10 Bookmarks by Worthywent
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Mike loves almost everything about living with Will, except for Carlton. Will comes home late one night clearly upset, Mike asks about it. He tells Mike that sex with Carlton isn’t what he expected. Mike, being the good friend that he is, offers to show Will how good sex can be.
Or: Mike shows Will that he’s not broken, and that he deserves to be treated gently.
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07 Mar 2026
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you had something to hide (should have hidden it, shouldn't you?) by somevelvetmornings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Feb 2026
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“I found something in the bathroom,” Will bows his head a little, hands on his knees. “Some kinda magazine.”
Mike stills.
It’s subtle. Would’ve gone unnoticed to anyone but Will.
Mike’s shoulder draws back just slightly, as if bracing for impact.
“What kind of magazine?” he asks, aiming for casual. He almost hits the mark.
Will watches him too closely, their thighs brushing on the blanket-strewn mattress.
“Not Playboy,” Will says, quieter now. “At least… I don’t think so.”
A small beat encompasses the two. Mike nods slowly, taking in this information a little too factually.
“Were you digging through the drawers or something?”
There it is. A little too quick, defensive maybe.
“I… I wasn’t digging,” Will says, maybe a little too quick. Then softer, “I was looking for a spare towel.”
The cicadas outside seem louder suddenly. The hum of the house presses in around them. Mike looks past Will, towards the stairs, like someone might materialize and overhear.
Will hates the instinct.
“It’s not mine,” Mike says, voice quiet, eyes narrowed.
“I didn’t say it was.”
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25 Feb 2026
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Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.
Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’
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20 Feb 2026
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Letters to Will (Live from New York) by sofishortcake
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Mar 2026
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“Thanks for taking care of me, Mike. I didn’t mean to drink this much.” Mike locks the dorm door behind him with a quiet click. “I could’ve had Carlton walk me back. If you wanted to stay at the party.”
Mike rolls his eyes, taking a deliberate step closer. “Yeah, I bet he would've loved that. And, please... stop saying his fucking name, okay?”
Will swallows. “Sorry, I just meant…I’m so happy you’re here, but I know you’re not just here to see me, and you probably want—”
Mike cuts him off without a second thought. He grabs Will’s arms, and shoves him lightly but firmly against the wall. Their chests collide. Will freezes—but Mike doesn’t back down. “Will…you have no idea what I want,” he whispers, eyes dropping to Will’s lips. Every shred of control he’s ever clung to around him melting.
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13 Feb 2026
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take your time while you’re mine (and smoke slow) by limerency
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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“I–I have an idea,” he starts, and Will thinks he’s never seen him so still, “I know you won’t let me try your cigarettes, but...”
The idea begins to die on Mike’s tongue. Will revives it.
“But?” He whispers, voracity woven in his tone.
“I don’t have to smoke if you do it for me.”
The proposition cuts through the ashy air, and an instantaneous clarity hits Will.
Mike is asking him to shotgun.
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3 times Will smokes alone + 1 time Mike joins him.
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11 Feb 2026
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Brand me with your hands so everyone can see. by sundollop
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Mar 2026
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Max arches a brow. “Carlton, though? You two are dating and you don’t even kiss? Is it just a preference thing?”
Will sighs, resigned. He drops his hands. “Okay. Honestly?” He hesitates, then shrugs. “He was a bad kisser. And I just… couldn’t get excited around him. At all.”
The reaction is immediate and merciless. Dustin makes a dramatic gagging noise. El gasps like she’s been handed gossip gold. Lucas high-fives Max, shaking her hand in his.
Mike doesn’t say anything. He just watches Will, watches the way he shrugs it off, the way he laughs a little too loud, the way his ears go red.
Or, Will's new boyfriend is a bad kisser. Mike thinks it's a crime that no one has kissed Will properly. He's on a goal to change that, Carlton be damned.
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Bookmarked by Worthywent
07 Feb 2026
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
Or, a
fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .- Language:
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Bookmarked by Worthywent
27 Jan 2026
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In the midst of the frantic, rhythmic motion, a small shift in the air, pulled Will from the blinding focus of sensation. His head lolled back against the pillows, his eyes, hazy and dilated, snapping open.
That’s when he saw her. Vanessa. Standing in the sliver of the doorway.
He didn't gasp. He didn't stop Mike, didn't even slow the relentless, punishing rhythm. There was no room for surprise, not now, not after all this time. He just stared at her with the quiet, triumphant knowledge that had settled deep within him years ago. It was a look of profound, quiet acknowledgement—a confirmation of the ending he had always known was their inevitable destination.
In that gaze, Will was telling her that her story with Mike was over, that he had merely held the place for him until the time was right.
The problem with Mike Wheeler was not that he didn't know how to exist in halves, but that he refused to let Will Byers exist without him. In 1991, Will Byers is an art student at NYU, living for the 10:00 PM calls and the thick, ink-stained manuscripts Mike sends from Bloomington. He has resigned himself to being the moon to Mike’s sun.
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27 Jan 2026
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Will’s breath hitched and he resumed his movements in Mike’s hair, unable to resist him,
“You’re drunk.”
Mike chased Will’s hands, his mouth parting, closing his eyes like he was savoring the touch,
“Not that drunk.”Bookmarked by Worthywent
27 Jan 2026
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If I fell into your arms (could I trust you to make no sound?) by litlbud95
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Jan 2026
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Mike took a deep breath and attempted to say it as plainly, as monotoned, as normal as possible. Will was his best friend after all.
“I want you to kiss me, Will.”
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Mike just wants to get better at kissing- for his girlfriend, of course.
Will is willing to help.
Things change in unexpected ways.
Bookmarked by Worthywent
18 Jan 2026