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Mike barks a laugh. “I’m, unfortunately, requesting your companionship Thursday night to see Child’s Play 2 with Will and I.”
She sends him a look of bewilderment. “How did I get dragged into your date with Will?”
“Y’know, it’s really great that I can count on such discretion from you and Lucas. Super awesome that you don’t tell each other everything.” Max ignores him and he continues on. “Well, I tried my best, but he kind of looked at me all-dumbfounded and wasn’t saying anything, so I panicked.”
“Well, duh. He’s liked you since, like, birth. Did you even give him enough time to answer?”
“Of course I gave him enough time to answer.” Mike grits out, voice tight. “I know how to have a fucking conversation with someone, Maxine.”
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Mike Wheeler can’t pick a major to save his life, is fighting for said life in the worst class ever (Astronomy 101), and is desperately trying to romance the best person in his life.
Enter: Will Byers, his advanced concepts in painting final project, and his pretty eyelashes.
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- Part 2 of devotion | Indiana University
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14 Jan 2026
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“We are more similar than you realize, Will. Both of us were...sensitive children. We were different. Seen as freaks. But we are special. You are special.”
Will takes a shallow breath, tries to swallow his nerves. He speaks flatly. “And?”
Henry blinks, seemingly surprised by Will’s coldness. “I chose you that day, you know.”
And Will sees himself, small and alone, riding his bike through the darkness. He sees the silhouette of something tall and not-human. He sees himself crashing his bike. Running home. But the creature unlocks the door. It follows him into the shed. It gets him.
“It was you,” Will whispers, a hand coming up to the back of his neck. The monster that took him. The possession. The visions. “It’s always been you.”
(or the one where will’s connection to the upside down is a crucial part of season 4 instead of him getting sidelined, and how it changes everything)
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- Part 1 of darker in the day than the dead of night
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13 Jan 2026
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In 1983, Hawkins buried a body they thought was Will Byers. When he was found alive a week later in a farmhouse cellar, the town didn't know how to handle him. He was a living contradiction to a funeral they already had and the world had moved on without him. Five years later, Will is still trying to figure out how to take up space in a world that already mourned him.
Now it’s 1988 and Will is almost an adult, living in the Wheelers' basement trying to navigate a world that treats him like he’s some sort of ghost or freak. Between the suffocating "Moral Panic" of a small town in the 80s and the trauma that makes his skin feel like a cage.
The only safe place left is Mike Wheeler.Bookmarked by bas11
11 Jan 2026
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Will Byers is the first to leave Hawkins.
He learns how to live without it. Without the town, without the past, without Mike. He becomes an illustrator in New York, and finally lives a life that belongs to him alone.
Until years later, Will is asked to illustrate a book.
A book written by Mike Wheeler.What a way of ruining his peace.
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11 Jan 2026
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He thinks back to the lights flickering in his home. To the Party drifting away from each other—drifting away from him—in a way that now feels like far too familiar of a scheme. He thinks back to that dream he had of Will, after months of not having a single one, and to all the other, smaller moments when things didn’t make sense, and—
Mike understands.
He finally understands.
“It’s not real,” Mike whispers.
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In the aftermath of Vecna’s defeat and El’s death, Mike begins to realize everything is not as it seems in Hawkins.
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09 Jan 2026
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Set Post-Volume 1.
Mike and Will are taken by the military who take a special interest in Wills powers. While Will is subject to experimentation, Mike does everything he can to keep Will safe.
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"Will!" Mike crashes to the ground next to him. Gets a good look at him.
Wills eyes are dazed slightly. They latch on to Mike anyways and he seems to sag with relief. The blood from Wills nose falls onto his lip. Into his mouth.
"That was- that was amazing!" Mike brings his sleeve up and wipes the blood away. He opens his arms and lets Will collapse against him, head resting on Mikes chest and Mike doesn't even think twice about how intimate it should feel.
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05 Jan 2026
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i'm not in love (so don't forget it) by blueandyellowarc
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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He knows, it’s all his fault. He knows. But there are tears stinging in his eyes and he calls Will again, because how the hell is he supposed to figure this out on his own? He calls again, and again, and again, and again, until Will picks up.
“Mike. Let it go. It’s almost morning, you should sleep. Why can’t you do as I ask and not call me?”
Mike swallows, voice coming out as a pathetic croak, “Will. Will, I can’t lose you. I can't-” The tears that have been burning in his eyes impatiently, finally roll down his cheeks in fat, slow, drops.
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Will needs time away from Mike, time to focus on college and time to get over his unrequited feelings. For the first time, Mike is not the one to push Will away and he cannot stand the feeling. He ends up calling Will, even though he asked him not to, desperate to get him back. It's not too late, is it?
inspired by "I'm Not In Love" (10cc) lyrics!!
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05 Jan 2026
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In 1993, 4 years after the Graduation of Hawkins High’s class of 89’…
Holly Wheeler still thinks about her abduction six years prior. Everyone seems to have forgotten what had happened to her, expecting her to have moved on. All she has are Derek and Debbie, but it doesn’t help. She wants a role model, and Will Byers could be just that.
Will Byers is living a happy life in New York City, along with an old “friend” from his high school years. He still gets nightmares of Henry. He can’t help but think about how easily he could’ve be the next Vecna.
Mike Wheeler is currently an aspiring author who writes about the stories he once lived, but he’s still living with his family in Hawkins, and is dull and unhappy. His friends have all separated, and he is drowning in guilt from the mistakes he made in high school.
So he tries to reunite with Will, only to find out he might just be too late.
Title from I Love My Boyfriend by Princess Chelsea!
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04 Jan 2026
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Will Byers goes missing on the night of November 6th after a game of DnD with his best friends. No one sees it coming, and everyone except for his closest family and friends are sure he’s got to be dead.
There are no lights to speak to, but there are demodogs to kill, and a bald girl in the woods. Mike is sure they lead to Will, even when he’s missing much longer than just a week or two.
Bob dies for a reason, even if he doesn’t know it, and that is to save Will. What no one expects is for Will to show up in the very building after murdering said monsters with the same powers as Eleven. It becomes increasingly clear that he doesn’t know what’s going on, and neither do they, although for very different reasons.
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03 Jan 2026
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The first time Lonnie locked him in his trunk, Will stayed there for so long that his lips turned blue and he couldn’t get his fingers to work. Jonathan had found him when he got home from school, panicking and calling his mom in a fit of tears.
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Will Byers goes through hell. Again. And Again.Bookmarked by bas11
03 Jan 2026
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The Danger Signs Will Never Let The Feelings Die by ProbablyNoPosts
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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After jacking back into the hive mind, Will falls unconscious for several hours with no signs of waking up. An anxious Mike and Joyce ask Eleven to see if she can enter Will's mind to get him back. After traveling through his memories to retrieve him, Eleven finally brings Will back, but he isn't quite the same...
A byler-centered fic that explores the topic of grooming and trauma involving Will's experience with the Upside Down while also focusing on the impact of familial love.
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03 Jan 2026
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Will Byers was never found in the Upside Down. Rather, he has had to survive the past four years alone in an unknown world. One night, Will wakes up to a noise outside. Hopper, on a crawl, stumbles upon the boy and quickly realizes who he is. Can Will readjust to his old life? Will he ever be the same again? What happened to him in his years of solitude?
This takes place before/during season five. (Kinda a rewrite of season 5, too.) Also kinda Byler focused :)
Each chapter is named after a song (yes, I know it isn't 80s music, sue me), and I'm making a playlist with the songs for each chapter in order. This is the link: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4l3MR45RRoG4vVHnUx8p0Ojbs-i50L9g&si=QjjrXkJbubQHhrcZ.
Happy reading!
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02 Jan 2026
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My tiny body cannot contain my beating heart by YellowxBlue
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Jan 2026
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When Will Byers gains his powers, Mike Wheeler begins to pull back.
When Will Byers invades Vecna’s mind, Mike Wheeler doesn’t know that this will change the course of everything.
When Will Byers is turned back into a 13-year old, Mike has to decide if he wants to keep his distance or take a chance to repair their broken friendship.
Starts at the end of Season 5 Episode 4 The sorcerer and moves a little into the next episode as well. And yes this is essentially a de-aging fic.
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02 Jan 2026
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02 Jan 2026
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Jason Todd has survived a lot of things.
This time, survival is not the point.
AKA As his captors grow more frustrated, the cost of defiance becomes devastatingly personal, and Jason’s greatest fear isn’t what they’ll take from him...but who won’t come for him.
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Grandiose is usually used disapprovingly to describe something that seems impressive or is intended to be impressive, but that is either not possible or practical.
// The long-vacant historic building has finally been purchased, and the developer has announced grandiose plans to make it the center of a new theater district.
Merriam Webster Dictionary, Word of the Day, December 26, 2025.Series
- Part 62 of Word of the Day
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01 Jan 2026
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The Time In Between Us (and the Bridge that we Built) by aversive5599
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jan 2026
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"I-I don't know what Vecna showed you but I promise you, no version of Mike can ever hate any version of his Will. I am your Mike, Will. Yours. The Michael Wheeler to your William Byers. The Paladin to your Sorcerer. Mike the Brave who belongs with Will the Wise. If I am the heart of the party you are mine." Mike's voice breaks but he continues,"So please, please fight this. Please remember and come back. Come back to me."
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A canon fix it where the canon story is Will's Vecna vision that has been used to trap him. So now the team must prepare for the final battle to uncover the secrets that have plagued them for years and Mike must finally come to terms with his feelings for his best friend. A retelling and fix it of sorts on how I think Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 and the ending should have gone because a) the plot actually REQUIRED a Byler endgame b) the fans had much better theories than whatever I was made to watch.
Diverges after Season 5 Episode 5
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01 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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01 Jan 2026
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Holding My Breath (You Said I Looked Good In Blue) by parttimeluvah
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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Will Byers is good at disappearing. He’s been practicing his whole life.
Mike Wheeler is good at noticing.
After Will runs from a home that never felt safe, he ends up somewhere warm by accident, and then by choice. Between shared comics, borrowed clothes, and hands that don’t hurt, something fragile begins to grow.or
Will lives with his abusive father until staying hurts more than leaving.
He runs, and finds himself on the back of Mike Wheeler’s bike.Bookmarked by bas11
01 Jan 2026
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The summer before college. Will is dreading it for one reason, and one reason only: Mike Wheeler has apparently infected him with an incurable illness.
Max calls it "Wheelerease." Lucas calls it love. Dustin honestly just wants all his friends to be happy. Even if it's participating in one last mission.
And Mike? Oblivious as ever.
Or,
The epilogue doesn't end there.
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01 Jan 2026
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