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Mike wheeler has always been good at hiding things. Unfortunately for him, the people who love him are starting to notice.
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24 Aug 2026
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OH. MY. GOD. Mike being depressed will getting to be angry. CHANCE GETTING FUCKING REJECTED HAHA IN YOUR FACE FUCKING SUCK THAT BITCH. Cant wait for whatever teen shenanigans they get up to >:3
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Mike didn’t have any plans for his future apart from following his best friend to college so that everything could stay exactly the same between them.
But when it doesn’t, when Will meets new people, or more specifically, a new person, Mike realises just how far from okay he is with that. And it may just lead to him realising some other things that he’s feeling too…
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Mike and Will move to College, Will gets a boyfriend, and Mike gets very, very jealousBookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
21 Jul 2026
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hOLY SHIT THIS WAS PEAK. i loved it.jealous mike. mike figuring himself out. mike and nancy. supporive karen. Ted Wheeler hate. even hopperwasawesome. fr one of the best written fics iveread<33
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Will burst into one of the most blinding, dazzling smiles Mike had ever seen. It wouldn't matter if they were on the darkest, cloudiest night in the middle of the ocean; Will was a beacon of light. Mike couldn't tell if there were actual stars in his eyes or if it was just a reflection, but it didn't matter. Will was too stunningly beautiful, and that look was too intense, and he had to look away as his stomach turned and his brain tried to come up with a generic response to whatever Dustin was saying on the radio. The past few weeks he had been desperately trying to convince himself that it was just his old crush rearing it's head. He had moved on from Will, really. They could be friends again without all the relationship drama that came between them in highschool. But sitting on the top of a hill on a cold November night he realized nothing had changed at all.
Fuck, he was still madly in love with Will Byers.
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After graduating, both Mike and Will struggled to adjust to life after the Upside Down. It didn't help they had already drifted apart. But now, 8 years later, Mike finally reached out again, and the 2 struggle to rebuild their friendship while also hiding their romantic feelings for each other.Series
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
20 Jul 2026
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bookmarking this so i can read after french exam lmao
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Mike's life is split in three categories; the life he should have, the life he wants to have, and the life he has to have. Currently, he's living in limbo between all three; he'll never have that white-picket fence and suburban wife, not when the only girl he could try to love has left him, and while he's finding it harder to live the life he has to have— the life where he hides himself so deep, not even the people he loves know who he is— he'll never get the life he wants, either.
Limbo sucks, to put it simply. He's so close to what he wants (which is Will, no matter how hard he tries to shove it down) but he just can't push past that barrier and talk to Will, not when everything he does always feels wrong.
But, maybe, Mike might come to learn that what he wants isn’t so bad, after all.
(Or; Mike's struggle with his internalized homophobia— among other things, including the concept of free will, Robin Buckley's mildly terrifying presence, and wanting things Mike's sure he doesn't deserve— structured around the five stages of grief. You can mourn a life you'll never live, and you can mourn someone you haven't actually lost.)
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
20 Jul 2026
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read this, ascended, forgot, found it on pinterest and im saving it for GOOD. this is a masterpiece and i loveit sm it protraoys mike's religious guilt and internalised homophobia so well!!
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"Mike could reason a lot away.
He'd been having nightmares since the day Will went missing, and headaches and even nosebleeds were symptoms of sleep deprivation and stress, both of which weren't exactly uncommon occurrences in his life. He hadn't heard any clock, and he thinks he'd know if he'd been hunted by a monster from another dimension - probably.
But Mike was also not a complete idiot - usually - and he was good at recognising patterns.Most damming of all, all of this had stopped practically the second he left Hawkins.
This fucking town."
Aka my rewrite of season five, featuring Mike being vecna'd and very slowburn very angsty Byler.
How long will it take Mike to tell someone he is being hunted and psychologically tortured by an interdimensional monster?
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
12 Jun 2026
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AHHHH SO GOOD!! WEAVES MIKE BEING VECNA'D INTO CANON MIKE SO GOOD???? AND I LOVE EVERYONES CHARACTERIZATION HERE AND MIKES GOING THRU LITERAL *HELL* I CANNOT THIS IS PEAK
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I wanna be buried in the ground (And I don't want anyone to ever dig me out) by Its_bugs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Apr 2023
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5 times Mike Wheeler almost gets Vecna'd and one time he does.
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- Part 1 of Mike Wheeler learns to heal and love
Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
10 Jun 2026
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AHGHHHH I LIVE 5+1 FICS SM THIS IS SO GPPD I LOVE MIKE GETTING VECNA'D !!!
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
10 Jun 2026
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MIKE AS A BARTENDER!!! this is so good i cannot. The drink spilling??? Heated makeout?? Carlton hate?? YES
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“Are you going to share your art or should I just sit here and wait until you’re done reading my smut?”
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An epistolary fic in which Mike is a fanfic writer and Will is a fan artist for Cleradin as Baldur’s Gate 3 OCs.
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- Part 1 of the bunnyverse
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
28 May 2026
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT BEST SEXTING BYLER FIC I'VE EVER READ IM SCREAMINGGGG
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I See A Man Who Get's To Make It Home Alive, But It's No Longer You by Orchidea88
Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins
09 Aug 2025
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Spoilers for Sunrise on the Reaping
The 50th winner of the second quarter quell, Haymitch Abernathy, returns from his games. Everyone from District 12 is happy to finally have a victor. His family is the happiest to see him back, safe and sound. But this quarter quell might’ve taken more out of Haymitch than everyone saw. Haymitch’s return through his family's eyes.
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Canon divergence, set in a universe where Haymitch’s girlfriend and family didn’t get killed after he returned from winning his Hunger Games, but the damage is already done and everyone gets to see the impact.
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22 May 2026
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this work is so talented!! it captures the loneliness of a victor perfectly, even if they have their loved ones w them. that just creates a pressure to keep them safe from snow. haymitch my shayla<33
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Six situations when Haymitch Abernathy hated his own advice and the one when he might like it.
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09 May 2026
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holy fuck. haymitch. katniss. 'stay alive'. i can't. this is painful. perfect. AHHHHH
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“How would I know his favorite color is yellow and his least favorite food is asparagus, especially when it’s all floppy. How would I know that if he didn’t tell me…”
Mike Wheeler knows Will Byers so well that he doesn’t realize his friend is ‘nonverbal.’ Mike uses stories and playing pretend to get to know Will and is shocked to learn that he ‘can’t’ talk.
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29 Apr 2026
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this is so cute. like, teh peak miwi fluff ever with non-verbal will too!! i love it<33333
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The Quell Victor by Mo13
Fandoms: The Hunger Games (Movies), Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
10 Apr 2025
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Sunrise on the Reaping canon divergence au, in which Snow leaves Haymitch's mom and brother alive in order to force him into victor prostitution and Haymitch doesn't push everyone away...yet. Contains massive spoilers for SOTR, do not read unless you've finished it.
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- Part 1 of The Quell Victor verse
Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
13 Apr 2026
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terrified for what's gonna happen to haymitch fr. my shayla. also love that ma and sid are alive. and PTSD being called 'miner's shock'.
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Okay so I'm rewriting the Stranger Things finale because wtf was that. I'm rewriting almost everything. I will be giving Mike emotions.
I don't really know how long this fic will be but I don't think very long because this is the first fic I have ever written.If you have something I forgot to write or something I should focus on more please tell me, now go enjoy this fic.
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
04 Apr 2026
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10/10. they have stacy's party, jealous and protective mike, will angst but not TOO much, and one of the sweetest fics ever and a better ending than the duffer brothers could create
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Mike grabs Will’s hands and tangles them with his own, blinking up at him through his long, dark lashes. His eyes are endless. Solid black, like the night above them. So shiny that Will can see himself, tipsy and happy, in the reflection. “I want to be stuck with you,” Mike whispers, like it’s a secret. “I don’t ever want to leave.”
Will sucks in a sharp breath, squeezing his hands. “Then don’t,” he whispers back, punched-out and honest. “Stay.”
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Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out.
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04 Apr 2026
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i love this so much def one of my favourites. tw for derealization tho. but still it's so cuteeee
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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.
From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.
This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.
will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
03 Apr 2026
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT OMFG I LOVE THIS MIKE BEING VECNA'D FIC 10/10 AHHHHHHH
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Billy Hargrove hit Mike just a little bit harder, Max woke up just a little bit later and Mike Wheeler had always had shitty luck. He gets drugged, hauled to Russia and jabbed with so many needles that he doesn’t know where he began and the needles ended.
But it’s not so bad (He’s lying, it fucking sucks) at least he has the boy in the bed next to his, and relatively regular mealtimes and-
Yeah, he's having trouble coming up with anything positive.
He just wants to go home, but the doctor and this strange new thing in his chest aren’t going to let him. That’s fine, he’ll just have to get himself out.
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TLDR: Mike Wheeler gets taken to Russia, gets powers and has to figure out how to get himself the hell out of there without killing himself or getting killed first.
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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
11 Mar 2026
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THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE TRAINWRECK AND I LOVE IT I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS FIC IT SSOOOOO GOOD
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Aug 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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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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Bookmarked by Im_just_a_nerd
24 Feb 2026
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this is absolutely amazing. no notes. 10/10.
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Dazai and Chuuya finally got rid of Fyodor but are still stuck in Paris and find a hotel to stay in.
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Dazai purposely picks a love hotel for him and Chuuya.
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The Year Severus gets a Makeover by animeisreality
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Feb 2026
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That's pretty much it. Snape gets a look upgrade and Sirius doesn't know how to deal with it.