’s almost frightening how closely their thoughts mirror each other. Every Sunday he wishes, quietly, that the calls could just be them. No interruptions. No overlapping jokes. Just Will’s voice and the space between them.
He’s never said it out loud.
And now here it is, written plainly in ink, resting between his fingers.
‘I can’t say things to them that I would easily say to you. No one knows me like you do, Mike,'
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21 Feb 2026
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You can call me up, phone works two ways you know? by vampskiss711
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Feb 2026
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When Will Byers moves back to Hawkins, he and Mike Wheeler pretend they're strangers. With Will's artistry and Mike's writing. They are assigned a comic that needs to be finished by the end of the year; if it's not, then both of them get a fail. Will can't stand Mike's personality, and Mike can't stand Will's constant goody two-shoes act. Will they learn to work together? Or will old tensions flare?
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childhood friends to enemies to lovers byler au where mike and will are forced to write a comic together
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20 Feb 2026
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the magic we hide (you touched my soul) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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“He says it’s about protecting the kingdom,” Mike said, quieter now. “But who is he protecting it from? Fathers? Children? People trying to survive?”
Will’s fingers tightened slightly against Mike’s shoulders, a silent reminder that he was there.
“Fear makes people cruel,” Will said gently. “And sometimes… fear makes them believe they’re right, even when they're not.”
Mike searched his face. “Do you believe that?”
Will held his gaze. Careful. Measured.
“I believe,” he said slowly, “that you would do it differently. You will do it differently.”
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In Hawkins, magic is treason.
Will has spent his life hiding what he is, protecting the prince from the shadows, and pretending his heart doesn’t belong to him.
Mike has spent his life trying not to become his father.
When monsters rise, secrets unravel, and love refuses to stay hidden, the cost of the truth may be higher than either of them can survive.
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18 Feb 2026
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“I panicked, Max. Like, full-body—couldn't breathe."
"Maybe you just need to find someone who can pay attention to you," Max tells him. "Someone who would notice if you were about to freak out, or something."
They're not talking about Mike, obviously, even though he'd be so good at that job.
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Mike overhears Will talking about a failed bondage attempt with his boyfriend. Mike becomes obsessed with the idea that he could do better.
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13 Feb 2026
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Will moves back to an upright position, wiping his hair out of his eyes, head and shoulders peeking above the water. “Mike,” he says, pulling Mike up with him, their fingers still intertwined.
“Yeah?” Mike says, tilting his head so the water trickles out of his ears, wincing slightly. “What is it?”
Will’s eyes dart back and forth between his, and then Mike feels his hand squeeze his own. “I don’t want you to, like, think I moved back for you,” he starts, which in and of itself would be enough to get Mike’s soul soaring straight out of his own body, if it weren’t for Will’s thumb pressed against his pulse point like some kind of mortal tether. “Because it’s not like that, I promise. But I think– I think I realized there’s a difference between things you want and things you need, you know?”
mike wheeler on losing people and having them again, the difference between wanting and needing, and finally letting go.
ft. robin buckley, will byers, and the mortifying ordeal of working in the food service industry
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11 Feb 2026
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It's been three years, and everyone seems to have moved on except Mike Wheeler. Stuck in the same routine, days blending together over and over. He's opted to accept his fate but some feelings can't stay repressed forever.
As he grapples with his demons, he realizes escape is an option, leading him down a twisted road of memories past. Reliving each trauma reminds him, however, exactly why he was choosing to conform all along. If Mike can escape Vecna's curse, he just might rewrite a love story they've heard before.
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31 Jan 2026
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"Will could do nothing but stare at him. He quickly looked away, as Chance started kissing his lips, and Will started kissing back. But he couldn't help but open his eyes.
To find Mike staring right at him.
With a woman on his lips.
His hand around her waist.
Her hand around his face.
But his eyes were on Wills'.
And Wills' eyes were on Mikes.It was like they were the only two people in the world. Most people were crouching down, lowering down to the song. They were the only two fully standing up. Looking from afar. Two sides of the room suddenly felt like two sides of the world. "
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What if the party had gone to that party after all?
Will has stuffed his feelings down for mike for years. But I guess it's never really over.Bookmarked by Discopal
26 Jan 2026
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Will helps Mike bandage a wound on his arm after the events at the MAC-Z. And Mike is completely normal about being around his best friend who has powers now. Just like any best friend would be. Normal.
Except when Vecna goes after Mike, he forces Mikes true feelings to bubble up to the surface as he gets trapped inside his own mind. Of course, the only person that could save him is the one person that causes these buried feelings to haywire.
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26 Jan 2026
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Something is Wrong with Mike Wheeler by The_Bees_Want_Arson for Orcareux
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Mar 2026
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“Jeez, you really are sick.” Will muttered and Mike choked out a laugh.
“‘S just my luck.” He murmured, ignoring the way his head spun when he lifted it from the toilet seat.
Even under the harsh white light of the bathroom, Will still looked good, his honey brown eyes furrowed in concern and lips slightly parted. He was beautiful, and Mike wanted to bite him.
He recoiled a bit at the thought but now that he had thought it, it wouldn't go away. He could imagine it, digging his teeth into Will’s wrist, blood beading from the teeth marks faster than he could lick it up. The rushing in his ears got louder, twin heartbeats thudding in his ears and Mike turned to heave into the toilet again, not even bothering to stop the sobs that were ripping through him.
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Mike Wheeler has always had shit luck; he just didn't think it was this shit. Something is wrong with him, and it all started when he was attacked by a stray Demo-bat.
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26 Jan 2026