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i held your hand on the bus back to richmond by beautiful_bones
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jan 2026
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He can’t kiss Will here, like this, when he has to pretend it doesn’t mean anything because he knows for him at least, it will mean everything.
“Whatever,” Mike sighs, “I guess I’ll kiss Dustin.”
He doesn’t look at Will. He doesn’t want to try to read his face, see if he let him down again, crushed whatever high hopes he could’ve been holding. Mike keeps his eyes trained on the ground.
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new years eve fic based on bus back to richmond by lucy dacus!
in which mike has to kiss dustin, will pours out his heart, and mike has to be brave. -
i can’t love you how you want me to by beautiful_bones
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jun 2023
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“You tell me that I am a superhero, that I am powerful, but I am also just El. Max could always see that, but I don’t know if you do.”
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The wind whispers through the trees, sending goosebumps up Mike’s back. "Have you ever wondered who we’d be if we never met each other?” Will asks quietly.
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two important conversations Mike has in the span of a few hours. One with El about their relationship, Max, and loss, and another with Will about shitty fathers, fear, and each other.Series
- Part 2 of your love is tried and true blue
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Will suddenly twisted, turning around and facing Mike. His breath caught for a moment. Mike’s cheeks flushed at their close proximity. They were barely a few inches away from each other, so close that Mike couldn’t think straight, (not that he was already doing much straight thinking).
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Mike and Will have to share a bed at the motel, and Mike is a gay, angsty, pining disaster.
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Sir Michael assesses them both. He seems to accept whatever he finds, nodding slowly. “I see. My apologies, I have gotten ahead of myself. For how long have you two been courting, then?”
Someone chokes behind them, and for a long moment, Mike honestly thinks he's misheard him. The look on his face is dead serious, though, stoic in a way that makes it very clear he's not joking.
“What?” he croaks. He looks over at Will, who looks just as caught off guard as he feels.
“You need not be shy,” Michael reassures them, back straightening. “I, too, was hesitant when William and I first began our courtship. I understand.”
When Mike's doppelganger shows up dressed like something straight out of one of their D&D campaigns, he thinks he should be thrilled. There are alternate universes. There are alternate universes with knights and wizards and dragons. And, honestly, Mike probably would be thrilled, under normal circumstances. The guy is just so weird about him and Will.
Bookmarked by beautiful_bones
13 Feb 2026
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Spring break, 1990, Mike Wheeler has invited his friends to his house while his parents and Holly are away. Will has invited his new boyfriend. Which Mike is TOTALLY fine with, he just has a few... concerns. So he's enlisted the help of Max to figure out if this "Carl" guy (his actual name is Carlton) is good enough to date their friend.
Meanwhile, Will is struggling with how to integrate two diametrically opposed things: Who he used to be, and who he is now. Having his new boyfriend see his old life is bringing that to light.
And Carlton himself is starting to suspect there's more to Mike Wheeler than Will is willing to admit.
Bookmarked by beautiful_bones
13 Feb 2026
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We can be heroes / Forever and ever / What d’you say?
“Okay,” Mike says, gripping Will’s hand. “Here goes nothing.”
He can feel the vines pulsing around his other hand, reassuring him. Mike can almost envision Will’s voice in his head. You’re the heart. Mike prays that it’s true.
“I really hope this works, Will,” Mike says, and then he presses his lips to Will’s hand.
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Or, the only way to save Will is with a true love's kiss. Enter Mike.
Bookmarked by beautiful_bones
08 Feb 2026
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“Are you having a fucking episode right now?” Max says, furrowing her brows. She doesn’t understand and Mike doesn’t know how to make her. He can’t say it out loud, not in full.
“I didn’t love her because she wasn’t who I wanted her to be.” He admits in a rush of words. 'Because she wasn't Will' goes unsaid.
or: max and mike as steve and robin in robin's coming out scene
Bookmarked by beautiful_bones
08 Feb 2026
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“So walk me through the plan again?”
Max huffed, lifting herself up to sit on the kitchen counter next to where Will was brewing a pot of coffee. “Seriously? We’ve been through this about a dozen times already.”
“I know, I know! It’s just—I don’t know, I’m feeling a little nervous about it.” Will anxiously tapped his fingers on the countertop, staring at the slow drip of the coffee. “I don’t love the idea of lying to Mike–what if he completely freaks out?”
“Isn’t that kind of the point?”
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Max & Lucas devise a plan to make Mike jealous by pretending to be in a polyamorous throuple with Will when Mike comes to visit over Spring Break.
Bookmarked by beautiful_bones
07 Feb 2026