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Knock knock knock
“Jesus Christ! Hold on,” he mumbles, floating down the steps. He flicks on the porch light and yanks the door open. “What the hell are you–” He freezes.
For a moment, he really does believe he’s dreaming. You know, given that not a single fucking thing about this situation makes any goddamn sense. Because on the short trip from his bedroom to the front door, Mike made a list in his head of all of the people that could potentially be on the other side. It was a rather abbreviated list, to be fair: The cops. Nancy. His landlady, Freida. That one drunk guy he occasionally gives a cigarette to if he happens to be smoking on his porch when he walks by.
But it’s not any of those people. It’s Will. A year older, soaking wet, shivering with a waterlogged duffel bag slung over his left shoulder. Yeah. He’s dreaming. Because he had spoken to Will on the phone not even ten hours ago. He was about to go on his three year anniversary date with his long term boyfriend in New York City.
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Will needs some space from his boyfriend, James, and for whatever reason, he decides to take that space at Mike's townhouse in Boston. Mike is going to be so normal about it.
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13 Apr 2026
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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12 Apr 2026
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“Shit, shit,” Will scrambles to the floor-length mirror he’d found propped up on a dumpster at the end of his Freshman year. He pulled at his sweater and fluffed his hair. “Coming!”
He trips over his feet rushing to get to the door, before freezing to glance at the tiny apartment. His sketchbooks are everywhere, his bed is unmade, and he hasn’t scooped Bowie’s litter box today. There isn’t time to do anything about it now.
Taking a calming breath in, he yanks open the door.
There, in his doorway with a giant goofy grin, stands Michael Wheeler.
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Will is settling in Chicago, finishing up school, and dating. Mike is a college dropout on his 10th manuscript rejection with nothing to look forward to but Will's visits home. When Will cancels at the last minute, Mike impulsively shows up at his door. They adjust to old comforts and new discomforts, struggling to agree on what they are to each other.
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23 Mar 2026
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Apparently Mike and El are trying to “reignite the spark” by having a weekly date night. El had lit up enthusing about it, had broken into her piggy bank to get a new dress for the occasion.
Mike, for his part, hasn’t looked Will in the eye since the almost-thing had almost-happened.
And Will. Well, Will keeps drawing Mike’s stupid hands.AKA, Mike takes El out for date nights and is a perfect gentleman, and afterwards, he sneaks into Will's room to do less-than-gentlemanly things.
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- 35,248
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- 10/12
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19 Mar 2026
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For a long moment, it's quiet. Dustin's chest is heaving with the force of his words, and Will is… standing there, looking shell-shocked, with that barely disguised look of hurt that Dustin once swore he would never, ever inflict upon him.
"...so you think this is my fault?" When Will does speak, it's quiet, the words barely a whisper. Dustin's heart aches at the sound, but not enough to tamper the seeds of anger still sprouting in his chest.
"Think?" Dustin laughs mirthlessly. "Isn't it obvious? Somehow, for some reason, you're the root of everything we've been through. We've all thought it, we all know it, but nobody's been heartless enough to bring it up with you because they're all too busy coddling you instead. Tough luck, Byers, spending all this time being worried about me when you could've been taking some fucking responsibility and actually helping us put a stop to what you started."
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or: seven months after the end of the world, dustin and will end up on a patrol that takes a turn for the worse. trapped together in the upside down, dustin is forced to confront his feelings-about eddie, about el, and about will himself. not canon compliant, theoretical s5.
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08 Mar 2026
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ego death at a new year's eve party (fate's got a funny way, baby!) by sapphicwithapen
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Feb 2026
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“You didn’t tell me Will had a boyfriend!”
Shit. Mike felt his own jaw drop without even realizing it.
“No, he doesn’t,” Max said, but it came out more like a question than anything. And then she looked over at Mike, who was horribly red in the face and was suddenly feeling an overwhelming urge to reconnect with nature after this. “Wait. Does he?”
OR: Mike gets jealous at a party, accidentally reveals that Will has a boyfriend, and neglects to tell anybody that he's the boyfriend in question.
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- Part 1 of stranger things 90's mix
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- 14,072
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07 Mar 2026
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funny how all dreams come true (like a fool) by sunnyluvs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Will knows that there’s some underlying reason why every night, he has some outlandish fantasy about his, well, feelings.
Will Byers said he was over Mike Wheeler. That was until he started having vivid dreams every night, each of them repainting moments from the past in a different way. Will tries to figure out what they mean, as if they're some sort of sign.
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It's 1991 and Mike and Will thought they outgrew old habits, until a weekend trip made everything begin to repeat.
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05 Mar 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Apr 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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22 Feb 2026
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In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.
They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.
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- English
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- 48,479
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- 6/6
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20 Feb 2026
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 71,098
- Chapters:
- 5/5
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- 1,163
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12 Feb 2026
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“Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.”
Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?”
“If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mike explains. “But if we shotgunned, we’d both get two.” God, this is the best idea he’s had in ages. He should’ve stolen Will’s weed, like, months ago. “That’s like, bang for your buck. This is simple math, Will Byers. Keep up.”
In which it’s well past midnight in New York, Will can’t sleep, and Mike feels like they barely know each other anymore.
So, they get a little high. Mike is very normal about all of it.
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- 23,567
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09 Feb 2026
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Will wants to pull apart the walls around Mike’s heart; he wants to rip it free from the cage of his chest, to dissect it and feel it beating in the palm of his hand. If he reached out now and cut himself open on those cheekbones, would Mike take his bleeding fingers into his mouth and taste the iron in his veins?
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Something is happening between Will Byers and Mike Wheeler, and neither of them thinks that they will ever have the guts to figure it out.
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07 Feb 2026
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Mike looks up at him through his lashes. Will is close, hands moving to rest on Mike’s thin biceps, squeezing gently. His mouth is hanging slightly open, his chest rising and falling quickly. His face is dusted with a soft pink shade, while his pupils are blown wider than Mike has ever seen them.
His gaze shifts down again, unable to stop himself. His eyes scan over the expanse of Will's neck, shoulders, chest, and abs until his eyes finally reach the bulge of Will's pants. Mike swallows thickly, his gaze flicking back up to Will's eyes.
Mike reaches out, his hands mapping the firm muscle under Will's soft, tan skin. His fingers trail along Will's stomach, up to his chest, and back down. Will sucks in a breath as Mike's thumbs circle the buds of his nipples. He traces the faint outline of Will's abs and V line.
OR, Mike and Will spend the summer after high school in a mostly secret relationship, sneaking around and having their first sexual experiences together, while trying to figure out how to tell their friends and family about them.
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05 Feb 2026
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Max lost her best friend, El. After the dust had settled, she learned she lost her home too. Her mom had left her, leaving her all alone. Until Joyce and Hopper took her in, welcoming her into her home.
Max may have lost El. But she found a new best friend in Will Byers. He understood her better than most. He didn’t judge her. More importantly, he was the only one close to her that she could gossip about cute guys with. Max needed that normality again. She needed to feel normal. So did Will.
When Max learns that a certain jock is now showing an interest in her new best friend, she plots. Nothing is going to get in the way of her boy’s love life. Especially not Mike Wheeler, the same boy who had already rejected Will once before. At least, that was the plan.
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- English
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- 38,890
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- 11/11
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03 Feb 2026
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The Sunrise Over California Is Always Blue And Yellow by Meatclone_Cat
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Mar 2026
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The University of Southern California is in no way Mike's first choice for college, but after the events of November 6th 1987, he only wants to go where Will goes. And where Will goes, strange things often happen
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Mike gets clocked by a lesbian and just about everyone else in his life
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03 Feb 2026
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The Wheelers and the Byers have been living together for eight months. Mike and Will have been dating for two of them.
Will figures keeping their relationship quiet should be simple enough. After all, he kept his feelings for Mike hidden for years on end—with Jonathan the only person to realize something was going on. But in the Wheeler household, as it turns out, secrets aren’t so easy to keep.
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- English
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- 15,787
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- 5/5
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28 Jan 2026
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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- Part 1 of landslide
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 40,401
- Chapters:
- 11/11
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- 1
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- 1,544
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27 Jan 2026
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Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.
"Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.
He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."
"Again."
El is gone.
Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.
Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.
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- Part 1 of Supervoid (& Will’s Letter to El)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 48,989
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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- 4
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- 1,793
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26 Jan 2026
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Hesitation fills the line. “I was wondering if you would mind company.”
Air steadily escapes Mike’s lungs as he stares at the wall’s wood paneling. All he can offer is a weak, “Huh?”
Will’s gentle laugh reaches through to him. “I want to visit you. While I’ve got the time. Is that okay? Is—Is two weeks too long?”
Two weeks is nothing compared to the three years since they’ve seen each other.
Mike snaps back to mind. His grip tightens on both the phone and the mug’s handle. “Yes—yeah, of course that’s okay. Two weeks is perfect. It’s just… nobody else is in town right now. I’m not particularly entertaining on my own.”
“I’m not looking to be entertained, Mike. I want to see you. It’s been too long.”
“Okay…” He swallows. “Okay, yeah. Come on over.”
Mike lives alone in a house he bought in Hawkins, and he’s gotten quite used to his life as a successful hermitic writer. After landing a job, Will decides he wants to spend two weeks with him before his start date. Not only does Mike have to adjust to being around someone 24/7 again, but that someone is Will.
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24 Jan 2026
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I'm Finding it Hard to Believe (We're in Heaven)—DISCONTINUED by mioakem
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2026
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“I’m just so proud of you, baby.” He feels a weight lifted off his shoulders- which is ridiculous, he’s ridiculous for thinking that she would be anything but proud. Nonetheless, he feels relieved. He smiles, fiddling with his fingers again.
“It’s really nothing.” He says, “Mike keeps talking about how they’re innate but…but they’re not. They’re siphoned, from Vecna.” The mention of his name makes Joyce’s eyes go wide.
“Well, last I checked no one else can do that.” She shrugs, her eyes still wide. Will chuckles, looking at the floor, “Hey, all I’m saying is that I think you need to have a little more trust in yourself.” She leans forward, putting a hand on his cheek. He leans into it, into the warmth of her hand, “You didn’t fail, okay?” She says, and he nods, even though he doesn’t really believe it, “You saved Mike- all your friends. You did that, baby.” She shakes her head, “Not Vecna, just you.”
Will can feel himself tearing up for about the millionth time that night, “I can make it right.” He settles on, “We just need a new plan, a better plan.”
Right, a better plan. Easier said than done.
or: season 5 vol 2 and 3 complete rewrite
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- Part 1 of We're in Heaven
- Language:
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- 279,460
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- 17/20
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- 595
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Bookmarked by ZombieOcean
24 Jan 2026