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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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It was easy for Will to ignore the feelings when Mike wasn't around. Back then, in California, or during those months when the boys weren't talking.
But now, Mike was everywhere. Sending him smiles over the kitchen table when they accidentally met in the morning. Asking how Will has been. Sitting next to him on the couch instead of far on the other side. Those small things made Will go crazy.
Because now, there was no distance stopping the reality, no silence telling him that pushing Mike away was fixing whatever was wrong with him. Now, the barrier holding everything together broke, filling every second of Will's life with feelings he could no longer hold back from himself. He couldn't hide them anymore, convince himself that it was normal for friends to feel that way.
Will Byers was desperately in love with Mike Wheeler.
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After the Byers return from California, Mike and Will don't talk anymore. But one day, something changes and suddenly, Mike is everywhere. The frequent accidental touches and looks grow into something surprisingly similar to their behaviour when they were young. And that confuses Will, because Mike is still with El, right?
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“I’m coming with you,” Will says immediately. “I’ll find a way. I won’t let you go alone.”
Mike’s expression hardens. For a split second, it looks like his breath gets stuck somewhere in his chest, his lungs refusing to move. His shoulders square, his posture going rigid beneath the armor as Will’s words sink in. But he isn’t angry, not really.
“No. You can’t.”
“You don’t get to decide that for me,” Will snaps, his grip tightening unconsciously at the edge of Mike’s armor.
“And you don’t get to make me weaker,” Mike fires back before he can stop himself.
or; Will panics the very moment Mike tells him that Vecna has returned; determined, Will wants to follow him into battle, only to discover that it is his bond with the paladin himself that prevents him from fighting at his side.
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- Part 1 of the Paladin and the Cleric;
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Will and Mike go on a quest to kill a dragon together, and mike is somehow the most charming knight ever and the most annoying guy under all the armor.
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the great big mystery of mike wheeler's no good, very bad, terrible feelings by smoosnoom (moonsooms)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Apr 2023
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It’s at that very moment that, for reasons completely and utterly unknown to anyone at all, every single possible word he has ever learned from any language ever has suddenly disappeared from his brain, and his throat feels relevant to the Sahara Desert.
None of this, of course, has to do with the fact that Will is very, very, very – shirtless.
Will blinks at him. “Are you okay?”
“Shoulders,” Mike says, sounding vaguely chipmunk-like, and he hears Max barely choke down a snicker.
Will comes back for the summer, and Mike deals with it.
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frame my heart (it's on the fridge!) by mynameisnobodyyy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Feb 2026
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Max Mayfield is not one to turn down a challenge, and her mid-term Film & Media project is without a doubt a tough one. Guess she’ll need to pull some strings.
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Mike Wheeler is much needed for his knowledge of the Middle Ages and can’t help but fall for his project partner’s roomie.
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“Don’t ever style your hair like that again.” by lixsun
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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“We survived monsters. I think we can survive one party.”
“I mean,” Will says slowly, “we could go. Just for a bit.”
That’s the deciding vote.
Mike swallows hard, pride bruised and aching. He forces the jealousy down, packs it away somewhere tight and sharp in his chest, where it can’t spill out and make things worse. He nods once, stiffly, lips pressed into a thin line that he hopes passes for a smile.
“Yeah,” he says, even though the word tastes bitter. “Sure, sounds fine.”
or; Mike isn’t on board with going to that party, so he suggests staying in the basement to play instead, except this time, they actually go. And he is jealous.
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“You’re not boning, though, right?” he says, suddenly. He doesn’t know why he feels such an urge to bring it up again, as if the thought of Mike boning is not something that is CODE RED #1 at the top of Will's list of things to absolutely never think about. But also. Look–
“What? No, of course I’m not boning,” Mike splutters, turning a violent shade of scarlet, “how would I even hide that from you, I’m with you all the time–”
And then he falls silent, so fast that Will gets tonal whiplash from how fast Mike just went from saying boning over and over again to just clamping his mouth shut and staring at the wall across from them.
Will's trying his hardest to make it through fall semester in one piece. Unfortunately for his degree, he's being haunted by maybe-feelings for his best friend (metaphorically), and also a maybe-ghost with rather abysmal fashion sense (literally).
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Will’s newly discovered powers and a vicious mental battle with a pack of demogorgons leave him unconscious. Mike finds comfort in talking to someone who isn’t actually listening…
Or are they?
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Mike keeps losing Will, time and time again. Time and time again, he always gets him back.
Or, alternatively: “Mike and Will’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night in the Upside Down: and Other Tales” by Mike Wheeler
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Years after Eleven’s disappearance, Mike Wheeler pours his life into "Strange Things in Indiana", a bestselling novel that blurs the line between fantasy and reality. Writing it forces him to face the feelings he long suppressed for his so-called “best friend,” Will Byers.
In 1993, fate brings them back together during spring break, working side by side on the comic adaptation of the book. Given a second chance, Mike is determined to rewrite the ending of their story—this time, without running from the truth.
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Will drags himself out of the warmth of his bed, almost getting tied up in the thick duvet, and hurries towards the sound coming from outside his window.
“Jesus Fucking Christ!” Will jumps, and can’t help the profanities spilling out of him, but he giggles despite himself, there really isn’t any kind of threat at all. In fact, quite the opposite.
Because perfectly framed by the window, Mike is haphazardly crouching on a mildly stable looking branch, with a huge jacket and even bigger smile, as if this is an everyday occurrence. Will can’t help but sleepily grin back.
Or: Mike shows up at Will's window and takes him stargazing <3
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“Dude,” Dustin says, sounding kind of horrified but also kind of delirious with elation. “Oh my God, you like him. You like Will. Will. As in, our Will. Our best friend Will.”
“I do not–” Mike tries, even though he’d kind of just admitted to accidentally kissing Will Byers, a little, so maybe that’s an entirely fruitless road to go down.
Listen. No one should ever let Mike make decisions right after he wakes up from a nap, okay? Especially not decisions where Will is concerned. This is so not his fault.
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Mike has a nightmare and asks Will to tell him a secret, a nice one, to keep his mind off it.
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Will Byers is living happily in the big city, growing into himself and going clubbing with his new boyfriend.
But what happens when he spots Mike Wheeler at a gay club after 2 years of no-contact?
(inspired by delicateviolqnce on tiktok)
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07 Jan 2026
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“And I know, it’s not your fault. Trust me, I haven’t forgotten.”
Shit. Mike was really hoping that would never come up.
“I know, I know, I know it’s not your fault. But you know what?” Will steps closer, “it doesn’t change the fact that it feels like your fault.” With a shove on Mike’s shoulder, he painfully adds, “it feels like it’s all your fault.”
When everyone suddenly masters the art of communication, Mike and Will give it a shot. They don't get it right on the first try.
OR: 5 steps Mike takes towards the truth, and 1 leap Will makes towards destiny.
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- Part 1 of on the way home
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06 Jan 2026
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It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.
The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.
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02 Jan 2026
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Its been 12 years after the party has graduated. Will moves back to california, while Mike stays in hawkins feeling like hes gotten nowhere in life.
Everyone else in his life has everything figured out for them. They're all married, happy, graduated from a nice college or university. While mike is in his 30s still living with his parents...on top of feeling like a failure compared to everyone, hes still greiving with the loss of El, and his late childhood and teenhood in general. Will seems to be so independant, flamboyent, self accepting, finally proud to be who he is,thriving in his adulthood. While mike still hasn't even figured himself out yet.Bookmarked by PopGirlyEm
01 Jan 2026
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“Okay,” Mike echoes. “So, I was – thinking. We should sleep together.”
Will, for some reason, still looks lost, but he looks cute – sweet, like that, pink cheeks and eyes wide and glossy and the slight furrow of his eyebrows like Mike has given him something outlandish.
“I,” he starts, “don’t understand.”
Mike proposes a sleepover.
Unsurprisingly, no sleeping is done.Series
- Part 7 of one-scene
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01 Jan 2026