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Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being.
It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a huge crush on the musician. Off limits.
Fantastic.
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*please do not post this story on wattpad*
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21 Dec 2025
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your touch brought forth an incandescent glow by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Dec 2025
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Mike took a sip of his own cocoa, eyes drifting to the window. “It’s really coming down, huh? Kinda nice.”
Will looked at him instead of the snow.
“Yeah,” he whispered. “It really is.”
The living room glowed with soft Christmas lights, snow falling silently outside, Mike’s hand warm over Will’s toes. And for a moment, Will let himself imagine that this was how it would always be.
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Post-Season 5. With Henry gone and Hawkins finally safe, Will learns how to love winter again - and maybe how to love Mike Wheeler out loud.
A soft, snowy Christmas Byler fic full of cocoa, sketching, gentle touches, healing, and two boys slowly realising they’ve always been each other’s home.
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21 Dec 2025
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“We’re supposed to be a team.”
Mike’s hand falls from the door knob. Instinctively, he takes a step back, and he turns back around. The door closes gently behind him, and Mike stares at his boyfriend in surprise and in confusion. “What?”
“We’re supposed to be a team,” Will repeats, his voice trembling yet still a bit angry. His eyes are narrowed at Mike—defensive but still on guard, wounded but still ready to fight.
It’s familiar. Somehow, the two of them always end up like this.
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A year after the Upside Down’s destruction, Will and Mike are in what their friends like to call their “honeymoon phase.” But when a new problem arises and puts strain on their relationship, the two of them must learn what it truly means to work together as a team and to love each other well.
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21 Dec 2025
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we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) by papenathy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jun 2025
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“Looks like I bit you.” Will tilts his head to get a better look. All Mike can do is stare at him. His fluffy hair at the front, clumped pieces at the back where he’d slid his fingers in a mere few minutes before. His pretty green eyes that look hazel or even brown in this light, the dark circles he gets when he drinks framing them like intricate paintings. A satisfied, bloody smile.
Mike isn’t satisfied. He swallows thickly, choking down the words 'don’t you want more?'
Or: Will dresses as a vampire for a college halloween party, but Mike thinks his costume isn’t bloody enough. Will lets him fix it. Mike goes into a crisis.
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21 Dec 2025
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Still clutching his chest, fingernails now denting his skin, Mike hears a subtle, hesitant shifting in a sleeping bag nearby. Probably in response to his not-so-quiet hyperventilation. He needs to get out of here.
No one can see him like this.
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Mike Wheeler has a panic attack because he is clearly repressing in volume 1. Enjoy!Bookmarked by etherealksm
21 Dec 2025
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run away, turn away (until you're forced to face it) by literallycassie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Jul 2025
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For the past week or so, Mike had been plagued with horrible headaches and nosebleeds. Vaguely remembering something Lucas had said about those being a bad sign if accompanied by visions, he’d done the only natural thing and hidden his ailment from the rest of the Party. It was a pretty easy feat, anyway, as everyone was largely absorbed with their own thoughts, dealing with their own problems. Either way, he hadn’t had any visions, not that he knew of at least, so he was fine… right?
One minute ago, he was sitting in his basement with Lucas, Dustin and Will, just like the old days. Now, Mike’s still in the basement, only he’s alone. The usually warm lighting flickers, suddenly more of a fluorescent color, like hospital lights, leaving the place rather desolate and cold. He shivers against it, crossing his arms to keep some semblance of warmth. The hairs on his neck and arms bristle.
or: mike gets vecna'd
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21 Dec 2025
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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21 Dec 2025
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“Hungry,” is all Mike manages to get out. Will can hear each ragged breath scuttle up and down his chest. He squints at Mike, the boy refusing to break eye contact, staring intently at Will. The emptiness from this morning is back.
Will scoots up in bed and shimmies out of his blanket cocoon, placing his hands on the sides of Mike’s arms. “Are you feeling sick?” he questions gently. Something’s not right.
Mike shakes his head and once again, opens his mouth with a brief pause before speaking. “I’m so hungry, Will.”
Mike gets a little too into the occult. After a ritual-gone-wrong, Will has to piece together a decades-old mystery to save his best friend's life.
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21 Dec 2025
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After Mike endlessly pushed the party, especially Dustin, to quit wearing the Hellfire shirt and cut ties of all representation towards the so-called Satanic Club: Mike Wheeler saunters his way into The Squawk for the party's meet-up, wearing the very exact shirt he forbids. Will Byers has a lot to say.
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based off of the fan art made by sunnycring3 on tiktok!
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20 Dec 2025
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“Don’t you ever wonder?” Mike whispered.
“About what?”
“What…‘good’ means. O-or just about it, in general.”
Will’s lips quirked up in a smile. A bitter one, but he hoped it wasn’t showing.
“Do I ever wonder about…kissing? Mike, I’m sixteen, of course I wonder about it.”
“It’s just,” a frustrated noise escaped the other’s throat. “You never talk about it.”
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or, a Party discussion turns into the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. And maybe let out some repressed feelings as well.
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19 Dec 2025
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Mike's breath hitched again, not out of fear but something else— something he was too afraid to name, something he had suspected for a long time and buried deep.
Across the MAC-Z, Will wiped at the blood under his nose.
He’s beautiful, Mike thought fleetingly— unable to control it, and secretly not wanting to either.
Then Will fell to his knees, and time snapped right back into place like a broken rubber band.
or, Mike and Will in the immediate aftermath of the MAC-Z (ft. Lucas) ; 5x04 coda
Note: now complete with chapter 2 added! (please check updated tags)
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18 Dec 2025
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Will and Robin had been spending too much time together.
Mike couldn't stand one more second of it.
Or, Mike Wheeler realizes he might not be straight, thanks to his unexplicable jealousy of Will's newfound friendship with a girl
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18 Dec 2025
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Will's happy. She makes him happy. So I should be happy for him. Right?
"I'm glad they get along so well," Vickie said softly by his side, "I think Robin really gets your friend, Will, was it? Sees herself in him. If you… know what I mean?"
Mike didn't.
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Will and Robin start hanging out all the time. Mike is completely fine with that.
He’s also completely fine with the increasingly pointed love songs on the radio, the talk of a mysterious plan to win somebody over, and the fact that he's sure it has absolutely to do with him.
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18 Dec 2025
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“That’s because she loves you.” Mike tells him “And she thinks you have a very lickable face.” he adds, teasingly.
“Does she?” Will asks, eyebrows raised “Or do you?” he teases, in a moment of bravery.
“You do know what they say…” Mike shrugs, before locking his eyes with Will's hazel ones “Like father, like daughter.” he tells him, boldly.
Will's face goes bright pink at the statement.
God, how is he surviving this at all?OR
Mike and Will rescue a little kitten from the rain. It leads to a lot of wondering, hoping, bickering and falling in love.
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18 Dec 2025
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Will has had to watch Mike and Eleven for years, and as much as it kills him, he's learned to accept it.
He's also accepted that for the time being, no one has really shown much interest in him. And he's fine with that.
Until they pull off at a gas station and a random guy hits on Will.
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The one where Mike finally gets jealous.
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18 Dec 2025
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“Can we talk?” Mike asks.
“I actually don't think we have anything to talk about,” Will needs to shut this down and he needs to shut it down, now.
He stands up, mindlessly rummaging through one of his boxes. Maybe Mike would catch the way too obvious hint that Will would rather do anything, but talk with him.
“Okay,” Mike slowly shuffles his way into Will's room.
Oh, Jesus, no.
“Let me rephrase that. We’re going to talk, Will.”
And with that, Mike shuts his door and locks it. Will could feel his eyes going wide, his heartbeat quickening. Okay, so Mike hadn't caught the hint. How the hell does he get out of this?
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18 Dec 2025
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“Did I do something wrong?” Mike questions, mouth twisted in a frown, eyes less wide than they were a few moments ago, sleepiness gone. His arms stay at his sides, although his fingers fiddle with his sleeves. “What did I do wrong?”
Will frowns back. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Mike doesn’t look like he believes him. Will doesn’t blame him. “Then why do you keep leaving?”
The world ends, and then some. Mike and Will find each other again, amidst the debris and distance.
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18 Dec 2025
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Will has never had his first kiss. Mike is happy to lend a hand.
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18 Dec 2025
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deep blue, but you painted me golden by andiwriteordie, kidovna
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Dec 2025
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Will’s voice trails off, and he runs a hand over his face. Mike waits a few moments to see if he’ll say anything else, but when Will doesn’t, he takes a shaky breath and tries to find his own courage.
“And you thought, what?” Mike whispers. “That - that it wouldn’t mean as much to me if it came from you?”
Will flinches. He’s still turned away from Mike, and there’s a desperation in his voice when he whispers back, “Mike, please…”
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After returning to the Wheeler house, Mike finds out the truth about Will’s painting.
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18 Dec 2025
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“Tell me something I don’t know.”
Will’s eyebrows furrowed. “What?”
“You said I don’t know a lot about you. Tell me something.” Mike stared at him intently. He was going to try to fix whatever was going on between them one way or another.
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Mike, Will, and a conversation they can't seem to actually have.
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18 Dec 2025