18 Bookmarks by Eternally_Unidentified
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Will is a radio show host at the WSQK, broadcasting his hit series, "Off the Record", where he hosts anonymous confessions. Most times the confessions are from random people, but on a dark and rainy night, his unrequited love, Mike calls...
Mike is regretting everything. So on his late bus ride back home from working at his dead-end writing job, he listens to the voice of all he's ever wanted. He would usually just listen along and drown himself deeper into despair. But tonight he stops at a telephone booth in the middle of the road, and dials the radio station, hoping that he could finally confess his regrets.
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27 Mar 2026
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I’m so insecure (Never knew that love did this) by Sooniechan
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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“Building a castle for your love?” Micheal smirked, delivering a pat on Mike’s back that almost sent the boy flying off the couch. “Marvelous! You certainly are me. Will shall surely love a castle.”
“Uh, it's a fort. Not an actual castle.”
Micheal ignored Mike. “William and I will help you. There will be no universe where we aren’t meant to be together. Our souls are connected, no matter where we are.” He smiled and the scars on his face looked less threatening. That must be how William sees Micheal. A mop of messy curly hair and a wide cute smile.
“You’ll help? Because I want to fix Castle Byers for Will.”
“Certainly. Demogorgons are roaming your woods, William will accompany you while I can stay here and distract your Will.”
“Okay, okay.” Mike nodded his head and grinned. “Deal.”
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Paladin! Mike and Cleric! Will accidentally appear in Hawkins and find out their counterparts are not together! So they decide to play matchmakers and help a struggling Mike Wheeler to confess to Will.Bookmarked by Eternally_Unidentified
19 Mar 2026
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I grieve in stereo (the stereo sounds strange) by lalilarise
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 May 2026
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Will Byers is dead. He got lost one night and fell down a cliff, drowned to death. Such a tragedy, nobody is able to ever truly forget about it or the poor boy who lived it. His friends and family never even go near that cliff out of the pure agony that comes with it.
They all remember him. His sweet toothy smile, his big shiny eyes. His kindness, his shyness,… his pain. Everyone remembers. Everyone but him.
What if Will Byers was never rescued, and presumed dead?
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25 Feb 2026
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And If You Go, I Wanna Go With You by an_extra_terrestrial
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Feb 2026
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In November of 1983, two young boys died in a lake in Hawkins, Indiana. Just days after each other.
One boy’s body was pulled from the lake, the other was last seen jumping into it just hours after.
Michael Wheeler and William Byers become a tale. A warning.
A warning of what happens to kids like them.
Except, Mike and Will didn’t die that night.
Dying might have been kinder than the fate they received after.
Or: What if when Mike jumped in Season 1, Eleven didn’t save him and he ended up in the Upside Down?
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20 Feb 2026
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the world froze around us (you kissed me goodnight) by dizzy_edge
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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Mike fought to stay awake, because he had never felt the sensation of death, so he didn’t know if this would be the end. He didn’t know if his last moments were spent bathing in the past, and the past coming back to embrace him. He wasn’t even sure if it was real at all, or if he was just hallucinating the desires he’d felt since he was a child. All he could feel, as his vision turned black and consciousness slipped away, was what felt like a press of lips against his, a final warmth, a kiss goodbye as he ventured into the unknown. He was afraid, but even if it wasn’t real, the kiss, filled with home, made him feel safe.
Mike, a soldier for his kingdom, finds himself on death's doorstep after a fatal injury. In his final moments, he is greeted by a boy from his past that he never thought he'd see again.
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02 Feb 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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24 Jan 2026
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i just died in your arms tonight (it must've been something you said) by szeasons
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2026
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Sure enough, Mike is no longer sprawled across his bed like he was a few minutes ago and has migrated to the end of his chambers. Will watches with mild amusement as the stupid excuse for a prince attempts to balance on the narrow ledge beneath the window, arms out like he’s daring gravity to notice him and send him toppling to the ground outside.
“Do you remember,” Will asks mildly, “when you fell out of the apple tree that you insisted on climbing and broke your wrist?”
Mike doesn’t turn around. “I didn’t fall. I jumped.”
“You screamed on the way down.”
“I didn’t scream,” Mike mutters, petulance creeping into his voice. “Princes don’t scream.”
“This prince screams,” Will says. “In my ears, a lot.”
or, where Mike is a prince and Will is his long-term servant and best friend. Oh, and he's also a sorcerer on the side, and in love with said prince. This will end well, right?
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12 Jan 2026
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Mike swears he can hear a clock ticking, in tune to the beat of his heart, making his eardrums pulse. He wonders if it’s just his subconscious mind taunting him because he is very, very late to school.
And it’s all Will’s fault.
Coercing him to the backseat of the car before they could enter the school building. Batting his eyelashes at him innocently like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.
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Mike Wheeler has never been happier. He has the best boyfriend in the world and the best set of friends anyone could ask for. He's popular, gets invited to parties, and he's STILL in the honeymoon phase of his relationship. He doesn't think his life could get any better. But then why does something feel...off?
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09 Jan 2026
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08 Jan 2026
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i am dying here (i am yours) by anakinskywalkerswifey
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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“don’t touch him,” max says immediately.
“i’m not—i’m just—he’s hurt. he looks hurt.”
dustin drops to his knees in the sand, hands up, palms out, like he’s approaching a wild animal. “okay. okay, hey. hey, it’s fine. you’re fine. nobody’s dead. i mean— you’re not dead dude whoever you are. which is good. great, actually.”
the boy’s good eye snaps to him.
dustin’s stomach flips.
“holy shit,” he whispers. “holy shit, it’s you.”
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- Part 1 of will was never found
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08 Jan 2026
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Will was used to being ignored. He never thought it wouldve almost cost him his life.
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08 Jan 2026
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Will Byers goes missing on the night of November 6th after a game of DnD with his best friends. No one sees it coming, and everyone except for his closest family and friends are sure he’s got to be dead.
There are no lights to speak to, but there are demodogs to kill, and a bald girl in the woods. Mike is sure they lead to Will, even when he’s missing much longer than just a week or two.
Bob dies for a reason, even if he doesn’t know it, and that is to save Will. What no one expects is for Will to show up in the very building after murdering said monsters with the same powers as Eleven. It becomes increasingly clear that he doesn’t know what’s going on, and neither do they, although for very different reasons.
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06 Jan 2026
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What Do I Do Now? (I Don't Keep Love Around) by Arstoryels
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Feb 2026
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Mike wakes to the sound of movement in the kitchen. He pushes himself up, still groggy, and steps into the hallway.
“Hey, baby,” a voice says easily, not looking up. “You want coffee—?”
Carlton turns around, stops short. Blinks once.
“Oh,” he says, then laughs under his breath. “You’re… not Will.”
Mike freezes.
Or,
Post-canon, Mike Wheeler crashes at his best friend’s New York apartment for a book deal. But he wasn't ready to see this version of Will Byers: confident, successful, in love, surrounded by community and so, so free.
While Will lives the life he has always deserved, Mike grieves El and comes to the quiet, devastating realization that he might be in love a few years too late.
Despite everything, they still seem to find their way back to each other.
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- 11/11
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01 Jan 2026
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It turns out, Will Byers is a bit more than he appeared to be.
Everyone has some opinions on that, especially Will himself.
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The first 40-ish chapters were written between Volume 1 and Volume 2, so this is NOT Volume 2 compliant. Oh well!
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30 Dec 2025
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I wanted to leave (but here I am again) by HoneyRocket
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Dec 2025
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“Are you just not speaking today?”
It was a genuine question.
His throat felt drier than usual. Will forced himself to swallow, shakily nodding.
El nodded as well, turning back to her food. “Then I will not as well.”
Will stared at her after that one, a little dumbfounded. Was she.. serious?
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In which Will Byers is selectively mute, and out of everyone throughout his life to be apart of him, El makes him feel the least like a freak for everything.
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20 Dec 2025
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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17 Dec 2025
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Theo can’t take the guilt anymore so he takes matters into his own hands. Too bad Boris disagrees with Theo’s solution.
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13 Dec 2025
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the in-betweens of this small town by greycoloredhounds
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 May 2026
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It's 2012. Will Byers and his family have just moved to Hawkins, Indiana and he is just about to start his first day of sophomore year.
The only problem?
He has to find a way to navigate life in a small conservative town while hiding the fact that he is both transgender and gay.
Will can surely do this. I mean, there can’t be much to it. Right?
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29 Nov 2025