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Mike barks a laugh. “I’m, unfortunately, requesting your companionship Thursday night to see Child’s Play 2 with Will and I.”
She sends him a look of bewilderment. “How did I get dragged into your date with Will?”
“Y’know, it’s really great that I can count on such discretion from you and Lucas. Super awesome that you don’t tell each other everything.” Max ignores him and he continues on. “Well, I tried my best, but he kind of looked at me all-dumbfounded and wasn’t saying anything, so I panicked.”
“Well, duh. He’s liked you since, like, birth. Did you even give him enough time to answer?”
“Of course I gave him enough time to answer.” Mike grits out, voice tight. “I know how to have a fucking conversation with someone, Maxine.”
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Mike Wheeler can’t pick a major to save his life, is fighting for said life in the worst class ever (Astronomy 101), and is desperately trying to romance the best person in his life.
Enter: Will Byers, his advanced concepts in painting final project, and his pretty eyelashes.
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- Part 2 of devotion | Indiana University
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23 Jan 2026
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“So yeah, you could say I’m sexually frustrated,” Will concludes, a wry smile on his face as he finally finishes his rant. “Not to be too graphic, but all I want is a nice, good-looking man who can fuck me hard.” He tips his head towards Mike’s where they're both leaning against the wall, and shuts his eyes for a long moment. “It’s whatever, though. I’ll get ov-”
“I could help you out,” Mike blurts out.
“You- I- What did you say?” Will stammers. Mike squeezes his eyes shut for a long moment, breathes, and then opens them again and meets Will’s gaze determinedly.
“I could help you,” Mike says, with somehow only the slightest tremble of uncertainty in his voice. "As in, we could have sex."or; Will is struggling. Guys who are nice, hot, AND good in bed are apparently non-existent at their university. Frustrated, he complains to Mike - who makes him an offer he can't refuse.
Unfortunately, there's always an aftermath to hooking up with your best friend.
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23 Jan 2026
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The girl in front of him erupts into shocked laughter, and Mike whirls around to grab Will by the shoulder. He goes limp under Mike’s hand like a trapped animal playing dead.
“Did—did you just bite me?”
His boyfriend, the absolute public hazard that he is, has the audacity to look disgruntled.
“Come on, what’s a little biting between friends?”
Mike gapes. “I-god, I don’t even know where to start with you! That was a-a-a chomp! You gnawed on me!” Call him weak all you want, but that bite had hurt. Also-- friends? How much had he drank tonight?
Unperturbed, Will rolls his eyes and leans forward. “I’ll show you real gnawing—”
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- Part 2 of Univeristy Bylers!
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22 Jan 2026
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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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22 Jan 2026
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Mike is burning up, inside and out.
Externally, there’s a bubbling burn wound carved across his shoulder— but, to be honest, a simple injury is the least of his worries. He’s more concerned with the aggravating, endlessly-perplexing internal dilemma that’s been plaguing his mind for God knows how long; why is he completely incapable of acting normal around Will?
Every time he sees Will— or even dares to look him in the eye— Mike feels this sort of fire burning deep in his chest, hot and all-consuming and completely inexplicable. And, no matter how hard he tries, Mike just can’t figure it out;
What is wrong with him?
(or; Mike has no idea why his heart starts to race around Will. It takes a near-death, some close encounters, and a few aggressive-but-caring talks from Jonathan for him to figure it out.)
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22 Jan 2026
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you never could get it unless you were fed it by falloutboi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s comical, Will thinks, that even as he’s pressed up between Chance and the wall, Chance’s strong hands alternating between gripping his waist and exploring under his shirt, that he’s still thinking of Michael fucking Wheeler.
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In which Mike and Will have been making out all summer, but Will won’t let Mike touch him.
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22 Jan 2026
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will byers’ guide to advanced concepts in painting by falloutboi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2025
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Dustin hums in agreement while he swallows his bite. “It’s like, against his factory settings to say no to you. What do you need him to do, model for you or something?”
Will shoves his face back into his hands. “I’m going to fail.”
Max rolls her eyes. “You’re not going to fail, you’re going to paint Mike.”
Will lifts his head up from his hands, eyes wide, and shakes his head. “You don’t understand.” He pleads with his awful, awful friends, voice low. “He’s been, he’s using my-he came out of my bathroom in just a towel last night.”
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Studio art major Will Byers has a study of the human body due before the semester ends, is in desperate need for a model, and has a huge, life-altering, heart wrenching crush on his best friend.
Enter: Mike Wheeler, his broken shower, and his collection of plaid-print boxers.
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- Part 1 of devotion | Indiana University
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22 Jan 2026
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“It’s stupid,” Will admits. He can already see Mike frowning, ready to refute him, so he continues before he loses his nerve: “But I was thinking about how I can’t believe that I’ve been through everything I’ve been through, and I’ve still never even kissed someone.”
Mike looks consummately surprised, his mouth a round O and his eyebrows halfway up his forehead. Will can hardly blame him, it’s not like they ever talk about this stuff — a boundary Will once set up very much on purpose. He’s ready for Mike to ask him what brought this on. Just as he’s mentally cataloging possible answers, Mike asks him an entirely different question.
“Never?”
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20 Jan 2026
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This is the first girl who’s ever asked Mike out — something he had, in the not too distant past, been terrified would never happen. And Mike just stands there, feeling like his dining hall dinner is about to crawl back up his esophagus.
Jeremy, Saint Jeremy, nudges him with an elbow. “He’s kind of private about it, but Mike actually has someone back home.”
Mike turns his head to look at Jeremy, expecting a knowing smile or the hint of a wink. But Jeremy actually looks sincere, which makes Mike’s eyebrows sink down, almost to the top of his nose.
“Will, right?” Jeremy supplies, forever trying to be helpful. “He’s at CalArts?”
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20 Jan 2026
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“Wait,” Lucas takes another glance at Will, specifically at the sweater he’s wearing. “Is that Mike’s?”
Here’s the other thing about the last eight or so months of Will Byers’ life: he’s been spending his nights, on and off, secretly, semi-occasionally, very frequently, kissing Mike Wheeler.
He’s confused about it too, don’t even worry.
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19 Jan 2026
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That’s What You Get For Falling In Love by harriet_vane
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Aug 2022
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After they save the world, Will gets a boyfriend and a haircut. Mike loses his mind.
A bunch of random words and feelings flash through Mike’s brain but they won’t settle down to form a sentence. He just can’t fathom the idea of Will…with a boyfriend. Will’s boyfriend. A boyfriend who is Will’s. It won’t make sense no matter how he squints at it. “Dudes kissing or whatever is cool,” Mike says eventually. “It’s just… Will…”
Will picks up a pillow and throws it at Mike’s face. Mike catches it. “That’s not fair,” Will says. “Dustin has Suzie, and Lucas has Max.”
“But you’re Will,” says Mike. Doesn't everyone else feel this way, too? Dustin and Lucas are looking at him with twin expressions of horrified fascination, like Mike is some kind of slow-motion train wreck. “I mean– I mean, you’ve always been–”
My Will, Mike’s brain finishes. Shit, he’s not saying that out loud.
“The baby?” asks Will, glaring at him. “Shut up, Mike.”
“No,” Mike says again, miserable, but he can’t say I don’t want there to be some other guy you like more than me out loud where god and Dustin can hear him and never let him forget it as long as he lives.
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19 Jan 2026
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what would they say (if they ever knew) by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Nov 2025
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“I won’t say anything to anyone.”
Oh.
Robin stops in her tracks and damn near drops her flashlight. “Huh?”
Just a step ahead of her, Will winces, stopping and turning back to look at Robin. His brow is furrowed together, and there’s an earnest expression on his face. “I won’t tell anyone,” he repeats, softer this time. “About… about you and that girl.”
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When Will walks in on Robin and Vickie at the hospital, Robin takes the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart with the younger teen.
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18 Jan 2026
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i want to know what love is (i want you to show me) by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jun 2022
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“I know we’ve talked about this, sort of… but I had to make sure you knew. I love you. Always have, and always will.”
“But not like that,” she says, and she doesn’t seem sad. They’ve been broken up for nearly a year now, after all.
“But not like that,” Mike agrees, and El gives him another smile—small and a little bittersweet.
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Five times Mike Wheeler learns a little something about what "love" really is.
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18 Jan 2026
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i don't want you like a best friend by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Sep 2022
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“I… I’m in love with him, aren’t I?” Mike groans, looking up.
There’s a beat.
Then, Max reaches across the table, and she pats Mike’s shoulder reassuringly. “You most definitely are,” she says with a bit of a sympathetic smile. “Congrats on figuring it out. I’ve known since the first year I met you.”
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Five times Mike Wheeler tells someone else about the feelings he has for his best friend, plus one time he actually tells his best friend.
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18 Jan 2026
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Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.
“I have an idea,” says Mike.
Ice cubes form in Will’s stomach. “How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?”
“No,” says Mike, “you can’t tell anyone or it won’t work.”
“Or what won’t work?” Will asks. It’s like picking up a rock you know a spider will be under.
Mike gets up and closes Will’s door. Hopper doesn’t make them keep it open but sometimes Will does anyway, because every now and then lying around alone with Mike on his bed just makes his chest ache too much. If the door is open he can tell himself You can’t do anything right now, someone will see.
Mike leans back against the door. His eyes are lit up with that special maniacal gleam that the Wheelers get right before they do something insane, like when Nancy says, “Then we have to go kill Vecna ourselves,” or whatever. “Take me to the wedding,” says Mike.
“Yeah,” says Will slowly, “you’ll be at the wedding. Obviously.”
“As your date."
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18 Jan 2026
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Stranger Things stole my heart 5 days before it broke it with the finale. Working through my feelings and "what ifs" with art.
Did I really believe queer love could help save the world? Yes I did, I really did.
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- Part 1 of Byler comics-art
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15 Jan 2026
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Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.
"Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.
He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."
"Again."
El is gone.
Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.
Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.
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- Part 1 of Supervoid
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14 Jan 2026
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“Keep it down, baby,” he hears Mike whisper. “Don’t want to wake anyone up, do you?”
Little fucking late for that.
Or, the worst thing that can happen to Jonathan Byers happens to Jonathan Byers.
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13 Jan 2026
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It should be him kissing Will. Holding and doting on him. Mike can feel something ugly stirring in his chest. His nails dig crescent moons into his palms, and he comes to the terrifying realization that he won’t rest until it’s true.
Mike really, really doesn’t like Will’s new boyfriend.
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13 Jan 2026
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As they prepare for the battle to save their world, Mike can't help but reflect on Will's coming-out speech. Specifically, the part where he mentions some random girl.
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11 Jan 2026