15 Bookmarks by afry0110
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“I mean, obviously I’m gonna do it. I always do it. But I probably need a photo or reference, and my…” Will trails off and sighs, gaze landing on the dusty box sitting on top of his desk. Mike’s eyes naturally follow, looking a little lost. “My camera’s broken. So I guess I’ll be drawing my figurines again—”
“I could help you,” Mike interrupts.
And there it is. This is why Will should stop complaining out loud.
aka mike offers to be will's reference, they talk about mike's self-esteem issues, and more shenanigans with paint ensue
title from True Blue by boygenius
Bookmarked by afry0110
23 Mar 2026
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you looked back at me once (but i looked back two times) by IIBreathlessII
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jan 2026
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After everything that they had been through together, Will Byers is sure one thing remains unchanged: his feelings for Mike Wheeler are one-sided. Though he's living in the Wheelers' basement, he tries his best to get over Mike and fully accept himself with the help of Robin Buckley. Mike, meanwhile, is struggling with emotions he doesn't yet understand and a twisting feeling in his stomach at the thought of Will and Robin getting close so quickly. Misunderstandings grow, jealousy simmers, and buried feelings refuse to stay quiet as the boys figure themselves out.
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- English
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- 85,478
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- 40/40
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22 Mar 2026
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A conflict of interest (in your orbit) by wheezingwheeler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Feb 2026
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"They were satellites in unstable orbit, trying desperately not to collide while being pulled toward each other anyway."
Will Byers thought he'd buried his feelings for Mike Wheeler somewhere between Hawkins and Chicago. Then Mike walks into his life again, and eight years of distance collapse into nothing.
What starts as a forbidden attraction becomes something neither of them can name - desperate encounters, painful misunderstandings, emotional manipulation, and Mike's inability to reconcile who he is.
When Mike finally stops running, he might just be too late.
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- Part 1 of The stratosphere
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- English
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- 47,706
- Chapters:
- 26/26
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- 1,224
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- 5,093
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22 Mar 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Apr 2026
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“Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.
“What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”
Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”
So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?
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- English
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- 115,240
- Chapters:
- 25/30
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- 4,148
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20 Mar 2026
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College was supposed to be a fresh start. The Party is scattered across nearby campuses, close enough to pretend nothing has changed. Will is finally happy or at least trying to be with his new boyfriend, Carlton. Mike tells himself he doesn’t care. He tells himself a lot of things.
Between shared houses, crowded college parties, and a friend group that never really learned how to separate, they keep falling into familiar patterns: late nights, quiet check-ins, and Mike noticing things he probably shouldn’t anymore. Everything Mike thought he understood about himself starts to unravel. Some realizations come too late. Some feelings refuse to stay buried.
And some feelings don’t fade just because you pretend they have.
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- English
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- 104,267
- Chapters:
- 19/19
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- 714
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- 433
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09 Feb 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 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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- English
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- 80,205
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- 12/?
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- 15,085
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Bookmarked by afry0110
08 Feb 2026
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Apr 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
Season 5 Rewrite to follow
Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.
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- Part 1 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?
- Language:
- English
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- 272,797
- Chapters:
- 40/42
- Comments:
- 7,897
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- 16,250
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Bookmarked by afry0110
06 Feb 2026
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Five years have passed since Hawkins barely survived his final nightmare. The party has scattered across the world, finding their places and their happiness. Everyone, except Mike Wheeler.
Locked up in a quiet apartment in a deserted town, he became a writer who forgot how to write. His world has been reduced to calls from creditors, piles of ruined paper, and a silent longing for what he himself destroyed.
But in Chicago, amid canvases and paint, Will Byers creates his own world. A world where every painting contains the ghost of a man with an invisible face. And perhaps only he knows how to reach the very bottom — and pull out from there the one who was once his best friend and the love of his life.
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16 Jan 2026
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when we touch we are caressing stars by id_rather_be_home
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Dec 2025
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“No, no,” Will breathes, catching Mike by his hips, grip harder than it probably ever has been before, encouraging Mike to come back in. “God, that’s so hot, Mike. It’s okay, you’re so— you're hard because of me, holy shit.”
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The evolution of Mike and Will's sexual relationship.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 97,117
- Chapters:
- 15/29
- Comments:
- 388
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- 6,345
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- 1,192
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15 Jan 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.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 172,551
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 5,563
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- 15,875
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- 3,200
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Bookmarked by afry0110
15 Jan 2026
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Never meant to cause you any pain by heavensfolly
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things - Fandom
21 Jan 2026
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//cleric// Will's a conduit. //paladin// Mike's never gone around him without his armor. //the Shadow// What's some metal to a magnet?
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Vecna's death at the site of the Creel House leaves the Mindflayer hungry for a new host... Someone who's already halfway gone.
(an alternative take, picking up after Season 4, wherein Mike discovers he wants Will more than air, and Will, for both their sakes, is desperate to fight it. + other strange things happen that really, no one saw coming)
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14 Jan 2026
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When Max is sent away for a month for advanced out of state hospital treatment, Lucas is left with way too much time and way too many feelings. So when he notices the unresolved tension simmering between Will and Mike, he decides to do something about it. But before he can even process what that truly entails, he’s already knee deep in secrets, feelings, and “friendships” that are a lot more complicated than he signed up for.
OR: What starts as a distraction from missing Max turns into the most complicated plan of Lucas’s life as he shifts from helping Will get over Mike to setting them up together (because he’s the bestest, most supportive friend ever, obviously!)
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- English
- Words:
- 70,387
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Comments:
- 1,114
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- 7,108
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- 1,688
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- 115,859
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06 Jan 2026
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What if Joyce and Hopper weren't able to find Will? What if he escaped the Demogorgan, but was left stranded in the Upside Down?
This is the story of a boy returning to a world that continued on without him.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 70,074
- Chapters:
- 17/?
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 557
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- 978
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05 Jan 2026
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here comes your man (formerly the paladin and the cleric) by lilith loves byler (Lilith_ForAllTime)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jan 2026
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HEY BYLERS! To quote from Chapter 6: "Wanting something doesn’t automatically make you delusional." THAT MEANS YOU 🫵
This is a post-canon fix-it fic. If you want to be in for the long haul, this fic is for you! 💙💛
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After leaving Hawkins for art school in New York, Will Byers is desperate to build a new life with his love for Mike Wheeler firmly in his past. But absence has a way of shaping everything it surrounds, and when Mike sends Will the first draft of a fantasy novel that feels a little too familiar, and Will returns to Hawkins for Christmas, Will is forced to confront the possibility that some feelings don’t disappear just because you refuse to look at them.A slow-burn, canon-compliant exploration of queerness, grief, and romance.
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05 Jan 2026
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Right where you left me (Everybody moved on) by wise_heart13
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler never fully moved on from the events that happened in Hawkins. He finds himself stuck while everyone else around him moved on. That is until Mike gets his big break where he is forced to face what he truly fears. His feelings for Will Byers. Who has happily moved on without him
Or: Fate brings Mike and Will back togetherBookmarked by afry0110
05 Jan 2026