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“Good?” Will asks as if he already knows the answer. Mike can hear it in his voice—the way the corners of his mouth are lifted into a small smile. He likes that he knows this about Will; can tell just from listening.
Mike nods, face buried into Will’s sweater. His cheeks are bright pink, but Will can’t see that from this angle. He doesn’t seem to think that anything’s wrong, either because his fingernails are still running over Mike’s head at the same, maddening pace; only now he keeps tugging at his curls in between before resuming, coaxing more of those unintentional noises from Mike’s throat. Little hums and whimpers that should be oh-so-embarrassing, but make Mike feel like he’s floating instead.
Very suddenly, Mike thinks about Will doing this in a completely different context. One that doesn’t have his face pressed into Will’s chest, but his yellow plaid pillowcase instead.
Or, Mike discovers that maybe, he wants to be taken care of sometimes, too.
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22 Aug 2026
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After a week of silence, Will opens the door to find Mike on the threshold of his New York apartment. With the knowledge that they're destined in every universe, will fate-or bravery-bring them together in this one, too?
Or: After canoodling with their interdimensional variants, Mike and Will finally find their way into each other's arms.
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- Part 3 of he and i, intertwined
- Language:
- English
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- 12,223
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- 1/1
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21 Aug 2026
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Mike Wheeler has built his career as a defense attorney on finding reasonable doubt.
So when he takes the case of Joyce Byers, who’s accused of killing her husband, he’s convinced of proving she’s innocent. The evidence is thin, the prosecution is overconfident, and Mike knows how to win.
What he doesn’t know how to do is ignore Will Byers, who’s loyal to his mother, haunted by his father, and far too good at keeping secrets.
And falling for Will might be the most damning evidence of all.
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18 Aug 2026
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Two weeks into summer break, Mike finds Will's diary.
And steals it.
And from one day to another the line between Will and Diary-Will starts to blur. With one thing in common: they are both madly, deeply in love with Mike. But only one of them hides it.
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- English
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- 70,985
- Chapters:
- 3/3
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- 1
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- 261
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23 Jul 2026
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WILL:
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.MIKE:
No—I'm sorry.
(They sit there, breathing heavily, faces close. WILL's hand is on MIKE's chest. MIKE places his hand on top of WILL's)MIKE (cont.):
(Quietly): Do you want to stop?(WILL looks like he might start crying. He shakes his head)
OR: Four years after ghosting Will, Mike writes a script about what went wrong. He has one last chance to fix things when he learns that Will has been cast as an actor in the play.
“Is this fucking play about us!?” - Will Byers, 1993, probably
- Language:
- English
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- 99,328
- Chapters:
- 12/14
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- 633
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18 Jul 2026
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The water ebbs around them, slow and tranquil, but the storm raging inside Will is anything but.
All he sees are Mike’s eyes as he closes the gap. A drop of water rolls down his neck, disappearing into the naked line of his collarbone.
“Say no if you don’t want me to,” he murmurs. “Push me back.”
Or, Will gets swept into Mike’s irresistible pull after a single night that changes their friendship forever. Late night talks turn into even later night kisses, friendly nudges to intoxicating touches, and the creaking of bedsprings now means something other than the return of Will's nightmares. Each new change blurs the line between friendship and something more, and as Will struggles to stay afloat through Mike's confusing storm, he starts wondering what it is exactly they are - and whether he'll sink for good in trying to find out.
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- Part 1 of To love is to drown
- Language:
- English
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- 199,728
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- 11/?
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15 Jul 2026
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“Have you done this before?” Mike asked, brow creasing as Will quickly worked his shirt open.
“Have I undressed a man before, or have I fucked a man before?”
He wanted to die at the words, having no idea where they came from, or how his cheeks weren’t aflame after saying them–but Mike’s entire face went dark in response.
His eyes narrowed. “Have you?” he pressed.
Will had never even kissed a man until then, but he played coy, enjoying the jealousy scrawled all across his paladin’s face. “What do you think?”
The paladin, the cleric, and the unresolved sexual tension.
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- Part 1 of The Undone and the Divine
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06 Jul 2026
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"What exactly are you calling for, Nancy?"
There was a moment of silence before she continued. "I'm living in Paris—for work. I can't… they won't let him leave the country, and I can't move back fast enough for it to matter."
Will felt his face pale. "What about your parents?"
"They don't want anything to do with him, not after—"
"Yeah, I heard. What about…"
"Will, there's no one else. I've tried."
"Nancy, I can't… I can't just—"
"Please. I wouldn't be asking if there was another option."
Will bit the inside of his cheek. "Okay."
Or: Mike is on house arrest for 6 months and has no choice but to stay with Will, even though they haven't spoken in three years.
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- English
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- 8/?
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13 Jun 2026
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For their senior year spring break, the Party sets sail on a 7-day cruise to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. Not much has changed since their last reunion, as long as you don’t count Mike and Will breaking up two years ago, which fractured the friend group permanently and made it so neither of them could stand to be within ten feet of each other.
It’ll be a trip they never forget - that much Will is sure of.
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- 164,818
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- 10/?
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01 Jun 2026
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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- Part 1 of Matador
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 154,503
- Chapters:
- 23/23
- Collections:
- 4
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- 4,553
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28 May 2026
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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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- Part 1 of SKYA Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 113,202
- Chapters:
- 15/15
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- 1,058
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28 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.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 239,387
- Chapters:
- 9/12
- Comments:
- 3,581
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- 8,894
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20 May 2026
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Mike is spending the last urgent summer days with Will in Hawkins. He’s also writing in college. Somehow, these two things are always happening at once.
Or, ‘Funny how there’s a face underneath my face.’
- Language:
- English
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- 104,916
- Chapters:
- 22/22
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- 2,427
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- 542
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19 May 2026
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP
Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.
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- Part 1 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 328,129
- Chapters:
- 45/45
- Comments:
- 9,951
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- 22,044
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07 May 2026
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a collection of lawless byler art
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- English
- Words:
- 0
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- 20/?
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- 1,342
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- 11,051
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07 Apr 2026
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Will can’t allow himself the luxury of a wet dream tonight, so he wills for Mike to stop moving.
Mike does not stop moving.
Will frowns, mustering up more focus, sharpening his control.
Mike still doesn’t stop, but he lets out an annoyed whine. “What’s fucking tugging at me right now?”
What.
“I’m—trying to stop you. Stop.” Will’s voice comes out warped and distant, unused to being spoken out loud in the dreamscape.
Mike stops moving, as instructed, breathing heavily against Will’s open mouth. “Why? Isn’t this—isn’t this just a dream? Come on.”
Huh?!
What is Will’s subconscious trying to achieve right now?—or—
Will's powers have been acting up lately, thanks to the stress of college and a part time job.
He finds solace in his usual lucid dreams. Except, suddenly — they get clearer. More vivid. More out of control.
Will assumes it's just his subconscious working through some very obvious problems.
Mike assumes he's just having weird sex dreams about his best friend because he's stressed and pent-up.Neither of them realizes they're sharing them.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 48,817
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Comments:
- 394
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- 1,729
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07 Apr 2026
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“So… Have you and Mike fucked yet?”
Will nearly spits out his drink. “What?!”
Max rolls her eyes. “Sorry, I forgot how you two are.” Her lip turns up, as she draws out her next words in an exaggerated fashion.
“Have you made love yet?”
The one where Will is sexually repressed, and he's quite literally losing his sanity over it.
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20 Mar 2026
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chivalry fell on his sword (innocence died screaming) by sniffany
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Mar 2026
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Will hasn't told anyone about the dreams.
Not Jonathan, not Joyce, and not even Mike, which is really saying something - considering how he used to spill his guts to Mike about the bone-chilling nightmares he used to have nearly every night - the ones that never failed to leave him jolted awake, breathless and dampened with a sheen of cold sweat. Keeping these dreams a secret from Mike almost felt like some sort of betrayal. Almost.
Because, these dreams are not nightmares. Naturally, that was the first thing Will noticed about them.
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Will finds out that his dreams are more than just dreams, and there's a certain pair of counterparts residing in an alternate world who are willing to help him out in a way that has only lived within the most forbidden corners of his mind. Oh, and Mike's there, too.
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16 Mar 2026
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 189,725
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 6,769
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- 20,392
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11 Mar 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 May 2026
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“Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.
“What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”
Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”
So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?
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- Part 1 of heavenly
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 149,063
- Chapters:
- 30/30
- Comments:
- 6,402
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- 8,960
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28 Feb 2026