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It's Such A Shame (Our Friendship Had To End) by nyxbee
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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An eyebrow piercing. No- two. Matching ones on each side, all-black, matching the series of earrings and the snake bites that now adorned his mouth. A visible scar in the center of his lips, pale and standing out between the set of black on either side of it.
The scar from his first lip piercing.
The piercing that-
"You still have your powers."
"I’m sorry."In which Mike is an avoidant idiot covered in tattoos and piercings, Will is a tired lover boy just trying to pass his classes, and by some stroke of luck (or lack thereof), they end up at the same university, in the same room, two years after they last saw each other.
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Somewhere on the trek back from the Upside Down, moments before the explosion, Will admitted to Mike that he had feelings for him. However, far from being a romantic declaration, Will immediately clarified that he intended to move past those feelings just so they could remain friends.
Denied the space to process what Will’s confession might actually mean to him, Mike has transformed into a fiercely protective presence—or, as Max likes to call it, 'territorial.' Amidst half-finished conversations and terrible communication skills, they will still have to find a way to each other.
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05 Mar 2026
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Mike is, well… Mike. And Mike is many things. He’s a multifaceted person who’s many things at once. Good things, for sure. Mostly. Because Mike can also be quite reckless and stupid. Sometimes, when intelligence mattered.
Will isn’t being dishonest when he says both are things he likes about his best friend. He’d never say it aloud, but that bright, unheeding beam that settles on Mike’s face whenever he has a crazy idea does things to him. Dangerous things. Things that make Will dumb enough to go along with even when he knows he'll probably get him in trouble. Sometimes, though, he wishes Mike would ruminate a bit more on his thoughts before saying them aloud.
“Why not lose our virginities to each other? And that’s right, right? Virginities because it’s...”
What the hell is coming out of his mouth?
“Excuse me?”
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Will and Mike promise to lose their virginity (among other things) to each other…
And, honestly, Will thinks it’s a dumb idea but agrees anyhow. Mike has always had the tendency to make eager but haphazard suggestions every once in a while.
He pointedly does not think about the consequences that could entail.
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Time didnt exist, there was no yesterday, no now, no future. It was dark, it was cold, it was always so cold. It hurt so much.
But this was the one chance a boy who survived the cold dark world, to escape into the red rift, he knew it would take him away, he didnt know where but if it was out of this hell he didnt care. He just couldnt be here anymore. He needed that one chance to be freed.But somehow home didnt feel like home. He didnt know what it was suppose to feel like. It just wasnt home, he was still cold, he was still alone.
Until he's not alone.
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will byers is never found and has been surviving the upside down with no memory of who he is or was. Till hes forced to trust a soft hearted bully who didnt know what he was getting himself into
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03 Mar 2026
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Today was March 22.
It was Will Byers’s birthday.Hopper and his mom had left earlier, saying they had things to take care of.
Lucas, Mike, Jane, and Max were out—apparently on a double date.
Jonathan was somewhere with Nancy.
Robin was with her new girlfriend.
Dustin said he and Steve had plans.But Will was sure—absolutely sure—that everyone was planning something for him.
Because his family had never forgotten. Not once.
Because his closest friends had never missed his birthday, not since they were kids.
Even Steve had never forgotten.Hours passed.
Will stayed on the couch, phone resting in his hand, waiting for a message.
Waiting for a call.
Waiting for the front door to burst open, for someone to yell surprise,
or for someone to text him to come outside.Nothing.
Still nothing.
Eventually, Will fell asleep.
His phone never rang.
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04 Feb 2026
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Disconnected by calmb4storm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
07 Jan 2026
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Panic begins to run through his veins, speeding up his pulse and his breathing. “I can’t– why don’t I remember it? I don’t remember any of it.”
Mike blanches. “Any of what, Will?”
Jonathan’s hand is on his knee. Both of them are too close. He can’t breathe.
“The Upside Down. I… I can’t remember any of the Upside Down.”
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OR: A Will Byers-centric/Byler canon version ST5!
(now a post-finale fix-it fic.)Series
- Part 1 of Disconnected Universe
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04 Feb 2026
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“You, uh, cut your hair.” Is the first thing El says, wonder in her voice as she picks at a strand of his now much more even haircut. “You never said you cut it!”
Mike feels Will’s eyes burning into him when he smiles at her, trying his best to look sheepish, “It was on a whim, didn’t think it was important.”
There's a lot he hadn't told them and a lot he hopes they never find out.
Mike Wheeler believes he can change, or at least he hopes he can, because otherwise there's no way he'll ever be able to fix himself before his girlfriend and his best friend come back and figure out what a freak he's become. But maybe change isn't up to him because everything he does seems to make matters worse, including the way he just can't seem to stop thinking about his best friend.
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Mike deals with internalized biphobia in the best way he knows how- by almost ruining everything with his best friend and then kissing him, because yeah, he knows how to make good choices.
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04 Feb 2026
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Speaker of the House Karen Wheeler announces her plan to run for President of the United States. In a similar move, House Majority Leader Joyce Byers announces she intends to take over as Speaker should Karen win the Presidency. Karen and Joyce's children, Mike & Nancy, and El & Will, are the face of the younger generation on the campaigns of each of their mothers. Through a tough presidential campaign, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers find themselves growing closer and closer, causing anxiety with Mike, who had a particular disdain for the press.
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02 Feb 2026
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After Will Byers returns to Hawkins after living in California for five years, his life turns upside down. Going back to his past life — a life he thought was long gone — comes with great struggle Will tries to convince everyone (himself included) it’s just some seasonal depression that’s going to wear off once fall is over.
Turns out it’s anything but a seasonal depression, as Will begins to feel like he’s going insane — feeling like he’s haunted by the ghost of his past, struggling to eat anything as food looks like poison, and with a good night’s sleep becoming a thing of the past.
And it certainly doesn’t help that Mike Wheeler keeps staring at him from across the hallway like a creep. He keeps staring instead of talking to Will, instead of making things right after ghosting him years ago.
Because despite once being inseparable, now Will sees Mike as nothing but a cowardly stranger, who didn’t have the guts to write him one last letter saying he didn’t want to keep in touch anymore. Or at least that’s Will’s point of view.
TW. viewer discretion is advised, this work is a tough read that gets emotional and violent at times. please stop reading if it is too much for you.
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02 Feb 2026
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We Can Beat Them (For Ever and Ever) by otherplacewithin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jan 2026
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Hawkins is falling apart, and this time, the world isn't just cracking, it's bleeding. As the Upside Down continues its slow, violent crawl into their reality, Mike realizes that 'later' is a luxury they might not have.
Surrounded by the shadow of an ongoing war and the weight of everything they've already lost, Mike stops running from the truth, because if the world is going to end, Mike refuses to let it end with his heart still unsaid.
"I'm so glad I met you," Mike whispered, "And that you waited for me to catch up to us."
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A post-season-5, slow burn story about Mike and Will growing up, falling apart, and finding their way back to each other.
Heavy on grief, trauma, and emotional healing, with found family, hurt/comfort, and a happy ending.
To the boy who ran into the rain after that fight,
I’m sorry I let you go. I shouldn’t have.
I’m happy the best day of my life happened with you on those swings.Hope you like, let me know in the comments! :)
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- Part 1 of Wisdom for a cold heart
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Chicago, 1990. The apartment in Logan Square is too small, the beer is lukewarm, and the air is thick with cigarette smoke and words left unsaid.
Mike Wheeler has spent years calculating distances: especially the distance between Will Byers and anyone else.
But between the jealous bite of a college party and the quiet sanctuary of their shared couch, the boundaries they’ve lived by for years are finally reaching a breaking point.
It has been years.
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- Part 1 of Breaking point
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One month after the gate reopens, Hawkins pretends everything is normal. Fissures are blocked off, schools close “temporarily,” and life goes on. But the ground remembers and so does Will Byers.
Back in Hawkins, Will struggles with the cold, the hum beneath the house, and the nightmares he refuses to share. After their explosive argument in Lenora, the space between him and Mike Wheeler is heavier than ever, filled with unspoken words, awkward glances, and the tension of what they cannot admit.
Meanwhile, Joyce and Hopper hide and train Eleven in secret, keeping her safe from the government. The rest of the group tries to figure out what’s next and when Vecna might strike again, preparing for the dangers they can sense but cannot fully see.
Hawkins waits, the ground shifts, and danger lurks, both above and below. In this quiet, tense aftermath, Will must navigate fear, longing, and the shadows that never truly leave.
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The times Mike Wheeler and Will Byers tried hiding their relationship, and the one time they couldn't. by TheYilingPatriarch1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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There was something on both their minds, as it turned out. So when Will brought up the topic of the party and their family, Mike agreed completely with his fear.
They’re going to keep their relationship a secret so they can work things out themselves, and because they can’t afford for their relationship to get out. Not now, not while they’re only thirteen and living with their parents. No one will know, not until they’re older and can handle the problems that come with having a relationship like theirs.
No one is going to find out.
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Mike and Will start a relationship, its not like their friends are attentive enough to every pick up on it.
Or are they?
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Will had always thought that if something important happened, he would know.
There would be some shift in the atmosphere, a feeling charged and electric. Like the way the air goes tight before a storm, how the ocean pulls back before crashing forward, devastating and brutal. Like the way his fingers and chest hum as he can feel a song coming together inside him.
Something unmistakable. Something notable, at the very least.
Falling apart is easy; falling back together again is hard. With music and films telling the true feelings behind their pain, Will and Mike navigate what it means to fall in love too young, and how finding your way back together again can shape art and your life.
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A fame au with Will loosely based on Conan Gray as he navigates the writing of Wishbone, the album, and Mike as an actor who is dumb and pining.Bookmarked by Kaleee
22 Jan 2026
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Mike’s mouth is warm.
Warm, and a little chapped, and pressing against his with an uncertainty that makes something in Will’s chest ache. He should pull away. He knows this. He knows it in the same way he knows not to touch a hot stove, not to stare too long, not to let himself imagine impossible things. His body seems uninterested in logic, though, and he supposes he can’t blame himself, not really.
Mike shifts slightly, trying to figure out what to do with his limbs. His lips move against Will’s with more intention, and Will’s breath stutters out of him in a way that is deeply embarrassing and entirely involuntary.
Oh, his brain supplies unhelpfully.
It’s something he’s imagined countless times before, kissing Mike Wheeler. He imagines it so often, in fact, that he cannot even recall the first time he imagined it. It’s an ever-present fantasy, always lurking in the back of his mind.
And yet, despite his thorough experience in imagining this moment, he somehow never imagined it quite like this.
Or: Five times it doesn't mean anything, and one time it finally does.
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“We have a plan.” Robin says casually.
Will straightens from the cabinet like it just shocked him. “A what?”
“A plan,” she repeats, too casually, like they’re talking about redecorating or what to make for dinner, “A get-Will-laid-by-Mike-plan.”
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Mike Wheeler has a habit of walking around Will's and his shared dorm room in nothing but a towel. A small one. Too small. And it's driving Will absolutely crazy. So when Mike and Will go over to Robin and Vickie's place one night to watch a movie. They tell Will their plan. Have Will seduce Mike, and then have him get laid by Mike.
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The screaming is unusual.
Will’s nightmares rarely announce themselves like this. They usually arrive quietly, in the form of a locked jaw, trembling limbs, a desperate, instinctive commitment to silence. His fear is usually swallowed and choked back, even in slumber.
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Or, Will starts screaming in the night. Of course, Mike is there to comfort and protect him. But that’s just friendship… right?
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This is my love letter to Byler. Who in my heart end up together no matter what. It’s an exploration of genuine emotion, care, shared trauma and love in a friendship and how that can develop into something more. Something they’ve both waited a long time for.
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- Part 1 of Pockets of Safety
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“Is this the part when you tell me you’re ‘fine’? Because you’re literally shaking.”
or, Mike finds crying Will in the middle of the night.
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After moving back to Hawkins, Jonathan and Will move in with the Wheelers. They’ve settled into a routine and life is starting to feel as normal as it possibly could with four giant hell portals stretching across town. But, tonight, Will wakes up after having a violent nightmare that is more like a flashback than anything else. All his repressed memories start coming back through his dreams. But, Mike is always there to hold him and tell him that he’s safe.