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After proclaiming himself an Atheist one night at the dinner table, Mike's parents exile him to an Evangelical Summer Camp for one last summer before college.
But this year is different. On top of rejecting his faith, he can't stop thinking about the mysterious boy working as a caretaker.
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16 Jan 2026
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"Chance bit the inside of his lip. Truthfully, part of him believed Jason’s Hellfire theory was a desperate story fueled by the grief of losing Chrissy, but the more Chance watched Hawkins fall apart, literally, the more he felt his old logic snap into place. Maybe Jason had been right, the town had a wound and something crawled out of it, something that hid in plain sight. Chance didn’t believe in revenge, the Bible says justice belonged to God or the law. But, if there really was an evil in this town, wouldn’t it be just as evil to do nothing about it? To let it happen?"
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After losing two of his friends in the Hawkins “earthquake,” Chance joins a church grief group that believes Will Byers is the vessel for Satan. To prove them wrong, Chance agrees to befriend Will, but the closer he gets, the more the lines between faith, fear, obsession and love start to blur.
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10 Nov 2025
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The Upside-Down seeps further into Hawkins day by day. Some changes are good: Max wakes up.
Some changes are bad: Mike realises he's been lied to.
Will is faced with a decision, and no matter what he chooses, everyone else will face the consequences.
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09 Nov 2025
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Cross my heart, won't tell no other by willel_domination
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Oct 2025
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“I won’t tell him,” she says softly. “Any of them. About any of it.”
Will looks up with surprise. “Why?” he asks.
Nancy just gives a tight smile, but in her eyes, something deeper brews. “You keep my secret, and I’ll keep yours,” she responds.
Will doesn’t really understand much about Nancy Wheeler at all. But Will’s happy to be her secret keeper, so he nods.
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At the end of the world, makeshift living arrangements push the unexpected together, and a new Byers-Wheeler alliance forms.
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31 Oct 2025
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i’ve never done this before, can you help me out? by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 May 2024
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Mike’s wanted to do something like this for awhile. Excited, and expecting to get his dick wet in a way he’s always fantasized, however falling for this guy with the pretty eyes laying out on the bed… he wasn’t expecting that.
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02 Sep 2025
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On November 6, 1983, Will Byers vanished. On November 12, he was rescued by the wrong people.
Sometimes he wondered if he’d have been better off staying in the Upside Down.
A Season 1 AU in which Will is not saved, he is simply taken from one hell to another. At Hawkins Lab, his new prison, he endures unthinkable torture and develops skills he never could have imagined. With every day that passes, he finds himself wondering if he will ever be rescued. Back at home, his friends and family continue the search. But after years pass and still no news, their hope is dwindling. Only a fool would keep holding out.
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06 Dec 2024
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Left His Heart There in the Sea by Concerned_terrapin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jul 2024
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“Mr. Byers! I was hoping to catch you. This is Dr. Owens, from Hawkins National Laboratory.”
Will pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, already feeling a headache beginning to form in his temples. "I’m kind of in the middle of a lecture here, can this wait?”
“I’m afraid it can’t. We need your assistance urgently.”
“And why do you need me?” Will was unable to suppress the bitterness in his tone, “You’ve got plenty of experts and doctors on your staff. I’m just a grad student, and I’m halfway across the country. What could I possibly do that no one else could?”
Dr. Owens cleared his throat on the other end of the line, “You’re the only one who’s been there and made it out alive. Honestly, we could use your expertise. We’ve caught a specimen. A live one. And you’re definitely going to want to see this.”
Or, it's 1998 and the Upside Down is still alive and kicking, and something new just came out.
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28 Jul 2024
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“Did you make a wish?”
“I didn’t have time,” says Will, despondency emanating from him in waves.
“There has to be something you wish for,” Mike needles him, knocking his shoulder against Will’s.
“Yes.”
“What is it?”
“I guess… I wish that we were two other people; two people who don’t have to say goodbye.” Will glowers at an indiscernible object, bracing himself on his side to face Mike again.
Will is leaving Hawkins. Mike tries to figure out how to accept that.
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20 Jun 2024
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confidants but never friends by kyberuuu
Fandoms: Degrassi, Degrassi the Next Generation, Degrassi: Next Class
16 Feb 2023
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It’s winter break, and Zig and Miles are both recovering from hard break-ups, but find a surprising comfort in something unexpected.
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A post-Next Class story about making unlikely friends and even more unlikely lovers.
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10 Jun 2024
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“Are you free tonight?”
Will blinks and gapes a few times. “What?”
“I’m going out with my sister and her best friend tonight. We’re going to a pub.” Mike moves forward, and Will’s breath hitches. “You could join us. It…could be fun.”or
Mike follows his sister to England to write articles about the celebration of the Silver Jubilee.
There, under the pale British sun, he meets Will.Day 5 of Byler Week 2023: Secret Identities
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- Part 5 of Byler Week 2023
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20 Mar 2024
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Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.
“I have an idea,” says Mike.
Ice cubes form in Will’s stomach. “How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?”
“No,” says Mike, “you can’t tell anyone or it won’t work.”
“Or what won’t work?” Will asks. It’s like picking up a rock you know a spider will be under.
Mike gets up and closes Will’s door. Hopper doesn’t make them keep it open but sometimes Will does anyway, because every now and then lying around alone with Mike on his bed just makes his chest ache too much. If the door is open he can tell himself You can’t do anything right now, someone will see.
Mike leans back against the door. His eyes are lit up with that special maniacal gleam that the Wheelers get right before they do something insane, like when Nancy says, “Then we have to go kill Vecna ourselves,” or whatever. “Take me to the wedding,” says Mike.
“Yeah,” says Will slowly, “you’ll be at the wedding. Obviously.”
“As your date."
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05 Mar 2024
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Years after the final battle between Hawkins against Vecna, everyone settled - moving on with their lives. When Will and Mike grow closer, they bring it to Eleven hoping for mercy. She gives more than that, forgiveness and understand. Starting their relationship as Will moves in with both Mike and Eleven.
One day, a year after Will moves in. Eleven and Will feel the shift. A flicker. Something in the balance as Henry reaches out by the means of Will. Seeking his own forgiveness in the destruction he created. Offering up himself to the ones he's hurt as penance.Bookmarked by ToTryAgain
21 Feb 2024
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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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08 Feb 2024
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The invisible shoulder nudges him, and Mike wishes he'd taken the piece of paper to read what Will would've actually said, and then misses, more generally, Will's voice. His spoken word. Which is unfair - Mike's lucky he gets even this much, the cool brush on his arm, the creaks of his weight on the floorboards, the gentle drum of his fingers. Reminders. Will, inasmuch as he can be, is here, even if it will never feel like enough.
Sometimes — he never tells anyone this — he shuts his eyes, tells himself that Will is alive, and sitting there, next to him, and the moment he tilted his head, they'd be face to face.
He doesn't like opening his eyes, after that.
Will is a ghost. Mike is haunted.
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04 Dec 2023
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Ever since his best friend Will Byers was murdered back in 1985, Mike Wheeler wanted nothing more than to leave his hometown of Hawkins, Indiana and never look back—only each and every year he’s forced to make an exception when it comes to the holidays. And when Mike visits for Christmas in 1995, his mom asks him to help clear out some junk in his room and down in the basement before he returns home to Indianapolis. But when he comes across an old trunk containing his Supercom walkie-talkie and ham radio, he discovers something strange that has the potential to change everything…
(or an AU inspired by the movie “Frequency” from 2000)
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27 Nov 2023
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“So yeah, you could say I’m sexually frustrated,” Will concludes, a wry smile on his face as he finally finishes his rant. “Not to be too graphic, but all I want is a nice, good-looking man who can fuck me hard.” He tips his head towards Mike’s where they're both leaning against the wall, and shuts his eyes for a long moment. “It’s whatever, though. I’ll get ov-”
“I could help you out,” Mike blurts out.
“You- I- What did you say?” Will stammers. Mike squeezes his eyes shut for a long moment, breathes, and then opens them again and meets Will’s gaze determinedly.
“I could help you,” Mike says, with somehow only the slightest tremble of uncertainty in his voice. "As in, we could have sex."or; Will is struggling. Guys who are nice, hot, AND good in bed are apparently non-existent at their university. Frustrated, he complains to Mike - who makes him an offer he can't refuse.
Unfortunately, there's always an aftermath to hooking up with your best friend.
Meanwhile, Mike has some realisations.- Language:
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25 Oct 2023
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The Strange and Miraculous Tales of Zombie Boy and Chat Noir by allyouneedisCas
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Miraculous Ladybug
03 May 2024
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“How is this guy so freaking handsome?! Mike gawked for a moment before he cleared his throat.
‘Can we uh, can we… um… slitch sweets?’ Mike froze in horror. Why couldn’t he speak?!
‘Uh… What?’ The handsome boy was understandably confused.
Okay, okay, no big deal. Mike just needed to try again.
‘I meant… can we smitch streets?!’ Mike asked.
NO! Mike screamed internally. Whyyy??? He barely resisted the urge to slam his head into the table.”
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Or: a Stranger Things/Miraculous AU where Mike is Chat Noir, Will is “Ladybug,” and no knowledge of either fandom is required- Language:
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21 Sep 2023
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The Will Byers we know gets kidnapped, possessed, traumatized, and shipped to the opposite side of the country.
But what if, before all that, little 8 year old Eleven decides to stay with Henry? That one choice changes Will's destiny forever.
Now murders, mysterious and brutal, plague Hawkins and the boy who should've gone missing, instead learns that he has more power than he could've ever dreamed.Series
- Part 1 of At Least We Have... AU
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19 Sep 2023
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28 Aug 2023
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Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.
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10 Jul 2023