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you're just like a dream (i must've been asleep for days) by fratboygenius
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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Will Byers is happy. He is content. A somewhat established artist living in Greenwich Village with his roommate Stan, Will Byers feels like himself. But 1997 has an air of change, and Will has always been very fond of change. Mike Wheeler on the other hand? He hates it. He also hates how he’s been sitting at the same stuffy desk with the same snotty editor in the same stifling publishing office for four years now. When Mike quits his job and packs his life into ten cardboard boxes, no one is more shocked by his arrival to New York City than Will (Except for maybe Mike himself). So, when Mike asks Will to illustrate his new novel, a science-fiction about a cleric, a paladin, a bard, a ranger, and a mage, how ever could he say no? He’s always loved change, after all.
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Or,
1997 brings Mike Wheeler to from San Francisco to New York City with ten boxes, no job, and a novel in need of an illustrator. Will Byers, settled and content in his career as an artist, says yes— because some changes are easier to lean into than push away.
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The world is ending, which means for the time being, Will is living at the Wheeler’s house with Mike and El. Which means his life is once again a third-wheeling roller rink nightmare, and he’s basically invisible to Mike.
Until Jonathan gives him $20 to go to an art sale, and he meets Tobias, a guy just as into art as he is.
It’s not long before him and Tobias start dating.
And then suddenly, Mike’s paying attention to him after all.
or
Will gets a boyfriend. Mike doesn’t like it.
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- Part 1 of Tobias Universe
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Bookmarked by fratboygenius
04 Jan 2026
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What starts as a movie night becomes the point where Mike and Will can no longer ignore the truths about themselves and one another.
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It's not that Mike wants Will to be a girl, but if he were, their lives would be so much easier.
(Or; during a game of truth or dare, Will ends up in El's clothing. Mike can't help but notice how similar they are.)
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23 Dec 2025
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Mike is burning up, inside and out.
Externally, there’s a bubbling burn wound carved across his shoulder— but, to be honest, a simple injury is the least of his worries. He’s more concerned with the aggravating, endlessly-perplexing internal dilemma that’s been plaguing his mind for God knows how long; why is he completely incapable of acting normal around Will?
Every time he sees Will— or even dares to look him in the eye— Mike feels this sort of fire burning deep in his chest, hot and all-consuming and completely inexplicable. And, no matter how hard he tries, Mike just can’t figure it out;
What is wrong with him?
(or; Mike has no idea why his heart starts to race around Will. It takes a near-death, some close encounters, and a few aggressive-but-caring talks from Jonathan for him to figure it out.)
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12 Dec 2025
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“I need you.”
Will’s expression grows more stunned. “What?” he breathes, voice barely above a whisper.
His instincts tell him to take it all back, but the way that Will’s looking at him with those sorrowful, questioning eyes weakens him. And he’s been stupid for many, many years, so what’s a little more stupidity?
aka a s5 speculatory mike wheeler-centric fic about his internalised homophobia and a lot of moments where he's not so clever about his feelings with will
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Bookmarked by fratboygenius
12 Dec 2025