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beg forgiveness, plead with you by doe_eyed_tragedies
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jun 2026
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Mike Wheeler is in love with Will Byers, but it’s the kind of love that takes bravery that Mike simply does not possess, and doesn’t believe he ever will.
Mike only knows how to hide - from the people he loves most, from his feelings, from himself. He hides behind his relationship with El; he knows he pretends she’s someone else.
She’s going away to study abroad, and she wants more for herself than a relationship with someone who doesn’t even know her favorite color.
In a mindless and pathetic plea, Mike professes to El that she is the best thing that’s ever happened to him, despite the pain and suffering Will had to go through in order for their paths to cross.
Will overhears this, and with a broken heart and severe desperation to get over Mike, he takes up on his scholarship from NYU (that mike is unaware of) and makes everyone around them promise not to tell Mike where he’s going.
After all, hasn’t Will has always been great at hiding?
Four years later in 1993, Mike finds out where Will has been hiding from him and will do anything in his power to beg and plea for will to be back by his side.
Except Will Byers has moved on with someone new.
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30 Jun 2026
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Will is going to die.
Not how he thought he would. Not in a mess of vines and slime at the end of the world or the razor sharp claws of a Demogorgon.
It'll be his own fault. It'll be punishment for something he tried to bury inside himself. They know what he is and they're doing it in the name of a god that hadn't been there for Will no matter how loud he cried.
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Hawkins has been plagued with deaths, disappearances and despair. It's more than a few that have noticed it all changed the night of November 6th 1983. William Byers has been claimed by the devil and will answer to God, one way or another.
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14 Jun 2026
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“What?”, Will huffs, shaking his head in disbelief. “You know blue does not only equate sadness, right? It is one of the blatantly obvious meanings, sure, but it can also imply tranquility, loyalty, trust, peace, and—"
Shut up, shut up, shut up, the voice in his head screams by now, but one cannot interrupt Will in the middle of one of his art rants. Impossible. No chance. “And with the vastness of the sky or sea, blue is also often associated with distance, longing, yearning, and— stuff.”
“Distance”, Mike echoes, and only then does Will truly understand what he has just admitted into the air freely, completely unprovoked and voluntarily. “Longing. Yearning.”
Obviously, this is the exact moment Robert Smith decides to sing about the fact that it is Friday, and that he is very much in love.
Five times Mike distracts Will from his art assignments with his stupidly flirtatious ways, and one time Will actually needs his help to complete a coursework.
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01 Jun 2026
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Because Mike still reaches for him first. Still saves him the front seat; still seeks him out automatically in crowded hallways and noisy rooms. Still builds futures around them with casual certainty, like there’s no version of his life where Will isn’t standing directly beside him.
This is just how Mike is. He always has been, really. Fiercely loyal and strangely intense and occasionally just impossible to understand. Will’s survived over a decade of friendship navigating the inconsistencies in Mike Wheeler’s behavior. He’s survived monsters and possession; the literal apocalypse.
Surely he can survive this too.
He just has to stop wanting more from it.
That’s the real problem, Will reminds himself. Not Mike. Not Jane. Just him, still reading too much into every look and touch and half-finished sentence because some hopeless, pathetic part of him refuses to learn its lesson.
[Or: The world doesn’t end, nobody dies in the final battle, and everyone has to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives anyway.]
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28 May 2026
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“It doesn’t matter if it takes a hundred more crawls,” Mike says, planting his hands against the table. “A thousand! We don’t stop until we’re goddamn sure that wrinkled, rotting, noseless bastard is dead and gone and never coming back.”
Will’s smiling, now, looking reassured. And Mike’s saying it for El’s sake, but also Will’s. Max’s. Eddie’s, too. Everyone who’s been hurt by this monster, who won’t be able to sleep at night with even the slimmest chance that he might still be out there.
He has to do something. And until there’s a better plan, or more information to go off of, this is the only option.
He puts his hand out above the table. “Everyone in?”
Lucas, looking determined, slaps his palm on top of Mike’s. Then Will. Then, when there’s only one of them left, they turn to look at Dustin.
Dustin’s mouth twitches to the side. His torn Hellfire shirt ripples in the late-autumn breeze. “I want to see Vecna’s heart on a platter,” he says. His voice is low, almost scarily detached. Like he has nothing left to lose. “Just wish I could do it myself.”
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season 5, but make it byler. (again!)
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- Part 6 of i know the end
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25 May 2026
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NOVEMBER 6TH, 1986
In the three years since Will Byers went missing, the town of Hawkins has been under constant threat of the creatures from the Upside Down. But now, eight months after Vecna has ruptured a giant rift through the town of Hawkins, that threat is about to reemerge. Unaware of Vecna's true plans and trapped under a military quarantine, our heroes will not only be forced to face the greatest evil from the Upside Down, but also overcome impossible odds, in order to save the world, and each other, one last time.
Written in a SCREENPLAY format, this fic operates as a diverging conclusion for the final season of Stranger Things.
EDIT 6/21: Chapter 5 in progress!
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23 May 2026
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Mike turns around and sees Will standing in the middle of the hallway and stops.
"Hey," he says. "Can I help you find something?"
His voice in person is slightly different from the radio. This is the version before the edit. Louder, and a little breathless from arguing, and entirely unaware of how often Will had listened to him.
"I'm here about a logo commission," Will says. He sounds, he thinks, almost normal. Even with his brain operating at half-capacity.
Mike's eyebrows go up in surprise. "We're getting a new logo?"
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college radio dj mike x art student will
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20 May 2026
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"So after being with her for years, you couldn't even tell her you loved her when she needed it the most?" Will spat back at him.
"I kept looking at her and seeing you. God you look so much alike, whenever I was with her, I kept thinking about you."
"No, don't put this on me. It's not my fault you couldn't tell Jane you loved her," Will replied. "Not even when she was killing herself to save us."
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Will wished it had been him instead of Jane.
So does Mike, but in an entirely different way.Bookmarked by Fr0ggert
20 May 2026
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the strings would break (the instrument shattered into fragments) by jurassicwill
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 May 2026
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Will Byers knows how to do his job. Three years as concertmaster, and he has never once let the music ask more of him than he was prepared to give.
Then the new conductor walks in and starts asking for exactly that.
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Will's hand has been wrong since spring, Mike Wheeler has been watching him since September, and the Pathétique is not a kind piece to fall apart to.
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19 May 2026
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“Will stares down at the foreign object that he just retched up, his brows furrowing. And then that’s when he realizes that not only does this look like a flower, it is a flower.”
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Will Byers is 13 years old. He plays a wizard. He is soft-spoken, gentle, and delicate.
On a dimmer note, he is also slowly dying of love for his childhood best friend, Mike Wheeler.He has two options. Surgically remove the disease blossoming in his lungs, sacrificing his love for his life. Or, he can sacrifice his life so that his love lives on.
There could be a secret third option, though. It’s up to an oblivious Mike to decide Will’s final the fate for the both of them.
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14 May 2026
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the worst thing about being honest by quietforasecond
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Aug 2022
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Will coughs violently when the lack of oxygen creates a ringing in his ears, and then he’s leaning forward and gagging. He fully expects to see a squirming veiny worm hit the sink like one had two years ago after his encounter with the Upside Down, but instead, he’s met with petals.
Will watches in more fascination than horror as they slowly float down to the sink.
Or the one where Mike keeps falling asleep, Will can’t stop hacking up flowers, and everyone is suddenly great at giving advice.
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13 May 2026
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When he was lying back against his pillows, shucking his shirt and opening his mouth for Mike to kiss, Will was positively godlike. He was Mike’s savior, Mike’s redeemer. If the world was doomed, Will could save it with a kiss.
Mike and Will, at the end of the world.
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900-XXX-XXXX call 4 a good time <3
"And what does God do?" The Reverend leans forward, gripping the edges of the pulpit. One hand raised towards the crowd, others reaching forward with pained expressions, lips moving in urgent whispers—pleading, begging, some of them crying.
Mike watches them pray for salvation.
They can’t all be saved.
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Will Byers is a phone sex operator, and Mike Wheeler is his favorite caller.
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10 May 2026
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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- 125,264
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- 6/12
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09 May 2026
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Problem Solving and Accidental Matchmaking: A Guide by Dustin Henderson by plsdontmakemecry
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jan 2026
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“That is dumb.” She blinked. “I do not care if Will brings a boy. Will is Will. He is kind. He should be able to go with us and a boy and have fun.”
“Exactly!” Dustin snaps. “Which is why I’m asking Will to be my prom date!”
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Dustin Henderson has a plan.
It is a good plan.
The fact that it may cause emotional fallout, accidental matchmaking, and unforeseen consequences is not his fault.- Language:
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07 May 2026
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a lesson in coasting: an idiot's guide to gay allyship by michael j. wheeler by cinnamoncider
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 May 2026
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“So, I’ve been thinking," Mike throws his head back into the sofa’s head rest. “You know how I talk about girls all the time?”
The pencil in Will’s hand freezes for just a moment, something Mike wouldn’t have been able to tell at all if he wasn’t staring right at Will’s hands to avoid his gaze. “So?”
“Well, I’ve been thinking, right?”
Will looks up, but Mike isn’t looking back at him. He’s picking at a loose thread on the couch cushion. “What, about girls?”
“No,” Mike shakes his head, “about boys."
Will nearly chokes on his tongue. “You’ve been thinking about boys?”
or, mike conducts an uncomfortably elaborate semester-long personal inquiry project on how to be a better straight ally to his gay best friend. for educational reasons only. obviously
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07 May 2026
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“Woah,” Will whispers to himself incredulously, laughing a little under his breath as he shuffles through the pages of the letter again. He can’t help but admire the smooth, off-white stationery, its pleasant weight in his hands. A serious-looking “MJW” watermark adorns the top of each page, totally at odds with the entertaining missive and its author’s garbled cursive. Will laughs quietly to himself again. What sixteen-year-old boy on earth has monogrammed stationery?
Michael J. Wheeler, apparently. Where did Max find this guy?
Mike Wheeler is insecure, even by normal teenage standards. So when his friend, Max, connects him with her old friend from California, he's surprised by how easily they get along. But as the weeks wear on, their letters grow increasingly personal, and they make plans to embark on a week-long trip, Mike can't let go of one inconvenient, anxiety-inducing thought: What if he wants to be more than friends?
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02 May 2026
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“Come on,” Mike argues. “Think of it like… a test drive. You’ll get the full Mike Wheeler boyfriend experience. It’s miserable! You’ll be over me in no time!”
They only have one last summer before they go off to college, and Will is sick of keeping his cards so close to his chest. So, in a fit of alcohol-induced bravery, he tells Mike everything.
Instead of breaking his heart, Mike proposes a deal: they’ll date for the summer. Get Mike out of Will’s system, show him he makes for a lousy boyfriend anyway, and make sure there aren’t any what-ifs waiting for him in New York.
No stone left unturned, after all.
Or: Summer brings clouds, nostalgia, and the all-consuming fear of change. They deal with it.
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02 May 2026
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the more things change (are you sure they have?) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 May 2026
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Will doesn’t get three steps inside the Squawk before a hurricane slams into his legs.
“Will!” The tiny hurricane exclaims.
All words Will has ever had vanish in the face of a tiny Mike beaming up at him.
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02 May 2026
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Max
15 bucks says we know by the end of junemy stalker
Whoa someone’s confidentdustin
you guys are not seriously betting on thisdustin
how bored are you????el
Verydustin
fine 10 bucks says nothing’s going on between them and you’re all insanemy stalker
Are we bad people for betting on thisdustin
probablyOr: The party (and some special guests) place bets on whether or not Will and Mike are together.
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29 Apr 2026