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“I’m coming with you,” Will says immediately. “I’ll find a way. I won’t let you go alone.”
Mike’s expression hardens. For a split second, it looks like his breath gets stuck somewhere in his chest, his lungs refusing to move. His shoulders square, his posture going rigid beneath the armor as Will’s words sink in. But he isn’t angry, not really.
“No. You can’t.”
“You don’t get to decide that for me,” Will snaps, his grip tightening unconsciously at the edge of Mike’s armor.
“And you don’t get to make me weaker,” Mike fires back before he can stop himself.
or; Will panics the very moment Mike tells him that Vecna has returned; determined, Will wants to follow him into battle, only to discover that it is his bond with the paladin himself that prevents him from fighting at his side.
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- Part 1 of the Paladin and the Cleric;
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24 Dec 2025
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“Nah, man,” Lucas shakes his head, leaning back as he snacks on an apple, “he got, like, buff. Do you see his arms?”
Mike does, in fact, see Will’s arms. He has not stopped seeing his arms.
“She definitely sees his arms,” Dustin very unhelpfully points out, waggling his eyebrows, and Mike gets the overwhelming urge to bash his own head in.While volunteering at the Hawkins' help center, it seems like every girl around has a newfound interest in Will Byers, and Mike doesn't know why he feels the way he does.
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20 Dec 2025
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she's got you mesmerized by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Dec 2025
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This is what Mike’s been thinking about, in between worrying whether they’re all going to die, which definitely suggests that his priorities are a little out of whack, but he can’t help it. The past year has been bizarre, to put it lightly, but he thought that one of the better things to come out of it is that he and Will are friends again, like, real, close friends. He’s wondered, once or twice, in the midst of his own relationship’s crumbling status, whether Will has ever had any romantic entanglements, whether he plans to. Previously, Mike had ruled it out, because he thought if Will was interested in someone that he’d tell him about it, or at least not hide it. But Robin mentioned a date, and Will’s the only guy she’s been around lately except for Steve, who’s pretty obviously still hung up on Nancy (ew), so, like, what else is Mike supposed to think?
Will has made a new friend. Mike feels normal about it, really.
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20 Dec 2025
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Mike? Dustin pressed the radio to his ear, as if that could magically make him understand. What could Mike and Will possibly need a private channel for? He’d been about to cut in to ask, and to announce his presence, but Will spoke again before he could.
“How do you know mine looks awesome?” he countered, his voice sharp against Dustin’s ear. “You haven’t seen me yet. Over.”
“You always look awesome,” Mike had said without missing a beat, and vaguely, Dustin started wondering if maybe he shouldn’t be listening to this.Dustin accidentally switches onto a private radio channel, and hears some things he probably shouldn't have.
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- Part 3 of bylerween 2025
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20 Dec 2025
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(i haven't been there) for the longest time by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2025
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The little girl makes a squeaking noise, shoving her face into the guy's chest and bringing her thumb back up to her mouth. “Uh uh. Wanna stay with you, Daddy,” she implores.
Her dad sighs, leaning back against the bench and placing a hand at her back, glancing apologetically over at Will. “She’s been going through this shy phase,” he says conspiratorially.
Will laughs. “Personally, I’ve been going through a shy phase for almost three decades, so. I get it.”
The guy snorts. “Fair enough.” He peers down at his daughter, who’s still hiding her face in his t-shirt, and smiles a little as he pats the top of her head. “I’m Mike, by the way."In which Will meets a very cute guy, with an even cuter daughter.
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20 Dec 2025
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been sleeping so long (now i'm wide awake) by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Dec 2025
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“Well, maybe not, Lucas says, rolling his eyes, “but I know that worrying isn’t going to do shit for Will.”
“Funny — I could say the same thing about Max,” Mike retorts.
A scowl forms on Lucas’s face, and he goes tense, like he’s bracing himself for a full-fledged fight. “That’s different,” he starts to say.
Then, suddenly, he stops.
It’s as if someone has clicked the PAUSE button on a television, and Mike watches as his best friend goes still. Recognition flashes across Lucas’s face, and his brow furrows as he looks up, meeting Mike’s eyes. And though he doesn’t say anything, Mike can tell the exact moment when it clicks.
“Oh, shit,” Lucas breathes.
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In the aftermath of Will's newly unlocked powers and Max's escape from Camazotz, Mike confides in Lucas about his newly realized feelings for Will.
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19 Dec 2025
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Will Byers was raised to have the only correct opinions on music ever, actually, and he’s proud to show this off in the music review section of his university's queer student artists’ collective’s relatively popular zine, zine of the times. He actually really enjoys this position–that is, until the president of the zine informs him that he has to review his least favorite band on this earth: The Fellowship of the Ring.
At least his incredibly attractive neighbor in his U.S. history class is gonna go with him on the assignment, right?
Or: A music snob and the frontman of his most-hated local band walk into a bar for a date. It’s either the beginning of a really good joke or a really shitty love story.
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19 Dec 2025
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“God, Lucas is right when he says you’re oblivious.” by lixsun
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Dec 2025
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“Aren’t you cold, Will?” Mike keeps going, studying his face. “You’re always cold.” He doesn’t even wait for an answer.
“Here, give me your hands,” he says quickly, already holding his own out toward Will. “I’ll warm them.” He looks at Will a second too intensely, like this matters far more than it should. Robin snorts quietly.
“Oh, thanks Mike,” Will says, flustered. “I’m okay, but maybe—” he fumbles with his coat pockets, distracted, searching for something, finally pulling out a pair of blue gloves. “You might need these. You can have mine.”
or; Mike is painfully obvious about his feelings for Will, yet he’s convinced no one has noticed; no one at all, except for Robin Buckley.
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16 Dec 2025
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“How many times have I told you to stop making that weird nest on the floor?” he huffs, striding toward him in a few big, determined steps.
Their arms brush as he passes by, and Will has to stop himself from stumbling backward because every time Mike touches him lately, Will forgets how to be a normal human being. Safe distance, he repeats, but it’s useless.
“Come on, the bed’s big enough for both of us,” Mike insists, voice so gentle it nearly knocks Will straight to the ground.
or; Nancy and Jonathan want to sleep together on the basement couch, and Will is more or less forced to go sleep in Mike’s room.
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15 Dec 2025
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“Don’t worry, I’ll do it,” Mike protests weakly, but Will ignores him. “You need to rest, yeah,” he continues softly, swallowing audibly at the thought of Will’s fingers on him again.
“I want to take care of—” Will mumbles, fumbling for gauze and bandages, his focus wavering. Mike notices the flush creeping up Will’s cheeks, bright and vivid against his otherwise pale, tired skin. And it warms something inside Mike, just a little, because Will wants to take care of him.
or; Mike is confused, and maybe Will offering to take care of his wounds after their encounter with Vecna only makes things worse.
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15 Dec 2025
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At midnight on everyone's sixteenth birthday, they receive a connection of some kind with their soulmate. Some are connected by strings. Some have contact marks, a shadow of the first time their soulmate touches them. For some, the first words their soulmate says to them appears on their skin. Some find objects that their soulmate has misplaced.
On the night of Will Byers' sixteenth birthday, he hears a little voice in his head. But whom does the voice belong to? Will he ever get to meet the mysterious "Gabriel"?
Inspired a post I can't find (sorry!) by serendipitous-magic (https://serendipitous-magic.tumblr.com/)
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13 Dec 2025
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Mike enters Castle Byers expecting to slay a monster and to rescue a princess. Reality is a bit different...
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- Part 4 of Byler Fics
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12 Dec 2025
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Operation Matchmakers by midnighteverlark for paladinscleric
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Oct 2021
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Mike teaches English in room B207.
Will teaches art in B213.
And they clearly, clearly like each other.
Their students hatch a plan to get them together.Gift fic for paladinscleric! Happy birthday!
(Not a text/chat fic! It just has elements of that from the students' POV. Don't be put off by the first bit, it's not all chat.)
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12 Dec 2025
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Who in their right mind would ever take relationship advice from Dustin Henderson, and as an extension, Steve Harrington? A complete and utter idiot like Mike Wheeler, that's who.
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The one where Mike has been taking Will on dates and courting him and Will has no idea.
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11 Dec 2025
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Sometimes, Will really, really wishes he could catch a fucking break.
As if getting dragged into the Upside Down and making everyone rescue him a second time wasn’t bad enough, this time, somehow, Will also leaves the Upside Down with the ability to read people’s minds.
At least he’s not throwing up slugs this time.or;
Will gets telepathic powers, and can't control them. Through this, he accidentally learns that his best friend is having some less than heterosexual thoughts.
The only problem is he doesn't seem to know he's having them.Series
- Part 1 of supersensory perception
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11 Dec 2025
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“Do you want to go home?” He questions, leaning close and voice soft, and Will pauses, before nodding again. Mike lets out a breath, and lets his hand press against Will a little more firmly when he starts to sway in place again. “Okay, let’s go.”
Then he looks up and is met with smug faces, and Mike flushes when he realizes his own hypocrisy.
“I don’t talk like that,” Max recalls, voice high-pitched and overly girly and – Mike definitely doesn’t talk like that.
According to everyone in his life, Mike has a voice reserved just for Will. He tries to figure out what that says about him.
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06 Dec 2025
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From the corner of his eyes, Will gives him a wry look. “You think it’s… cool?”
Mike smiles at him. “Yeah. I really do.”
“So… I wasn’t cool before?”
Mike’s stomach drops all the way to the Squawk’s basement. Shit. “No! I mean— Of course you were!”
Mike and Will finally have a moment alone after the MAC-Z battle to discuss Will's newly revealed abilities. Will jumps on the chance to mess with him, and Mike falls for it. And for Will, too.
(Based on my post)
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06 Dec 2025
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“Why do I even need to get a portrait taken every year, that’s way too often,” Mike whines.
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Or, Prince Mike usually can't sit still while having his portrait taken; that changes when his mother hires a new painter for the job.
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04 Dec 2025
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Mike huffs, gulping a little. He’s touching the same shoulder the actual Goddess of the Moon touched. He doesn’t let go though, he was there first. Selûne would have to deal with it.
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It's a typical Thursday morning, except for the part where Will gets Chosen by the Moon Goddess and suddenly Mike's choice of which Paladin order to join gets a lot easier.
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- Part 1 of Moon Songs
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04 Dec 2025
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you can just talk (and i'll stare at your mouth) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Nov 2025
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Mike’s hand, which is still brushing Will’s, shifts just slightly, and his pinky finger hooks loosely around Will’s own. Which is a lame, cliche move to get worked up over, probably, except that Will also might be forgetting how to breathe over it. “What if we split up?” he hears himself say, his voice coming out impressively even considering the fact that his heart is making a very valiant effort to beat right through his chest and leap into Mike’s palm, “In pairs, maybe? Mike and I can take the garage.”
“Oh, I’m sure,” Lucas mutters. Will chances a glance at Mike, whose cheeks have turned a dusty shade of pink, and who is gnawing harshly on his lower lip in what appears to be an attempt to press down a smile.Dustin plans a murder mystery party. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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- Part 7 of bylerween 2025
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03 Dec 2025