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Things aren't the same anymore in Hawkins, especially between Mike and Will. Something has changed, but neither of them have figured out quite what it is.
A summer of secrets and self-discovery.(Will & Mike POV)
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14 Mar 2025
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he got my heartbeat, skipping down sixteenth avenue by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Dec 2022
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Mike's family, the Party and everyone else is acting extremely weird around Mike and Will.
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12 Mar 2025
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Back to the Future (With Mike Wheeler) by Nymphadoragreenleaf
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Nov 2022
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On a list of the top five most unexpected things to happen to Mike Wheeler, traveling 10 years into the future has got to take the top spot.
The half-naked man claiming to be his best friend might be number two.
Alternatively known as,
Mike Wheeler tries to survive a week in the 90's and figures a couple of things out along the way.
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- Part 1 of Mike Wheelers Unexpected Adventures
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11 Mar 2025
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Will Byers loses his memory and Mike tries really hard to be normal (he isn't).
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11 Mar 2025
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“Why didn’t you call?”
Will’s breath hitches. “What?”
“Mike called you almost every day but you never called. Mike complained all the time.”or
Mike and Will get Holly'd.
Matchmaking prompt for day 5 of Byler Week
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- Part 5 of Byler Week 2022
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11 Mar 2025
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A Long Winter by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
17 Jun 2014
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In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore.
In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter.
In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.
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- Part 1 of Not Easily Conquered
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05 Mar 2025
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“You said I was bad at managing my time between my girlfriend and my best friend but you’re basically doing the same thing.”
“Girlfriend?!” Will spits out, thoroughly shell-shocked.
“I don’t get it! You could’ve told me you had a crush on someone, I would’ve—and when did you ever talk to Robin? You move to California and all of a sudden you’ve got all these girls hanging off of you and you’re interested in older girls—“ Mike’s voice embarrassingly cracks. He decides to quit while he’s ahead before he delves into the forbidden.
In the wake of the apocalypse, Mike and Will find their way to each other.
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04 Mar 2025
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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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04 Mar 2025
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Mike ignores the bilious feeling that swims in his gut as he scoops fruit punch into their cups, his mind tortuously replaying that girl’s hand sliding over Will’s shoulder while he does. He shoves the mental image away.
Steve’s words ricochet in his mind. Carpe diem. Seize the fucking day. So stupid.
Then again…
(Or: Mike and Will have always walked the thin line between friendship and something more. A little encouragement goes a long way.)
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04 Mar 2025
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Will Byers returns home from college for the first time for Christmas break and he's a bundle of nerves. He's reckoned with some deep truths while away at school, finally coming to accept that he's gay. While he can be open and honest in his new city of New York, Hawkins is an entirely different story.
Or Will Byers comes out to the people he loves and gets more than he bargained for.
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04 Mar 2025
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I’d Go Through Hell If Only For You by hopelessromanfic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Oct 2022
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After the events of season four, Mike and Will find themselves trapped in the Upside Down together. It's up to them to find their way out, whilst the others try to figure out just where they went.
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04 Mar 2025
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To be fair, Will’s costume is great, now that Mike knows what it is. And, okay, wait-
“Oh, this is so good. This is so good.” Max points at Mike, wheezing. “Because you’re dressed as-”
Will’s still looking straight up at the sky. The length of his neck is very, very flushed. Mike can feel his entire face going redder than Vader’s lightsaber. He clenches his hands into tiny little fists, and says, around a groan: “I’m not Han Solo, guys.”
In which Lucas has a thing for Bowie, Will has a thing for Han Solo, Mike has a thing for Will, and El should never be allowed to watch Star Wars again.
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04 Mar 2025
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“Are you offended that people think we’re dating?”
“No,” Mike says immediately. “Of course not,” because, again, he should be so lucky.
Will’s baffled expression does not change. “Then why would I be?”
“So– okay, fine, whatever. Should we, like, tell them to get their heads out of their asses and that we’re not– um– dating, or–”
“I think,” Will cuts in, “well. You know what would be funny?”
Honestly, Mike doesn't know what he thought being Will Byers' fake-boyfriend would entail, but he definitely didn't think it would involve this many ugly Christmas sweaters.
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04 Mar 2025
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"But—, wait!"
"Hm?"
"Why did you say something about dating? You think me and Mike are dating?" Will asks, whispering the last part. He's suddenly become very aware of the fact that they are in a lake house with all of their friends not even three rooms away from them.
"You're... not?"
"No!" What?
"Huh. I just thought—," Robin says, a pensive look on her face.
Or: the mlm wlw solidarity we deserve
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04 Mar 2025
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The fact that Mike is single now isn’t relevant. It can’t be relevant. Another girl will come along, and it won’t be Will because he doesn’t have the right parts. Wasn’t born the right way, the way that Mike would have preferred. It’s fine, except for the fact that it’s not fine at all, except for the fact that it’s so not fine that Will’s life is in imminent danger due to how fucked up he is over it.
But boys don’t cry, according to The Cure, so Will won’t either. He’s trying to take it to heart.
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will & mike listen to music and talk. really talk.
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04 Mar 2025
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Mike opens his eyes against the water droplets hanging off his eyelashes. Will hasn't stopped walking away from him, and he’s far enough now that Mike can no longer really see the details of his jacket. The rain feels like needles against his skin, and a frustration builds in his gut. Mike can't stand this anymore.
He breaks off into a run.
or Mike and Will finally confront each other about everything. It's raining, and things get messy.
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04 Mar 2025
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“Can we talk?” Mike asks.
“I actually don't think we have anything to talk about,” Will needs to shut this down and he needs to shut it down, now.
He stands up, mindlessly rummaging through one of his boxes. Maybe Mike would catch the way too obvious hint that Will would rather do anything, but talk with him.
“Okay,” Mike slowly shuffles his way into Will's room.
Oh, Jesus, no.
“Let me rephrase that. We’re going to talk, Will.”
And with that, Mike shuts his door and locks it. Will could feel his eyes going wide, his heartbeat quickening. Okay, so Mike hadn't caught the hint. How the hell does he get out of this?
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04 Mar 2025
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When all is said and done, days later, when Hawkins is condemned and quarantined and the town evacuated, Wheelers and Byers divided between four motel rooms in the nearest town with any vacancies after the mass exodus from Hawkins—it’s just Mike and the painting.
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The post-season 4 fix-it the Duffers are too cowardly to write.
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04 Mar 2025
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time can't stop me quite like you did by agustplz (shout_out_lou)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Nov 2022
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Mike’s been waiting 737 days for this exact moment, always too intimately aware of every single second that’s passed him by since he disappeared. “You’re alive,” he tells him, stupid and reverent. This time, it seems to get through to Will. He watches the hard exterior recede, exposing the gentle warmth that Mike has always admired
“I’m alive,” Will repeats. “I’m alive.” He lets out a hysterical giggle and suddenly he’s the one falling into Mike, limbs tangling and hands clutching at each other until he can’t tell where one of them ends and the other begins. “And you’re here. You came for me.”
Will’s fingers dig into his forearms. Mike swallows the instinctive I would always come for you on the tip of his tongue.
OR: Even after watching Will get trapped in the Upside Down for good, Mike never stopped believing he was alive. After stumbling upon a gate two years later, he takes a chance and learns to finally follow his heart.
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04 Mar 2025
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my heart set (anywhere but here) by agustplz (shout_out_lou)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2022
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Lucas and Will are best friends – they’re all best friends. But rationality left him a long time ago, maybe somewhere between his second and third shot. Now he’s moved right along to feeling sorry for himself. It shouldn’t be a problem that Will and Lucas are hanging out, but lately it seems to happen often. Like, a lot more often, which sucks because Will was his best friend first.
or: the one where Mike is insanely jealous, horrendously insecure and, inevitably, explodes
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04 Mar 2025