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okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) by sunflower_J
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.
“Hi.” breathed Mike.
“Hi.” he said, hesitating.
“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.
Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.
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11 May 2026
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15 bucks says we know by the end of junemy stalker
Whoa someone’s confidentdustin
you guys are not seriously betting on thisdustin
how bored are you????el
Verydustin
fine 10 bucks says nothing’s going on between them and you’re all insanemy stalker
Are we bad people for betting on thisdustin
probablyOr: The party (and some special guests) place bets on whether or not Will and Mike are together.
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30 Apr 2026
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That seems to click something in the woman’s head, because in three seconds flat, she’s pulling her helmet back and staring her dark eyes dead into Will’s.
Will’s eyes widen and he hears Jane’s shocked gasp beside him.
Underneath the helmet, underneath all the scars and jagged lines, stares back—
“I am Michaela Childress, firstborn daughter of House Acer, Sworn Paladin to the Kingdom of Holkins, and Right Hand to the Queen Regent.” She seethes, the hard line in her jaw tightening as she glowers at Will. “The Queen Regent, whose face you have adapted as your own.”
Okay, so it’s not just him.
This woman clearly looks like Mike.
(or, the one where michaela childress is all but a lonely paladin that misses her wife so much that she risks her life, jumps into an unknown portal, and inadvertently causes distress and awakens realizations among the local populace.)
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04 Apr 2026
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r/DnD
u/MWpaladin commented on “Can’t tell the difference between sorcerers and…” posted by u/LionsandTigers7 on r/DnDu/MWpaladin: Are you an actual idiot? Sorcerers and wizards are hardly even comparable. It’s not ‘the same thing’ in the slightest. A sorcerer’s magic doesn’t even come from a book of spells, their powers are INNATE. Maybe go back to third fucking grade before you ever try and DM a campaign of your own. Jesus Christ. Another important differentiation to note is… [expand]
Or: a long, very long, retrospective of Mike’s reddit history.
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03 Mar 2026
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Sir Michael tilted his head, squinting at Will. Without warning, his hand came to cup Will's cheek, turning his skin at least ten degrees warmer. "He looks like you," Sir Michael continued, "and he has your name. Your moles, too."
His thumb came down to brush the mole over Will's top lip. The touch felt soft, strangely reverent. "My— moles?"
Mike had the same sentiment, albeit with more displeasure. "His moles?"
Will makes a wish. Sir Michael the Brave comes to fulfill it, but Mike Wheeler makes his wish come true.
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22 Feb 2026
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The Upside Down isn't the only alternate universe the party has to worry about it seems. When something inexplainable happens during a game of D&D, Will is replaced by... Will? Will the Wise appears before everyone, confused on why his friends are wearing such strange garbs and what dungeon he has stumbled into. Meanwhile, Will finds himself surrounded by fantastical versions of his friends clad in armor and robes somewhere far, far from Hawkins. The party now has a new mission to figure out how to get their Wills switched back around, and Mike needs to figure out what this feeling in his chest is all about.
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If Will had a nickel every time he was transported into an alternate reality that had some similarities to his normal reality, he'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happened twice, right?
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03 Feb 2026
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"Hey," Naomi says into his ear, continuing her little game of judging Will's type. "Right by the bar. Guy with the blue shirt and the long hair."
She points, stack of silver rings glinting on her finger and her bracelets rattling. Will follows the line, and his heart stops right along with the next gust of wind that comes in through the door.
The so-called guy with the blue shirt and the long hair is definitely his type. In fact, Will might say this guy is the origin of his type. He would recognize that profile anywhere. It practically got him into Pratt, the angles sketched over and over in countless different lights and contexts as Will honed his skill over the years. Will just never thought he'd see that profile under bright blue and yellow lights as some pop song about long lost lovers played over the speakers.
Standing there, at this stupid gay club in stupid New York City, is Mike Wheeler.
will and mike meet again in the spring of 1992
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16 Jan 2026
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Max Mayfield (@MADMAX) to Will Byers (@willthewise): are u over wheeler yet u can be our third
willthewise: No :/
MADMAX: fuckerLucas Sinclair (@sinclairlucas) to Will Byers (@willthewise): i'd treat you better than mike ever could
willthewise: I can't help who I fall in love with
sinclairlucas: pick me. choose meBookmarked by antcrows
12 Jan 2026
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An anonymous writer starts writing in to Will and Robin's queer gossip/advice podcast, 'Dear Dorothy', for help on confessing his love to his best friend. Will tries to offer advice on how best to go about it, aided by his own similar experience being in love with his best friend, who coincidentally is acting really strangely...
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OR: Five times that Will unknowingly helps Mike attempt to seduce him and the one time he knowingly does.
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12 Jan 2026
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Disconnected by calmb4storm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
07 Jan 2026
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Panic begins to run through his veins, speeding up his pulse and his breathing. “I can’t– why don’t I remember it? I don’t remember any of it.”
Mike blanches. “Any of what, Will?”
Jonathan’s hand is on his knee. Both of them are too close. He can’t breathe.
“The Upside Down. I… I can’t remember any of the Upside Down.”
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OR: A Will Byers-centric/Byler canon version ST5!
(now a post-finale fix-it fic.)Series
- Part 1 of Disconnected Universe
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07 Jan 2026
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“And now,” Robin continued, clearly smiling into the mic. “This one goes out to a close friend of mine. Hailing from the Midwest, our favorite queer pop princess Chappell Roan asks the question we’re all thinking…Was it casual, Mike?”
Mike nearly rear-ended Mrs. Henderson’s mailbox.
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05 Jan 2026
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Mike runs a campaign for his friends in his basement post-graduation. It’s supposed to be a straightforward dungeon crawl—goblins, gnolls, maybe some undead.
Except Tayr the Paladin can’t stop protecting Will the Wise. Except Mike’s voice keeps cracking when his character almost dies. Except the line between D&D and reality has never been blurrier.
Some confessions are easier to make through dice rolls and character sheets. Some truths take a lifetime to admit.
(Or: Mike Wheeler has a sexuality crisis during a D&D campaign, and his friends are so tired of watching him pine.)
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05 Jan 2026
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"It's your first day," Karen tells him. "This is exciting! You'll make so many friends."
"You think so?" Mike asks nervously, his wide eyes staring at her.
"Absolutely."
Karen Wheeler doesn't condone lying to her children, but she believes white lies can be considered harmless. They won't remember, anyways. But if Karen was telling the truth to her son, she'd have to admit how she's actually desperately nervous about his compatibility with his classmates.
After school, when Mike is rambling about his new best friend, Karen decides that if Will Byers makes her son this happy, she'll do everything in her power to make sure they stay friends forever.
Or, Will and Mike's relationship through the eyes of their friends and family (plus their own). Will is nonspeaking autistic, and Mike is also autistic. Neurodivergent friendly fic with them falling in love!
// title from Coming Home by beabadoobee
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04 Jan 2026
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"He's way too young for you," Mike muttered, whipping his head away from Robin and tucking his knees up to his chin. For some reason, he thought this conversation might go a lot worse for him if he looked her in the eye. "And you took him into the woods— where he got taken, I mean, I don't even—" and he shook his head, frowning deeper. "You went against his mom's orders! Can you not even respect his parents?"
A choked noise snapped Mike back to reality. "You— what?" Robin blinked at him, her mouth hanging slack. "I respect Joyce Byers. Very much."
With Will unconscious, Mike and Robin find time for a tense chat.
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30 Nov 2025
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Will Byers is so, incredibly in love—and living together is not helping at all. Especially not what with every one around him, acting like they all know somethig he doesn't. But it's fine, because Mike doesn't stop throwing him that stupid smile, and Will's in love.
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02 Nov 2025
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“Will’s hand can barely clutch his neck, his now hazel eyes reaching up to the sky and his body screaming in pain.
Denial, anger, depression, acceptance. The stages of grief fleet through his mind and hit each end of his heart before he can even process them.
He’s missing one, he realises. Bargaining. He’s never been one to do that. Ever since he was a kid, Will Byers could never say no. Whatever makes them happy, he’s always thought. Whatever keeps me quiet, hidden, invisible.
He’s dying right now, the stage of acceptance forces him to realise. Dying with the love of his life begging, screaming at his face to say something, anything, ‘stay with him’, Will’s blood sprawled all over his hands.”
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Possessed Will Byers tries to kill Mike Wheeler at Vecnas command, but real Will refuses to do so and in turn sacrifices himself for Mike.
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27 Oct 2025
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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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20 Oct 2025
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“Instead of playing that song, I will strive to use my new disc jockey skills to bring about romantic bliss for the one person left in this town who really deserves a happy ending.”
Will clears his throat. He looks like he’s ready to cry. “And, um, what am I swearing?”
“You, younger Byers,” Robin says, “are swearing that you will be your truest self and not neglect your hard-won feelings, and that you will try to believe in a world where the boy you love loves you back. In the gay way, of course,” she adds.
“Of course,” Will sighs. “Well, then, I swear.”
Or: 5 times Robin and Steve play the wrong song + 1 time they get it right
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18 Oct 2025
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“Will meets Mikes eyes, and maybe it’s the way the lighting perfectly frames the two boys faces, defining each feature on their face so delicately to the point where neither one wants to look away, or maybe the loving testimony Mike just gave, but either way the twos eyes stay locked onto each others just as their hands are for what feels like an eternity. Mikes eyes inevitably linger down to Wills lips, his brain struggling to stop itself from wondering what it would feel like to press his own lips against Wills. He gulps, unsure of how to deal with these overarching thoughts haunting his mind.”
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Will Byers attempts to come out to Mike Wheeler in their local church and Mikes reaction is even better than anticipated.
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17 Oct 2025
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In between the shelves of a dusty book shop, Mike Wheeler's world falls right back of it's axis.
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Apricity (adj.)
A rare and obsolete word for the rare but welcome warmth of the sun in winter.Or, the one where Mike has lost Will way too many times already-and even now doesn't think he can ever get him back. Not when Will doesn't even remember him.
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17 Oct 2025