8 Bookmarks by ThatDawgInYou
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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 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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21 Apr 2026
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The summer before junior year, Mike starts having terrible nightmares. Will is concerned for him. Mike's friends and family are more concerned about the fact that he keeps sleeping in Will's bed.
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Mike doesn't know how to deal with his feelings. Will helps him cope with his trauma and changes his life in the process.
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03 Apr 2026
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"“W-what happened?” Will asks, and sure enough, through his watery gaze Mike sees that same thing he’s heard in Will’s voice, or better, doesn’t see, because it’s an absence, an emptiness, even if Mike can’t quite pinpoint it. Something is still wrong.
“Oh honey, you went in a trance for a moment there, scared us to death. But you fought, you fought that vicious monster, and now you’re back,” Joyce explains, her voice soft.
Will frowns, the confusion in his gaze deepening. “What? What monster?” He asks, and Mike’s knees tremble. Something is very wrong.
“Vecna,” Mike replies before he can stop himself, and Will’s gaze finally turns to him.
And there’s nothing there. Will’s expression as he gazes at his best friend is… blank.
“Who are you?” Will asks, and the world comes crashing down on Mike."Will uses his powers to save his friends, and Vecna strikes back. When he wakes up, he doesn't remember anything about Vecna and the Upside Down, and he doesn't remember Mike. Mike is crushed, but he could never give up on Will. So he helps him get his memories back, and put an end to this evil once and for all.
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- 14/14
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18 Mar 2026
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dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) by Aloyx
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Mar 2026
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Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.
Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.
Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.
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Bookmarked by ThatDawgInYou
05 Mar 2026
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Step 1: Agree to go to the Renaissance Faire with your best friend.
Step 2: Realize that said best friend looks like a literal fantasy heartthrob in a star-dusted velvet sorcerer’s hood.
Step 3: Fall in love all over again.
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Mike Wheeler has a plan: be a good friend, keep his hands to himself, and definitely do not let Will Byers know he’s been pining for him since the 1980’s.
But, between the mead, the crowded stalls, and the way Will looks draped in purple velvet, the Paladin within him is losing his grip on reality.
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Bookmarked by ThatDawgInYou
28 Feb 2026
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anyone who knows what love is (Will understand) by 444ublue
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Feb 2026
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“I am a sinner, Will,” he ran a hand through his pitch black curls nervously, “you’ve witnessed it yourself, you’ve seen with your own eyes the desires that linger in my mind, I reek of it!”
Will just shook his head, stepping closer.
“Do you truly believe that? Do you believe that I do??”
He looked hurt, betrayed. Mike didn’t know what to say. Will should be horrified, not worried. He clenched and unclenched his fists.
“Maybe, I don’t know what to believe anymore,” Mike raised his brows, as if proving a point.
“Believe in me,” Will pleaded.OR
When the once glorious Paladin Mike breaks his oath, he gains the help of a certain Cleric to restore his glory and heal his broken heart.
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25 Feb 2026
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Lying Awake, Intently Tuning In On You by heavenlyofficialsmut
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Feb 2026
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"Oh? Seriously? I tell you I'm in love with Will and you go oh?"
"I mean. I don't know what to tell you man, yeah, oh because it makes a whole lot of shit make sense now."
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Mike realises he's in love with Will at 3:02am.
He radios Lucas for back up, freaks out and makes a plan to fix every dumbass mistake he's made so far.
He was going to be dating Will by the time they graduated. That was a threat.
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06 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has been in love with Will Byers his entire life, but Mike always battled self acceptance. He was never able to tell Will the truth.
Until, it all became too much and Mike sent Will a series of postcards, trying to rebuild what they lost.
Bookmarked by ThatDawgInYou
26 Jan 2026