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Will understands that he's kind of an idiot for going through with the idea at first. Really, any normal, sane person would more than likely have declined. Who the fuck gets into a friends-with-benefits, video-porn relationship with their best friend who they're also kinda-sorta in love with?
Will, apparently. That's who.
After Will unexpectedly loses his job, he and Mike are on the hunt for a method to earn good money quickly. It’s not a situation either of them ever thought they’d end up in, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and their subscribers are all too willing to help those in need.
OR: Will and Mike discover the pros to filming adult content together.
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17 Jul 2026
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It's the summer after graduation and Hawkins is plagued by a heatwave. As Mike whiles his days away at the pool, he tries to figure out why he no longer feels normal about Will - and why he can't stop staring at his abs. But when lights start flickering and kids are talking about strange things happening at the Creel mansion, Mike soon realises that his identity crisis isn't the worst of his problems. His obsession with keeping Will safe makes him confront some traumas of his past - and feelings he hasn't been able to name.
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17 Jul 2026
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"I'm not narrating." His hand tightened.
"You are, Mike."
"Yeah." His hand did not move off Will's waist. "I'm not gonna stop, though."
"I want my mouth here," Mike said straight against Will's skin. "Right here. Under your shirt."
Will did not answer. His lips parted, just to pull in more air. Mike saw his throat move, saw his chest rise and fall faster under the thin white shirt, saw the two hands on his shoulders still refusing to let go.
"I want to know what you sound like," Mike said, his voice rougher, "when you can't correct me anymore."
OR: Mike Wheeler’s first job in Los Angeles is writing a sex column for Pink Noise, a chaotic queer magazine. Will Byers, his ex-best friend and current art director, needs copy he can actually draw. Mike writes sex like desire owes him an apology. He asks Will for help and calls it research. Strictly professional.
Their first feature together is called The Pink Manual: How to Fuck Your Friend and Keep Your Dignity.
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16 Jul 2026
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u/willthewiseAdvice on dealing with being in love with your best friend?
New poster on here. Sorry if this is the wrong thread. But I don’t know who else to talk to about this.
Gosh this feels so weird to type, I’m literally on my friend’s dad’s computer at 3 am to make sure nobody else sees this and I’ve never said it aloud before but… I’m in love with my best friend (15M) who is dating my adopted sister (15F). I know it's not a good look. But I’ve known him since we were five and I’ve had a crush on him for years. He’s so smart and brave and funny. He always knows just what I need and never talks down to me when so many other people do just because they can. He stands up for me and our friends, always, no matter what. He believes in me in a way that nobody but my own mother does. I just… love him.
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15 Jul 2026
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Being a part-time superhero doesn’t solve Will’s problems; instead, it adds to them. As Cleric, he’s forced to deal with his egotistical know-it-all of a partner, Paladin. As Will, he’s stuck hopelessly pining after his best friend. He’s honestly not sure which is worse.
One thing’s for sure, though — he needs a change. In one of his weaker moments, Will comes up with a plan: get over Mike by getting under someone else, someone he knows he won’t fall for.
Maybe Paladin is good for something, after all.
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- Part 1 of I Need a Hero
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15 Jul 2026
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Spider-Boy, King of Thieves by whyamistillwritingpages
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Apr 2026
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"Easy. Fuck Thor, marry Iron Man, kill Spider-Man.”
Mike snorts. Loudly. Everyone turns to look at him, and he falls silent.
Max peers at him. “You got something to say, Wheeler?”
Mike shrugs. Then the alcohol gets the best of him. “I’d fuck Spider-Man.”
Will chokes on his water.
Mike’s devised a plan. If he lets himself crush on Spider-Man, then he can work on getting over Will, his roommate and best friend who's clearly uninterested. It's foolproof, really.
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- Part 1 of Webs of Opacity
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13 Jul 2026
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"Need a light?" MJ looks down at the joint in Will's hands, confused.
"Oh, right now?" Will startles, looking at the door handle.
"Are you always this jumpy? Man, you really need this, huh? C'mere." Will hesitates. MJ sighs, reaching for the joint in Will's lap and feeding it to him.
He sparks the lighter and holds it to the end of the freshly rolled joint. Will watches his eyes on the flame, unsure what to do next. "Breathe in." MJ demands through an airy laugh, waiting for the end of the joint to glow before leaning back in his seat.
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a 2000s au in which 'MJ' is a drug dealer and Will, a tired, broke, college student, is his favourite customer.
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13 Jul 2026
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“And why come back when so many are leaving Hawkins?”
Will slowed without meaning to. The leaves under his shoes crackled. “I–”
What should he tell this stranger that wouldn’t reveal the fact that his sister had superpowers and might actually be the only key to save this entire town from a monstrous maniac?
“Well, everyone I know is here,” he murmured. “I couldn’t… just leave them.”
The man hummed softly, then he lifted his head to scan over the woods, a faint whistle came from his lips, before his gaze landed onto Will again.
“Maybe something here wanted you back.”
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fix-it ficmodern-gothic take on Will Byers' story in Season 5 .Series
- Part 1 of @burntsepia's fics collection
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12 Jul 2026
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"My sorcerer," he whispers, reverent. "I knew it." He places his hands on either side of Will's face and kisses him.
It's nothing like the first time, desperate and pent-up from a lifetime of hiding from it. Or the second time, sweet and tender like it was could slip away at any moment. It's its own thing—Will's impossible magic hands in Mike's curls and Mike holding him tight by the waist with the relief of someone who's really, really glad he didn't die.
The world might be coming to an end, but there’s nothing Mike and Will’s love can’t survive.
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11 Jul 2026
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my wicked tongue, where will it be? by yearning4byler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Jul 2026
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"Come on, Will. Think about it. We are the only two gay guys we know of on campus. We could… help each other out? Release the tension."
"Are you seriously suggesting what I think you’re suggesting?"
"Fucking each other with no strings attached? Yeah, I am."Or
Mike and Will have been competing against each other their whole lives, one day deciding to step up the prize.
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10 Jul 2026
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Father Michael Wheeler has a problem.
Unfortunately, his problem has freckles, brown eyes, pretty knees and surprisingly good flirting skills.
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The one where a Catholic priest develops a catastrophically unhealthy attachment to a university student and nobody involved makes a single good decision. Extreme slow burn.
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10 Jul 2026
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Will Byers is living happily in the big city, growing into himself and going clubbing with his new boyfriend.
But what happens when he spots Mike Wheeler at a gay club after 2 years of no-contact?
(inspired by delicateviolqnce on tiktok)
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10 Jul 2026
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It's Michael Wheeler's first day of sophomore year at Hawkins High, and he's completely, terrifyingly alone. El has broken up with him, and he hasn't seen his friends all summer. His world is crumbling around him, and he doesn't care enough to stop it.
Until his English teacher sets an assignment to write a retelling of Romeo and Juliet - and his project partner is his ex-best friend, William Byers, the boy his world once revolved around.or,
Mike Wheeler and Will Byers write a self-insert superhero comic book together about doomed, forbidden lovers and realise that they are also doomed, forbidden lovers.
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10 Jul 2026
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Will Byers is spending his break giving art lessons, and Holly Wheeler just so happens to need a tutor.
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Mike opens the front door expecting a stranger. Instead, he gets his childhood best friend, and a summer that's about to completely rewire his brain.
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08 Jul 2026
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Alternating POV
Special Agent Mike Wheeler is dispatched to the small town of Hawkins, Indiana when a series of murders are discovered. But what happens when he finds the culprit and can’t bring himself to arrest him when he becomes unhealthily obsessed with the murderer?
Will Byers is a psychopathic serial killer who finds it hard to form a strong emotional attachment to anyone, but when Special Agent Mike Wheeler comes along, he doesn’t even have to try.
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07 Jul 2026
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Neon Spirits of New York (four friends and a thousand of ghosts) by French_Fraise
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jul 2026
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**1993, New York City.**
Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas are living the dream—sharing an apartment in West Village and attending some of the city’s most prestigious universities in different majors.
But they’re not like other students. They’re ghost hunters.
Ever since his mysterious disappearance for one week in November 1983, Will has been able to see—and communicate with - the dead. What started as a game has become something bigger, pulling the four friends into the haunted corners of the city that never sleeps.
As they chase ghosts through neon-lit streets Will confront more than just restless spirits. He must learn to live with his gift… and face the quiet truth he’s been avoiding for years: his unconditional love for his best friend—and that this love may never be returned.
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06 Jul 2026
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At Your Service (I’ll do anything) by secretsinthedark
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jul 2026
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“We could watch gay porn together.”
Mike wants to prove how much of a good friend he is. Because he is the greatest of them all. He would even consider sucking a dick to make his best friend happy.
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06 Jul 2026
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Mike stares at the photo, whispering the words.
His name is Will Byers.
He has huge eyes, a gazillion moles, and a withering sense of humor.
He draws the best pictures.
He moved away when we were thirteen. His mother lives in Florida. He goes to school in Boston.
He is alive.
He was my best friend.
Mike remembers. They haven’t taken everything yet.Seven years ago, Will Byers went missing. After he reappeared, everyone—even his own family—started to forget him.
Now, it’s 1994, twenty-year-old Will is back in Hawkins, WA, and it is happening again.
A mid-90s AU set in the Pacific Northwest, ft.: slowburn Byler, mixtapes, flannel, witchcraft, moody weather, Nirvana, and a spooky eldritch forest.
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04 Jul 2026
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you took my heart (i was sleeping) Comic Adaptation by Kore_is_cool
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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04 Jul 2026
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cursing my name, wishing I stayed (look at how my tears ricochet) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jun 2025
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"Tell me a secret?"
Mike asks, like he's come to do every day, late at night, when the darkness can swallow the guilt and the regret rushing out of their hearts, when their sides press together, the floor long forgotten, ever since the first Will, please, come up here.
Will is a terrible person.
I'm in love with you. I'm having visions. I'm in love with you. I'm not really having nightmares, Vecna is tempting me with a version of you that loves me back. I'm in love with you.
"I think my death is the easiest solution to everything. The Upside Down will die with me."
Will can hear Mike swallow next to him.
"Will, I would let the world burn down to ashes if it meant keeping you in it."
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They're back in Hawkins, everything is the way it's always been, except - yeah, it's still the middle of an apocalypse, Will is having nosebleeds and Mike would sacrifice the world for his best friend but is still losing him.
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03 Jul 2026