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Will wants to stay right here with Mike, for as long as he lets him. It feels selfish and wrong, but Will has made a habit of longing for the kind of sturdy love Mike provides so readily, enough that he'll take everything Mike is willing to give, and still dare to ask for more. Mike always downplays it, says it's no trouble, but Will knows that's not true. He's a burden through and through, one who'll keep on craving more than he should.
But just for one night, Will lets himself want, and dares to ask.
"Can you just promise you won't leave too?"
(Lonnie has been gone for a week. When he sleeps over at Mike's, Will tosses and turns under the blue light of twilight. Mike comforts him, and makes a promise.)
Byler Week 2025 : Day One (Blue Hour)
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i could be your crush by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy), wayward_sherlock
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Feb 2024
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“Hi,” Will blurts out before he can stop himself, and he can feel his cheeks heat up in embarrassment so quickly it must be unhealthy somehow. “Uh -“
The guy shuts his phone off and reaches up to his ear to pull out an earbud. He shoots Will a grin, which does not help the whole blushing-crimson thing. “Hey,” he says coolly, and Will admires his composure while he wills the earth to collapse beneath him.
The guy quirks an eyebrow at Will when he doesn’t look away, then seems to take in his slightly disheveled and paint-stained appearance - he’d had his painting and drawing class just before he’d gone home, and had managed, as he always does, to get paint everywhere - because his smile grows a little softer, a little fonder. His shoulders relax against the bench, and Will lets out a breath he didn’t realize he was holding. “You get sexiled?”
misery loves company, especially when the company comes in the form of a cute English major.
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13 Mar 2025
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The door chimed open, and Will only had the chance to look up before he slammed into another chest. His thoughts went to the coffee first, feeling it spill between them. Will scrambled to keep hold of the pot, failing miserably as it rolled to the floor.
"Oh god."
Will could barely hear the other person, his ears ringing. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Hey, it's alright, I'm already wet. Should I tip you for the coffee?" The tone was light, humor drifting in it.
Will didn't laugh. He couldn't. It took barely a second for the air in his lungs to escape. He knew that voice, it had embedded into his head like an unwanted tattoo. With parted lips, Will lifted his head.
The coffee burning between them went cold, and any comfort was yanked away without warning. He knew those eyes, even hardened and aged with a life Will wasn't a part of, they were the same.
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05 Mar 2025
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take a little moment (find the right words) by astrobi for wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 May 2023
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“Wow,” Will breathes out, just on this edge of teasing. “You sound very confident about this.”
“Well,” Mike shrugs, swallowing hard in a desperate attempt to soothe his very, very dry mouth, “I don’t know why someone wouldn’t be interested in you.”
“Oh?” Will says, and it’s definitely teasing now, enough for Mike to feel himself turning warm, all down his neck and to the tips of his own – sadly unpatterned – socks. “Someone?”
“Yeah.” Mike nods. Oh, god. This is fine. “In a very arbitrary sense of the word. Just– people. Someone.”
Mike is approximately ninety-eight percent sure that his feelings are requited. That last two percent, however, has really been throwing him for a loop.
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03 Mar 2025
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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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25 Feb 2025
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Will raised an eyebrow at his friend's antics, then dropped his eyes to where he knew Dustin had reached a hand out towards him.
“This summer, we stick together. You and me, Byers.”
Will grinned, taking Dustin’s hand and shaking it. “You and me, Henderson.”
A rewrite of S3:
The night Dustin gets back from Camp Knowhere, he brings the Party up to the highest point in Hawkins to set up Cerebro. He thought that his friends would be excited to have him back-- even if it wasn't the most entertaining to sit on a hill and talk into a radio with no response, he thought they would at least wait for him before going home. He thought it was going to be the best summer ever.
Instead, he finds himself and the one friend that didn't leave him, Will Byers, intercepting a weird Russian transmission.
And, well... if he couldn't have the best summer ever, at least he and Will would have an eventful one.
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24 Feb 2025
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YAMAW: the greatest relationship confession that never was by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Dec 2024
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Mike and Will confess to their friends that they're dating via a letter, and Dustin Henderson thinks this is the funniest thing that has ever happened. Until he woke up from his dream and realized none of it was real.
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Chaos ensues and the group creates a crazy ass project.Bookmarked by TripleATechie
24 Feb 2025
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“Mike…What you said. On the field.”
Mike stiffens. “Y—you remember that?”
“Of course I remember that.”
aka mike confessed to will to save the world, but will wasn't conscious enough to say it back. when he wakes the next morning, they have a lot to talk about.
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24 Feb 2025
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“Did I do something wrong?” Mike questions, mouth twisted in a frown, eyes less wide than they were a few moments ago, sleepiness gone. His arms stay at his sides, although his fingers fiddle with his sleeves. “What did I do wrong?”
Will frowns back. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Mike doesn’t look like he believes him. Will doesn’t blame him. “Then why do you keep leaving?”
The world ends, and then some. Mike and Will find each other again, amidst the debris and distance.
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- Part 1 of fix-its
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18 Feb 2025
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(i haven't been there) for the longest time by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2025
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The little girl makes a squeaking noise, shoving her face into the guy's chest and bringing her thumb back up to her mouth. “Uh uh. Wanna stay with you, Daddy,” she implores.
Her dad sighs, leaning back against the bench and placing a hand at her back, glancing apologetically over at Will. “She’s been going through this shy phase,” he says conspiratorially.
Will laughs. “Personally, I’ve been going through a shy phase for almost three decades, so. I get it.”
The guy snorts. “Fair enough.” He peers down at his daughter, who’s still hiding her face in his t-shirt, and smiles a little as he pats the top of her head. “I’m Mike, by the way."In which Will meets a very cute guy, with an even cuter daughter.
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09 Feb 2025
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in the quiet of the night by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Oct 2025
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08 Feb 2025
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a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Dec 2024
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“Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”
Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.
Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.
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- Part 4 of in the quiet of the night
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08 Feb 2025
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When an anonymous article written by a gay student is published in The Weekly Streak, Hawkins High's official newspaper, it becomes the new buzz around town. Will Byers, inspired by the writer's mention of Oscar Wilde, leaves a secret note between the pages of The Picture of Dorian Gray. What he wasn't expecting was for the author to actually reply.
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the 80s version of a love, simon + get real au
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07 Feb 2025
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When a dark corruption spreads from the Deep Woods north of the kingdom of Roane, it falls to Will and his friends to investigate the cause. But as they close in on what seems to be the inevitable final confrontation with the Mad Wizard they have been fighting for years, Will finds his magic failing him as the darkness that scarred him during his first encounter with that very man finally overtakes him. Will stands no chance at stopping the demons that have been haunting him – after all how can he fight for a happy ending when he doesn’t believe he deserves one?
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04 Feb 2025
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but if i'm all dressed up (worth it for once) by castlebyer (loverslakes)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Nov 2024
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“I like this, Will,” Mike thinks aloud.
“What, the afternoon? I think I prefer evenings, personally.” Will gives a last ditch at brushing off the tension they’ve created, wonders if he ignores it that Mike may move on and they can both avoid the drama this will inevitably cause.
Mike leans over and nudges Will on the side of his ribs. “This. Being with you.”
Will sighs. “Yeah?”
“Being alone with you. More specifically,” He clarifies.
It’s 1800s Regency-Era England, and what began as Will’s earnest mission to support his sister soon spirals into a tangled web of unspoken feelings and societal pressures all because of one Lord Michael Wheeler.
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04 Feb 2025
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“I need you.”
Will’s expression grows more stunned. “What?” he breathes, voice barely above a whisper.
His instincts tell him to take it all back, but the way that Will’s looking at him with those sorrowful, questioning eyes weakens him. And he’s been stupid for many, many years, so what’s a little more stupidity?
aka a s5 speculatory mike wheeler-centric fic about his internalised homophobia and a lot of moments where he's not so clever about his feelings with will
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Bookmarked by TripleATechie
04 Feb 2025
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“Hungry,” is all Mike manages to get out. Will can hear each ragged breath scuttle up and down his chest. He squints at Mike, the boy refusing to break eye contact, staring intently at Will. The emptiness from this morning is back.
Will scoots up in bed and shimmies out of his blanket cocoon, placing his hands on the sides of Mike’s arms. “Are you feeling sick?” he questions gently. Something’s not right.
Mike shakes his head and once again, opens his mouth with a brief pause before speaking. “I’m so hungry, Will.”
Mike gets a little too into the occult. After a ritual-gone-wrong, Will has to piece together a decades-old mystery to save his best friend's life.
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04 Feb 2025